1 . Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland
An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Australia
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 form 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
1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

2 . What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt? Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming. and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood. I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.
Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.
1. The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was______.

A．doing shopping	B．having a debate
C．reading a message	D．leaving for Wyoming

2. The author's inspiration for the gift came from_____.

A．a photo of a flower	B．a story about a kid
C．a call from the mother	D．a text about Christmas

3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by_____.

A．the father	B．the author
C．William Blake	D．Edgar Allan Poe

4. The author made the gift by_____.

A．searching for the poems online

B．drawing the background by hand

C．painting the letters in three colors

D．matching the words with pictures

5. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To show how to design images for gifts.

B．To suggest making gifts from one's heart.

C．To explain how computers help create gifts.

D．To describe the gifts the author has received

3 . Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self- respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.
Here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot lie trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased.   Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
1. According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our

A．self-respect

B．financial rewards

C．advertising ability

D．friendly relationship

2. The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to___.

A．lying

B．stealing

C．cheating

D．advertising

3. The phrase "bringing the error to the clerk's attention" (in para. 5) means___.

A．telling the truth to the clerk	B．offering advice to the clerk
C．asking the clerk to be more attentive	D．reminding the clerk of the charged item

4. How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?

A．We'll be very excited.	B．We'll feel unfortunate.
C．We'll have a sense of honor.	D．We'll feel sorry for the clerk.

5. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage.*

A．How to Live Truthfully	B．Importance of Peacefulness
C．Ways of Gaining Self-respect	D．Happiness through Honorable Actions

4 . Thanksgiving Day is special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.

Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4, 1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.

The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel. Many of the Pilgrims died. But the next year, they had a good harvest. So Governor Bradford declared a three-day feast(盛宴). The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food.

In time, other colonies(殖民地) began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it. He proclaimed(宣布) the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours. But the Canadian thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.

1. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated     .

A．in spring	B．summer
C．in autumn	D．in winter

2. The first to celebrate thanksgiving were     .

A．some people from England	B．the American Indians
C．Sarah Josepha Hale	D．Governor Bradford

3. We can infer from the passage that New England must be     .

A．in the U. S. A.	B．in Great Britain
C．in Canada	D．on some island off the Atlantic

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest.

B．Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations.

C．Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people’s thanks to God.

D．There’s little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

5. The passage mainly tells us     .

A．how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U. S. A.

B．how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated

C．that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday

D．how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places

5 . The Price of a Dream

I grew up poor--living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was _______ and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still _______ a dream.

My dream was _______ . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and _______ anything that moved on the football field. I was also _______ . My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me _______ to believe in myself. He _______ me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular _______ with Coach John changed my life forever.

A friend suggested me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket- money for a new bike, new clothes and the _______ of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to ________ up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.

When I told John, he was   ________ as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He said. “Your ________ days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head ________, trying to think of the ________ that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his ________ in me.

“How much will you make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied. “Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”

That simple question made ________ for me the difference between ________ something right now and having a ________ . I decided myself to play sports that summer and ________ the year I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was ________a $20,000 contract. In 1999, I bought my mother the house of my dream!

1.

A．happy

B．polite

C．shy

D．honest

2.

A．live

B．afford

C．make

D．need

3.

A．athletics

B．music

C．business

D．money

4.

A．kick

B．play

C．pass

D．hit

5.

A．right

B．popular

C．lucky

D．confident

6.

A．how

B．why

C．when

D．whether

7.

A．gave

B．taught

C．brought

D．asked

8.

A．accident

B．matter

C．problem

D．experience

9.

A．aim

B．idea

C．start

D．purpose

10.

A．keep

B．end

C．give

D．pick

11.

A．mad

B．delighted

C．frightened

D．shameful

12.

A．living

B．playing

C．working

D．learning

13.

A．moving

B．nodding

C．shaking

D．hanging

14.

A．answers

B．excuses

C．words

D．ways

15.

A．sadness

B．regret

C．hopelessness

D．disappointment

16.

A．direct

B．clear

C．straight

D．bare

17.

A．wanting

B．changing

C．dreaming

D．enjoying

18.

A．wish

B．goal

C．score

D．desire

19.

A．by

B．for

C．over

D．within

20.

A．paid

B．got

C．offered

D．presented

6 . When pilots fly over the grassland of the Pampas region, Argentina, they’re often surprised to spot a huge guitar-shaped forest in the ordered fields. The site is more than an amazing example of land art. Behind the site is a(n) ____ love story.

When young Argentine____ Pedro Martin Ureta, aged 28, met 17-year- old Graciela Yraizoz in his hometown, they fell in love at first ____. Two years later, they got married and____down on the farm where Ureta had been   ____. Graciela had many big plans for the farm in her mind. One day when she was taking a plane on a flight ____ Pampa, Graciala noticed that another farm looked like a milking pail(桶) from the ____. Graciela thought that her family could create something even more attractive on their own farm: A huge forest ____ as her favorite musical instrument—the guitar. Graciela ____playing the guitar in her spare time and often played the guitar at the local____.

