Theatre

City Varieties：

The Headrow, Leeds.

Tel. 430808  Oct 10-11 only A Night at the Varieties.

All the fun of an old music hall with Barry Cryer, Duggle Brown, 6 dancers, Mystina, Jon Barker, Anne Duval and the Tony Harrison Trio. Laugh again at the old jokes and listen to your favourite songs.

Performances: 8 pm nightly.

Admission: ￡5; under 16 or over 60: ￡4.

York Theatre Royal

Tel. 223568  St Leonard’s Place, York.

Sept 23-Oct 17 Groping for Words-a comedy by Sue Townsend. Best known for her Adrian Mole Diaries, Townsend now writes about an evening class which two men and a woman attend. A gentle comedy.

Admission: First night, Mon: ￡2; Tues-Fri:￡3.25-5.50; Sat:￡3.50-5.75.

Halifax Playhouse

Tel. 365998 King’s Cross Street, Halifax.

Oct 10-17 on Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson. This is a magical comedy bout real people. A beautiful produced, well-acted play for everyone. Don’t miss it.

Performances: 7:30pm.

Admission: ￡2．Mon: 2 seats for the price of one.

Grand Theatre

Tel. 5022116  Restaurant and Cafe.  Oxford Street, Leeds.

Oct 1-17 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13．Sue Townsend’s musical play, based on her best-selling book.

Performances: Evening 7:45．Oct 1-17, at 2:30 pm. No Monday performances.

Admission: Tues-Thurs: ￡2-5; Fri & Sat: ￡2-6.

1．Which theatre offers the cheapest seat?

A．Halifax Playhouse.                      B．City Varieties.

C．Grand Theatre.                          D．York Theatre Royal.

2．If you want to see a play with old jokes and songs, which phone number will you ring to book a seat?

A．502116           B．223568           C．365998           D．430808

3．We may learn from the text that Sue Townsend is _______.

     A．a writer                                          B．an actress

C．a musician                                        D．a director

Dear Anish,

    Here are the information about Manchester University.                         1．__________

It is about 200 miles far away from London, and it                               2．__________

has a very big schoolyard. You can live in the school                              3．__________

or near the school. They have all sorts of course.                                4．__________

I’m sure you will find one you like it. I know you                                5．__________

are particular interested in Human Rights. So I will                                6．__________

see that there is anything on their website.                                       7．__________

I’ll send my friend Charlie meet you at the airport                                 8．__________

when you arrived. You met him a few years ago, but he                           9．__________

has changed a lot since then. Both your aunt and me look                          10．__________

forward to seeing you again.

See you soon.

Pat

下面的饼状图（pie chat）显示了你对你校学生兴趣爱好的调查结果。请你用英语给English Weekly写一篇短文，报道你的调查结果，并对此结果发表你的看法或建议。字数120词左右。首句已给出（不计入词数）。

A recent survey shows what the students of our school like to do in their spare time.

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Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patient–to speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed（变矮小）by greater needs: the need to protect from brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to advance the public interest．

What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctor reject that he is ill, or minimize fee gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?

Doctors face such choices often．At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patient's own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones．

Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate（恶化）faster, perhaps even commit suicide（自杀）．

But other studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians; a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled．We are also learning that truthful information, humanly conveyed, helps patients cope with illness: help them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after operation．

There is urgent need to debate this issue openly．Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception（欺骗）．Yet the public has every reason to know professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust．Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, "What you don't know can't hurt you．"

1．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．Whether patients really want to know the truth of their condition．

       B．Whether patients should be told the truth of their illness．

       C．Whether different studies should be carried on．

       D．Whether doctors are honesty with their patients．

2．For the case mentioned in paragraph 2, most doctors will ____．

       A．tell the patient the truth as soon as possible

       B．choose to lie to him about his condition at that moment

       C．tell him to shorten the family vacation

       D．advise him to cancel the family vacation

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

       A．Sometimes government tells lies because they need to meet the public interest．

       B．Doctors believe if they lie, those seriously-ill patients will recover more quickly．

       C．Truthful information helps patients deal with their illness in some cases．

       D．Many patients don't want to know the truth, especially about serious illness．

4．From the passage, we can learn that the author's attitude to professional deception is ____．

       A．supportive       B．indifferent            C．opposed           D．neutral

There is a new take on an old tale．It's the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew down a house made of straw and one made of sticks．The only house left standing was the one made of bricks．Now there is new evidence to suggest that houses built with bales（捆）of straw can be very strong．

Pete Walker is a professor at the University of Bath in Britain．He and a team of researchers there have built a house made out of straw bale and hemp（大麻） material．During the next twelve months the team will study die effectiveness of these materials in home building．Professor Walker says there are many good reasons for using straw．It's a relatively inexpensive renewable material that's quickly and easily available．Straw takes in carbon dioxide as it grows．So it can be seen as having no harmful effects the environment．And the straw bales walls are relatively thick and so all that straw provides very good thermal insulation．So we make buildings that require very little heating in winter or indeed very little cooling in summer．So they require very little additional energy．

