Ant Forest, a project launched (倡仪) by Chinese mobile payment platform AliPay, has received a 2019 Champions of the Earth Guardian Award, the UN's highest environmental honor, for turning the green good deeds of half a billion people into real trees planted in some of the driest parts of China. The United Nations Environment Program announced in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 19, 2019.
The award also went to Chinese Organizations last 2 years. In 2018, Zhejiang Green Rural Revival Program won the Inspiration and Action award for its work to dealt with polluted waterways and damaged lands. In 2017, Saihanba Afforestation Community got the same award for turning barren sand into green hills.
Ant Forest users are encouraged to record their low-carbon footprint through daily actions like taking public transport or paying utility bills (水电费) online. For each action, they receive "green energy" points and when they get a certain number of points, a real tree is planted. Users will be able to view images of their trees in real-time via satellite.
In addition to planting trees, users can also get protected areas through the "ant forest" platform, explore new ways to help the poor and improve the living standards of local people through digital technologies.
Since Ant Forest launched in August, 2016, Ant Forest and its Non-governmental organization partners have planted some 122 million trees in China's driest areas, which include regions in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The trees cover an area of 11. 2 million square kilometers, with the project becoming China's largest private sector(民间) tree-planting project.
1.Which organization won 2019 Champions of the Earth Guardian Award?
A.The United Nations Environment Program. B.Ant Forest.
C.Zhejiang Green Rural Revival Program. D.Saihanba Afforestation Community.
2.How do the Ant Forest users get a real planted tree?
A.By recording their low-carbon footprint through daily actions. B.By taking public transport.
C.By paying utility bills. D.By watering the trees.
3.The underlined word "barren" means ________ in Chinese.
A.肥沃的 B.绿色的 C.黄色的 D.贫瘠的
4.According to the passage, which statements is NOT true?
A.Ant Forest is a project launched by AliPay in August, 2016.
B.Ant Forest have planted some 122 million trees in China's driest areas.
C.Ant Forest is becoming China's largest private sector tree-planting project.
D.Ant Forest is turning the green good deeds of 500 million people into real trees planted.
5.The main idea of this passage is ________.
A.to tell us how to play Ant Forest B.to introduce Ant Forest
C.to make a review (评论) on Ant Forest D.to introduce Ant Forest's achievement
WeChat, a China's most-used app, which has nearly a billion users, wants to make itself even more popular by allowing people to find and play games inside the messaging app. Nowadays playing games online is very common, especially among young people and teenagers.
However, online games if misused (滥用的) can have very bad effects on human beings, such as eye sore, back pain and headache. Is there a healthy, funny and practical game?
Yes! 
There it is!
BrainBox World
Play together· Learn together
Our original BrainBox, designed for you to play with families or friends, will help improve observation and memory skills as well as knowledge of the world we live in. Regularly updated, each country card features capitals, flags and borders, as well as iconic (形象的) and cultural images (图像). Now translated into 24 languages, BrainBox World is a classic family game and a British success story, created and developed in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. | |
Why buy a BrainBox Game? *They are fun to play. *Made from recyclable materials. *Multi-levels mean that adults and children can play together. Contents 71 Cards 1 Rules card 1 Sand timer 1 Dice
| How to play: Aim of the game: Be the player with the most cards after ten minutes. Enjoy yourself, for 2 or more players. 1. Take a card from the BrainBox and turn the timerover. 2. Answer the appropriate questions. 3. If correct, you keep the card. Remember, all the answers to the questions are on the picture side of the cards, so look carefully! |
1.The most-used app in China is ________ according to the passage.
A.QQ B.WeChat C.YouTube D.AliPay
2.There are bad effects of playing online games EXCEPT ________.
A.eye sore B.back pain C.headache D.toothache
3.The BrainBox World Game is created in ________.
A.America B.China C.England D.France
4.If you buy a BrainBox, you will get ________.
A.a sand timer B.some flags C.two dices D.an app
5.This passage is most probably from ________.
A.a novel B.a storybook C.a comic D.a magazine
The artist, Vincent van Gogh, an important ______ of the 19th century, was only an artist for the last ten _______ of his life. He was born in Holland in 1853, but he lived much of his life in France.
______ van Gogh enjoyed drawing from the time he was a young boy, he had a number of ______ jobs before he decided to work as an artist full time. He suffered setbacks (挫折) and failures in life. He worked as a clerk and a business agent in his early years, and also served as a missioner (传教士) in the mining areas (矿区). Finally, he devoted himself to ______ and was determined to "fight with himself in painting". He painted _______ until he was up to the point of madness. He ______ more than 2, 000 artworks, consisting of around 900 paintings and 1, 100 drawings and sketches (素描).
Much of what we know about van Gogh comes from ______ he wrote to his brother Theo. Theo worked in an art gallery (画廊) in Paris and supported van Gogh's art career. He tried to ______ his paintings, but no one wanted to buy them. He sent van Gogh money and encouraged him.
Although van Gogh wasn't ______ during his life time, today he is considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of his time. Many of his paintings sell for millions of dollars.
1.A.clerk B.writer C.painter D.salesman
2.A.days B.months C.seasons D.years
3.A.Although B.But C.Because D.When
4.A.other B.others C.another D.any other
5.A.suffering B.painting C.selling D.mining
6.A.interruptedly B.slowly C.continuously D.unwillingly
7.A.bought B.kept C.borrowed D.produced
8.A.books B.notes C.letters D.diaries
9.A.buy B.sell C.send D.keep
10.A.famous B.honest C.brave D.active
One winter day when I was fourteen, my father took me to a ski hill that I had never been to. "Take a ski class?" I asked. He laughed, "No, Beth. I'll teach you ______ ."
On the bunny hill (初学者滑雪道), there were a lot of children. I was worried to hit them ______ I didn't know how to stop my skis. So when I saw a little kid in front of me, I fell over to stop. After ______ hour or two, I was tired.
"Let's ______ up to the yellow ski run," Dad said. At the chair lift, we saw other people going up. "See, Beth, that's how you get on the lift," he said. Getting on the chair lift wasn't too ______. I laughed.
There were three stops. We came up to the first stop. The chair lift was moving very quickly. My dad got ______ . But by the time I was ready, it was too late! I turned around and watched as my father looked smaller and smaller while I went up the mountain alone. Help!
At the next stop, I knew I must move ______ this time. I remembered my plan from the bunny hill. Fall down! I tumbled (摔倒) in the snow, but at least I was on the snow again. A few minutes later, my dad ______. He was laughing, but I saw that he was worried. "Now we're on the blue run," he said. "It's not easy."
You guessed it, I fell down a lot. I realized ______ they called it a "blue" run. My legs and bottom were all black and blue, but I had learnt how to ski. ______ amazing Saturday!
1.A.me B.mine C.myself D.I
2.A.so B.though C.if D.because
3.A.a B.an C.the D./
4.A.go B.to go C.went D.going
5.A.hard B.harder C.hardest D.hardly
6.A.off B.in C.up D.on
7.A.fast B.faster C.fastest D.the fastest
8.A.appears B.will appear C.is appearing D.appeared
9.A.which B.how C.why D.when
10.A.What B.What an C.How D.How an
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