Happy Birthday
The China National Opera (CNO) will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.
Different generations of CNO vocalists, like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like The White-haired GM and The Hundred Bride, as well as, arias (咏叹调) of such western opera classics as Madame Butter fly, La Traviata and Rigoletto.
Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 7, 8
Location: Tianqiao Theatra
Tel: 65514787, 83156170
Tickets: 60~500 yuan (US $ 7.2~60.2)
Folk Music
A concert will be held to feature some recently-composed traditional Chinese music works. The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as Memory of Childhood, Memorial Ceremony for God and Wine Song.
Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 13
Location: Concert hall at the National Library of China
Tel: 68485462, 68419220
Tickets: 30~200 yuan (US $ 3.6~24.1)
Moon Music
A concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on eve of the Moon Festival.
The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centred on the theme of the moon, such as Moonlight, Spring Night on a Moonlit River and Lofty Mountain and Flowing River.
A number of popular traditional Chinese music performers, like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos as well as cooperate with the folk music orchestra.
Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 21st
Location: Grand theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities
Tel: 66068888, 66069999
Tickets: 40~220 yuan (US $ 4.8~27)
1.If you want to buy tickets for the music Memory of Childhood, you will dial ________.
A. 65514787 B. 68485462 C. 83156170 D. 66069999
2.Which statement is RIGHT according to the passage?
A. Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei stand for the same generation of CNO vocalists.
B. Rigoletto is a famous piece on the theme of the moon.
C. Zhou Yaokun will play solos and Fan Weiqing will cooperate with the folk music orchestra.
D. Lofty Mountain and Flowing River is a traditional Chinese music.
3.In which column of a newspaper will the article be published?
A. Entertainment. B. People. C. Culture. D. Sports
I always felt sorry for the people in wheelchairs. Some people, old and weak, cannot get around by themselves. Others seem perfectly healthy, dressed in business suits. But whenever I saw someone in a wheelchair, I only saw a disability, not a person.
Then I fainted (晕倒) at Euro Disney due to low blood pressure. This was the first time I had ever fainted, and my parents said that I must rest for a while after First Aid. I agreed to take it easy but, as I stepped towards the door, I saw my dad pushing a wheelchair in my direction. Feeling color burn my cheeks, I asked him to wheel that thing right back to where he found it.
I could not believe this was happening to me. Wheelchairs were fine for other people but not for me, as my father wheeled me out into the main street, people immediately began to treat me differently.
Little kids ran in front of me, forcing my father to stop the wheelchair suddenly. Bitterness set in as I was thrown back and forth. “Stupid kids… they have perfectly good legs. Why can’t they watch where they are going?” I thought. People stared down at me, with pity in their eyes. Then they would look away, maybe because they thought the sooner they forgot me the better.
“I’m just like you!” I wanted to scream. “The only difference is you’ve got legs, and I have wheels.”
People in wheelchair are not stupid. They see every look and hear each word. Looking out at the faces, I finally understood: I was once just like them. I treated people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not want to be treated. I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are truly disabled.
1.The author once _________ when she was healthy.
A. showed respected to disabled people
B. looked down upon disabled people
C. imagined herself sitting in a wheelchair
D. saw some healthy people moving around in wheelchairs
2.Facing the wheelchair for the first time, the author _________.
A. felt curious about it B. got ready to move around in it right away
C. thought it was ready for her father D. refused to accept it right away
3.The experience of the author tells us that_________.
A. life is the best teacher
B. people often eat their bitter fruit
C. life is so changeable that nobody can predict
D. one should never does to others what he would not like others do to him
4.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. How to Get Used to Wheelchairs
B. Wheelchairs Are as Good as Two Legs
C. People with Two Legs Are Truly Healthy
D. The Difference Between Healthy People and the Disabled
某英文报社正在开展“低碳生活，从我做起”的征文活动，请给其投稿。内容要点如下：
好处：减少二氧化碳的排放，有利于缓解全球变暖；
具体建议：随手关掉不用的电器，如电灯、电视和电脑；
步行或骑自行车出行；如果路程远，乘坐公交车
购物时尽量使用环保布袋，不用一次性塑料袋。
大家都行动起来，我们就能与环境和谐共处。
注意： 词数不少于100；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：二氧化碳排放 carbon dioxide emissions；一次性塑料袋disposable plastic bags
Nowadays,it is becoming common to lead a low-carbon lifestyle._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
请改正下面短文中的错误。文中共有10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（^），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：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.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。
Many people like eating junk foods, because they thought they are delicious. But in fact, these foods are not healthy. That we need most is a balanced diet. Eating a balanced diet mean choosing a wide variety of foods from all the food groups. A balanced diet provides different kinds of nutrition(营养) with our body. We need a balanced diet to keep healthy. Therefore, many people still have unhealthy eating habits, that will do harm to their health. I think is necessary for us to have three meals a day properly. When eat, we should eat different kinks of foods. For an example, we should eat both meat and vegetables to get different kinds of nutrition.
