Our Annual Cultural EventsWe are proud to bri...

Our Annual Cultural Events

We are proud to bring the energy and enthusiasm of Brazilian Carniv al to Char lotte w ith A N ight in Rio! Get a taste of Carnival through dancing, live music, authentic food, drinks and marketplace. Put on your green and yellow, and join us for the unforgettable experience of Brazilian　 Carnival!

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2018

Location: Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte

Time: 7 PM

TICKETS AVAILABLE　 ONLY AT THE DOOR

Ritmo & Sabor

We are thrilled to bring the annual celebration Ritmo & Sabor Festival! Featuring dance performances and FREE dance lessons and delic ious, authentic Latin cuisine, this festival w ill be a fantastic celebration for the entire family to enjoy! Food and beer w ill be available for purchase. Come out to enjoy a great summer evening of Ritmo & Sabor!

Date: Saturday July 2, 2018

Location: International & Cultural Center, Charlotte

Time: 5-11 PM FREE ADMISSION Las Américas

Join us in the annual celebrat ion LAS AMÉRICAS! We d isplay our h istory and ident ity of Lat in America through musical performances, story-telling and poetry. Enjoy yourself w ith local artists, shop your w ay through a market of arts and crafts and join in some of the f inest Latin American cuisine.

Date: August 18, 2018

Location: Midw ood International & Culture Center, Charlotte

Time: 2-7 PM Admission is FREE.

Lat in American Festival

Festival Lat inoam ericano returns for its 28th year, w ith musical artists and dance perfo rmances, a diverse authentic selection of Latin American food, visual artists, and a street festival environment w ith activities for the w hole family.

Location: Symphony Park at South Park Mall, Charlotte

Date: Saturday Sept. 29 (1-8pm)

Admission: $10; Children aged 8 & under are free.

1.What does Ritmo & Sabor mainly provide?

A. Music and visual art.　　 B. Food and beer.

C. Dance and poetry.　　 D. Dance and food.

2.What can you do at Las Américas?

A. Buy some local crafts as souvenirs.

B. Enjoy typical Latin American beer.

C. Dance in green and yellow clothes.

D. Watch local dancers’ performances.

3.Which event requires a ticket for a seven-year-old child?

A. Las Américas.　　 B. Ritmo & Sabor.

C. A Night in Rio.　　 D. Latin American Festival.

4.The event in 　 is held in the first quarter of the year.

A. Neighborhood Theatre　　 B. International & Cultural Center

C. Midw ood International & Culture Center　　 D. Symphony Park at South Park Mall

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The Chinese abacus(算盘), officially ______ as a cultural heritage at the 8th Annual UNESCO World Heritage Congress, is another symbol of Chinese wisdom.

A. having listed        B. listed            C. having been listed        D. listing

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The Festival of Cultures is an annual event to celebrate the wide range of cultures found in our great state. People representing 40 cultural groups will share their traditions and customs. Here are just a few of the festival's many activities.

Crafts: See the fine art of basket weaving from Vietnam and Zimbabewe. Watch the delicate art of making paper umbrellas from Thailand and the decorative craft of paper picado, or paper cutting, from Mexico. All craft demonstrations provide a firsthand view of how things are made. You will appreciate the process involved in making these products.

Music and Dance: Experience musical instruments that you have never heard before. Listen to the music of a sho from Japan, a bull-roarer from Australia, a sitar from India, and a chakay from Tailand. You will also be entertained by folk dances from around the world, such as the troika from Russia and the mayim mayim from Israel. From 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. on August 14, special folk-dancing classes for children will be offered. Children ranging in age from 6 – 8 can learn the kinderpolka from Germany. Children ranging in age from 9 – 12 can learn the raspa from Mexico.

Storytelling: Listen for hours as professional storytellers charm you with captivating tales. Fables, folktales, and ballads from various countries will be told. By popular demand, Gwendolyn Washington, a famous African American storyteller, is back.

Food: Enjoy irresistible foods from other countries, such as gyros from Greece, seafood paella from Spain, crepes from France, and tandoori chicken from India. These tasty dishes will be difficult to pass up.

