While some music festivals were canceled because the economy isn’t good, plenty remain for music lovers. Here’s a guide to the best rock and jazz festivals this summer.
Krayina Mriy
When and where: June20-21, Kyiv, Pyrohovo folk museum
Lineup, TNMK, Boombox, Vopli Vidoplyasova, Onuka
Krayina Mriy is an annual rock music festival that promotes modern music. Besides music, the festival will offer dances as well as literary and theatrical performances and also playing a traditional music instrument.
Alfa Fest
When and where: June 26-28, Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet
So far all tickets are booked, but a waiting list is available at www.alfajazzfest.com/buyticket. This annual festival held in Lviv will be interesting for experienced jazz lovers. The performers on the lineup come from Ukraine, Japan, Cuba and the US.
Koktebel Festival
When and where:Aug.22-Sep.6. Zatoka village, Odesa Oblast
Koktebel Jazz is the biggest outdoor jazz festival. The Cinematic Orchestra, Parov Stelar, Nino Katamadze, Bonobo, Submotion Orchestra, Billy’s Band were the gala’s superstars in previous years. This year the list of festival’ participants and tickets prices still remain unknown but the organizers revealed that apart from good jazz, the guests will be offered music lectures and movies screenings.
Respublica
When and where: Sep4-7, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Khmelnytska Oblast
Folk music and street art festival Respublica will take place in Kamyanets-Podilsky, one of the most beautiful cities in the west. Kyiv Post staff writer Nataliya Trach can be reached at trach@kyivpost. Com
1. Where can people enjoy the rock music?
A. Kyiv, Pyrohovo folk museum.
B. Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet
C. Zatoka village, Odesa Oblast
D. yanets-Podilsky, Khmelnytska Oblast
2.If people haven’t got tickets of Alfa Fest, they ____.
A. can book them right now
B. have to wait for the chance of buying
C. must learn to dance well
D. need to know Japanese
3.What can audience do during Koktebel Festival?
A. They can talk with the superstar from the U.S.
B. They can play a traditional music instrument.
C. They can play a part in the music performance.
D. They can enjoy listening to some music lectures.
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In June 2013 a five-year-old boy, Toby, was walking home from school thinking about the long summer ahead. Money was tight that year and Toby’s parents had told him they would not be able to afford a holiday.
Instead of dreaming about foreign travel, he had been reading a book, Letter to New Zealand, where the author explains what happens in an envelope’s journey from England to the other side of the world. As they neared their house, Toby asked his mum, Sabine, if he could write a letter to New Zealand. After a few more steps he was struck by an even better idea. “Can I write a letter to every country in the world?”
Sabine says she often wonders what would have happened if she had replied differently that day. “It was just one of those typical questions that five-year-olds have,” she says. “ If he had asked me in the evening when I was tired, I might have refused. But as parents you realize there’s a lot of power in just allowing kids to have a go. Also, it seemed a nice way to do some armchair exploration. So I told him” Let’s see how far you get.”
The answer was very far indeed. Toby has since written and posted letters to all 193 UN mumber states, as well as numerous other bad-conditioned areas with comforting ones.
To date he has written 681 letters- the best of which have been selected to appear in a new book called Dear World, How Are You?- although so productive is Toby’ pen that the number will have risen by the time you read this.
“Writing these letters has made me realize that the world isn’t actually all that big,” he says with a grin.
In the future, part of him would like to be a musical director to turn his beloved Star Wars into a ballet. Of course, he also hopes to travel the globe in person to see some of the countries where his letters have ended up.
“We’re so lucky to have this wonderful world, and I hope we can live on planet Earth in peace.”
1. Why did Toby want to write letters to other countries?
A. He was good at writing.
B. He was eager to go abroad.
C. He got inspired by a book.
D. He wanted others to help his family.
2.From Toby’s mother’s words, we know that at first____.
A. she thought her son’s idea was of no value
B. she got tired of her son’s request
C. she believed her son would succeed
D. she thought she should give her son a try
3.What’s the influence of writing letters to Toby?
A. He has traveled to 193 UN number states.
B. He understands more about the world.
C. He becomes productive in writing stories.
D. He has to put his letters into a book.
4.How can we describe Toby?
A. Clever and persistent.
B. Ambitious and kind-hearted.
C. Hardworking and humorous.
D. Brave and strong-willed.
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Thailand’s capital Bangkok is both attractive and wonderful, a city of glass towers and concrete buildings crowded with nearly 10 million people. The ground beneath is spongy(松软多孔的) and moist. Imagine a brick resting on top of a birthday cake. That’s Bangkok-and it’s sinking into the Earth at an alarming rate.
