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Supersized activities for your little ones at Sentosa During the June Holidays
Storytelling Comes Alive! Date: Every Wed-Sun at 11:30 am. 3:30 pm & 5:30 pm Venue: Images of Singapore Forecourt Admission: Free Enjoy SUPERSIZED activities for the entire family this June at our international award winning interactive event, Story Telling Comes Alive! This is where the story teller uses a giant storybook, puppetry and characters coming alive to bring the exciting and fun stories to life.	Boogie with Captain Palawan Date: Every Tuesdays to Fridays Time: 2:25 pm &4:15 pm Admission: Free Join in the boogie fun with Captain Palawan on the Beach! Bop to the rhythm and you may dance your way to some prizes!
Art Excursion at Sentosa Date: 8 & 15 June 2015 (Children) 22 June 2015 (Family) Time: 9 am - 5 pm Admission: $120 per child (SentosaPlayPass: $90 per child) $360 per family (SentosaPlayPass: $270 per family) Unleash your child’s creativity with the Art Excursion conducted by My Art Studio. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange creative ideas inspired by what they experience as they move through various stations in Sentosa.	Storytelling at Underwater World Singapore Date: 1-24 June 2015, every Sat& Sun Time: 11:45 am &3:15 pm Venue: Underwater World Singapore Admission: $20 per adult $10 per child (No admission charge for anyone with a SentosaPlayPass) Come and listen to storyteller, Denise Tan, as she shares stories about marine animals and marine conservation in the Living Fossils Hall filled with displays of ancient marine animals.

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1. John, who is a SentosaPlayPass holder, needn’t pay for the activities EXCEPT ______.

A．Storytelling Comes Alive	B．Art Excursion at Sentosa
C．Boogie with Captain Palawan	D．Storytelling at Underwater World Singapore

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A．Boogie with Captain Palawan is an activity that happens daily.

B．Denise Tan will share her stories at Images of Singapore Forecourt.

C．Storytelling Comes Alive is recognized globally for its engaging content.

D．You will win prizes if you spend at least $40 in a single receipt at Sentosa.

3. On a Saturday at 2pm, Mr Smith and his family want to buy the SentosaPlayPass. He should go to ______.

A．Bugis station	B．Somerset station
C．any TransitLink ticket office	D．any Sentosa ticketing office

2 . 这已是该地区第三次爆发森林大火了，这些火灾不仅严重破坏了自然平衡，也对人类生命构成了极大的威胁。（disturb) （汉译英）

3 . 失主深信过不了多久就能去机场认领自己丢失的行李。（before; convince) （汉译英）

4 . 他不顾自己大病初愈，立刻埋首于原始数据的处理中。（bury）（汉译英）

5 . How to Appreciate Impressionist Paintings

The Impressionist Movement began in the late 19th century as a group of rebellious young artists based in Paris looked for new ways to use light and color. Known for painting quickly and spontaneously (自发地), Impressionists explored how the viewers’ eye interprets objects.

And when would be a better time than now to see with your own eyes some of the best impressionist masterpieces as dozens of paintings by Monet are on display in Shanghai?     1    

Consider the subject matter. Impressionist painters broke away from the standard subject matter of royalty, mythology and historical realism.     2     Impressionists departed from the norm by painting ordinary people engaged in everyday activities.

Examine the light sources. The exploration and translation of light onto the canvas (画布) was the core of Impressionist painting. Look particularly at unusual displays of light, such as filtering through tree branches or reflecting off water.

    3     Unlike the traditional schools of painting, which were careful to smooth the paint, impressionists used short, strong strokes and were unconcerned if the brush stroke was visible. Observe how the brush stroke reflects light.

Observe the colors in the painting. Impressionists painted with many colors, mostly in bright shades. Rather than mixing colors before applying to the canvas, they placed the colors directly on the canvas and allowed the viewer’s eye to mix the colors.     4    

Allow the eye to view the painting as a whole. Rather than look at each item in the painting, look for an overall mood and feeling, determine which emotion the painting arouses, such as peacefulness, exhaustion or joy.

A．Follow the painter’s footprints and you will find Impressionism easier to understand than you think.

