1 . This is Your Dream Dance
With growing evidence that dancing helps boost brain health and manage symptoms of neurocognitive (神经认知的) and movement disorders, accessible dance programmes and movement therapists are helping improve the lives of millions.
There’s actually a lot more happening inside the brain when trying to follow even the simplest choreography (舞蹈编排). “In dance class, we have to learn patterns, and remember sequences,” says David Leventhal, a programme director. The effect extends beyond the dance class to the real world.
In addition to the physical and neurological benefits, dance can also help people living with disease make out what their bodies can and can’t do. Rather than trying to control, or “fix” our body, dance is about developing greater body awareness and moving at our capacity, regardless of physical or cognitive difference.
● Dance as communityStill, researchers say they’re only scratching the surface of understanding how dance can be used therapeutically.
| A．Dance as body acceptance |
| B．Dance as physical exercise |
| C．The uniqueness of dance as a therapy lies in the following aspects |
| D．Dancing requires more “brain power” than simpler repetitive exercises |
| E．Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of dance is the sense of belonging it creates |
| F．Larger studies are needed to confirm the findings of the smaller trials that have been done |
| G．Tasks like navigating the kitchen or walking to the bus stop can be more attainable after dancing |
2 . I had a lovely beautiful strange aunt named Margita. She always wore colorful clothing and had a colorful
When I was young, she surprised me with an outing to see the
After the first refrain(副歌), a background chorus in the movie joined in singing.
When the song was finished, the entire audience stood up and gave her a thunderous
| A．language | B．personality | C．mask | D．activity |
| A．professional | B．new | C．attractive | D．practical |
| A．saw | B．created | C．respected | D．toured |
| A．friend | B．program | C．movie | D．interview |
| A．melodies | B．lyrics | C．quotes | D．comments |
| A．Barely | B．Hopefully | C．Consequently | D．Precisely |
| A．faced | B．embraced | C．cursed | D．gathered |
| A．amusement | B．attachment | C．harmony | D．honesty |
| A．raised | B．held | C．cut | D．broke |
| A．necessarily | B．publicly | C．unbearably | D．confidently |
| A．forbidden | B．pushed | C．invited | D．urged |
| A．praise | B．applause | C．noise | D．name |
| A．reminded | B．amazed | C．annoyed | D．informed |
| A．dissolved | B．failed | C．moved | D．shifted |
| A．embarrassed | B．relaxed | C．unconscious | D．distant |
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TV: The Crown (Season Six)
Netflix, November 16.
The final season of The Crown is being divided into two parts, with four episodes on show before Thanksgiving and the remaining six landing on December 14. And, yes, those initial episodes will address the death of Princess Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki, a talented Australian actress.
OPERA: Later the Same Evening
Juilliard Opera presents. Peter Jay Sharp Theater, November 12, 15, and 17.
Composer John Musto and play writer Mark Campbell turned those moody scenes into a one-act opera that’s become a student favorite but rarely gets seen on a greater stage. It would be a once in a life time chance to have a feast for eyes.
MOVIES: Fallen Leaves
In theaters, November 17.
Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, a master of deadpan, returns with what might be his most romantic film so far — an unexpected meet up of an alcoholic construction worker and a headstrong supermarket employee.
MUSIC: Heaven Knows
Warner Records UK, November 10.
Pink Pantheress, 22, combines R&B, pop, and electronic music into relaxing but impactful tracks like “Do You Miss Me?” from December’s Take Me Home EP. This fall, her first complete studio-recorded album, consisting of 13 songs, will be released. Early tastes of Heaven Knows like “Capable of Love” and “Mosquito” suggest that we’re in for tighter hooks and longer, more ambitious compositions.
1. Which will attract those who enjoy Elizabeth Debicki’s performance?| A．Mosquito. | B．Malarkoi. |
| C．The Crown. | D．Fallen Leaves. |
| A．They are coming into market in November. |
| B．The works can be enjoyed once in a life time. |
| C．More details can be accessible from newspaper. |
| D．They are the works by the world-famous artists. |
| A．It is produced by Netflix. |
| B．It is divided into two parts. |
| C．It’ll be released on Nov.17. |
| D．It is her first full studio album. |
4 . Donatella Flick was the winner of the competition’s 17th part. She wanted to find young conductors at the beginning of their careers and make sure they had tools to enable them not to give up until they succeed.