Thailand’s disaster specialists have been warning of this coming disaster for years. One expert has said he’s worried about Bangkok resembling Atlantis. Another previously told Global post that the city will be under five feet of water by 2030. The latest estimates suggest that Bangkok is now sinking as fast as two centimeters per year in parts of the city. The predictions for 2100 are even more terrible. By then , Bangkok will be fully submerged and unlivable.
Like global warming, which will accelerate the city’s submersion by raising the sea leavel, Bangkok’s sinking problems are repeatedly shrugged off. But the monsoon season, currently underway, tends to bring this crisis to mind. A nasty storm can suddenly turn Bangkok’s streets into gushing streams. Sewers overflow, taxis move through dirty water and, occasionally, kids can pick up displaced fish.
Anond Snidvongs, director of the Southeast Asia Regional Research Center, predicts the city’s outskirts will be the first to go. Parts of the shoreline ebyong Bangkok are already liend with pumps that make noises and help to transform invading seawater. They don’t always work. During heavy rains, salt water flows in the streets of the city.
Bangkok is swallowed up a little more each day. Experts tend to offer two solutions. The first is to pu up a massive seawall that could cost nearly $3 billion-nearly 1 percent of Thailand’s current GDP. The second option is to give up entirely and move the capital to higher ground.
1.Why is Bangkok sinking into the earth?
A. Its buildings are too heavy.
B. It has an overlarge population.
C. Its underground is too loose.
D. It is resting on top of a lake.
2.What is the most likely meaning of the underlined phrase “shrugged off” in Paragraph 3?
A. ignored
B. valued
C. agreed
D. misunderstood
3.What information does Paragraph 4 express?
A. The optimism and wisdom shown by the city people.
B. The present serious situation Bangkok is faced with.
C. The weakness of the pumps to transform water.
D. The huge power produced by the surrounding seawater.
4. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Bangkok is disappearing
B. The removal of Bangkok
C. Thailand’s capital needs a seawall
D. An attractive city under water
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As millions of playthings are recalled, doctors are reminded that the risks of lead exposure continue for young patients.
Lead is such a well-known health(危害)- perhaps even contributing to the fall of the Roman Empire- that it came as a shock to discover that toys played by children could contain lead. Doctors are now dealing with the aftershocks.
Just how dangerous is this exposure? That’s the question physicians are being asked by parents who find a lead-polluted Elmo, of Dora. Millions of others toys, lunch boxes and pieces of jewelry manufactured in China have been recalled because they contain lead either in the paint that coats them or as a component of the plastic used to make the item more flexible. The lead content in some of the toys recalled this summer was 180 times the amount allowed by law. Some pieces of jewelry were almost 100% lead.
Experts advise that the items do cause a risk and that doctors should urge parents to check the comprehensive lists of recalled products on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Web site and return any appearing on those lists to the manufacturers.
If exposure is suspected, a blood test is in order . Since there is no safe level of this universal (普遍存在的) element, the risk face by children for lead poisoning and its accompanying threat of learning disabilities and behavior problems is considerable.
Doctors who have toys in their waiting rooms also are advised to see if any of them have been recalled and to check for chipped, flaking paint-even on those that haven’t yet been recalled—since new announcements of toy risk continue.
1. Why does the author mention “the fall of the Roman Empire”?
A. To tell us a strange story.
B. To warn us to keep away from lead.
C. To explain why the Roman Empire fell.
D. To show how terrible lead poisoning is.
2.What is Dora according to the passage?
A. The name of a kind of metal.
B. The name of a girl.
C. The name of a toy.
D. The name of a toy company.
3.What should parents do if they are not sure whether their kids have ever touched such toys or not?
A. They should ask the experts for advice.
B. They should have a medical examination.
C. They should have their children blood-tested.
D. They should collect all the toys and check online first.
4. From the report we can infer that_____.
A. children who are exposed to lead have learning disabilities
B. the unsafe toys have all been listed on the website
C. lead is used mainly to make the products flexible
D. some toy and jewelry manufacturers will suffer heavy losses
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to Feel Worthy
1. It might be when spending time around others or when you’re by yourself but it’s often spurred on by feeling that others are more successful, privileged or more clever than you. The following tips may help you get out of the suffering situation.
2. Comparison weakens your self-reliance and causes you to feel less than, because instead of concentrating on what you have, you only see what you don’t have. Think of a bloom—it blooms amid many other blooms and does not compare itself to all those blooms; instead it does what it was made to do—bloom.
Learn how to appreciate other people’s achievements. 3. If you appreciate other people’s work, others will always appreciate you, which is a form of respect and satisfaction that adds to your sense of self-worth.
Make new friends. Surround yourself with like-minded people. In this way, you can create your own space, and you will feel worthy.
