Song Zuying in Vienna

Song Zuying, one of China’s most popular sopranos(女高音歌手), will give a performance at Musikverein Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria, on November, 23.

She will perform her most famous songs such as “Spice Sister(《辣妹子》)”“Flying Song of Motherland(《大地飞歌》)”“Beautiful Life(《好日子》)”，and of course, “Jasmine(《茉莉花》)”, the Chinese song most familiar to the Western world.

Led by Li Xincao, chief conductor with the China National Symphony Orchestra(中国国家交响乐团), the concert will also include erhu artist Song Fei and bamboo flutist(竹笛演奏家)Zhang Weiliang.

Inclusion of the two traditional Chinese instruments will increase the traditional Chinese flavor(特色) of the performance.

The concert marks her second overseas concert after a successful appearance at the Sydney Opera House last December, and makes her the first soprano of the traditional Chinese vocal style to give performances abroad.

Song’s concert in Sydney was part of the 30th anniversary celebration of diplomatic relations between Australia and China, and was staged with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

“It’s an honor to sing at the Sydney Opera House and the Musikverein, ”Song said.

“The Australian audience impressed me greatly as I had not expected that foreigners would love Chinese traditional songs so much. They called me ‘Chinese jasmine’, ”Song recalled.

Known for her sweet, smooth voice and emotional singing style, the 37-year-old soprano has enjoyed great popularity in China for a decade(十年).

1. Which of the following songs is recomposed in many other types of music in the Western world?

A. Spice Sister.

B. Flying Song of Motherland.

C. Beautiful Life.

D. Jasmine.

2. According to the passage Song Zuying gave her first overseas concert in______.

A. Vienna, Austria

B. Vienna, Australia

C. Sydney, Austria

D. Sydney, Australia

3. The underlined word “diplomatic” in Paragraph 6 means______.

A. 友好的

B. 深厚的

C. 文凭的

D. 外交的

Song Zuying, one of China’s most popular sopranos(女高音歌手), will give a performance at Musikverein Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria, on November, 23.

She will perform her most famous songs such as “Spice Sister(《辣妹子》)”“Flying Song of Motherland(《大地飞歌》)”“Beautiful Life(《好日子》)”，and of course, “Jasmine(《茉莉花》)”, the Chinese song most familiar to the Western world.

Led by Li Xincao, chief conductor with the China National Symphony Orchestra(中国国家交响乐团), the concert will also include erhu artist Song Fei and bamboo flutist(竹笛演奏家)Zhang Weiliang.

Inclusion of the two traditional Chinese instruments will increase the traditional Chinese flavor(特色) of the performance.

The concert marks her second overseas concert after a successful appearance at the Sydney Opera House last December, and makes her the first soprano of the traditional Chinese vocal style to give performances abroad.

Song’s concert in Sydney was part of the 30th anniversary celebration of diplomatic relations between Australia and China, and was staged with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

“It’s an honor to sing at the Sydney Opera House and the Musikverein, ”Song said.

“The Australian audience impressed me greatly as I had not expected that foreigners would love Chinese traditional songs so much. They called me ‘Chinese jasmine’, ”Song recalled.

Known for her sweet, smooth voice and emotional singing style, the 37-year-old soprano has enjoyed great popularity in China for a decade(十年).

1. Which of the following songs is recomposed in many other types of music in the Western world?

A. Spice Sister.

B. Flying Song of Motherland.

C. Beautiful Life.

D. Jasmine.

2. According to the passage Song Zuying gave her first overseas concert in______.

A. Vienna, Austria

B. Vienna, Australia

C. Sydney, Austria

D. Sydney, Australia

3. The underlined word “diplomatic” in Paragraph 6 means______.

A. 友好的

B. 深厚的

C. 文凭的

D. 外交的

Russia and the United States have completed the largest spy exchange since the Cold War．On Friday, at an airport in Vienna, Austria, an American plane and a Russian plane landed, parked side by side and exchanged occupants．

The United States freed ten admitted Russian agents．The men and women were arrested in late June and pleaded（承认） guilty on Thursday．

In exchange, Russia freed four Russians serving prison sentences on charges of spying for the West．The men include Igor Sutyagin, an armed researcher who always denied the charges．Some considered him a political prisoner．

The United States deported（驱逐） nine Russian and an American citizen born in Peru．Some raised children while living quiet lives as married couples．

Russia’s Foreign Ministry praised the exchange, saying, “The action improved Russian-U．S．relations．”

The group was accused of trying to gain information on American nuclear weapons, foreign policy and politics for the SVR — Russia’s foreign intelligence service．

The ten were only charged with plotting（阴谋） to act as undeclared foreign agents．They were not charged with the more serious crime of spying, so the extent（程度） of their success as spies is not clear．

One of the Russians, Anna Chapman, drew attention with her looks and stories of her New York party life．Hr lawyer, Robert Baum, said she had not passed secret information to Russia or received any payment．He also said, “She was accused of communicating with a Russian official through a laptop to laptop communication, without the government specifying the nature of the communication．”

1.The underlined word “occupants” in the first paragraph probably refers to _____．

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Altogether fourteen spies were exchanged．

B．Anna Chapman wrote stories about her New York party life．

C．One of the Russian spies was an American born in Peru．

3.The way both countries are handling the issue suggests that _____．

4.The passage is most probably _____．

—Bill, if it doesn’t rain, we can go straight on and spend more time in Vienna.
—________! I just want to hear Mozart.

根据下列句子的结构和所给汉语的意思，写出这一单词的正确形式。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

1.If you want to ________________ ( 成功 ) in passing the entrance exam ,you should study hard .

2.Vienna is a real _______________ ( 文化的 ) center for music lovers .

3.Please pay __________________ ( 注意 ) to what I am saying .

4.To their surprise, they found a lot of buried _______________ ( 珠宝 ) in the tomb.

5.We must let everyone know that the ____________ ( 保护 ) of wildlife is very important .