Music Club
Music lessons(guitar, violin, piano and drums)
Time: 8:30 am-9:30 am every Sunday
Price: Only $20 each
Address: 25 Jiefang Road
Tel: 420-258-1200
National Park
Riding horses Boating
Time: 11:00am-7:00pm every day
Price: adults $15, children (ages 3-7) $ 8
Address: 95 the Fifth Avenue
Tel: 208-683-3400
Art Museum
200 famous pictures More than 300 works
Opening hours:8:00am-6:00pm on weekdays
Price: adults $10Children $5.50
Address: 120 Xinjin Street, Thermopolis Town
Tel: 307-864-2997When can we visit Art Museum?
| A．11:00 am-7:00 pm every day | B．8:00 am – 6:00 pm on weekdays |
| C．8:00 am – 9:30 am every Sunday. | D．8:00 am – 6:00 pm on weekends. |
Where can we go if we want to learn music?
| A．25 Jiefang Road. | B．95 the Fifth Avenue. |
| C．120 Xinjin Street. | D．Thermopolis Town. |
If you and your parents visit National Park, how much should you pay?
| A．$ 15 | B．$ 30 | C．$38 | D．$45 |
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
On December 23, 2008, Niu Niu held a piano concert at the national Grand Theater (国家大剧院). As an eleven-year-old boy, he became the youngest pianist ever to perform a concert at the theater.
Never too young to learn
Niu Niu was born into a musical family in Xiamen. His father Zhang was a piano teacher. Niu Niu grew up listening to his father’s students playing the piano. At just three years old, Niu Niu asked his father to teach him to play, too.
“I gave Niu Niu some sheet music and helped him find the eight notes when he first played the piano. To my surprise, he played nearly 80 percent correct,” said the father. He used to think that three years old is too young an age to learn piano, but Niu Niu changed his mind. He continued to allow Niu Niu to watch his teaching of other students and gave him more sheet music to play.
Playing for fun
Zhang started teaching Niu Niu standard piano lessons when he was four. Unlike many other piano teachers, Zhang didn’t insist that Niu Niu play strictly with the correct finger positioning (位置). He said that the strict finger positioning would rob some kids of fun of playing. So Niu Niu could play in his own way. He could play the tone successfully. But Niu Niu was required to play the music without looking at the sheet music. Now he can remember about 80 pages.
Rising to fame
In 2003, at the age of 6, Niu Niu successfully held a sole concert in his hometown Xiamen. At the age of 8, he gave a performance at the International Piano Festival in France. At the age of 10, Niu Niu played in London and his performance was praised by Prince Charles. Last year, this young pianist published his first album “Niu Niu Plays Mozart” and over 10,000 copies have been sold in the world.
We are very glad to see a young Chinese pianist rising in the music world.
How old was Niu Niu when he performed a concert at the National Grand Theater?
What was Niu Niu’s father?
What did Niu Niu’s father feel when Niu Niu played nearly 80 percent of the sheet music correct?
What did Niu Niu’s father say about the strict finger positioning?
What do you think of Zhang’s way of teaching his son Niu Niu? （请自拟一句话作答）
Hu Yaohui, a schoolgirl in Zhejiang province, didn’t want to speak or eat for a week. She kept worrying about her scores on the exam. “I can’t stop thinking about my place in the class,” she said. “I feel stressed out.”
Hu is not the only one who faces stress. According to a recent survey conducted by Wuhan University of Hubei province, 70 percent of the 2,000 students who are going to take the college and high school entrance exams feel under pressure (压力).
Stress is a normal physical response (反应) to things that make people feel worried or break their balance of life in some way.
Stress isn’t always bad. Sometimes, people’s stress is important during emergency situations, such as when a driver has to stop his car to avoid an accident. Sometimes, stress can help people do their best — like while getting ready before a big competition or exam.
However, too much or long-term stress gives people a stress overload (负荷过多). People with stress overloads may have problems remembering or concentrating on things. They are quick to get angry or lose patience. They may even have other problems, such as sleeping problems, headaches and often getting colds.
