HOLIDAY FUN AT THE POWERHOUSE
500 HARRIS STREET ULTIMO •TELEPHONE (02)9270111
Join in the holiday fun at the powerhouse this month linked to our new exhibition, Evolution & Revolution: Chinese dress 1700s to now. DON’T FORGET our other special event, the Club Med Circus School which is part of the Circus（马戏团）！150 years of circus in Australia exhibition experience!
◆Chinese Folk Dancing: Colorful Chinese dance and musical performances by The Chinese Folk Dancing School of Sydney. Dances include: the Golden and the Chinese drum dance. A feature will be the Qin dynasty Emperor’s count dance. Also included is a show of face painting for Beijing opera performances.
Sunday 29 June and Wednesday 2 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11:30 am & 1:30 pm.
◆Australian Chinese Children’s Arts Theatre: Well-known children’s play experts from Shanghai lead this dynamic youth group. Performance include Chinese fairy tales and plays.
Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11:30 am & 1:30 pm.
◆Chinese Youth League: A traditional performing arts group featuring performance highlights such as Red scarf and Spring flower dances, and a musician playing Er Hu.
Sunday 6 to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
◆Kids Activity: Make a Paper Horse: Young children make a paper horse cut-out. (The horse is a frequent theme in Chinese painting, including a kind of advancement.) Suitable for ages 8-12 years.
Sunday 28 June to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm.
◆Club Med Circus School: Learn circus skills, including the trapeze, tramp lining and magic. Note only for children over 5. There are 40 places available in each 1 hour session and these must be booked at the front desk, level 4, on the day.
Enjoy unlimited free visits and many other benefits by becoming a Family member of the Powerhouse. Our family memberships cover two adults and all children under the age of 16 years at the one address.
Members receive Power line, our monthly magazine, discounts in the shops and restaurants, as well as free admission to the Museum. All this for as little as $50.00 a year! Call (02)9217 0600 for more details.
1.When can you watch the Chinese drum dance?
A. On July 2. B. On July 3. C. On July 6. D. On July 8.
2.To learn the magic tricks, you can go to ________.
A. Kids Activity.
B. Chinese Youth League.
C. Club Med Circus School.
D. Children’s Arts Theatre.
3.What is required if you want to enjoy free visits to the Museum?
A. Calling (02)92170600.
B. Gaining family membership.
C. Coming for the holiday fun.
D. Paying powerline $50.00 a year.
书面表达
假如你是李丽，正在家乡的一所普通高中就读。最近你的叔叔给你来信，建议你到他所在城市的一所重点学校读书，并列举了那里的优势：环境优美，名师众多，教学设施先进，升学率高。请你写一封100词左右的回信表示感谢并说明拒绝去那里读书的理由。
注意：1．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2．文章的开头和结尾已给出。
Dear Uncle，
I'm very glad to receive your letter and thank you very much for your loving care.
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely，
LiLi
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有l0处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（八），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：l.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Life is a long journey, during that you are to experience ups and downs. Only by hold a proper attitude will you be able to control the unexpected in life. What happens years ago is still fresh in my mind. When Dad was out of work, my family was reduced to poor. The tough situation left me in low spirit. However, Mom stayed calm, working hardly in the field as usual. Whenever I complained on our difficulty, she always comforted me, “Don't lose your heart. Everything will be OK！" Then came the news Dad found another well-paid job. The experience taught me what important it is to be optimistic when in trouble.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
"What shall I do," said a very little dog one day to his mother, "to show my thanks to our master? I cannot draw or carry burdens like the horse; 1._ _ give him milk like the cow ... I am a poor unimportant creature, not worth of keeping." So saying, the poor little dog hung down his head 2._ _ (disappointed).
"My dear child, Fido," replied his mother, "although your abilities are small, yet a hearty good will is enough3._ _ (cover) all faults. Just love him dearly, and prove your love4._ _ all the means in your power, and you will not fail to please him."
The little dog 5. _ (comfort). From then on, he tried his best to help his master do all kinds of things.
One hot day, after dinner, his master6._ _ (sleep) in an old summerhouse, with Fido by his side. Suddenly, Fido saw the walls 7. _ _ (shake). He realized the 8. _ (dangerous) and began barking to awaken his master. Upon this the master woke up and had just time to get out of the door before the whole building fell down. Fido, 9._ _ was behind, got hurt by some rubbish which fell upon him. His master took care of him with the10._ _ (great) tenderness. Thus his love and loyalty（忠诚）had the full reward.