B．Even if you know nothing about Impressionism, these instructions will help you develop an appreciation for Impressionist paintings.

C．They revealed what the world was like from children’s perspective.

D．Note also that there is little use of black, which makes the painting brighter.

E．Instead, they concentrated on the modern world, particularly landscapes.

F．Look at the artist’s technique.

6 . In Martin Luther King’s time, the money spent in educating a black child was just one fourth of _______ on each white child.

A．which was spent	B．what to be spent
C．it had been	D．that which was spent

7 . Pumpkins are believed to have originated in North America, _______ seeds from related plants have been found dating back to 7,000 B.C.

A．as

B．which

C．where

D．whose

8 . He was born in 1814 and was brought up on his father’s farm, in the hard rough way _______ peasant children in France are always accustomed.

A．that

B．to which

C．in which

D．which

9 . Some people skip meals or eat only tiny amounts of food and may have conditions _______ rob the body of the nutrients _______ needs to grow and stay healthy.

A．which…it

B．that…that

C．where…that

D．where…it

10 . The picture of miseries and sufferings of the Black woman in America may appear, perhaps darker and more depressing than Dante’s (但丁) description of Hell because in the history of human race, the Black woman in America has suffered the most. A close and critical _______ of the history of the Black woman’s life and condition since her arrival in a strange land will unfold very well the long story of her pain and sorrow_______ her mutilated (被切断的) soul. Since her arrival on the foreign shore, the Black woman has been facing the worst kind of ______ and oppression. As a Black she has had to endure all the horrors of slavery and has been the _______ of continually inhumane treatment in all kinds of work, _______ the lowest place on the wage scale and restricted to the lowest-status and the most uncreative jobs. Since times of slavery, Black womanhood has been destroyed, twisted and abused with racial and inhuman _______ by black men and white men and women. In the process, they have lost their genuine “self”, and have developed a(n) ______ in themselves — though as black women, they see themselves with the eyes of white men and women and black men. This has ultimately been responsible for the destruction of their self-confidence and the feeling of being human. They ______ themselves as masters’ belongings.

As a mother she has seen her children sold into slavery. She has seen them left at home without attention while she _______ to the needs of the children of the ruling class. She has seen her children suffer from drug addiction, the _______ of decent education and experience attacks by a racist society, and _______ the prisons of this nation. In addition, besides suffering the common fate of all oppressed people, the African-American women continue to _______ the oppression of woman by men, which existed for long. In the home she becomes “the slave of a slave”. Men may be cruelly treated and subjected to all sorts of dehumanizing treatment on the part of the ruling class. _______, at least they can take out their frustration on someone else, their women.

Thus feminism in America means much more than what it stands for in other European countries, chiefly because it has different role and meaning _______ the Black women. If a feminist is commonly defined as one who is involved in transforming and _______ familiar realities, then Black women are innate (天生的) feminists. Black women writing exhibits and constructs a Black women’s literary tradition that is inherently feminist. Barbara Smith, an influential Black feminist critic, states that the ability of Black women to survive in the face of White America exhibits an innate feminist potential.

1.

A．respect

B．reference

C．account

D．expression

2.

A．associated with

B．completed with

C．involved in

D．joined by

3.

A．exploration

B．exhaustion

C．exploitation

D．explosion

4.

A．performer

B．survivor

C．substance

D．object

5.

A．including

B．occupying

C．containing

D．striking

6.

A．procedures

B．processes

C．descriptions

D．practices

7.

A．complexity

B．anxiety

C．simplicity

D．gravity

8.

A．look to

B．look upon

C．look over

D．look through

9.

A．took

B．kept

C．attended

D．appealed

10.

A．richness

B．lack

C．variety

D．possibility

11.

A．populating

B．emphasizing

C．charging

D．criticizing

12.

A．undertake

B．underline

C．undervalue

D．undergo

13.

A．Therefore

B．Somehow

C．However

D．Moreover

14.

A．with respect to

B．in line with

C．in addition to

D．in parallel with

15.

A．reappointing

B．representing

C．reconsidering

D．reinterpreting