The most helpful way to deal with stress overloads is to learn how to manage the stress. For example, you might manage it by getting a good night’s sleep, or by exercising every day.
Another good way to deal with stress is to ask parents or friends for help. Everyone has stress. For many people, stress is so common that it has become a way of life. Don’t be too shy to tell others that you are having a hard time. They may comfort you or give you some useful advice. Sometimes just sharing your problems with someone else can make you feel better.Hu Yaohui felt stressed out about __________.
| A．her marks on the exams |
| B．which seat to take during exams |
| C．not being able to sit in the front |
| D．not being allowed to eat in class |
According to the survey in Paragraph 2, __________ of the 2,000 students who will take entrance exams feel stressed.
| A．nearly half | B．about 1,400 |
| C．almost seven hundred | D．about one seventh |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Stress is a kind of serious heart disease. |
| B．Stress is always bad for people. |
| C．Stress is always useless for an exam. |
| D．Stress is greatly needed sometimes. |
The best title of this passage is “__________”.
| A．Many students face stress now. |
| B．People’s stress is sometimes important. |
| C．How to get less stress |
| D．How to get good results with the help of stress. |
To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades, and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members (职员)”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old. ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!” says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day, they will lose all taste for learning.”
At Sudbury Valley School, you will allow children to talk, read, paint, cook, work on computers, study French, play the piano, climb trees, or just run around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!
The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote each — even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget（预算）, and even which staff they want and do not want any more.
When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.What does the school believe?
| A．Teachers cannot teach children well. |
| B．Children learn best when they do what they want to do. |
| C．Learning is for adults — children should only play. |
| D．Children should only learn about one thing at a time. |
What does Daniel Greenberg say about three-year-olds?
| A．They love learning. |
| B．They are very naughty. |
| C．They want to be outside all the time. |
| D．They are too young to learn anything. |
What happens to the children after they leave this school?
| A．They do the same things as children from other schools. |
| B．They have problems getting into college or getting a job. |
| C．They usually do very unusual jobs. |
| D．They are not successful in their business. |
What is the main topic of the article?
| A．Children’s hobbies | B．Education in the US |
| C．A school without rules | D．An unusual school |
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How many days will the show be on?
| A．For 10 days. | B．For 12 days. | C．For 9 days. | D．For 15 days. |
Lucy is 7 years old and she wants to see the show with her parents in the evening. They should pay __________ dollars for the tickets.
| A．25 | B．35 | C．60 | D．84 |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．The name of the show. | B．The name of the director. |
| C．The telephone number. | D．The name of the theatre. |
Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road?
On April 5, the State Council (国务院) published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are much stricter than the old ones.
Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students attend nearby schools or boarding (寄宿的) schools to reduce traffic risks. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.
From now on, school buses have a speed limit of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school buses go first.
The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded (超载的). They have a speed limit of 80 km per hour on highways and 60 km per hour on normal roads.
There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have more than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at least one adult to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher (灭火器), a first aid kit (急救箱) and a GPS.
Last year, a series of school bus accidents happened in China. To stop such accidents, the Central Government decided to strengthen the rules for school buses.
The most serious accident happened in November in Gansu, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside, and 21 of them died.Under the new rules, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．School buses must not be overloaded. |
| B．School buses must drive 80 km/h or less on normal roads. |
| C．School buses can go first when there are other cars. |
| D．School buses must drive 80 km/h or less on highways. |
The phrase “keep an eye on” in Paragraph 6 has a similar meaning to “__________”.
| A．look after | B．play with | C．look for | D．chat with |
According to the new rule, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT __________.
| A．a GPS |
| B．more than seven seats |
| C．a parent of one of the students |
| D．a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit |
The government made new rules for school buses because __________.
| A．21 students died in school bus accidents last year |
| B．the government encourages all students to take school buses |
| C．200 million children in China go to school by bus every day |
| D．school buses in China were not safe enough before |
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