What will you get if you ask middle schoolers to show you their city through a camera? There may be images of flowers and friends, street scenes and sneakers, and trees and trains. It can also include colorful images featuring their favorite people, places and things. Such photographs made up an exhibition that was the end result of a special citywide photography lesson called “Everyday DC”.
“DC is a place where people can all come together and be free and be with everyone that they love,” said Lauryn Tharpe, one of the four student curators (馆长) who worked with their art teacher at Brookland Middle School to put the exhibition together. “There’s more to DC than big buildings and important people.”
“Everyday DC” was inspired by a popular Instagram feed called Everyday Africa, which was started by two professional photographers who noticed the personal photos of Africa, from their perspective (视角) showing a different story than their professional work. The goal of the online photo “exhibition” was to show viewers what it’s like to live in Africa, as opposed to what people outside of Africa see in the news.
In Washington DC, students took photos to reflect their lives there. Twelve middle schools each submitted about 10 student photographs, from beautiful portraits to action shots and images of the students’ favorite foods. Tharpe and another three students were selected to be curators by their art teacher, Maame Bawuah, who coordinated (协调) the project for DC Public Schools.
“I have a lot of amazing students, although the four of them are quite exceptional,” said Bawuah, who chose the students to be curators because of their interest in both photography and museum management.
A curator is someone who collects, organizes, cares for and displays anything in a collection. To get ready for the exhibition, the curators had to take care of many tasks, including taking their photos according to different themes.
1.What do we know about the “Everyday DC” exhibition?
A.It promoted the students’ interest in museum management.
B.It reflected the diverse life from the students’ perspective.
C.It was established by Lauryn Tharpe and Maame Bawuah.
D.It exhibited photos featuring influential things and figure.
2.Why does the author mention Everyday Africa?
A.To introduce how Everyday DC came about.
B.To highlight Everyday Africa’s popularity.
C.To compare Everyday Africa with Everyday DC.
D.To show the widespread influence of Instagram.
3.What are the four curators required to do for the project?
A.Decorate the photographs on display.
B.Study professional photography skills.
C.Find fault with the submitted photos.
D.Group the photographs by theme.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.A lesson on running museums B.A citywide exhibition
C.Photograph your life D.Admire your city
Paying it forward is a concept that involves doing something good for someone in response to a good deed done on your behalf or a gift you received. When you pay it forward, however，you don't repay the person who did something nice for you. Instead, you do something nice for someone else.
Recently, an inspiring note found inside a random book has inspired thousands of people to pay it forward.
Ashley Jost was shopping at Target when a book caught hex eye. The 27-year-old bought the book Girl Stop Apologizing and began reading it when she got home. After a few minutes her dog started barking so she put the book aside. When she got back, she noticed something on the ground. "A five-dollar note fell out, " Jost said.
She looked through the book, and in one of the last pages, there was a note that read, “To the person who buys this book: I am having a tough day. I thought maybe I could brighten someone else’s with this little surprise. Go and buy a coffee, a hamburger or a face mask. Practice some self care today. Remember that you are loved, you are amazing, and you are strong -Lisa”
Jost decided to post a photo of the note and the money on Twitter and it went like a virus. People are promising their own random acts of kindness.
“In that moment，I didn’t necessarily need the pick-me-up，but I feel obligated(有义务的)to share it， and I’m hearing back from people who did,” Jost said. “The ripple effect is pretty unbelievable.
After seeing her Twitter post, Lisa mailed Jost a card. "She said it made her cry in a good way,” Jost said. But Lisa still didn’t give away who she was. She left no return address. Lisa wrote it had been a difficult time in her life and she just wanted "to create something positive-she never really expected this to happen the way it has.”
1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A.The origin of"paying it forward". B.The effects of"paying it forward
C.The benefits of"paying it forward" D.The definition of"paying it forward".
2.Why did Lisa put a five-dollar note in a book?
A.To go through the hardest time in her life.
