(07·天津D篇)

In meditation(冥想)，people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath .As they breathe in and out ,they attend to their feelings .As thoughts go through their minds. they let them go. Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go.

According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a market change in how the brain allocates(分配) attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world. Expert mediators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli( 刺激),like facial expressions.

The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice. everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain ,It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.

In an experiment ,17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day .A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period .Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both group looked for the numbers ,their brain activity was recorded.

Everyone could catch the first number .But the brain  recordings showed that the less experienced mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it ,so they missed the second number .Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number .as if letting it go ,which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number ,This shows that attention can change with practice.

Just ask Daniel Levision, who meditated for three months as part of the study .”I am a much better listener,” he said. “I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying.”

48.   The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.

A. feelings              B. minds               C. people                    D. thoughts

49.   Meditations manage their daily tasks better because they ________.

A. are given less pressure                        B. allocate their attention better

C. have more stimuli for life                           D. practice them more frequently

50. In the experiment ,volunteers doing meditation for longer hours ________.

A. were more likely to catch both of the members

     B. were used to memorizing numbers in groups

     C. usually ignored the first number observed

     D. paid more attention to numbers than to letters

51. The study proves that ________.

   A. meditation improves one’s health

   B. brain activity can be recorded

   C. human attention can be trained

   D. mediators have a good sense of hearing

 (07·天津B篇)

Charles Blackman：Alice in Wonderland

An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV),Australia

10        June —12 August 2007

Venue (地点)    The Ian Potter Centre

Admission        Free entry

Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland –the story of a Victorian  girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experience all kinds of things .At that time, Blackman’s wife was suffering from progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations, often disheartened by various events ,was similar to his wife’s experiences. It also reflected so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings.

Illustrator Workshop

Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration. The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects.

Dates Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug.10am—1pm

Venue Gas Works Arts Park

Wonderful World

Celebrate the exhibition and Children’s Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit

Date Sunday 24 June ,11am—4pm

Venue Exhibition Space .Level 3

Topsy-Turvy

Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland will be screened.

Dates    Sunday 8,15,22,29 July, and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July, 12noon—3pm

Venue    Theatre, NGV Australia

Drawing Workshop

Distortions of scale ( 比例失真) can make artworks strange but interesting .Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world .then experiment with scale in your own drawings. More information upon booking.

Date Friday 27 July,10:30am-3pm

Venue  Foryer, Level 3

40. Charles Blackman’s paintings come from ________.

A. his admiration for Lewis Carrioll

B. his dream of becoming a famous artist

C. his wish to express his own feelings

D. his eagerness to cure his wife’s illness

41.   Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?

      A. Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World

      B. Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop.

      C. Wonerful World and Topsy –Turvy.

      D.Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop.

42. To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to ________.

      A. Exhibition Space .Level 3                        B. Gas Works Arts Park

      C. Theatre ,NGV Australia                           D. Foyer, Level 3

43.   Activities concerning children’s books are to be held     

A. on June 24,2007                                 B. on July15,2007

C. on July 24,2007                                 D. on August 5,2007

Train Times

22 October to 9 December 2007 Lincoln to Nottingham

Nottingham - Newark- Lincoln                                     Monday-Friday

1. What might "CT" probably be?

A. A rail station.                                           B. A scientific center.

C. A rail company.                                        D. A train factory.

2. Now, you're in Nottingham, and you want to go to Newark as early as possible in the morning, which train should you take?

      A. The train at 07.00 from Nottingham.

B. The train at 07.00 from Derby.

C. The train at 10.25 from Nottingham.

D. The train at 10.25 from Derby.

3. If you want to go to Thurgarton from Nottingham, which train have you got to take?

      A. The train at 10.25.                                       B. The train at 10.42.

C. The train at 12.26.                                      D. The train at 14.24.

4. How long it might take from Nottingham to Lincoln?

      A. About half an hour.                       B. About an hour.

      C. About an hour and a half.                  D. About two hours.

5. Suppose you're in Nottingham and want to go to visit Lincoln Cathedral on weekend, which of  the following train might take you there?

      A. Any one from Derby.

B. All from Nottingham.

C. Any one to Lincoln Central.

D. None from this table.

Train Times

22 October to 9 December 2007 Lincoln to Nottingham

Nottingham - Newark- Lincoln                                     Monday-Friday

1. What might "CT" probably be?

A. A rail station.                                           B. A scientific center.

C. A rail company.                                        D. A train factory.

2. Now, you're in Nottingham, and you want to go to Newark as early as possible in the morning, which train should you take?

      A. The train at 07.00 from Nottingham.

B. The train at 07.00 from Derby.

C. The train at 10.25 from Nottingham.

D. The train at 10.25 from Derby.

3. If you want to go to Thurgarton from Nottingham, which train have you got to take?

      A. The train at 10.25.                                       B. The train at 10.42.

C. The train at 12.26.                                      D. The train at 14.24.

4. How long it might take from Nottingham to Lincoln?

      A. About half an hour.                       B. About an hour.

      C. About an hour and a half.                  D. About two hours.

5. Suppose you're in Nottingham and want to go to visit Lincoln Cathedral on weekend, which of  the following train might take you there?

      A. Any one from Derby.

B. All from Nottingham.

C. Any one to Lincoln Central.

D. None from this table.

There once lived a young man who was always unhappy and complained about his poverty. One day, he went to see a fortune teller to inquire how to become_____1____. The fortune teller said, "Young man, you are already wealthy now."
"Where is my wealth?" the young man asked _______2____.
"It is with you. Your _______3___ is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the ______4______things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your ____5_____are your wealth. You can go to any places..." the fortune teller said.
"You call these wealth? Everyone has them," the young man said.
"These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you ______6___ to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to _____7_____ for them," the fortune teller said.
"No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are _____8____ to me!" the young man ____9_______.
"Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not ____10_____ them or treasure them. They are not_____11____ to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to _____12_____one of them before you will treasure them?" the fortune teller said.
Everyone is wealthy. But we should not ____13______it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take care of it and use it _____14_____. We should not overuse it because once it is ____15____, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.