Destine Whitaker was in fourth grade when she learned that millions of people around the world lack clean water.

“It was a problem that confused me for a long time,” said Whitaker, from the United States city of Philadelphia. “Water is a necessity.”

When she got to Carver High School of Engineering and Science, Whitaker carefully researched the problem and felt that she must do something about it.

Early in her senior year, Whitaker approached fellow members of the school’s National Honor Society with a proposal: They should raise money to buy water purification systems for people in need. Whitaker, the National Honor Society president, knew the systems would have to be easy to carry and able to operate without electricity. So she checked with a microbiologist to make sure the system she had her eye on would fit the bill.

Once her classmates agreed to back the proposal, Whitaker took it upon herself to raise money. She organized a game where students bought tickets to guess how many pieces of candy ajar contained.

In the end, they raised $800—a large amount for a school where 70 percent of the students’ families are not well-off.

Whitaker soon found that raising money was the easier part of the project. However, finding an organization that could deliver the water purification systems was the toughest one. She approached some organizations about their possible connections but no one could help.

Then Whitaker connected with Joseph Sackor, who runs the Liberia Medical Mission—an organization that provides medical care to Liberians who lack health services. Sackor accepted the school’s money and agreed to deliver the systems to people who needed them.

Whitaker dreams of someday starting her own nonprofit organization to bring clean water to more people in need.

“Some students in Liberia can’t even go to school because their parents cannot afford to buy them bottled water,” Sackor said. “This money is huge.”

1.What problem did Whitaker want to solve?

A.Poverty of human beings. B.Lack of clean drinking water.

C.Shortage of medical care. D.Unawareness of healthy lifestyles.

2.The underlined phrase “fit the bill” in Paragraph probably means “________”.

A.meet their needs B.be cheap enough

C.be difficult to operate D.need improvement

3.What did Whitaker think the most difficult part of her project was?

A.Making a suggestion for the project.

B.Raising money to buy the equipment.

C.Calling on her classmates to give support to it.

D.Finding an organization to deliver the equipment.

4.What does Whitaker want to do in the future?

A.Go to live and work in Liberia.

B.Study medicine to help those in need.

C.Set up a charity to help more people.

D.Provide bottled water to Liberian student.

Kings Camps

About Our Camps

Kings Camps is part of the Kings Active Foundation and is devoted to helping young people reach their potential (潜能). We provide sports camps and summer camps at over 40 places across the UK for children aged 4—17. We bring together the very best aspects of sports and holiday clubs to provide friendship, fun and exciting adventures for young people from the UK and around the world.

Why Choose Kings Camps

* Creative, inspiring camps: We have a strong belief that sport has an important role to play in a happy childhood and we’ll provide some places, new and creative ways to inspire. They are not for profit (利润).

* Learn important life skills: Kings Camps equip children with important life skills and understanding that being active is necessary to health and well-being.

* International students are welcome: We welcome children from outside of the UK who will make friends here by communicating with kids from different backgrounds, but we do request that they at least understand English to make sure of their safety and that of others, and of course their enjoyment.

Comments

Ryan has enjoyed every aspect. When we’ve asked about his day, he’ said it was “amazing and fantastic”. All the staff are extremely friendly, enthusiastic and have a true belief in what they are doing.

—Tnacy Lee

Fantastic friendly staff! It’ an action-packed week of multiple sports. My sweetheart made new friends, overcame swimming fears came away more confident tool I cannot recommend it enough!

—Kay Court

1.What does Kings Camps aim to do?

A.Combine sports and holiday clubs. B.Get kids to play outdoors.

C.Provide adventurous and challenging camps. D.Encourage kids to develop their potential.

2.What’s necessary for international students?

A.Awareness of safety. B.Love for outdoor sports.

C.Basic English ability. D.Good communicating skills.

3.Who probably made the comments?

A.Parents. B.Teachers.

C.Campers. D.Staff.

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Bill was a 15-year-old young man. One weekend he went to the forest with his friends Russell and Jim to catch and collect rare butterflies.

Russell was the only one who had been to these woods. They had been there for 20 minutes and were deep into the forest. Russell and Jim stuck together, while Bill drifted to their left. He tried to stay within eyesight of them, but he was also watching for snakes.

