题目内容
Dallas Children’s Theater Academy
ShowBiz Summer 2008
Rosewood Center for Family Arts
5938 Skillman * Dallas, TX 75231 * (214) 978-0110
Important Information
* All classes are taught by DCT Theater Professionals!
* All Grade Levels indicated are for Fall 2008.
* Tuition Deposit required for registration.
* Tuition balance due on the first day of class. No tuition refunds (退款).
* DCT reserves the right to cancel any class; refunds made for cancellation.
* Please accompany student to first day of class.
* Registration begins one-half hour before class time.
* Questions? Call Nancy Schaeffer at (214) 978-0110 or e-mail nancy@dct.org
How To Register
MAIL: * Fill out the form in this brochure.
* Be sure to list the class and group that you want & the dates.
* The registration form may be copied.
FAX: Complete the registration form and fax it to DCT at (214) 978-0118.
PHONE: Call (214) 978-0110.
WEB: Visit www.dct.org, click on Academy Classes
Drama Days! — $175
Entering Grades: Group A: K Group B: 1st & 2nd Group C: 3rd –– 5th
Mon. –– Fri. 9: 30 a .m. –– 1 p.m. June 2 –– June 6
* Day One –– come up with a character, work with your class to plan the play.
* Day Two –– create the situations and scenes for your one-of-a-kind show!
* Day Three –– rehearse (排演) your part.
* Day Four –– pick a costume, get ready!
* Day Five –– SHOWTIME –– invite family and friends to your Friday Showcase!
* Bring a sack lunch and drink each day!
Laugh Out Loud –– $175
Entering Grades: 5+ Mon. –– Fri. 1:30 p.m. –– 5:00 p.m. June 23 –– June 27 Show Friday, June 27
* Do you like comedy? Try your hand at the world of comedy in the class just for you!
* Learn a comedy sketch from the old masters!
* Tell a joke! Learn why old jokes can be the best!
* Work with your class to put on a one-of-a-kind Comedy Show for family and friends!
Acting –– Just Acting –– $225
Group A: Entering Grades K; Group B: Entering Grades 1st –– 2nd; Group C: Entering Grades 3rd –– 4th; Mon. –– Fri. 9: 30 a .m. –– 2:30 p.m.; Session I: July 28 –– Aug. 1; Session II: Aug. 4 –– Aug. 8; Session III: Aug. 11 –– Aug. 15
* Are you ready to challenge your acting skills and try something new?!
* Start with the characters: Who are you? Be the Star of your Dreams.
* Become the character you’ve always wanted to be.
* Work with your class to create the plot.
* Get ready to present your show for family and friends on the final Friday!
Summer Scenes –– $225
Entering Grades 5th and 6th; Mon. –– Fri. 9: 30 a .m. –– 2:30 p.m.; Session I: July 28 –– Aug.1; Session II: Aug. 4 –– Aug. 8; Session III: Aug. 11 –– Aug. 15
* Do you want to be an actor?
* Improve your skills with instruction from professional actors & directors.
* Rehearse and perform scenes from your favorite plays.
* Develop characters and polish performances!
14. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To attract readers to attend Summer Scenes.
B. To persuade readers to attend ShowBiz Summer 2008.
C. To earn money from the introduction.
D. To teach readers how to register for ShowBiz Summer 2008.
15. If you want to attend Showbiz Summer 2008, you should be aware that ______.
A. tuition must be paid at least before June 2
B. there’ll be no refunds in any case.
C. registration begins half an hour after class time
D. students had better be accompanied on the first day
16. It can be inferred from the text that all the four one-week specials ______.
A. are intended for children aged below 5
B. are all held at Rosewood Center for Family Arts
C. will take place in June or July and last five days
D. need students to bring a sack lunch and drink each day
17. Which of the following classes suits those who want to be actors?
A. Drama Days! B. Laugh Out Loud.
C. Acting – Just Acting. D. Summer Scenes.
18. Where is the text most probably from?
A. Part of a brochure. B. An entertainment magazine.
C. A newspaper. D. A guide book.
14----18 BDBDA
解析:
本文主要是介绍了ShowBiz Summer 2008的一些重要信息，以及一些课程培训的时间和内容安排。
14. B。 文章意图题。本文主要是介绍了ShowBiz Summer 2008的一些重要信息，以及一些课程培训的时间和内容安排，其目的就是希望读者对此熟悉，并参加这些课程的培训。故答案选B。
15. D。 细节理解题。从文章中“important information”部分可知，交费时间最迟是开学当天，
对于在以后日子开学的并不一定要在6月2号之前，因各个培训时间不同，故选项A不对；如果课程取消当然所交费用可以退还，因此，选项B不对；注册应该是在上课后前个小时而不是之后半个小时，因此，选项C不对；上学第一天，学生要求最好有人陪伴。故答案选D。
16. B。 推理判断题。根据文章，参加四种课程孩子的年龄各异，历经6、7、8三个月。四种课程中，只有第一种课程需要带午餐和饮料。另外，所有课程的举办地都是在 Rosewood Center for Family Arts。故答案选B。
17. D。 细节判断题。文章在第四中活动中提到“Do you want to be an actor?”。故答案选D。
18. A。 推理判断题。本文在How To Register部分中提到“Fill out the form in this brochure”，说明该文章是节选自一个宣传册子的部分内容。故答案选A。
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Our lives were supposed to be more flexible and family-friendly thanks to the technology at our fingertips. But in this age of BlackBerrys, recession pressures, working at home after hours and on weekends, family time may not be working out the way we thought.
