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Now Paige and her staff of three paid employees work with regional volunteers to plan monthly themed parties at 15 shelters across the country, some of which house abused or abandoned kids. Each child celebrating a birthday that month gets a $30 gift, a decorative place mat, and an individual cake or cupcake.
One of Paige’s favorite parts of each party is when the kids make a wish and blow out the candles. “They rarely get a chance to dream big,” says Paige.
Her daughter, Lizzie, now seven, often helps out at the parties. Paige says, “The one thing I’ve always wanted is for my kid to be generous.”
24. What was it that made Paige want to help the homeless children?
A. A flight from Dallas to Ohio. B. Her daughter’s birthday. C. The photo of a Haitian boy. D. Her talent for throwing parties. 25. What does the underlined word “impoverished” mean?
A. adorable B. poor C. talented D. dead 26. What can be learnt from the passage?
A. A total of 75 full-time workers are employed by Paige at present.
B. After unsuccessful attempts, Paige finally threw a wonderful party for the homeless kids. C. Kids can spend $30 to celebrate their birthday.
D. Paige commits herself to the cause of helping the homeless kids. 27. What kind of person do you think Paige is? A. Caring and sensitive. C. Kind and perseverant.
C
Finland is the happiest place on Earth, according to the 2018 World Happiness Report of 156 nations.
The report, released Wednesday by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks the countries of the world based on six different categories of well-being: income, freedom, trust, life expectancy, generosity and social support. This year's report also pays special attention to the happiness of each country’s immigrants.
B. Competent and loyal. D. Responsible and disciplined.
The U.S. dropped four spots from 2017 and landed in 18th place, and last year’s winner, Norway, came in second place — followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland.
“The top five countries all have almost equally high values for the six factors found to support happiness, and four of these countries—Denmark, Switzerland, Norway and now Finland — have been in first place in the six World Happiness Report rankings since the first report\in 2012, ”co-editor John Helliwell told CNN. “In a division with such excellent teams, changes in the top spot are to be expected.\
Rounding out the top 10 happiest countries was Canada in sixth place, then New Zealand, Sweden and Australia. The order of the top 10 nations changed from the 2017 list but the countries did not, according to the report. They were also 10 of the 11 top spots in the immigrant happiness category (including Mexico — 24th overall, but 10th in immigration).
“The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born,” Helliwell said in a statement. “Although immigrants come from countries with very different levels of happiness, their reported life evaluations resemble those of other residents in their new countries. Those who move to happier countries gain, while those who move to less happy countries lose.”
Other major world powers placed in significantly low spots on the list. Germany came in 15th, the UK was 19th — followed by Japan in 54th place, Russia in 59th and China in 86th.
The report, based on surveys completed by citizen volunteers, came just under a week before World Happiness Day on March 20, when the UN declared to recognize “the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives” 28. The US ranked ______ in 2017. A. 14
B. 10
C.18
D. 22
29. What is the most significant finding of the report? A. That immigrants are different from residents in the country.
B. That immigrants come from countries with different levels of happiness. C. That immigrants become happy when they leave the country.
D. That immigrants and locals feel the similar level of happiness. 30. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Happiness is no less important than any other aspect in life.
B. People’s happiness and well-being should be considered when it comes to policy-making. C. The happiness report came under a week before World Happiness Day. D. What the UN declared was beneficial to all human beings. 31. What is the best title of the passage?
A. World Happiness Day. B. Happiness — forever pursuit. C. What's your happiness index(指数)? D. The 2018 World Happiness Report. D
The mass death of flying foxes in extreme heat in North Queensland last month underlines the importance of University of Queensland wildlife research released today. The UQ research sheds light on how various species have responded to major climate events.
A study led by UQ School of Earth and Environmental Science researcher Dr Sean Maxwell has spent more than 70 years quantifying the responses of various species.
“The growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as cyclones, droughts and floods is causing unpredictable and immediate changes to ecosystems and blocking existing management efforts,” Dr Maxwell said.“Some of the negative responses we found were quite concerning, including more than 100 cases of dramatic population declines and 31 cases of local population extinction following an extreme event.”
\of critically endangered bird species in Hawaii, such as the palia, have been annihilated due to drought, leaving none of its kind, and populations of lizard species have been wiped out due to cyclones in the Bahamas.\
Cyclones were the most common extreme event for birds, fish, plants and reptiles, while mammals and amphibians were most responsive to drought events, with drought leading to 12 cases of major population decline in mammals. Drought also led to 13 cases of breeding declines in bird populations and 12 cases of changes in the composition of invertebrate communities.
UQ Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science director Professor James Watson said the
detailed information would help inform ecosystem management.
“The research clearly shows species will respond, often negatively, to extreme events,” Professor Watson said.“As climate change continues to ensure extreme climate and weather events are more and more common, we now need to act to ensure species have the best chance to survive. Wherever possible, high quality and intact habitat areas should be retained, as these are the places where species are most resilient(易恢复的) to increasing exposure to extreme events.” 32. How was the UQ research conducted? A. By observing extreme weather events. B. By protecting the endangered species.
C. By recording reactions of animals to extreme climate. D. By analyzing the reason why mass animal death happened.
33. What does the underlined word “annihilated” in paragraph 4 probably mean? A. destroyed
B. defeated
C. decreased
D. disappeared
34. Which of the following sentences is true about extreme weather events? A. Drought caused 13 cases of distinction in bird populations. B. Drought caused 12 cases of population decline in mammals. C. Birds and mammals are most responsive to cyclones. D. Cyclones wiped out populations of lizard. 35. What can we infer from Professor Watson’s words? A. Animals often show negative responses to extreme events. B. The existing management ways for wildlife protection are limited.
C. Different methods should be adopted to ensure the survival of different species. D. Complete and undamaged habitats are of great importance to species’ survival.
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You are enjoying a nice dream until your alarm suddenly rings. 36 . Is your clock out of control? No, it’s just winter, making the sun rise later, so it will be twice as hard to crawl out of bed into the cold darkness.