| June 11 Q: When was the movie "ET" released? A: "ET", the story of a space alien who was friendly to a lovely earthling boy, was shown on this day in 1982. "ET" is one of the highest grossing movies of all time. |
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| Can a star basketball player also be a star hip-hop singer? If you ask Shaquille O"Neal and some of his NBA fellows, they"ll say "Sure". In the NBA, hip-hop music is as common as the jump shot. Hip-hop is similar (相似的) to rap (说唱) music and is especially popular with young African Americans. This music is played before basketball games or during halftime. Many of the players, like Shaquille O"Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, write rap rhymes when they travel on airplanes from one city to another. The NBA has a closer connection to hip-hop than any other sports league. This is partly because of the large number of African-American players, but also because the basketball league just loves hip-hop. Every February, the NBA invites popular rap singers to perform (表演) at its All-Star weekend. When they play basketball, some of the younger stars even try to look like hip-hop singers. Like rap stars, they don"t smile in photographs and videos. They try to trouble the players on the other team by looking tough(凶). "Hip-hop is just part of many players"culture (文化) ," says Kerry Kittles, a player on the New Jersey Neis team. "All of us grew up listening to rap and playing basketball, and the rappers grew up doing the same thing. A lot of players want to be rappers, and a lot of rappers would like to be players." Master P. is a famous rap star who wants to be a basketball player. The Charlotte Homets and the Toronto Raptors have invited him to their training camps. They enjoy listening to his music, but many people think that he is not good enough at basketball to be on an NBA team. Shaquille O"Neal, whose nickname is Shaq, is the greatest example of an NBA player who became a rapper. He has made four successful rap albums. One of his rap songs, "It Was All a Dream," tells how he felt when he became successful. |
| 1. Why don"t some younger players try to smile or look friendly in photos? |
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| A. They try to trouble the players on the other team. B. They try to look like hip-hop singers. C. They try to be successful in their playing. D. They try to pretend (假装) to be famous. |
| 2. The song "It Was All a Dream" expresses ___________. |
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| About 1,000 students and teachers from six universities (大学) across Beijing have been given the chance to see the world famous New York Philharmonic perform (演出) on its first visit to the city in 156 years. In early June, students from Beijing University, China Institute (学院) of Music and other four universities were invited by Citibank (花旗银行) to take part in an educational test to win tickets-given by the US banking company - to see one of the world"s oldest and greatest orchestras (管弦乐队). The first 1,000 students who had correct answers to the five test questions won an entrance ticket to the Beijing performance. "Citibank has a strong heritage (传统) in the educational course," said William, the bank"s Beijing manager. "We have made these tickets able to be used as part of our support (支持) of the New York Philharmonic"s tour to Beijing, so that students may have the chance to experience the music of this most important and successful orchestra." The New York Philharmonic is going to give two performances in Beijing on June 23 at the 21st Century Theatre and on June 24 at the Great Hall of the People. Questions: 1. Is New York philharmonic well-known on the earth? ______________________________________. 2. For the first 1,000 students who passed the test, what could they get? ______________________________________. 3. How can the students pass the test? ______________________________________. 4. How many performances will New York Philharmonic give in Beijing? ______________________________________. 5. How long has New York Philharmonic been founded? ______________________________________. |
| 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 |
| When you wave (挥手) to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be 1 .When you put one finger (手指) in front of your 2 you mean "Be quiet." Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages. Once an Englishman was in Italy. He 3 speak little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt 4 and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman 5 his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips (嘴唇). In this way, he 6 to say, "Bring me some thing to eat." But the waiter brought him a lot of things to 7 . First tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was 8 that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was 9 to leave the restaurant when another man came in and put his hands on his stomach (肚子). And this sign was 10 enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way. |
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| About more than a hundred years ago, an American produced a game. He called it indoor tennis. The Americans were not interested in it at first, 1 The game was then played across dining-room tables, or on the floor with the net strung (用绳缚) between two chairs. 2 The bats were made of wood. 3 The game then quickly spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. 4 "Ping" was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball, and "pong" was the sound of the ball when it hit the table. |
| 根据文意，将A，B，C，D四项分别选入文中空格处。 |
| A. A few years later a hollow (空心的) ball like the one we use today was invented. B. The balls were made of cork (软木) or rubber. C. He first sold the game in England and called it "Ping-pong". D. but he sent it to his London friends and it became very popular in Britain. 1. 2. 3. 4. |
| 5. What"s the best title for the passage? |
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| A. Ping-pang was made of ball B. The balls C. Why is ping-pong popular? D. Ping-pong |