1 . 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.

2. What should people prepare to enjoy a Bob Baker traveling show?

A．A square room.	B．A power outlet.
C．A tape recorder.	D．A speaker system.

3. What can a birthday person do at his birthday celebrations?

A．Try out the marionettes.

B．Sing with the marionettes.

C．Get a present from the marionettes.

D．Choose his favorite marionettes to perform.

2 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Pan Junfan, a one-legged man from East China’s Wenling City, sets a new world record in an extreme hiking competition through the Gobi Desert in Northwest China’s Gansu Province.

The 40-year-old     1     (lose) the lower part of his right leg in a traffic accident in 2015,     2    was a turning point in his life. He said although the accident was a terrible experience, it turned him into a     3     (total) different person, a tougher man.

    4     (inspire) by a video of extreme hiking, he set up a goal for himself — to complete an extreme hiking race one year later in the Gobi Desert. Intensive training helped him gradually adapt     5    the fast walking and running. In 2016, he took part in an extreme hiking competition and became     6     first amputee (被截肢者) to complete the entire journey. “I hope that by completing the challenge I can inspire people and tell them that life has limitless possibilities and not to stop     7     (try) something different,” Pan says. Since then, he has gone on to break multiple world    8     (record) as an amputee in extreme hiking. His     9     (determine) has encouraged many people in the whole world     10     (find) opportunity in difficulty.

3 . A restaurant in northeast Thailand has become a center for traders of cryptocurrency. A cryptocurrency is a form of digital or virtual money that is not regulated by any central bank as it is based on a network and is independent of them.

HIP Coffee & Restaurant is a café that serves coffee and food. But it has set up screens showing the latest price information on cyptocurrency markets for its customers. The café also offers investment (投资) advice to go along with its coffee and cake.

Detnarong Satianphut is a 35-year-old cryptocurrency trader and a customer at the café. He said, “It’s exciting for me to be here because I get to meet people who share the same interests. We (traders) get to exchange information because in the trading world we are coming up against millions of people.”

Cryptocurrencies have started becoming more popular in Thailand. The latest official data suggests that as much as $7.62 billion in digital currency (货币) was traded in November.

In January, Thailand said it would start to watch over the use of digital currencies as payments. Officials warned of threats to the country’s economic system.

HIP café has been in business since 2013. The café began setting up its cryptocurrency information screens in 2020.

Since then, workers said the number of customers has doubled. HIP café’s boss is Okkhara Yongsakuljinda. He said the café provides a chance for people in the surrounding Nakhon Ratchssima province to invest. The café offers free investment advice and is planning on starting its own cryptocurrency coin.

Customers say trading in the café gives them the best chance of success in an uncertain market. The value of the most well-known cryptocurrency, bitcoin, recently dropped to a six-month low.

1. What does the underlined word “regulated” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Replaced.

B．Refused.

C．Noticed.

D．Controlled.

2. Why does Detnarong Satianphut go to the café?

A．He enjoys the delicious coffee there.

B．He hopes to promote digital money.

C．He wants to meet like-minded people.

D．He needs to teach investment knowledge there.

3. What is Thai officials’ attitude towards the use of digital currencies as payments?

A．Careful.

B．Encouraging.

C．Uncaring.

D．Unclear.

4. What benefit does the café get from the digital money service?

A．It has sold its own digital currencies to a lot of customers.

B．It has got a sharp increase in the number of customers.

C．It has succeeded in investing in different cryptocurrencies.

D．It can sell its coffee and food at higher prices.

4 . Thanks to a new virtual reality film offering 360 degree viewing, armchair travelers around the world can now visit places like the Amazon rainforest. Provided freely by Conservation International, you'll be able to take in the breathtaking beauty and amazing biodiversity that is dished up in a film entitled "Under the Canopy" without worrying about being eaten alive by insects, giant snakes or bird spiders. Besides that, and saving on airfare and getting your passport updated, the film is said to be simply beyond belief in its clarity and realism.

But the purpose of the film goes beyond just providing viewers with amazing visuals in a virtual experience. The makers of the film want to bring awareness to the fact that this once vast wilderness and its occupants are shrinking rapidly and disappearing due to deforestation. In other words, the magnificent sights and sounds that you'll enjoy during your virtual wandering around the Amazon's beautiful rainforest need badly to be protected.

If you 're not aware, a statistic in connection to annual forest loss in the region can be clarified: the loss is equal to 1.5 times the size of Yellowstone National Park. Now, if you're still a little unclear about the significance of this, Yellowstone is 3,472 square miles in size, which is 2,221,766 acres, if that helps you out.

In the film, you will have a virtual tour guide, Kamanja Panashekung, a native to the area whose ancestors have lived in the region for countless generations. During his educational tour Panashekung explains to viewers of the film the many ways in which the rainforest supplies his people with everything they need to survive on a daily basis. His story is actually pretty fantastic, especially if you live in city and can't imagine what it would be like living in such a wild and remote area of the world.

1. What aspect of the movie is mainly talked about in Paragraph 1?

A．The popularity.

B．The horror.

C．The strengths.

D．The purposes.

2. What feeling do the film makers wish the audience to have?

A．Guilt.

B．Curiosity.

C．Excitement.

D．Concern.

3. How does the author develop Paragraph 3?

A．By giving an example.	B．By giving a description.
C．By making a classification.	D．By making a comparison

4. Who would be especially attracted to the guide's story?

A．Those who have interest in wild animals.

B．Those who have ancestors living in the region.

C．Those who think about developing rainforests.

D．Those who long for outdoor surviving experience.