David Lanfear owns an eco-friendly home building service in the United States called Bale on Bale Construction．He says he laughed when some friends first told him about houses built of straw．But after doing his own research, he learned that building with straw bales makes a lot of sense．He has now helped to build more than ten straw bale houses and says the building material is becoming more widely accepted．To build the houses, he fills a wood frame with tightly packed bales of straw．Next he coats the walls inside and out with layers of clay plaster．He says the common ideas about straw houses continue, including stories about the threat of fire．As a matter of fact, straw bale houses have done well when tested for fire resistance．And his builders use the same building methods as traditional builders to keep out rain．He says we use what we call good shoes and a good hat, and that would be a solid foundation and a really good roof．

1．According to the passage, Pete Walker ____．

       A．is cooperating with David Lanfear in building houses

       B．is pretty sure that straw is a good building material

       C．is studying home building with his team at present

       D．holds a different view of building materials from David Lanfear

2．If we live in houses built with bales of straw, we ____．

       A．will be worried about the threat of fire

       B．need to wear good shoes in severe weather

       C．can reduce our household expense

       D．should use a special method to keep out rain

3．In building straw houses, ____．

       A．a solid foundation and a good roof are necessary

       B．straw bales have to be tested for fire resistance

       C．a wood frame of straw should be used as a good roof

       D．builders should wear good shoes and a good hat

4．Which of the following is the best tide of the passage?

       A．Houses Made of Straw

       B．New Meaning Of an Old Tale

       C．Pete Walker and David Lanfear

       D．Solid Foundation and Good Roof

What can be found in the two recent studies?

One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards．Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study, which appeared last month in the journal Science．They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoner's Dilemma．The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group．The students played in groups of four．Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally．But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players, at a cost to the punisher．Harvard researcher David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation （合作）．The groups that rewarded most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded least．And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings．The group with the most punishment earned twenty-five percent less than the group with the least punishment．

The other study referred to children, which was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse．Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups．More than eight hundred children were ages two to four the first time they were tested．More than seven hundred children were ages five to nine．The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test．Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not．The study says the IQs ?or intelligence quotients—of the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who were．In the older group, the difference was almost three points．Murray Strauss from the University of New Hampshire' worked with Mallie Paschall from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation．Professor Strauss has written extensively about physical punishment of children．He says the more they are spanked, the slower their mental development．He also looked at average IQs in other nations and found them lower where spanking was more common．

1．We can learn from the passage that ____．

       A．the first study began last month at Harvard University in America

       B．the Prisoner's Dilemma is a game that can teach you how to be cooperative

       C．the study on the IQs of children was carried out by Professor Murray Strauss

       D．Professor Mallie has done lots of researches on family violence

2．What study method was adopted in the two recent studies according to the passage?

       A．Observation．     B．Questionnaire．   C．Conclusion．      D．Experiment．

3．The underlined word "spanked" in the third paragraph refers to ____．

       A．scolded constantly                               B．punished physically

       C．praised frequendy                                 D．rewarded mentally

4．Which of the following charts is TRUE according to the passage?

Last year was the year of the travel deal, with resorts and airlines practically begging for bookings, and many travelers finding bargain airfares and hotel rooms as a result．Now the economy looks as if it might be on a slight rebound．So now is the perfect time to review your booking strategy（策略）．

Here are 4 simple steps you can take to help cut your travel costs in 2010．

1．Find the Cheapest Dates to Fly

ITASoftware．com, which provides the technological backbone for many airfare shopping sites, allows users to scan an entire month's fares for the least expensive rate．（Log in as a "guest" and click on "month-long search．"） In January, the 28th and 30th were the cheapest dates to fly nonstop to London from New York （$536） for a week's vacation, according to a recent search．The next best was Saturday, Jan．23, at $640．To book the ticket, users must go to another site．Kayak．com has a flexible-dates option （registration is required）and a calendar that shows the best fares found by other Kayak users in the last 48 hours．Bing Travel, the Microsoft search engine, offers a similar option, found under "plan trips," about halfway down the page．

2．Consider Nearby Airports

A recent Web search showed nonstop flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International from $299 round trip on American in early January．But flying into Fort Lauderdale, roughly 30 miles north of Miami, was $219 on Virgin America, an $80 saving．

3．Go Against the Grain

If possible, avoid popular travel dates like holidays and spring break because airlines have begun to charge anywhere from $10 to $30 extra at those times．Farecompare．com offers a handy breakdown of the new fees by date, airline and amount．Early-morning and late-night flights may also be cheaper depending on the route．

