Lake Forest High School Clubs

Environmental Club

     Club members are provided with opportunities to realize their goals of environmental service. The majority of projects are student-initiated. Last year’s activities included: the LFHS Courtyard Garden upkeep, Bike to School Day with free cocoa and snacks, an “eat local” 100-mile dinner, recycling solutions for LFHS, beach clean-up though the Great Lakes Alliance, and Earth Week celebrations.

Meetings:  First Friday of the month in Room 5 at 7:00 a. m.

Advisors:  Ms. Mary Beth Nawor, mnawor@lfschools.net

Peer Tutoring 

Students volunteer to help fellow students in improving their academic and organizational skills.  Students tutor LFHS and middle school students on an individually scheduled basis. LFHS tutors must have proficiency（精通）in the academic area in which they wish to tutor, but middle school tutors only need general academic proficiency.   

Meetings:  All tutoring is done on an individually scheduled basis.  

Advisor:  Ms. Kathy O’Hara, kohara@lfschools.net

Young Idea  

Young Idea is LFHS’s art and literary magazine.  Students of all ages who love writing and art are encouraged to become part of the staff of this award-winning magazine. Young Idea encourages all students to submit art and literature to the magazine, whether they are a part of the staff or not.  From September to February, Young Idea meets on Thursdays after school in the Public Room to discuss the pieces that have been submitted to the magazine and provide feedback for the authors.

Meetings:  See above explanation.

Advisors:  Ms. Debbie Zare, dzare@lfschools.net

Scout Buddies 

Scout Buddies is a friendship club which helps build friendships among individuals with and without disabilities. Club members participate in a variety of social activities both within the school and in the community.  Activities include organizing holiday parties in the school, bowling, going to movies, and eating out in local restaurants.

Meetings: Monthly meeting dates vary, but in Room 134.

Advisor:  Ms. Donna Lovitsch, dlovitsch@lfschools.net

21. Which club provides help for students poor in study?

   A. Environmental Club         B. Peer Tutoring

   C. Young Idea                 D. Scout Buddies

22. When is the staff of Young Idea most likely to meet?

    A. 6: 30 p. m., August 11, Thursday         B. 7:00 p. m., September 23, Friday

    C. 7:30 a. m.. November 17, Thursday       D. 6:00 p. m., January 5, Thursday

23. What is the requirement for students to join a certain club?

   A. They are required to have a bike to join Environmental Club

   B. They need to be academically proficient to join Peer Tutoring

   C. They need to win a literary award to join Yong Idea

   D. They need to be athletic to join Scout Buddies.

Showers can be relaxing. You can hum a song, daydream or think about nothing, leaving the real world behind you. But did you know that showering can also benefit your mind?

A research by Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist from Yale University in the US interviewed over 3,000 people around the world. It turned out that nearly two-thirds of the interviewees said they had experienced new ideas in the shower and were more likely to have them in the shower than at work. So why does a simple shower have such magic power? Science can explain it.

Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine, a hormone closely related to our creativity. “People vary in terms of their level of creativity according to the activity of dopamine”, explained Alice Flaherty, a famous American neuroscientist. “Taking a warm shower can make us feel relaxed and therefore make the dopamine level rise and bring 'Aha!' moment to us.”

Besides the chemical changes, showering may give you a break from what you feel you have been stuck with. Especially when you have thought hard all day about a problem, jumping into the shower can keep you from the outside world so that you can focus on your inner feelings and memories. In this way, according to American psychologist Shelley H. Carson, author of Your Creative Brain, “a showering hour may turn into an ‘incubation (孵化) period’ for your ideas.”

Showering allows us to enjoy the creative juices of our minds, but it needn't just be the bathroom where you get your inspiration. For instance, Gertrude Stein, a female American writer and poet, got new ideas by driving around a farm and stopping at different cows until she found the one that most inspired her. So try to create your own way to free your mind, whether it's a walk near the ocean, a country drive or reading a book at home.

24. According to the article, what can showering bring around?

A. A terrible moment to us.           B. Increasing level of dopamine.

C. Boredom or tiredness.              D. A better understanding of the world

25. If one has focused on something all day, showering can help _______.

A. turn one’s attention inwards          B. draw one’s attention to the outside world

C. one make an important breakthrough    D. many chemical changes to take place

26. The example of Gertrude Stein in the last paragraph is used to _______.

A. encourage readers to find their own ways of getting inspiration

B. point out to readers that it's hard to find inspiration

C. explain how to link inspiration with readers’ daily lives

D. show that creativity often comes from strange places

27. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

   A. The Magic Power Of Showering

   B. How to Take a Relaxing Shower

   C. Showering or Creating

   D. To Shower or Not to Shower

No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying represents much of the strange spirit of our times. Being thin is assumed as such a virtue.

The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the better --or worse-- part of my life. Being rich wouldn't be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.

Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not unpleasant? All religions have certain days when people stop from eating and overeating is one of Christianity's seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.

Today the opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat -- or even only somewhat overweight -- is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.

Our obsession（迷恋）with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that in many cases, being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem -- too much fat and a lack of fiber -- than a weight problem.

