※Live Music - Late Night Jazz  Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.

PLACE: The Jazz Club            DATES: 15- 23 June PRICE：￥100-150         TIME: 10p.m.till late!   TEL: 4668736

※Scottish Dancing   Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.

PLACE: Jack Stein's            DATES: 10-20 May PRICE: ￥150                 TIME: 7-10p.m.   TEL: 4021877

※Shows- Anhui Museum    There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.

PLACE: Anhui Museum           DATES: 1 Mar - 30 Jun PRICE: ￥60 (￥30 for students)  TIME: Monday- Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. TEL: 4886888                           Weekends 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

※Hotels     Three-star hotels whose service can make you feel at home.

Dates 1 Oct - 31 Dec. 1 Jan - 31 Mar. 1 Apr - 30 Apr. 1 May - 31 May. 1Jun - 30 Sep.	SUN  HOTEL Prices (a night) ￥ 168 ￥ 148 (closed) ￥  188 ￥  208	ROSE HOTEL Prices (a night) ￥ 198 ￥ 178 (closed) ￥ 218 ￥ 248
	TEL: 4686788	TEL: 4686755

【小题1】If you want to watch dancing, you can call________.

A．4668736

B．4021877

C．4886888

D．4686788

【小题2】You can see the whole of Chinese history at________ in April in Anhui Museum.

A．3 p.m. every day

B．9 p.m. from Monday to Friday

C．7 a.m. at weekends

D．7 p.m. every day

【小题3】You can enjoy________ at Jack Stein’s.

A．American jazz	B．Scottish dancing
C．12,000 pieces on show	D．yourself all night

【小题4】Sun Hotel and Rose Hotel are open for________ months of the year.

A．nine

B．ten

C．eleven

D．twelve

【小题5】You have ￥148 and you can________ in June.

A．listen to Jazz

B．watch Scottish dancing

C．go to Anhui Museum

D．stay in Sun Hotel for a night

Hi, everybody!

Welcome to our newly-opened Richards Cinema Bookstore!

Now let me introduce to you some of the new film books in our store.

Are you Chinese film fans? OK, here comes the latest 25 New Takes about Chinese films. It is a collection of 25 fresh readings of different Chinese films from the 1930s to the present. In recent years, Chinese films are very popular in the States, such as Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, Hero, and Flowers of Shanghai.

Do you like French films? Well, here is The French Cinema Book. It covers French films from the 1890s to the beginning of the 21st century. It is written for all lovers of French cinema: students and teachers, specialists and fans, and so on.

Maybe you are Indian film fans and star-chasers. Then here is Encyclopedia (百科全书) of Indian Cinema. The book is a complete introduction to all the best Indian films. It also offers a full list of names of the famous and successful film stars in the past ten years. You know, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world after our Hollywood.

If you like British films, we have The British Cinema Book. It is a good review of British cinema. This book contains a good many nice pictures.

In our bookstore, you can also find books about Mexican, Japanese, Australian, German and Italian films.

Well, please help yourselves to some coffee or tea, and have a good time here!

1.The speaker of the passage is most probably _______.

A．the writer of 25 New Takes                B．a tourist in the cinema bookstore

C．the manager of the cinema bookstore        D．a reader of Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema

2.How many Asian countries does the speaker refer to when he talks about the film books?

A．Two.             B．Three.            C．Four.             D．Nine.

3.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage？

A．Indian cinema is second only to Hollywood.

B．The British Cinema Book includes a complete list of names of stars.

C．Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is well received in the States.

D．The French Cinema Book covers over a century's French films.

4.The purpose of the speaker is_______.

A．to satisfy the visitors' various tastes

B．to keep the writers in the cinema bookstore

C．to offer the visitors chances to meet the film stars

D．to have the readers into film producers

 

The nine-year-old Marc Yu is called Little Mozart. He is too short to reach the pedals (踏板) of a piano. Marc, from California, USA, says, “The problem is that my legs aren’t straight enough, so I have to get very close to the piano.”
Marc’s 34-year-old mother played Beethoven’s CDs to him when she was pregnant . Marc started playing the piano at a birthday party when he was only two. While the other children were singing “twinkle, twinkle, little star …”, he walked over to the piano and started playing the song. It astonished his mother, because that was the first time he’d been near a piano. Marc gave his first public performance, playing Beethoven, at six, the same age as Mozart. After that concert, Marc won a ￡225,000 university scholarship.
At present he practices the piano eight hours a day. He also studies part-time at the famous Colbum Music School in Los Angeles, and flies once a month to China for lessons at Shanghai Music School. Marc says, “I like playing the piano because it makes me have a lot of different feelings —sadness, excitement, happiness and so on. I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn’t.”
【小题1】The nine-year-old Marc Yu is from       .

A．China

B．France

C．Canada

D．the United States

【小题2】Marc played the piano at the age of        for the first time.

A．two

B．five

C．six

D．nine

【小题3】According to the passage, the underlined word “astonished” means “     ” in Chinese.

A．使……理解	B．使……担心
C．使……惊奇	D．使……难过

【小题4】At present Marc practices playing the piano        .

A．once a month	B．eight hours a day
C．in his free time	D．only on weekends

【小题5】What Marc says in the last paragraph tells us that       .

A．he likes challenges	B．he doesn’t like challenges
C．he is afraid of challenges	D．he wants to be happy and famous.

Do you want to be the best student in your class? Be the envy of all of your friends in school and be the p  1.  of your teachers and parents !

First, a best student must study hard. This is the primary task of a student. Remember, if you don’t do anything, you will be nothing. Ask questions in class if you do not understand something. In addition, try to enjoy all the s  2.  you learn at school and work hard on them. It seems that hard-working students can have success more e  3.  .

Second, good study habits are very useful. For example, when you prepare for a test, make s  4.     that you have all of the proper materials including books, pencils, paper, calculators, etc. Underline the words that you do not understand. And try marking some of the themes mentioned in the book. Then, come up w  5.  study questions and try to answer them. You’d better stop to have a r  6.  every hour to refresh your memory

Don’t forget to try asking your parents for h  7.  . They have personal learning experiences and can help you with your studies in many ways. Usually, the students who ask their parents for help can do b 8.  in class than those don’t.

Lastly, remember to never give up. You are already on your way in becoming the best student! The t 9.  is that it doesn’t matter to fail if you pick yourself up and try even harder. A  【小题10 】  a lot of the famous people were all once failures(失败), they never lost heart and managed to climb to the top and succeed.

 

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