China's "Little People's Kingdom" is a theme park, where little people dance and sing in fairytale costumes, drawing both curious groups and criticism. The theme park, near Kunming City in Yunnan Province, employs 108 dwarfs from across the country, who gather on an artificial hillside twice a day to dance and sing for tourists. And all pretend to live in a tiny hilltop village.
The guests can watch shows like comedies, group dance and acrobatics. The show's centerpiece, a funny performance of Swan Lake, sees performers dressed in special pink costumes and pretending to be little swans." The first time I performed it (Swan Lake)I felt a bit embarrassed. I had never worn a skirt like that before. But later, once I got used to it, I found I could do it very well," said Chen Ruan, 21, from Hunan Province who joined the park when it opened.
For many of the employees, the park offers a rare opportunity to find work. As unlikely as it seems for men and women doing daily funny performances of Swan Lake, they think that it feels good to live in dormitories that look like caves while living with people with similar experiences. In addition, the life facilities in the park are made according to their special needs. Besides, performers in the park earn 2,000 yuan a month, around twice the salary of a high school graduate.
The founder of the park, Chen Ming, made his fortune by producing electronics and investing, but said he had always wanted to help the disadvantaged groups in the community. People, like human right activists for the disabled, think that such a park only encourages the discrimination against little people. The only requirement for participants to be employed at the theme park is to be shorter than 51 inches and be able to take care of themselves in daily life. The youngest employee is 18, and the oldest 48.
1.According to Chen Ming, he founded the park to ________.
A.do good for society
B.invest money and increase his fortune
C.create a ballet show of Swan Lake
D.let people know more about the dwarfs
2.After living in the "Little People's Kingdom" for some time, many employees feel ________.
A.discriminated B.boring C.embarrassed D.satisfied
3.What can be learned from the text?
A.The employees perform for tourists in nature.
B.The employees perform twice a day.
C.The 108 employees come from all over the world.
D.The park lies in the city of Kunming.
Every people has their own way of saying things, their own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based on colors.
Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red-hots for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.
Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.
Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blue is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song-Mood Indigo-about the deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song:” You aren't blue till you've had that Mood Indigo. " Someone who is blue is very sad.
The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling stomach may say she feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.
Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the back side of the paper money.
The color black is used often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. A blacklist is illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.
1.If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping, you may call it__________.
A.a white day B.a black day C.a red day D.a green day
2.Suppose Mr. Brown says he is very happy because his three children are all in the pink, this means all his children are________.
A.lucky and wealthy B.gentle and modest
C.fit and healthy D.creative and energetic
3.When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband, Jane was really__________.
A.red-hot B.green C.blue D.black
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Dear editor,
I’m a senior high school student, and I want to read more books of classic literature. But some friends suggest I watch movies based on the books instead. What are the advantages of each approach and what do you suggest?
Thanks!
Lora
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Last year, our class paid a visit a local nursing home. After arrive there, we saw some elder doing Tai chi. They gave us an impression of being energetic but healthy. But there was also some old people seated in the wheelchairs. They were out of the shape, which made me a few sad. They must have experienced a hard life in the past. During that visit, we chat with the old and did some cleaning here. We had such a good time. This year, we plan to visit it again and hope more people care about the old so that they can be healthy, peace and happy for the rest of their life.
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Jingdezhen porcelain(瓷器)is Chinese porcelain produced in or near Jingdezhen in southern China. Jingdezhen has produced porcelain 1. (century)ago. And the town 2.was named Jingdezhen by Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty became a major kiln(窑)site around 1004.During the period, the 3.(produce)of porcelain in this area first became 4.(know).By the 14th century it had become the largest centre of producing Chinese porcelain, which remained in the following times. In the Ming Dynasty, official kilns in Jingdezhen 5.(control)by the emperor, making quality porcelain in large quantities for the emperor to give abroad as gifts. As a result, the town was 6.(close)linked to the world.
Although being a remote town in a hilly area, Jingdezhen is near the quality porcelain stone and forests which can provide plenty of wood for the kilns. It also has 7.river flowing from north to south, 8.(benefit)the transport of the fragile objects.
Jingdezhen has produced a great variety of 9. (value) porcelain. As a result, the town is famous 10. the “Porcelain Capital”. One type of its well-known high quality porcelain object is the blue and white porcelain from the 1330s.
I was driving home with my son Giacomo, 15, on the A40 when I suddenly saw a small plane coming down. Out of nowhere, it_______ some 200 yards away from where we were ________ , overturning and bursting into flames.
We were going 70 miles an hour and I managed to______; otherwise we would have crashed into it ourselves. I jumped out, ________ Giacomo in the car. I remember _________ at him to stay there since we really didn’t have time to mess around.
Flames were coming out of the cockpit (驾驶舱) and I could hear screaming, so I climbed under the wing and tried to __________ the windows in but failed, and with the heat of the __________ coming over the top of the plane, I ______ I might have to give up or I’d be in great danger myself. I found the small windows at the back of the plane had cracked ( 破 裂 ), so my best bet was to kick those through. It___ and, looking back, we were unbelievably____; otherwise, it would have been a completely different____.
I pulled a teenage girl and boy out. Then another guy, Joel Snarr, arrived on the_______ to help at just the right time. I don’t think I would have been able to get the ________ out — he was a big guy. _________ , Joel seized him by the arms and got him out just in time. I could _______ straight away Joel had a military background by how he ________ himself. We’d just got all three of them, Stuart Moore, who’d flown the plane, and his nephew and niece, to a safe___ when the plane exploded.
The emergency services ___________ pretty quickly, and then they did their duty. When I got back to my ______, Giacomo and I stared at each other, almost laughing in _________. It was a very strange moment — things like this only happen in films.
1.A.disappeared B.landed C.crashed D.exploded
2.A.living B.standing C.flying D.driving
3.A.roll B.stop C.pass D.speed
4.A.greeting B.saving C.blaming D.leaving
5.A.shouting B.aiming C.looking D.smiling
6.A.fix B.clean C.kick D.shut
7.A.steam B.fire C.water D.engine
8.A.sensed B.expected C.imagined D.admitted
9.A.lasted B.worked C.counted D.ended
10.A.afraid B.brave C.cautious D.lucky
11.A.challenge B.adventure C.story D.lesson
12.A.scene B.march C.way D.go
13.A.steward B.pilot C.driver D.rescuer
14.A.Strangely B.Secretly C.Instead D.However
15.A.describe B.argue C.tell D.agree
16.A.conducted B.adapted C.helped D.accustomed
17.A.return B.distance C.room D.journey
18.A.went away B.set out C.turned up D.shut down
19.A.house B.plane C.cinema D.car
20.A.relief B.surprise C.sorrow D.confusion
