Say the phrase “female environmental pioneers,” and among the names you will hear are Rachel Carson, who wrote pesticides; chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall; and 17-year-old climate-change activist Greta Thunberg. To mark Women’s History Month, Kidspost is sharing the story of an environmental pioneer who is not that famous but equally remarkable.
At age 3, Sylvia Earle found her lifelong passion while playing on a beach. A wave suddenly came up and knocked her over.
“My mother ... saw the big smile on my face and let me run back in,” Earle told a TV interviewer years later. “And I’ve been running back in ever since.”
Earle is now 84 years old and has spent a lifetime exploring the world’s oceans and working to protect them from pollution, overfishing and other threats.
She is a pioneer in using scuba gear. Scuba gear lets divers take breath underwater. She holds the world record for the deepest untethered walk on the ocean floor at 1,250 feet. This means she was not tied to anything when she was walking underwater. During this exploration, she planted a U.S. flag.
In 1998, Time magazine gave Earle its first Heroes for the Planet award. She was the first female chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It is the U.S. ocean and atmosphere group. She was also elected to the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
Earle has spent her life teaching people about the ocean. She notes how much it affects the weather, and what we eat and drink. She has something to say to those who don’t understand why the ocean matters. “They should know that with every breath they take, every drop of water they drink, the ocean is touching them,” Earle says. “You should treat the ocean as if your life depends on it— because it does.”
1.What does Earle’s lifelong passion refer to?
A.Teaching people how to dive. B.Writing articles for magazines.
C.Exploring and protecting oceans. D.Providing equipment for divers.
2.What do we know about Earle from the text?
A.Earle is a world record holder.
B.Earle’s mother is in support of her work.
C.Earle is a remarkable British ocean explorer.
D.Earle is the only female chief scientist at NOAA.
3.Which of the following words can best describe Earle?
A.brave and conservative. B.devoted and courageous.
C.determined and rigid. D.ambitious and modest.
4.Which of the following statement will Earle agree with according to the text?
A.People should stop overfishing and eating seafood.
B.The ocean plays a significant role in human’s life.
C.The weather has a far-reaching effect on the ocean.
D.The exploration of the ocean can be done without limit.
Visiting 300,000 Works of Art in Paris Right Now
Stuck at home? You can still visit thousands of the greatest artworks in the City of Light for free. The cultural board of Paris' free city museums sorted through the city's top public museums to share must-see artworks.
The museums
Two are great writer's homes — Balzac and Victor Hugo — filled with period details as well as art designs. The Catacombs and the Crypts have collections of sculptures made out of bones. The best known is likely the Petit Palais with well-known works, including Claude Monet's Sunset on the Seine.
The artists
You can try searching for the most successful or the ones you're most interested in, or just start wandering, which is a great way to find fascinating paintings by lesser-known, but no less talented, artist like George Desvallieres.
The works of art
Don't know where to start? Search for Paul Cézanne's romantic paintings of women, depicting two young women lounging on the banks of the Seine which can be downloaded for free on the Paris Musées site.
The 360-degree moments
Want to enjoy works at Musee de l’Orangerie? Try the website of Google Art Project. Click through to the colorful wonders of Monet's Waterlilies exhibited at Paris museum. The virtual version lets you spin in 360-degree circles to take it all in, with no crowds blocking your view.
1.Which of the following are showed at the Catacombs and the Crypts?
A.Period details. B.Well-known works.
C.Art designs. D.Bone sculptures.
2.What can we infer about George Desvallieres?
A.He is good at painting women.
B.He has a great gift in painting.
C.He is popular throughout the world.
D.He has created many famous paintings.
3.Where can we enjoy Monet's Waterlilies at varied angles?
A.At Paris museum. B.On Google Art Project.
C.On the Paris Musées site. D.At Musee de l’ Orangerie.
