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1、 August 20thScholarship Description: The 5 Strong Scholarship Foundation is a team of experienced educators that have over 30 years of experience in helping minority nationality students get into college. We have teamed up to form a foundation thats going to be devoted to building groups of 5 colleg

2、e ready scholars and placing them on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.Contact: Andrew H. Ragland; 770-873-6621$1,000 College JumpStart Scholarship October 8th The $1,000 College JumpStart Scholarship is a virtue-based competition that is open to 7th-12th graders and colle

3、ge students and non-traditional students. Applicants must be juniors or seniors or adult students. Adrian Monk; 650-319-8441ACF Andrew Piech Memorial Scholarship July 9th One or more scholarships are awarded each year to New Mexico graduating high school seniors and continuing college students. Stud

4、ents must go after a degree or certificate from a non-profit public or technical professional institution including community college. Daniel White; 505-883-6240 Species On The Edge 2.0 Social Scholarship September 19th Conserve Wildlife Foundation invites high school student from across the state t

5、o submit an original social media campaign showing why wildlife is important to protect. The fun and educational contest provides students with the opportunity to show their talent, creativity and love for nature. The students may get scholarships if they perform well. Stephanie Dalessio; 609-984-60

6、2121. Whats the $1,000 College JumpStart Scholarship mainly based on?A. Virtue. B. Certificate. C. Protecting wildlife. D. Helping black students.22. Who can minority nationality students call for help if they want to get a scholarship?A. Andrew H. Ragland. B. Adrian Monk.C. Daniel White. D. Stephan

7、ie Dalessio.23. Which of the following is intended for New Mexican students?A. 5 Strong Scholarship.B. $1,000 College JumpStart Scholarship.C. ACF Andrew Piech Memorial Scholarship.D. “Species On The Edge 2.0” Social Scholarship.BA bunch of strangers showed up at the gym in the early morning of the

8、last Sunday of April. A few athletes were already stretching their arms, but most of us could barely focus. As I was burning off last nights wrong decisiona big meal, I spotted a poster about a gyms 21-day workout challenge, and I immediately signed up. I always wanted to train for a marathon, so I

9、considered this as my warm-up. Besides, I needed to stop being lazy and this was my chance to make a change.It was easy to promise on paper, but three weeks of recommended exercise routines and diet restrictions wouldnt be easy. I stuck to working out 30 minutes a day, and I didnt disturb my normal

10、routine. Instead, I had to be faced with the tough work of being more creative in my spare time, thus breaking some bad habits.Overcoming weaknesses with willpower was my goal for the next part of the journey. But the difficult part about making a challenge is realizing that “wanting” and “doing” ar

11、e two very different things. Just like a career, you have to physically work for it rather than just wait for it to happen. But thats hard. Throughout the 21 days, I often told myself that the challenge was meaningless and tried to sabotage myself from exercising. However, finally I overcame that ne

12、gative thought and kept working out.At the end of the challenge, I learned something even more important: Feeling the results is better than seeing them. I had fewer headaches and more energy, and was simply happier. I even felt a little smarter as I researched which foods were better for my body, a

13、nd learned how to make healthier meals. I felt a sense of accomplishment, too, because even though I wanted to give up dozens of times, I didnt. I felt my waist got smaller and my arms got stronger, and I no longer felt guilty after having a piece of cake or a drink.24. What was the authors wrong de

14、cision?A. Going to the gym early. B. Training for a marathon.C. Eating a lot the previous night. D. Stopping being lazy for a change.25. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?A. Some of the authors bad habits.B. Some ways of the authors killing his spare time.C. The importance of sticking to the normal d

15、aily routine.D. The difficulty of the authors keeping on with the workout plan.26. What does the underlined word “sabotage” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Improve. B. Hear. C. Prevent. D. Distinguish.27. What did the author learn from the workout challenge?A. Eating healthy food is more important t

16、han exercising.B. Overcoming a challenge could bring good feelings to him.C. Its more important to see what he likes than just feel it.D. There was no need to feel guilty about things he disliked to do.CA new study shows that air pollution can cause a huge reduction in our intelligence. The study wa

17、s a project involving researchers at Peking University in China and Yale University in the United States.The researchers reported that long-term exposure to air pollution can affect a persons mental abilities in two areas: Language and math.The researchers studied about 25,000 people from across Chi

18、na. Between 2010 and 2014, these Chinese men, women and children were given language and math tests. Then researchers compared the test results with measurements of pollution in the air, namely nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide（二氧化硫）.Xi Chen of the Yale School of Public Health led the study. He an

19、d his team found that breathing polluted air can reduce a persons education level by about one year.Chen said that the effect generally is worse for those over 64 years of age, for men and for those with little or no education.The older persons-they are more affected. And we find, quite amazingly, m

20、ales are more affected than females. And people working outdoors are more affected than people working indoors.He noted that the youngest people in the study were 10 years old, while the oldest was 90 years old. They came from Chinas 33 provinces. In his words, the data and facts are convincing and

21、this range of ages and locations across the country provided a real, objective and representative sample.The researchers noted that the effect of air pollution on verbal ability is even more serious as people age, especially among men and the less educated. The researchers also stressed that every c

22、ountry, whether developed, developing or poor, should focus on air pollution or humans will face a bad situation.28. What is the result of the study?A. Females are more affected by air pollution than males.B. Air pollution has a bad effect on peoples intelligence.C. Americans are more affected by ai

23、r pollution than Chinese.D. People working indoors are actually not affected by air pollution.29. What did Chen say about the study?A. It is doubtful. B. It is extremely unfair.C. It is common and not representative. D. It is relatively objective and persuasive.30. What did the researchers emphasize

24、 in the last paragraph?A. The data from the 33 provinces is convincing.B. The whole world should pay attention to air pollution.C. The less educated take more responsibility for air pollution.D. Air pollutions influence on verbal ability is less serious as people age.31. Where is the text most likel

25、y taken from?A. A life diary. B. A guidebook. C. A biography. D. A science magazine.DStories are shared in many ways. They are described in books and magazines. They are read around the campfire at night. They are randomly distributed from stand-alone booths. But what else?To revive（复兴）literature in

26、 the era of fast news and smartphone addiction, Short Edition, a French publisher of short-form literature, has set up more than 30 story dispensers（分发机） in the USA in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices.Francis Ford Coppola,

27、the film director and winemaker, liked the idea so much that he invested in the company and placed a dispenser at his Caf Zoetrope in San Francisco. Last month public libraries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up, too. There is one on the campus at Penn State. A few can be f

28、ound in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. And Short Edition plans to announce more, including at the Los Angeles International Airport.Everything old is new again, said Andrew Nurkin, the director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers. “We want pe

29、ople to be easily exposed to literature. We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity.”Heres how a dispenser works: It has three buttons on top indicating choices for stories that can be read in one minute, three minutes or five minutes. When a button is pushed, a short st

30、ory is printed. The stories are free. They are chosen from a computer category of more than 100,000 original submissions by writers whose works have been evaluated by Short Editions judges, and transmitted over a mobile network. Offerings can be tailored to specific interests, like childrens fiction

31、 or romance. Short Edition gets stories for its category by holding writing contests.Short Edition set up its first booth in 2016 and has 150 machines worldwide. “The idea is to make people happy,” said Kristan Leroy, director of Short Edition, “There is too much unhappiness today.”32. What do we know about the stories sent by dispensers?A. They are expensive. B. They are short in form.C. They can be read on smartphones. D. They are mainly taken from magazine