【推荐1】Bookstores are a traveller’s best friends: they provide convenient shelter in bad weather, and they often host readings and other cultural events. Here is a look at the world’s six greatest bookstores.

Adrian Harrington—since 1971. Rare books; rare first editions; leather—bound sets and general antiques (古玩). Address: 64A Kensington Church Street, Kensington, London, England, U.K.

Another Country— Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Another Country is an English language second-hand bookshop which is mostly used as a library. They have about 20,000 books that you can buy or borrow. Some regular events are held at the shop, such as readings, cultural events, social evenings and film nights.

Atlantis Books—Oia, Santorini, Greece. Atlantis Books is an independent bookshop on the island of Santorini, Greece, founded in 2004 by a group of friends from Cyprus, England, and the United States. Throughout the year it has hosted literary festivals, film screenings, book readings, and good old-fashioned dance parties.

Bart’s Books—Ojai, California, U. S. A. “The World’s Greatest Outdoor Bookstore”, a bookstore founded by Richard Bartinsdale in 1964. Shelves of books face the street, and regular customers are asked to drop coins into the door’s coin box to pay for any books they take whenever the store is closed.

10 Corso Como—Milan, Italy, Extensive selection of publication on art, architecture, design, graphics and fashion, along with a strong emphasis on photography. It was founded in 1990 in Milan, Italy, by Carla Sozzani.

The Bookworm—A bookshop, library, bar, restaurant and event space, now with five locations in three cities in China—Beijing, Suzhou and Chengdu. The interconnecting rooms with floor-to-ceiling books on every wall are light and airy in summer, yet warm and comfortable in winter.

1. What can learn about the above bookstores?

A．They are traveler’s best friends.

B．They usually host readings.

C．They are the greatest bookstores in the world.

D．They are all in Europe.

2. Where can we watch films according the passage?

A．In Another Country and 10 Corso Como.	B．In Another Country and Atlantis Books.
C．In Atlantis Books and The Bookworm.	D．In Atlantis Books and 10 Corso Como.

3. What is special Bart’s Books?

A．Customers can buy books even after it is closed.

B．Books are put in outdoor shelves

C．It has the longest history in the world.

D．Customers should pay for books in coins.

【推荐2】At The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, we celebrate creativity, openness, and generosity. We hold many events—both onsite and online—where diverse cultural, artistic, social, and political positions are welcome, to share the most thought-provoking modern and contemporary art, and hope you will enjoy them.

Talking Together About Collaboration (合作)

Monday, June 19, 11:30 a.m.

The Museum of Modern Art

Free with Museum admission

The ongoing Talking Together conversation series provides an opportunity to think deeply about a broad but timely theme. Understanding that art provides connections to each other and the world around us, we will consider this month’ s theme, “collaboration,” through selected works in the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends.

This session is led by Paula Stuttman.

Drawing Is a Way of Thinking

Monday, June 19, 1:30 p.m.

The Museum of Modern Art

Free with Museum admission

The act of drawing allows us to understand an artwork through mark making (微迹创作). Join us in this ongoing series as we explore artworks through drawing and conversation. This week we draw from a selected work in the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends.

This session is led by Paula Stuttman.

Sunset Viewings

Monday, June 19, 8:15 p.m.

MoMA PS1

One of artist James Turrell’s celebrated Skyscapes, Meeting is a site-specific installation (现代雕塑装置) that invites viewers to look upwards toward a clear view of the sky. The installation features a multicolored lighting program synchronized (同步) to sunrise and sunset.

When the sunset lighting program falls outside of regular museum hours, MoMA PS1 is hosting special after-hours viewings on Monday evenings. These events have limited capacity and require an advance ticket.

Postwar Art Wore Red

Thursday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.

The Museum of Modern Art

Free with Museum admission

Join us for a lively discussion about the work of artists featured in the exhibition Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction, which shines a spotlight on the impressive but still relatively under-recognized achievements of women artists after the end of World War II. This session is led by Tamara Kostianovsky.

1. What similarity do the first two events share?

A．They involve drawing a picture.

B．They start at the same time.

C．They involve the same artist.

D．They explore the same theme.

2. Which of the following offers activities after closing time?

A．Talking Together About Collaboration.

B．Drawing Is a Way of Thinking.

C．Sunset Viewings.

D．Postwar Art Wore Red.

3. Who is in charge of the discussion about female artists?

A．James Turrell.

B．Paula Stuttman.

C．Robert Rauschenberg.

D．Tamara Kostianovsky.

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1. What is mainly discussed in paragraph 2?

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【推荐1】The new film from the director of Up and Inside Out has the beauty of adventure, but its themes are very raw.

If Disney's animated-movie(动画电影) relies on tales of heroes and princesses, of villains(坏人) destroyed and personal freedom achieved,then Pixar's movie is far more ordinary. For decades; the computer-animation studio has made movies that present remarkable feelings and experiences as the products of ordinary jobs, performed diligently by strange little beings behind the scenes. Monsters, Inc., in 2001, showed that our fears were created by blue-collar creatures. Inside Out in 2015, presented our feelings as brightly colored sprites(精灵). Now, Soul imagines how our personalities are created at a cartoon summer camp, where smiley blobs(小球) and squiggles(涂鸦) create human souls.

