What’s On

Stage

An acrobatic(杂技)soul: To celebrate its 50th anniversary , the China Acrobatic Troupe will present “The Soul of China”, where the seemingly impossible is made real . Chills(寒战)will run down your spine(脊柱)as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and their bodies to the edge .

Time : 7:30 p.m , September13—19

Place : Capital Theatre , 22 Wangfujing Dajie , Dongcheng District

Exhibitions

Joint Show : A group ink painting exhibition is running at the Huangshicheng Art Gallery in Beijing . About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display .

Time : 9 a .m —5p. m. until September 10

Place : Huangshicheng Gallery , 136 Nanchizi Dajie , Dongcheng Distirct

Oil paintings : The Wanfung Art Galley will host a joint show of oil paintings by 10 young and middle-aged artists . On display are more than 30 of their latest works , which capture(捕捉)the wondrous variety of life in unique(独特的)styles .

Time : 9 a.m. —4p.m until September 15

Place: 136 Nachizi Street , Dongcheng District

Literature(文学)museum : The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an indepth study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949 .

Time : 9 a. m —4 p.m , daily

Place: 45 Anyuan Donglu , Chaoyang District(Shaoyaoju area )

Concerts

Beijing rocks : “ The Fashionow Night of Chinese Rock” is set to bring rock fans out by the thousands next month . Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert , including older generation bands , middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience(听众)will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear , which is sure to bring a storm .

Time: September 16

Place: The Olympic Center

Belgium Orchestra(管弦乐队):La Petite Bande , the Baroque Orchestra of Belgium will perform in Beijing at the Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities as part of activities across the world to commemorate(纪念)the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death .

Time: 7:30 p.m . September11—14

Place: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities

What do you think of the acrobatic show mentioned here ?

A.When you watch it , you will certainly feel cold .

B.Something strange will puzzle everyone , including scientists .

C.Unexpected things will make you excited and surprised .

D.Even the bravest ones will be too frightened to go on watching .

The most characteristic thing about the Fashionow Night of Chinese Rock is that_______ .

A.it will let the audience choose the performers and the music

B.it is to bring thousands of rock fans out of their homes

C.it will certainly cause a rock storm throughout China

D.it is to be held in memory of one of the greatest musicians

Suppose it is September 14 today , how many activities can people choose to attend ?

A.2        B.3           C. 4           D.5

On the whole ,we can conclude _________________.

A.people in Beijing prefer modern culture to something traditional

B.there are usually more cultural activities in September than in any other month

C.most of the cultural activities in Beijing are for foreign visitors only

D.we can enjoy a large variety of cultural activities in Beijing

Back in my country, when I was a child, I used to go to “market day” with my mother. One day each week, farmers used to ___1___ their fruit and vegetables into the city. They ___2___ one street to all cars, and the farmers set up tables for their ___3___. This outdoor market was a great place to ___4___. Everything was fresher than produce in grocery stores because the farmers brought it in ___5___ after the harvest. My mother and I always got there early in the morning to get the ___6___ produce.

The outdoor market was a wonderful adventure for a small child, ___7___ was like a festival — full of colors and ___8___. There are red tomatoes, yellow lemons, green lettuce, peppers, grapes, onions. The farmers did their own ___9___. They all shouted loudly for ___10___ to buy their produce. “Come and buy my beautiful oranges! They’re juicy and delicious and full of vitamins to ___11___ your children healthy and strong!”

Everyone used to ___12___ with the farmers over the ___13___ of their produce. It was like a wonderful drama in a theatre; the buyers and sellers were the “___14___” in this drama. My mother was an ___15___ at this. First, she picked the freshest, most attractive tomatoes, for example. Then she asked the price. The seller told her.

“What?” she said. She looked very surprised. “ So ___16___?”

The seller looked terribly ___17___. “My dear lady!” he replied. “I’m a poor, ___18___ farmer. These are the cheapest tomatoes on the market!”

They always argued for several minutes before agreeing ___19___ a price. My mother took her tomatoes and left. Both buyer and seller were ___20___. The drama was over.

1. A. carry      B. take       C. bring D. fetch

2. A. opened        B. closed        C. started   D. stopped

3. A. produce      B. goods    C. food     D. product

4. A. buy B. sell     C. bargain       D. shop

5. A. hurriedly       B. immediately      C. directly      D. straightly

6. A. best   B. finest    C. freshest      D. cheapest

7. A. who     B. that         C. which   D. what

8. A. voices    B. noises         C. sounds         D. accent

9. A. shopping       B. business   C. shouting  D. advertising

10. A. customers    B. producers      C. themselves  D. sellers

11. A. keep            B. let       C. expect D. make

12. A. argue    B. talk         C. discuss         D. speak

13. A. order    B. price         C. quality         D. form

14. A. viewers B. listeners   C. actors  D. directors

15. A. actress       B. inventor   C. advancer  D. expert

16. A. wonderful    B. exciting      C. cheap        D. expensive

17. A. injured      B. hurt    C. damaged  D. wounded

18. A. excellent      B. fair    C. honest   D. easy

19. A. with     B. to       C. in           D. on

20. A. disappointed     B. encouraged C. satisfied    D. tired 

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, destroying your prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if these were not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

Things can go wrong on-a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening, two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly went into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her stop suddenly. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road’. Seeing a cake-flying through the air, a truck driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck and fell onto the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic to move again. In the meanwhile, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident; for they were happily having what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days.

9. What does the writer mainly tell us?

A. Troubles always happen at the same time.

B. Everyone may have trouble every day.

C. A small matter can cause great trouble.

D. Only the lucky man won’t have any trouble every day.

10. According to the passage, what should be the correct order?

(1) The woman driver stopped her car suddenly.

(2) The driver’s wife dropped her cake on the road.

(3) Only two dogs were happy.

(4) Two cars hit each other.

(5) The truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.

A. (2)(3)(3)(5)(1)     B. (4)(1)(2)(5)(3)   C. (3)(5)(2)(4)(1)      D. (1)(4)(2)(3)(5)

11. Which of the following is true?

A. The woman’s husband brought three guests home to dinner unexpectedly.

B. The meal got burnt.

C. Her baby pulled the table-cloth off the table.

D. It is not strange to experience such accidents.

12. What does the word "these" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refer to?

A. Your husband brings three guests to dinner unexpectedly.

B. The meal gets burnt.

C. The baby pulls the table-cloth off the table.

D. Both B and C.

Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two.

Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference.

Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex. In the past half-century, average income has sharply increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.

“Dollars buy status, and status makes people feel better,” conclude some experts, which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways-scientists or actors, for example-may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.

In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desire-not just for money, but for friends, family, job, health-rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap(差距). Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income.” Says Michalos.

Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad. “Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied?” asks Professor Laura Carstensen.

In one survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotions questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people, but negative emotions much less often.

Why are old people happier? Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they’re more realistic about their goals, only setting ones that they know they can achieve. But Carstensen thinks that with times running out, older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t.

“People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever,” she says. “A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.”

According to the passage, the feeling of happiness __________.

A.is determined partly by genes

B.increases gradually with age

C.has little to do with wealth

D.is measured by desires

Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs ____________.

A.make them feel much better

B.provide chances to make friends

C.improve their social position

D.satisfy their professional interests

Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more _________.

A.optimistic

B.successful

C.practical

D.emotional

Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if __________.

A.the gap between reality and desire is bigger

B.they have a stronger desire for friendship

C.their income is below their expectation

D.the hope for good health is greater

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