Lots of kids have been trying to find ways to help save the Earth. Some of them are encouraged by the “30 by 30” plan: Fifty countries have promised to protect 30% of Earth’s land and waters by 2030.
One of the kids is 11-year-old Beckett from Georgetown, Texas. He wants to help protect endangered species (物种). In 2019, he began working with Rainforest Trust. “I was really interested in trying to stop climate (气候) change,” he said.
With the help of his schoolmates, Beckett has started a group called Protection of Earth. The group organized a local Run and raised more than $700. The money helped to save more than 1,000 acres (英亩) of rainforest land. When the COVID-19 came, Beckett put together an online activity called Trivia: People could test their knowledge of birds, endangered species, and climate change. That raised $600 for rainforest land.
In Los Angeles, California, 10-year-old Justin is worried about frogs. Justin calls them “magical, because they come in different colors.” Last year he joined Rainforest Trust to help Ecuador’s rainforest and its frogs. He appeared on local TV news, and many people learned about what he had done. That helped him raise $2,000 to save almost three acres of Cloud Forest.
Justin hopes he can encourage other people to understand why frogs are so cool. “Frogs are telling us the planet needs help,” he said. “If frogs are dying wherever you are, that’s bad because it means the water you are drinking is polluted.”
【小题1】How many kids are mentioned in the passage?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Rainforest Trust. | B．Protection of Earth. | C．Magical Frogs. | D．Ecuador’s Cloud Forest. |
| A．By organizing a local Run. | B．By speaking on local TV news. |
| C．By starting Trivia online. | D．By working for rainforest land. |
| A．Beckett | B．Justin | C．Beckett’s schoolmate | D．Justin’s brother |
| A．Protecting frogs means protecting ourselves. | B．People put great interest in climate change. |
| C．Two kids raised money for COVID-19. | D．The water you are drinking is polluted. |
Young Heroes for the Planet
Nowadays, people around the world are working to help our planet. Check out how the three young adults made a difference.
Saving Pandas |
When Jack was 11, he started a group to teach kids about pandas. He also sold toy pandas to raise money to protect pandas in danger. “I hope to encourage more people to care about pandas,” Jack says. |
Growing Right Plants |
Kathy, 14, set up an organization to educate people about growing right plants in right places. She also wrote a book to help people learn what plants are native (本土的) to their area. |
Cleaning Up |
Patrick, 13, joined the Ocean Heroes Camp last year. He started a project and picked up plastic waste around nearby lakes with his friends. The goal of the project was to fight plastic pollution. |
【小题1】What did Jack sell to raise money to protect pandas in danger?
| A．Books. | B．Bottles. | C．Old toys. | D．Toy pandas. |
| A．11. | B．14. | C．13. | D．12. |
| A．To fight plastic pollution. | B．To protect pandas in danger. |
| C．To learn about native plants. | D．To use heat to make electricity. |
50-year-old Sergio De Ieso is from Italy (意大利). He is always interested in China. In 1996, he came to China for the first time and chose to live in Beijing 10 years later. Sergio has a special football club. Its players are the kids in the village Sergio lives in. “At first, I just wanted to find some friends for my son to play football with. Later, more and more kids joined us,” Sergio said.
Now, there are 136 kids in the club and about 30 percent of them are girls. Sergio trains the kids for free every Sunday. And they have football games every month. During a game, kids may play football, write down the points or be the coaches (教练) of the teams. “They can learn a lot in this way.” Sergio said.
Though it takes Sergio much time and money to run the club, he wants to make the kids’ football dreams come true. As for the future, he is thinking about starting a new football club for disabled (残疾的) kids in China.
【小题1】How old was Sergio when he first came to China?| A．23. | B．27. | C．33. | D．50. |
| A．To find talented football players in China. |
| B．To help the kids in the village keep healthy. |
| C．To make new friends with the same interest. |
| D．To help his son find friends to play football with. |
| A．There are about 40 girls in the club. |
| B．Every villager can join the club cheaply. |
| C．The kids in the club get trained every day. |
| D．Every kid can play football during a game. |
| A．Make a movie about his players in the village. |
| B．Start a football club for disabled kids in China. |
| C．Make some money to help disabled kids in China. |
| D．Set up a football school for the kids in Beijing. |
| A．Art. | B．Travel. | C．People. | D．Health. |
Do you want to make our city a better place?
Join us and volunteer together!
| Planting trees Planting trees is a great way to make the air fresher and make our city greener. If you’re over 12 years old, come and help us to plant more trees in the park. Let’s meet at the east gate of the park at 8:30 a. m. this Saturday. |
| Repainting walls The buildings covered with graffiti (涂鸦) are terrible. This Sunday, we are going to repaint the walls of Lianhua Street and make them clean again. Anyone who is ten or over ten can join us. Please arrive at No. 18, Lianhua Street at 9:30 a. m. You needn’t bring any tools. Just remember to wear old clothes. |
| Collecting rubbish You can hang out with your friends in the park and clean up our city parks at the same time! We are going to collect rubbish at Louxing Square from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. next Saturday. No matter how old you are, come and join us! Anyone who collects the most rubbish can get a gift for fun. |
【小题1】According to the passage, you can’t volunteer to ________ if you are ten.
| A．plant trees | B．repaint walls | C．collect rubbish |
| A．bring painting tools |
| B．wear old clothes |
| C．collect rubbish |
| A．we can plant trees to improve the environment |
| B．we can make buildings cool and interesting with graffiti |
| C．anyone can get a gift if he or she helps to collect rubbish |
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