Do you want to help others—but don’t know where to start? Do you feel that the challenges facing us are too big for one person? One advantage of supporting the American Red Cross is that each of our individual contributions is magnified(放大)when we all join together.Another advantage is that it's easy to start helping.You can start this every minute,by using your mobile to send a text message to make a $10 donation to one of our ongoing campaigns.
Donate to Help Victims of Natural Disasters
Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief, which helps people affected by disasters such as floods,earthquakes.wildfires and hurricanes.
Please consider making a donation today to help the thousands of people who have been affected by these disasters.
Donate to Help Reduce Deaths from Measles(麻疹)
Text PREVENT to 90999 to give $ 10 to the Red Cross and help us vaccinate(注射疫苗) children against measles.
Started in 2001.the Measles & Rubella Initiative—led by the American Red Cross, provides technical and financial support to governments and communities for mass vaccination campaigns around the world.The Initiative has supported the vaccination of more than 1 billion children helping to reduce measles deaths by 78%globally(compared to 2000).
Please consider making a donation today to help us continue this campaign.To learn more,visit www.Measlesrubellainitiative.org.
Important Information for Text Donors
You can make a $ 10 donation to the American Red Cross.Charges will appear on your wireless bill.All purchases must be authorized by account holder.You must be over 18 years old or have parental permission to participate.Text STOP to 90999 to STOP.Text HELP to 90999 for HELP.
1.The text mainly aims to tell us__________________.
A.how to keep our wireless bill safe when making donation
B.how to make a $10 donation by text message
C.when to become an authorized account holder
D.how to make individual contributions magnified
2.We should text_______to 90999 if we want to help victims of natural disasters.
A.STOP B.PREVENT C.HELP D.REDCROSS
3.What does“this campaign”in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A.Offering help to the disaster victims.
B.Supporting the American Red Cross.
C.Mass vaccination around the world.
D.Applying for charges on wireless bills.
4.1f a school boy wants to be a text donor, he should _____________.
A.get the permission of his parents
B.reach the marriage age
C.pay $10 to own an account
D.stop his daily purchases
Fire Station No.6 in Livermore,California,houses a celebrity—a 107-year-old light bulb(灯泡)that has been on for over a million hours,earning the title of the“World’s longest continuously burning bulb”by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!The bulb also holds the Guinness World Record.
Nobody knows why this bulb has stayed alive for so many years.Most people believe that it is due to two reasons—it has almost never been turned off and it is really well made.Its perfect seal lets no air in.keeping its carbon filament(灯丝)from burning out.
The bulb was first installed at the fire department hose cart house on L Street in 1901.In 1903 it was moved to the new Station 1 on First and McLeod,and survived the renovation(翻修)of the Firehouse in 1937.when it was off for about a week.The last time the bulb was switched off was in July l976,when it was moved to Fire Station No.6.Thousands of people watched as the electrician tried to re-attach the bulb at its new location.At first nothing happened and people thought the bulb had finally died.However,a slight touch of its switch and then,the bulb came on and has been on since.Nobody at the station dares to touch it,even to clean it.
A local reporter first discovered the bulb’s significance in 1972.He recommended his readers to go visit it if they ever went to Livermore.All of a sudden thousands of people came to Fire Station No.6 and the bulb became famous.
Needless to say,the bulb is now a big source of pride and joy for the city of Livermore.So when some folks offered to buy it,the answer from the city was“NO!”
1.Which of the following may not be a reason for the bulb to stay alive for so long?
A.It was seldom switched off.
B.It was made of high quality.
C.Its carbon filament was special.
D.Its seal was perfect.
2.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A.The brief history of the bulb.
B.The problems with the bulb.
C.The main function of the bulb.
D.The location where the bulb is.
3.We can learn from the text that the bulb _______________.
