1 . I thought I knew a lot about Hamlet. I had been always full of ________ about it before I saw The Revenge of Prince Zidan-the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. ________ an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a ________ new sound to my Western ears. At first, I thought what I ________ was a violin, ________ later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called jinghu. Then, I was ________ when the main characters came on ________. The costumes and masks were amazing. Although the performers sang in Chinese, the music, exaggerated movements and mime helped get the ________ across to the audience. The voices sounded really ________. So ________ were some of the female voices that I was sure they could break glass! And the stage was really ________: a decorated whip represented a horse, and a screen with Chinese character, a study. Using such techniques, the opera had transformed a small stage into the whole universe. What I liked most was how the characters moved on stage. It was so dazzling and ________ that I wasn’t sure if the characters were performers or athletes! Everyone was ________. Feeling the strong emotions of love, anger, fear and grief in the ________, I could easily ________ the theme of Hamlet.

1.

A．complaint

B．hope

C．confidence

D．fear

2.

A．Dealing with

B．Agreeing with

C．Starting with

D．Ending with

3.

A．recently

B．completely

C．hardly

D．suddenly

4.

A．heard

B．saw

C．tasted

D．smelt

5.

A．but

B．and

C．therefore

D．besides

6.

A．moved

B．ashamed

C．tired

D．surprised

7.

A．mind

B．TV

C．stage

D．radio

8.

A．masks

B．costumes

C．colors

D．meanings

9.

A．terrible

B．sad

C．unique

D．common

10.

A．low

B．high

C．soft

D．sweet

11.

A．silent

B．noisy

C．simple

D．dark

12.

A．energetic

B．weak

C．slow

D．competitive

13.

A．fighting

B．leaving

C．waiting

D．clapping

14.

A．performance

B．book

C．film

D．lecture

15.

A．write

B．recognise

C．share

D．forget

3 . One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap (包装).

On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honour! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it.Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.

Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room.“If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”

“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

1. What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?

A．He got a baby brother.

B．He got a Christmas gift.

C．He became four years old.

D．He received a doll.

2. What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Impossible.	B．Boring.
C．Difficult.	D．Fearful.

3. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

A．Excitement.	B．Happiness.
C．Sadness.	D．Disappointment.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．A sad Christmas day.

B．Life with a lovely baby.

C．A special Christmas gift.

D．Memories of a happy family.

4 . There are so many expressions in American English that sound good but actually are not.

“Face the music” is a good example. When someone says they have to face the music, it does not mean they are going to a musical show or a concert. To “face the music” means accepting the bad results of behavior.

Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful red sports car. She gives you the keys and says, “Thanks so much for watching my car while I’m away. But please do not drive it. It is a very fast car and you are not on the insurance (保险).” But you do not listen. You want to show it to some friends and pretend (假装) the car is yours. So, you drive it around town one night. As bad luck would have it, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign. The damage is serious. When your friend returns, you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”. The “music” here is the result of your behavior. It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both. Whatever the “music” is, you must face it.

There are other American expressions that mean the same as “face the music”.

“Take your medicine” means accepting the results of something bad you have done. And if someone says, “You made your bed. Now lie in it.” He means you created a bad situation and now you will experience the results, or as we say in American spoken English, you must deal with it!

“Pay the piper” also means the same as “face the music”. But that expression has its own very interesting beginning. We will talk about that in the next Words and Their Stories.

1. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．To invite a friend to go to a musical performance.

B．To tell people how to deal with a bad situation.

C．To give people a lesson on an action.

D．To introduce some expressions.

2. Which action belongs to “take your medicine”?

A．You broke the traffic rules and were liable to a fine.

B．You worked hard but failed in the exam.

C．You caught a cold and took some medicine.

D．You moved to a new city and lost touch with your old friends.

3. Which of the following expressions doesn’t have the same meaning with the others?

A．Face the music.	B．Take your medicine.
C．Make your bed.	D．Pay the piper.

4. The next programme may talk about ________.

A．other words and their stories	B．the beginning of “pay the piper”
C．the wider use of “face the music”	D．an example of “take your medicine”

5 . 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.

6 . Bears can exactly make another bear’s facial expressions. Sun bears open their mouths to match their playmates (伙伴) when they are doing things with others face to face. Researchers believe that such facial mimicry (模仿) has not been seen outside humans and gorillas (大猩猩). In the behavioral study, they found that bears were able to use facial expressions to communicate with others in a similar way to humans and gorillas.

The researchers studied 22 sun bears in the wild for more than two years. In total, 21 matched the open-mouthed expressions of their playmates during face-to-face communications. When they were facing each other, 13 bears made expressions within one second of observing a similar expression from their playmates.

The bears aged 2-12, were housed in a natural center in Malaysia in which the areas were large enough to allow bears to choose whether to communicate or not. Although they prefer to live alone in the wild, the bears in this study took part in hundreds of games. Among them there were more gentle plays than rough ones.

The research was done by Doctor Ross in the University of Portsmouth. She believes that copying other bears’ facial expressions plays a great part in sun bears’ daily life.

1. How do sun bears respond to others in face to face communication?

A．Touching.

B．Smiling.

C．Opening their mouths.

D．Kissing on the face.

2. How many sun bears were studied in the research?

A．2.

B．12.

C．21.

D．22.

3. What does the underlined word “rough” probably mean in Paragraph 3?

A．Quiet.

B．Violent.

C．Soft.

D．Fair.

7 . We always celebrated my Dad’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a(n) ________ meaning - a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal ________ for all that he had done for me in my life.

When we knew that it might be Dad’s ________ birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party ________ all of us sitting around him.

