Bags of Fun Bring Smiles to Hospitalized Kids

In the weeks after 6-year-old Gabby Krause lost her battle with brain cancer in 2004, her mother and a close friend fought through tears as they discussed the best way to honor the little girl.

Out of that conversation-and previous encouragement from Gabby herself-Bags of Fun was born. It provides to children with life-threatening illnesses the very thing that made chemotherapy and radiation treatment（化療） a little easier on Gabby:。bag full of toys, books, electronic devices（電子設(shè)備）and games to pass the time.

"The bag" was something her family brought along from the beginning of her 19-month battle, and Gabby voiced her wish to bring the same joy to the kids around her after realizing that most patients at the Children's Hospital didn't have a. bag of fun. It is a symbol of her selfless spirit.

"The bags are tailored to age and gender（性別）, but the two mast common things are an electronic device and noise putty that makes sounds that bring laughter to children", said Solomon, a volunteer for the organization. In all, there are usually between 14-18 things in each bag to help pass the hard .“It's mostly about the power of play, what it's able to do for these kids who are sitting in a hospital worrying about what's going on, when the next needle poke or test is coming. " said Solomon, who adds there is strong evidence to suggest the activities reduce stress on patients and their parents.

A bag of fun, brought to Maelle Hicks on her first clay of treatment at the Children's Hospital in July 2014, had such a great effect that she and her family continue to volunteer and raise money for the organization, long after she left hospital. Her mother says Bags of Fun was a complete surprise to everyone, and Maelle will never forget it.

The scope（范圍）of Bags of Fun has gotten bigger since its beginning. Bags were first given to cancer patients, but now all children affected by a life-threatening condition are able to benefit from Bags of Fun.

1.Bags of Fun was born to __________.

A.encourage Gabby B.remember Gabby

C.celebrate children's success D.reduce stress on parents

2.According to the passage, what might be inside a bag of fun?

A.Money. B.Medicine. C.Movie tickets. D.Chess.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Maelle Hicks' family gave money to Bags of Fun.

B.Bags of Fun has probably been used in more hospitals.

C.Bags of Fun makes hospitalized kids get better treatment.

D.Kids in the hospital can get help from Bags of Fun.

Butterflies at Risk

What's causing problems for these beautiful insects?

Something is harming the monarchs. One of the largest butterflies in North America, monarchs are famous for their long migrations（遷徙）covering thousands of miles. Yet the number of monarchs is dropping. Bad weather conditions, putting the butterfly population in danger. Some butterfly experts say that the number of monarch butterflies has been cut by 25 percent. In recent years, unusually cold temperatures and rain have caused monarchs to die in large numbers. These conditions have also caused new butterflies not to hatch（孵化）.

Will they return?

Monarchs are very sensitive（敏感的）to change because of the long distances they travel. They cover thousands of miles each year, flying between their winter homes in Mexico or Southern California and their summer homes in the Midwest. Other animals also migrate. And many travel much farther. A bird called the Arctic tern goes round trip between the Arctic and the Antarctic every year. Like the Arctic tern, a type of gray whale has a long migration. It travels 12,400 miles from Baia California in Mexico to waters off Alaska and back. The longest migration ever recorded is by the sooty shearwater. Every year this bird flies 40, 000 miles from New Zealand to the northern part of the Pacific Ocean to find food.

The monarchs don't travel as far as animals like the Arctic tern and the sooty shearwater, but their journey isn't safe. Every year as many as 100 million monarch butterflies leave Mexico for the first leg of the migration. It's hard to imagine that such a large number might be in danger. Yet many scientists tell us that the danger is very real.

In Mexico people are destroying the natural environment. They cut down the trees where millions of monarchs. spend the winter and use chemicals to kill the milkweed, the monarch's favourite food. Monarchs spend the winter in Mexico and California. In both places, development is destroying these winter homes. Unless steps are taken to protect their habitats, the monarchs' migration could become a thing of the past.

"If we lose the whole migration, we lose one of the nation's most magnificent phenomena, " said Chip Taylor, a professor at the University of Kansas. These butterflies are the symbol of richness of biological diversity（生物多樣性）.

1.Are monarch butterflies famous for their long migrations?

2.What are putting the butterfly population in danger?

3.Where are monarchs' winter homes?

4.In Paragraph 2, what animal has the longest migration?

5.What can people do to protect monarch butterflies?

完成句子。

1.你最好運(yùn)動前熱身。(had better, before exercise)

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2.我昨天累得不想說話。 (tired, too ... to)

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3.保護(hù)野生動物很重要。 (important, protect)

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4.修建大興機(jī)場花費(fèi)了五年時間。(Daxing International Airport, take, build)

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根據(jù)中文和英文提示, 完成一篇不少于50詞的文段寫作。文中已給出內(nèi)容不記入總詞數(shù)。所給提示詞語僅供選用。

假如你是李華, 你的美國筆友Tony正在計劃來北京旅游, 體驗(yàn)中國文化。請結(jié)合你對北京的了解, 用英語給他寫封郵件, 從最佳旅行時間和文化體驗(yàn)方面給他提出建議。

提示詞語： comfortable, tea, Beijing Opera

提示問題：

When is the best time to visit Beijing?

What can you do to experience Chinese culture in Beijing?

Dear Tony,

I'm glad that you are going to visit Beijing and experience Chinese culture. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm looking forward to your arrival.

Yours,

Li Hua

找出下列各組劃線部分發(fā)音與其它三個不同的單詞。

1.A.breakfast B.bread C.healthy D.dream

2.A.she B.chess C.evening D.these

3.A.put B.bus C.brush D.hundred

4.A.photo B.sofa C.some D.old

5.A.bike B.ride C.life D.swim

My brother Jack can play_________drums.but he can't play_________basketball.

A./; the B.the; a C.the; the D.the;/

—Is your uncle good_________children?

—Yes.He can always make them happy.

A.at B.for C.in D.with

Linda is a very nice girl.She always helps_________with_________math.

A.me; me B.me; my C.my; my D.my; me

I can't sing_________dance,_________I can swim.

A.or; but B.and; but C.but; or D.or; and

—_________is it from your home to our school?

—About five kilometers.

A.How much B.How old C.How far D.How long