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广东省深圳市红岭教育集团2024-2025学年九年级上学期12月适应性考试英语模拟试卷
East China Normal University in Shanghai is home to at least 13 stray dogs (流浪狗). Every night, members of the university's animal protection club are happy to walk the dogs. As soon as a dog-walking notice is put up in a WeChat group, the walking task will be taken in a few minutes.
"We make a plan for walking dogs at the beginning of each term, but there are always changes, so we'll call for help in our WeChat group,"said Xie Yifan, a member of the club. "It seems that this year more students have joined the club, so stray dogs have become ‘rare' (稀有的). "
The animal protection club was started in 2004. Stray dogs and stray cats were once a problem at the university. The dogs chose to live at the university because of the large green spaces and friendly students there, but they caused safety problems for people. To protect dogs and people at the university, some students then decided to build a kennel (狗舍). There are 13 dogs living in the kennel now.
"Taking care of these stray dogs and cats isn't very easy," Xie said. The work of the club members includes cleaning the kennel, bathing the dogs, and taking them to animal hospitals to have a health examination. The cost comes from the club's activity fund and income (收入) from selling creative products.
Instead of keeping them in the kennel, the club members hope the stray dogs can be adopted (收养). They hope to find forever homes for them.
In warm sunshine, a group of students are playing the accordion ( 手风琴). The music sounds like nature itself. They are students at Shuangshiping Middle School in Shegang town in Hunan Province. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
68-year-old Guo used to play the accordion at the Hunan Provincial Opera and Dance Drama Theater. After retiring ( 退休) in 2 0 1 4 , he told a friend that he wanted to become a volunteer teacher. "Not all the children have a gift for playing an instrument. But music can influence their life and study greatly, " he said. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Then Guo visited the school and discovered that most of the students there had never learned to play the accordion. " The infrastructure ( 基础设施) at the school was poor. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I wanted to do something meaningful after retirement, " Guo recalled. In 2014 , he spent 30 , 000 yuan on 20 accordions. With another 10 bought by his friend and 10 more donated by a company, Guo drove for two hours to give free lessons, twice a month from his home in Changsha to the school 122 kilometers away.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} He hopes that they can teach students when he is not available. Now, the students also learn to play other instruments, such as the hulusi and guzheng. "Every time I come to teach them, I enjoy myself and I feel young again," he said.
A. Guo also gives lessons to teachers there. B. And their music teacher is Guo Weixiang. C. But it was exactly the place that I was looking for. D. His friend told him about Shuangshiping Middle School. E. It took Guo eight years to teach 1 100 students to learn to play an instrument. |
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