The festival of Cultures is sponsored by the World Marketplace. For more information about the festival, call (800) 555 – 0199.

1.In the festival, you are most likely to see the art of making _______.

A. paper.            　　 B. umbrellas.        　　 C. bamboo beds.             D. flower vases.

2.Which of these is a dance from Germany?

A. The troika.　　　　　　 B. The raspa.　　　　　　 C. The kinderpolka.　　　　　　 D. The mayim mayim

3.The underlined word “irresistible” means ________.

A. in large quantities　　                 　　　　　 B. with natural tastes

C. not able to be refused　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. hot but delicious

4.For a family with children aged 6—12, which day would be the best bargain for visiting the festival?

A. August 11        　　 B. August 12        　　 C. August 13            　　　 D. August 14

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April 22,2010 will be the 18th celebration of the annual Take Our Daugluers to Work Day （TOD）, a project the National Ms．Foundation for Women of America （NFW） developed to expose girls to expanding opportunities for women in the workplace．

The program offers, millions of girls a first - hand view of the many career opportunities available in their futures．Now that women make up 46 peroent of the U．S．workforce, girls can find role models in every occupational field-from politics to molecular biology to professional athletics, to name just a few．TOD encourages girls to focus on their abilities and opportunities, not just their appearance．

The NFW developed the project more than a decade ago to address the self - esteem problems that many girls experience when they enter adolescence．At school, boys often receive more encouragement in the classroom, especially in math．science and computer science, the academic fields that tend to lead to the highest salaries．Women receive on average only 73 cents for every dollar that men are paid．and remain vastly underrepresented （数量不足） in top executive positions and technology fields．TOD aims to give girls the confidence and inspiration they need to develop successful careers, particularly in non-traditional fields．

Perhaps because the program had become so widespread and successful, TOD had been criticized for excluding boys．and it was expanded in 2003to include boys．The program’s official website states that the program was changed in order to provide both boys and girls with opportunities to explore careers at an age when they are more flexible in tenns of gender stereotyped roles．"We should also show boys that becoming a child care provider is as acceptable a choice as becoming a police officer or CEO," added Sara K．Gould．executive director of the NFW．

1.The purpose for having a Take Our Daughters to Work Day is ____

2.Why are women underrepresented in some fields such as technology?

3.TOD was criticized because some people ____．

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

5.What can we learn from Sara K．Gould's words?

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If we keep wasting so much energy, ________are that our oil wells will dry up and the environment will be destroyed.

A. problems　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. difficulties　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　 C. questions　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　 D. chances

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The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism(相对主义), are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.

History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert halls, as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries. Unique works of this kind are different from today’s popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.

In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because “the general principles of taste are uniform(不变的) in human nature,” the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. He observed that Homer was still admired after two thousand years. Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.

Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction. The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before. Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist.

1.According to the passage, what do we know about cultural relativism? ________

A. It introduces different cultural values.

B. It relates artistic values to local conditions.

C. It explains the history of artistic works.

D. It excites the human mind throughout the world.

2.In Paragraph 2, the artists are mentioned in order to show that__________.

A. popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great arts

B. history gives art works special appeal to set them apart

C. great works of art can go beyond national boundaries

D. great artists are skilled at combining various cultures

3.According to Hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because__________.

A. they are results of scientific study

B. they appeal to unchanging features of human nature

C. they are created by the world’s greatest artists

D. they establish some general principles of art

4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? ________

A. Are Popular Arts Permanent?

B. Are Artistic Values Universal?

C. Is Human Nature Uniform?

D. Is Cultural Relativism Scientific?

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The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism(相对主义), are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.

History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert halls, as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries, Unique works of this kind are different from today’s popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.

In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because“the general principles of taste are uniform(不变的) in human nature,”the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. He observed that Homer was still admired after two thousand years. Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.

Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction. The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before. Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist.

1.According to the passage, what do we know about cultural relativism?

A. It introduces different cultural values.

B. It explains the history of artistic works.

C. It relates artistic values to local conditions.

D. It excites the human mind throughout the world.

2.In Paragraph 2, the artists are mentioned in order to show that _____　　 .

