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What’s On? Electric Underground 7.30pm－1.00am Free at the Cyclops Theatre Do you know who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He’s going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce you music. Gee Whizz 8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope Come and see Gee Whizz perform. He’s the funniest stand-up comedian(喜剧演员) on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐). Simon’s Workshop 5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years’ experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny. Charlotte Stone 8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza World Fine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine. 1.Who can help you if you want to have your music produced? A.Jules Skye. B.Gee Whizz. C.Charlotte Stone. D.James Pickering. 2.At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh? A.The Cyclops Theatre B.Kaleidoscope C.Victoria Stage D.Pizza World 3.What do we know about Simon’s Workshop? A.It requires membership status. B.It lasts three hours each time. C.It is run by a comedy club. D.It is held every Wednesday. 4.When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs? A.5.00pm-7.30pm. B.7.30pm－1.00am. C.8.00pm-11.00pm. D.8.30pm-10.30pm.
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Friday would be Samia and Salem’s wedding day! Everyone in the village was excited and was busy preparing for the happy event. The villagers were very proud of Salem as he worked long hours and cared about the people in his village. While others were enjoying the prewedding celebrations, together with the nurses, the groom was busy delivering a baby in his clinic. The bride was in her room happily arranging her hair and make-up, getting ready for the arrival of her guests. Her family and friends had excitedly prepared the henna (涂指甲花) party. Grandma and Mum were busy in the kitchen with the food they had made for the henna feast for the day before Friday. Samia’s friend Mariam was making the wedding cake. Her friend Shaikha was collecting the bride’s dress from the tailor. At 12 noon the henna maker arrived. Following the tradition, she started decorating the bride’s hands. There was an air of excitement in the room. Grandma started singing a traditional folk song. Suddenly, the bride felt a strange tingling (麻刺感) in her hand. It grew worse and worse. Her hand became red and swollen soon. Grandma said, “Oh dear, I think it best that you wash your hands immediately.” As an emergency first aider, Mariam suggested applying some cold cream on Samia’s hand and ran off and returned with some in her hand. Neither of these worked. Mum took control and phoned Salem but in vain. Without hesitation, she took Samia to the hospital urgently with Dad and other friends. Dr Ahmed looked at her hand and said, “You’ve had an allergic reaction to the henna. Tomorrow is your wedding. What about drawing the henna using body colors?” Everyone smiled. 1.What was Salem doing the day before the wedding? A.Working with the nurses. B.Decorating the bride’s hands. C.Preparing for the wedding cake. D.Visiting the tailor for the wedding suit. 2.What event took place in the village on Thursday? A.Celebrating a wedding ceremony. B.Holding a baby’s birthday party. C.Having a feast party. D.Ordering the wedding dress. 3.Why did Mariam run away when she saw what happened to Samia? A.To get some water. B.To call a first aider. C.To inform Samia’s mother. D.To fetch some cream. 4.How did Samia’s mother feel facing the emergency? A.Regretful. B.Calm. C.Powerful. D.Nervous.
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Reading can be a social activity．Think of the people who belong to book groups．They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them．Now the website BookCrossing．com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group． Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share．BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book．Then the person leaves it in a public place，hoping that the book will have an adventure，traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it． Bruce Pederson，the managing director of BookCrossing，says，"The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read．BookCrossing combines both．" Members leave books on park benches and buses，in train stations and coffee shops．Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it． People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it．E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found．Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home． BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the"real"and not the virtual（虚拟）．The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries． 1.Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph？ ______ A.To explain what they are． B.To introduce BookCrossing． C.To stress the importance of reading． D.To encourage readers to share their ideas． 2.What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 2 refer to？ ______ A.The book． B.An adventure． C.A public place． D.The identification number． 3.What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it？ ______ A.Meet other readers to discuss it． B.Pass it on to another reader． C.Keep it safe in his bookcase． D.Mail it back to its owner． 4.What is the best title for the text？ ______ A.Online Reading：A Virtual Tour B.Electronic Books：A new Trend C.A Book Group Brings Tradition Back D.A Website Links People through Books
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A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life. Frank Hurley's pictures would be outstanding—undoubtedly firstrate photojournalism—if they had been made last week.In fact，they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship. The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegianbuilt threemaster that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all，to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea.From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled (雪橇) across the continent.The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done.Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back. As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and wellresearched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.Scott's last journey，completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds.Shackleton, a onetime British merchantnavy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography.Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic，was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published. 1.What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley? A.They were made last week. B.They showed undersea sceneries. C.They were found by a cameraman. D.They recorded a disastrous adventure. 2.Who reached the South Pole first according to the text? A.Frank Hurley. B.Ernest Shackleton. C.Robert Falcon Scott. D.Caroline Alexander. 3.What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage? A.Artistic creation. B.Scientific research. C.Money making. D.Treasure hunting.