As he went forward, suddenly a beautiful bird with a long tail flew by and caught his eyes. He followed behind to take some photos. But when he was done and glanced over for his friends, they were gone.

He shouted, but the thick woods only swallowed his cries. The last time he saw them, it looked like they were continuing in a straight line. So he turned to go back, but an hour later he was even more lost. He kept walking, though, figuring he would find a way out.

He walked, stopping to rest now and then, until it started to get dark. The woods became a horrible place where there were various sounds. The sounds reminded Bill of the horrible stories he had read. He felt scared but he didn't cry because he kept telling himself he was a brave man. Fortunately it did not got cold, which was good because he had nothing to warm himself up. Suddenly he heard the engine sound of a helicopter. But rescuers couldn't see him through the trees, and he wasn't going to run through the woods in the dark. He just prayed they would find him the next day. So tired was he that he lay down under a tree and fell asleep.

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4.续写完成后，请用下划线明确标出你所使用的关键词语。

The singing of the birds woke Bill up in the morning. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

假如你是李华，从联合国儿童基金会的网站看到一则志愿者招募信息，为疫情期间无法回国 的外国儿童提供简单个人卫生指导和心理疏导。请你用英文写一封电子邮件申请信，内容包括：

1.写信目的；

2.个人优势；

3.希望能够被录用。

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Dear Sir/Madam,

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Yours,

Li Hua

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Michael Jackson had been working in music since he was five, which made him very experience in the field. But that inspires me most is his intelligent and honest character. In addition his excellence in music, he loved people with all of his heart. He once says, "If you enter this world, knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, everything that happens in between can be dealt with." He lived by these word and lived his life to the fullest.

    Good health is a precious thing. When we are healthy, we can learn, work and _______ ourselves and our families. _______, when we are sick, we _______, and our families also suffer a lot.

That is why the World Health Organization （WHO） is badly _______. Working with 194 member states, across six regions, and from more than 150 offices, WHO staff are united in a shared _______to achieve better health for everyone, _______.

All people should enjoy the highest standard of health, _______ race, religion, political _______ economic or social condition. The principle has always _______ WHO's work for the past 70 years, since it was first set up as the lead agency for international ________ in the new United Nations system.

In recent decades, the world has seen a rise in ________such as cancer and diabetes （糖尿病）. ________ by forces such as rapid unplanned urbanization, globalization of unhealthy lifestyles and population ageing, these diseases now account for 70% of all deaths. ________, WHO has shifted focus, along with health authorities around the world, to ________healthy eating, physical exercise and regular health checks.

The organization has run global health campaigns on the ________ of diabetes and high blood pressure. It negotiated the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a（n） ________tool to help reduce diseases and deaths ________ by tobacco. ________ these goals will require unfailing political and financial commitment, from member states and donors, and continued and expanded  ________with colleagues from academia, partners on the ground, and other ________ of the UN family.

1.A.encourage B.support C.prepare D.raise

2.A.Therefore B.Moreover C.Otherwise D.However

3.A.scold B.scream C.struggle D.suspect

4.A.survived B.praised C.needed D.designed

5.A.commitment B.affection C.custom D.suggestion

6.A.everywhere B.everything C.somewhere D.something

7.A.because of B.regardless of C.in case of D.in view of

8.A.ability B.rule C.comment D.belief

9.A.changed B.stated C.guided D.showed

10.A.fortune B.health C.justice D.exchange

11.A.feelings B.reactions C.disabilities D.diseases

12.A.Driven B.Convinced C.Encouraged D.Declared

13.A.Surprisingly B.Consequently C.Unexpectedly D.Accidentally

14.A.distinguish B.expect C.explain D.promote

15.A.protection B.application C.prevention D.appreciation

16.A.powerful B.inefficient C.confusing D.academic

17.A.predicted B.replaced C.caused D.created

18.A.Evaluating B.Achieving C.Possessing D.Analyzing

19.A.cooperation B.attitude C.intention D.function

20.A.workers B.friends C.assistants D.members

Learning Is a Learned Behavior

Many people mistakenly believe that learning is an unchangeable trait like eye color, simply luck of the genetic draw. ''People are born learners, or they're not." 1. Here are three practical ways to build your learning skills, based on research.

