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Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven, Conneticut is known as ”Green” school. which attracts 325 pre-school to sixth-students from all over the region(地区)who are interested in environmental studies.

Everything in the building is designed with the environment in mind. The lights 90oⅡwhen people leave the room. and special windows provide "passive light", cutting down on the need for electricity. When a window is open, the air-conditioning automatically(自动地)turns off.

Saving the energy is not all that students do to help the environment. While learning about the dying salmon population in the Connecticut rivers, students also do something to help out -they feed salmon in fish tanks(水箱)in the classrooms. then let the adult salmon go into Connecticut rivers.

Composting(堆肥)is another part of taking care of the environment at Barnard. Students throw the remaining food into a composting bin in a greenhouse. The fertile(肥沃的)soil is used to help grow plants.

At Barnard, almost everything has to do with the environment. Students sing songs about the environment; their artwork has to do the environment; even their math classes are focused(聚焦)on protecting the environment.

“When I grow up.1 want to be a scientist. Because I want to study all kinds of animals and see how they live.” said 10-year-old Crystal. Another student.Troi.11,has similar ambitions(抱负)."When I grow up I want to be a researcher, like a person who discovers different kinds of plants and animals, sort of like that,” he said.

Barnard offers opportunities students wouldn't get in a regular school. The school's goal is to teach kids to be good environmental role models. They also learn a different way to live. To attend the school. students have to express their interest in protecting the environment. "Students come here because they care about the environment.” said Drucker, a teacher at the school.

1.Do special windows provide "passive light" to save energy?

2.Where do they feed the dying salmon from the rivers?

3.Why does Crystal want to become a scientist when he grows up?

4.What is the goal of the teaching at Barnard?

5.What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?

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I am a middle school student. My name is Wang Jing. My grandfather is 70 years old now. He often says life has changed a lot. It becomes better and better. I asked him what life was like when he was a child. The following was what he said.

When he was a child, he used to feel hungry. There didn’t use to be enough food for him to eat. He has two brothers and two sisters. His parents were both farmers. They were very poor and couldn’t let their children eat as much as possible. As for clothes, they didn’t use to have enough clothes. They didn’t use to buy new clothes. The younger brothers and sisters often wore their old brothers’ and sisters’ clothes. My grandfather is the youngest. Only he went to school and had a job in the city. His brothers and sisters didn’t get an education and live in the countryside now.

Now my grandfather has retired(退休) and lives a happy life. He can eat any food that he wants. He can buy clothes that he wants to buy. He says he is much happier than before. He often asks me to study hard. He says if I work hard, I can have a good future.

1.Wang Jing’s grandfather _________ get enough food when he was a child.

A. used to B. can C. could D. couldn’t

2. Her grandfather’s parents has _________ children.

A. three B. four C. five D. six

3. Whose clothes did her grandfather use to wear?

A. His brothers’. B. His mother’s.

C. His own. D. His father’s.

4. Why couldn’t her grandfather’s brothers or sisters go to school?

A. Because they didn’t want to go to school.

B. Because their parents didn’t want them to go to school.

C. Because they were poor.

D. Because they were rich.

5. Is Wang Jing’s grandfather happy now?

A. No, he isn’t. B. Yes, he is.

C. We don’t know. D. He doesn’t feel happy.

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Greg Heffley is at school. His middle school is going to hold a dance party, but it is very difficult for Greg to find anyone to go with. Finally he finds a girl from his class luckily. That is the beginning of the third Wheel story. This book is full of jokes and interesting pictures.

By Jeff Kinnney

Bean’s older sister goes to a summer camp, but Bean can't join her because she is too young. So Bean and her best friend, Ivy, decide to create their own camp. They come up with all the activities and, of course, they make the rules. Their happiness and kindness will,make you want to keep reading

By Annie Barrows

Stick Dog is a dog that lives in an empty pipe(管子) . He has four friends, named Pooh-Pooh., Strips, Karen and Mutt. When Stick Dog smells delicious hamburgers,he and his friends decide to steal the food from a human family that is having a picnic in Picasso Park. Along the way,they face a lot of funny challenges.

By Tom Watson

Zoe and Alice's mother saves dogs. But dogs aren’t

the only things that need to be saved. The family's new

neighbour, Philip, doesn't speak, and no one knows why. White Fur Flying is all about understanding the love from both inside and outside. Although it is a little sad,the book is good to read.

By Patricia Maclachlan

1.We can find out_________ is filled with lots of funny jokes and pictures.

A. The Third Wheel B. Stick Dog

C. White Fur Flying D. Ivy and Bean

2.What do Bean and Ivy decide to do?

A. Join a school dancing party.

B. Steal food from the family.

C. Save dogs in their community.

D. Set up their own camp.

3.What does the writer think of the book White Fur Flying?

A. Funny. B. Humorous.

C. A little sad. D. Boring.

4.The books above are mainly written for _________.

A. middle-aged adults B. kids or teenagers

C. elderly people D. college students

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