History Fair Competition
Understanding history is vital to understanding ourselves as a people and as a nation. History is much more than the study of dusty old objects and events long past. It is an essential part of who we are today and who we will become. Thornton Middle School History Fair Competition makes understanding history exciting engaging, and fun!
This Year's Theme
All participants must address how communication or transportation technology has promoted the quality of life for Americans throughout history. To many people, technology means computers, hand-held devices, or vehicles that travel to distant planets. However, technology is also the application of scientific knowledge to solve a problem, touching lives in countless ways.
Individuals or groups may enter one of the following categories:
•Performance
•Documentary（纪实作品）
•Essay Writing
Category Requirements
Performance: A dramatic presentation of the topic no more than 10 minutes long. If special clothes are used, they should truly represent a given period.
Documentary: A visual presentation （such as a video, slide show, or computer project） no more than 10 minutes long. A desktop computer, screen, projector, and loudspeakers will be available. Students must provide their presentations on CDs before Friday, March 23.
Essay Writing: An academic paper of 2,000 to 2,500 words. No illustrations （图解）are allowed, please do not include covers. A list of references must be included.
Important Dates
January 5 Submit a topic proposal to your history teacher. The teacher may require a second proposal if the first is off-topic or unclear.
February 19 A committee of teachers will evaluate materials and give opinions. Students then have an opportunity to improve their products.
March 9 Submit a final draft of your essay.
March 15 Performance and documentary committee preview
1.What’s the main purpose of understanding history?
A.To preserve national traditions・
B.To prepare for a history competition.
C.To better know the present and future.
D.To further explore historical mysteries.
2.What is the theme of this year's competition?
A.Technology advances science.
B.Science interacts with technology.
C.Science has made the study of history easy.
D.Technology has improved the life of Americans.
3.What will the committee of teachers do on February 19?
A.Make comments on the materials.
B.Improve the participant's second proposal.
C.Preview performances and documentaries.
D.Collect a second proposal from the participant.
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
“Mommy ,don't go,”my three-year-old son screamed as I walked to the door. My fifteen-year-old leaned against the kitchen counter with his arms folded across his chest ,not screaming,but glaring at me as I pulled his little brother off my leg.
“Are you mad at me too?”
“You spend all your time taking care of other people's kids,but what about us?”Dylan left angrily.
I was shocked and a little hurt. How could my own child not understand that the work I was doing was saving live? Then the answer hit me. He didn't know bemuse he had never seen what Healing the Children actually did. Dylan had heard the sores of sick children, but had never once looked into the eyes of a child and understood the hard truth-that without our help, the child would likely die.
“Get dressed. You are going with me.”I said.
I spend the drive explaining the case of Hector to my son, who pretended to ignore me the entire time.“He's seven, only weighs thirty pounds and is very sick. He has a heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, which could kill him. It is a miracle(奇迹) that he is still alive. ”
I went on to explain that it took a team of volunteer medical staff to get Hector to the hospital from his remote village and care for him while he was there. Still, Dylan seemed unimpressed.
We stopped at a convenience store for water and snacks. Dylan had one large and one small Slurpee (思乐冰饮料). He said the small one was for Hector. I doubted whether the little guy would be able to drink it, but remained silent. This was the first interest Dylan had shown in being there. I wasn't about to ruin it.
I stopped at the nurse's station to check on Hector's progress while Dylan went to his room. Our patient was recovering physically，but the nurse was concerned that Hector was struggling emotionally. She said “Kids usually bounce back fast, but he hardly speaks and never smiles.”
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假定你是李华，伦敦孔子学院的学生来你校参加国学夏令营，请你代表学校在开营式上发言,内容包括:
1.表示欢迎；
2.介绍活动安排(诵读国学经典、参观孔子故里)；
3.表达祝愿。
注意:1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇：孔子学院Confucius Institute ；国学经典Chinese classics
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阅读短文内容，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Earlier 2019,the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development published1.most comprehensive analysis up to now of how climate change will affect the glaciers of the world,2.(warn) that about 18,00 glaciers(冰川) will disappear by 2100.