Organize your goals

Effective learning often boils down to a type of project management. In order to develop an area of expertise, we first have to set achievable goals about what we want to learn. Then we have to develop strategies to help us reach those goals. A targeted approach to learning helps us cope with all the self-carping （自我挑剔）feelings associated with gaining skills: Am I good enough? Will I fail? What if I'm wrong? 2. While some self-carping is normal, these sorts of negative emotions can quickly rob us of our ability to learn something new.

Think about thinking

Metacognition （元认知）is crucial to the talent of learning. Psychologists define metacognition as "thinking about thinking", and broadly speaking, metacognition is about being more inspective about how you know what you know. It's a matter of asking ourselves questions like: Do I really get this idea? Could I explain it to a friend? Or do I need more practice? When it comes to learning, one of the biggest issues is not that something goes in one ear and out the other. 3.

Reflect on your learning

There is something of a contradiction in learning. Get into a discussion with a classmate, for instance, and often your best arguments arrive while you're washing the dishes later. In short, learning benefits from reflection. 4. Sleep is a fascinating example of this idea. It's possible that we tidy up our knowledge while we're napping or sleeping deeply. One recent study shows a good evening of shut-eye can reduce practice time by 50%.

Being a quick study doesn't mean you're the smartest person in the room. 5., thinking about your thinking, and reflecting on your learning at proper times, you can become a better study, too.

A.Is there any truth in these rumors?

B.By becoming the first to sail round the world

C.By deliberately organizing your learning goals

D.Isn't there something else that I'd rather be doing?

E.This type of reflection requires a moment of calm.

F.A growing body of research is making it clear that learners are made, not born.

G.The issue is that individuals don't push themselves to really think about their thinking.

    Kristen Sorensen was 55 when she became paralyzed from the neck down. Diagnosed in October 2018 with a rare disorder that affects the body's nervous system, she never expected to walk again.

But earlier that year, the Brooks Treatment Center in Florida became the first center to use a unique technology developed in Japan --- the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL). HAL, essentially a wearable machine, helps those with spinal cord (脊髓的)injuries and muscular diseases regain their movements and strengthen their nerves and muscles. Known as exoskeletons, they're a type of lightweight suit, with joints powered by small electric motors, that serve as mechanical muscle. Patients use their brain waves to control them.

When Sorensen heard about the brain wave-controlled exoskeleton, she knew she had to place an order and give it a try. A trained nurse helped her fit HAL over her waist and trousers, connecting her to sensors that help pick up faint bio-electric signals on the surface of the skin, which communicate a patient's intention to move. Once HAL receives these signals, it helps support the person's movements.

After some training and efforts, Sorensen was able to walk at her daughter's wedding a few months later in December. It's a thought that Sorensen shares. "When I used HAL, there were people who came from all over the country to use the equipment," she says. "I would like this kind of technology to be more readily available and more accessible especially to those who learn slowly."

But it's not just those with disabilities or injuries who stand to benefit. By 2050, there will be more than 2 billion people over age 60, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and exoskeletons could offer a solution to the world's aging population.

In the future, as human bodies wear down with age, an exoskeleton - powered by active minds - could help people stay on their feet. With such huge potential applications available, the global medical exoskeleton market will be worth an estimated $2.8 billion by 2023, according to a research company.

1.What do we know about Kristen?

A.She had much difficulties in walking.

B.She was paralyzed due to an accident.

C.She volunteered in a science experiment.

D.She never gave up the hope to walk again.

2.HAL can be used as              .

A.brain wave B.electrical nerve C.mechanical muscle D.spinal cord

3.What's the right order of how HAL works?

①Persons put on HAL.

②Persons are connected to the sensors.

③HAL helps support the person's motion.

④Persons send out intention to move.

⑤Sensors pick up signals and pass them to HAL.

A.②①④⑤③ B.①②③④⑤ C.②①③④⑤ D.①②④⑤③

4.We can conclude from the passage that    .

