Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, painter, social activist and bookstore owner, has been San Francisco’s honored poet. He turns 100 this month, and the city is making preparations to celebrate him in style. Readings and performances and an open house will take place at City Lights, the sacred bookstore he co-founded in 1953.
On March 24, 1919, Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers, New York. After spending his early childhood in France, he received his BA from the University of North Carolina, an MA from Columbia University, and a PhD from the Sorbonne.
He is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, including Poetry as Insurgent Art; A Coney Island of the Mind. He has translated the works of a number of poets, including Nicanor Parra, Jacques Prevert, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. In addition to poetry, he is also the author of more than eight plays and three novels, including Little Boy: A Novel, Love in the Days of Rage and Her.
In 1953, Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin opened the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, California. It became a nerve center for the Beats and other writers. Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and other writers from that era were Easterners who dropped into San Francisco for a spell. In 2001 it was made an official historic landmark. Now City Lights is almost certainly the best bookstore in the United States. It’s filled with serious world literature of all kinds.
If City Lights is a San Francisco institution, Ferlinghetti himself is as much of one. He has loomed over the city’s literary life. As a poet, he’s never been a critical favorite. But his flexible and plain-spoken and often powerful work — he has published more than 50 volumes — has found a wide audience. His collection “A Coney Island of the Mind” has sold more than 1 million copies, making it one of the best-selling American poetry books ever published.
1.What can we learn about Ferlinghetti from Paragraph 2?
A.He had a happy childhood.
B.He received normal education.
C.He had a gift for writing novels.
D.He had written lots of poetry.
2.Which of the following best describes Ferlinghetti according to Paragraph 3?
A.Flexible. B.Optimistic. C.Outspoken. D.Productive.
3.Why is City Lights famous?
A.Because it is a nerve center for the youth.
B.Because its collections have a long history.
C.Because it is an official historic landmark.
D.Because it has many modern world literature.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To speak highly of a great poet.
B.To introduce some English poetry.
C.To promote values of City Lights.
D.To celebrate the birthday of Ferlinghetti.
Broken Wings
1-4 Aug: Musical adaptation of the poet Kahil Gibran's 1912 masterpiece. Set in New York in 1923, it transports you to turn-of-the-century Beirut.
7:30pm (& 2. 30pm 4 Aug). Tickets:￡l0-￡96. so. www. trh. co. uk. Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, SWIY 4HT. T: 020-7930 8800. E7. Station: Piccadilly Circus.
Chicago the Musical
Martin Kemp stars as Billy in this jazz musical based on real murder cases which shocked Chicago in the 1920s.
Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm Tickets: ￡25-￡150. www. phoenixtheatrelondon co. uk
Phoenix Theatre, 110 Charing Cross Rd, WC2HOJP. T: 0843-316 1082. E7. Station: Tottenham Court Road
Dreamgirls
Musical about a female singing group from Chicago. Classic songs include I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, I Am Changing , and Listen and One Night Only. Join these friends as they go on a musical rollercoaster ride through a world of fame, fortune and the ruthless realities of show business, testing their friendships to the very limit.
Mon-Sat 7: 30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm Tickets: ￡15-￡75. www. savoytheatre org. savoy.
Strand WC2R OET. T: 0844-871 7687. E8. Station: Covent Garden.
Everybody ' s Talking about Jamie
This feel-good musical is set on a council estate in Sheffield, northern England, and tells the story of 16-year-old Jamie and how he overcomes bullies and prejudice. This is inspired by a true bully story.
Mon-Sat 7: 30pm; Wed & &t 2 30pm Tickets: ￡20-￡85. www. everybodystalkingaboutjarmie.co. uk
Apollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Ava WID 7ES T: 0330-333 4809. E7. Station: Piccaddly Circus
1.Which number can one call to get more information on the musical about a murder story?
A.020-7930 8800. B.0843-316 1082.
C.0844-871 7687. D.0330-333 4809.
2.Which one of the musicals isn’t set in the U. S. ?
A.Dreamgirls. B.Chicago the Musical.
C.Broken Wings. D.Everybody's Talking about Jamie.