All in all, it’s importantly for us to keep a balanced diet.
China’s women’s swimmer FU Yuan Hui has created a sensation(轰动)online. It was not her swimming, however, 1.made her famous. It was her 2.(face) expressions and some of the comments she made afterward.
In the 100-meter backstroke 3.(compete), Fu swam in 58.76 seconds, which was fast enough4.(earn)her a share of the bronze medal. When 5.(ask) whether she held back for the final, she replied “NO, I utilized my ‘prehistorical’ power’. What she 6.(mean) was that she had spared no efforts. Since then, the so-called “prehistorical power”, 7.comes from “Hua QianGu”, has become very popular. And when she was told the 8.(excite) news that she got a bronze medal, she reached in exaggeration(夸张) “Huh?” and then looked around 9. shock. Her reaction, and more importantly, her personality have made her one of the favorite Olympians 10. at home and abroad. One American swimming coach wrote on Twitter: Our swimmers are great. But Fu from China is easily my favorite. Another American wrote: Fu is the most adorable person on the planet.
As I admire my beautiful teapot, I am reminded of my wedding day back in 1990. My fiance(未婚夫)，Don, and I had enjoyed our last evening of ____life at his parents ‘home in Nelson. My future brother-in-law, Kerry, his wife, Tabatha, and their baby daughter, Amanda, were ____to arrive late that night. But I needed a good night’s ____before our big day, so I left Don at his parents’ place for the night.
The next morning, when I met up with my parents, I ____ something wrong. At first, they didn’t want to tell me, but eventually they ____ : Kerry, Tabatha and the baby had been in a bad ____. A drunken driver had ____ their car, throwing it into another one. The people in it acted quickly to free Kerry, Tabatha and the baby ____ the vehicle. My fiancé’s parents. Grace and John, raced to the hospital____they met the “roadside______“ who had helped their family. While telling them the ______of the accident, they mentioned that they too were coming into town for a(n)______.Grace knew that there were three weddings scheduled for the following day and asked which one they were here to attend. To her ____, these “angels” who had helped her family were my aunt Denise and her daughter, Anne!
Kerry suffered two broken legs, Tabatha a broken hip and the baby a broken leg, but ____ all three were to recover. Before heading into the operation room, Kerry make sure ____ we were told to go ahead with our wedding as ____. Just before the ceremony, we received the good news that his operation had been ____. We were greatly comforted by the news.
At the gift-opening, Grace______us a present box from Kerry and Tabatha. As we______ the damaged box, we shook our heads in amazement. Inside it was a beautiful, perfect____.
1.A. single B. gentle C. harmful D. wealthy
2.A. delivered B. intended C. gathered D. expected
3.A. diet B. sigh C. sleep D. adventure
4.A. sought B. sensed C. argued D. inspired
5.A. moved off B. gave in C. crowded in D. referred to
6.A. project B. campaign C. accident D. connection
7.A. wandered B. limited C. rode D. hit
8.A. from B. out C. off D. of
9.A. that B. which C. where D. when
10.A. angels B. audience C. drivers D. doctors
11.A. results B. details C. curiosity D. feast
12.A. present B. hospital C. wedding D. operation
13.A. embarrassment B. emergency C. disappointment D. amazement
14.A. occasionally B. terribly C. interestingly D. thankfully
15.A. that B. which C. when D. how
16.A. harvested B. planned C. existed D. consulted
17.A. considerate B. successful C. powerful D. painful
18.A. lent B. sent C. handed D. ordered
19.A. opened B. closed C. awarded D. wiped
20.A. glass B. plate C. cup D. teapot
