【推荐1】Opening Times & Admission
Museum Opening Times
The museum is open daily: 10 am -5 pm
Collections Centre opens daily: 11 am - 5 pm
Last admission to the museum and Collections Centre is 4:30 pm.
Closed: December 24 , 2017 - January 1, 2018 inclusive
Museum Admission

Adult	£ 14
Child (5 -16 yrs)	£ 9
Under 5 yrs	FREE
Concession (优惠价) (60 yrs+, unemployed, student)	£ 12
Family ticket (2 adults, 3 children)	£ 39
Groups of 12 or more (pre-booking essential)	£ 9

Your entry fee will be treated as a donation to our charity on which we may also be able to claim (索要) Gift Aid. In return you will receive FREE admission to the museum for a year with our Annual Pass (this excludes 5 Special Show Days per year).

Tickets for that very day are only available to buy at the museum.

Museum Tours

An optional (可选择的) tour of the museum is included in your entry fee. The tours are available between 11:15 am and 2:15 pm every day. They do not have to be pre-booked but have time limits.

Collections Centre

Access to the Collections Centre is included in your entry fee, so you will just need to show your museum admission ticket at the door to gain entry.

Show Days

On most show days the normal museum entry prices apply. There are, however, five Special Show Days per year when the admission price varies, including entry both into the show and the museum. On these days, Gift Aid tickets and promotional vouchers are not accepted. Advance discounted Show Day tickets are available online or via our Ticket Hotline 019 -26645033.

For more information about the British Motor Museum, please click here.

1. If you arrive at the museum at 4:35 pm, __________ .

A．you may visit it for free

B．you will find it closed

C．you will still have enough time to enjoy it

D．you won’t be allowed to enter the museum

2. How much does a 65-year-old lady need to pay for the admission?

A．£ 9.	B．£ 12.
C．£ 14.	D．£ 39.

3. What can we know from the passage?

A．You can book discounted Show Day tickets by phone.

B．The museum opens later than the Collections Centre.

C．You need to pay an extra fee to visit the Collections Centre.

D．An Annual Pass will allow your entrance all year round.

【推荐3】Nursery Teacher (Fluent English Speaker)

Are you passionate about teaching young children? Are you looking for an exciting overseas working experience? Then we are the right place for you.

Ylaa child care center has opened its first location in Basel, Switzerland in 2011. The concept has been very successful, and a second location has been opened in May 2012. Ylaa is a bilingual (German and English) day care center for children starting 3 months old till 6 years old. Ylaa is aimed to provide high-quality child care services and an exciting and individual-focused learning program in a multicultural environment.

We are looking for a full time ( 42 hours per week) Nursery Teacher (fluent in English)

YOUR TASKS

●preparing the pedagogic program together with other managers and team members

●working with 1 or 2 other team members to take care of a group of children (6-10 children)

●managing communication with parents including daily reports, regular meetings and yearly development reports

●backing up other team members for absences

REQUIREMENT

●you are a fluent English speaker and have completed a degree in Early Childhood Education

●you have 2-3 years of working experience with young children in day care centers or nurseries

●knowledge of German is a plus

●you are at least 24 years old

WHAT WE OFFER

●Good working conditions : salaries in CHF according to Swiss standards, paid vacation, lunch subsidies, insurances ( accident insurance, social insurance, etc) , German language course

●Internal and external trainings

●Career development opportunities in a growing organization

Please email your complete application ( CV, certificate, references, etc). Applications sent via Post will not be considered nor returned.

For more information, visit our website www. Ylaa.ch.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Ylaa team

1. The passage written is intended for ___.

A．salesmen

B．actors

C．college students

D．job hunters

2. The person suitable for the job must ____.

A．be more than 24 years old

B．speak English and German fluently

C．work with young children for 4-5 years

D．have a degree about Early Childhood Education

3. If you want to apply for this job, you should send your application by ___.

A．posting letters

B．telephoning

C．sending an email

D．interviewing for yourself

【推荐1】From the cold Arctic to the African plains, every society seems to have some form of music as part of their culture. Music is so common and widespread that most people don’t even question it anymore. But until recently, there were researchers who doubted it: How could we know that music was really a part of all known societies?

Now, Harvard researchers, Samuer Mehr and Manvir Singh, have found further evidence to support the argument. They gathered music from different countries, media and time periods, and collected descriptions of many different pieces of music. Rather than focusing on music first and then looking at where it could be found, they started by studying a record of detailed descriptions of more than three hundred known global societies, and found that all of them have music as part of their culture.

To see if people could recognize the functions of songs from around the world, the researchers also created a listening experiment in which people tried to guess the behavioral context of a song. This went surprisingly well. Particularly music that was intended for dancing or to calm a baby were easy to recognize as either dance music or lullabies. Love songs were a bit more difficult to qualify, because they tend to be very diverse even within cultures.

