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河北省衡水市武邑县2023-2024学年八年级下学期5月月考英语试题
Watermelons, once the fruit of only royal (皇家的)families, are now on the table of common people. And they are many people's favorite fruit.
Liu Wanlin lives in Xining, Qinghai. She describes watermelons as the "fruit of the people". "They are not like expensive durians(榴莲). They are cheap and common people can buy enough of them, "she said.
Liu grew up in the countryside of the dry Qinghai-Xizang Plateau (青藏高原). The weather there is not good for the planting of watermelons. "I never tasted watermelons as a child, "she said. "But freedom of watermelons'is now not a dream anymore in my place. "People in her place can have as many watermelons as they wish. They get the fruit mainly from Gansu, Shaanxi, and Xinjiang.
Song Shaozhe works in a restaurant in Wuhan, Hubei. He says that watermelons are really common at many restaurants as the after-meal fruit, because they are cheap.
However, the "freedom of watermelons"didn't come easy. These years, scientists try hard to improve watermelon breeding ( 育 种 ) . Watermelons become abundant. The large number of watermelons makes them cheaper. Also, thanks to the development of farming techniques(技术), it is
possible for people to enjoy the fruit all year around.
Why do you open a school? If you ask Nadia Lopez this question, she would simply answer: to close a prison. Lopez is the founder of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a public school in Brooklyn. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
To set up the school, Lopez faced many challenges. The greatest challenge was to get in touch with children without hope. At first, Lopez only had 45 kids. She once asked some girls, "{#blank#}2{#/blank#}" The answer was, "I don't know if I'm going to live that long." or "I have a lifelong goal of working in a fast-food restaurant nearby." These students had no idea that there were great chances outsider their neighborhood.
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A popular New York blogger heard about the school and wrote a post about it, telling people how the children struggled（挣扎）, and why people must make education the most important thing. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} About 1.4 million dollars were raised for the school and its students got to take field trips to colleges and universities.
"Up to now, we have had three graduating classes（毕业班）. They have nearly 200 children," said Lopez.
| A.The post reached millions of people. B.Where do you see yourself in five years? C.It was one of the poorest areas in New York City. D.Through education, they can have a great future. E.Luckily, Lopez and her coworkers (同事) didn't give up. F.Do you want to have lessons at school like kids in other areas? |
The World Earth Day Activities The World Earth Day, which is on April 22 every year, is a festival specially set up for the world environmental protection. The World Earth Day was launched (发起) in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson and Dennis Hayes. Today, the World Earth Day celebration has developed to 192 countries around the world, with more than 1, 000 million people taking part in it every year, making it the largest folk environmental protection festival in the world.
Our school plans many activities to celebrate the World Earth Day. The date of our activities is on Saturday, April 24. We hope every student volunteers to take part in the activities. You can choose one thing or more to do on that day. Here is the information: ◆Save water and electricity. ◆Plant trees in the gardens or parks. ◆Clean up the parks with your classmates. ◆Go on foot instead of taking cars, buses, or taxis. ◆Hand out notices about environmental protection. ◆Go through a day without TV programs, computers, or mobile phones. We also invite everyone in Zhongshan to join us. Our purpose is to call on people to protect the environment and live a green and low— carbon(低碳的) life. And we also hope that we can do something to protect the earth every day. |
Community Children's Trash- sorting(垃圾分类) Competition Theme: Trash- sorting About the Competition: The Community Children's Trash- sorting Competition about the environment will be held in the community next Saturday and there are more and more children joining in this competition. Rules: 1. Age Group: Children between eight and sixteen 2. Name and Contact(联系) details( in English only): Full name, age and full address including phone and e- mail. They must be provided while signing up. 3. The competition will be divided into two rounds. First Round: Answer race(抢答)— The host will ask questions about trash- sorting and children will have to answer them as soon as possible. The person who answer the question correctly and fastest can get one point. Second Round: Actual operation(操作)— The children will be given real trash, and they have to classify those trash in a limited time. Finally, the judge will count how many points can each person get according to the accuracy(准确度) of their trash- sorting and decide who will be the winner. Prizes for winner(s): The 1st Prize:one person—$600 and a fully- paid trip for the winner. The 2nd Prize:Two persons—$300 each and a fully- paid trip for each winner. The 3rd Prize:Three persons—A certificate(证书) for each winner. |
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