This March is a busy month in Shanghai. There's a lot to do. Here are the highlights.

Live Music - Late Night Jazz

Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet(小号) player. He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie' s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie' s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.

PLACE: The Jazz Club                  DATES: 15—23 March PRICE: ￥80,120                      TIME: 10:00p.m. till late! TEL: 6466-8736

Scottish dancing

Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors(教练) will show the dances. The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.

PLACE: Jack Stein's                         DATES: every Monday PRICE: Y60 including one drink               TIME: 7:00 - ~0:00 p.m. TEL: 6402-1877

Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum

There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history. It' s always interesting to visit, but doubly(双重) so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. There are lots of mummies(木乃伊) and more gold than you've ever seen before. Let us know if you see a mummy move!

PLACE: Shanghai Museum    DATES: daily TIME: Monday - Friday 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m., Weekends 9:00a.m. - 9:00p.m. PRICE: ￥30 (￥ 15 for students)              TEL: 6888-6888

Dining - Sushi chef in town

Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it' s become an art form. The most famous Sushi 'artist' is Yuki Kamura. She' s also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She' ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.

PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel       DATES: all month                         PRICE: ￥200 TIME: lunchtime                TEL: 6690-3211

For a full listing of events, see our website.

1.If you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?

A．Live Music - Late Night Jazz	B．Scottish dancing
C．Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum	D．Dining - Sushi chef in town

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the advertisements?

A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that you never feel tired.

B．The performance given by the American jazz band won't last long.

C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.

D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.

3.From the text we may learn that Kamura is _______.

A．a cook

B．a waitress

C．an instructor

D．an artist

 

 

Howard Carter was a famous explorer(探险家).He loved to visit new places. During his life, he discovered many important and exciting things.

  Howard Carter did not go to school. But he was smart and wanted to learn the world outside his hometown. In 1891,at the age of 17,he went to Egypt(埃及) by ship. By the 1920s,he had become an explorer, looking for the tombs(坟墓) of the Egyptian kings.

  He found several important ones. Inside the tombs, he found jewels, gold and 10 bodies of dead kings. These bodies are known as mummies(木乃伊).In 1922,Howard Carter made his most important discovery of all. When Carter’s team was working at a place near a city called Luxor, they found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

  Not long after the tomb was opened, people in Carter’s team began to get ill and die strangely.

Within seven years,21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died However, Howard Carter lived on and died at the age of 65.

1. Howard Carter liked to visit new places.

2.Howard Carter was born in 1877.

3.Carter’s team found the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.

4.The passage tells us Carter’s school life.

 

1阅读下面的短文，判断文后的句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写“T”，不符合的写“F”。

Howard Carter was a famous explorer(探险家).He loved to visit new places. During his life, he discovered many important and exciting things.

Howard Carter did not go to school. But he was smart and wanted to learn the world outside his hometown. In 1891,at the age of 17,he went to Egypt(埃及) by ship. By the 1920s,he had become an explorer, looking for the tombs(坟墓) of the Egyptian kings.

He found several important ones. Inside the tombs, he found jewels, gold and 10 bodies of dead kings. These bodies are known as mummies(木乃伊).In 1922, Howard Carter made his most important discovery of all. When Carter’s team was working at a place near a city called Luxor, they found the tomb of King Tutankhamen.

Not long after the tomb was opened, people in Carter’s team began to get ill and die strangely.

Within seven years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died However; Howard Carter lived on and died at the age of 65.

1.Howard Carter liked to visit new places.

2.Howard Carter was born in 1877.

3.Carter’s team found the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922.

4.The passage tells us Carter’s school life.

 

This March is a busy month in Shanghai. There's a lot to do. Here are the highlights.
Live Music - Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet(小号) player. He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie' s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie' s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.

PLACE: The Jazz Club                  DATES: 15—23 March PRICE: ￥80,120                      TIME: 10:00p.m. till late! TEL: 6466-8736

Scottish dancing
Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors(教练) will show the dances. The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.

PLACE: Jack Stein's                         DATES: every Monday PRICE: Y60 including one drink               TIME: 7:00 - ~0:00 p.m. TEL: 6402-1877

Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum
There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history. It' s always interesting to visit, but doubly(双重) so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. There are lots of mummies(木乃伊) and more gold than you've ever seen before. Let us know if you see a mummy move!

PLACE: Shanghai Museum    DATES: daily TIME: Monday - Friday 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m., Weekends 9:00a.m. - 9:00p.m. PRICE: ￥30 (￥ 15 for students)              TEL: 6888-6888

Dining - Sushi chef in town
Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it' s become an art form. The most famous Sushi 'artist' is Yuki Kamura. She' s also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She' ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.

PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel       DATES: all month                         PRICE: ￥200 TIME: lunchtime                TEL: 6690-3211

For a full listing of events, see our website.
【小题1】If you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?

A．Live Music - Late Night Jazz	B．Scottish dancing
C．Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum	D．Dining - Sushi chef in town

【小题2】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the advertisements?

A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that you never feel tired.

B．The performance given by the American jazz band won't last long.

C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.

D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.

【小题3】From the text we may learn that Kamura is _______.

A．a cook

B．a waitress

C．an instructor

D．an artist

Howard Carter was a famous explorer(探险家).He loved to visit new places. During his life, he discovered many important and exciting things.
Howard Carter did not go to school. But he was smart and wanted to learn the world outside his hometown. In 1891,at the age of 17,he went to Egypt(埃及) by ship. By the 1920s,he had become an explorer, looking for the tombs(坟墓) of the Egyptian kings.
He found several important ones. Inside the tombs, he found jewels, gold and 10 bodies of dead kings. These bodies are known as mummies(木乃伊).In 1922,Howard Carter made his most important discovery of all. When Carter’s team was working at a place near a city called Luxor, they found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
Not long after the tomb was opened, people in Carter’s team began to get ill and die strangely.
Within seven years,21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died However, Howard Carter lived on and died at the age of 65.
【小题1】 Howard Carter liked to visit new places.
【小题2】Howard Carter was born in 1877.
【小题3】Carter’s team found the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.
【小题4】The passage tells us Carter’s school life.