【推荐1】Electric Underground

7:30pm－1:00am     Free at the Cyclops Theatre

Do you know who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He’s going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.

Gee Whizz

8:30pm-10:30pm     Comedy at Kaleidoscope

Come and see Gee Whizz perform. He’s the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks (快餐).

Simon’s Workshop

5:00pm-7:30pm       Wednesdays at Victoria Stage

This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years’ experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.

Charlotte Stone

8:00pm-11:00pm        Pizza World

Fine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta (面食). Book early to get a table.

1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?

A．Gee Whizz.

B．Jules Skye.

C．Charlotte Stone.

D．James Pickering.

2. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?

A．The Cyclops Theatre

B．Victoria Stage

C．Kaleidoscope

D．Pizza World

3. What do we know about Simon’s Workshop?

A．It is held every Wednesday.	B．It lasts three hours each time.
C．It is run by a comedy club.	D．It requires membership status (身份).

【推荐2】Sri Lanka’s best tours: Wonders, exciting wildlife and unforgettable beaches.

Sri Lanka by land and sea

This14-dayadventure starting in Negombo , you’ll head to the pretty hilltop town of Kandy, visiting the ancient Temple of the Tooth. After that, you’ll walk around Ella Rock, learn to cook classic home- style Sri Lankan food there and visit the Elephant Transit home in Udawalawe National Park. Then you’ll head over to Galle and the southern coast for some time with swimming and a beach barbecue.

Cycle the back roads of Sri Lanka

Explore a different Sri Lanka in depth and at a more joyful pace on a 14-day cycling tour.

Cycling along back roads, you’ll get under the skin of the country and its people enjoying once-in-a- lifetime experiences, like cycling through Nuwara Eliya and the remains of Buduruvagela.

A ride through Bundala National Park is one you’ll never forget and your downtime on the beaches of Ahangama will be an enjoyable break

Experience Sri Lanka’s wild side

Treat yourself to a wildlife trip like no other on this holiday to Sri Lanka’s famous national parks and underwater reserves (保护区) with Wexas Travel.

Your journey begins in Sinharaja Rain Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the last remaining Sri Lanka’s lowland rainforest. Next up is a visit to Yala National Park, the second largest in Sri Lanka and where you’ll get the chance to see elephants, water birds and other wild animals. Finally, finish your trip with a visit to Galle, where you will be able to enjoy some whale and dolphin watching. The focus of this trip is Sri Lanka’s various wildlife, and at the same time. you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy its food as well.

1. From where can you enjoy cooking home-style Sri Lankan food?

A．Ella Rock.

B．Nuwara Eliya.

C．Negombo

D．Kandy

2. Which is the second biggest national park in Sri Lanka?

A．Udawalawe National Park	B．Yala National Park
C．Bundala National Park	D．Wilpattu National Park

3. From which part is the text probably taken in the newspaper?

A．News.

B．Humor.

C．Travel.

D．Sports.

【推荐3】

SHEFFIELD LINCOLN COLLEGE OF ENGLISH Classes for foreign students at all levels 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course Open all year Small class (maximum (最大限度) 12 students) Library, language laboratory and listening center Accommodation (膳食供应) with selected families 25 minutes from London Course fees (费用) for English for one year are ￡1, 380 with reduction for shorter periods of study.

1. Lincoln College of English _______.

A．is at the centre of London

B．lies far away from London

C．accepts foreign students at all levels

D．takes in students only at the beginning of the year

2. While you stay there, _______ will take care of you.

A．the school where you study

B．the family you have chosen

C．your classmates

D．your own parents

3. If you go there for a one-term course, you will pay _______ for it.

A．￡1, 380	B．over ￡1, 380
C．less than ￡1, 380	D．nothing

【推荐1】Robots that can cook are in growing demand(需求)in the United States. The increased demand comes at a time when restaurants are trying to put some distance between their workers and customers during the COVID-19.

In a few weeks, White Castle restaurants will test a robot arm that can cook French fries and other foods. The robot, called Flippy, is a product of Miso Robotics, a company based in Pasadena, California.

Robot food service was becoming popular even before the coronavirus pandemic(冠状病毒). Hospitals, college dining areas and other places tried to meet demand for food while keeping labor costs low. Robot chefs appeared at places like Creator, a restaurant in San Francisco. Now, some say, robots may become necessary for the food service industry. "I expect in the next two years you will see much more robotic adoption(采纳)in the food space because of COVID-19," Jain said.

Some peoples say, robots can lower the demand for labor. At the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, cafe workers used to spend six hours per day making salads, notes Tonya Johnson, the school's director of nutrition services. But two years ago, the university added a Sally, a kind of robot that now makes around 40 salads per day. By adding Sally, the school was able to cut a job opening in its cooking staff, Johnson said. "I think the pandemic has made us realize how much we need more equipment like Sally," Johnson said.

Miso Robotics co-founder and chief Buck Jordan said fast food restaurants are already having trouble finding workers, partly as a result of a losing population of young workers. Jordan added that his company's position is that "automation(自动化)is not a choice". He added, "You must automate in order to survive in the future."

