| Keep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics (杂技) all year round. Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists. The program contains trick cycling, leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks. Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions. Time: 7:15 p.m. Daily Place: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District Tel: 65072421, 65071818 | ||
| Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors. It"s a rewrite of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne"s famous novel The Scarlet Letter. It describes the heroine"s great courage in finding the true love against the public disagreement. Time: 7:15 p.m. until March 5, except Mondays Place: China Children"s Theater Tel: 66037255, 66037265 | ||
| Mix and match: Story of Puppets tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world. After watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero. But things don"t go as she planned...Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas in one play. This time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, and Pingju Opera along with a band, using the structure of modem drama. Time: 7:30 p. m. until March 10, except Mondays Place: Small Playhouse of Beijing People"s Art Theater Tel: 65250123 | ||
| Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang"an Crand Theater. Each performance includes two classical excerpts (选段). One is Wenxi (a play focusing on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing). The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge. And the second night will see the performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatte. Place: Chang"an Grand Theater Tel: 86531043 | ||
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| Giving Back Fair Way The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong with one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had won. "No one would have known," said Wobum"s instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn"t a difficult decision:"The prize wasn"t ours to take." Coin Stars "College students are lazy, but they also want to help," says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her "Change for Change" effort has collected $40,000 for charities (慈善机构), which were decided upon by students. Never Forgotten A school in Massachusetts received a $9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89. | ||
| 1. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end? | ||
| A. Took photos of Doran. B. Had a meeting with Doran. C. Returned the prize to the organizer. D. Apologized to Wobum High School. | ||
| 2. Greg Rota"s decision shows that he was ____. | ||
| A. honest B. polite C. careful D. friendly | ||
| 3. The underlined word "Change" in the second paragraph means ____. | ||
| A. idea B. decision C. cups D. coins | ||
| 4. What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth? | ||
| A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money. B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him. C. They dug out the records that were buried underground. D. They decided to offer their students free room and board. | ||
| 5. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because ____. | ||
| A. the school asked for it B. he had no need for that much money C. the school helped him in the past D. he wanted to be remembered by the students | ||
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| Suppose a key man in your firm had just met with a terrible accident. The doctor tell you that this man upon whom you depend for directing sales, checking your books or for performing some other important roles, will be laid up for months. You"d have to replace him, wouldn"t you? And probably at a pay about equal to his? Then you"d be faced with double paying for one job because stopping the pay of an injured man would simply be out of the question. You can prevent this kind of unproductive outgo (支出) on your payroll (薪水册) by providing your key man with the protection of Travelers Business Accident Insurance! This insurance provides total medical expense and a weekly income in case a key man is disabled for some time. Should the disability prove everlasting, an income for life is certainty. Why not make out a list of your key men now? Then get together with Travelers Insurance Company, and let us tell you how little it costs to apply this much needed protection to your business. Write and we"ll serve you! | ||
| 1. The above is most probably _____. | ||
| A. a report B. a letter C. an announcement D. an advertisement | ||
| 2. What is really true according to the above? | ||
| A. Travelers Insurance Company provides services of accident insurance. B. An important person of the firm has just had an accident. C. Accident Insurance will protect the important person from accident. D. Unfortunately the important person has become disabled. | ||
| 3. Whom might the writing be mainly for? | ||
| A. An important person in a firm. B. An employee of a firm. C. The boss of a company. D. Readers of a newspaper. | ||
| 4. Why would the pay be doubled? | ||
| A. Because two persons are doing one job of the same. B. Because the important job is worth double pay. C. Because it is necessary that the injured person should be paid. D. Because the double pay is for two persons. | ||
| 5. Travelers Insurance Company _____ for a person insured. | ||
| A. will pay for all the cost of treatment B. will pay the weekly income or even that of lifetime C. won"t get much from the firm D. will provide everlasting pension as well as medical expense | ||
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| The Fourth "21th Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai. Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network. Co-ordinator: China University English Speaking Association (CUESA). Co-sponsors (联办单位): English Speaking Union ( ESU), Lotus Software (China) Co. Ltd., Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. Date: March 26 (Friday), 1999. Place: Hilton Shanghai. Competition Format (形式): Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic, followed by a three-minute off-hand speech and a three-minute question and answer period with the judges. Prepared speech period: six minutes. Q&A period: three minutes. Speech topic: People and Nature: In search of harmony (和谐) in a new age + your personal opinion. (Topic for the off-hand speech will be given on the day of competition.) Prizes: Besides books and certificates (证书), the top two winners will be offered scholarships (奖学金) to travel to the annual international English-speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 1999. The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group. The fifth through tenth place winners will be offered cash prizes. All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one-year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL). | ||
| 1. The main purpose of this passage is ____. | ||
| A. to invite you to take part in the competition B. to tell you some information of the competition C. to help to improve your spoken English D. to show you how to win the competition | ||
| 2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition? | ||
| A. Where and when it will take place. B. Its program. C. What each winner will be offered. D. The number of its competitors. | ||
| 3. Suppose you get the sixth place, you"ll ____. | ||
| A. travel to London for free B. become a one-year member of IATEFL C. get some money, some books and a certificate D. get a chance to study in Singapore | ||
| 4. An "off-hand speech" is ____. | ||
| A. a speech not longer than three minutes B. a speech without preparation C. a speech with a piece of paper in hand D. a speech which is well prepared | ||
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| Winners Club You choose to be a winner! The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account (交易账户) where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7-that"s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! It"s a club with impressive features for teenagers: No account keeping fees! You"re no millionaire so we don"t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees! Excellent interest rates! You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits(储蓄) without taking them out in a month. Convenient Teenagers are busy-we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet···You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job! Mega magazine included Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members. The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You can"t wait to hear from you. It"s the best way to choose to be a winner! | ||
| 1. The Winners Club is a bank account intended for _____. | ||
| A. parents B. teenagers C. winners D. adults | ||
| 2. Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club? | ||
| A. Special gifts are ready for parents. B. The bank opens only on work days. C. Services are convenient for its members. D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping. | ||
| 3. The Winners Club provides magazines which _____. | ||
| A. encourage spending B. are free to all teenagers C. are full of adventure stories D. help to make more of your money | ||
| 4. If you want to be a member of the Club, you must _____. | ||
| A. be an Internet user B. be permitted by your parent C. have a big sum of money D. be in your twenties | ||
| 5. What is the purpose of this text? | ||
| A. To set up a club. B. To provide part-time jobs. C. To organize key-cards. D. To introduce a new banking service. | ||
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