The booking notes of the play “the Age of Innocence”:
Price: ＄10
BOOKING
There are four easy ways to book seats for performance:
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The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. ---8 p.m.
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Ring 01324976 to book your tickets or to pay by credit card（Visa, MasterCard and Amex accepted）
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Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office.
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Complete the on-line booking form at www. Satanfiedtheatre. com
DISCOUNTS:
Saver:＄2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.
Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.
Standby: best available seats are on sale for＄6 from one hour before the performance for people suitable for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.
Group Bookings: there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more.
School: school parties often or more can book＄6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free.
Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen situations.
1.If you want to book a ticket, you CANNOT _________.
A．use the Internet
B．go to the Box Office on Sundays
C．complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office
D．ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card
2.According to the notes, who can get＄2 off?
A．A full-time college student.
B．The people who book the tickets on Fridays.
C．A woman who is 55 years old.
D．A teenager who is 18 years old.
3.If you make a group booking for a group of 14 adults, how much should you pay?
A．＄120 B．＄126 C．＄140 D．＄150
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．There are only 8 wheelchair spaces in the theatre.
B．A group of 12 persons can get 10 per cent discount.
C．A school party of 15 students should pay 90 for the standby tickets.
D．The audience can’t refund money if the performance is on show.
5.What kind of tickets are the cheapest?
A．The standby tickets.
B．The tickets for group booking.
C．The tickets for Saver discount.
D．The standby tickets for school parties of ten or more.
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
1.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?________.
A．To seek help for Nauru’s problems.
B．To give a warning to other countries
C．To show the importance of money.
D．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.
2.What was Nauru like before the Europeans came? ________.
A．Rich and powerful B．Modern and open
C．Peaceful and attractive D．Greedy and aggressive
3.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______.
A．soil pollution B．phosphate overmining
C．farming activity D．whale hunting
4.Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem? ________.
A．Its leaders misused the money
B．It spent too much repairing the island
C．Its phosphate mining cost much money
D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.
5.What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?_ _______.
A．The phosphate mines were destroyed
B．The ecological damage is difficult to repair.
C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans
D．The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously.
The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is 36 . But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.
Dad felt it was his 37 to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each 38 in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and 39 as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_ 40 and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they 41 ?”
“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices 42 them what they are.”
“ 43 choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.
“Oh, no. Only when we choose the 44 things.”
“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's 45 . He reached down and began to 46 with the snow. He 47 the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.
The child looked at both sides but 48 answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
“It’ s a snowman! The side 49 made me snowman!” the boy replied with 50
Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) 51 to build up mankind,” Dad said.
The child then stood up and 52 an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work together. They have a(n) 53 .”
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and 54 him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right 55
and learn to build the best snowman ever.”
1. A．similar B．different C．freezing D．special
2. A．challenge B．trouble C．responsibility D．position
3. A．private B．associated C．unique D．isolated
4. A．inspected B．watched C．glanced D．glared
5. A．beautiful B．effective C．comfortable D．significant
6. A．get along B．take care C．cheer up D．break up
7. A．remain B．appear C．become D．make
8. A．Though B．However C．So D．While
9. A．exact B．coincident C．fortunate D．wrong
10. A．interest B．concern C．worry D．faith
11. A．communicate B．work C．mix D．relate
12. A．separated B．divided C．distinguished D．parted
13. A．couldn' t B．shouldn' t C．wouldn' t D．needn' t
14. A．that B．what C．how D．when
15. A．disappointment B．frustration C．enthusiasm D．humour
16. A．power B．effort C．organization D．attempt
17. A．gathered B．sorted C．threw D．formed
18. A．war B．debate C．agreement D．negotiation
19. A．trembled B．swung C．pulled D．held
20. A．steps B．turns C．choices D．points
There was a(n)________silence in the live interview，when no one knew what to say to the audience.
A．ashamed B．disappointed C．awkward D．desperate
--Time and tide wait for no man.
---________. We should value our time.
A．Absolutely right B．I can’t agree with you C．Nonsense D．Certainly not
在我们的生活和学习中，与人合作是非常重要的。请你根据下表中所提供的信息，写一篇题为 “Cooperate with others”的英文演讲稿。请写在答题纸相应横线上。
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为何与人合作 |
可以高效地完成任务； 可以节省时间和精力； 可以从合作者身上学到很多。 |
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与谁合作 |
与喜欢的人合作 |
心情愉快，一起分享工作中的快乐和痛苦。 |
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与不喜欢的人 合作 |
能挑战自己与他人相处的能力。此外，关注工作比关注合作者本人更重要。日久，也许会发现他是一个很好相处的人。 |
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怎样做一个好的合作者 |
请你发表自己的观点……（至少2点看法） |
注意：
1．对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2．词数150左右。
参考词汇：合作者 partner 高效地efficiently
Good afternoon, everyone!
The topic of my speech today is “Cooperate with others”.
Thank you for your listening!
