HOLIDAY FUN AT THE POWERHOUSE
500 HARRIS STREET
ULTIMO ·TELEPHONE (02)9270111
Join in the holiday fun at the powerhouse this month linked to our new exhibition, Evolution & Revolution: Chinese dress 1700s to now. DON’T FORGET our other special event, the Club Med Circus School which is part of the Circus（马戏团）！150 years of circus in Australia exhibition experience!
◆Chinese Folk Dancing: Colorful Chinese dance and musical performances by The Chinese Folk Dancing School of Sydney. Dances include: the Golden and the Chinese drum dance. A feature will be the Qin dynasty Emperor’s count dance. Also included is a show of face painting for Beijing opera performances.
Sunday June29 and Wednesday July2 in the Turbine Hall, at 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
◆Australian Chinese Children’s Arts Theatre: Well-known children’s play experts from Shanghai lead this dynamic youth group. Performances include Chinese fairy tales and plays.
Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
◆Chinese Youth League: A traditional performing arts group featuring performance highlights such as Red scarf and Spring flower dances, and a musician playing Er Hu.
Sunday 6 to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
◆Kids Activity: Make a Paper Horse: Young children make a paper horse cut-out. (The horse is a frequent theme in Chinese painting, including a kind of advancement.) Suitable for ages 8-12 years.
Sunday 28 June to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall. 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
◆Club Med Circus School: Learn circus skills, including the trapeze, trampolining and magic. Note only for children over 5. There are 40 places available in each 1 hour session and these must be booked at the front desk, level 4, on the day.
Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 July at 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Enjoy unlimited free visits and many other benefits by becoming a Family member of the Powerhouse. Our family memberships cover two adults and all children under the age of 16 years at the one address.
All this for as little as $50.00 a year! Call (02)92170600 for more details.When can you watch the Chinese drum dance?
| A．On July 2. | B．On July 3. |
| C．On July 6. | D．On July 8. |
To learn the magic tricks, you can go to ____________.
| A．Kids Activity. |
| B．Chinese Youth League. |
| C．Club Med Circus School. |
| D．Children’s Arts Theatre. |
What is required if you want to enjoy free visits to the Museum?
| A．Calling (02)92170600. |
| B．Gaining family membership. |
| C．Coming for the holiday fun. |
| D．Paying Powerline $50.00 a year. |
What is the main purpose of the text?
| A．To attract visitors. |
| B．To present schedules. |
| C．To report the performances. |
| D．To teach kids Chinese arts. |
TODAY, Friday, November 12
JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at the Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen, Admission (门票) free.
DISCO. Satin Sounds Disco. Free at the Lord Napier, Mortlake High St., from 8 pm. Tel. 682-1158.
JAZZ. Lysis at the Bull's Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.
TOMRROW, Saturday, November 13
MUSIC HALL at the Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment at a fair price. Tel. 789-6749.
FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at the Black Horse, Sheen Road, Richmond.
JAZZ. The John Bennet Big Band at the Bull's Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion (手风琴). Tel. 7894536.
SUNDAY, November 14
DISCO. Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mortlake High Street, from 8 pm.
FOLK MUSIC at the Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio.
Non-members 70p. Tel. 688-4626.
HEAVY music with Tony Simon at the Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.
TEE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion. We can listen to the Norman Chop Trio __________.
| A．at the Bull on Saturday |
| B．at the Black Horse on Saturday |
| C．at the Derby Arms on Sunday |
| D．at the Bull's Head on Sunday |
Which telephone number will you ring if you want to enjoy good food and entertainment?
| A．682-1158. | B．789-6749. | C．7894536. | D．6884626. |
The underlined word "fair" in the passage means __________.
| A．reasonable | B．low | C．high | D．equal |
If this passage is from a newspaper, which section can it be probably taken from?
| A．Politics. | B．Economics. | C．Advertisement. | D．Sports. |
Jenny lived in a town. Her father Mr. Young, had a shop there and sold clothes in it. The shopkeeper was born in a poor family and was in school no more than a year. He was always sorry for it though he had much money now. He hoped his daughter could become a scientist. But the girl didn't like anything else except singing. She often went to the concerts, bought a lot of records the famous pop stars made and insisted on listening to the music when she was free. Of course she wanted to be a pop star, too. Her parents wanted to prevent her, but she didn't listen to them and they had to agree to her choice. They engaged an old man who was good at music as a private teacher.
Five years passed. Mr. Young bought all kinds of musical instruments for Jenny and they visited some places where the famous singers were born. Of course he spent a lot of money on it. But he found the girl didn't make any progress. At last the teacher didn't think the girl could become a singer at all and had to tell Mr. Young about it. The man became angry and said, "Why didn't you tell me about it earlier? My daughter learned nothing but I paid you month after month!"
"I think you should thank me for it," said the teacher. "Another teacher, who teaches badly, is paid more than I was. And I saved much money for you!" Mr. Young was in school for a short time because __________.
| A．his family was too poor to support him |
| B．he has to help his parents |
| C．he was weak in his lessons |
| D．he didn't like studying at all |
Jenny spent much money buying records and went to the concerts in order to __________.
| A．visit some places | B．know some pop stars |
| C．become a pop star | D．learn singing |
Mr. Young became angry because __________.
| A．he paid a lot of money to the teacher |
| B．his daughter decided to drop music |
| C．his daughter spent for years on music |
| D．the teacher taught his daughter nothing |
The teacher thought __________.
| A．he had taught Jenny all |
| B．the girl could be singer |
| C．he was paid less than his workmates |
| D．it was wrong for Jenny to stop studying music |
American researchers have developed a technique that may become an important tool in fighting AIDS virus from attacking its target-cells in the body's defense system. When AIDS virus enters the blood, it searches for blood cells called T4 lymphocytes (淋巴细胞). The virus connects to the outside of T4 lymphocytes. Then it forces its way inside. There it directs the cells' genetic material to produce copies of the AIDS virus. This is how AIDS spreads.