假设你是高一学生李华，你的日本同龄朋友 Yuki 因为疫情也被隔离。现在在家利用钉钉进行网课的学习。但是她非常不习惯这种学习方式，担心会影响学业。同样在家学习的你想要帮助她，请给她写一封英文邮件，内容包括：
1. 安慰鼓励 Yuki；
2. 给她关于网课学习的建议，例如如何记笔记，如何和老师在线沟通，如何安排时间等；
3. 给予祝福。
参考词汇：疫情 epidemic 隔离 quarantine 钉钉 Ding Talk
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每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：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，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 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
Dear Leo,
Know that you are in low spirits for the quarrels with your parents，I would like to help you, but I can totally understand your feelings.
To start with it, you should know what this kind of communication problem worries nearly all the teenagers. Therefore, you don’t have to blame yourself not having a good relationship with your parents.
Actually, it isn't easy for them to talk about myself with my parents either, so my solve is to write down my thoughts in a letter to them. We need to tell them what we want and learn to negotiate. For example, I once get my parents to let me hang out with my friends on weekends unless I got better scores.
What’s more, trust the love of your parents for you and have some faith in them.
They will absolute listen to you and understand you in the end.
I’m looking forward to your good news.
Yours,
Li Hua
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Age is not a problem when it comes to 1. (achieve) what you wish for. If you have the will power, you can’t be stopped.
2.wants to show his or her special skills to the whole world can use You Tube as a platform. There are so many You Tubers, some of3.are liked by thousands of fans. But our favorite You Tuber is not a young person but a grandmother. Mastanamma is 106 years of age. She lives in a village. She is famous on the4. (society) media for her You Tube videos of cooking various dishes. In her videos, she teaches her followers how to prepare different kinds of dishes,5.(use) natural ingredients.
This journey6.(begin) when one day her grandson Lakshman and his friend decided7. (upload) a video of her on You Tube. Lakshman wanted to show how people cooked8.(tradition) in the old days.
This lovely granny is an9.(inspire) to thousands, and it is very thoughtful of her grandson to promote her skills on such10. platform.
What is a family? Why does it_________? These questions seem_________important in the_______ season when it is often our tradition to celebrate together.
My mother was one of twelve_______. As they grew up, married and had kids of their own, most of them lived_______ enough in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina so that they didn’t need to travel a long way to see each other in the holidays.
I can’t recall getting many gifts from them._______, I remember the sense of being part of something that told me I was loved. The time we spent together was always filled with happiness.
I_______the laughing, playing and fighting with my crazy cousins.
I watched my granddad and uncles sit_______the door arguing about politics and trying to _______the problems of the world as if they were working in the White House. I listened to my grandmother, mother and aunts chat about their lives, hopes and dreams and gossip about any sister who failed to________so that we wouldn’t forget about them in their absence.
The food was always plentiful and delicious. But for me, the food was ________the highlight (亮点). The highlight was________being together.
However, they're all gone now. My parents and grandparents, my aunts and uncles have________ this world. My cousins are scattered (分散) here and there. And yet the memories________, along with the love that we shared.
I________ those memories as well as the things they taught me. They told me that families aren't________, but they prepare us to find our way in this imperfect world.
My husband and I are growing a________ family, while keeping close to our old families. Our life is a beautiful________ of kindness, traditions, nurturing and friendships, which grows year after year.
I hope this holiday season will fill you with lovely memories of the family that ________you, and surround you with all the people who ________“family” to you now.
1.A.mean B.change C.matter D.teach
2.A.especially B.possibly C.mainly D.precisely
3.A.business B.duty C.holiday D.harvest
4.A.parents B.children C.relatives D.members
5.A.near B.far C.quietly D.peacefully
6.A.Besides B.However C.Therefore D.Otherwise
7.A.hated B.ignored C.forgot D.enjoyed
8.A.on B.in C.by D.around
9.A.invent B.approach C.motivate D.conclude
10.A.carry on B.break down C.bring out D.show up
11.A.always B.never C.often D.sometimes
12.A.hardly B.fast C.easily D.simply
13.A.left B.gone C.passed D.come
14.A.look back B.fade away C.stick around D.get out
15.A.praise B.concern C.consider D.treasure
16.A.perfect B.wonderful C.terrible D.meaningful
17.A.small B.fresh C.new D.big
18.A.brand B.introduction C.separation D.mixture
19.A.prepare B.raise C.help D.praise
20.A.mean B.alarm C.guide D.allow