This systematic study of connections sounds like the way that researchers in other fields would study biological patterns. “There’s a field known as cultural phylogenetics,” says Singh. Whereas biological characteristics are only received from parent to child, cultural characteristics (like music) are also shared between people of the same generation. That makes it much more difficult to figure out where the characteristic has come from.

“Finally,” Singh says, “We still don’t know why music developed gradually. Our study shows that humans everywhere share cognitive mechanisms (认知机制) that make certain sounds seem appropriate in particular contexts.”

1. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．The fact that music is part of every culture.

B．The question whether music is widely spread.

C．The doubt whether further research has been done.

D．The idea that Africa and the Arctic have cool music.

2. What did Mehr and Singh do first?

A．They found out further evidence.	B．They studied various societies.
C．They sought the origins of music.	D．They focused mainly on music.

3. What’s the purpose of the listening experiment?

A．To comfort a baby.	B．To pick out love songs.
C．To create a context.	D．To tell functions of songs.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Music shapes societies in different cultures.

B．Global music shares common characteristics.

C．Musical systems display cultural differences.

D．Multi-culture is based on biological patterns.

【推荐2】Good morning. The program today is about music. The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse”. The Muses are the goddesses of the arts. Music is only one of the arts. It is like the spoken language, but is uses sounds. Today's program brings together music from different corners of the world. Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows exactly the answers to these questions. But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone's life. Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them. When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school, their world of music grows. In the middle grades students take music lessons. When they reach high school, they become interested in listening to pop music.

The records we have chosen for you today are form American country music, Indian music, pop music and so on. Music has meaning for everyone. It can make people happy or it can make them sad. In this program we shall study the language of music. We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. We shall try to find out how music says what people feel.

Now, here comes the music today, I shall explain why they are all good music…

1. The first paragraph is mainly about the__________

A．styles of music

B．history of music

C．taste of music

D．knowledge of music.

2. The speaker is probably__________ ．

A．a host

B．a singer

C．a dancer

D．a teacher

3. Which is TRUE according to the passage？

A．The Muses invented music．

B．Music can bring people some feelings．

C．Music was from a Greek village．

D．Everyone is interested in pop music．

4. What is NOT the purpose of this music program？

A．To study the language of music

B．To learn more about the music

C．To give a complete background to the music

D．To give people some music to listen to

【推荐3】Belgium is the land of music festivals. There are rock, pop, world, electronic music festivals and more, so you’re sure to find a festival that suits your taste.

Groezrock

Groezrock could be considered the opener of the festival season in Belgium. This festival grew from a small event to an international festival that had 33,000 visitors in 2021. If you’re into the harder stuff (东西), this is where you need to go.

When? April 29—30, 2022. Where? Meerhout. Music? Punk, emo, ska and rock in all its variations. Free? No.

Sfinks Mixed

Sfinks is a world music festival that focuses on bringing culture together. There are also plenty of things to do besides watching the performances. Good to know for families: Sfinks is a kid-friendly festival, with workshops, storytelling and performances aimed at children.

When? July 27—30, 2022. Where? Boechout. Music? World. Free? The festival is free; the camping is not.

Graspop Metal Meeting

If Groezrock doesn’t seem rough enough to you, Graspop Metal Meeting might. As the name says, this festival is all about metal, rock and punk. In 2021, the festival received 140,000 visitors who came to watch the more than 100 bands performing.

When? June 16—18, 2022. Where? Dessel. Music? Metal. Free? No.

Genk on Stage

Genk on Stage is a pop music festival with not only a lot of Belgian artists, but also some international names, 80,000 people attended Genk on Stage in 2021.

When? June 23—25, 2022.Where? Genk. Music? Pop. Free? Yes.

1. Which may start the festival season in Belgium?

A．Groezrock.	B．Sfinks Mixed.
C．Graspop Metal Meeting.	D．Genk on Stage.

2. What do we know about Sfinks Mixed?

A．It enjoys worldwide popularity.	B．It’s mainly targeted at kids.
C．It combines fun with culture.	D．It features certain types of music.

3. Where are crazy metal music enthusiasts most likely to go?

A．To Meerhout.

B．To Boechout.

C．To Genk.

D．To Dessel.

4. How many people attended Genk on Stage in 2021?

A．80,000.

B．30,000.

C．7,000.

D．6,000.

【推荐1】Dear Olivia,

First. I think you have a beautiful name. Of course, I' d say the same to Olivia L., Olivia R..， and Olivia S. Come to think of it; maybe “Dear Olivias” would have been a better header.

I too, was given one of my birth year’s most popular names. I was one of many Erins in 1980.

I wonder if our parents considered how many of us, both Erins and Olivias, there would be. Growing up, I babysat （照看孩子）an Erin whose house was across our backyard, knew an Erin who lived around the corner and who also happened to be my best friend's older sister, knew an Erin who lived just down the street. Not to mention the Erin population at school.

Mostly. I felt like the Erins around me weren’t much like me. 1 thought it was strange that we all had the same name. Then, around Grade 9, as my brother was changing his name from Stacey James to S.J., I wanted to change my name, too.