But Ureta didn’t take his wife’s idea ____saying, “We’ll talk about it later.” Later____ came. In 1977, Graciela died suddenly of brain cancer at the ____ age of 25 while carrying their fifth child. After her wife’s death, Mr. Ureta _____not fulfilling her wish. Still heartbroken a few years later, Ureta decided that the best way to honor his____wife would be to fulfill her wish and ____the giant work of art in her honor.

After the local government refused to____with the project, Ureta and his children took it ____. One by one, they planted roughly 7,000 trees into the shape of a guitar. It took a few rough seasons for the trees to take root, but Ureta’s dedication____.

Watching the forest grow over the years gave Graciela’s children ____.

“It was the closest thing possible to have my mother alive,” Maria Julia, Ureta’s second daughter, said.

1.

A．thrilling

B．exciting

C．boring

D．touching

2.

A．farmer

B．worker

C．teacher

D．engineer

3.

A．place

B．time

C．sight

D．way

4.

A．put

B．settled

C．laid

D．took

5.

A．picked up

B．given up

C．made up

D．brought up

6.

A．below

B．over

C．across

D．beyond

7.

A．air

B．distance

C．beginning

D．top

8.

A．treated

B．regarded

C．considered

D．shaped

9.

A．disliked

B．missed

C．enjoyed

D．avoided

10.

A．concerts

B．lectures

C．games

D．shops

11.

A．quickly

B．personally

C．seriously

D．properly

12.

A．hardly

B．never

C．still

D．always

13.

A．young

B．old

C．normal

D．advanced

14.

A．delayed

B．admitted

C．appreciated

D．regretted

15.

A．late

B．early

C．slim

D．former

16.

A．copy

B．paint

C．create

D．change

17.

A．help

B．begin

C．argue

D．deal

18.

A．in this way

B．in their honor

C．on their own

D．in the future

19.

A．took off

B．paid off

C．gave off

D．got off

20.

A．assistance

B．comfort

C．confidence

D．care

7 . We arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak, but his smile was as sure as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia (肺炎). My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local relatives would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him. But I longed to be able to let him know that we cared too, even when we weren’t with him.

Then I remembered a family tradition when our children were small. When leaving their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They hid notes in the cereal (麦片) box, under a hairbrush, next to the phone or even in the microwave oven (微波炉). For days, their grandparents would smile as they discovered these signs of our love.

So as I tidied Dad’s kitchen and made up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were practical, “Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn’t spoil.” Some expressed my love, “Dad, I hope you will sleep well in your new bed.” Most notes were downstairs where he would stay for several weeks until he recovered strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, “Dad, if you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”

Just like his medicines strengthened him physically, these “emotional vitamins” would improve his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our regular phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, “Pretty good. I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”

1. We can infer from the text that the author’s father _______.

A．got home from hospital alone

B．lived with his relatives

C．asked her to return to work

D．had suffered from the same illness before

2. The children hid notes in their grandparents’ home in order to _______.

A．follow a family tradition

B．play tricks on their grandparents

C．show their gifts to their grandparents

D．give their grandparents a pleasant surprise

3. Following the family tradition, the author _______.

A．often called her father

B．wrote some notes to her father

C．longed to visit her father

D．worried about her father’s health

4. Having heard what her father said, the author would feel _______.

A．surprised

B．lucky

C．pleased

D．sad

5. What do we know about the author from the text?

A．She attempted to comfort her father with love.

B．She wanted to set an example to her children.

C．She enjoyed communicating with her father with notes.

D．She believed that a family tradition was very important.

8 . Everyone looks forward to progress, whether in one’s personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a person’s ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead a better way of doing things. All these, however, remain true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.

However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who missed the “good old days”, efficiency comes with a price. When communication becomes efficient, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipads, people often do not take the effect to visit one another personally. A personal visit carries with it the additional feature of having to be in the person’s presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off.

With efficiency also comes mass production. Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialization today. Factories have improved efficiency. Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products. For example, many handcrafts are now produced in a factory. Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item.

Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from one point of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.

It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on people’s attitude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to think again about their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created.

1. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to _______.

A．live a better life	B．look for better methods
C．accept technology and advance steadily	D．change ways of living

2. The underlined word “gadgets” is closest in meaning to _______.

A．tools

B．messages

C．barriers

D．skills

3. The author explains “efficiency comes with a price” by _______.

A．describing a process	B．making classification
C．following time order	D．using examples

4. Compared with home-made handicrafts, machine made products _______.

A．lack great accuracy	B．lack the personal touch
C．are of high value	D．are quite welcome

5. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?

A．Progress can suit the needs of daily life.

B．People review the past with great regret.

C．People’s attitude decides the use of technology.

D．Technology should be introduced in a fixed way.

9 . Each of us struggles for self-respect and self-worth to some degree. I spent much time trying to achieve perfection in every aspect of my life.

I was a happy kid with a lot of friends and a Supportive family. But growing up was really _______ and even scary sometimes.

During my childhood, I was constantly involved in something that included people’s viewing my achievements or my _______. I wanted everyone’s praise and acceptance, but I was my own toughest critic (挑剔的人).

