1 . Shows in the New Theatre Cardiff in 2023

The Yorkshire Shepherdess

In this warm-hearted and informative show, Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen shares memorable moments and charming stories from her remarkable farming, family life in North Yorkshire. It’s a life that has almost gone in today’s modern world, one ruled by animals and the four seasons.

Date &Time: Saturday, 22 April, 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, 30 April, 6:30 p.m. & 9:30p.m., 2023

Wild

Ben Fogle’s new show Wild brings to life on stage, stories and tales of hope, possibility, and positivity. In this brand-new show full of hope and harmony, Wild is a hair-raising, uplifting and wildly entertaining show that tells the true stories of Ben’s amazing encounters with(相遇)people and animals, and how they changed his life…and the discovery of helping you find your ocean of possibility.

Date & Time: Tuesday, 25 April, 8:30 p.m. & Saturday, 29 April, 3:30pm, 2023

Pop Princesses

A magical show where beautiful princesses become pop stars! This is the children’s pop concert with a big difference. A musical spectacular(盛大演出)stars four fairy tale princesses who just love to sing! It’s the perfect mix.

Date & Time: Saturday, 8 April, 7:00 p.m., 2023

Titanic The Musical

Based on real people aboard the most legendary ship in the world, Titanic The Musical is a stunning(惊人的)and stirring production focusing on the hopes, dreams and wishes of her passengers who each boarded with stories and personal ambitions of their own.

Date & Time: 9-13 April, 6:00 p.m., 2023

Click www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk for more information.

1. Which show brings totally true stories on stage?

A．The Yorkshire Shepherdess.	B．Wild.
C．Pop Princesses.	D．Titanic The Musical.

2. What do Pop Princesses and Titanic The Musical have in common?

A．They both attract young children.	B．They both mention the ambition of people.
C．They are both musical plays.	D．They are shown at the same time.

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To educate people.	B．To celebrate a special festival.
C．To meet people’s needs.	D．To inform people.

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。

The film Jaws tells the story of a great white shark attack,     1     was a great success. It     2     (win) many awards so far. People have always been     3     (scare) of sharks, but Jaws made things much     4     (bad). At that time, nobody cared about whether sharks were killed, or how many were killed. People just wanted them to be killed. After 1975, more and more sharks were hunted for their fins,     5     (cause) the number of large sharks around America     6     (fall) quickly.

    7     (fortunate), not everyone who watched the film Jaws became afraid of sharks. Peter Benchley, the writer of the book the film Jaws is based on, admitted that his book was wrong about sharks’ special     8     (behave). Experts have proved     9     sharks do not see people as food, and they attack people     10     mistake. Today, as we learn more about sharks, more people than ever want to protect them from extinction (灭绝).

3 . Famous Drama Theater Performances In The World

Theater is indeed one of the arts which will usually be staged in opera houses with various stories that they will pick up. For those of you who are very fond of theater, here we will give some theatrical dramas that are very famous in the world.

A Streetcar Named Desire

This drama is one of the most famous theatrical dramas in history, even still playing regularly in the Broadway theater.It tells of a family that is very rich because of the inheritance (遗产), but it turns out all his inheritance is fake (假的).Then there will be a lesson that you can learn from this one drama; an inheritance is a very dangerous treasure to expect.

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

This drama is set in the family O’Neill who has family members with strange habits.Starting from the story of his mother who is a morphine (吗啡) addict,then also his father who suddenly can disappear and also many more other family habits are abnormal. But you need to know that this drama is the shortest. only told in the life of the family one day alone.

Fences

It is also one of the dramas that entered the Oscar Nominations in 2017. But the first appearance of this drama was so long ago. That was in 1985. Drama Fences raised the story of the treatment provided by the American and also African who received unpleasant treatment or racist treatment. and was trying to get out of the problem.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

This one tells about the badness of a household which is caused by the twist plot storyt hat becomes very interesting at the end of the story. This comedy drama is also the play of a song made by Walt   Disney who then inspired and lifted into one of the interesting stories to be on display in theatrical plays.

1. What can we learn from the drama A Streetcar Named Desire?

A．It tells of a story about a rich man.

B．The family in the drama is very generous.

C．The inheritance in the story is some gold.

D．The drama is performed regularly in the Broadway theater.

2. Which drama will you go to if you are interested in racism in America?

A．Fences.

B．A Streetcar Named Desire.

