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新目标(Go for it)版初中英语八年级下册期末测试卷(三)(含听力音频)
Jenny is excited to go to school these days. The 13-year-old girl from South Gate Middle School in Los Angeles, US, is taking care of three green abalones(鲍鱼) at school.
The students of Violeta Llamas' science class, including Jenny, have cared for the sea animals since January. The science class has eight teams. Each team takes turns to care for the abalones. Team Five—Jenny, Alexis, Jennifer and Ricardo—have now got their turn.
The abalones are kept in a box of seawater. Every day, Alexis checks if the water has too much salt. Too much salt is bad for the health of the abalones. Jenny makes fresh seawater. Then the four students work together to clean up the waste in the box and give some food to the abalones.
"Sea life is like a baby. You have to clean them and care for them. " Jennifer said.
Nancy Cruso, a scientist, leads the project. She said the number of green abalones is going down because people have caught too many of them. She said protecting the sea lives now depends on the young students.
"The students love taking care of the abalones. " said Llamas.
"Taking care of the abalones could open the door for those who want to be a sea life scientist or an environment protector," she said.
The students' time with the abalones will end this school year. Cruso and a team of volunteers will record the abalones and then let them return to the sea.
In Xi'an, there are special sidewalks for the phubbers ( 低头族 ). Different people have different opinions on it.
Li Minyi,14,Beijing This special walkway can keep people who are always looking at their phones safe and protect them from accidents. People might feel much freer when using this walkway, because they used to knock into someone else on a crowded one. |
Huang Xi,15, Jiangsu It just encourages people to keep looking at their phones. Just imagine if everyone only paid attention to their mobile phones while walking, walkways like this would be useless and accidents would still happen. |
Chen Yecheng, 14,Hubei Mobile phones have made a big difference in our lives. It seems that many people can't live without them. Every year, many people get injured or lose their lives because they are playing on their mobile phones while walking. So why not create a better environment for them? The special walkways can protect them from danger. |
Sun Run,14,Zhejiang Smart phones are making a difference to our lives too much. They keep us away from reality and the beauty around us. A special walkway for those is indulgence(纵容). Can't people put their phones down for a while and enjoy a beautiful day? This is what we should encourage. |
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