【题目】Shakespeare’s Birthplace and Exhibition of Shakespeare’s World

Welcome to the world-famous house where William Shakespeare was born in l564 and where he grew up .The property (房产) remained in the ownership of Shakespeare’s family until 1806 .The House has welcomed visitors travelling from all over the world for over 250 years.

◆Enter through the Visitors’ Centre and see the highly-praised exhibition Shakespeare's Worlda lively and full introduction to the life and work of Shakespeare.

◆Stand in the rooms where Shakespeare grew up.

◆Discover examples of furniture and needlework from

Shakespeare’s period.

◆Enjoy the traditional English gardenplanted with trees and flower mentioned in the poet’s works.

The Birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks shown on the mapnearest is Windsor Street(3 minutes’ Walk).

The House may present difficulties but the Visitors’ Centreits exhibition,and the garden are accessible (可进入的)to wheelchair users.

The Shakespeare Coffee House (opposite the Birthplace).

1How much is the admission for a family of two grown-ups and two children

A. 9.80B. 12.00C. 14.20D. 16.40

2Where is the nearest parking place to Shakespeare’s Birthplace

A. Behind the exhibition hall

B. Opposite the Visitors’ Centre

C. At Windsor Street

D. Near the Coffee House

3A wheelchair user may need help to enter

A. the House B. the garden

C. the Visitors’ Centre D. the exhibition hall

【题目】阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

以下是几个国际节日的简要介绍:

A. Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts West Yorkshire, the United Kingdom

Young people are invited to compete in this arts festival with classes covering speech, guitar, dance, poetry and short story writing, and so on. The previous year's winners are invited back to perform again at a special concert. With a long and well-known history behind it, this well-attended competition is a kind of forerunner of popular television talent contests such as Pop Idol.

B. Sydney Writers' Festival Sydney, Australia

Held at Sydney's Wharf 4/5, the annual Sydney Writers' Festival is the biggest literary event of its kind in Australia and one of the biggest book fairs in the world. Attracting a mix of authors, poets, editors, publishers and book lovers, this is a great event at which people can look through thousands of titles while enjoying workshops, book readings and seminars.

C. Flipside Festival Singapore

As part of the Singapore Arts Festival Outreach Programme, Flipside aims to reach a much wider audience with three weeks of lively, fun street performances. Flipside promises to bring out the adventurous side of you with a combination of physical theatre and mind games as well as free outdoor performances such as music performances from local singers.

D. Hay Festival Hay on Wye, the United Kingdom

The little market town, Hay, has a population of 1500 and no fewer than 39 bookshops. It bills itself as the world's first and most distinguished book town, and is, therefore, a perfect place for a literary festival. The festival is a celebration of great writing. There are events including film screenings and musical concerts and the bookshops remain open throughout.

E. Bergen International Festival Bergen, Norway

Founded in 1953, the Bergen International Festival presents an impressive cast of outstanding international artists in the fields of music, ballet, opera and other performing arts. More than 120 events take place in late May to early June, which is a time of beautiful spring weather. The main festival venue is the Grieg Hall while the smallest and most unusual is an old trolley bus with seating for just 33 people.

F. Nuits Sonores Lyon, France

Held each May, this relatively new festival brings together some of the biggest club DJs from around the world. The focus is on electronic dance music, but it also embraces all musical forms ranging from hip hop to jazz. For those that want to see daylight hours after a hard night clubbing, there is a wide variety of cultural events during the day ranging from special festival food programmes to films.

下面是几个人物的简要介绍,请匹配他们感兴趣的节目。

【1】Martin, a famous writer, likes to find as many chances as possible to attend literary events around the world. Martin hopes to make friends with editors and book lovers.

【2】Kelly is crazy about music, especially electronic dance music. She would like to go to a festival where she can enjoy different musical forms. She also has a strong interest in films.

【3】As an outgoing girl, Victoria is very fond of performing arts. She hopes to take part in some performing arts festivals to challenge and improve herself, and as a way to prepare for future television talent contests.

【4】Simon is in search of a festival in North Europe with a long history where he can appreciate great international performing arts, especially ballet and opera.

【5】Chris is a university student who majors in music. He'd like to watch some local street music performances. He is also very interested in physical theatre and mind games.

【题目】If we bought only things we needed,there would be enough for everybody.What do we need?What you need depends on how old you are and your way of life.Rearrange the list of things you can buy and put the things you think we most need at the top of the list.