Dad was a wonderful ________ , and here was a biggest audience he’d ever had. During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad’s turn to ________ stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. ________, we told stories from our hearts, ________ Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We ________ all kinds of lost memories - stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family ________. Even the littlest grandchildren couldn’t ________ to tell their grandfather why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our ________ to honor him.

A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people normally tell at a ________. They are told, then, full of tears with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love. ________ we had given those loving ________ to Dad when he was ________, told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. I’m sure the stories and memories ________ over in his mind during his last months and days.

Words do ________, and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them ________ to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. That’s the way to ________ love and our chance to honor a person in life.

1.

A．double

B．original

C．complex

D．modern

2.

A．congratulation

B．thanking

C．wish

D．apology

3.

A．late

B．last

C．living

D．lost

4.

A．by

B．as

C．though

D．with

5.

A．writer

B．listener

C．storyteller

D．reader

6.

A．listen to

B．hear of

C．make up

D．talk about

7.

A．Little by little

B．Now and then

C．All at once

D．One after another

8.

A．while

B．because

C．if

D．before

9.

A．regretted

B．recorded

C．recalled

D．remembered

10.

A．thoughts

B．possessions

C．tales

D．treasures

11.

A．afford

B．wait

C．offer

D．help

12.

A．task

B．duty

C．chance

D．decision

13.

A．burial

B．party

C．meeting

D．wedding

14.

A．Or

B．And

C．So

D．But

15.

A．kindness

B．memories

C．care

D．hugs

16.

A．healthy

B．old

C．young

D．alive

17.

A．rolled

B．went

C．flied

D．came

18.

A．benefit

B．work

C．matter

D．mean

19.

A．properly

B．publicly

C．clearly

D．correctly

20.

A．give back

B．search for

C．hand over

D．fall in

8 . Overview

Explore the best that Key West has to offer on this narrated, hop-on hop-off trolley (电车) tour. Visit more than 100 points of interest among Key West’s top attractions, with an expert guide who takes you through the history of the city. Select from an unlimited 1-or-2-day pass to suit your schedule.

What’s Included

√ Narrated tour        × Tips

√ Local taxes            × Food and drinks

√ Ages 0-3 free          × Tour closed October 23-24

What To Expect

Get to know Key West and its top attractions on this comprehensive, guided hop-on hop-off tour. Learn about the history and happenings of Key West — stories of pirates, Indians and the Civil War — as the trolley rolls along from one location to the next. Hop off at any of the attractions for a closer look, then hop back on when it’s convenient.

Discover the legends of the Calusa Indians, who gave the city its first name, Cayo Hueso, the Island of Bones.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes (full tour)

Operating Schedule: Tours depart from boarding locations about every 30 minutes. Tourists with tickets can board at any Old Town Trolley boarding location. Wheelchair accessible locations are Stops # 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Open daily 10 am — 4:30 pm.

Confirmation will be received at time of booking.

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund (退款).

If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted. Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

1. What can be known about the trolley tour?

A．It’s seasonally free of charge.

B．Its last stop is at the city center.

C．It contains all top attractions of Key West.

D．You can get on or off at any attraction of it.

2. If you set out at 10:30 am on a full tour, when will your tour end?

A．11:00 am.

B．12:00 am.

C．3:00 pm.

D．4:00 pm.

3. Which action of tourists makes sense according to the text?

A．A middle school student goes on the trolley tour for free.

B．A 7-year-old boy jumps up and down repeatedly on the trolley.

C．A physically disabled tourist wants to board the trolley at Stop 5.

D．An old man canceling his tour 30 hours in advance wants his money back.

9 . Art and science may seem like opposite things. One means the creative flow of ideas, and the other means cold, hard data-some people believe. In fact, the two have much in common. Now, a study finds art can help students remember better what they have learned in the science class.

Mariale Hardiman, an education specialist at Johns Hopkins University, noticed that students who used art in the classroom listened more carefully. They might ask more questions. They might volunteer more ideas. What’s more, students seemed to remember more of what they had been taught when their science lessons had involved(涉及) art. To prove that, Hardiman teamed up with some researchers and six local schools.

In the experiment, the researchers worked with teachers in 16 fifth-grade classrooms. They provided traditional science lessons and art-focused ones. In a traditional science class, for example, students might read aloud from a book. In the art-focused one, they might sing the information instead.

The team randomly assigned(随机分配) each of the 350 students to either a traditional science classroom or an art-focused one. Students then learned science using that way for the whole unit-about three weeks. When they changed to a new topic, they also changed to the other type of class. This way, each student had both an art-focused class and a traditional one. Every unit was taught in both ways, to different groups of students. This enabled the researchers to see how students did in both types of classes.

The team found that students who started off in a traditional class performed better after they moved into an art-focused class. But those who started off in an art-focused class did well even when they went back to a traditional science class. These students appeared to use some of the art techniques(技巧) after going back to a traditional class. Classroom teachers reported that many students continued to sing the songs that they learned after finishing the unit. “The more we hear something, the more we retain it,” Hardiman says. “It suggests that the arts may help students apply creative ways of learning on their own.”

1. Why did Mariale Hardiman do the study?

A．To prove the importance of art at school.

B．To see if art might improve science learning

C．To find a way to help her students learn better.

D．To know how to encourage students to ask questions.

2. What were the students required to do in the experiment?

A．Take two types of classes.	B．Learn three units in total.
C．Learn two topics for three weeks.	D．Choose what they’d like to learn.

3. What does the underlined word “retain” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Finish.

B．Express.

C．Improve.

D．Memorize.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Art helps students develop creativity.

B．Art-focused classes interest students a lot.

C．Art can make science easier to remember.

D．Art has something in common with science.