★A
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Obocho Peters is a fifth-grader on a mission to make sure those who are less fortunate are able to dress to impress. With that in mind, the 11-year-old boy from Brooklyn, New York, runs Obocho’s Closet, a thrift store selling affordable donated clothes and shoes for kids for under $10.
The project first started in 2018 as an online thrift shop, and in December Obocho opened his first local store in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. “It makes me feel like the hard work I’ve been doing in this community. It finally paid off,” he said.
Obocho was able to get his dream off the ground thanks in part to a GoFundMe page, which explained the inspirational backstory to his mission. The student wrote that after seeing Avengers: Infinity War, he asked his mom Sasha Peters for eight toys from the film. When Peters said she couldn’t afford the toys, Obocho took matters into his own hands, selling clothes and shoes he no longer wore to pay for them himself.
“I realized that other families must face these same challenges when taking care of their children,” he wrote. “That idea turned into the mission I have today — to help the community grow.” “I was inspired by all the superheroes helping to make the world a better place,” he added. “I wanted to be a hero myself by helping my mom.”
Peters, a single mom, helped her son launch his website and signed him up for business classes after school. “You have to nurture kids when they come up with ideas and you have to pay attention to everything that they say because they’re telling you how to groom them to be a better version of themselves,” she said.
1. Who will be potential consumers in Obocho’s Closet?
A. Street cleaners.
B . Servers in the community.
C. Primary school students.
D . The elderly in the nursing home.
2. What partially inspired Obocho to go in for business？
A . Working for the community.
B. The backstories on GoFundMe.
C . The film Avengers: Infinity War.
D . His education at school.
3. What kind of person was Obocho according to Paragraph 3?
A . Open-minded.
B . Self-confident.
C . Optimistic.
D . Independent.
4. Obocho’s success should attribute to many factors EXCEPT ________.
thriftA . his family education
B . his growth experiences
C . after-school educational courses
D . the help from other rich families
★B
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A young Queensland woman is aiming to pay for her dream wedding by collecting and recycling more than 800,000 plastic bottles and cans. Leonie Starr, who lives on the Sunshine Coast, had been quoted $81,000 for her dream wedding in Vanuatu to her fiancé, Matthew Porter. Mr Porter, 28, proposed to Ms Starr, also 28, on March 14, while the pair were on a cruise in Vanuatu.
The couple, who have been together nearly two years, were told the $81,000 quote incl
The couple, who have been together nearly two years, were told the $81,000 quote incl
udes accommodation for 35 guests for six nights, all meals and the wedding itself. And Ms Starr believes she has found a way to pay for it without breaking the bank.
Queensland’s state government introduced a container refund scheme on November 1. It gives residents the chance to collect and recycle in exchange for 10 cents for each bottle or can recycled at one of more than 230 container refund points in Queensland. Drink containers are said to be the second most littered item in the state with close to three billion used each year, but one person’s trash could be Ms Starr’s treasure.
Ms Starr has always recycled, but it is said that she has ramped it up in preparation for her wedding. “When I tell people about it, the first thing that they do is to laugh and then they realize I’m serious,” she said. The 28-year-old said people from work and her neighbourhood had helped her but she needed to be collecting 2,200 bottles a day to reach her goal.
She added the experience has also opened her eyes into how many drink containers go to waste. “It’s amazing to see how much we actually throw away as a community,” Ms Starr said. She has also reached out on Facebook for help — you can follow her progress here. She aims to have her wedding in March 2020.
Queensland’s state government introduced a container refund scheme on November 1. It gives residents the chance to collect and recycle in exchange for 10 cents for each bottle or can recycled at one of more than 230 container refund points in Queensland. Drink containers are said to be the second most littered item in the state with close to three billion used each year, but one person’s trash could be Ms Starr’s treasure.
Ms Starr has always recycled, but it is said that she has ramped it up in preparation for her wedding. “When I tell people about it, the first thing that they do is to laugh and then they realize I’m serious,” she said. The 28-year-old said people from work and her neighbourhood had helped her but she needed to be collecting 2,200 bottles a day to reach her goal.