“It’s so important to train young talents and give them the opportunities to succeed,” she said, reflecting on founding the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition 33 years ago.
That was why, she emphasized, the prize went beyond the cash award — which was a healthy £15,000 — and offered the winner the opportunity to assist the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) for a year. They could work with some of the world’s finest conductors and lay foundations for a successful conducting career.
Flick was born Princess Donatella Missikoff. Since 1917, Flick has successfully built a career and reputation as an artist. She now organizes charitable foundations and project all over the world.
With the Competition, she was motivated by finding more talents in unexpected places — before diversity and inclusion spread through different industries as new “buzzwords”.
“One way to do this was to broaden the range for applications, so we opened up entries to conductors from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland in 2018. Since then, I’ve been very pleased to see conductors from those countries reach the list of competitors,” she said. “One of the major changes that I’ve been very happy to see is that more women are applying for the Competition now than when we started in 1990, and I hope this continues in future competitions.”
In view of the fact that only four of the 20 conductors — that was 20 percent — who qualified for the 2023 competition were women, it was clear that a gender imbalance persisted.
“I think we have a new generation of female conductors emerging, and I would deeply encourage them to apply to the Competition if they’re at the start of their careers,” Flick said, still hopeful.
1. Why did Flick found the Conducting Competition?| A．To become famous. | B．To continue her family tradition. |
| C．To train the future stars of conducting. | D．To promote the finest conductors’ careers. |
| A．By introducing them to some world-class orchestras. |
| B．By supporting them financially. |
| C．By equipping them with conducting tools. |
| D．By providing more opportunities for them. |
| A．The range for applications is broadened every year. |
| B．More females intend to take part in it now. |
| C．Youths worldwide engage themselves in conducting. |
| D．Males account for 80% of the qualified conductors. |
| A．Kind and ambitious. | B．Generous and brave. |
| C．Sensible and creative. | D．Energetic and productive. |
5 . The human brain is a complex organ. It stores everything we go through, from our life experiences to our skills, our preferences, all the things that form our personality and our existence are stored in our brains alone as memories. With age, this complex structure often begins to deteriorate. The memories become harder to recall, we start forgetting things and our brain functions become weaker and slower with each passing day.
Dementia and Alzheimer’s are mental disorders that can lead to many painful experiences. More so when you see your own friends or family members suffer from it. But there are some who do not let even such problems bring them down. Paul Harvey, an 81-year-old orchestra conductor, is one such person. Last September, Harvey’s son Nick recorded a video of his father playing one of his compositions on the piano and posted it on Twitter. He suffers from Dementia too and wanted to show the world that even this mental disorder could not take music away from his father. The old man gained appreciation and love from millions of people on the internet.
Paul went against the diagnosis and proved that music truly does reach places even words or actions cannot. He put his music out in the world in the form of a single recorded by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The funds raised by selling the records of this single will be going to the Alzheimer’s Society and Music for Dementia. The campaign is to make music available for free to patients who suffer from conditions like Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
To mark the day since his video went viral. he was also invited to conduct the BBC Philharmonic orchestra and given a chance to play two of his compositions at their studio, located in Salford. It is truly a heart-warming story.
1. What does the underlined word “deteriorate” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Become worse. | B．Develop slowly. | C．Break down completely. | D．Improve quickly. |
| A．They appreciated it. | B．They felt greatly upset. |
| C．They didn’t care much. | D．They misunderstood him. |
| A．It shows that music can solve any medical problem. |
| B．It shows that disease cannot defeat everyone. |
| C．It shows that a kid can help a badly-ill father. |
| D．It shows that love of internet can never be changed. |
| A．Because Harvey’s disease can be dealt with in time. |
| B．Because Harvey is recovering from a terrible illness. |
| C．Because others can help Harvey get rid of his disease. |
| D．Because others can offer good opportunities to Harvey. |
6 . The Kyiv City Ballet danced to a full theater in Paris for the company’s last show of its French tour. The tour has left the dancers without a place to go after the war started in Ukraine. In other times, performing at the Théatre du Chatelet would be a dream come true for the dancers. But with the ongoing war in their country, the dancers feel only a deep sadness.
