Sharing creativity
The exhibition Harmonious Co-Existence shows more than 220 paintings, prints, photos and sculptures at the National Art Museum. Artists include Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali. Andy Warhol, David Hockney and Anselm Kiefer, whose works are among the most expensive on the world art market today.
9 a.m.-5 P. m. , July 2nd through July 8th. Wusi Dajie, Dongeheng District, Beijing. 010-6400-1476.
Tickets: Free
Australian bark paintings
Using bark as canvas and ochre as pigment(颜料), local Australians have formed their unique bark painting style over the centuries. The artwork usually centers on local people’s prehistoric religions, recording history and legends of the tribes. The exhibition. Old Masters：Australia’s Great Bark Artists, is under way at the National Museum of China and offers a glimpse of this unique painting style.
9 a. m. -5 P. m. , July 1st through September 2nd (closed on Mondays). Galleries N11, National Museum of China, 16 East Chang’an Avenue, Dongcheng District. 010-6511-6188.
Tickets: 50 yuan(children aged 5-12: 30 yuan)
When elegance meets art
The exhibition When Elegance Meets Art at the Today Art Museum features nearly 400 jewelry creations to reflect the evolution of the Van Cleef &Arpels style.
10 a. m. -6 P. m. , closed on Mondays, July 3rd through August 5th. Exhibition Hall of Building No. 1, Today Art Museum, Building 4, Pingod Community, 32 Baiziwan Road. Chaoyang District. 010-5876-0600.
Tickets：40 yuan
Art of Tsinghua graduates
A VIP preview and auction(拍卖)introduces a grand show of artworks by graduates from Tsinghua University’s arts and design academy on Tuesday in Beijing. The auction will be held after a preview of this year’s graduation exhibition. Hundreds of paintings, installations, photos, designs and mixed-media works are on display.
8：30 a. m. -5 P. m. , July 2nd through July 7th. Tsinghua University Art Museum, No. 1, Tsinghua University Campus, Haidian District. 010-6278-1012.
Tickets: 60 yuan
1.Where can you appreciate an exhibition if you are fond of Pablo Picasso’s artworks?
A.Tsinghua University Art Museum. B.Today Art Museum.
C.National Art Museum. D.National Museum of China.
2.If a 10-year-old child and his parents want to enjoy bark paintings, how much should they pay?
A.100 yuan. B.110 yuan.
C.120 yuan. D.130 yuan.
3.Which exhibition lasts the shortest period of time?
A.Harmonious Co-Existence. B.Art of Tsinghua graduates.
C.When Elegance Meets Art. D.Old Masters：Australia’s Great Bark Artists.
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I took a fare at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute.” answered a weak, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 80’s stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat, like somebody out of a 1940s movie. “Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman. She held my arm and we walked slowly toward my car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing”, I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man,” she said. When we got in the car, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
I looked in the rear-view mirror(后视镜). Her eyes were shinning. “I don't have any family left,” she continued. “The doctor says I don’t have very long.” I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. “What route would you like me to take?” I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the first ray of the sun appeared, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.” We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a small hospice(临终关怀医院), with a driveway that passed under an entrance hall. Two nurses came out to the car as soon as we pulled up.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1：
I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2：
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定你是李华，得知外教Chris想利用假期外出游玩，你愿意为他做导游。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1. 推荐线路；
2. 推荐理由（历史、文化等角度）；
3. 你的祝愿。
注意:1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。
Festival Celebration between New Zealand and China 1. (hold) with high quality performances at the New Zealand National Museum on Sunday night. 2.(art) from southwestern China’s Chongqing presented the Wellington audience 3. Sichuan Opera Performance. The performances perfectly showed the charm of Chinese culture and art to the audience.
Guo Zongguang, 4. is the director of the China Cultural Center in New Zealand, stressed that this show was one of 5. most important events in this year’s culture exchanges between China and New Zealand.
Brett Hudson, a member of Parliament, acknowledged that China, now New Zealand’s largest trading partner, provided New Zealanders with thousands and thousands of jobs. Our relationship with China is 6. (extreme) important. Our two-way trade now tops 28 billion New Zealand dollars in 2018, 7.(help) New Zealanders improve life styles for families, and it is strengthening even 8. (far) through cultural exchange and better understanding of one another.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in China and usually 9. (fall) in September or October, on the 15th day of the 10. (eight) month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
When my grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, went to live in the nurses station 5 years ago, I tried many things to keep her occupied. But it was only her word search book that kept her ______. Gradually, she began to think of it as her job and it kept her from ______.
Last night, when I came to her and said hello, she just looked at me ______. I introduced myself and told her I was her granddaughter. She seemed ______ about who I was. Obviously, she tried to find this word in her ______. So I helped her find it with fingers and ______ it for her with a pencil.
Later, I suggested we go outside, and she agreed. Then she was just staring at me as if trying to figure me out. I told her ______ I was her granddaughter. “Oh, okay” she said ______ but still didn’t really know. She just wanted to be kind.
And after we went ______ and I got her ready for and into bed, she told me to come ______ and we kissed and hugged real tight ______ we did for the first time. It wasn’t the first time though and sooner or later there would be a ______ time.
For now, I feel the blessing of the ______ although I have a sinking feeling that our days are numbered. It doesn’t ______ if the word “granddaughter” holds no ______ anymore — we are bound by love not labels.
1.A.time B.interest C.talent D.knowledge
2.A.trembling B.moving C.whispering D.wandering
3.A.curiously B.angrily C.naturally D.proudly
4.A.shocked B.amazed C.puzzled D.worried
5.A.dictionary B.mind C.room D.book
6.A.decorated B.marked C.associated D.tracked
7.A.patiently B.bravely C.regularly D.casually
8.A.joking B.laughing C.smiling D.crying
9.A.along B.ahead C.outside D.inside
10.A.slower B.closer C.straighter D.later
11.A.as if B.so that C.even if D.in case
12.A.perfect B.free C.final D.normal
13.A.event B.break C.gift D.moment
14.A.help B.matter C.work D.exist
15.A.meaning B.change C.design D.advantage
One of the great benefits of being able to record sound is to make books available for listening. With the appearance of audio recordings, many people were able to hear literary classics read aloud. Audio books are, of course, books read aloud and recorded to be listened to on some kind of player. As sound technology has changed, audio books have changed, as well. 1. Now, books are also available on audio tape or CD.
Talking books are books created for people who have sight problems. Some of these talking books often need special players to be used. Many visually damaged people are able to receive players for free. 2.
CD technology has caused great changes in the talking book industry, since more data can be written on a single disc. 3. So the visually damaged person has a multi-use machine.
4. Some are even read in the form of a play, in which different actors take the parts of the characters in the book. They may also have sound effects or music to help improve the listening experience.
Some book clubs have started offering audio books as part of their services. Libraries also have audio books available and they may also be purchased online or at any book store. 5. Those who feel they do not have time to enjoy the pleasure of a good book may find audio books to be the next best thing.
A.They are no longer available only on volumes.
B.Many talking book players will also play music CDs.
C.Audio books are popular with travelers and busy individuals.
D.Many audio books also feature famous actors reading the books.
E.People can listen to a personal music player whenever they want.
F.It is an affordable option if you typically listen to more than one book a month.
G.These players enable them to play their talking books independently, without the help of a sighted person.
