Music

Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone: 241-2742. http://www.cityopera.com.

Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information. http: //www.chamberorch.com.

Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend. http://www.symphony.org/home.asp.

College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus(校园) of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle Quartet, CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I.D. cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183. http://www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar.

Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference).Big name shows all summer long! Phone:232-6220. http://www.riverbendmusic.com.

(      ) 21. Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?

 A. 241-2742.          B. 723-1182.                     C. 381-3300.      D. 232-6220.

(      ) 22. When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?

 A. February.        B. May.                   C. August.        D. November.

(      ) 23.Where can students go for free performances with their I.D. cards?

 A. Music Hall.                                  B. Memorial Hall.

 C. Patricia Cobbett Theater.                D. Riverbend Music Theater.

(      ) 24. How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other places?

 A. It has seats in the open air.                B. It gives shows all year round.

 C. It offers membership discounts.       D. It presents famous musical works.

       In most parts of the world, as far back as anyone can remember , there has been a puppet（木偶）tradition．Although some of us think of puppets as children’s entertainment, they were----and often still are used to tell serious stories to adult audiences．Even in these days of special effects, the puppet theatre still has a special place in many cultures．

    The best known puppet characters in Britain are Punch and Judy, glove puppets with wooden heads．In summer, one basic play of about half an hour is performed on beaches all around Britain.

    Mr．Punch, who has an enormous nose and wears a curved hat, gets into trouble and has arguments with his wife, Judy. A policeman , a crocodile, and a hangman, and all of them run after Mr．Punch. He ,of course, invariably manages to survive to fight another day ．

    In Belgium wooden puppets first appeared in the 1820s in cities like liege. The liege puppets are in fact string puppets without strings！They have a single rod（棒）attached to their heads, which means the puppeteers aren’t able to raise the arms and legs, but can move the body up and down and the head from side to side. Many of the stories used to be historical or religious but it is Tchantches, a comic character with patched trousers and a big black hat, who is the best loved character today．Like Mr．Punch, he is a simple man who is also greedy, quarrelsome and lazy．He makes fun of everyone, but is often warm--hearted and tender．

(      ) 25. We can learn from the first paragraph that______________．

        A. puppets are much more popular nowadays ．

        B. people prefer puppets to special effects

        C. puppets were mainly intended for children

        D. people used puppets to make fun for adults

(      ) 26. The underlined word “invariably”in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning  

     to_____．

        A. constantly             B. naturally         C. immediately             D. bravely

(      ) 27. The biggest difference between puppets in Britain and puppets in

     Belgium is their_____．

        A. performing time                                 B. operating ways

        C. producing material                      D. decorating characters

(      ) 28. The passage is mainly about__________________．

        A. different kinds of puppets                  B. how puppets came into being

        C. why puppets are popular                   D. story---telling through puppets

    Our Web Editor Jan Fields has always loved two things----writing and teaching, so she’s done both throughout her professional career．After graduating from college with a BA in Journalism, she quickly found that writing for newspapers didn’t fulfill her dream．So she switched to magazines and soon began teaching magazine writing．Still, something didn’t feel quite right．She wanted more challenges and creativity．

    In the 1980s, Jan answered a call to rewrite a year’s children’s church lesson．She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired．She dove in and has never looked back．Her work has appeared in Ladybug, Shining Star and many others．

    As Jan continued building credits in children’s magazines, educational magazines, and parenting magazines, she looked for opportunities to pass along what she had learned to other writers．Soon, teaching small community college classes wasn’t enough---she wanted to help other writers to find success in creating material for children．

    In 2001, she discovered the Institute of Children’s Literature and she’s been happily instructing students here ever since．To best meet her students’ needs, she’s constantly searching out new information．As a web editor, Jan looks after the needs of all the visitors to this site．She moderates the Scheduled Events discussion groups and the Writer’s Retreat forum(论坛), writes for the Writer’s Support Room, and edits the Writer’s Support Room and Writing Tips articles．

    Jan is always open to suggestions for new ways to meet the needs of the writing community．Feel free to email her．She’s eager to hear from you．

(      ) 29. Jan Fields finds_________ what she really wants most．

         A. writing for newspapers．         B. teaching magazine writing．

         C. writing stories and activities for children．

         D. teaching small community college classes．

(      ) 30. Jan Fields gave up her first two jobs mainly because___________．

         A. she was badly paid as a journalist

         B. the job didn’t seem challenging or creative

         C. she was not good at writing at college

         D. she likes teaching better than writing．

(      ) 31. It can be inferred that the Institute of Children’s Literature is________．

         A. where Jan Fields graduated

         B. where she cooperates with other writers．

         C. where writing materials are on sale

         D. children are taught writing by Jan Fields．

(      ) 32. Which of the following is true according to the passage ?

