题目内容
Who do you have ________ the problem?
A. solve B. to solve
C. solving D. solved
Some of the world’s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.
Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.
It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center’s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.
“Jazz seems like it’s not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radio’s reporter Neal Conan. “What I’m hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It’s actually color, and it’s actually digital.”
Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. “The music can’t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.
Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller’s music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran. “For me, it’s the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感) lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight(感悟) on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,” says Moran, “so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster.”
1.Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?
A. To remember the birth of jazz.
B. To protect cultural diversity.
C. To encourage people to study music.
D. To recognize the value of jazz.
2.What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Jazz becoming more accessible.
B. The production of jazz growing faster.
C. Jazz being less popular with the young.
D. The jazz audience becoming larger.
3.What can we infer about Moran’s opinion on jazz?
A. It will disappear gradually.
B. It remains black and white.
C. It should keep up with the times.
D. It changes every 50 years.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Exploring the Future of Jazz.
B. The Rise and Fall of Jazz.
C. The Story of a Jazz Musician.
D. Celebrating the Jazz Day.
下面是你今天前往机场接一位朋友的经历。请根据汉语提示写一篇100词左右的英语日记。
要点提示:
1. 下午2:00离开家, 朋友的飞机是3:40到。
2. 由于遇到(be caught in)沙尘暴, 能见度降低, 在环城路上遭遇堵车(be stuck in a traffic jam on the ring road), 耽误了20分钟。
3. 在3:30赶到机场, 接meet到朋友。
参考词汇:能见度 visibility；降低 decrease
March 16 Saturday Fine
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An eight-year-old girl heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.
When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle can save him now,” the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.
She hurried to a drugstore with the money in her hand.
“And what do you want?” asked the salesman.
“It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.”
“Pardon?” said the salesman.
“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a smile.
“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.” said the girl.
A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”
“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man.
“$1.11, but I can try and get some more,” she answered.
“Well, what luck,” smiled the man.“$1.11, the price of a miracle for little brother.”[
He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.
How much did the miracle cost?
1.What was the trouble in the little girl’s family?
A. Miracle was hard to get in the drugstore.
B. They were poor and no one can lend them money.
C. Her brother was badly ill and her family couldn’t afford the operation.
D. Nothing could save her brother.
2.In the eye of the little girl, a miracle might be _______.
A. something interesting B. some useful medicine
C. something beautiful. D. some good food
3.The little girl said again and again “I can try and get some more.” That shows ____.
A. she had still kept some money
B. she hoped not to be refused
C. There was no need to worry about money
D. she thought money was easy to get
4.What made the miracle happen?
A. The girl’s love for her brother. B. The girl’s money.
C. The medicine from the drugstore. D. Nobody can tell.
5.From the passage we can infer that _______.
A. The salesman didn’t sell miracle to the girl
B. Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought
C. The little girl is lovely but not so clever
D. A miracle is sure to happen if you keep on
Dramatic performing in an excellent method of building confidence in children and adults alike.Learning drama allows children to ______ their creativity and have fun while leaving their ______ and worries behind.Drama also works by supporting the growth of imagination and other skills.
Entertainment has become rather passive with ______，television and video games becoming more popular.These screen?based methods have had a ______ effect on communication.They prevent children communicating with others.______，drama puts the children enthusiastic about communication back into entertainment.Children have the opportunity to ______ with others in a more meaningful way ______ drama encourages speech development，awareness of body language and allows children to become more ______ aware.
Play and drama are closely linked.When children play a game，they are using their ______ and moving away from reality to ______ their own story.Drama is a vehicle ______ which children can express themselves more freely to make education fun.
Children gain ______ by understanding that there is no final answer in drama and that their opinion and contribution are valued.They are able to ______ to many issues and situations such as poverty，recycling and global warming.Drama and ______ have a strong link as drama can ______ children to take an active interest in other subjects such as geography，history and English and so they can ______ a more rounded education.
As a drama teacher，I have witnessed a child at his first class holding on to his parent’s arm—______ to let go.Then to see the same child running into my class with a smile is an ______ sight.Drama installs confidence in children by allowing them to improvise(即兴创作) and experiment.Everyone is given the opportunity to shine ______ drama.Besides learning the history of the theatre，drama ______ dance，music，and directing，etc.These classes are especially designed to be of great fun.
1.A. express B. expose C. experience D. explore
2.A. excitement B. happiness C. shyness D. sadness
3.A. movies B. radios C. media D. drama
4.A. positive B. negative C. sensitive D. subjective
5.A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
6.A. compare B. discuss C. connect D. compete
7.A. though B. as C. if D. before
8.A. mentally B. physically C. emotionally D. socially
9.A. determination B. consideration C. communication D. imagination
10.A. create B. tell C. read D. believe
11.A. through B. beyond C. across D. for
12.A. success B. hope C. admiration D. confidence
13.A. stick B. turn C. respond D. reply
14.A. language B. education C. play D. entertainment
15.A. persuade B. require C. encourage D. train
16.A. have B. continue C. provide D. give
17.A. tired B. unwilling C. sorry D. pleased
18.A. ordinary B. excellent C. odd D. imaginary
19.A. over B. above C. after D. within
20.A. possesses B. applies C. covers D. links
________ be sent to work there?
A. Who do you suggest B. Who do you suggest that should
C. Do you suggest who should D. Do you suggest whom should
This article may be some advice about how to ______ oneself in today’s society.
A. behave B. believe
C. perform D. operate
Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I _______ across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. These letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and _______ with dust. ________to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They agreed.
As I carefully opened each letter, all of them delicate with age, I discovered a new page______unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents’ lives.
My father used to ________ in the army. So his letters were full of frontline ________of the things about the war. Each of my mother’s letters was marked ______ her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss. I was _______ to these letters like a magnet (磁铁).
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very _______ and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a _______kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the ______. He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had ______ to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the ______ letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.
At his bedside, I joked with him, saying _____, “Today is Valentine’s Day, don’t you want to send Mother a present?” He became more_______ when I handed him the old ______. He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he ______it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a voice tight with ______read the loving______he’d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And this time, he could read it to her ______ .
1.A. came B. hit C. drew D. fell
2.A. hidden B. covered C. buried D. filled
3.A. Pretending B. Suggesting C. Preferring D. Deciding
4.A. recently B. occasionally C. previously D. usually
5.A. work B. study C. serve D. report
6.A. accounts B. documents C. introductions D. occupations
7.A. with B. for C. of D. as
8.A. devoted B. abandoned C. thrown D. drawn
9.A. depressed B. dead. C. dangerous D. ill
10.A. typical B. traditional C. different D. familiar
11.A. wars B. illnesses C. letters D. prescriptions
12.A. meant B. intended C. planned D. said
13.A. divided B. sorted C. separated D. updated
14.A. sadly B. angrily C. softly D. loudly
15.A. curious B. enthusiastic C. fantastic D. positive
16.A. Christmas card B. envelope C. basket D. lipstick
17.A. found B. wrote C. recognized D. missed
18.A. astonishment B. sorrow C. sickness D. emotion
19.A. story B. message C. speech D. motto
20.A. in brief B. in private C. in danger D. in person
________we need is some interesting news.
A. What B. Which
C. That D. Whether
