DoSomething.org is the country’s largest non-...

DoSomething.org is the country’s largest non-profit organization for young people and social change. They provide some scholarships to reward teens who are social action leaders in their community. You may be interested in the following ones.

1. $2,000 Fight Climate Change like a Ninja(忍者) Scholarship

Ninjas release 86% less CO2 than the average person. Why? Because ninjas use a green form of transport ---- parkour(跑酷). DoSomething.org wants to teach you their ways of going green---- and offer the chance for a $2,000 scholarship. Submit(提交）one of your friends’ phone numbers. You’ll both receive a text message with ways to protect the planet, and you’ll be entered for the scholarship. Bonzail!

2. $3,000 Puppy Mills are Bad Scholarship

Use your phone to fight for millions of puppies born in abusive (虐待的) factory farms. Share a text messaging game on puppy mills with 6 friends and you’ll be entered to win a $3000 scholarship. Millions of puppies are born in horrible conditions each year, so puppy mills can make a profit. Invite your friends to step into the shoes of a pet store employee who discovers their store supports puppy mills. To enter for the $3,000 scholarship, visit www. Dosomething.org/puppy and submit six friends’ phone numbers.

3. $5,000 Safe Driving Scholarship

When you text while driving at 55 mph, your eyes go off the road for the length of an entire football field. Tell your friends about the danger of texting while driving to enter to win a $5000 scholarship. After entering, we’ll send you a free pair of “thumb socks” ---- a physical reminder to stop texting while driving. Send us a picture of you with your thumb socks and you’ll double your chance of winning the $5,000 scholarship.

1.What do the scholarships mentioned in the passage have in common?

A. They are provided by DoSomething.org.

B. They offer a small gift to every attendant.

C. They require attendants to be top students.

D. They require attendants to play a message game.

2.Ninjas contribute to environmental protection by ______.

A. giving practical advice

B. offering a scholarship

C. avoiding driving cars

D. influencing the young

3.To win Puppy Mills are Bad Scholarship, you have to ______.

A. work as a pet store employee

B. share a game with 6 friends

C. be good at playing games

D. love puppy mills very much

4.What’s the purpose of Safe Driving Scholarship?

A. To hand out more thumb socks.

B. To teach people how to drive.

C. To sell as many thumb socks as possible.

D. To warn people not to text while driving.

5.After sending your picture with your thumb socks, ______.

A. you will receive another pair of thumb socks

B. you will necessarily win the scholarship

C. you will win $10,000 scholarship

D. you increase the opportunity of winning the scholarship

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The Humane Society of Utah,a non-profit organization,is the largest shelter in the state because it takes every animal that can be lawfully accepted.The shelter employed photographer Guinevere Shuster,from New York,who came up with a creative way to find new homes for the dogs.She took lively photos for them.

The 31-year-old created sets of four pictures showing the playful and serious sides of each animal.Guinevere Shuster tried her best to show these dogs the way they'd really look if you allowed them into your life.She said,“I'm always trying to imagine better ways to make the poor animals attractive to the public.The photos show their great personalities and are a much better way than presenting them as the sad dogs waiting to be taken home.I'm lucky because I get to connect the two things I love most,animals and photography.”

Guinevere says she finds it easy to work with dogs.She said,“It's just me and the dog in the office so they can pay their attention to the photo-taking.I use a lot of treats and some funny noises I've learned to get the dogs' attention. A fun method is to throw treats at the dogs-it's useful for getting unusual looks from them.”

Since starting the project,a number of dogs have been taken home by dog lovers after they saw Guinevere's pictures on the Humane Society of Utah's Facebook page.In the last three years,she has photographed more than 4,000 animals.This year,the shelter has placed nearly 9,000 homeless pets into their permanent homes.

1.The Humane Society of Utah is　　　　　　 .

A. a shelter center only for little dogs　　 B. a profit-making organization

C. a home for the old citizens in Utah　　 D. an organization to help homeless animals

2.What can we know about Guinevere Shuster?

A. She is a photographer featuring on animals and plants.

B. She shows great interest in photographing animals.

C. She grew up in New York and learned photography there.

D. The photos of the dogs she took were displayed at her gallery.

3.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The organization only accepts animals from the state of Utah.

B. Guinevere worked for the Humane Society of Utah voluntarily.

C. Many dogs have been adopted after Guinevere's photos were posted.

D. Guinevere takes the pictures of the dogs at her own home.

4.What is the author's attitude towards this project?

A. Objective.　　 B. Subjective.　　 C. Doubtful.　　 D. Critical.

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Everyone knows that Canada is the second largest country in the world, larger than _____ country in Asia.

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In the United States and several other countries , 2.5 million children play baseball in an organization called Little League . They play on teams in their hometowns . Their parents and other adults in the community coach or instruct them and serve as umpires（裁判员）to make sure that everyone follows the rules . Local businesses give money for the ball fields and the uniforms . Local teams compete against each other and the winners get to play teams that are more distant . Eventually , the top teams go to the Little League World Series .

One hundred years after Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown , New York , in 1839 , Little League got started in Pennsylvania . Three men started the game for neighborhood boys with a smaller playing field and fewer innings（局）than adult baseball . Little League became popular after World War II when the game spread across the United States . By 1955 it was played throughout North America and within five years it had spread to Europe . Children’s baseball really caught on in Japan and Taiwan of China and teams from those areas won the World Series seven out of eight years . After this , the organization tried banning foreign teams from the World Series , but the ban came to an end after one year .

At first , Little League was only for boys aged nine to twelve . However , in 1974 , the parents of girl baseball players brought a law suit . The courts ruled that Little League had to include both boys and girls . Later Little League added on softball and other games for teenagers up to age eighteen . Occasionally , a Little Leaguer becomes a professional player . For example , Gary Carter went from Little League to play nineteen seasons in the Major Leagues , ten of them as an All-Star player . By and large , youngsters play baseball for fun , but their parents are pround of them .

1.The mothers and fathers of Little League players __________ .

A. travel with the children　

B. help run the games

C. give the teams money

D. play in the World Series

2.When had Little League spread to Europe ?

A. By 1839 .　　 B. By 1955 .　　 C. By 1960 .　　 D. By 1974 .

3. Most players take part in Little League __________ .

A. to enjoy the game

B. to become professionals

C. to play in All-Star games

D. to make their parents proud

4.What is TRUE about players today ?

A. Girl have to buy their suits .

B. Only boys can play in Little League .

C. Girls and boys can participate up to age 18 .

D. Foreign players are banned from the World Series .

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.China is one of the largest countries in the world, _______ 9.6 million square (平方) kilometers.

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China is a country with the largest population in the world, 　　　　　 we all know it.

A. and　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. which　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. that　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. as　

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China is a country with the largest population in the world, 　　　　　 we all know it.

A. and　　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. which

C. that　　　　　 　　　　　　 D. as

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Canada is one of _____ largest countries in the world, ______ second only to Russia．

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Canada is one of ________ largest countries in the world,________ second only to Russia.

A．the; the           B．the; a             C．a; the            D．the;/

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________ China is a developing country, it also has the world’s largest number of foreign exchange reserves.

A. When　　　　　　　 B. While　　　　　　　　 C. As　　　　　　　　　　 D. Because

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