A. great works of art can go beyond national boundaries

B. history gives art works special appeal to set them apart

C. popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great arts

D. great artists are skilled at combining various cultures

3.According to Hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because_____　　　 .

A. they are results of scientific study

B. they establish some general principles of art

C. they are created by the world’s greatest artists

D. they appeal to unchanging features of human nature

4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A. Are Artistic Values Universal?

B. Are Popular Arts Permanent?

C. Is Human Nature Uniform?

D. Is Cultural Relativism Scientific?

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism(相对主义), are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.

History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert halls, as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries, Unique works of this kind are different from today’s popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.

In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because“the general principles of taste are uniform(不变的) in human nature,”the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. He observed that Homer was still admired after two thousand years. Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.

Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction. The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before. Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist.

1.According to the passage, what do we know about cultural relativism?

A. It introduces different cultural values.

B. It explains the history of artistic works.

C. It relates artistic values to local conditions.

D. It excites the human mind throughout the world.

2.In Paragraph 2, the artists are mentioned in order to show that _____　　 .

A. great works of art can go beyond national boundaries

B. history gives art works special appeal to set them apart

C. popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great arts

D. great artists are skilled at combining various cultures

3.According to Hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because_____　　　 .

A .they are results of scientific study

B. they establish some general principles of art

C. they are created by the world’s greatest artists

D. they appeal to unchanging features of human nature

4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A. Are Artistic Values Universal?

B. Are Popular Arts Permanent?

C. Is Human Nature Uniform?

D. Is Cultural Relativism Scientific?

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Scientists think that growing garden grass could be the secret to solving our energy needs, and we may soon be able to replace our gasoline with “grassoline”.

The team, including experts from Cardiff University in Wales, has shown that hydrogen can be taken from grass in useful amounts with the help of sunlight and a cheap catalyst(催化剂) —something that speeds up a chemical reaction without being used up.

It is the first time that this has been shown and it could lead to a sustainable(可持续的) way of making hydrogen, reported Asian News International. This could be an important kind of renewable energy because it is high in energy and it does not give out harmful gases when it is burned.

Study co-author Michael Bowker said, “This is really a green source of energy. Hydrogen is seen as an important future energy carrier as the world moves from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and our research has shown that even garden grass could be a good way of getting it.”

Cellulose(纤维素), which is a key part of plants and the biopolymer(生物聚合物) found in the largest numbers on the earth, could be a great source of hydrogen.

In its study, the team looked at the possibility of getting hydrogen from cellulose using sunlight and a simple catalyst.

This is called photocatalysis(光催化作用) and in it, the sunlight starts the catalyst, which then makes cellulose and water into hydrogen. The researchers studied the effectiveness of three metal-based catalysts, of which nickel(镍) especially interested the researchers, as it is a much more common metal than gold and palladium(钯) and it saves more money.

According to Bowker, producing hydrogen from cellulose using photocatalysis has not been studied in detail. The team’s research shows that large amounts of hydrogen can be produced using this method with the help of a bit of sunlight and a cheap catalyst.

The study shows that it is effective to use real grass taken from a garden. “This is important as it avoids the need to separate and clean up cellulose, which can be both difficult and costly,” said Bowker.

1.What are needed to get hydrogen from grass?

A. A catalyst and palladium. B. Water and cellulose.

C. Sunlight and a biopolymer. D. Sunlight and a catalyst.

2.Why is the new way of making hydrogen considered significant?

A. It is cheap, green and sustainable.

B. It is the best to produce the renewable energy.

C. It is more productive and efficient than other methods.

D. It can replace the way to make fossil fuels completely.

3.Why does nickel interest the researchers in making hydrogen from cellulose?

A. It can produce the largest amount of hydrogen.

B. It can avoid separating and cleaning up cellulose.

C. It is more common than other metals and costs less.

D. It works quicker than other metals during photocatalysis.

4.What does the author intend to tell us mainly in this passage?

A. Catalysts that could be taken from grass.

B. A new way of making hydrogen from cellulose.

C. The potential of hydrogen as a renewable energy.

D. The connection between hydrogen and photocatalysis.

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_____ made our school proud was _____ more than 90% of the students had been admitted to key universities.

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