1. Why is robot food service becoming popular?

A．It can take the place of human beings in the future.

B．It can shorten the distance between workers and customers.

C．It can meet the demand for food and reduce the cost of labor.

D．It can make all kinds of delicious food in a very short time.

2. What does Johnson say about Sally?

A．It is just a common robot like others.	B．It is useless to improve the speed of work.
C．It makes as many salads as workers.	D．It helps the school employ fewer workers.

3. What's Jordan's attitude to automation?

A．Worried.

B．Supportive.

C．Doubtful.

D．Uncaring.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The popularity of robots in the food space.

B．The reason for choosing robots in restaurants.

C．More demand for robot cooks in US restaurants.

D．The difficulties in finding enough labor workers.

【推荐2】The time that cars could go completely driverless is coming “very soon”, according to Jianxiong Xiao, CEO and founder of AutoX, a Shenzhen-based start-up developing autonomous driving technology.

Now, most regulations across various cities in China still require the presence of a safety driver in vehicles, but the company foresees that as more data gets captured over time, that requirement would be reduced, Xiao told CNBC's “Street Signs Asia" on Wednesday.

The autonomous driving tech firm chose to partner with Alibaba's AMAP — a Chinese mapping service provider --- to roll out its RoboTaxi ride hailing service in Shanghai on Monday. AMAP is a "super mobility app" with almost 500 million active monthly users, according to Xiao.

AutoX had received support from Shanghai authorities to roll out a fleet of 100 autonomous ride-hailing cars in Shanghai's Jiading district in September last year.

Earlier this month, AutoX announced that it had set up an 80,000 square feet RoboTaxi operations center in Shanghai to help facilitate (使容易)operations of its driverless fleet, as well as act as a center to collect data from daily operations.

Backed by investors such as Alibaba, Shanghai Motor and Dongfeng Motor, AutoX is one of the players in the trillion U.S. dollar Chinese autonomous driving vehicles market alongside others like DiDi Chuxing.

Xiao said they were working with the technology to ensure the vehicles were "very, very safe" and are carrying out a lot of testing.

Over a hundred vehicles have been arranged on roads daily to obtain enough data needed to validate the software and system, according to Xiao.

He added that the company was also running a hundred times more simulations (模拟)in the car every day, and the “huge amount of data" would help to prove that the vehicles could be used in "full safety".

“Our goal is not to just make (it) as safe as human beings, but going one step forward to really make...a superhuman safety standard; (cars) that (can) drive much safer than any human being ever,“ Xiao said.

1. What will be most required to go driverless according to CEO of AutoX?

A．Traffic regulations.	B．Driving technology.
C．Enough data.	D．Mapping service.

2. What is the attitude of Shanghai authorities towards driverless technology?

A．Doubtful.

B．Optimistic.

C．Disappointed.

D．Uncertain.

3. Which of the following can replace the underlined word "validate" in paragraph 8?

A．test

B．invent

C．develop.

D．design

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Driving Technology

B．Science Achievement

C．No Driver in the Future

D．The Development of Driverless

【推荐3】Today’s young people frequently deal with multiple streams of information and entertainment media while doing schoolwork, a trend that researchers call distracted learning. While numerous researchers found that simultaneous (同时的) use of electronic devices has a harmful impact on learning, a researcher, professor Shelly J. Schmidt of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said many students dismiss warnings about the negative consequences because they consider themselves such good multitaskers.

While the faculty (全体教员) restrict or ban students’ unapproved use of cellphones and other devices in the classroom, these policies can be difficult for instructors to enforce and cast technology as “the enemy”. “Banning technology use in the classroom suggests to our students that they are children who can’t learn to appropriately handle it, rather than young adults we are helping to grow into professionals,” Schmidt said.

While it’s virtually impossible to make students limit all distractions in class or out, Schmidt said teachers and parents can encourage youths to develop an internal locus of control (内控点).

Researchers found that media multitasking during schoolwork disturbs students’ attention and working memory. Students may understand less and have difficulty recalling what they have learned and applying it in new contexts. Their reading comprehension, note-taking ability, test performance and grade point averages all decrease, according to the studies Schmidt reviewed.

Some researchers suggest that mobile devices can worsen a form of social anxiety called the “fear of missing out” that forces people to interrupt their studies and work projects constantly to read and respond to social media posts and messages, negatively affecting their performance. When working on the projects that require lasting concentration, Schmidt said intentionally removing irrelevant devices from their workspaces can help people limit distractions and resist the urge to respond to every buzz or ping sent by their phone.

1. What does Schmidt find in the recent research?

A．Students are good at multitasking while studying.

B．Students are not affected by the use of electronic media.

C．Students attach great importance to using electronic media.

D．Students don’t care about the expert opinion on distracted learning.

2. What does Schmidt think of the restrictions on electrics in class?

A．They bring in better learning conditions.

B．They produce inequality among students.

C．They may make students doubt their self-control.

D．They disturb the friendly learning atmosphere in the school.

3. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A．The negative effects of distracted learning.