A.HAL can now be used with no difficulty

B.HAL may have a large potential market

C.HAL has been widely used in the world

D.HAL can only help people with disabilities

    Felicien, a 29-year-old African graduate student, smiled as he helped a woman use a ticket on her phone to enter the Summer Palace in Beijing. As a volunteer in the palace garden, Felicien is just one of many African students studying in China.

The China-Africa Cooperation Meeting was held in Beijing from Sept 3 to 4. On the meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to offer working training courses, 50,000 scholarships for African youths and invite 2,000 young African people to visit China. "The future of China-Africa relations lies in our young people," Xi said. He also said that China will provide $60 billion in support, including free aid and special funds, for Africa's development.

The friendship between China and Africa dates back 600 years to the travels of Chinese explorer Zheng He, whose ships reached East Africa four times. Zheng brought gifts to his African hosts and took back nothing but a few giraffes. Today, China sees Africa as an equal partner in development and in international and regional affairs. China has been Africa's largest trading partner for 9 years. Chinese investments in Africa have increased more than 100 times in the past 18 years. China and Africa have strengthened cooperation since 2013, with the tremendous help of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

"China follows the principle of giving more and taking less, giving before taking and giving without asking for return. With open arms, we welcome African countries aboard the train of China's development, Xi said. Xi's words received much praise from African leaders.

Indeed, "With goodwill and cooperation with Bejing, Africa can bring her wisdom on board, mix it to the Chinese Dream and jointly build a community of shared future for all mankind,", commented an expert

1.Why does the author mention Felicien in Paragraph 1?

A.To describe Felicien's part-time job.

B.To demonstrate China-Africa relations.

C.To show foreigners can be volunteers.

D.To show it is convenient to use  E-tickets.

2.Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A.5,000 African young people will be invited to visit China.

B.Zheng He strengthened the ties between Asia and Africa.

C.The BRI has greatly promoted China-Africa cooperation.

D.China will provide Africa with $60 billion special funds.

3.What can we learn from Xi's words in Paragraph 4?

A.China helps Africa develop high-speed trains.

B.China welcomes African countries to invest in China.

C.China's development brings opportunities to Africa.

D.China gains nothing from China-Africa cooperation.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.China's Aids to African Countries B.African Students in China

C.China Sees Africa as Equal Competitor D.China's Bond with Africa

    It is reported that using a smartphone at mealtimes can lead to an expanding waistline. Researchers have found that men and women consumed 15 percent more calories when looking at their phones while eating. They also ate more fatty food. The groundbreaking study suggests that staring at a phone screen may distract diners from how much food they are actually eating.

"It may prevent the correct understanding of the brain over the amount of food that is eaten," said researchers who filmed 62 volunteers eating alone.

The men and women, aged from 18 to 28, were invited to help themselves to a choice of food 一 ranging from healthy options to soft drinks and chocolates - until they were finally satisfied. In three trials, the volunteers were recorded eating with no distractions, using a smart phone or reading a magazine. According to the study, on average, the volunteers ate 535 calories without the distraction of a smartphone but 591 calories when using a mobile phone instead.

Those in the sample who were classified as overweight ate 616 calories while using their phones. When they were in possession of their mobile phones, the volunteers consumed 10 percent more fatty foods. When reading a magazine, they also ate more compared with no distractions during a meal, but they consume less calories compared with the use of smart phones when having a meal.

"The use of a smart phone during a meal increased calorie and fat intake," said Marcio Gilberto Zangeronimoa, a lead author of the study carried out at the Federal University of Lavras in Brazil and University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands.

He added, "At present, tablets and smart phones have become the main 'distractors' during meals, even early in childhood, and distractors prevent the brain correctly understanding the amount of food ingested, so it is important to pay attention to how this may impact food choices."

1.Which phrase can best replace the underlined word "distract" in the first paragraph?

A.Draw ... to ... B.Give ... out.

C.Bring about... D.Break ... up.

2.According to the study, a lady may consume the least calories during a meal when    .

A.eating with no distractions B.eating with a magazine

C.eating with a phone D.eating with a tablet

3.What is Marcio Gilberto Zangeronimoa's attitude to the use of phones during a meal?

A.Favorable. B.Negative. C.Indifferent. D.Surprised.

4.This passage most likely comes from    .

A.a diary B.a magazine C.a novel D.a tourist guide