| A．A backpack. | B．School papers. | C．A jacket. |
| A．Shoes. | B．A T-shirt. | C．A walking stick. |
| A．Important. | B．Weak. | C．Skilled. |
| A．To get her car fixed. | B．To help her son with the schoolwork. | C．To have a family get away. |
| A．Information technology will replace teachers. |
| B．Information technology won’t replace teachers. |
| C．Information technology will replace face-to-face communication. |
6 . THE BOB BAKER MARIONETTES COME TO YOU!
Book a marionette (牵线木偶) show to come to your backyard, neighborhood park, school, or simply anywhere there’s fun to be had! For over 55 years, the Bob Baker Marionettes (BBMT) have been taking their show on the road, and they can’t wait to come to YOU! We have several choices to suit any size celebration or event.
One-Man Show ($350)
·25-minute performance
·A single performer and 12 marionettes perform a set variety show of endless joy!
·Space Required: 10 ft × 15 ft
Two-Man Show ($650)
·25-minute performance
·Two performers and 25 marionettes help you create amazing memories!
·Several theme options (主题选项): Something to Crow About, The CIRCUS, and Hallowe’en SpOoKtAcUlAr!
·Space Required: 15 ft ×20 ft
Notes:
·Please make your show request at least 3 weeks in advance.
·For all show options, the travel fee is included for the first 25 miles! Distances over 25 miles from our Highland Park location will incur (带来) an additional travel fee of $50 flat.
All shows are self-contained. The show is done to a pre-recorded tape. We’ll bring the speaker system; we just ask for a power outlet (电源插座). After the show, we pride ourselves on showing off the historic and beautiful marionettes, and answering questions from our audience!
For Birthday Celebrations, our marionettes will bring a gift to celebrate the birthday person, and sing “Happy Birthday” along with the audience!
READY TO BOOK A BOB BAKER TRAVELING SHOW? Please send us a message!
1. How much should people pay for a two-man show performed 30 miles from BBMT?| A．$350. | B．$400. | C．$650. | D．$700. |
| A．A square room. | B．A power outlet. |
| C．A tape recorder. | D．A speaker system. |
| A．Try out the marionettes. |
| B．Sing with the marionettes. |
| C．Get a present from the marionettes. |
| D．Choose his favorite marionettes to perform. |
8 . Jon Pedley is making a big change. He is giving up his life as a businessman for a life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut (小屋) in Uganda, East Africa.
Pedley admitted that he had not always led a very positive life. At times he drank too much and got in trouble with the law. “I had always put the pursuit (追求) of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didn’t care who I was hurting,” says Pedley.
But a visit to Uganda in 2007 gave Pedley a new outlook on life. He was amazed at what he saw and how much the people there appreciated the work he was doing. “I worked there for a few days and these people who have nothing were thanking me by giving me bags of potatoes, which are a fortune for them,” he said. Now Pedley is selling his business, his $1.5 million farmhouse, and his expensive car—and moving into a hut made of mud and boards in a small Ugandan village. There he will help run an organisation that hopes to improve the quality of life for people in the village of Kigazi. He will help to build schoolrooms for children and tanks to hold clean water for villagers. Today, people in Kigazi must walk two miles to a hospital, so Pedley will help to build doctors’ offices, too.
Pedley’s organisation will also work with English teenagers who are in trouble. The teens will be sent to a “camp” in Uganda that Pedley will run. The teens will live in mud huts and help to build water, health, and education facilities (设施) for kids in Kigazi, many of whom have lost their parents to poverty or disease. Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path.
1. Which of the following best describes Pedley in the past?| A．Negative. | B．Creative. | C．Positive. | D．Selfish. |
| A．Do business with the local people. |
| B．Help farmers increase potato output. |
| C．Help villagers with building work. |
| D．Introduce tools to improve English teaching. |
| A．To encourage them to make friends with locals. |
| B．To inspire them to live a more positive life. |
| C．To train them to become doctors in the future. |
| D．To make them learn about different cultures. |
| A．From a millionaire to living in a mud hut. | B．A life-changing adventure. |
| C．A rich man becoming homeless. | D．More money, more worries. |
1. When does the conversation take place?
| A．In the morning. | B．In the afternoon. | C．In the evening. |
| A．¥70. | B．¥80. | C．¥100. |
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