After I graduated from high school, my _______ to be “thin” began to trouble me. I began trying to diet by _______ my food.

In the beginning, I felt great—attractive and successful, almost superhuman. I even thought that I was better than everyone else. What I didn’t see was that I was slowly _______ myself.

People around me began to _______ my weight loss. They said with concern. “You’re losing too much weight.” “Elisa, you’re so thin.” All their words only suggested that I was getting closer to “_______”.

Sadly, I took my physical _______ the first important in my life, _______ that it was the way to become successful and accepted.

Then I cut down my ________ more and more, until a ________ day consisted of half a teaspoon of nonfat yoghurt and coffee in the morning, and a cup of grapes at night.

But my poor ________ began to cause me to lose ________. Then one night, like many nights before, I couldn’t sleep, and my heart felt as though it might beat out of my chest. I tried to   ________, but I couldn’t. The beating became so rapid and so strong that I could no longer ________. What I had done to diet nearly caused me to have a heart attack. I stood up, and immediately fell down. I was really ________, and I knew I needed help. My roommate rushed me to the ________, beginning the long road to my ________. It took a lot—doctors, nurses, nutritionists, food supplements...

And most important, a sense of what was true about myself got back on track with reality. I realized that, with my ________ of trying to be “perfect” on the ________, I had sacrificed who I was on the inside. What I know now is, we are—each and every one of us—already perfect.

1.

A．natural

B．easy

C．hard

D．possible

2.

A．natures

B．backgrounds

C．scores

D．failures

3.

A．problem

B．desire

C．way

D．promise

4.

A．controlling

B．checking

C．collecting

D．balancing

5.

A．killing

B．forgetting

C．asking

D．questioning

6.

A．help

B．accept

C．reject

D．notice

7.

A．perfection

B．devotion

C．destination

D．attention

8.

A．strength

B．exercise

C．appearance

D．examination

9.

A．believing

B．realizing

C．pretending

D．declaring

10.

A．expense

B．movement

C．food

D．travel

11.

A．pleasant

B．difficult

C．typical

D．different

12.

A．memory

B．nutrition

C．knowledge

D．taste

13.

A．weight

B．hope

C．sleep

D．job

14.

A．relax

B．walk

C．cry

D．talk

15.

A．breathe

B．resist

C．wake

D．remember

16.

A．scared

B．annoyed

C．discouraged

D．disappointed

17.

A．bed

B．hospital

C．school

D．office

18.

A．glory

B．discovery

C．recovery

D．victory

19.

A．skill

B．decision

C．experience

D．deal

20.

A．whole

B．face

C．mind

D．outside

10 . Our granddaughter, Hanna, loves to go with her mother to yard sales. She _______ states that’s where she acquired a cute little thing. For self-respect, many adults would hide the fact that their _______ was found anywhere but a high-price department store. Why do we let pride replace innocence?

One day, Hanna’s grandpa, Bill, and I had her out for an outing. We _______ up in a parking space and Bill jumped out to go into the store. We _______ were enjoying our time together _______ I noticed a rather unkempt(不整洁的) vehicle parked beside us. “I _______ that truck,” Hanna’s _______   jumped out and attracted me. _______ that she had noticed the unkempt vehicle, I asked, “Why do you find it pleasant?” “I just do.” she stated. I began to try and _______ what she saw in the truck with many items hanging from the rear view mirror(后视镜). It looked ________ through my eyes. ________, I decided through Hanna’s eyes that she was ________ by the very colorful items that I saw as rubbish. What is rubbish in the eyes of an adult is a ________ in the eyes of a child. Then I looked ________ at the untidy interior of my own vehicle and ________ how another older adult might judge me because of my messy vehicle. Would he like it?

We ________ often find ridiculous reasons for judging, and complicated reasons for liking things or people. Children need ________ complicated reasons for ________ or loving. We adults seem to have to ________ reasons to love and appreciate. Children just do. So keep in mind, wisdom isn’t necessarily only seen in the elderly, and don’t ________ seeing it in the young.

1.

A．shyly

B．nervously

C．hesitantly

D．proudly

2.

A．present

B．effort

C．purchase

D．sale

3.

A．walked

B．jumped

C．turned

D．pulled

4.

A．couple

B．two

C．three

D．four

5.

A．because

B．when

C．where

D．what

6.

A．buy

B．want

C．like

D．find

7.

A．words

B．expectations

C．behaviors

D．explanations

8.

A．Afraid

B．Sure

C．Excited

D．Surprised

9.

A．consider

B．accept

C．see

D．describe

10.

A．cheap

B．nice

C．pleasant

D．untidy

11.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Besides

12.

A．inspired

B．controlled

C．attracted

D．scared

13.

A．treasure

B．toy

C．reward

D．challenge

14.

A．down

B．aside

C．through

D．around

15.

A．understood

B．wondered

C．doubted

D．analyzed

16.

A．adult

B．children

C．students

D．parents

17.

A．some

B．necessary

C．no

D．special

18.

A．hating

B．enjoying

C．disliking

D．wanting

19.

A．give

B．seek

C．offer

D．ask

20.

A．miss

B．remember

C．keep

D．risk