This is a picture of something I did at my school last year. I wrote out 1,986 notes. Each said, “You’re beautiful,” and I stuck one to every locker in my school.

It was almost unbearable (难以忍受的) to listen to people put themselves down every day. They would say things like, “I’m ugly” or “No one likes me”. To me, that wasn’t the . For at least one day, I wanted everyone to know that someone _____ they were beautiful.

It took me over 6 hours to write all of the notes, and an hour to stick them with the help of one other friend. It wasn’t my original (最初的) to tell people that I had done it, but words got out after I had been called to the Dean’s office. They found me through the school’s video surveillance system.

After I everything that had happened, there was talk of a possible 3-day suspension from school (暂时停学). When I went back to my classroom, my teacher me what they said, and I told her. This is how the rest of the students found out. Throughout the whole day, words of the possible suspension circulated (流传), and a group of students came together and formed a petition (请愿书). They passed the petition school.

In the end, it had over 600 signatures (签名), from both students and faculty.

It amazed me that people would do that for me. For one day, I truly felt . And for one day, I managed to make every other kid in my school feel beautiful as well.

A few days later, after the incident (事件) was not , a complete stranger approached me. What she said to me was shocking.

“That day, I was planning on killing myself. I had given up completely on society, but because of you, I didn’t. You gave me . Thank you.”

What’s more than that is the fact that today she has become one of my best friends.

1.A. task B. testC. truthD. treat

2.A. agreed B. complained C. reportedD. thought

3.A. advice B. plan C. problem D. worry

4.A. accepted B. believedC. explained D. changed

5.A. asked B. encouraged C. introduced D. promised

6.A. from B. aroundC. throughD. during

7.A. awfulB. beautiful C. terribleD. ugly

8.A. new B. tiny C. true D. usual

9.A. hopeB. luck C. progressD. success

10.A. friendly B. dangerous C. amazing D. useful

Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O.—The Environmental Children’s Organization.

We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference.

Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves to come six thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future.

I am here to speak on behalf of the starving (挨饿的) children around the world whose cries go unheard.

I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go.

I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in the ozone (臭氧). I am afraid to breathe the air because I don’t know what chemicals (化学制品) are in it.

I used to go fishing in Vancouver with my dad until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers. And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day.

In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist (存在) for my children to see.

Did you have to worry about these little things when you were my age?

All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if we have all the time we want and all the solutions (解决方案). I’m only a child and I don’t have all the solutions, but I want you to realize, neither do you!

1.The Environmental Children’s Organization is made up of a group of.

A. twenty and thirty-year-olds from Canada

B. twenty and thirty-year-olds from America

C. twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada

D. twelve and thirteen-year-olds from America

2. There are plenty of animals dying around the world probably because they have.

A. no food to eat

B. no place to go

C. no one to play with

D. no danger to care about

3.The underlined word “extinct” in Paragraph 7 probably means “not any more”.

A. enjoy B. explain C. expect D. exist

4.The reason that Severn Suzuki gave this speech is to.

A. fight for the people who pollute the environment

B. ask people to take action to protect the environment

C. find the solution for herself to change the environment

D. let people become interested in learning about the environment

5.When giving this speech, Severn Suzuki probably felt.

A. bored B. Sleepy C. impatient D. worried

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