【题目】Directions; Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave in the movement that fought to end slavery in the United States. He became a1 voice in the year before the Civil War.

A few weeks ago, the National Park Service (NPS) 2Douglass’s birth and Black History Month with reopening of his home at Cedar Hill, a3 site in Washington. D.C. The two-story house, which contains many of Douglass’s personal possessions, had undergone a three-year 4. (Thanks to the NTS website, however, you don’t have to live in the nation’s capital to visit it. Take a tour online.)

He was born in Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave mother and a white father who never knew Douglass grew uo to become the first black 5 to hold a government office--- as US minister and consul general (总领事)to Haiti.

As a youth, he never went to school. Educating slaves was illegal in the South, so he 6 taught himself to read and write. At 21 years old, he escaped from his slave owner to Massachusetts and changed his last name to Douglass, to hide his identity.

In the 1850s, Douglass was involved with the Underground Railroad, the system 7 up by antislavery groups to bring runaway slaves to the North and Canada. His home in Rochester, N.Y. was near the Canadian border. It became an important station on the 8, housing as many as 11 runaway slaves at a time.

He died in 1895. In his lifetime, Douglass 9 the end of slavery in 1865 and the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution (美国宪法修正案), which 10 African-Americans the right to vote.

【题目】 The STAR Eco Station is an environmental science museum, a wildlife rescue center, and a shelter for endangered and illegally-traded foreign animals confiscated (没收)by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It carries out the mission Preservation through Education ”by educating visitors about the preservation of the environment and the inter-dependence of all living things.

Field trips

STAR Eco Station hosts field trips for schools and camps throughout Southern California. Each field trip lasts two hours, consisting of a one-hour gathering and a one-hour tour of the facility, with lessons associated with California State Science Standards.

Throughout the field trip, students learn about the latest developments in environmental protection and the ways in which wildlife interacts with various ecosystems. The students also receive an up-close and hands-on experience with our rescued foreign wildlife. The tour includes different environmental exhibits that showcase the ways students can help protect animals in the wild.

Field trips are offered on weekdays only, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. or 12 p.m.-2 p.m. The rate is $6 per visitor, both child and adult, with a $120 minimum. We offer one free adult per 10 children for groups of 40 or more. Maximum capacity is 120 people per field trip.

Public tours

Guided tours of the STAR Eco Station introduce visitors to over two hundred rescued foreign wildlife. Each tour is led by an Eco Station staff member, and features fun animal facts, hands-on animal encounters, surprising rescue stories, environmental exhibits, and original approaches to going green. Visitors may only see the animals on a guided tour, for both your safety and the safety of our animals.

The guided tour lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. Visitors are served on a first-come, first-served basis. No reservations are required. However, tours may sell out. We suggest larger groups schedule a private tour.

Note:

Our regular public tours times are subject to change without notice Please call in advance for the most up-to-date information

1The STAR Eco Station aims to_________.

A. help research wildlife abroad

B. collect money for animal shelters

C. raise awareness of wildlife protection

D. provide a knowledge of unusual animals

2What can students do during a field trip?

A. Make a speech on the environment.

B. Take part in foreign wildlife rescue.

C. Get to know why species get endangered.

D. Learn how living things affect each other.

3For a guided tour, visitors should know that_________.

A. large groups are served firstB. it is available on weekdays

C. its time could changeD. booking is needed

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