67. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph suggests that____.

A. having two important events in one place and time has many advantages

B. having two important events in one place and time will cause pressure

C. wonderful things always go hand in hand

D. having a birthday on Christmas Day is a lucky thing

66. The passage intends to tell us that Edinburgh international film festival________.

A. needs improving　　　　　　　 B. enjoys great success

C. needs more breathing space　 D. will move to quieter June

65．The passage is taken from _____．

A．a poster for films　　 　　 B．a notice for entertainments

C．a TV programmes list　　 　　 D．a broadcast list

C

The Edinburgh(爱丁堡)international film festival, after 60 years as one of the city’s cultural focus in August, will move to June from next year. Artistic director Hannah McGill said the festival needed more breathing space.

“There are huge advantages to having all these cultural events in one place and time,” she said. “But there is limited space. It’s like when a child has a birthday on Christmas Day---it all comes on top of each other.”

Ms McGill said that the film festival wanted to use extra places to organize events and conferences which Edinburgh is too crowded to provide in August. She spoke of her difficulty, for example, at being unable to hold an exhibition as part of the film festival because of limited space.

However, Jon Morgan, director of the Edinburgh Fringe festival, deprecated the film festival’s move which suggested the city was overburdened in August. “There are still hundreds of spaces that aren’t used, and there is still room for it to expand,” he said.

The move to June made sense. It would allow more air between it and the London film festival, providing for more distinctive programming. “June will give us the breathing space to expand and create our own identity, allowing us to further develop our position as one of the world’s most innovative (创新的)and challenging annual film events,” she said.

The festival organizers thought that the move to June would not reduce audiences, saying film-lovers would visit Edinburgh in early summer. Ginnie Atkinson, the festivals managing director, said: “our audience is very film-focused. Last year we asked in our market research if they would come　 if we were the only show in town and they said yes.”

64．On Channel 4, you can enjoy　　　　　　　 .

A．a live game of bridge　　 B．a video of men's Kendo tournament

C．a live broadcast of women competing in the cycling

D．a film of family flying to UK

63．A mystery story adapted from Agatha Christies’s novel will be shown on _____．

A．BBC 1　 　　 B．BBC 2 　　　　 C．ITV 1　 　　　 D．Channel 4

62．The phrase "stow away" most probably means "_____"．

A．hide secretly　 B．talk excitedly　 C．operate easily　 D．guide successfully

61．The Fresh Water series at 9 PM 　　　　　．

A．explores the lakes, rivers and the creatures in them

B．is devoted to the freshwater creatures in the world

C．explains the relationship among inhabitants on the earth.

D．focuses on the deepest river on the planet

60. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Sarah’s nearest competitor was also a woman.

.　 B. Texts from On the Origin of Species can make plants grow faster.

　 C. Men’s voices have a greater range of pitch and tone than women’s.

　 D. Colin Crosbie predicted that women’s voices were better for plants than men’s.

B

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SCREENGRABS
BBC1 PLANET EARTH 9 PM 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 Fresh Water provides an expansive subject for the third programme in the BBC’s fascinating new natural history series．Broadly, we investigate the world’s lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them．Thus we visit the deepest lake on the planet, Lake Baikal in Siberia．We observe large colonies of Indian smooth - coated otters(above) looking around．A magical series which gives us a real sense of context in relation to the planet we inhabit．	ITV 1 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT 9 PM 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 Cards on the table．Tonight’s mystery concerns the death of one of London’s richest and most mysterious men, Mr Shaitana(Alexander Siddig), who has a fascination with crime．Shaitana hosts dinner and a game of bridge in his apartment, but when the time comes for the first guests to take their leave, they discover that their host has been stabbed through the heart．
BBC 2 FAMILY GUY 11:45 PM Road to Europe. Without proper identification．Brian and Stewie stow away on a plane they think is leaving for England．They’re wrong, and soon they’re in Saudi Arabia． 　 　 　 　 　 　 (Brian：“Oh my God, we are finished．We are lost in the desert．”) at the beginning of a long trip home．	CHANNEL 4 THE GAMES：LIVE 9 PM 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 For the first time on The Games, the men fight in a Kendo tournament, using 1．2m shinai(Bamboo swords)．The women compete in the cycling, racing wheel-to-wheel on competition bikes with no brakes．Plus other news from the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield．

59. Why were two plants left to grow in silence in the experiment?

　 A. To prove that sound waves are better than rain or light

B. To make the results of the experiment reliable.

　 C. To help find out how many inches plants can grow with the help of voices .

　 D. To prove that the environmental conditions for the plants remained the same.

58. What can we learn about Sarah Darwin?

　　　　 A. She is one of the founders of the RHS.

　　　　 B. She is very proud of her sweet voice.

　　　　 C. She was discovered why her voice benefits plants.

　　　　 D. She will work at the NHM in London after the experiment.