Busy parents who expected more time with the kids are Finding that more work hours at home don't necessarily translate into quality time with them.
A new generation of parents needs to discover the meaning of "quality time," researchers say. “Personally, just given the life I lead, I think there is something to this idea of quality time- spending productive time with children vs. just being around,” says Peter Brandon, a professor at Carleton College. He says engaging or interacting with a child in activities such as reading or playing counts as quality time rather than "passive monitoring," such as washing the dishes while the child is watching TV.
“This time with children pays off,” Brandon says. He notes that good parent-child relationships result in children being happier and more successful, including at school.
As parents struggle to be more available to their kids, new research on work and family schedules to be presented Friday at the meeting in Dallas includes a study that shows parents' availability is on the decline because more parents are in the workforce. Although parents today may be spending more time on child care, they are less available overall.
Working parents who spend less time with their children should try to make sure the time they do spend is communicating with them, vs. doing the dishes or spending more time on themselves, Brandon says “The trade-off is not necessarily taking away time from your kid,” he says "You're taking away time from other things”
【小题1】The first paragraph mainly intends to tell us that .
| A．technology lets parents work at home |
| B．parents are satisfied with their work |
| C．technology makes our lives much easier |
| D．the family time is not always satisfying |
| A．some families are not experiencing quality time |
| B．it's enough for parents to stay with their children |
| C．parents enjoy engaging in work-at-home activities |
| D．working hours at home can transform into quality time |
| A．just, being around with children |
| B．work time is separate from family time |
| C．spending instructive time with children |
| D．letting the children do whatever they want to do |
| A．the time with children is of little value |
| B．the time with children costs quite a lot |
| C．the time with children leads to good result |
| D．the time with children has a bad effect on them |
| A．How to spend more time at home |
| B．How to do the dishes in a proper way. |
| C．How to spend more time on working at home. |
| D．How to take away time in a much proper way. |
Recently a group of children in America poured some gasoline on a sleeping man and set him on fire. When caught, the children said they had done what they’d seen on TV.
The incidents make people angry who believe that American children are harmed by watching too much TV. They claim children can’t tell between the fiction of TV and reality, and TV distracts them from learning and makes them violent.
To estimate the impact of TV on young people, “Life” magazine hires a company to interview hundreds of school children in Nora Springs, Iowa and in Dallas, Texas. Although the two cities are very different, the company finds children in each city watch the same TV shows.
Many Iowa children, who watch an average of three hours of TV a day, recognizing that life on TV is rosier than what they experience. Their favourite shows are situation comedies about American families in trouble. Many boys like violent shows about police detectives or heroes, girls particularly soap operas-stories about families and friends.
On the whole, children find real violence on news programs hard to take. “If you see a bus crash on the news, it’s frightening,” one fifth grader says. By and large, the Iowa children agree that the best thing about TV is it makes you laugh.
Children in Dallas are savvier about programs of drug use on TV. “They don’t really show them doing it right. On TV they are not real.” A fifth grader says.
“Life” agrees with a 1988 study by the U. S Department of education that finds children are none the worse for watching TV. The study finds TV doesn’t have lasting effect on children. On the contrary, kids show good judgment about what they watch. “There are very few good shows on TV anymore,” a 10-year-old boy says.
While the debate about TV is so heated, the “Life” survey gives hope that American kids aren’t wasting three or four hours a day (what is worse, by the time young people enter college today, they will have devoted more time to watching television than they will spend in college). However, a child watching TV isn’t reading a good book or joining in healthful sports.
1.The main idea of the passage is .
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A．children who watch more TV are smarter than those who watch only one hour a day |
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B．children learn about drugs from watching TV |
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C．watching too much TV can cause children to go out and kill people |
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D．children learn from TV and can tell reality from what they see on it |
2.Children who see real violence on TV news programs .
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A．change the channel to watch other programs |
B．live in Iowa or Texas |
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C．are sometimes upset and scared |
D．think TV gives a very positive image of friendship |
3.Children who enter college today .
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A．usually cause the satisfaction of the society |
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B．think life on TV is happier than their life at home |
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C．have spent more time watching TV than they will spend in college |
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D．watch most the same TV shows as children in Dallas |
4.The “Life” survey of children’s TV habits .
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A．concludes that watching up to seven hours a day of TV is good for children |
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B．agrees with the U.S. Department of Education study that finds few negative effects from watching TV |
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C．concludes that there aren’t any good shows on TV any more |
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D．concludes that children shouldn’t pour gasoline on sleeping man |