B.To cheer up the person who buys the book
C.To repay the person who did something nice
D.To set off a round of paying it forward
3.What does the underlined word "ripple" in Paragraph 6 mean?
A.Edge B.Chain
C.Mass D.Side
4.Lisa posted a card to Jost to ___________.
A.make friends with Jost B.tell Jost about her story
C.express appreciation to Jost D.let Jost know what made her cry
Epic Fails: The Wright Brothers Nose-diving into History
By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12.
The first book in the Epic Fails series deals with one of the most ambitious goals humans have pursued to fly. Authors Slader and Thompson focus on life-or-death scenes, such as when the Wright brothers crashed their sailplane over and over on the sandy coast of North Carolina: it took them two more years to get it right.
Epic Fails: The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff
By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12.
Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he first set foot on the moon, "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. "He made it look easy, but America’s Journey to the moon was anything but simple. Our first attempt was a failure. Still we didn't give up. We tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better.
Fantastic failures:True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First
By Luke Reynolds.Ages 6 to 12
Teacher Luke Reynolds opens each chapter with a quick, impossibly perfect version of one person's life and then says how that person actually had to face huge challenges to accomplish goals. In this book, Reynolds writes about various common men, women and children.
Cyrus Field’s Big Dream: The Daring Effert to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
By Mary Morton Cowan. Ages 6 to 12
In 1853, it took at least a week to relay a message between the United States and Europe because people had to be transported on ships over the Atlantic Ocean. Cyrus Field tried to reduce that transmission ((传送) time to just minutes by laying a long undersea cable. In this book, Cowan describes many failures. Field suffered before he achieved this major breakthrough.
1.What do we know about Fantastic Failures?
A.It was written by a famous actor. B.It tells stories of ordinary people.
C.It is about science fiction stories. D.It is about some celebrities’ success.
2.Cyrus Field made a major breakthrough in the area of .
A.communication B.entertainment
C.transportation D.sailing
3.What lesson can we learn from the four books?
A.All roads lead to Rome. B.An early bird catches worms.
C.Failure is the mother of success. D.Actions speak louder than words.
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
毕业在即，你班将举行最后一次班会。请你为本次班会设计方案，方案中必须包含以下内容:
1. 确立班会的主题；
2. 描述你所设计的活动；
3. 谈谈活动设计的理由。
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Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the word or phrase given in the brackets.
1.被撞倒后，似乎过了好几个小时这位司机才苏醒过来。 (knock)
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2.四分之一受访的学生承认过马路时被手机分心。 (survey, distract)
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3.按照先前安排，我开车去接她，并送她到办公室。 (As, drop)
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4.如果没有我以前的老师,我就不会成为一名记者,因为是她激励了我们去为未来努力。(But)
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Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS. Use your own words as far as possible. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
To understand the changing role of women in China, consider the runaway success of a novel titled Du Lala’s Rise. Decades after Mao Zedong declared that women hold up half the sky,” the success of Du Lala and her peers reflects a curious fact about women in China: they appear to be far more ambitious than their counterparts (对应者)in the United States.
Rjpa Rashid, a senior vice president at the Center for Work-Life Policy, says the rapid growth “creates this excitement”， and builds on a cultural and historical legacy (遗产)in which Chinese women are not just encouraged to participate in the workforce, they are expected to.
One result has been a generation of women and girls who believe they belong among China’s power elite ( 精 英 ). In the US, that shift followed decades of battles over equality and women’s rights. In China, there are fewer institutional barriers for women trying to succeed professionally.
That’s true, too, in the executive suite. Grant Thornton International, the tax consultancy, found that roughly eight out of 10 companies in China had women in senior management roles, compared with approximately half in the European Union and two thirds in the US. Similarly, in China, 31 percent of top executives are female, compared with 20 percent in America.
Thirdly, child care is easily accessible in China, enabling them to pursue their careers after giving birth to their children. Fourthly, ambition has become a matter of necessity in fast-paced China, and both the husband and wife have to work in order to keep up with the skyrocketing housing prices.
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