She added the experience has also opened her eyes into how many drink containers go to waste. “It’s amazing to see how much we actually throw away as a community,” Ms Starr said. She has also reached out on Facebook for help — you can follow her progress here. She aims to have her wedding in March 2020.
1. Why did Ms Starr decide to collect and recycle plastic bottles and cans?
A . Because she wanted to protect the environment in local area.
B . Because she planned to set up a factory to deal with the waste.
C . Because the local government called on people to recycle litter.
D . Because she was ready to collect a sum of money for her wedding.
2. The cost of $81,000 will be used in some parts of wedding except ________.
A. what to eat
B . where to live
C . whom to invite
D . the wedding itself
3. What does the underlined part “a container refund scheme” mean?
A . A garbage for money project.
B . The community garbage collection.
C. The container environmental protection recycling plan.
D . People’s participation in environmental protection programmes.
4. How did the people feel about Ms Starr’s idea at first?
A . It was amazing.
B . It was profitable.
C . It was ridiculous.
D . It was thoughtful.
5. What can we infer from the passage?
A . Queensland’s state government hopes to improve residents' life.
B . Both Mr Porter and Ms Starr love the career of environmental protection.
C. It is a tough job for Mr Porter and Ms Starr to achieve the goal within 2020.
D . Ms Starr’s workmates and neighbours helped her with the wedding preparation.
★C
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An engineer is trying to solve housing crisis by creating £21,000 pods inspired by the traditional British playground pastime. He claimed to have found the perfect solution for young people returning home after university with his design. The pods can be installed in parents’ back garden in just one day and function as an independent living space for young adults as they try to jump on the housing ladder.
The structures, called Conkers, measure almost 13ft (3.9m) in diameter and are made entirely out of materials sourced in Britain. Several of them can be fitted together to create space for a double bed, storage for clothes, a kitchen and even a bathroom with a
The structures, called Conkers, measure almost 13ft (3.9m) in diameter and are made entirely out of materials sourced in Britain. Several of them can be fitted together to create space for a double bed, storage for clothes, a kitchen and even a bathroom with a
toilet and shower.
The father-of-two, from Wistaston, Cheshire, said, “I believe that people will look to live in The Conker as their home. The prices start from £21,000 and then you can choose how you want it equipped. For an office, we have designed a three-metre long desk with drawers and a table. I currently use one as my office and for when people come and see me. You can have it as a conference room with seats, a round table and a projector.”
Mr Virdie, who began his career in engineering design at Rolls Royce, said, “The independent living idea came to me following a discussion with my friends. Their daughter is at the university in her home town and she has decided to stay at home for financial reasons. They want her to have a real taste of independence—to come and go as she pleases, which isn’t easy when they’re sharing more than a front door. Years ago I designed a tree-house for my children—a perfect sphere we hung from a large tree in our garden which we called ‘The Conker’. I wondered if something similar could be created to serve as a self-sufficient living space for a student or first-jobber, so I created a new one.”
The father-of-two, from Wistaston, Cheshire, said, “I believe that people will look to live in The Conker as their home. The prices start from £21,000 and then you can choose how you want it equipped. For an office, we have designed a three-metre long desk with drawers and a table. I currently use one as my office and for when people come and see me. You can have it as a conference room with seats, a round table and a projector.”
Mr Virdie, who began his career in engineering design at Rolls Royce, said, “The independent living idea came to me following a discussion with my friends. Their daughter is at the university in her home town and she has decided to stay at home for financial reasons. They want her to have a real taste of independence—to come and go as she pleases, which isn’t easy when they’re sharing more than a front door. Years ago I designed a tree-house for my children—a perfect sphere we hung from a large tree in our garden which we called ‘The Conker’. I wondered if something similar could be created to serve as a self-sufficient living space for a student or first-jobber, so I created a new one.”
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