I experimented （尝 试）a bit with how I might respell my middle name Megan and decided on Maygen, and hyphenated （用连接号连接）it with Erin. I kept using this name until a couple of years later when I said goodbye to Erin all together.

Now, having spent most of my life as Maygen, I've learned that although there were no Megans in my neighbourhood, it turns out I had changed my name to an even more popular name of the 1980s.

But you know what? Common or not, 1 love my name. In my life, I've befriended Erin after Erin, none of whom remind （使想起）me of the kid I babysat or my friend's sister.

I’m not sure why names become popular, but one thing is certain, Olivia: your name is loved by many. May you love it as well.

1. Why does the author say" Dear Olivias' would have been a better header”？

A．The letter could have been written to all Olivias.

B．She is not sure which Olivia will read the letter.

C．She knows a lot of girls called Olivia.

D．Olivia is not a one-of-a-kind name.

2. When did the author decide to change her name?

A．After her brother changed his name.

B．After she had some trouble at school.

C．When she found more Erins around her.

D．When she noticed other Erins were different.

3. Which of the following may be the author's name now?

A．Megan Kardash.

B．Maygen Kardash.

C．Erin-Megan Kardash.

D．Erin-Maygen Kardash.

4. What’s the author's purpose of writing the text?

A．To compare Erins and Olivias.

B．To introduce some popular names.

C．To talk Olivia into loving her name.

D．To express her love for her own name.

【推荐2】Plastic bottles by the side of a road are a common sight, an unseemly reminder of how often consumer products are thrown away carelessly. Now some of those bottles may become part of the road. A California company has put recycled plastic into road repaving (重铺)，which could revolutionize the industry with environmental benefits.

Sean Weaver, president of TechniSoil Industrial in the northern California city of Redding, said, “With this new technique, the repaved roads are stronger, flatter, safer and last longer than those made with regular asphalt (沥青).”

More appealing to environmentalists, the repaved roads incorporate 100% of the old asphalt - sparing the air from dozens of trips by trucks pulling away and bringing in building materials - and provide a new market for plastic products that could otherwise wind up in a landfill.

“Everybody that's looked at it said this will be one of the most transformative road construction technologies ever,” Weaver said. “We're recycling what's there, and we're delivering a road that's better than the original, at no higher cost than it would cost you to repave that road the traditional way.”

The process involves four large construction vehicles linked together in what's called a recycling train which scoops up the top 3 inches of asphalt on a lane, grinds (磨碎)them on a mill and mixes them with TechniSoil's G5 binder (粘合剂),containing from 2% to 20% of liquefied plastic. The mixed product is deposited back on the road, paved and rolled over. There’s no heat involved in the operation, which essentially replaces the traditional binder - bitumen, a leftover from refining oil - with a stronger plastic composite. The other elements of asphalt, such as crushed rock, gravel, sand and filler, remain in place.

1. What’s the new move of the California company?

A．To put asphalt into road construction.

B．To revolutionize the recycling industry.

C．To use recycled plastic in road repaving.

D．To add plastic bottles to house-building.

2. What can we learn from Weaver's statement?

A．The technique they use is cost-saving.

B．His company enjoys a high reputation.

C．The road-construction process is complex.

D．Environmentalists think highly of the new roads.

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．How roads are repaved in the new way.

B．Where the new building materials are mixed.

C．Why there is no heat in the road construction.

D．What materials are used in the road repaving.

【推荐3】I will always remember my mother's last few days in this world.

On February 14th,2000，my class went on a field trip to the beach.I had so much fun.When we returned to school，my teacher told me to go to the headmaster's office.When I got into the office，I saw a police officer.Suddenly I realized something was wrong.The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up.After that，we went to the hospital and waited.Time went slowly.Finally，we got to see our mother.It was terrible.

The next day，the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened.I was taking a test that day.I knew it had something to do with my mother.I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better.How I wished that she had gotten better.When my teacher took me outside，my sister ran up to me.she started crying，“She's gone，Teresa，mommy's gone.She's dead.”I couldn't believe it.We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital.Most of my family were there.The silence was terrible.I knew I had to say goodbye.

Today when I look back，I still miss my mother very much，but I know that I will live.My mother was a strong mother，who had the biggest heart.My mother was an angel walking on the earth.I will always remember her as living.When someone is asked who their hero(英雄)is，they usually say someone famous，like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears.When someone asks me who my hero is，I tell them，my mother.My mother lives every day.That is what makes her a true hero.

1. Where was the writer when she learned her mother was very ill?

A．On the beach.	B．At the hospital.
C．At school.	D．At home.

2. Who brought the writer the bad news that her mother was ill?

A．Her sister.	B．The headmaster.
C．Her teacher.	D．The police officer.

3. What did the headmaster tell the two teachers the next day?

A．Her mother had been very ill.

B．Her mother had been dead.

C．Her mother had gotten better.

D．Her sister came to see her.