“We are both physically and emotionally exhausted.” Ekaterina Kozlova said. She is the company’s assistant director. “Everyone in the ballet is worried about their families, loved ones, friends, colleagues at home. It’s been very difficult.”
The Théatre du Chatelet, in the center of Paris, offered them the stage on Tuesday for the group’s final show of a French tour. The dance director of the Paris Opera and some members of her company joined the Ukrainians for a class before performing several ballet classics together. They danced parts of Russian composer Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and The Nutcrackery.
For many of the dancers, the chance to train and dance was a way to think about “something other than the conflict in Ukraine,” Kozlova said. One of the dancers will be going to the Ukrainian border in the coming days to pick up her young daughter who was taken out of the country. Only some members of the company were traveling around France. Many of the ballet’s best dancers stayed behind, waiting to join their friends after they reached Paris.
“Most of our artists are detained in Paris.” Director Ivan Kozlova told the Paris crowd. The city of Paris and the ballet community have helped find temporary housing for the Ukrainian dancers who say they hope to continue dancing in France and elsewhere. The Chatelet theater offered the whole group a residency. But for now, Tuesday’s last-minute performance was their last. All sales from their performances will go to nongovernmental organizations collecting and sending humanitarian aid to Ukraine and neighboring countries.
1. What would the dancers feel about performing at the Théatre du Chatelet before the war?| A．Pleased. | B．Indifferent. |
| C．Sorrowful. | D．Sympathetic. |
| A．They would leave Paris soon. |
| B．They would prevent the conflict. |
| C．Many best dancers stayed in Paris. |
| D．Some would go to the Ukrainian border. |
| A．Arrested. | B．Stuck. | C．Promoted. | D．Educated. |
| A．Enthusiastic and kind. | B．Generous and professional. |
| C．Cooperative and ambitious. | D．Courageous and calm. |
7 . While the arts can’t stop the COVID-19 virus or the social unrest we see in the world today, they can give us insight into the choices we make when moving through crises and chaos. The arts invite everyone to think in new ways.
We often experience works of art as something that’s pleasing to our senses without a full understanding of the creative effort. Great art often shows us contradictions and crises, and we can learn a great deal from their resolutions. Through our understanding of art, we can gain a deeper understanding of how we might overcome our own challenges. In understanding extremes of contrast, we can see the beauty in art with themes that are not simply pleasing for their magnificent features or qualities.
Beethoven offers a wonderful example of moving artfully through crises and chaos. He composed his Symphony No.9 as his hearing loss became more and more pronounced. The opening of the symphony seems to come out of nowhere, from near silence in the opening to a full expression of what many consider to be the joy of freedom and universal brotherhood with Schiller’s Ode to joy (欢乐颂). Beethoven appears to have created a work of art that not only freed him from his personal struggles, but one that also speaks to the joy of living together in peace and harmony.
Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference—a oneness of the two opposing forces. The arts offer many lessons that can help us gain the knowledge we need to move more confidently in today’s competitive and uncertain environment. An openness to arts-based solutions will give you more control over your future.
1. What value does art have beyond pleasing people’s senses?| A．It brings people inner peace. | B．It contributes to problem-solving. |
| C．It reduces the possibility of crises. | D．It deepens understanding of challenges. |
| A．It celebrates freedom and unity. | B．It aims to show crises and chaos. |
| C．It opens with Schiller’s Ode to Joy. | D．It is unfinished due to his hearing loss. |
| A．Leaving things as they are. | B．Making a choice between them. |
| C．Separating them from each other. | D．Engaging them in a conversation. |
| A．How COVID-19 changes art | B．Moving artfully through crises |
| C．Essentials of Symphony No.9 | D．How to appreciate arts in new ways |
1. What can people enjoy at the Arts Center on Monday?
| A．A dance performance. | B．A play. | C．A concert. |
| A．It will allow only 20 people to join. |
| B．It will be led by Philip Cruise. |
| C．It will last over two hours. |
| A．Greece. | B．Japan. | C．England. |
| A．On Wednesday. | B．On Thursday. | C．On Friday. |
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