All these movies were directed by Pete Docter, the man who is also behind Up. The filmmaker is fond of using animation to create worlds rooted in abstract metaphor(隐喻). Soul is largely set in a world known as "the Great Before". And the smaller,human story he tries to tell— about a jazz pianist who finds himself stuck in the Great Before after a near-death experience—is sweet and attractive.

Docter has wrestled with"grown-up" themes before and managed to put them into an easy-to-understand story. Up began with the emotional hammer blow of an aging character losing his wife before he started a new adventure. Soul sets an even tougher challenge for itself by apparently telling the audience that Joe finds himself in to teach valuable lessons about finding joy in life even as it disappoints us.

We are all born with dreams. Docter seems to be saying with ideas and personalities that are created even before we come into the world. Compared to Pixar's recent sequels(续集) to past hits, Soul is a nobler project —a messy but expansive story worthy of its director's great ambitions.

1. How many Docter's works does the passage mention?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. How does Docter create his films?

A．Using common cartoon characters.

B．Counting on heroes' stories.

C．Based on the characters' true stories.

D．Following sequels to the past hits.

3. What does the author think of Soul?

A．Ordinary.

B．Disappointing.

C．Perfect.

D．Noble.

4. What is the passage?

A．A film review.	B．A name story.
C．A personal anecdote.	D．A description of a film.

【推荐2】Recently, the TV show “Where are we going, Dad?” produced by Hunan SatelliteTelevision is a big hit across nation. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In the real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34.We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. Theparticipation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going, Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.
1. To raise a child in modern society, parents should ________.

A．break down the barrier between children and teachers

B．play computer games with their children

C．balance well between family and career

D．keep their children at home to avoid socializing

2. Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?

A．36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.

B．Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.

C．In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.

D．The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.

3. What does the underlined word “participation” probably mean?

A．taking responsibility	B．understanding
C．taking part	D．keeping company

4. What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the second paragraph?

A．Optimistic.

B．Indifferent.

C．Proud.

D．Worried.

5. Which one is the best title of the passage?

A．New problems in Modern Children’s Education

B．Modern Education is Important

C．Confusion Behind “Where are we going, dad?”

D．Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids

【推荐3】Chinese Culture Day of Confucius Institute held in Egypt

The Chinese Culture Day of Confucius Institute in Cairo University was held for the first time at the Egyptian National Museum in the capital’s Tahrir Square on Monday, Oct 8, 2018. A teacher from Confucius Institute in Cairo University performs Wushu. Meanwhile, a woman performs Chinese calligraphy (书法) and a student from Confucius Institute in Cairo University performs Chinese folk dance.

Chinese opera legends make UK stage return

People in UK will have an opportunity to enjoy Chinese culture when the China National Peking Opera Company returns to the country for the fourth time, for a series of workshops and performances.

Activities will be held at the British Library, Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum. Lisa Lu, a respected actress will lead a group of artists from China, the US and the UK to discuss their experiences of working across a variety of artistic fields in different cultures over many years.

China Reading Corner opens in Fiji National Library

China Reading Corner opened here on Friday in the Fiji National Library to help strengthen the cultural exchanges between China and Fiji.

The China Reading Corner contains over 6,000 books, 20,000 e-books and other hardware given by China’s Zhengzhou Library.

Chinese Ambassador to Fiji Qian Bo said that, with this reading Corner, Fijian people know where to find the information they are interested in and the reading comer will serve as a window for Fijian people to look out to the outside world.

“The Chinese and Fijian people will further deepen their friendship and have a better understanding of each other,” said he.

1. In paragraph 1, all the following Chinese cultures are mentioned except ________.

A．Wushu	B．paper-cuts
C．calligraphy	D．folk dance

2. If you want to enjoy China’s National Peking Opera, you will go to ________.

A．China Reading Corner	B．Confucius Institute in Cairo
C．Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum	D．Egyptian National Museum

3. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A．Fijian people will have a better relationship with China.

B．Lisa Lu will perform Peking opera in Britain.

C．Fiji library gave over 6,000 books to China Reading Corner.

D．The China National Peking Opera Company went to UK for the 1st time.

4. What topic do the three events mentioned have in common?

A．Artist.	B．Library.
C．University.	D．Culture.

5. Where is the text probably from?

A．A science report.	B．A guidebook.
C．A newspaper.	D．A diary.

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1. Which number can you call if you want to get a job that provides free films?

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B．0161-754-6022.

C．0121-077-2001.

D．0191-121-5533.

2. What can we learn about a job as a US au pair?

A．It is a high-paid job.	B．It is perfect for kids.
C．It offers job-related training.	D．It requires somebody with patience.

3. Who would be most interested in working for Sports Star Camp?

A．Jill, who dreams of being a sports star.

B．Jack, who wants to become a sports coach.

C．Joe, who expects to travel around the world.

D．Jim, who loves to take part in sports competitions.