An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria(NGV), Australia
10 June－12 August 2007
Venue(地点) The Ian Potter Centre
Admission Free entry
Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams．In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll's extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland –the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experiences all kinds of things．At that time．Blackman's wife was suffering form progressive blindness．The story of Alice moving through the strange situations often disheartened by various events was similar to his wife's experiences．It also reflects so much of his own life．All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings．
Illustrator Workshop
Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration．The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects．
Date Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug．10am－1pm
Venue Gas Works Arts Park
Wonderful World
Celebrate the exhibition and Children's Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit
Date Sunday 24 June, 11am－4pm
Venue Exhibition Space．Level 3
Topsy- Turvy
Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box．Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you．Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland will be screened．
Dates Sunday 8,15,22,29 July ,and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July ,12noon－3pm
Venue Theatre, NGV Australia
Drawing Workshop
Distortions of scale(比例失真)can make artworks strange but interesting．Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world, then experiment with scale in your own drawings．More information upon booking．
Date Friday 27 July, 10∶30am－3pm
Venue Foryer, Level 3
(1)
Charles Blackman's paintings come from ________．
[ ]
A．
his admiration for Lewis Carrioll
B．
his dream of becoming a famous artist
C．
his wish to express his own feelings
D．
his eagerness to cure his wife's illness
(2)
Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?
[ ]
A．
Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World
B．
Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop．
C．
Wonerful World and Topsy-Turvy．
D．
Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop．
(3)
To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to ________．
[ ]
A．
Exhibition Space．Level 3
B．
Gas Works Arts Park
C．
Theatre, NGV Australia
D．
Foyer, Level 3
(4)
Activities concerning children's books are to be held ________．
Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada．Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing．
Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival．This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in．But one of the first Thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest．On December 4, 1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia．They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic．
The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest．The Pilgrims? landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620．They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel．Many of the Pilgrims died．But the next year, they had a good harvest．So Governor Bradford declared a three day feast．The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast．Everyone brought food．
In time, other colonies began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving．But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day．During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it．He proclaimed the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving．Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November．Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbors．But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second Monday in October．
(1)
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated ________
[ ]
A．
in spring
B．
in summer
C．
in autumn
D．
in winter
(2)
The first to celebrate thanksgiving were ________．
[ ]
A．
some people from England
B．
the American Indians
C．
Sarah Josepha Hale
D．
Governor Bradford
(3)
We can infer from the passage that New England must be ________．
[ ]
A．
in the USA
B．
in Great Britain
C．
in Canada
D．
on some island off the Atlantic
(4)
Which of the following is NOT true?
[ ]
A．
Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest．
B．
Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations．
C．
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people’s thanks to God．
D．
There’s little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day．
(5)
The passage mainly tells us ________．
[ ]
A．
how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USA
B．
how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated
C．
that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday
D．
how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places
阅读理解
Charles Blackman：Alice in Wonderland
An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria(NGV), Australia
10 June－12 August 2007
Venue(地点) The Ian Potter Centre
Admission Free entry
Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams．In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll's extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland –the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole．meets a lot of funny characters and experience all kinds of things．At that time．Blackman's wife was suffering form progressive blindness．The story of Alice moving through the strange situations．often disheartened by various events, was similar to his wife's experiences．It also reflector so much of his own life．All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings．
Illustrator Workshop
Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration．The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects．
Date Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug．10 a. m－1 p. m
Venue Gas Works Arts Park
Wonderful World
Celebrate the exhibition and Children's Book Week with special activities just for the day．including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit
Date Sunday 24 June, 11 a. m－4 p. m
Venue Exhibition Space．Level 3
Topsy-Turvy
Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box．Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you．Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland will be screened．
Dates Sunday 8,15,22,29 July, and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July, 12noon－3 p. m
Venue Theatre, NGV Australia
Drawing Workshop
Distortions of scale(比例失真)can make artworks strange but interesting．Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world．then experiment with scale in your own drawings．More information upon booking．
Date Friday 27 July,10∶30a. m-3 p. m
Venue Foryer, Level 3
(1)
Charles Blackman's paintings come from ________．
[ ]
A．
his admiration for Lewis Carrioll
B．
his dream of becoming a famous artist
C．
his wish to express his own feelings
D．
his eagerness to cure his wife's illness
(2)
Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?
[ ]
A．
Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World
B．
Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop．
C．
Wonerful World and Topsy–Turvy．
D．
Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop．
(3)
To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to ________
[ ]
A．
Exhibition Space．Level 3
B．
Gas Works Arts Park
C．
Theatre, NGV Australia
D．
Foyer, Level 3
(4)
Activities concerning children's books are to be held ________
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