B．How can students fight with distracted learning?

C．Why some students perform badly in learning.

D．The role the brain plays in learning.

4. What can be inferred about “fear of missing out” in the last paragraph?

A．It is caused by social media use.

B．It requires long-term focus on media.

C．It makes many people suffering stress.

D．It can be overcome by powering off phones.

【推荐1】The Shanghai Wildlife Park is holding an “Olympic Games” for animals and welcomes sports fans to collect for Wildlife Protection Society. More than 300 animals from around the country will be competing in the National Sports Meeting for Animals.

To the accompanying music of “The Sportsmen’s March”, elephants, camels, monkeys, zebras, sheep and bears will march onto the field. They will be competing in the various events of the “Games” including bicycle racing, skating, gymnastics, boxing, football and rope skipping.

Boxing is always a highlight as the two best fighters － the bears － are said to be the respective kings of the South and the North. Heihei is from Heilongiang Province and Guigui is from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The match looks interesting and exciting but both boxers won’t fight according to the rules. They never listen to the referee (裁判).

Sea lions are skilled ball players in the water. But even an excellent player can sometimes make a mistake. When a sea lion misses the ball, it puts its “hands” to its face as if ashamed of the missed shot.

If the audience are brave enough to accept a kiss from a sea lion, they can have their picture taken with the animal.

The organizers also invite the audience to compete with another star of the “Games” in a game of tug-of-war (拔河). An elephant will be on their opposite side. But even 20 strong men won’t be a match for this elephant. Just by using its trunk, it can pull all comers to the ground.

The sports meeting starts at about 10 a. m. each day and will last a whole week.

1. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the text?

A．Six.

B．Seven.

C．Nine.

D．Over 300.

2. What does the underlined word “highlight” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．The most dangerous part.

B．The most enjoyable part.

C．A close match.

D．A violent fight.

3. Which of the following is NOT a quality of the competing animals?

A．Strong.

B．Gentle.

C．Voilent.

D．Skillful.

4. What is the main purpose of the sports meeting for animals?

A．To select the best animal of its kind.

B．To raise money to protect wildlife.

C．To improve the animals’ health.

D．To entertain the sports fans.

【推荐2】Did you know that badminton is also a fast-paced competitive sport? Badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport since 1992. Para-badminton will be included in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Here is what you need to know if your child is interested in badminton.

Badminton is played on a 44-foot-long rectangular (矩形的) court that is 17 feet wide for singles and 20 feet wide for doubles. It is the only sport that has mixed doubles events in the Olympic Games. It is divided in the middle by a net placed 5 feet off the ground, like volleyball, not at ground level like tennis.

In competition, each match is a set of three games played to 21 points. There is a one-minute break when a player or team reaches 11 points, and a two-minute break in between the first and second games and the second and third games.

Age kids can start: About 6 years old.

Best for kids who: Have good skills, are patient and hardworking, and can handle the pressure of one-on-one or two-on-two competition.

Team or individual: Matches can be singles (one-on-one) or doubles (two-on-two).

Costs: Beginners are expected to pay $30 to $40 for an entry-level racquet (球拍). Badminton shoes are similar in price to other athletic shoes. Join a club or team for lessons. A one-hour group lesson for beginners should cost $20 to $25, with costs increasing as your child moves up the ranks. You will also pay entry fees for competitions.

Time commitment required: Beginners will play for just an hour or two per week.

Potential for injury: Players have a very low risk of injury. Players who wear glasses should use eye protection.

1. From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A．badminton is a fast-paced competitive sport which began in 1992

B．badminton has mixed doubles events in the Olympic Games

C．the court for singles has the same width as that for doubles

D．para-badminton has been included in the Summer Olympic Games

2. How many minutes in all will a player have for a rest in a set of three games?

A．2.	B．3.
C．5.	D．7.

3. According to the passage, for the beginners, they should ________.

A．wear glasses to protect their eyes

B．start to learn badminton at the age of 8

C．play for at least an hour or two every day

D．pay at least $20 for a one-hour group lesson

【推荐3】The booking notes of the play “the Age of Innocence”

Price:$10

BOOKING:

There are four easy ways to book seats for performance:

—in person

The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.—8 p.m.

—by telephone

Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card(Visa, MasterCard and Amex accepted.

—by post

Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office.

—on line

Complete the on-line booking form at www.satanfiedtheatre.com.

DICOUNTS:

Saver: $2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.

Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.

Standby: best available seats are on sale for $6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible (suitable) for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.

Group Bookings: there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more.

School: school parties of ten or more can book $6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free.

PLEASE NOTE: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is canceled due to unpredicted circumstances.

1. If you want to book a ticket, you CANNOT            

A．go to the Box Office on Sundays.	B．ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card.
C．use the Internet.	D．complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office.

2. If you make a group booking for a group of 14 adults, how much should you pay?

A．$120

B．$126

C．$140

D．$150

3. What kind of tickets are the cheapest?

A．The standby tickets for school parties of ten or more.	B．The standby tickets.
C．The tickets for Saver discount.	D．The tickets for group booking.