The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually dangerous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vain glory.

28. In the eyes of the author, an odd phenomenon nowadays is that_________.

A. looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortune

B. being thin is viewed as a much-desired quality 

C. fat people are subject to health problems

D. religious people are not necessarily virtuous

29. According to the passage, people’s views on body weight__________.

   A. remain the same in spite of the change of times

   B. vary in different religious beliefs

   C. result in different religious beliefs

   D. have changed greatly over time

30. Which of the following statements would the author agree?

   A. No woman can be too rich or too thin

   B. Eating butter is a sin

   C. Diseases have much to do with our way of life

   D. Cancer in the digestive system results from a weight problem

31. What's the author's advice to women who are absorbed in the idea of thinness?

A. They should rid themselves of fantasies about designer clothes.

B. They should be more watchful for fatal diseases.

C. They should gain weight to look healthy.

D. They should be more concerned with their overall life style.

You ask me what is poverty? Listen to me. Here I am, dirty, smelly and with no "proper" underwear on and with the stench of my rotting teeth near you. I will tell you. Listen to me, listen without pity. I cannot use your pity. Listen with understanding. Put yourself in my dirty, worn out, ill-fitting shoes, and hear me.

Poverty is getting up every morning from a dirt and illness - stained mattress. The sheets have long since been used for diapers. Poverty is living in a smell that never leaves. This is a smell of urine, sour milk, and spoiling food sometimes joined with the strong smell of long - cooked onions. It is the smell of the outdoor privy(厕所). It is the smell of young children who cannot walk the long dark way in the night. It is the smell of the mattresses where years of "accidents" have happened. It is the smell of the milk which has gone sour because the refrigerator long has not worked, and it costs money to get it fixed. It is the smell of rotting garbage. I could bury it, but where is the shovel? Shovels cost money.

Poverty is being tired. I have always been tired. They told me at the hospital when the last baby came that I had chronic anemia caused from poor diet, a bad case of worms, and that I need a corrective operation. I listened politely--the poor are always polite. The poor always listen. They don’t say there is no money for iron pills or better food, or warm medicine. The idea of an operation is frightening and costs so much that, if I have dared, I would have laughed.

Poverty is looking into a black future. Your children won’t play with my boys. They will turn to other boys who steal to get what they want. I can already see them behind the bars of their prison instead of behind the bars of my poverty. Or they will turn to the freedom of alcohol or drugs, and find themselves enslaved. And my daughter? At best, there is for her a life like mine.

Poverty is an acid that drips on pride until all pride is worn away. Poverty is a chisel(凿子)that chips on honor until honor is worn away. Some of you say that you would do something in my situation, and maybe you would, for the first week or the first month, but for year after year after year?

I have come out of my despair to tell you this. Remember I did not come from another place or another time. Others like me are all around you. Look at us with an angry heart, anger that will help you help me. Anger that will let you tell of me. The poor are always silent. Can you be silent, too?

32. The primary emotion conveyed by the speaker in this passage is:

   A. jealousy           B. discouragement      C. terror       D. hopelessness

33. It can be safely concluded from the passage that the speaker thinks ______.

   A. the rich people are to blame for her poverty

   B. her sons must choose between a life of crime and a life of poverty

   C. poverty means more than lack of money

   D. nobody can help her out of poverty

34. By saying “the poor always listen” and “the poor are always silent”, the speaker is implying that poor people________.

   A. feel threatened by authority

   B. cannot express themselves properly

   C. suffer from helplessness

   D. don’t want to offend other people

35. The main intention of the speaker in this passage is to ________.

   A. convey information about poverty to the audience

   B. arouse the audience’s action on poverty

   C. define poverty for the audience

   D. describe real difference between the rich and the poor

How to write an impressive essay?

Your essay should do two main things: it should show the admissions officers what an original, interesting, and driven person you are, and that you have top-notch writing skills. You should take the time to write an essay that is meaningful to you and leave enough time for yourself to proofread it when you’re finished. You can find the guidelines for the essay on the last page of the application. It should be 250-500 words long. Here are some tips.

●  36    . Write something that only you could write. Show what makes you special.

●Show your strong character. Tell a story that demonstrates your persistence ,work ethic, creativity, or even your ability to learn from your mistakes.

●Be compelling. Hook the admissions officers from your opening line.    37    .

●Be concise.   38    . Admissions officers will be reading thousands of essays, and they won’t appreciate it if you can’t follow directions.

●Some popular admissions essay topics include writing about your achievements in a club or a sport, describing your family and background, or writing about a life-changing experience.

●Always proofread your work.  39   . Remember that admissions officers aren’t just interested in the content of your essay, but also by how well you can write.

●   40    . Run your essay by a trusted friend or family member and your English teacher, if you can. They can help you catch grammar mistakes, and they can also tell whether your essay had its intended effect.

A. Don’t go over the word limits.

B. Be original.

C. Get feedback

D. Be frank

E. Keep their interests with your lively language, varied sentences and engaging topic.

F. Check your essay for grammar and punctuation mistakes.

G. Pay attention to the details.