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We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks____ so small that a day
is unimportant.      
[     ]
A. is            
B. are          
C. has been    
D. have been
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Macau Neighborhood Festival 2008

       Various celebratory activities will be hosted by the General Union of Neighbors Association of Macau from July 9 to 31 in celebration of the “Macau Neighborhood Festival”. A live performance and picture exhibition will be mounted (组织开展) on July 9. Visitors and local residents are welcome.

Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm         Free admission

Venue: Courtyard of Lok Yeung Garden, Fai Chi Kei

Telephone enquiries: (853) 333 614

Lao Man Chau Photography Exhibition       2 to 9 Jul.

       Throughout his travels to various natural beauty cities, Lao Man Chau had plenty of opportunities to indulge（满足） his passion for painting, music, calligraphy (书法) and philosophy. He is to share the delights of photography in his seminar on July 2 at 3:30 pm. All are welcome to come and share the experience.

Opening hours: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm    Free admission

Venue: Millennium Gallery, Av. da Praia Grande, No. 599

Telephone enquires: (853) 557 672       www.mdpa.org.mo

Permanent Activity — San Kio Fair

       San Kio Fair is specially designed to offer entertainment, culture and shopping to visitors. Different stalls (摊位) will be set up outside the Lin Kai Temple to provide visitors with toys, garments and food. Cantonese Operas are held on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Time: 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm             Free admission

Venue: In front of Lin Kai Temple

Telephone enquires: (853) 324 622

4th Macau Pop Music Festival

       Major local music event Macau Pop Music Festival acts as a platform for bands and singers from Hong Kong and Macau to exchange musical genres （类型）. This year, performers will stage two concerts in Sai Van Lake Square on July 16 at 7:30 pm and Macau Forum on July 23 at 8:30 pm.

Admission: MOP $80

Telephone enquires: (853) 9884 130, 9884 000

If you plan to leave Macau at 8:00 pm on July 9, how many activities can you take part in at most?

A. Four.     B. Three.           C. Two.       D. One.

The 4th Macau Pop Music Festival is different from the other three in that ______.

A. it requires admission charges

B. it lasts for more than one week

C. you can enjoy a performance there

D. you can go there in the evening

From the passage we can know that ______.

A. singers from different countries can take part in Macau Pop Music Festival

B. if you want to know more about the culture of Macau, you should go to Sai Van Lake Square

C. Lao Man Chau is a photographer of many talents

D. you can enjoy a live performance at Courtyard of Lok Yeung Garden from July 9 to 31

The main purpose of announcing the above is to give information about ______.

A. some bands and singers       B. some activities for July

C. a famous photographer       D. celebratory activities

 

Grant Wood’s American Gothic caused a stir （轰动）in 1930 when it was exhibited for the first time at the Art Institute of Chicago and awarded a prize of 300 dollars. Newspapers across the country carried the story, and the painting of a farmer and a younger woman posed before a white house brought the artist instant fame.

????????????? In 1930, Grant Wood, an American painter with European training, noticed a small white house built in the small southern Iowa town of Eldon. Wood was so fascinated by it that he decided to paint the house along with the kind of people he thought should live in that house. In the painting, the farmer is modeled on his dentist. Dr. Byron McKeeby. His younger sister Nan served as a model for the woman （imagined to be the farmer’s wife or daughter）. Wood wanted to give a description of the traditional roles of men and women as the man is holding a pitchfork symbolizing hard labor. Each element was painted separately; the models sat separately and never stood in front of the house. The Gothic style of the house inspired the painting’s title.

????????????? American Gothic remains one of the most famous paintings in the history of American art. The painting has become part of American popular culture. Some believe that Wood used it to satirize（讽刺） the narrow-mindedness that has been said to characterize Midwestern culture. The painting may also be read as a praise of the moral virtue or rural America or even as a mixture of praise and satire. American Gothic is one of the few images to reach the status of cultural symbol, along with Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

1.Which of the following is true about American Gothic?

A．It won a prize of ￡ 300.

B．The two characters in it posed before the White House.

C．It was the first painting by Grant Wood.

D．It was on show at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930.

2.From the passage we can infer Iowa is in __________.

A．the southern town of Eldon???? ????????????? B．the Midwest of the United States

C．a European country?????????? D．the city of Chicago

3.Grant Wood chose the two models __________.

A．to describe traditional roles of men and women

B．to praise the moral virtue of rural America

C．to make his dentist and his sister famous

D．to carry the story across the country

4.The title of the painting is based on __________.

