【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.

The Floating School

Life on the islands can feel a bit isolated due to a lack of electricity and internet connectivity.

Although some of the islands have primary schools, most young people must travel to the larger islands or to the mainland to attend high school. Schools on the islands follow the 1 curriculum (课程). They don't teach subjects such as maritime skills, swimming or local fishing traditions, and so the curriculum isn't always 2 with students' everyday life.

So, we 3 the Floating School after winning funding through a US State Department grant competition called Seeds for the Future. Before we started the school, we spoke with young people, community leaders and teachers on the islands to find out the topics young people are most interested in. We also learned about the various 4 of students and young people who don't go to school. Thus, we 5 our own non-formal educational programme that fits with the context of life on the islands. For example, those working in fishing have responsibility 6 the marine life, so we teach environmental protection and discourage destructive fishing practices.

The Floating School is a wooden boat that can 7 up to twenty people and it goes to the students, not the other way around -- we use it to transport educational materials, tools, and teachers to young people living on the islands. Our teachers are local young 8— so far we have had journalists, photographers, computer engineers and musicians — and students who want to 9 their skills.

At first, many of the young people thought the Floating School would be the same as their schools on the islands. They had thought of the teachers to be 10. But our students learn through art, media and literature. They don't have to wear uniforms or shoes, and the teachers treat the students as equals, without judging them. This means our students can be themselves.

【题目】2 Killed in Knife Attack in French Town Under Lockdown

In what was described as a potential terrorist attack, a knife-wielding man killed two people and wounded five others on Saturday morning in a town in southern France with only a few shops open under a national lockdown to prevent the coronavirus pandemic (新冠肺炎).

The attacks took place about 11 a.m. local time outside a bakery and other shops. Witnesses said that the suspect yelled, Allahu akbar!" as he lunged at his victims, according to France Bleu. The assailant (行凶者)randomly attacked bystanders on the street, first cutting the throat of a man in his 40s in front of his companion and his son, in the center of Romans-sur-Isere, just south of Lyon, according to the French authorities and news media.

He then attacked two workers and a customer inside a tobacco store before heading to a butcher’s shop. The suspect, a 33-ycar-old man of Sudanese origin, was arrested by the police as he was "found on his knees on the sidewalk while praying in Arabic," said the country’s antiterrorism prosecutor’s office, which is handling the investigation into the attack. At the man’s home, investigators found religious writings in which the author complained of living in a "country of infidels (没有信仰的)the prosecutors said in a statement.

The suspectwho the French news media said was an asylum-seeker (避难者)from Sudanwas not immediately identified by name. President Emmanuel Macron vowed that "light would be shed on this odious (可 憎的)act which casts a shadow on our country, which has already been severely tested in recent weeks. "

1Where docs the attacker come from?

A.IraqB.Saudi ArabiaC.FranceD.Sudan

2The first victim was accompanied with when he was attacked.

A.his sonB.his companionC.his wife and his sonD.none

3Which of the following statements is Not True according the passage?

A.The attack was in the street.

B.The suspect was an infidel man.

C.The suspect’s name wasn’t known to the French new media at first.

D.President Emmanuel Macron eared much about the case and promised to make it clear.

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