4．Make Yourself at Home

For a 6 to 12 percent booking fee, AirBnB/com connects budget travelers with locals who are offering a place to bed down．The Times's Frugal Traveler, Matt Gross, described it as "a cross between CouchSurfing．com and the vacation rentals section of Craigslist．" There were more than 2,000 listings in a recent search for New York including a futon （床垫） in a one-bedroom near Gramercy Park （$65） and a bedroom with private bath and separate entrance in Hell's Kitchen （$150）．

1．According to the first paragraph, ____．

       A．the economy in 2010 is surely getting better

       B．2009 saw a sharp decrease in travel fees

       C．the booking strategies can be put away in 2010

       D．in 2009, airlines begged the travelers to buy more travel guides

2．If you want to book a ticket, you may log on to _____．

       A．ITASoftware．com                   B．CouchSurfing．com

       C．AirBnB．com                                      D．Kayak．com

3．What does "Go Against the Grain" probably mean in the passage?

       A．Going travelling in the off-season．

       B．Going travelling without taking any grain．

       C．Going travelling during holidays and spring break．

       D．Going travelling without meals served on early-morning and late-night flights．

4．The passage is most probably taken from ____．

       A．a book review                               B．a magazine 

     C．a website                                         D．a story book

New York, NY Monday

Current Conditions

Other Locations

1．The current temperature in New York is            .

       A．47℃                  B．43℃             C．13℃               D．8℃

2．How far can we see clearly at the most in New York on Monday?

       A．10 miles            B．15 kilometers      C．30.27 inches       D．43 meters

3．It will rain in New York on         .

       A．Monday           B．Wednesday         C．Friday              D．Saturday

4．       has the fourth lowest temperature on Monday.

       A．Chicago           B．New York         C．Tokyo            D．San Francisco

School phobia is a type of illness which causes students to be afraid to go to school．This condition is most commonly seen in children, typically between the ages of 8-13, and it can be very upsetting, especially if it is allowed to progress．Symptoms include stomach aches, tiredness, shaking, a racing heart and frequent trips to the toilet.

This common phobia is associated with a wide variety of causes．Most commonly it is the result of separation anxiety, but it can also be caused by different kinds of stress．A child who has recently moved, suffered a loss, or gone through a divorce may develop school phobia, and phobias can also develop in response to bullying （欺侮）, an unrecognised learning disability, and poor self-image．Understanding the cause of a school phobia is an important step in providing treatment.

A child with school phobia usually refuses to go to school, or protests violently．He or she may become physically ill when ordered to school, or pretend to be sick to avoid going．When the child arrives at school, he or she may run away, or develop behavioral problems in class and on the playground．When school is discussed, the child can become impatient, upset or angry.

Many techniques can be used to manage school phobia, but research suggests that much more effective treatment is required for school phobia to prevent problems developing in later life．Children with this condition usually benefit from seeing a psychologist or doctor who can help the child and provide assistance to help parents and school officials support the child．As soon as a school phobia is identified, parents should take action too．Like other phobias, school phobia gets worse the longer it is left untreated, and it can interfere with a child's success in school．Adjustments can be made at home and in the classroom to help．If bullying is a cause, for example, the bullying situation should be solved．A teacher can meet the child at the door and take him or her to class, and provide support so that the child feels a friendly adult is always available.

Changes at home can include supportive language from parents, along with support like assistance with homework．If a child lacks confidence, parents may encourage the child to take up new hobbies that will help them to feel good about themselves．Parents might also talk to their children about their own fears of school and how they got over them, and their own enjoyment of school and school-like activities．

By following these methods we can help children to dispel their school phobia．

1．Which of the following topics is NOT discussed in the passage?

A．The definition of school phobia.            B．The history of school phobia.

C．The causes of school phobia.                D．The effects of school phobia.

2．What is a useful treatment for school phobia according to the passage?

A．Parents should allow their children occasional days off.

B．Teachers should be stricter with students.

C．Children should be helped to develop a sense of achievement.

D．Children should be regularly sent to psychologist．

3．The underlined word “dispel” （the last paragraph） probably means “________”.

A．accept               B．realize       C．forget                 D．overcome

4．Which of the following statement might the author agree with?

A．School phobia is most often suffered by middle school students.

B．School phobia may have bad influence on children’s future life if neglected.

C．Children with school phobia should not be given medical treatment.

D．Most children with school phobia are pretending to be ill.

5．What are some of the reasons for school phobia mentioned in the passage?

   A．Bullying, recent devoice and moving to a new area.

   B．Learning disability, impatience and poor concentration.

   C．Stomachache, poor school performance and aggressive teachers.

   D．Shaking, lack of confidence and few friends.

为迎接2010年广州亚运会，广州市举办了一场英语才艺展示活动（English talent show）。以

下是活动的海报：

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假设你参加了此次活动，请你用英语写一篇短文，回顾本次活动的点滴。内容包括：

1．活动的情况介绍；

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