A．the name of a small town?? ????????????? B．the man and the woman

C．the Gothic style of the house???? D．the pitchfork symbolizing hard labor

 

In 2016, athletes from around the world will compete for gold medals in the Summer Olympics. Even though the games are three years away, Brazil’s residents already feel like winners.

         The nation was named to host this important sporting event in October,2009. It will be the first Olympics held in South America.

         The games will take place in Rio de Janeiro. The city beat out three other sites, Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago, to host the event. When the International Olympic Committee chose Rio de Janeiro, cheering people flooded the city’s streets. “This is huge for Rio and for the whole country,” says resident Sueli Ferreira.

         The Olympics are expected to attract tens of thousands of people. Brazilian officials have already started to prepare for the crowds. “ We know what we need to do,” explains Brazil’s president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. “ The words from now on are work, work and work.”

         Officials want to fix up local sports centers before Rio de Janeiro steps into the spotlight. They also want to reduce the amount of crime.

         They hope hosting the games will improve life in Brazil. About 30 percent of people there live in poverty, or poor conditions. Tourism during the Olympics is expected to create more than 2 million jobs.

         “ It’s going to be good for the economy, good for the people,” Ferreira says. “ This gives us hope that things will be better here.”

1.According to the passage, the 2016 Olympics will be held in ______.

A. Europe B. Asia                          C. North America                D. South America

2.The feeling of Brazilians can be described as _________.

A. proud                      B. surprised                C. worried                                     D. nervous

3.The underlined word “flooded” in Para.3 means_______

A. crossed                            B. filled                        C. visited                               D. cleaned

4.According to Brazil’s president, we can know________.

A. the government needs help from the Brazilian public

B. the government will begin to prepare for the Olympics soon

C. Brazilian officials will try hard to prepare for the Olympics

D. Brazilian official are now too busy to prepare for the Olympics

5.We can learn from the last two paragraphs that___________.

A. Brazilians’ life will be better because of the Olympics

B. not all Brazilians are interested in the Olympics

C. most Brazilians are now living in poor conditions

D. Brazilians worry about losing jobs during the Olympics

 

 

What’s On?

Macau Neighborhood Festival 2008

         Various celebratory activities will be hosted by the General Union of Neighbors Association of Macau from July 9 to 31 in celebration of the “Macau Neighborhood Festival”. A live performance and picture exhibition will be mounted (组织开展) on July 9. Visitors and local residents are welcome.

Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm         Free admission

Venue: Courtyard of Lok Yeung Garden, Fai Chi Kei

Telephone enquiries: (853) 333 614

Lao Man Chau Photography Exhibition   2 to 9 Jul.

         Throughout his travels to various natural beauty cities, Lao Man Chau had plenty of opportunities to indulge（满足） his passion for painting, music, calligraphy (书法) and philosophy. He is to share the delights of photography in his seminar on July 2 at 3:30 pm. All are welcome to come and share the experience.

Opening hours: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm      Free admission

Venue: Millennium Gallery, Av. da Praia Grande, No. 599

Telephone enquires: (853) 557 672 www.mdpa.org.mo

Permanent Activity — San Kio Fair

         San Kio Fair is specially designed to offer entertainment, culture and shopping to visitors. Different stalls (摊位) will be set up outside the Lin Kai Temple to provide visitors with toys, garments and food. Cantonese Operas are held on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Time: 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm                Free admission

Venue: In front of Lin Kai Temple

Telephone enquires: (853) 324 622

4th Macau Pop Music Festival

         Major local music event Macau Pop Music Festival acts as a platform for bands and singers from Hong Kong and Macau to exchange musical genres （类型）. This year, performers will stage two concerts in Sai Van Lake Square on July 16 at 7:30 pm and Macau Forum on July 23 at 8:30 pm.

Admission: MOP $80

Telephone enquires: (853) 9884 130, 9884 000

60. If you plan to leave Macau at 8:00 pm on July 9, how many activities can you take part in at most?

A. Four.     B. Three.     C. Two.         D. One.

61. The 4th Macau Pop Music Festival is different from the other three in that ______.

A. it requires admission charges

B. it lasts for more than one week

C. you can enjoy a performance there

D. you can go there in the evening

62. From the passage we can know that ______.

A. singers from different countries can take part in Macau Pop Music Festival

B. if you want to know more about the culture of Macau, you should go to Sai Van Lake Square

C. Lao Man Chau is a photographer of many talents

D. you can enjoy a live performance at Courtyard of Lok Yeung Garden from July 9 to 31[来源:学+科+网Z+X+X+K]

63. The main purpose of announcing the above is to give information about ______.

A. some bands and singers        B. some activities for July

C. a famous photographer         D. celebratory activities

 