This is a bad3.(predict) for some 1.9 billion South Asians,4. use water from the glaciers not only for drinking but also for agriculture, hydroelectric power,and tourism. But the survey also looked at an immediate question: As the glaciers 5.(rapid) melt, where will all the water—more than a quadrillion gallons of it, almost the amount6.(contain) in Lake Huron—go?
The answer is that the Himalaya, for example, long defined by7.(it) glaciers,is becoming a mountain range defined by lake. In fact, another study found that from 1990 to 2010, more than 900 new glaciers-fed lakes 8.(form) across Asia's high mountain ranges.Because of those remote locations scientists must rely9.satellites to count them ,and new lakes appear to be growing so quickly that it's difficult for scientific teams to agree on the precise number. I's all happening much10.( fast) than we expected it to even five or ten years ago.
Kemira had just jumped in the shower when she heard her mother knocking at the door. Kemira's 30-day-old daughter was_________. The 24-year-old new mother burst out of the_________and began patting her daughter on the back. Ryleigh ，the baby，was usually quick to cry. Now she didn't make a_________.
The three had hardly_________out of their house when they met will Kimbro,a school officer, shouting that the baby had stopped breathing. _______for his help, Kemira handed the baby to Kimbro. He put a hand on her little chest. Ryleigh's heart was_______beating.
Kimbro_______for an ambulance-it was seven minutes out and the_______ was even further away. Then he began tapping Ryleigh's chest, hoping to make her heart back into_______.Thanks to the CPR(心肺复苏术) class, Kimbro knew the choking baby didn't have a________to survive if there was a blockage, and he used one finger to clear her airway. That was the________ touch:20 seconds later, Ryleigh began to________.
While waiting the ambulance,Kimbro________the delicate chest compression(按压) and regularly clearing her airway.
At the hospital,Ryleigh________quickly-thanks to a________school police offer who was in the right place at the right time.
1.A.infected B.injured C.choking D.missing
2.A.bathroom B.kitchen C.bedroom D.study
3.A.sound B.face C.movement D.mark
4.A.caught up B.finish up C.got it D.made it
5.A.Ready B.Thankful C.Desperate D.Bound
6.A.naturally B.steadily C.strongly D.barely
7.A.headed B.longed C.radioed D.hunted
8.A.station B.museum C.school D.hospital
9.A.schedule B.practice C.action D.position
10.A.choice B.chance C.right D.reason
11.A.dangerous B.foolish C.gentle D.magic
12.A.laugh B.cry C.bite D.sleep
13.A.continued B.followed C.started D.refused
14.A.returned B.recovered C.changed D.woke
15.A.determined B.generous C.gifted D.serious
Water Skiing
Water skiing is an exciting water sport that can be a ton of fun. It takes a little patience to learn, but once you do, water skiing is a sport you can enjoy whenever you have a boat and enough flat water.
1.Every water skier needs water skis(划水板) and they differ depending on the size of the skier and the experience level of the skier. Of course, no one can water ski alone, so you will need to find at least two people to go with you on your water skiing adventure. You and everyone you go with will have more fun if the friends you go with also want to water ski.2.After you have the boat, the people, and the skis, you will also need a water skiing cable(缆绳) and a life jacket.
For your first time water skiing, you may want to either take a lesson from an expert or find a friend that has experience to teach you. 3.The observer rides in the boat，but watches the water skier for any signals and helps the driver know when to start and stop.
The person skiing starts by crouching(蹲伏)in the water, this is called a deep water start. The skis will float ,but you want your body to be in a crouching position in the water. Your skis tips should be pointing out of the water.4. When you are ready, you give a signal to the driver of the boat ,who starts speeding. Ideally you are pulled into an upright position with your skis underneath you, gliding along the surface of the water.5.
A.You need a boat. naturally,
B.Most people just enjoy regular water skiing.
C.The idea is to ski on the surface of the water.
D.Having a successful start will most likely take a few tries.
E.Your arms will be overstretched holding onto the cable tightly.
F.Before you start water skiing, there are a few supplies you'll need.
G.Of your two helpers, you need one to drive the boat and one to observe.
