We look ahead to London’s art and exhibition ...

We look ahead to London’s art and exhibition openings and select the must ─ see shows.

Double science

It’s a big month for the Science Museum, with a new gallery and an exhibition opening. The Science City gallery tells the story of London between 1550 and 1800 when major scientific breakthroughs were happening across the city──from Newton’s laws of physics to the birth of microscopes allowing us to see the tiny creatures that live among us. If that isn’t enough, there’s also an exhibition on how art and science have worked closely together over the centuries and continue to do so today.

Science City 1550──1800: The Linbury Gallery at the Science Museum. Opens 12 September──13 October, free.

The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter at the Science Museum. 25 September──26 January, free but ticketed.

Are you worried yet?

We all suffer from anxiety. Artists look into this through artworks that bring to light their own anxieties or how people living with anxiety manage. The exhibition also covers what anxiety would look like if it could be visualised in light or sound──something we imagine to be impossible.

On Edge: Living in an Age of Anxiety at Science Gallery. 19 September──19 January, free.

Climbing the walls

No artist has made a bigger career out of placing sculptures of human figures all over the place. Antony Gormley, the artist behind the Angel of the North and sculptures standing all over London, takes over the Royal Academy of Arts with a blockbusting(轰动一时的) exhibition. This is the hot art ticket in town.

Antony Gormley at Royal Academy of Arts. 21 October──3 December, £18──22.

1.What is on show in the Science City gallery?

A.Some of the greatest physicists.

B.The stories of the London development.

C.The prediction of the future science.

D.Some of the great achievements in history.

2.Which exhibition allows visitors to know about a negative mood in a new way?

A.The Art of Innovation. B.On Edge.

C.Royal Academy of Arts. D.Science City 1550 ─ 1800.

3.When can visitors see these four exhibitions altogether?

A.In January. B.In September.

C.In October. D.In December.

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We are looking forward to________a chance to watch the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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-----Shall we go to the art exhibition right away?

-----_____．

A．It’s your opinion．                              B．I don’t mind．

C．It’s all up to you．                             D．That’s your decision．

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-- Shall we go to the art exhibition right away?-- ___________.

A. It' s your opinion   B. I don' t mind       C. It' s all up to you  D. That' s your decision

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—Shall we go to the art exhibition right away?

— _____.

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Step into Moving to Mars, an exhibition of Mars mission and colony design at London’s Design Museum, and immediately you have good reasons not to move there.

Frightening glowing wall-texts announce that Mars wasn’t made for you； that there is no life and precious little water: that, dressed in a spacesuit, you will never touch, taste or smell the planet you now call “home”. As Lisa Grossman wrote for New Scientist a couple of years ago, “What’s different about Mars is that there is nothing to do there except try not to die”.

It is an odd beginning for such a celebratory exhibition, but it provides a valuable, dark background against which the rest of the show can sparkle (闪耀)—a show that is ,as its chief manager Justin remarks，“not about Mars ； this is an exhibition about people”.

Moving along, there is a quick yet clear flash through what the science-fiction writer Robinson calls “the history of Mars in the human mind”. A Babylonian clay tablet and a Greek vase speak to early ideas about the planet. A poster for the original Total Recall film reminds us of Mars’s psychological threat.

The main part of the show is our current plans for the Red Planet. There are real spacesuits and models of 3D-printed Martian settlements and suitable clothing and furniture. Mission architectures and engineering sketches line the walls. Real hammers meant for the International Space Station are wall-mounted beside a low-gravity table that has yet to leave, and may indeed never leave, Earth.

This, of course, is the great strength of approaching science through design: reality and assumption can be given equal visual weight, drawing us into an informed conversation about what it is that we actually want from a future on Mars.

1.What is the text mainly about?

A.How to move to Mars. B.How to survive on Mars.

C.What preparations we made for Mars. D.What the exhibition of Mars truly tells us.

2.What can we learn from Lisa Grossman?

A.It’s impossible to live on Mars. B.It’s no good settling on Mars.

C.You have nothing to do living on Mars. D.You can live on Mars in spacesuit.

3.What does the exhibition focus on?

A.The current plans for Mars. B.The advantages of living on Mars.

