The Ocean Awareness Student Contest(International)
We invite middle and high school students from around the world to attend the 2017 Ocean Awareness Student Contest! The theme is Making Meaning out of Ocean Pollution, and it challenges you to research, explore, explore interpret, and say something meaningful about the connections between human activities and the health of our oceans.
This year, we challenge you to concentrate on one type of ocean pollution and “make meaning” of it through art, poetry or film. We encourage you to connect it with your own life, your own local community, or something else that is personally meaningful to you, but what’s most important is to pick a topic that inspires you.
To take part:
(1)Research
Do research on your own. Ask tough and complex questions, and think about the way science and society help you explain the topic
(2)Create
To explain your topic, create your own work of art, writing, poetry or film.
(3) Submit(提交)
The closing date for entries is on June 13, 2017, at 11:59pm.
Submit as an individual: This means that you are the only creator of your submission .
Submit as a group: Groups can be of unlimited size, but you must provide the names of each group member. There will be one group leader who will be the contact(联系)person for the group and prizes will be awarded to the group as a whole.
Prizes:
The winners will receive scholarships (up to $ 1,500), and each year we give out over 140 prizes(totaling up to $80,000) as well as chances to the winners to work with us and to get their works exhibited and published.
【小题1】The purpose of the contest is to______.A.encourage more people to explore the ocean |
B.direct students to receive more scholarships |
C.draw students’ attention to the health of the oceans |
D.help students complete their works in various styles |
A.college students | B.teenagers |
C.art students | D.people of all ages |
A.submit their works in groups |
B.experience the life in a local community |
C.exhibit or publish their works in advance |
D.do research and explain their topics |
A.Scholarships will be offered to the winners |
B.The organizers will let the winners work with them |
C.The winners will be admitted to famous universities |
D.Chances are that the winners can get their works published |
It is now possible to watch live sport on television on any day of the week, and the present amount of reporting will undoubtedly increase further in years to come. This is certainly having an influence on the live sports events themselves, and there are both benefits and shortcomings to this.
What are the benefits of this televised sport?
However, there will be some disadvantages if so much sport is on television. Considering football again, many small clubs have suffered financial losses recently, as they cannot compete with the large ones.
In a word, watching live sport on television has both good and bad effects. Televised sport has created many chances and benefited certain people and clubs very much.
A.Why has there been such growth in televised sport? |
B.Why are there so many benefits of watching live sport on television? |
C.Televised sport can be helpful in increasing people’s value of teamwork. |
D.There has been a general falling in ticket sales, especially among smaller clubs. |
E.Through televised sport, more people have become interested in actually playing sport. |
F.One obvious advantage of televised sport is the money provided by television companies. |
G.However, it has also been responsible for changing the nature of live sports events for ever. |
As a hockey parent, while watching my son played from Mite to Bantam, House League to Travel, I’ve learned that losing may be best for kids.
In his third season in 2019, my son’s team never lost more than three straight games. There was happiness, boasting, celebration, pizza. In short, it was a typically good youth hockey season. He improved as a player, but did not much change as a person.
However, what happened the next year added its story to the legends of sporting incompetence. Not merely weak but prettily bad, this team lost 40 of their first 50 games, most of the defeats coming in the course of two losing streaks. For a time, I worried that these streaks would kill my child’s love of the game.
But that’s not what happened. As bad as it got, the losing was clarifying. It weeded out the kids who were in it less for the game than the glory, leaving just the die-hards behind. What started as a list of 17 of the team was cut down to 12. It was especially instructive for the kids. It taught him a great truth of the world: For everyone good, there is someone better.
What’s more, the kids were learning the game in a way that only losing can teach. Each player got to play everywhere, to learn and appreciate the role of every position on the ice. They kept an eye on their opponents too, studying and incorporating the tricks of success. In an effort to break the streak, they went back to basics, accepted the wisdom of the hockey ancients: If playing like a team, they can defeat a collection of all-stars; If doing small and unappreciated tasks well, they can get the goal.
This new team had character and could never be counted out, no matter the score. They had learned the most important lesson: You can lose without being beaten. They squeaked into the state tournament, then made it all the way to the final, where the winner was decided in overtime. When they lost that game and went into the handshake line, it was not as runners-up but as a team that had been made into winners in the only way that will stick — by losing.
【小题1】What does the author think about the son’s team in the third season in 2019?A.The team had a bad performance. |
B.The team didn’t live up to the author’s expectations. |
C.The team played typically well and won all the games. |
D.The team didn’t have the spirit of facing failure. |
A.The losing made the kids better understand hockey. |
B.The losing helped the kids learn a great truth of the world. |
C.The losing separated true player from those playing for glory. |
D.The losing boosted the kids’ teamwork. |
A.For everything big, there is something bigger. |
B.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. |
C.God helps those who help themselves. |
D.The hardest battle you’re going to fight is the battle to be just you. |
A.How Kids Can Deal With Losing | B.What Kids Can Learn From Losing |
C.Why Kids Can Benefit From Losing | D.How Kids Can Get Over From Losing |
Since the World Cup cannot be moved to the ‘cooler’ season in January or to a neighboring country with milder weather, Qatar has to figure out a solution to make the game more comfortable. A team of engineering scientists from Qatar University (QU) have taken a more high-tech approach to solving the problem — they’ve reportedly developed a type of artificial “cloud” designed to float above the World Cup venues and provide fans and players with relief from the blazing sun.
The artificial clouds system was invented by a team led by Dr Saul Abdul Ghani, Head of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at QU, who told Gulf News that the “clouds” would be made from a lightweight carbon structure carrying a giant envelope of material containing helium(氦) gas. The “cloud” would also feature solar panels on its upper surface to power engines that allow the cloud to be moved via remote control. While the country officials have promised to improve some of the issues with solar-powered stadiums capable of reducing the temperatures inside, to a comfortable 20℃, there is still concern of how the players will be able to function in the practice fields.
The system would initially cost around US $500,000, with prices coming down with commercial scale production. However, since Qatar needs to find a solution, the money is probably to the issue. The bigger question is, will this team of scientists actually be able to conjure up(兑现) something that they have promised? We will all find out in about eleven years!
【小题1】By mentioning “the European off-season”, the author tells us .
A.why the World Cup is held |
B.where the host countries of the World Cup are |
C.where the World Cup is usually held |
D.when the World Cup is held |
A.carry a giant envelope of material containing helium gas |
B.air-condition the venues via artificial cloud system |
C.feature solar panels on its upper surface |
D.allow the cloud to be moved via remote control |
A.The tournament season. |
B.The tournament venues. |
C.The comfortable temperature for training grounds. |
D.The comfortable temperature for the matches. |
A.$1,600,000 | B.$2,500,000 |
C.$500,000 | D.$2,200,000 |
A.Will the 2020 World Cup Be Held in the Middle East? |
B.Qatar’s 2022 World Cup in High Temperature |
C.Will Man-Made Clouds Provide Shade at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar? |
D.Artificial Clouds at High Cost Promising Comfortable Season |
组卷网是一个信息分享及获取的平台,不能确保所有知识产权权属清晰,如您发现相关试题侵犯您的合法权益,请联系组卷网