Stop criticizing yourself. Every person has certain limits—you are not a super human who can(or even should) do everything. 4.
Involve yourself in community services, you will feel confident. 5. You will feel worthy, when you see the love for yourself reflected in other people’s eyes.
A. Avoid comparing yourself with others.
B. Try to ignore others who are surrounding you.
C. There are times in life when you may not feel worthy.
D. Instead, enjoy your own individual qualities and abilities.
E. Criticizing others does little to help build your self-worth.
F. Therefore, think of yourself before others can help you relax.
G. Often helping others further shapes and builds up your character.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My school goes all the way from classes for five year olds to classes for 18 year olds, with a area for the junior and senior school.
Last year, I my old year 5 teacher in the library. My teacher called me and asked how I was going. Then she told me about Clare. “I have a girl in my year 3 class. Her name’s Clare and she me so much of you, Cassie. She seems a little bit and quiet in class. Do you think you could come down on lunch time and maybe have a with her?” Of course I was very to do this and to meet Clare in order to find our how, , she was like me.
Clare turned out to be a pale little girl, slim and small her age. After talking to the 8-year-old for a while, I discovered that we both reading and writing short stories, I the Chronicles of Narnia, explaining that it was a wonderful fantasy series.
I started the junior school often to read aloud some of the books to Clare. After a while, other girls started coming to too, and I started getting a in the junior school as the “big reading girl”. Some days I didn’t read and just talked to Clare. We talked about her friends, school work and books. And she always me so much with her great intelligence.
There are days when I get so excited about Clare, about how she is and how far she’ll go in life. Being with her and to her excites me to no end, I just wanted to that excitement with you and to encourage everyone to guide somebody in their life who could use a little bit of and encouragement.
1.A. wonderful B. quiet C. separate D. distant
2.A. ran into B. looked for C. called on D. get through
3.A. up B. over C. down D. away
4.A. warns B. convinces C. informs D. reminds
5.A. lost B. attracted C. gone D. devoted
6.A. lesson B. chat C. quiz D. game
7.A. grateful B. nervous C. eager D. proud
8.A. obviously B. exactly C. generally D. gradually
9.A. at B. for C. about D. during
10.A. practiced B. minded C. avoided D. enjoyed
11.A. recommended B. donated C. provided D. commanded
12. A. attending B. repairing C. interviewing D. visiting
13.A. read B. play C. listen D. retell
14. A. reputation B. pen name C. prize D. permission
15.A. even B. never C. instead D. still
16.A. frightened B. interested C. puzzled D. surprised
17. A. clever B. generous C. kind D. young
18.A. writing B. replying C. explaining D. talking
19.A. connect B. share C. supply D. consult
20.A. confidence B. concern C. support D. promise
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Traditional Chinese Wedding
Traditional Chinese wedding customs have been around for thousands of years. They may vary from place to place and time to time, but have been holding 1. important position in the lives of Chinese people, 2. (cause) a far-reaching impact on the way the Chinese lead their lives. The traditional Chinese marriage usually 3. ( involve) some necessary procedures, such as match-making, engagement, meeting the bride, and three bows. 4. Addition, a typical Chinese wedding nowadays goes like this: when a new couple in engaged, what follows is a 5. (choose) of the date of their marriage. Most people would favour a bank holiday or special Chinese festival for their relatives and friends 6. (attend) the wedding. However, quite a few others, especially those in the countryside, would fix a lucky date so 7. their marriage would have “Double Happiness”. The wedding ceremony is usually hosted 8. (warm), and the wedding ceremony very often ends with a very great banquet. Toasts 9. (make) to wish the new couple long life, everlasting love and happiness, early birth of a 10. (health) baby and so on.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Yesterday we invited Mr. Li to give a speech to our Senior 3 students. All of us felt deep touched by his interested lecture.
Mr. Li once studies in his same school many years before and later he went to a famous university in the North. After graduation, he devoted his life to teach in the rural areas of our country for more than over 30 years. Her devotion and selflessness are highly thought of by all his student as well as by the society.
As senior high school student, I’m determined to learn from Mr. Li and become a worthwhile schoolmate of our school.
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假如你是新华中学的高三学生李华， 你在某网站上看到美国网友John的帖子(post), 帖子上 说John 对中国的 文化感兴趣， 想结识一位中国的高中生朋友， 帮助他了解中国的传统节日， 请你根据下面提示给他回信。
要点如下：
1.你的简介；
2.中国节日（春节） 简介;
3.邀请来中国。
注意：1. 词数：100左右 （开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
2．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
3.开头语和结尾已为你写好。
Dear John,
I’m glad to read the post on the Internet. ___________________________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
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