         A. Jan Fields is now working for magazines like Scheduled Events, and

        Writer’s Retreat．

         B. Jan has stopped writing for magazines related to children, education and

        parenting．

         C．Jan works for web sections like Writer’s Support Room and Writing

        Tips．

         D．The passage is an advertisement to sell a children’s church curricula．

   “The child has become part of the management of family life, ”says Adele Schwartz, research director for Stars for Kids, a children’s market---research firm． “This is a big role change in family life． Housework is changing．It used to be to take out the garbage and walk the dog．This is a little bit bigger than that．”

   Three---quarters of students between the ages of 8 and 14 say they have completed an online transaction（交易），according to a national survey on May 9．Nearly one---fourth of the 6,000 young people asked say they shop with their parents’ credit cards, 26 percent use gift cards, and 8 percent say they use their own credit card．Almost half say they help with electronic transactions because their parents are helpless online．One—third help because their parents don’t have enough time to shop．

    “Kids do a large amount of comparison shopping,”Ms．Schwartz says, “including clothing, household items, family vacations, and even large items like a car．

    All this cyber---help “clearly gives kids a power that they might not have had before,”says Gary Rudman, in San Francisco．“Parents still make the decisions, but kids have more and more effect than ever before, because they have access to information．They are more involved with the household, so they have more effect on some of the decisions．”

    Parents have different opinions about letting their children use credit cards online．Mr．Rudman Says, “Some parents are open to it, others are not for it．”  

    Like many parents, Mrs, Hanstein keeps a watchful eye on Jacob’s Internet use．“he loves to order something, but it’s always with our guidance．He doesn’t understand that a lot of the pop—up advertisement ‘You’ve won this！’or ‘You can get this for $1．’is a scam．”

(      ）33．___ is playing a more and more important role in the family management.

         A. The Internet                             B.The electronic transaction

         C. The child                                         D. The father or mother

(      ) 34．It seemed that________ has just been included as housework．

         A.taking garbage outside               B.walking the dogs

         C.going shopping online                D.using computers

(      ) 35．According to Mrs．Hanstein, _____________________．

         A. kids shouldn’t order anything online．

         B. kids should go shopping online considering their parents’ advice．

         C. pop—up advertisement is something useful．

         D. kids should make full use of the pop—up advertisement．

Clones in fiction

Stories featuring clones always draw me in. I've read enough fiction books about clones over the years. _36 

The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna

37   Eva is Amarra's clone. She learns what Amarra learns in school, eats what she eats, and studies every last detail of her life. The trouble is, no matter how hard she studies, outside of their appearances Eva and Amarra aren't that much alike. To make matters more complex, she learns Amarra has a boyfriend she must learn to love as much as she does when her own heart secretly belongs to someone else.

When Amarra is killed in a car crash just after their 16th birthday, Eva has to pick up her life

where she left it off. Her life depends on convincing Amarra's loved ones that she is Amarra. _38

The House of Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer

This is not just one of my favorite books about clones, but one of my favorite books.

Between the border of the United States and Aztlan, which was once Mexico, lies Opium, a land ruled by drug lords（毒枭）. El Patron is the most powerful drug lord in Opium, a man almost 20  years old.__  39

Matt is El Patron's clone. El Patron has been using clones like Matt to keep himself alive. But before he is needed, the drug lord treats him like a prized pet. El Patron's family dislikes him, thinking him inhuman and a possible threat（威胁）to their inheritance（遗产）．The older he gets, the more Matt feels trapped at every turn.  40

A. Can they accept that?

B. They are very fearful and tiresome.

C. Cloning is considered to be criminal.

D. Is there any way he can be free to make his own life?

E. Can you be attracted by the rich imagination of the stories?

F. Everyone is struck with fear in the heart when hearing the name.

G. It's unbelievable that a person has to spend the whole life learning to be  

   someone else.