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In many fields youngsters are changing the world. Listed below are several influential young people.
Muzoon Almellehan, 19
Millions of children live in refuge camps (难民营)，where few pave access to school. Almellehan experienced these conditions firsthand after fleeing Syria. Fighting to change that, she travels the world to tell people about the significance of education Almellehan, UNICEF’s(United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) youngest-ever goodwill ambassador now, plans to return to her homeland Syria finally.
Auli’i Cravalho,17
The Hawaii native voiced the heroine in Disney’s hit movie Moana. Now Auli’i is taking on a new role. She’ll star on NBC’s Rise, a drama about a high school theater department’ that lifts the spirits of a struggling steel town in Pennsylvania. Based on a true story, the show has strengthened her belief that young people can bring about real change.
Moziah Bridges, 16
At 9, Moziah launched, his own handmade bow-tie business from his grandmother’s kitchen table. Now Mo’s Bows is worth about $1.5 million. More recently, Moziah signed a licensing deal with the NBA that lets him sell bow ties featuring team logos. But Moziah has even grander ambitions. He plans to expand globally. He credits his success to his natural sense of style.
Mikaila Ulmer, 13
Mikaila used to hate bees. She was stung (蜇) twice. But after learning honeybees are critical to the ecosystem and dying out, she developed a fascination with them. She was determined to help. Using her great-grandmother’s recipe, Mikaila made a mixture, sweetened with local honey. She sold it at community business fairs, donating 10% of her profits to honeybee-advocate groups. Mikaila also runs a nonprofit group called the Healthy Hive Foundation, whose goal is to raise awareness about the hardship of the honeybee.
21．What did Auli’i Cravalho learn from the drama Rise?
A．Young people indeed have the ability to make a difference.
B．She has the ability to take up acting as her lifelong profession.
C．High school theater department can help the steel town.
D．She can voice any kind of NBC drama in the future.
22．Mikaila began to do business with the purpose of _______.
A．making money to help people in need
B．rescuing the endangered but beneficial honeybees
C．putting her great-grandmother’s recipe to good use
D．developing a traditional technique for producing honey
23．What do the four young people have in common?
A．They are commercially successful.
B．They’ve gained wide recognition now.
C．They’re leading a wealthy and full life.
D．They have no interest in academic subjects.
