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Top Music Festivals Festival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months. Pitchfork Music Festival Anyone who likes indie (独立的) music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park. This is an indie rock heaven that explores more underground and lesser known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza. Date: July 14-16 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Music Type: Indie rock Price: $126- $2,700 Essence Music Festival No matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is an amazing place if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of well-known artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, and Mary J.Blige. Date: June 29-July 2 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Music Type: R& B, soul, rock Price: $75-$365 Sziget Festival Budapest knows how to hold a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to find favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco playing here during this three day festival. Date: August 9-11 Location: Budapest, Hungary Music Type: Eclectic, Indie rock Price: $70-$296 Flow Festival The Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many others. Come to this festival to enjoy yourselves with an earth-friendly belief. Date: August 11-13, 2018 Location Helsinki, Finland Music Type: Rock, soul, jazz Price: $106-$199 【1】What do the music festivals have in common ? A. They are given in the open air. B. They are held in the USA. C. They include rock music. D. They lake place from July to August. 【2】Which music festival will last for the longest time? A. Essence Music Festival. B. Sziget Festival. C. Flow Festival. D. Pitchfork Music Festival. 【3】What can we know about Budapest from the text? A. It has the longest cultural tradition in Europe. B. It is the home of many well-known bands. C. It is a city of high living cost in all of Europe. D. It is good at organizing entertainment events. |
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In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War. It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly. At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight uninvited theatre groups turned up in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house no longer used for years. Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known playwrights(剧作家) in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh. Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big. A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing(给……提供场地) 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold. 【1】What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival in the beginning? A.To bring Europe together again. B.To honor heroes of World WarⅡ. C.To introduce young theatre groups. D.To attract great artists from Europe. 【2】Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947? A.They owned a public house there. B.They came to take up a challenge. C.They thought they were also famous. D.They wanted to take part in the festival. 【3】Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared? A.Popular writers. B.University students. C.Artists from around the world. D.Performers of music and dance. 【4】We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival . A.has become a non-official event B.has gone beyond an art festival C.gives shows all year round D.keeps growing rapidly |
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Michael Jackson was on the road of performing when he was five years old.As is known to all, the road to fame and fortune is a long, hard one. Michael remembers those early years when he was young.“My father was a machine operator,” he explained, “and he worked at a steel plant. My mother worked at Sears, a big department store. But they were both musicians.” Michael's father Joe Jackson realized his sons had a lot of talent, and he knew he could train them to become fine musicians. In those days there were plenty of music groups and some of them were very good. He knew if his sons were to stand out, they would have to be the best. Practice makes perfect. And the Jackson boys practised! Gradually the group took shape. Then word of this group began to get around. Thus Michael got a chance to do some solo(独唱) songs. In the following years, Michael was always on the top. One million records of his were sold in New Zealand, which has only a total population of three million! When Michael was eighteen, he entered another field of his career(生涯)—acting. “I plan to star in movies,” he told his friends, “but of course, my first love is music.” Michael wrote a lot of his own songs. “Songs came about in the strangest ways,” he said, “I’ll just wake up from sleeping and there is a whole song coming into my head. And then I put it down on the paper.” Still, with all his success, Michael managed to keep his head calm. “I just do a different job from other people,” he said, “but it doesn't make me think I'm better than other people.” To be quite honest, his fans just love to hear and watch him! 【1】What can we know from the text? A. Michael Jackson's parents enjoyed music a lot. B. Michael's mother worked in a factory when he was young. C. Michael's father spent a lot of time in drinking. D. Michael began to earn money when he was only four years old. 【2】What did Joe Jackson realize? A. his children didn't need much practice. B. his children had little talent to be musicians. C. his children couldn't become famous if they weren't the best. D. there were a small number of music groups in those days. 【3】Which of the following is true? A. All of Michael's songs were written by other people. B. Michael thinks that he is much more clever than others. C. Michael began to act in films when he was five years old. D. A great number of New Zealanders bought a record of Michael's. 【4】What’s the main idea of the text? A. How Mr. Jackson trained his children. B. How the Jacksons became successful. C. Why Michael is so popular all over the world. D. How Michael becomes so popular all over the world. |
