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story or script (剧本) form (1-3 pages) to info@ scrippsperformingarts.com with the subject line: Playwright Challenge Entry. For ages 18 & under. Students are allowed to work individually or as a team of two for each submission. Deadline: April 1. Kids' Poster Contest
The City of San Diego's Public Utilities Department invites students, grades 1-6, to make a poster with the theme: \selected for each grade level and will receive gift cards and a Certificate of Excellence. Also, winning posters will be on display in the lobby of the City Society's Gallery and the San Diego County Fair's Kids Best Art Exhibit. Open to students in the cities of San Diego, Coronado and Imperial Beach. To enter, go to www.wastenowater.org. Deadline: March 28. Kohl's Cares Scholarship Program
Outstanding young volunteers, ages 6-18, can be rewarded through this annual program. Regional winners will each receive a $1,000 scholarship for higher education, while national winners will each be rewarded a total of $10, 000 in scholarships plus a $ l, 000 donation from Kohl's to a nonprofit of the student's choice. Nominations (提名) are now accepted at www.kohlskids.com. Deadline: March 14. Dream House Raffle (抽彩)
Enter to win a $ 4 million home in Rancho Santa Fe or $ 2.1 million in cash in this annual raffle that includes more than 1,300 prizes to be given away! In addition to the grand prize drawing on May 17, you can also be part of early bird drawing that offer more chances of winning. Next earlybird drawing is on March 19 (entry deadline: March 7). Proceeds (收入) benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego. For tickets and the list of prizes, visit www.sdraffle.com or call 888-8254-9939.
38. What do we know about Annual Playwright Challenge? A. It is intended for students aged 6-18.
B. One has to submit one's entry before March 14. C. The winner will join in the production of the musical. D. Students must work individually for each submission.
39. If you have a gift for painting, you'd better participate in . A. Annual Playwright Challenge B. Dream House Raffle
C. Kohl's Cares Scholarship Program D. Kids' Poster Contest
40. Your friend Iverson usually participates in volunteer services, which you really appreciate. You can visit to nominate him. A. www.sdraffle.com B. www.kohlskids.com C. www.wastenowater.org D. www.scrippsperformingarts.com 41. The passage is written to . A. inform the readers of some contests B. attract the readers to come with prizes C. persuade the readers to join in the activities D. suggest the readers volunteer in community service
B
Once I complained to my husband that he wasn't helping enough with our daughter, and I gave him a long list of the parenting chores (家庭杂务) I was shouldering on my own. \all that stuff,\parenting. Researchers asked 191 college professors, both men and women, who had children 2 or younger, the pleasure they experienced from childcare.
On 16 out of 25 childcare tasks—like taking a child to the doctor or buying clothes for a child—women reported statistically higher levels of enjoyment than men. The only parenting issue that gave women less pleasure than it gave men was having to manage who does what for the child. On the whole, women's scores were 10 percent higher than men's.
Women are also far more likely to take advantage of family-leave benefits to care for children. In the study, all the universities offered paid family leave, and 69 percent of the women took it, while only 12 percent of the men did. In Sweden, where family leave for both parents is particularly generous, men use about 20 percent of the 480-day benefit. Women use nearly all of it.
It's difficult to know how cultural and economic pressures or biological functions influence parenting. Plenty of men change diapers (尿布), and studies show that mothers and fathers alike spend more time with children than they used to. Men have more than doubled the time they spend on childcare since 1985. Yet women still spend twice as much time with the kids as men, says
the University of Maryland sociologist John Robinson.
Notably in the study, the parenting activity that gave men the most pleasure (and women, too) was playing and talking with their kids. But when men were asked to rate how often they actually did those things, their scores were about 10 and 40 percent lower than women's. In the end, perhaps the issue is not that mothers are doing too many childcare tasks—my husband was right when he said I liked being a mother—but that men, for all their progress as fathers, are still missing out.
42. The author mentioned the disagreement with her husband to . A. complain about his husband's irresponsibility B. show the difference between men and women C. bring up the topic of responsibility of parenting D. describe the unpleasant experience of childcare 43. What can we learn from the passage?
A. More men take family leave to care for children than before. B. Women gain more pleasure in every childcare task than men. C. Men play and talk with their children more than women. D. Women spend more time with children than before. 44. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Fathers should take more responsibility in childcare. B. Mothers gain more pleasure from childcare than men. C. Fathers are playing a more important part in childcare.
D. Mothers should give fathers more chances to look after children. 45. What is the author's attitude towards men's performance on childcare?
A. Approving. B. Dissatisfied. C. Appreciative. D. Objective.
C
As a child, I loved the natural world. Maybe it had something to do with growing up in a small town. Maybe it was because nature had so many secrets and I was thrilled to be a detective, uncovering them one by one.
I'm sure that when people from my generation think back to their childhoods, many recall a tree house, family picnics, or a passion for fishing, hunting, or horseback riding. Most of us had an
occasional appetite for dirt as we explored backyards and nearby vacant lots. As someone who grew up in such a world, I enthusiastically encourage parents to bring back that happy childhood pastime of letting kids get muddy once in a while.
I have more than my own experience to show as evidence that this is a good thing: Study after study indicates that children grow up healthier and happier when they experience a direct connection to nature. Just as importantly, those young people are also far more likely to value the natural world when they've developed a connection to it. The need for this has never been greater than it is today.
Our natural world is extraordinary in its diversity and complexity, but it's also under tremendous threat. In the past decade, countless tropical rainforests and coral reefs have been lost forever due to human activities, and many more are critically endangered. These areas don't just house animals and plants found nowhere else on the planet; they also provide important economic services that benefit human health. Streams make fresh water clean; forests reduce flooding; tree provide medicines and insects pollinate (给……授粉) crops. The natural world represents an economic backbone for the future of local communities by promoting tourism and local people's livelihoods.
The damage to the earth's living systems is fast approaching irreversible (不可逆转的) \points,\—both to understand the threats and to assist with solutions—there's still no substitute for a connection to the real world when it comes to understanding the complexity of natural systems.
Besides, establishing a connection between child and nature is one of the best and simplest ways to inspire young people to make good decisions about personal health, climate change, and sustainable (可持续的) use of natural resources. They need to know what affects the chemistry of the ocean, why tropical rain forests are critical to life in the temperate regions and how millions of years are required to create fossil oil from dead plants. This understanding becomes realest and most meaningful when a person is connected to the natural world. 46. What does the underlined word \ A. Children developing a connection to the nature. B. Children growing up healthily and happily. C. Children valuing the natural world.