People who put a smiley face at the end of a message, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air.
I had some bad news this week. My manager informed me of this news via email. It was like hearing about the death of a loved one via pigeon. Bad news should only ever be delivered face to face or voice to voice.
We seem to celebrate our numerous methods of communication, but really there is no communication at all. I talk to my plants more than I talk to my neighbors, I get text messages that take me three hours to read because they’re written like this: “Hi, I ope you av a gr8 day. Call me La8tr.” I had an email from someone this week that read, “Da ut ov 2day are really annoying me!” Ut? I had to say this 20 times before I understood it. Youth has now become ut. Haven’t we taken enough from them—now we have to take their letters?
I had an email recently from a girl who used to live over the road from me as a child. She wrote, “Hi Shazia, howz u? Im sure u used 2 live across the road from me. We sumtimes played tennis 2 gever at the park and you was in your eliment. I am married now wif 3 daughters.” Then, to my horror, she ended the email with: “Im now teachin in Leeds. Luv Clare.”
Teaching? With English like this. It’s like saying you’re a train driver when you’ve never seen a train. It was like reading modern Morse code.
Getting bad news via email makes it seem so much worse than it actually is. Just a few lines, no emotion, no comfort, not really an explanation. Just a few cold hard words. It’s an excuse. Just write a few words and the problem of delivering it is no longer yours. A close friend recently told me she was very happy to announce she was getting married—and made the announcement by email. I don’t know how she didn’t fall off her chair with excitement while writing it. If you are really happy or really sad to announce something important, wouldn’t you like a human reaction? Some euphoria, elation, tears, a punch in the face?
I receive long text messages every day with information and explanations that I don’t bother reading. They’re boring, and annoy me. In the time it took someone to write me three laborious texts, they could have called, spoken to me, made some tea. People who put a smiley face at the end of a sentence, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air, because that’s the one I’d send back.
The telegram has been responsible for reporting world-shattering events when there were very few other options(选择权). Now we have options, and people opt for the least humane one. My mum, in an attempt to get down with the ut of today, asked me to teach her to text. Now she constantly texts me in block capitals, so it looks as if she is still angry and annoyed with me after all these years.
People don’t even write by hand any more. My doctor prints out prescriptions from his computer; even my mechanic prints out a receipt. I get typed Christmas cards and my friends send me emails. I get very excited when hand-written letters come through my door, only because they rarely do.
When I was at school, the girls used to write letters to each other, even though we sat side by side and spoke to one another all day. I think it was a way of expressing private things we were afraid to say when we were 14 and too shy. We used to write things like, “You are my best friend, can’t wait to sit next to you in math.”
I miss the personal method of communication. Once the pen was mightier than the sword, now it seems the keyboard is mightier than the pen.

  1. 1.

    We can learn from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 that the writer wants to say ________.

    1. A.
      the spelling mistakes in the messages make her very annoyed
    2. B.
      only writing letters will bring friends and neighbors much closer
    3. C.
      she talks to plants more because no one shares her joys and sorrows
    4. D.
      gestures and the pen can express a lot more than the cold keyboard
  2. 2.

    According to the writer, which of the following can support her opinion?

    1. A.
      She has been separated from all his classmates many years.
    2. B.
      No doctors write prescriptions by hand because of computers.
    3. C.
      In communication, we should write more letters than send messages.
    4. D.
      Less shy than school girls, boys rarely write letters to their friends.
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, we can conclude that ________.

    1. A.
      the writer is a person full of emotions and treasures friendship and affections
    2. B.
      the writer becomes excited when she gets priceless gifts from other people
    3. C.
      her classmates would write to each other because they couldn’t send messages
    4. D.
      people put a smiley face at the end of a message just to show they are happy
  4. 4.

    What message is conveyed in the passage?

    1. A.
      The writer wastes much time in reading many rubbish text messages every day.
    2. B.
      Few people can write letters well in modern society owing to texting messages.
    3. C.
      Now people are too busy to communicate with each other face to face often.
    4. D.
      The writer prefers personal communication rather than electronic equipment.
  5. 5.

    Why does the writer mention the telegram?

    1. A.
      Because she thinks the annoyance of reading text messages is originated from it.
    2. B.
      Because we have more options to keep in touch with each other than ever before.
    3. C.
      Because advanced technology partly takes the blame for lacking the human touch.
    4. D.
      Because she thinks humans today become colder with the development of society.
  6. 6.

    Which of the following best describe the tone of this passage?

    1. A.
      Optimistic.
    2. B.
      Critic.
    3. C.
      Sympathetic.
    4. D.
      Pessimistic.

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