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Business is the organized approach（途径） to providing customers with the goods and services they want. The word business also refers to an organization that provides these goods and services. Most business seek to make a profit(利润)-that is, they aim to achieve income(收入) that is more than the costs of operating the business.1. Commonly called nonprofits, these organizations are primarily nongovernmental（非政府的） service providers.2. Business management is a term used to describe the techniques(方法) of planning, direction, and control of the operations of a business. 3. One is the establishment (制定) of broad basic policies(政策) with respect to production; sales; the purchase(购买) of equipment, materials and supplies; and accounting(会计). 4. The third relates to the establishment(建立) of standards of work in all departments. Direction is concerned primarily with supervision(监管) and guidance by the management in authority. 5. A.Control includes the use of records and reports to compare actual work with the set standards for work. B.In this connection there is the difference between top management and operative management. C.Examples of nonprofit business top management and operative management. D.However, some businesses only seek to enough to cover their operating costs E.The second aspect relates to the application of these policies by departments. F.In the theory of business management, organization has two main aspects. G.Planning in business management has three main aspects.
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I made a speech at Eton School last year. When the _______ was over, the headmaster asked me if I would visit a(n) _______ student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in _______ me, and the headmaster knew it would _______ much to him. I _______. During the nine-mile drive to his home, I _______ some things about Matthew who had a muscle disease. When he was born, the _______ told his parents he would not live to 5. He was 13 and from what I was told, a _______ fighter. He wanted to meet me _______ I was a gold- medal power lifter, and I knew about ________ difficulties and going for my dreams. I spent over an hour ________ with Matthew. Never once did he complain (抱怨) or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and ________ and going for his dreams. ________, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t ________ that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different; he just talked about his ________ for the future, and how one day he wanted to ________ weights with me. When we finished talking, I went into my suitcase and ________ out the first gold medal I won for power lifting and put it around his ________. I told him he was more of a ________. He looked at it for a moment and then returned it to me and said, “Rick, you are a champion. You ________ that medal. Someday, when I get to the Olympics and win my gold medal, I will show it to you.” 1.A.program B.performance C.procedure D.story 2.A.smart B.distinguished C.energetic D.special 3.A.interviewing B.approaching C.greeting D.meeting 4.A.reflect B.mean C.improve D.matter 5.A.agreed B.understood C.smiled D.hesitated 6.A.put aside B.found out C.turned to D.gave away 7.A.officials B.teachers C.doctors D.colleagues 8.A.real B.hard C.helpless D.serious 9.A.after B.before C.unless D.because 10.A.admitting B.avoiding C.overcoming D.recognizing 11.A.declaring B.chatting C.predicting D.arguing 12.A.seeking B.relaxing C.succeeding D.working 13.A.Bravely B.Finally C.Disappointedly D.Obviously 14.A.mention B.notice C.doubt D.realize 15.A.methods B.lives C.hopes D.questions 16.A.lose B.support C.bear D.lift 17.A.carried B.pulled C.dragged D.kicked 18.A.hand B.shoulder C.neck D.head 19.A.winner B.helper C.reader D.survivor 20.A.adopted B.earned C.designed D.used
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短文改错 I found a wallet a couple of weeks ago in the car, where I was renting. The wallet had credit cards but quite a bit of cash inside. The gentleman it was belonged to happened to be celebrating his birthday that same day. I was able to mail him his wallet. A few weeks later I receive this. “Jamie, I can’t tell you how fortunately I felt when I received my wallet sending by you. It is rare that someone can return a wallet, let alone return with 100% of its content. I’ll be thankful for you forever.” Tears filled my eye when I finished reading a note.
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假设你的美国笔友John来信想了解你们学校和你在学校的学习生活情况，请给他写一封回信。包括以下要点： 1. 对学校做简要介绍(拥有80多年历史)； 2. 学校的设施(拥有现代化的教学楼、办公楼；学校环境优美等)； 3. 教师们爱岗敬业、和蔼可亲。 参考词汇：作简介：make a brief introduction; 学习和生活情况：learning and living condition 现代化的：modern; 爱岗敬业的：diligent and dedicated; 和蔼可亲的：amiable ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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