Ceilidh Dance

Welcome to Edinburgh Ceilidh Club! Here you can find information about what’s happening at Edinburgh’s best regular ceilidhs.

The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club is held every Tuesday night at Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh. We have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands each week. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is great for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced ceilidh dancers. Come and experience Scottish dance the way it’s meant to be!

Tickets: £6 (online)

£7 (at the door if there are any left)

Time: 8 pm - 11 pm

Free Wi-Fi and snacks are provided. No drinks are included in the tickets.

For information about tickets for Ceilidh Club call at 0131 560 1580 or email boxoffice(@ summerhall. Co.UK.

1.Ceilidh nights are usually held on______ .

A. Monday B. Thursday

C. Wednesday D. Tuesday

2.Beginners can also enjoy Ceilidh nights because_______ .

A. the caller will teach the dances

B. Ceilidh dances are easy to learn

C. there are many experienced dancers

D. the club has the best Ceilidh bands

3.Catherine bought 2 tickets online and 3 tickets at the door. she must pay ___

A. £30 B. £32 C. £33 D. £35

4.What is included in the tickets?

A. Free Wi-Fi. B. Dinner C. Drinks. D. Wine.

5.You can get more information about tickets by

A. visiting the website www.Ceilidh Club.com

B. becoming a member of Ceilidh Club

C. calling Ceilidh Club at 0131 560 1580

D. writing emails to boxoffice@ summerhall. co. US

Sometimes, little things can bring big changes. Justice and Nathaniel are learning this with music. A cello and a violin brought big changes to their lives.

Justice and Nathaniel are in sixth grade. They go to a middle school named Northwest School of the Arts. They used to go to Winterfield Elementary School. Winterfield has a program with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO). The CSO program teaches kids how to play musical instruments. Justice learned to play the violin. Nathaniel learned to play the violin and the cello. They are the first students from the program to go to Northwest.

For the past six years, the CSO has given after-school music classes at Winterfield. Most of the kids in the school come from poor homes. It’s difficult for their parents to afford music lessons. The CSO wants the kids to learn about music, and it also wants them to stay out of trouble and get better grades.

The program was started to teach kids about music. It wants to help kids in other ways, too. Kids are allowed to take smaller instruments home to practice. This teachers them to take responsibility for something valuable. The program also encourages cooperation(合作). Students must spend time with children they might know outside of the program. And also, the program teaches practice habits. When students get better after practice, they learn that practice is good.

Students use the first year to explore and find a “forever instrument.” Justice tried out the clarinet and cello before picking a violin.Nathaniel liked the trumpet but decided on the cello and violin.

“When I started, it actually looked easy, but I knew it would get tougher,” says Nathaniel. “Practicing is a pleasure. I’m always trying to get a song perfect, so I’m playing 15-20-25 minutes a day.”

Thanks to music, Justice and Nathaniel got into a good middle school. Justice’s mom said she is very glad that he does well in class and that he likes it. “It makes a big difference,” Nathaniel’s dad said.

1.The word “cello” in the passage is most probably ___________.

A. a musical instrument B. an expert in music

C. a famous musician D. a music program

2.From Paragraph 2, we can learn that Justice and Nathaniel ___________.

A. are six-year-old school boys B. are learning art in a primary school

C. are middle school students D. worked for a school music program

3.Which of the following is true about the CSO program?

A. It trains music teachers for a school. B. It gives kids after-school music classes.

C. It teaches each kid to play the violin. D. It tries to raise money to help poor kids.

4.Paragraph 4 mainly talks about ___________.

A. how to become a responsible person B. the importance of cooperation

C. how to take part in the music program D. The goals of the music program

5.From the last paragraph, we know that Justice’s mom and Nathaniel’s dad ___________.

A. are both music teachers in the program B. are happy about the program

C. have different opinions about the program D. don’t think the program useful

根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Most families love to go on holiday together. It is great fun to leave your common life behind and go somewhere different and exciting!

1.Some people enjoy traveling around cities and visiting museums. Other people prefer outdoor holidays, where you can hike or go boating. Some people like cruises, where the huge ship is like a hotel.

Many families go on holiday in summer, when schools are closed. 2.In the past, most British families would take their holidays at a British seaside town. However, now many people choose to go abroad instead. One reason for this is to escape(躲藏) the possibility of rain at home! France, Spain and Greece are popular destinations(目的地).

