In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator(管理人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?
A. To honor heroes of World War II.
B. To introduce young theatre groups.
C. To attract great artists from Europe.
D. To bring Europe together again.
2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A. They came to take up a challenge.
B. They thought they were also famous.
C. They wanted to take part in the festival.
D. They owned a public house there.
3.Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?
A. University students
B. Artists from around the world
C. Performers of music and dance
D. Popular writers
4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival .
A. has gone beyond an art festival
B. gives shows all year round
C. keeps growing rapidly
D. has become a non-official event
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In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator(管理人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?
A. To honor heroes of World War II.
B. To introduce young theatre groups.
C. To attract great artists from Europe.
D. To bring Europe together again.
2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A. They came to take up a challenge.
B. They thought they were also famous.
C. They wanted to take part in the festival.
D. They owned a public house there.
3.Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?
A. University students
B. Artists from around the world
C. Performers of music and dance
D. Popular writers
4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival .
A. has gone beyond an art festival
B. gives shows all year round
C. keeps growing rapidly
D. has become a non-official event
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In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The ida was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator(管理人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries . More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?
A. To honor heroes of World War II
B. To introduce young theatre groups
C. To attract great artists from Europe
D. To bring Europe together again
2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A. They came to take up a challenge
B. They thought they were also famous.
C. They wanted to take part in the festival
D. They owned a public house there
3.Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?
A. University students
B. Artists from around the world
C. Performers of music and dance
D. Popular writers
4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival .
A. has gone beyond an art festival
B. gives shows all year round
C. keeps growing rapidly
D. has become a non-official event
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Seventy years ago, a group of well-known people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theater in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras (交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theater groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theater by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theater, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theater groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?
A. To introduce young theater groups.
B. To honor heroes of World WarⅡ.
C. To attract great artists from Europe.
D. To bring Europe together again.
2.Why did some uninvited theater groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A. They owned a public house there.
B. They wanted to take part in the festival.
C. They thought they were also famous.
D. They came to take up a challenge.
3.Who joined the "Fringe" after it appeared?
A. Popular writers
B. Artists from around the world.
C. University students.
D. Performers of music and dance.
4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival______.
A. keeps growing rapidly
B. has gone beyond an art festival
C. gives shows all year round
D. has become a non-official event
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One of the world’s largest art galleries is the Louvre, ______ in Paris, which is also famous for its restaurants and theatres.
A．locating B．located C．to locate D．to be located
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Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further pollution by industry. If the rapid increase of world population in countries continues at the present rate, there may be much greater harm to human beings. Some scientists speak of the increase in numbers of people as “population pollution.”
About 2,000 years ago, the world population was probably about 250 million. It reached a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now three and a half billion. It is expected to double by the year 2,000. If the population continues to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion in the world a hundred years from now.
Man has been using the earth’s resources more and more rapidly over the past years. Some of them are almost used up. Now many people believe that man’s greatest problem is how to control the growth of the population. The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to support the human population, in time to come, if the present rate of increase continues. Already there is overcrowding in many cities and starvation in some countries. Should man’s population keep on growing so rapidly as before? Many people believe that human survival in the future depends on the answer to this question.
59. The rapid increase in population is considered to be __________.
A. the increase of resources B. population pollution
C. the development of mankind D. the present rate
60. The world population will be _________ by the year 2,000.
A. 7 billion B. 250 million C. 25 billion D. 3.5 billion
61. If the present rate of increase continue, ________________.
A. the world is going to end
B. the earth won’t be able to support the growing population in the future
C. pollution has nothing to do with the rapidly increasing population
D. there would be four billion in the world a hundred years from now
62. Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
A. In 1850 the world population reached a billion.
B. Man must fight a battle against population pollution.
C. The world’s population is increasing with years.
D. All of the earth’s resources are gone now.
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There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art; Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without building, or even a wall for its drawing and paintings. FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don’t have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings. Robert Shostak is direction of the new computer museum. He says he starts the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.
A computer artist can only record his pictures electronically and send the records to others to see on their computers. He can also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needs an expensive laser printer (激光印刷) . Robert Shostak says the electronic（电子的） museum is mostly for art or computer students at school and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostake said the FIU museum will take computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.
1.The main purpose of this text is to give information about_______.
A. museums throughout the world
B. an electronic art museum in Miami, U.S.A.
C. art exhibitions（展览会） in Florida International University
D. latest development of computer art
2.To see the art in FIU museum, you need______.
A．floppy discs（软盘）
B．a computer and a printer
C．pictures and drawings on paper
D．a computer connect to the museum by telephone line
3.The museum was started when______.
A Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists
B. Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists
C. art students needed a place to show their works
D. computer scientists wanted to do something about art
4.The words “an audience” in the last paragraph refer to ________.
A．art students B．computer owners
C．exhibits in the museum D．those who will enjoy art.
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There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art, Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art(美术馆); Paris has the Louvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University(FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.
FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don't have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone.
You can call the telephone number of a University computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically (采用电子手段) by artists on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.、
Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.
A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs(软盘), to others to see on their computers. He could also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser(激光) printer.
Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.
1.The main purpose of this text is to give information about ______.
A. famous museums throughout the world.
B. a computer art museum in Miami, U.S.A.
C. art exhibitions in Florida Intentional University
D. latest development in computer art
2.To see the art in FIU museum, your special needs include ______.
