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City Varieties

The Headrow, Leeds. Tel. 430808

Oct 10—11 only A Night at the Varieties. All the fun of an old music hall with Barry Cryer, Duggle Brown, 6 dancers, Mystina, Jon Barker, Anne Dural and the Tony Harrison Trio; Laugh again at the old jokes and listen to your favourite songs.

Performances: 8 pm nightly.

Admission: ?5; under 16 or over 60: ?4

York Theatre Royal St Leonard's Place, York. Tel. 223568

Sept 23—Oct 17 Groping for Words - a comedy by Sue Townsend. Best known for her Adrian Mole Diaries, Townsend now writes about an evening class, which two men and a woman attend. A gentle comedy.

Admission: First night, Mon: ?2; Tues—Fri: ?3.25 - 5.50; Sat: ?3.50 - 5.75.

Halifax Playhouse King's Cross Street, Halifax. Tel. 365998

Oct 10—17 On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson. This is a magical comedy about real people. A beautifully produced, well-acted play for everyone. Don't miss it.

Performances: 7:30 pm.

Admission: ?2. Mon: 2 seats for the price of one

Grand Theatre Oxford Street,Leeds. Tel.502116

Oct -17 The Secret Diary of A drian Mole,Aged 13. Sue Townsend’s musical play,based on her best-selling book

Performances: Evernings 7:45. October 10-17,at 2:30 pm.No Monday performances.

Admission:Tues—Thurs &2-5;Fn&Sat:$2-6/

1.which theatre offers the cheapest seat?

A. Halifax Playhouse

B. City Varieites

C. Grand Theatre

D. York Theatre Royal

2.If you want to see a play with old jokes and songs,which phone number will you ring to book a seat?

A.502116 B.223568 C.365998 D.430808

3.We may learn from the text that Sue Townsed is

A.a writer B. an actress C. a musician D. a director

I lost my sight when I was four years old when falling off a train to Atlantic City.But I was .My parents and my teachers saw something in me -a potential to live, you might call it -which I didn't see, and they encouraged me to blindness. The hardest lesson I had to was to believe in myself.If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have walked with a stick for the rest of my life.When I say belief in myself I am not talking about the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an staircase alone.That is part Although imperfect in some aspect, I place where I can make myself fit.of it.But I mean something bigger than that.am a real! positive person.There is a special It took me years to discover and this self-confidence.It had to start with the most basic things.Once a man gave me an indoor baseball.I thought he was making fun of me and I was

“I can't use this," I responded.“Take it with you," he urged me, and roll it around." The words stuck in my head.“Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could where it went. This gave me an how to achieve a goal I playing baseball.At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the kind of baseball.We called it ground ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to one by one.I also knew my limitations.It was no good trying something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only the bitterness of failure.I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made

1.A.unfortunate B.disappointed C.lucky D.ashamed

2.A.share with B.play with C.toy with D.fight with

3.A.meet B.learn C.avoid D.prepare

4.A.simply B.slightly C.frequently D.directly

5.A.unusual B.unfair C.unfamiliar D.uncomfortable

6.A.lengthen B.strengthen C.deepen D.widen

7.A.hurt B.amused C.greeted D.praised

8.A.find B.see C.smell D.hear

9.A.event B.offer C.idea D.excuse

10.A.receive B.achieve C.classify D.follow

11.A.refused B.removed C.caused D.replaced

12.A.sense B.mistakes C.friends D.Progress

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