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Many of us listen to music while we work, thinking that it will help us to concentrate on the task at hand. And in fact, recent research has found that music can have beneficial effects on creativity. When it comes to other areas of performance, however, the impact of background music is more complicated. The idea that listening to music when working is beneficial to output probably has its roots in the so-called “Mozart Effect”. Put simply, this is the finding that the spatial reasoning ability is increased immediately after listening to the music of Mozart’s, compared to no sound at all. How sound affects performance has been the topic of research for over 40 years, and is observed through a phenomenon called the irrelevant sound effect. To study the irrelevant sound effect, participants in the research are asked to complete a simple task which requires them to recall a series of numbers or letters in the exact order in which they saw them. The tricky thing is being able to do this while ignoring any background noise. Two key characteristics of the irrelevant sound effect are required for its observation. First, the task must require the people to use their rehearsal ability, and second, the sound must contain acoustical variation. Where the sound does not vary much acoustically, the performance of the task is much closer to that observed in quiet conditions. The irrelevant sound effect itself comes from attempting to process two sources of ordered information at the same time—one from the task and the other from the sound. Unfortunately, only the former is required to successfully perform the recall task, and the effort to ensure that irrelevant order information from the sound is not processed actually hinders this ability. A similar conflict is also seen when reading in the presence of lyrical music. In this situation, the two sources of words—from the task and the sound—are in conflict. The cost is poorer performance of the task in the presence of music with lyrics. What this all means is that whether having music playing in the background helps or hinders performance depends on the task and the type of music, and only understanding this relationship will help people maximize their productivity levels. 【1】“Mozart Effect” is mentioned to . A.explain how music can relax people B.show music can improve performance C.advise people to listen to Mozart’s music D.stress Mozart’s music gains wide attention 【2】What does the underlined word “tricky” mean? A.Interesting. B.Awkward. C.Unexpected. D.Expected. 【3】Paragraph 6 is written to . A.support an idea B.make a contrast C.introduce a topic D.describe a fact 【4】What is the best title for the passage? A.Music shapes your life B.Music develops your creativity C.Choose quiet music for your work D.Does music make you concentrate? |
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If you want to keep fit, please refer to the following. Move More Make it a daily thing to find ways to move your body. 【1】 Climb stairs instead of taking the elevator. Walk your dog. Play with your kids. It doesn’t have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute dance class. But that’s great when you’re up to it. At the same time, move more. Quit Smoking Ever since 1960 when it was announced that smoking was harmful to health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products. Just recently, we’ve seen more and more teens smoking. Could it be the Hollywood influence? 【2】 Take care! Warn your children against smoking. 【3】 While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney(肝肾)disease and cancer. Reduce Stress Easier said than done, stress comes in many ways. 【4】 Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like such as walking on the beach or in a park, reading a good book, visiting a friend, listening to relaxing music, and watching a funny movie. Protect Yourself from Pollution If you can’t live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms. 【5】Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good. A. Avoid Excessive（过度的） Drinking B. Keep a Positive Mental Outlook C. Think carefully about what you will do. D. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low. E. It seems that the stars in every movie smoke cigarettes. F. There are many things you can do to move your arms and legs. G. Some techniques given by experts are to think positive thoughts. |