A．floppy discs
B．a computer and a printer
C．pictures and drawings on paper
D．a computer connected to the museum by telephone line
3.What are stored in this museum?
A．Paintings drawn by means of computer.
B．Different styles of paintings.
C．Drawings done by art students of FIU.
D．Old paintings.
4.The museum was started when ______.
A．Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists
B．Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists
C．art students needed a place to show their works
D．computer scientists wanted to do something about art
5.The words "an audience" in the last paragraph here refer to ______.
A．art students
B．owners of computers
C．exhibits in the museum
D．those who can enjoy art
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High school students are some of the busiest people in the world. To get the most from all you do, you must be in control of your time. Otherwise decision that affect how well you play the game, what position you play and when you get to play will be decided for you. Your success in high school depends on your use of time. Here are some important things to remember.
·Begin each term by filling in a master plan. First fill in things you must do (classes, work, practice, etc. that you can’t change.) Then find the most effective use for these times.
·Set a regular time and place for study. This will save your time in the long run. If you have a study hall in your school, use it!
·Use daylight hours to study whenever possible. For most people for every hour of study done in daylight hours, it will take them one and a half hours to do the same task at night.
·Take breaks. Don’t plan marathon study time. Have a short rest before you study again.
·By using flash cards or summary sheets, you can use odd times to study while you’re waiting for class to start or for a friend to pick you up.
·If possible, plan study time with a partner. Choose your partner wisely however. Make sure you study, not socialize.
·Do the most difficult tasks for times when you are active. (For example, when you’re energetic, it will become easier to solve maths questions; when you’re tired, it will be impossible!)
·Make a daily checklist. Do the most important tasks first.
1.According to the passage, your success in high school mainly lies in _________.
| A．making full use of your time | B．your hard work |
| C．your brainpower | D．how well you play the game |
2.We should use daylight hours to study whenever possible because __________.
| A．school study halls are open to students only in the daytime |
| B．most people can spare more time to study in the daytime |
| C．it’s more difficult to study effectively at night |
| D．we have more important things to do than study at night |
3. On how to use our time, we should follow the following suggestions EXCEPT _______.
| A．working out a complete plan for the whole term |
| B．keeping a good balance between study and rest |
| C．putting the most important tasks first |
| D．trying to study alone instead of working with others |
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Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, but people in the streets him, especially those who are .
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that ? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's . His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and the street. He looks around at . He stops when he someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he , looking for more people with cold .
On winter days, Mr. Greenberg gloves. During the rest of the year, he gloves. People who have heard about him him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Greenberg doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them .
It runs in the . Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the . A pair of gloves may be a thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
1.A. know about B. learn from C. cheer for D. look after
2.A. kind B. poor C. old D. busy
3.A. name B. chance C. job D. message
4.A. crazy B. curious C. different D. calm
5.A. sound B. act C. dress D. feel
6.A. keep off B. cross over C. drive along D. hurry down
7.A. people B. street numbers C. traffic lights D. cars
8.A. chooses B. greets C. sees D. helps
9.A. turns around B. moves on C. holds up D. hangs out
10.A. hands B. ears C. faces D. eyes
11.A. searches for B. stores up C. gives away D. puts on
12.A. buys B. sells C. borrows D. returns
13.A. call B. send C. lend D. show
14.A. enjoyed B. delayed C. remembered D. began
15.A. dislike B. excuse C. understand D. study
16.A. sorry for B. satisfied with C. proud of D. surprised by
17.A. smart B. rich C. special D. happy
18.A. family B. neighborhood C. company D. city
19.A. pain B. same C. honor D. cold
20.A. delightful B. useful C. small D. comforting
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Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, but people in the streets _______ him, especially those who are _________.
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that _______ ? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's _______. His briefcase always has some gloves(手套).
In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not ________ like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk (人行道) and ______ the street. He looks around at ________. He stops when he ________ someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he ________, looking for more people with cold _________.
On winter days, Mr. Greenberg __________ gloves. During the rest of the year, he ________ gloves. People who have heard about him _________ him gloves, and he has many in his apartment（公寓）.
Mr. Greenberg __________ doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and __________ his behavior（行为）. But people who don't know him are sometimes ________ him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them _________.
It runs in the _________. Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the _________. A pair of gloves may be a _______ thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
1.A. know about B. learn from C. cheer for D. look after
2.A. old B. busy C. kind D. poor
3.A. job B. name C. chance D. message
4.A. calm B. different C. crazy D. curious
5.A. act B. sound C. feel D. dress
6.A. cross over B. drive along C. hurry down D. keep off（不接近）
7.A. cars B. people C. street numbers D. traffic lights
8.A. helps B. chooses C. greets D. sees
9.A. holds up B. hangs out（闲逛） C. moves on D. turns around
10.A. hands B. ears C. faces D. eyes
11.A. searches for B. stores up（储存起来） C. gives away（赠送、分发） D. puts on
12.A. borrows B. sells C. returns D. buys
13.A. call B. send C. lend D. show
14.A. delayed（推迟） B. remembered C. began D. enjoyed
15.A. understand B. dislike C. study D. excuse
16.A. sorry for B. satisfied with C. proud of D. surprised by
17.A. smart B. rich C. special D. happy
18.A. city B. family C. neighborhood D. company
19.A. honor B. pain C. same D. cold
20.A. small B. useful C. delightful （高兴的） D. comforting
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