Coat

Designer jean

Water

CD player

Dental check up

Restaurant meal

Telephone

Jewelry

Food

Shampoo

MP3 player

Beer

Toothpaste

Bar of chocolate

Cushion cover

If we dont need to buy so much,we dont need to work so much.We can take parttime jobs or reduce our working day from eight hours to six hours.Some people are leaving very well paid jobs to live a healthier life in the countryside or a more exciting life abroad.Parents can spend more time with their children and the unemployed are given more opportunities to work.

If we start to respect saving the earth more than spending money,we will become“conservers”(保护者).When we are conservers,we try to choose environmentally friendly products that last a long time.We may find growing our own vegetables or making our own clothes more rewarding than buying them.

Next time you go shopping,think about what you really need to buy.Don’t deprive (剥夺) yourself of things you like,but decide what you should buy before you go out,so that you wont be influenced by advertisements or promotions.If it is more expensive to buy goods that dont have much packaging and things that are more durable (耐用的),buy less.If you can to work less,decide which things you would like to make,do or grow yourself.Even though you have less money,your life will become richer.

【1】From the passage,we can see the author suggests us consumers________.

A.find out more about a product instead of buying blindly

B.consider what we really need before going shopping

C.avoid regret at not buying enough

D.find a real bargain

【2】The writer will agree with you if you buy products that are________.

A.beautifully packaged

B.extremely cheap

C.usable for a long time

D.fashionable now

【3】According to the passage,if we don’t need to buy so much,the benefits will include________.

a.we will have more time enjoying life

b.the employment rate will increase

c.we will get better paid job

d.we as consumers will have more choices of what to buy

A.a,b,c

B.a,b,d

C.a,b

D.a,d

【4】This passage is mainly written to________.

A.persuade people to buy less and buy environmentally friendly product

B.put forward some questions so that you can become a smart buyer

C.introduce some good ways to make a wiser choice when shopping

D.criticize the consumer society in which people buy too much

【题目】All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep healthy, happy and help them to live longer.

Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or


camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.

Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.

Some sports or games go back to thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character (性格. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(体面.

1 According to this passage we know that __________

A. people began to play about 100 years ago

B. about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played

C. basketball has a longer history than volleyball

D. not all games have a long history

2 The writer didn't span>tell us in this passage that __________

A. basketball was invented in America

B. sports change with the season

C. games and sports often have a close relationship with people's work and everyday activities

D. football is played all over the world

3 People enjoy sports because __________

A. sports are interesting

B. sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer

C. sports help to train one's character

D. all of the above

4 From this passage we can see that __________.

A. sports and games are unimportant things that people do

B. sports and games should be treated(看作 only as amusement(娱乐

C. sports and games are only useful to the old

D. none of the above is true

【题目】阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg,a ____ of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However,if anyone asked me how fast I was ____,I'd say I was not overspeeding. Several times I got ____ behind a slowmoving truck on a narrow road,and I was holding my fists tightly with ____.

At one point along an open highway,I ____ a crossroad with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now,but as I ____ the light,it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left,right and behind me.Nothing. No cars,no suggestion of headlights,but there I sat,waiting for the light to ____,the only human being for at least a mile in any ____.

I started ____ why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being ____,because there was obviously no policeman around,and there certainly would have been no ____ in going through it.

Much later that night,after I ____ a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight,the question of why I'd stopped for that light ____ me. I think I stopped because it's part of a contract(合同) we all have with each other. It's not only the ____,but it's an arrangement we have,and we trust each other to ____ it:we don't go through red lights. Like most of us,I'm more likely to be ____ from doing something bad by the social convention that ____ it than by any law against it.

It's amazing that we ever ____ each other to do the right thing,isn't it?And we do,too. Trust is our ____ preference.

I was so ____ of myself for stopping for the red light that night.

【1】A. flight B.distance

C.road D.length

【2】A. thinking B.driving

C.complaining D.running

【3】A. stopped B.changed

C.stuck D.lost

【4】A. horror B.strength

C.understanding D.impatience

【5】A. ran off B.came to

C.passed by D.left behind

【6】A. passed B.watched

C.approached D.found

【7】A. stop B.change

C.turn D.die

【8】A. way B.side

C.city D.direction

【9】A. wondering B.suspecting

C.struggling D.regretting

【10】A. abused B.fined

C.injured D.killed

【11】A. danger B.sign

C.time D.record

【12】A. met with B.got over

C.got rid of D.called back

【13】A. turned out to B.came back to

C.referred to D.occurred to

【14】A. virtue B.suggestion

C.law D.order

【15】A. honor B.solve

C.break D.judge

【16】A. stopped B.protected

C.rejected D.frightened

【17】A. speaks of B.stands by

C.takes in D.disapproves of

【18】A. suspect B.trust

C.teach D.care

【19】A. only B.first

C.lucky D.living

【20】A. sorry B.doubtful

C.sure D.proud

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