Researchers think they may be able to stop AIDS from connecting to T4 ceils. When AIDS virus finds a T4 cell, it actually connects to a part of the cell called CD4 protein.
Researchers want to fool the virus by putting copies or clones of the CD4 protein into the blood. This way the AIDS virus will connect to cloned protein instead of the real ones. Scientists use genetic engineering methods to make the clones. Normally a CD4 protein remains on the T4 cell at all times; the AIDS virus must go to it.
In a new technique, however, the cloned CD4 protein is not connected to a cell. It floats freely, so a lot more can be put into the blood to keep the AIDS virus away from real CD4 protein on T4 cells. One report says the AIDS virus connects to cloned protein just as effectively as it connects to real protein. That report was based on tests with blood cells grown in labs. The technique is just now beginning to be tested in animals. If successful, it may be tested in humans within a year. The new technique can __________.
| A．cure AIDS |
| B．kill the AIDS virus |
| C．prevent the AIDS virus from spreading |
| D．produce new anti-AIDS cells |
When the AIDS virus enters the blood, it is reproduced by __________.
| A．itself |
| B．the blood cells |
| C．the CD4 protein |
| D．the genetic material of T4 lymphocytes |
The AIDS virus connects to cloned protein instead of the real CD4 protein because __________.
| A．cloned protein stays on the T4 cells |
| B．it connects to cloned protein more effectively |
| C．cloned protein is made by genetic engineering methods |
| D．cloned protein floats freely and many more can be put into the blood |
The best title for this passage is __________.
| A．AIDS—a deadly disease |
| B．A new technique in fighting AIDS |
| C．The spread of AIDS virus |
| D．The cloned CD4 protein |
With the development of science and technology, the research of human genes is playing more and more important part in our daily life. Sometimes it is a hot topic drawing more and more attention.
Gene technology can cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. But if the gene technology is used, not only these two diseases can
be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, people can live longer.
Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families have hereditary diseases and their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about them. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientists just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.
Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to clone human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep; therefore these people predict that human babies would be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large amounts, for most couples in the world can have babies in a very normal way. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology. What does "these two killers" in the 2nd paragraph refer to?
| A．Hereditary diseases and cloned baby. |
| B．The two murderers who killed people. |
| C．Cancer and heart disease. |
| D．Two treatments of the diseases including gene technology. |
The underlined word "hereditary diseases" (in Paragraph 3) probably means "__________".
| A．serious diseases | B．cancer | C．heart disease | D．family diseases |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．The research of human genes is more and more important in our life. |
| B．Gene technology will benefit the national economy. |
| C．Cloning babies under the control of the governments is acceptable in the writer's eyes. |
| D．With the help of gene technology, human beings will turn into perfect species. |
What's the best title for this passage?
| A．Time for Controlling Gene Technology! |
| B．Cloning Babies, Good or Bad? |
| C．Human's Killers! |
| D．Gene Technology, the Helper of Human Being! |
Researchers have found that people's mental abilities hit the highest point at 22 before beginning to get worse just five years later.
Professor Timothy Salthouse said the results told us that treatment which was planned to prevent or make overage-connected conditions better may need to start earlier, long before people become retired (退休).
"Almost half of those over 50 is not clear about the main cause of the fall of mental abilities. Results show that the age-connected cognitive decline (认知衰退) begin in healthy, educated adults when they are in their 20s and 30s, " he said. Tests like those are often used to show mental disabilities and the falling, including dementia (痴呆症).
The research by the University of Virginia found that in nine out of 12 tests the common age at which the top performance appeared was 22.
The first age at which performance was much lower than the highest scores was 27—for three tests about reasoning, speed of thought and space imagination.
Memory was shown to fall from the average age of 37. In the other tests, poorer results were shown by the age of 42.
However, the report published in the magazine "Neurobiology Of Ageing", found that abilities that are based on collected knowledge, such as performance on tests of getting vocabulary (词汇) or general information, increased until at the age of 60.
The study of 2, 000 men and women lasted over seven years. The people attending the study, aged between 18—60, were asked to do picture puzzles, remember words and stories and mark patterns in letters and signs.
Twenty-seven has long had unhelpful connotations (隐含意义), as it is the age at which many popular musicians died, including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain. Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．People's mental abilities perform best at 22. |
| B．People's mental abilities begin to get worse at 27. |
| C．People's mental abilities have nothing to do with age. |
| D．Many people don't know what cause mental abilities' falling. |
The tests of the study were planned to find __________.
| A．the difference of males and females |
| B．ways to help the people find better jobs |
| C．better ways to treat dementia of some old people |
| D．age has an effect on performance of mental abilities |
People at the age of 27 perform worse mainly at __________.
| A．reasoning, speed of thought and space imagination |
| B．getting vocabulary or general information |
| C．all of the mental abilities |
| D．only the ability of memory |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Twenty-seven Has Long Been Unhelpful |
| B．Mental Abilities Start to Fall at 27 |
| C．27 Musicians Died Earlier |
| D．How to Get Better Mental Abilities |
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