A.will eventually be owned by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not
B.is now becoming a proud symbol of the locals in livermore
C. has never been touched or cleaned in Fire Station No.6
D.wouldn’t have been discovered without the local reporter
假定你是李华,你的美国朋友Jack来信说,他暑假后将到北京大学留学。请你根据以下内容给他写一封回信,告知有关情况。
1.简单介绍北京大学;
2.生活便利、居民友善;
3.留学期间,愿提供任何帮助。
注意:词数100左右:开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
I glad to know that you will come to China for further study.Now let me tell you what you are concerned with.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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I’m looking forward to meeting you in Beijing.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有l0处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改l0处,多者(从第1l处起)不计分。
My grandparents live in the countryside.They keep a dog calling Ah Bao.One day my grandparents go to work in the fields,taking along my little brother and Ah Bao.My brother and Ah Bao came to a river nearby and enjoyed himself. My brother was trying to catch a butterfly while he fell into a river.Ah Bao barked and immediate jumped into a water.Hearing about him barking,my grandparents hurried there and saw Ah Bao swimming towards the bank carrying my brother .Ah Bao did all he could save my little brother,that moved all the people present.Everyone praised Ah Bao for his brave and kindness.
Most people nowadays are so busy with their lives that they do not have time to enjoy a healthy and 1.(balancel)diet.For most individuals,as 2. result of eating foods rich in fats and sugar several years,they choose to go on a diet but do not succeed at the end.Be sure to be with a strong 3.(aware)that you are 4. you eat! Therefore,maintaining a healthy diet not only 5.(provide)your body with energy but also numerous health benefits.One is that you will keep a healthy weight and is also the easiest and most 6.(benefit)way in which you can be energetic and protect yourself 7.a number of diseases when growing old.Another benefit is that you will meet your everyday nutritional (require) 8.. 9.(Basic)speaking,you should ensure that you take good amount of vegetables,grains,milk and proteins.In most cases,a healthy diet can help you decrease the risk of 10.(get)some diseases like diabetes and cancer.
Michael’s phone contains a picture of masses of groceries—from pies to ground meat—all packed tightly into a car.All of it was taken to Mary’s Mission,a for the homeless,last Thanksgiving,he explained.
“Till now, we’ve delivered 21,000 pounds of food that would have been ,”said Michael,18,a high school graduate from Illinois.
Last summer, Michael started a called Unseen Cuisine.It food that is nearly past its sell—by date from business,and delivers it to shelters for the homeless. their senior year, Michael and eight other students up for three deliveries a week to nearby shelters.
Now those students hope to the mission at the universities they are attending in the fall and get more students .
“The ultimate goal for us is to end food waste and end ,not only in America but50the whole world,”Michael said.“I know that’s pretty ”
During a family trip to India in the summer of 2012,Michael said he was by seeing people beg in the streets.That image with him.
But Michael and his team have been honored for their work,he said his team had been most by their interactions(交流)with people who live and work at the shelters.
They said they had come to a new of their privilege and responsibility toward others.“A lot of people didn’t necessarily to be in the position that they’re in.It’s a lot of 58 wherever you’re born,”said Nick Motta,1 8,one of Michael’S teammates.
“To me,it's amazing that a group of students can make such a ”Michael said.“If we can just keep doing that.I think it will go a long way.”
1.A.store B.shelter C.school D.factory
2.A.produced B.bought C.wasted D.stolen
3.A.pub B.class C.family D.group
4.A.collects B.sells C.makes D.cooks
5.A.Before B.After C.Throughout D.Until
6.A.held B.turned C.made D.teamed
7.A.spread B.1imit C.support D.delay
8.A.known B.involved C.united D.started
9.A.poverty B.violence C.injustice D.hunger
10.A.hopefully B.thankfully C.fortunately D.apparently
11.A.affordable B.aggressive C.ambitious D.arbitrary
12.A.frightened B.affected C.embarrassed D.disappointed
13.A.met B.stayed C.agreed D.matched
14.A.when B.as C.since D.while
15.A.awarded B.comforted C.rewarded D.favored
16.A.understanding B.analyzing C.balancing D.expressing
17.A.fail B.fight C.manage D.choose
18.A.freedom B.1uck C.courage D.wisdom
19.A.pretty B.well C.rather D.even
20.A.point B.breakthrough C.difference D.decision