C．Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

D．Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

3. Which of the following best describes the drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A．Comedic.

B．Historical.

C．Documentary.

D．Horrible.

4 . Here are two exciting movies to come in 2022 and they are listed as the most expected by IMDb, one of the world’s most popular and authoritative sources for movies. Highly recommended!

Jurassic World: Dominion

Being extinct for thousands of years, dinosaurs often fascinate us and fuel our imagination. That’s why the Jurassic World series is so popular around the world. In June, this latest film will hit the big screen.

Unlike the first two films which are set on an island or a single mainland location, this time dinosaurs live everywhere on Earth. For example, they wander in different environments: the wilderness, cities, desert, snow. But that means they will encounter human beings. Can they live peacefully with human beings? Apart from the interesting plot, its director Colin Trevorrow said that an all-new raptor, Atrociraptors, would be added to the film.

The Batman

Batman is a classic superhero in DC Comics. Since his first appearance in 1939 in Detective Comics, several film adaptations have shown how Wayne fights crimes bravely and beautifully. But the latest movie to be released in March will give a closer examination into the early years of Batman. Not yet the greatest detective, Bruce Wayne must use all his strength and skills against evil. But even so, sometimes, he can make mistakes. With the dual role as a crime-fighter and an ordinary citizen in Gotham City, he often struggles to balance his violent anger with justice. Suffering severely from a miserable past, Wayne needs to “face the shadow side of himself” and learn to “master his fear” in order to become Batman.

1. How is Jurassic World: Dominion different from the first two films according to the passage?

A．Its setting is in different environments.

B．There is no new raptor in this film.

C．It’s listed as the only most expected movie by IMDb.

D．Dinosaurs in this film live in harmony with humans.

2. Which of the following is right about the movie series — the Batman?

A．The first movie came out in 1939.

B．Batman in the movie versions is born to be the greatest detective.

C．To be Batman, Wayne needs to face his dark side and overcome his fear.

D．The previous movies feature a closer look at the early years of Batman.

3. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To inform people of two exciting movies to come in 2022.

B．To recommend two exciting movies to be released in 2022.

C．To compare Jurassic World: Dominion and the Batman.

D．To promote the development of film industry.

5 . When you watch your favorite movies, you might not think about science. Of course, there’s a lot of science behind movies like Interstellar or The Martian but not movies like Frozen or The Avengers, right?     1    

Animated（动画片）movies use a lot of science and math to make things look as real as possible. For example, snow was used in many parts of the movie Frozen, but making the snow look real was a challenge. The snow needed to act differently in different situations, as if it were melting or blowing in the wind.

    2     Joseph Teran, a mathematician at the University of California, US, faced this challenge with Frozen, according to the Society for Science and the Public. He and his team used math equations（等式）to treat snow like many different pieces instead of one large thing, as movies had done in the past.    3    

Science is important for superhero movies, too. Superheroes are supposed to have special powers that can’t always be explained.    4    For example, Raychelle Burks, a chemistry professor from the American Chemical Society, told the Daily Mail that some of the science behind The Avengers could be real.    5     In the movie, Tony Stark also makes new elements by making atoms collide（使原子对撞）, much like scientists do in real life.

So next time you see a movie, don’t forget to think about the science behind it.

A．Sci-fi movies should change the rules to impress audiences.

B．Iron Man’s suit is possible because it could be made of a light yet strong material.

C．But moviemakers still want to make their actions realistic.

D．They worked for months to make a computer program do this.

E．The movie makers still have a long way to go.

F．Think again.

G．Mathematicians had to create a computer program to make the snow look more natural.

6 . The opening sequences (片头) of television series are usually significant. They need to show great honor to the stars and make an introduction for the episode to follow. Above all, they must persuade the viewers to be interested in the show for the next 30 minutes or more. Take, for example, Game of Thrones, which no one doubted was a masterpiece when watching the amazing pictures at the start of each episode in 2011. For long, networks thought it was worthwhile to create complex and costly opening sequences.

However, it was Girls, which had its first show in April 2012, that took an absolutely different opening approach. With a sequence of a single title card on screen lasting only seven seconds, Lena Dunham’s (the director and leading actress) comedy thumbed its nose at the industry’s usual luxurious (奢华的) opening.

With the rise of streaming (流媒体) services, viewers started watching several episodes without a break, and the brief opening gained additional praise. In 2017 Netflix started its “jump introduction” function, enabling viewers to cut out opening parts and get straight to the drama. Most viewers were happy that they no longer had to press fast-forward, but others saw it as a disrespect to the art of television.