In the United States, summer holidays often involve a road trip. 3.It is common to drive hundreds of miles to get to your destination. If the beach is too far away, you could go to one of the national parks. Many people love to enjoy the natural beauty of places such as Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon.

4.In winter, many people go skiing. The Alps are a very popular place to ski. The mountain scenery is truly wonderful! You can try downhill skiing, cross-country skiing or snowshoeing.

Not matter what kind of holiday you take, there are two things that nearly everyone does. The first is to sent postcards to friends and family at home, so they can see a photo of the place where you are. The second is to buy some sort of souvenir(纪念品) to that you can remember your trip——maybe a T-shirt or an art piece.5.

A Beach holidays are very popular in Britain.

B Few people like to take holidays in winter.

C There are many different kinds of holidays.

D. Summer is not the only season for going on holiday.

E. This means packing the whole family into the car and setting out!

F. Then once you’re home, it’s time to start planning your next holiday!

(A) No one knows why we sleep, but it’s certain that we need to. People who are prevented from sleeping begin to suffer obvious effects (产生明显的反应) after a few days—they think less clearly, and they fall asleep during the working hours; some may have hallucinations (幻觉).

There are no rules about sleep. Generally speaking, grown-ups sleep about 7 and a half hours each night and probably more than 60 per cent get between seven and eight hours. But perhaps eight per cent are quite happy with 5 hours or less, and four per cent or so find that they want ten hours or more. (B)如果你感觉好的话, you’re probably getting enough sleep. The important thing is not to worry how much other people get—their needs may be different. Exercise doesn’t seem to increase the need for sleep—office workers, for example, sleep for about as long as people doing physically active work.

Children sleep more than grown-ups—perhaps 14 to 18 hours soon after birth, going down to grown-up levels by early teenage. Sleep patterns (睡眠模式) also tend (倾向) to be different in the elderly, who may sleep less at night than they did when younger, find sleep getting worse, and often make it a rule to sleep during the daytime.

1.将(A)处画线部分译成汉语。

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2.将(B)处画线部分译成英语。

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3.回答问题。

How many hours of sleep do children need?

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4.在短文中找出与给句子意义相同的句子。

They are sleepy at work.

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5.请从下面的选项中给短文选个标题。

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A. There are no rules about sleep. B. No one knows why we sleep.

C. Sleeping is very important to us. D. Make it a rule to sleep.

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注明问题后的字数要求）

[1] I’m a 34-year-old man, married, lived in a nice house, and have a successful career. But my life was not always so great. I had a learning disability from an early age. I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra (额外的) help. Still, I suffered the rest of my school days in public schools.

[2] My life improved greatly when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually became good at making things with clay. Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence（自信）came along.

[3] I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start. （68）I soon noticed it wasn’t a talent thing; it needed lots of practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it.

[4] Later I decided to learn (69) ① to read and write. I practiced reading and(69)② , which I used to avoid as much as possible. After two years, I was literate(有文化的).

[5] Through the long process with art, (69) ③ , and reading and writing, now I’ve got to a point in my life: I am smart enough to dive into (潜入) an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting.

1.What made the writer’s school days difficult? (No more than 5 words)

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2.Why did art give the author confidence? (No more than 11 words)

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3.Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

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4.Fill in the blanks in the last two paragraphs with proper words.

①__________________ ②________________ ③_______________

5.What have you learned from the passage? (No more than 20 words)

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中央电视台《经典咏流传》节目的播出，再次激发了人们对经典文学作品的阅读热情。读书可以成就更美好的自己，让读书伴随我们成长。请根据以下要点提示，以“Growing up with Reading”为题写一篇英语短文介绍你曾经读过的一本书或—首诗，并建议大家多读书，读好书。

要点提示：

注意：

1. 短文应包括以上要点，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。

2. 文中不得出现自己的真实姓名、学校及地名。

3. 词数：80-100（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）。

参考词汇：classic 经典作品； open up one’s eyes 开阔眼界；improve oneself 提升自我； be more confident 更自信；responsibility 责任；cooperation 合作。

Growing up with Reading

Have you watched the program Everlasting Classics on CCTV? This program makes us more interested in reading books, especially classics.

Have you ever been to Hong Kong? _________ already.

A. sometimes B. some time C. sometime D. some times

Where did you go __________ your stay there?

A. when B. while C. before D. during

He has never been to Urumqi, __________?

A. has he B. hasn’t he C. is he D. isn’t he

--Where is Miss Lu? --She ________ Australia. She will be back in a week.

A. is going B. has gone to C. has been to D. has been in