寒假英语小卷（十四）
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If you've ever heard of e-waste, you've probably heard about Alex Lin.
Alex Lin, a 21-year-old, started to clear the world of e-waste as an ordinary boy. One day, Lin was just reading the newspaper when he noticed something about e-waste and began to realize how harmful the chemicals in it are to the environment. And so Lin decided to take action.
At 1l years old, he and his friends from Rhode Island thought up Project WIN (Westerly Innovations Network). To get started, Lin got help from community rvices to spread the message about e-waste. That's when Lin and his team decided to save the parts of old computers to create new ones for kids in developing countries. That way, they could help recycle (回收) computers while helping other children from poorer countries experience tec
erin brockovichhnology! They ended up transforming 300,000 pounds of e-waste into new computers for developing countries!
And yet, Alex Lin had a bigger goal to achieve. He realized that the only way to make recycling e-waste a habit was to make a law stopping people dumping (倾hbn倒) e-waste. Then Lin met with Arthur Handy, the state reprentative(议员), discussing the e-waste bill for Rhode Island. Unfortunately the bill did not pass. “We felt so sad,” says Brodie, a friend of Lin's.
But Lin and his team didn't give up. They wrote articles for newspapers and even made speeches in public. Soon, local media got Lin's story and helped spread the word to millions of people in the area. Finally, the Hou and Senate of Rhode Island pasd the bill after eing the400 names on the petition (请愿书) Lin and his team had collected. They were excited. They had finally made it!
After the huge success, Lin decided that he could do even more for the world. And with that, his local WIN organization grew into the global WIN Network, encouraging other cou
雅思听力场景词汇ntries to take action on e-waste.
1. What led Lin to start to clear e-waste?proud的名词
A. A news report on the topic. B. The influence from his community.
C. His interest in doing recycling work. D. The encouragement from his friends.
2. How did Lin and his team deal with e-waste in the beginning?
A. They made it into new electronics. B. They sold it to the developing world.
C. They taught people how to u electronics. D. They tried to make a law forbidding e-waste dumping.
3. How did the work of getting the bill pasd go?
A. It went as well as expected. B. It was slowed by the local media.
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C. If was difficult but it was worth it. D. It was fruitless and let people down.
4. What is the main purpo of this text?
A. To explain the harm of e-waste. B. To encourage more people to join WIN.
翻译词C. To call on people to protect the environment. D. To introduce some stories about a young environmentalist.
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A great rivalry (对抗) can make a hockey (曲棍球) game exciting. But it's even better when both sides share the same goal. Students of Boston College (B.C.) and Boston University (B.U.) held a game for a good cau. Former members of the schools’ hockey teams faced off in the 4th Annual Commonwealth Avenue Charity Classic. It took place at B.U.'s Walter Brown Arena. Every year, the competition rais money for Compassionate Care ALS, the Pete Frates Home Health Initiative and the Travis Roy Foundation. This ye
ar's event brought in a record-breaking$78,432.
Frates is fighting ALS, a dia that affects the brain. A former B.C. baball team leader, he was diagnod (诊断) with ALS in 2012, when he was only 27. Frates and his family have since raid hundreds of millions of dollars for ALS rearch, most famously with the Ice Bucket Challenge, which began in 2014.
“Pete likes social media (媒体) very much, so he wanted his voice, his face, everything that was happening to him to be recorded to help more people," said John Frates, Pete's father.
The B.C. and B.U. students enjoy coming together for the event. “This is just the best of the hockey world," said former B.U. hockey player Travis Roy. “Both schools have a lot of great hockey players. Their skills are impressive, and the fact that they come out here to support good caus is a big deal.”
After a heated battle, the B.U. Terriers won. Afterwards, former B.U. star Charlie McAvoy
summed up the feeling of friendliness on the ice. “We all come together,” said McAvoy, who now plays for the Boston Bruins, “and we're able to put aside the rivalry for great caus.”
B.U.'s Danny O' Regan, who now plays for the Buffalo Sabres, added, "You work hard on the ice and off the ice, and good things will happen.”2013英语高考答案
