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Keep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics(杂技 ) all year round.Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists.The program contains trick cycling, leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks.Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.

Time: 7∶15 p.m.Daily

Place: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 65072421, 65071818

Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors.It’s a rewrite of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel The Scarlet Letter. It describes the heroine’s great courage in finding the true love against the public disagreement.

Time: 7∶15 p.m.until March 5, except Mondays

Place: China Children’s Theater

Tel: 66037255, 66037265

Mix and match: Story of Puppets tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world.After watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero.But things don’t go as she planned...Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas in one play.This time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band, using the structure of modern drama.

Time: 7∶ 30 p.m.until March 10, except Mondays

Place: Small Playhouse of Beijing People’s Art Theater

Tel: 65250123

Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang’an Grand Theater.Each performance includes two classical excerpts(选段).One is Wenxi(a play focusing on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing).The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge.And the second night will see the  performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven.

Time: 7∶30 p.m.February 27, 28

Place:Chang’an Grand Theater

Tel: 86531043

1.We can learn from the text that________.

  A.story of puppets is a play held in China Children’s Theater

  B.the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks

  C.on March 5 there will be two plays for us to choose

  D.the artists in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country

2.If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call________to book a ticket.

      A.86531043       B.65250123   C.66037255      D.65071818

3.According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

      A.The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it.

      B.Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists.

      C.Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country.

      D.The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerpts.

   No one wants to look silly or do the wrong thing at a new job. It is important to make the right impression from the very first day. You will face new people. You will be in a new place. It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are five tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job:

  First impressions can last forever: Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code. If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what, always be neat and clean.

  Get to work in time: Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time.

  Pay attention to introductions: One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers. These co-workers will be important to you. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.

  Ask plenty of questions: Make sure that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he or she has not told you your duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.

  Never be the first one to leave: Observe what your co-workers do around quitting time. It does not look good for you to be eager to leave.

1. Before you arrive at work, you should_________.

  A. introduce yourself        B. dress in a right way  

C. know your duties          D. know your co-workers well

2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?

  A. You should be the first one to arrive at work.

  B. You should ask your co-workers for your duties.

  C. You are required to arrive 15 minutes earlier.

  D. You should not be eager to go back home.

3. According to the passage, your supervisor is most likely your _____.

  A. leader           B. teacher          C. workmate        D. visitor

4. What is the best title for this passage?

  A. Getting a New Job.           B. Tips on How to Work.

  C. The First-Day Work.          D. The Importance of Co-workers.

A new system that scans customers’ fingerprints and deducts (扣除) the grocery bill from their bank accounts has taken supermarkets in southwestern Germany by storm and is being picked up by hardware stores, school restaurants and even bars are picking it up.

The Edeka supermarket chain is the first retail (零售) business in Germany to use the new system. “Almost a quarter of our customers pay with their fingers,” said an employee at the headquarters. Edeka has tried the system at 70 of its supermarkets and customers like it.

“At first we thought that only the young who really keep up with the latest technology would be interested, but we were wrong,” said Stefan Sewoester from IT Werke. “Almost two-thirds of the people who use the system are 40 and older,” he said.

IT Werke, a computer company, is one of the pioneers of fingerprint payment software in Germany. It has helped about 150 shops, restaurants and bars to put in the fingerprint scanning machines.

To sign up for the service, customers must have their fingerprints taken and leave their addresses and banking details with the shop. The shop then takes the cost of goods directly out of the customer’s bank account.

“It is a godsend for elderly people because they do not have to remember their pin-code to pay with their bank cards, or to look around for their glasses or cash.” Sewoester said.

The stores benefit from the system, too. It saves more than time in the check-out line. It also cuts out the hidden costs of accepting electronic card payments.

Fingerprint date profiling has long been used to control access and for other security purposes in Germany’s airports, laboratories and nuclear power plants. IT Werke plans to keep refining the retail use of the system. It wants to introduce fingerprint payment in school restaurants with an additional feature that might appeal to parents-they could disable their children’s access to junk food.

1. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Pay with Fingers.                                                B. New Development in Technology.

C. Supermarket Revolution.                                  D. Change in Computer Software.

2. Most of the people who use the fingerprint system are ______.

A. youngsters                B. housewives               C. IT fans              D. the elderly

3. The underlined word “godsend” probably means ______.

A. great fortune     sent by God                           B. good luck sent by God

C. good things that happen unexpectedly                    D. gift sent by God

4. What do we know by inference from the passage?

A. Fewer shops will try the new software because of the cost.

B. The new service requires certain personal information.

C. IT Werke should be the largest computer company in Germany.

D. The new change in payment only benefits elderly people.

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