2016 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest
The Endangered Species Coalition (ESC) is pleased to announce our 2016 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest, which is open to K-12 grade students living in the United States, including those who are homeschooled or belong to a youth/art program. The contest is a basic part of the 11th annual national Endangered Species Day on May 15, 2016.
Contest Guidelines (准则)
·Teachers, parents, and youth group leaders must first complete an online registration.
·Once you complete that, you’ll receive an artwork identification form by email. Print it out and complete a separate form for each artwork that you submit.
·All artwork must describe species chosen from one of two lists as listed in Subject Matter (below).
·All entries will become the possessions of the Endangered Species Coalition. We encourage you to copy artwork before submitting it.
Subject Matter
·Students’ artwork must describe a land-or ocean-living species that either lives in or migrates through the United States and its waters, a plant, or an insect that is found in the U. S. , and is currently threatened or endangered.
·Alternatively, students may show a species that was previously on the endangered species list, but is considered recovered.
·We strongly encourage participants to have their pieces tell a positive success story of species recovery. An example of this could be a painting of an endangered marine species with people in the background cleaning up a beach. Judges particularly appreciate species that are shown in their habitats.
Submitting Artwork
·Use the label that comes with the artwork identification form.
·Write “DO NOT BEND” on the envelope.
·Postmark(盖邮戳于) your entry by March 1, 2016. Late entries will not be judged. Please contact David Robinson, Endangered Species Day Director, with any questions: robinson@ endangered. org.
【语篇概述】本文是一篇应用文, 公布了2016年拯救濒危物种青少年艺术大赛的有关内容以及参赛的注意事项。
1. The first Endangered Species Day was established in the year .
A. 2000 B. 2004 C. 2006 D. 2016
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文中第一段“The contest is a basic part of the 11th annual national Endangered Species Day on May 15, 2016”可知, 2016年是第十一个濒危物种日, 所以可推知濒危物种日被确立是在2006年。故选C项。
2. To receive an artwork identification form, you must first .
A. complete a registration online
B. show the outline of your artwork
C. prove your American identity
D. present your artistic talent
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章Contest Guidelines部分中的“. . . must first complete an online registration”和“Once you complete that, you’ll receive an artwork identification form by email”可知, 为了获得一张艺术鉴定表, 你必须首先完成网上注册。故选A项。
3. What can we know about the art contest from the text?
A. Students’ artwork must describe a species living in the USA.
B. Students’ artwork must describe a recovered species previously endangered.
C. The artwork that shows species in their habitats is preferred by judges.
D. The artwork may describe all kinds of endangered species in the world.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章Subject Matter部分中的“Judges particularly appreciate species that are shown in their habitats”可知, 评委们特别欣赏被展示在它们栖息地的物种。故选C项。
4. To submit your artwork successfully, which of the following isn’t the thing you need to do?
A. Post it before or on March 1, 2016.
B. Write “DO NOT BEND” on the envelope.
C. Post it together with the identification form.
D. Contact David Robinson before submitting it.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一部分的内容可知, 作品的截止日期是2016年3月1日, 故A项正确; B、C两项在呈交作品时都必须标记上。而只有D项不是呈交作品时必须做的, 故选D项。