3.If one wants to enjoy classic songs, which website should he visit to book tickets?
A.www. trh. co.uk. B.www. phoenixtheatrelondon. co. uk.
C.www. savoytheatre. org. savoy. D.www. everybodystalkingaboutjamie.co. uk
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I read a story about a girl last week. The girl carried a pot of milk in her head to the market. Walked along the street, she began calculating what she would buy before she sold the milk. She said to her, "I'll buy a new dress, and when I go to the ball, all the young man will dance with me." When she spoke, she shakes her head happily. The pot immediately fell onto the ground, and milk was spilled(洒出) The girl went to back without anything. She felt very sadly. Her mother comforted her and said, “My child, don't count your chickens before they are hatching.”
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People came to the area that's now New Mexico more than 12,000 years ago. Experts think they migrated from1.is now Russia across a land bridge2.(call) the Bering Strait during the last Ice Age. Thousands of years3. (late), native American tribes including the Apache, Zuni, Navajo and Pueblos lived on the land.
In 1540, a Spanish4.(explore), Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, came to the area in search of cities made of gold 5.were rumored (谣传) to exist in the America. He didn't discover treasure, but over the next century the Spanish colonized the land. Then in 1821, Mexico declared its independence6.Spain, and the area became part of Mexico. But after the United States won the Mexican- American War in 1848, New Mexico became an American territory. In 1912, it7.(declare) the 47th state.
When the Spanish set out to explore the region, they hoped to find land as8.(value)as what they had found earlier in Mexico. So they9.(name) the area Nueva Mexico.(“Nueva” means “new” in Spanish.) As for the word" Mexico”, some experts think it's a version of a name that the Aztecs (a cultural group from Mexico) had for one of their gods.
The state has beautiful scenery from10. ( mountain) to forests and deserts. This earns it the nickname the Land of Enchantment.
I always come across random acts of kindness in my life. Many years ago, I was _______Costa Rica when I found myself in an _______situation: my credit cards and bank cards went out of _________ abroad, and I only had $5 to my ________.
I had no way to get money. I didn’t know anybody in this country. I only knew basic Spanish, and besides the cash the only ________I had was a return ticket to my country in almost two ________. Back then, there was no such thing as mobile phones, and________email was very limited. To find help, I decided to go to the countryside . With the only coins I had, I _________the bus terminal(终点站）and found a village, which ________almost the exact amount. About 4 hours later, I arrived at Santa Rosa Abajo at midnight.
I knocked door to door,________in my very poor Spanish that I was a foreigner travelling in Costa Rica with no money but I ________to stay here for over ten days. I begged them for a __________－such as cooking , cleaning and looking after their kids, anything like that. Everybody _________, “oh my, but so poor are we that we have no _______ food or space. Maybe you can try the next ________.” And they’d point me to another house.
________, I arrived at a Chinese restaurant. The owner of the restaurant was very _________. She gave me food and called the Red Cross to come to ________me. With the help of the Red Cross , I spent my_________days in Costa Rica.
This is one of the best trips I’ve ever had, because I realized that when you’re in a position to be able to _________, it actually makes you feel happy.
1.A.circling B.entering C.visiting D.considering
2.A.absurd B.impossible C.ordinary D.awkward
3.A.date B.use C.range D.control
4.A.name B.delight C.wonder D.advantage
5.A.necessity B.memory C.impression D.possession
6.A.months B.weeks C.days D.hours
7.A.again B.thus C.yet D.even
8.A.looked for B.stayed at C.headed to D.thought of
9.A.cost B.saved C.earned D.created
10.A.reminding B.explaining C.apologizing D.informing
11.A.needed B.agreed C.failed D.hesitated
12.A.conversation B.meal C.room D.job
13.A.accepted B.nodded C.replied D.withdrew
14.A.prepared B.wasted C.extra D.cheap
15.A.family B.chance C.time D.restaurant
16.A.Normally B.Naturally C.Finally D.Directly
17.A.generous B.sensible C.wealthy D.outstanding
18.A.comfort B.rescue C.interview D.encourage
19.A.frightening B.training C.exciting D.remaining
20.A.help B.receive C.succeed D.travel