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When I was young, I was a terrible student. I didn’t ____ talking with my grandmother on the phone, because she would ask me about school and about what I was reading. Her inability to know what was ____ to me was never more evident (明显的) than at gift-giving time. Each Christmas, I would get a package from Grandmother. “Another____ just like every year!” I would think and then put it aside. I would____all my latest toys on Christmas morning and for days and even weeks.____, I would open Grandmother’s gift. I would read the book and sometimes memorize the text, but I didn’t count this as having fun. Although I was not interested in____, I had great patience with younger children. Seeing how I____her kid with homework, my neighbor said that I should become a teacher when I grew up. At first, the idea seemed____to me. Slowly the idea took root and I decided to give____a try. During my second term in college, I sat in my Children’s Literature class. Our teacher____a list of classic children’s books. It was then that I wanted to____. I raced home and ran to the basement (地下室). There on the dusty shelf sat the most amazing collection of children’s books any teacher could____to have. My grandmother didn’t____me what my little girl mind wanted, but what she knew I needed—a gift for the soul that would last a lifetime. I____to water the seed my grandmother planted so long ago. I graduated from college, received my master’s degree and became a____, trying my best to plant those tiny seeds in all my students. 【1】A.avoid B.like C.suggest D.stop 【2】A.obvious B.available C.important D.possible 【3】A.toy B.phone C.bag D.book 【4】A.look for B.play with C.break down D.clean up 【5】A.Suddenly B.Gradually C.Finally D.Curiously 【6】A.school B.Christmas C.children D.gifts 【7】A.provided B.filled C.left D.helped 【8】A.mean B.familiar C.natural D.silly 【9】A.college B.sport C.diet D.job 【10】A.received B.asked C.wanted D.showed 【11】A.rest B.explain C.cry D.travel 【12】A.agree B.happen C.afford D.hope 【13】A.tell B.give C.read D.lend 【14】A.hurried B.pretended C.continued D.refused 【15】A.teacher B.writer C.manager D.doctor |
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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。 When it comes to Chinese students considering studying in foreign countries, many of them usually believe that life will be easy and enjoyable.【1】 (fortunate), it’s likely that students with those beliefs will be disappointed soon after landing at the airport. So what are the problems you may have, and how can you deal with them? Teaching and learning styles in America are very different from 【2】 in China, 【3】 requires more critical thinking and cooperation. Discussions, or sometimes 【4】 (argue), are very common in a normal American classroom. Don’t be【5】 observer. Try to participate 【6】 them actively. Apart from coursework, another important issue faced by overseas students is homesickness or loneliness. You may miss your parents’ cooking, your pets, or even your bed. Being away from home can create bitter feelings, especially when 【7】 (face) with the challenges of getting used to an unfamiliar environment. What I suggest is to try hard to deal with these feelings. Be open to new friendships, 【8】 they can’t replace the family and friends you miss from home. Sign up for campus activities, and give yourself permission to enjoy life on campus, even if you miss home a lot. Be organized and keep a diary to check your progress. It is never simple 【9】 (study) abroad. In fact, there will be many difficulties daily. But hopefully, students who are studying abroad, or who are planning to, 【10】 (get) over their difficulties and make their time overseas a success. |
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假设你是李华,你的美国朋友Justin上个月来到北京学习。下个月你将去北京参加中学生英语演讲比赛(speech contest),你在资料搜集、语言运用等方面遇到了困难。请根据以下要点给Justin写一封电子邮件: 1.询问Justin的生活和学习情况; 2.谈谈你的困难并请Justin帮忙; 3.告诉Justin你打算赛后去看他。 注意:1.词数100左右; 2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯; 3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。 Dear Justin, How is it going these days? I am always wondering how you feel about your life in Beijing. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。 I am a mother of three children and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was sociology(社会学). The teacher offered inspiring teaching that I wish every human could be graced with. Her last project of the term was called “Smile”. The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions. I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway, so I thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after we were given the project, my husband, the youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s in a cold morning. It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son. We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and even so did my husband. I did not move a bit. A strong feeling of fear turned up as I turned to see why they had moved. As I turned around, I smelled a terrible “dirty body” smell, and standing behind me were two poor homeless men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was “smiling”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of hope as he searched for acceptance. He said, “Good day!” as he counted the few coins he had been holding. The second man was obviously mentally disabled. I held my tears when I stood there with them. The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all, Miss.” because that was all they could afford (If they wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something. They just wanted to be warm.). Then I really felt the desire was so great that I almost reached out my hands and hugged the little man with the blue eyes. Paragraph 1: At that moment I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were staring at me. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: I turned in “my project” and the instructor read it. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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