Indeed, maybe opening sequences are no longer necessary. But if they become a history, the desire for something more creative and mysterious may reappear one day. When they are done well, they can be as appealing as short films.

1. What’s the main function of opening sequences?

A．Showing great honor to the audience.	B．Making the episodes complex and costly.
C．Interesting viewers to watch each episode.	D．Giving a summary of the previous episode.

2. Which can replace the underlined phrase “thumbed its nose at” in paragraph 2?

A．Respected.

B．Smelt.

C．Challenged.

D．Praised.

3. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Opening sequences will never disappear.	B．People have a desire for historical things.
C．Opening sequences can be made into short films.	D．Opening sequences will be continuously improved.

7 . When Owen Vaccaro, star of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, thinks about the start of his acting career (事业), he thinks about his first-grade teacher and his dislike of sports and other activities that many children enjoy.

“She knew we had tried every single sport and activity for me,” the 13-year-old actor said about his teacher. “Nothing really worked. So she said we should try out a theater company called MZ Stageworks. I went into it with really low hopes. I didn’t think I was going to like it any more than I had liked anything else.”

Now an eighth-grader, Owen still remembers the excitement of discovering those early theater classes in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. “I loved it and couldn’t wait until the next class.”

Soon, the theater classes led to his first auditions (试镜), which finally landed him his first film part, A Product of Me, six years ago. In the years since, Owen has been in eight more movies.

In The House with a Clock in Its Walls, an adaptation (改编) of a 1973 children’ s book by John Bellairs, Owen plays Lewis Barnavelt, the lead character. After losing his parents, Lewis is sent to live with his uncle Jonathan (Jack Black). Lewis quickly discovers that Jonathan and his best friend and neighbor, Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett), actually have magic powers, and there’s something strange going on in Lewis s new house.

“It’s a film about amazing powers and family and fighting evil (邪恶) with the people you love,”' Owen said. “It is a starter horror (恐怖) movie for teens and older.”

Working with Black and Blanchett, who are both parents, “was marvelous,” Owen said. He even got to know their families. “I love them. Cate brought her kids to set. One of them, Iggy, and I would play games together,” he said. “And as for Jack, I went to Six Flags with his kids, and it was a ton of fun.”

1. What does Owen think of his first-grade teacher?

A．She is a person of wide interest.

B．She is a good actress.

C．She is helpful.

D．She is creative.

2. When did Owen start acting in films?

A．At age 6.	B．At age 7.
C．At age 8.	D．At age 13.

3. What can we learn about The House with a Clock in Its Walls?

A．It is an action movie.	B．It is filled with magic.
C．The story happens in 1973.	D．It is directed by John Bellairs.

4. What does the underlined word “marvelous” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Useful.	B．Difficult.
C．Important.	D．Wonderful.

8 . Language teachers have been using films in their classes for decades.     1    

Learning from films is motivating and enjoyable.

Motivation is one of the most important factors in learning second-language, while films are an important part of students’ entertaining lives.     2     So it makes perfect sense to bring them into the language classroom.

    3    

Students can use examples of English from films in real situations outside the classroom. Films expose students to natural expressions and the natural flow of speech. If not living in an English-speaking environment, perhaps only films can provide learners with this real-life language input.

Films give a visual context.

The visuality of films makes them an invaluable language teaching tool. They enable students to understand more by transforming the language in a full visual context. Students can listen to language exchanges and see facial expressions and gestures at the same time.     4    

Films bring about variety and flexibility.

Films can extend the range of teaching techniques and resources, helping students to develop all four communicative skills.     5     They can also act as a starting point for follow-up tasks such as discussions, debates on social issues, role plays, reconstructing a dialogue or summarizing.

Given the benefits of using films in language learning, it’s not surprising that many teachers are keen to use films with their students. An increasing number of them are successfully integrating films into the language-learning courses.

A．Films provide practical and varied language.

B．Films help to attract the learners’ attention.

C．There are a number of reasons why films are an excellent teaching and learning tool.

D．With so many film resources, it’s sometimes difficult for teachers to see the wood for the trees.

E．They can work as a motivator and make the language learning process more enjoyable.

F．These clues help the spreading of message and provide a focus of attention.

G．For example, films can be used to practise listening and reading, and as a model for speaking and writing.