Happy birthday
The China Nation Opera (CNO)will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.
Different generations of CNO vocalists(歌手), like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like “The White-haired GM “and “The Hundredth Bride”, as well as, arias (咏叹调) of such Western opera classics as “Madame Butterfly”, “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto”.
Time/date : 7:30 pm, September 7, 8
Location : Tianqiao Theatre
Tel : 6551-4787, 8315-6170
Tickets : 60—50 yuan (US $7.2-60.2)
Folk music
A concert will be held to feature some recently-composed traditional Chinese music works.
The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as “Memory of Childhood”, “Memorial Ceremony for God” and “Wine Song”.
Time/date : 7:30 pm, September 13
Location: Concert hall at the National Library of China
Tel: 6848-5462, 6841-9220
Tickets : 30-200 yuan (US $ 3.6—24.1)
Moon music
A concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21st this year.
The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centered on this theme of the moon, such as “Moonlight”, “Spring Night on a Moonlit River” and “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River.”
A number of established traditional Chinese music performers, like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos(独奏)as well as collaborate(合奏)with the folk music orchestra.
Time/ date: 7:30 pm, September 21st
Location: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities
Tel: 6606-8888, 6606-9999
1. If you want to buy tickets for listening to the music “Memory of Childhood”, you will dial       .

 
A. 6551-4787
B. 6848-5462
C. 8315-6170
D. 6606-9999
2. “Madame Butterfly” is       .      
 
A. a Chinese opera
B. a song
C. a piece of music
D. a Western opera
3. The passage will most probably appear in the column “      ”of a newspaper.   
 
A. Animals
B. People
C. Entertainment
D. Sports

阅读理解。
     Rem Koolhaas founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture ( OMA) in 1975 together with three other
people. Koolhaas graduated from the Architectural Association in London. He worked as a joumalist before
becoming an architect (建筑师). In 1978 he finished Delirious New York. In 1995,his book S,M,L,XL
presented the work of OMA and established connections between modem society and architecture.
     Koolhaas is a professor at Harvard University, where he carries out the Project on the City, a research
program examining the changing city conditions around the world. Recently,OMA has completed several
famous buildings, among which the Seattle Library was chosen by TIME as The Best Architecture for 2004.
     In April,2005,the Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto was completed and was already voted as one of the
most important concert halls in the world by The New York Times.
     The same year Koolhaas received the Mies van der Robe Award for the Netherlands Embassy,Berlin.
OMA's design was selected for its very unusual relationship established with its surroundings. In Asia,work
finished on CCTV in 2008-a 575,000 m2 headquarters (总部), studio, and cultural center. CCTV is OMA's
largest building till now. In October,he was invited to help design the future European Union ( EU).
      Koolhaas is seen as one of the most important thinkers of the last ten years. Nicolai Ouroussoff, critic (评
论家) for Los Angeles Times, proves his importance by:"There is little question that Rem Koolhaas is one of
the most influential architects of the last twenty years. His approach to design has informed the profession that
his fingerprints can be found on the work of almost any young architect today."
     The work of Rem Koolhaas and OMA has been celebrated as well by several international awards.
1. Which is the correct order of the events happened to Rem Koolhaas?
a. He was invited to design the EU.
b. He worked as a journalist.
c. He and his partners founded the OMA.
d. He showed the work of OMA in his book.
A. a,b,c,d
B. a,c,d,b
C. b,c,d,a
D. b,d,c,a
2. Why was Koolhaas given the Mies van der Robe Award?
A. Because he thought of the surroundings in his design.
B. Because he is one of the most influential architects.
C. Because his design was particular.
D. Because his design was modern.
3. The underlined sentence in the passage probably means Koolhaas  _____.
A. put his fingerprints on young architects' works
B. has a great effect on young architects
C. is the most important thinker
D. has achieved a lot
4. When talking about Koolhaas's achievements, the author _____.
A. is doubtful
B. is surprised
C. is rather moved
D. thinks highly of him

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