C.The early ideas about Mars. D.The history of Mars in the human mind.

4.What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A.An experience. B.An opinion. C.A fantasy. D.A solution.

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Do you know the open-air art gallery in London's Blackall Street? Probably -not. Not many  Londoners know it either, but Henri does and he is willing to show it to you.

Henri used to sleep in parks until he met a charity(慈善机构) that helps homeless people get  back on their feet by becoming tour guides.

Rather than show traditional London sights, “Unseen Tours" take people off the beaten track. Henri has been teaching tourists about the history and architecture of Shoreditch, where he slept on public benches for three years.

When he felt separated from the society, contact with the volunteer network "The Sock Mob" gave Henri hope. "Not everyone just looked down on me," he said. The tours aren't the only actions trying to help those who have suffered a misfortune to stand tall again.

An innovative(创新的) college for homeless people in London, the first of its kind in the country, is attracting hundreds of students. The Recovery College, set up by St Mungo's charity, is providing courses designed to improve technical skills and life skills.

According to Andy Williams, who helps to organize the college, the most popular courses have proved to be about raising self-confidence and developing self-pride.

Steve, now in his 50s, told a reporter how much of a difference it makes to "have a bit of confidence". He had difficulty learning to read and had to leave school when he was 12. Because Steve's problem was not recognized at the time, he was "seen to be unable to read or write", and suffered with depression and alcohol addiction. He says the status of "student" is itself important for people who are used to being treated as outcasts（被遗弃者）

Some charities aim not only to help the homeless become independent but also to make them popular. The Homeless World Cup started ten years ago. Today the tournament draws teams from 48 countries made up of players-men and women-who are, or have been, living in the streets.  It gives them a chance to become football heroes.

1.The underlined part "take people off the beaten track" means "take people to______.”

A. famous galleries                          B. traditional sights

C. unusual places                            D. public benches

2.How does the Recovery College help the homeless people?

A. By training them to be guides

B. By offering them different courses.

C. By keeping in contact with them.

D. By asking more students to help them.

3.At the age of 12, Steve _______ .

A. wasn't treated as a normal student

B. had much confidence in himself

C. didn't want to study at school

D. left school because of depression

4.The purpose of the Homeless World Cup is to help the homeless people _______.

A. become football stars                     B. improve life skills

C. gain self-confidence                      D. find proper jobs

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Confidence Back Now.                    B. London Tour.

C. The Popular Homeless.                    D. Football Heroes.

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It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of 31. Look back with honesty and think how often you’ve judged 32, said unkind things, pushed yourself ahead at the 33 of a friend. Then count the occasions 34 you indicated clearly and truly that you were 35. A bit frightening, isn’t it? Frightening because some deep 36  in us knows that when even a small wrong has been   37, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and 38 is expressed.

I remember a doctor friend, the late Clarence Lieb, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of 39: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No 40 cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man, “41 you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you.” After some 42, the man confessed that, as executor of his father’s will, he had been 43 his brother, who lived abroad, of his inheritance (继承权). Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother 44 forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good 45. He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man 46 crying. “Thank you,” He said, “I think I’m 47.” And he was. A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it 48. If you can think of someone who 49 an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or just neglected, do something about it 50.

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It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of 31 . Look back with honesty and think how often you’ve judged 32 , said unkind things, pushed yourself ahead at the 33  of a friend. Then count the occasions 34  you indicated clearly and truly that you were 35 . A bit frightening, isn’t it? Frightening because some deep 36  in us knows that when even a small wrong has been 37 , some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and 38  is expressed.

I remember a doctor friend, the late Clarence Lieb, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of 39 : headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No 40  cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man, “41  you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you.” After some 42 , the man confessed that, as executor of his father’s will, he had been 43  his brother, who lived abroad, of his inheritance (继承权). Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother 44  forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good 45 . He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man 46  crying. “Thank you,” He said, “I think I’m 47 .” And he was. A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it 48 . If you can think of someone who 49  an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or just neglected, do something about it 50 .

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To deliver a "Chinese dream", we need to push ahead with reforms and ensure economic growth and people's well-being, ______?

A. mustn't we       B. don't we                C. needn't we           D. won't we

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