英语知识运用
If failure is like a day without the sunshine, I’ll still smile at it, as clouds may be dancing in the sky. Success does not _________ every person, just like the sun doesn't shine every day.
Do you give up your plan to go hiking _________ because the weather isn't as good as you had hoped? No, of course not. I would rather go on trying no matter what I _________ and enjoy on the way to my destination (目的地) .
_________ , failure is like a naughty boy who plays with us on the way to our goals. Not only does he want to _________ us, but he wants to help us become braver. The more we _________ , the braver we'll be.
If failure is the _________ without the moon, I'll still smile at it, as stars may twinkle on us still. _________ . we all like the moon, but should we ignore the stars? There is always something more important than _________ . In other words, we shouldn't only _________ on whether we succeed or fail. In fact. we learn a lot from failure. It is really helpful. The more we learn from failure, the _________ we'll be.
If failure is a bird without _________ , I'll still smile at it. Flying isn't the only thing a bird can do. If we can't be _________ by the wide blue sky, why don't we _________ adapting ourselves to the forest through our beautiful singing? Failure _________us that we should believe in ourselves. We may fail in one area, but we may_________ in another. Maybe we’ll find that we have a talent for something whenever knew about before. Who _________ ?
Life is like a box of chocolates, and you_________ know what you're going to get. Just keep on trying. The process of trying is much more valuable than the _________ .Smile at _________ and smile at life.
1.A. meet B. know C. favor D. see
2.A. even B. still C. too D. just
3.A. suffer B. hate C. dislike D. fear
4.A. Generally B. Unluckily C. Actually D. Naturally
5.A. beat B. change C. test D. frighten
6.A. laugh B. cry C. play D. smile
7.A. day B. night C. sky D. place
8.A. In fact B. Of course C. In deed D. In turn
9.A. aim B. joy C. success D. work
10.A. live B. focus C. depend D. base
11.A. nicer B. healthier C. wiser D. younger
12.A. legs B. feet C. teeth D. wings
13.A. received B. accepted C. noticed D. covered
14.A. try B. begin C. appreciate D. enjoy
15.A. suggests B. insists C. reminds D. orders
16.A. forget B. start C. stand D. achieve
17.A. sees B. knows C. believes D. does
18.A. never B. already C. usually D. always
19.A. methods B. success C. victories D. results
20.A. defeat B. sorrow C. failure D. loss
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
From the time l was young，I've noticed changes in people's hairstyles, clothes, facial expressions and behaviors. 1. I respond, “I pay attention."
I believe in paying attention to the world around me, in the power of paying attention..
I grew up on our family farm, surrounded by fields of wheat, soybeans, and corn. My grandpa Bohil always had an eye to the sky, interpreting the clouds and their various colors. He knew when the soybeans got the color of brown paper bags it was time to harvest. He knew when the wheat rustled (沙沙作响) like scratchy dry skin it was time to harvest that, too. 2.
My mother sewed everything from curtains to clothes. She made quite a few of my clothes. Her pattern work was so precise, her seam（线缝）work so exact. Fittings were exercises in detail. 3. The women in my family practiced exacting crafts, requiring precision and an eye for detail, attention to color combinations, a love of a patterned world.
4. It was the clothes on my body, and the quilt on my bed. Noticing was the crops in the fields, and the clouds in the sky.
I' m a teaching writer. Seeing details is my job, both in my writing and in my students’. Nothing is too small to ignore. Noticing is my job. _5. I notice the sun and clouds on my pages and theirs, both the bright skies and the storms on the horizon.
The world is made up of one detail after another, and by opening my eyes to each of them, I can see the world much more clearly, much more broadly. By paying attention, I learn to expand.
A. So if I notice that your eyes look dull instead of bright, you will know why.
B. She would tear the seams and start over if something wasn 't quite right.
C. I sew, quilt, plant, cultivate, and harvest, alone and with my students.
D. My great-grandmother quilted blankets for each of us.
E. Often, people act surprised and ask, "You noticed?"
F. Farming is about noticing, about paying attention.
G. Noticing was all around me.
