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Visiting a festival abroad can be a great reason to travel and a way to experience different cultures. These days there is such a number of choices that it’s possible to spend the whole summer watching live music in exciting places. Of course, it’s also a chance to meet people from across the world.
Melt! Festival, Germany
This festival takes place on the site of an open air museum for industrial machinery. There’s also a lake which can be used for swimming when it’s hot. This year’s line-up has over 120 different bands (乐队). Around 90% of the people attending the festival are German providing a perfect chance to practise speaking the language.
Exit Festival, Serbia
Set on the banks of the Danube in an old fortress (城堡), the festival began as a way to show people’s dissatisfaction with the government. These days it’s less political (政治的) but still worries about people who are poor, ill, old, etc and tries to help them. This year’s festival will host many famous bands. From electronic music and dance music to hard rock, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Scotland
Set on a Scottish estate (庄园) near Inverness, this year Belladrum will welcome artists from around the world. The most enjoyable part of the weekend is the ceilidh (traditional Scottish dance and party) which is always a lively event. It doesn’t even matter if you’re a beginner because the band teaches you each dance.
Open’er Festival, Poland
Held in an airfield near the northern city of Gdansk, each year Open’er has a seriously good selection of bands. This year is no exception, with many famous bands set to play. Not only are there amazing artists, but both Poland and the festival itself also provide very excellent value for money.
1.What is special about Melt! Festival?
A.It provides German lessons. B.It is held by a local museum.
C.Most of the festival goers are German. D.The bands are from 120 countries.
2.Why did Exit Festival begin?
A.To offer help to the poor. B.For personal reasons.
C.To help stop a fight. D.For political reasons.
3.What makes Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival different from the others?
A.It falls in summer. B.It is a live music festival.
C.It teaches people Scottish dances. D.It invites the most famous bands.
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A Chinese saying goes:Women can hold up half of the sky. Similarly,a large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men.The number is said as high as 60% in Germany.
“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.
Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company.She also believes in “Women’s Liberation(解放)”.
“I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says.“And I don’t think many women do.But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women.At work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less.There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men.If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life.How many women pilots are there...or engineers or scientists?”
1.A lot of women in ________ wish that they were born men.
A.European countries B.Asia C.USA D.West Europe
2.“It is still men’s world.” means “________”.
A.There are more men than women in the world
B.Women have not been given the same chance as men
C.Women cannot live without men
D.There are more men scientists than women in the world
3.Anne Harper considers that women should ________.
A.be really liberated B.live a better life
C.be well paid D.get better jobs than men
4.Anne Harper doesn’t wish that she were a man because she ________.
A.has got a very good job B.believes in “Women Liberation”
C.does the work that a man can’t do D.isn’t looked down upon by anyone
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If you are given only one yuan, could you live in a city for one day? It seems this may be a little difficult. But students from Xi’an did it.
On April 10, more than 60 students from the Middle School Attached to Northwestern Polytechnical University took part in the One Yuan Metropolis Survival. The charitable( 慈善事业的) organization for teenagers called Imperceptible Education held this activity. Students not only have to live, but they also have to deal with a lot of hard tasks. It has happened in eight cities and is going to four others, including Beijing, in June.
To make money, many students looked for part-time jobs and saw how hard life was. Zhang Qiyue, 14, asked more than 10 restaurants for a job and finally got one chance. “We were sad when they said no. But gradually(逐渐地), we got used to it,” he said. After being a waiter for an hour, he got 25 yuan.
Some made use of their talents by singing and dancing in parks or shopping malls. Many people who walked by took notice and helped them. Zhao Jiacheng, 14, drew pictures and made paper crafts(手工). “This showed it’s important to learn a special skill,” he said.Living was hard, but finishing the tasks wasn’t any easier. They went to different places to finish tasks in a short time.
The most amazing one was when they had to exchange things worth thousands yuan with only a piece of paper in half an hour. “We learned how to persuade others. From a balloon to a cake to a bottle of yogurt(酸乳) … after almost 20 tries, we got an expensive necklace,” he said. They will give all of the money they made to poor schools in Tibet, which is their special purpose by taking part in the survival activity.
1.To make money, students tried many things EXCEPT _____.
A.going to Beijing to do their tasks B.working part-time jobs
C.giving talent shows D.drawing and making paper crafts
2.Why do the students took part in the One Yuan Metropolis Survival?
A.To get a chance to do part-time jobs. B.To find a way to survive in the city.
C.To help poor schools in Tibet D.To exchange a piece of paper for a necklace
3.What does the underlined word “persuade” in the last paragraph mean?
A.argue with others B.show sth. to others
C.sell something to others D.make sb. do sth.
4.What’s the author’s attitude toward the One Yuan Metropolis Survival?
A.negative B.positive C.unconcerned D.indifferent
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Astronomy is the oldest science known to man.Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about the heavens.But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.
The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago.They could see the size，color，and brightness of stars.They could see their places in the sky.They watched the stars move as the seasons changed.But the Greeks had no tools to help them study the starry heavens.
Each new tool added to the files of astronomy；it helped man reach out into space.Until there were telescopes(望远镜)，man knew little about the moon.They did not know that the planet called Saturn(土星) has rings around it.Their sight was so limited that they could not see all the planets.In the early 1700s，people thought there were only six planets.
Before the spectroscope(分光镜)，man did not know what kind of gases are in the sun or other stars.Without the radio telescope(电波望远镜)we did not know that radio noises come from far out in space.
Today，astronomy is a growing science.We have learned more in the last fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.
1.The passage mainly tells us ________.
A.the spectroscope helps man know what kind of gases are in the sun and other stars
B.there are eight planets in space
C.there was much noise in space
D.science can’t grow fast without modern technology
2.Thousands of years ago，________.
A.man watched the stars with their eyes
B.telescopes helped man to study the stars
C.man knew nothing about the sky
D.man knew Saturn has rings around it
3.When the Greeks watched the stars，they knew all of the following except ________.
A.the color of the stars
B.the size of the stars
C.the movement of the stars
D.what the stars were made of
4.Man now knows ________.
A.the moon has rings around it
B.there are six planets
C.Saturn’s rings can be seen by human eyes
D.radio noises come from far out in space
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