BRAD GARRETT’S COMEDY CLUB

Category: Comedy 

Best known for his role on the Emmy Award-winning sitcom(情景喜剧) Everybody Loves Raymond, Brad Garrett returns to his Vegas roots with his comedy club at the MGM Grand. It is a good place to check out when you need a break from work.

Prices from: $56.40 and up 

Age restriction: must be 21 years of age or older 

Show Length: 115 minutes 

MAC KING COMEDY MAGIC SHOW 

Category: Comedy, Magic 

Mac King Comedy Magic Show is different every afternoon, with lots of audience participation. He is willing to make fun of himself instead of his guests in order to make everyone feel welcome and entertained. The afternoon is kid-friendly from start to finish. Still, whether you’re eight or 80, you won’t be able to figure out Mac King’s secrets.

Prices from: $40.90 and up 

Age restriction: No age restriction 

Show Length: 90 minutes 

THE MENTALIST, GERRY MCCAMBRIDGE 

Category: Comedy, Magic 

Using his skills as a “mentalist”, Gerry McCambridge shocks the crowds as he uses his abilities to predict just what audience members will do next. Anyone who has seen the show has walked away in disbelief, amazed by his unusual power.

Prices : $34.99 and up 

Age restriction: Under 13 will not be admitted into the theater 

Show Length: 75 minutes 

ROCK OF AGES 

Category: Plays & Musicals 

The cheerful Rock of Ages brings audiences back to the times of big hair and even bigger bands with 28 popular rock songs from the 80s including “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” “I Wanna Know What Love Is,” “Here I Go Again,” and more. Rock of Ages has been nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical. It also received a Drama League nomination for Distinguished Production of a Musical.

Prices from: $74.00 and up 

Age restriction: Must be 15 years of age or older 

Show Length: 123 minutes 

21. Who is most likely to be able to read audiences’ minds?

A. Raymond.     B. Mac King.         C. Gerry McCambridge.      D. Brad Garrett.

22. Which of the following is good for a kid of 10 years old to go to? 

A. Gerry McCambridge’s show.           B. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club.

C. Performances of Rock Of Ages.        D. Mac King’s comedy magic show.   

23. If someone is interested in musicals, his best choice must be ______. 

A. ROCK OF AGES                  B. BRAD GARRETT’S COMEDY CLUB

C. MAC KING COMEDY MAGIC SHOW    D. THE MENTALIST, GERRY MCCAMBRIDGE 

How to Avoid an Internet Addiction

While it may seem like everyone surfs the web these days, there is fine line between casually checking your social media pages and having a full blown internet addiction. If you fear that you may lose interest in other aspects of your life because you prefer to be on the internet, you may be on your way to an internet addiction.    36 

Admit you are at risk of an addiction. 

More and more people in the world are becoming addicted to the internet. You are not the only one with this problem and it is becoming more and more common and more and more well- known.    37 

Set aside limited time for computer use. 

Make sure not to turn it on too many times a week. If you have a laptop, make sure to put it somewhere that you can remember but not somewhere that you see every day. Try keeping the lid closed when you are not using it.    38    If you have a desktop PC, try not to go near it or put something over it like a sheet.

Call people instead of sending instant messages or texts. 

If you are free on weekends, call friends and ask them to go outside. This will distract you from the computer.    39    

Use an alarm clock or timer. 

Before using your computer, decide on a time limit such as 30 minutes. Set the clock or timer and make sure that you get off the computer when the time is up. Alternatively create a shutdown timer shortcut on your desktop.     40    

A. Make a small list of what you want to do within that time.

B. When the computer is not looking at you, you are less likely to use it.

C. This can be programmed to shut down your computer after the set time.

D. Luckily, there are ways to avoid living your life in front of the computer.

E. This will stop you from using the Internet so often or going on to another page.

F. If you have a problem on weekdays, phone your friends or ask for help in person.

G. Do not be embarrassed; find others with the same problem and help each other beat it.

A woman took the seat beside me on a plane, and she had to lower herself slowly, squeezing her body into the small space. She waved a hand in front of my face and I shook with her   61  (unwilling). She kept talking to me. In fact, she was very  62  (thought). When we   63   (serve) drinks and meals, she made sure that I had enough room in my seat. “I don't want to make you uncomfortable with my elephant size!” she said sincerely. I couldn’t help    64   (let) down my guard. As we talked, I was surprised by her wise    65   (word). I asked her if she ever thought about losing some weight. “Aren’t you worried about the diseases   66    come with being overweight?” “Not at all. I eat healthy food and walk regularly,” she said. “You see advertisements from exercise centers that read, ‘Free yourself   67   your extra baggage, so you are free to be    68   (you).’ You’re free only    69    you’re comfortable with who you are!” I suddenly realized that she was    70   most beautiful and clever woman I had ever met in my life.

I was stopped at a red light only a mile or so from my goal of my brother’s house. We were planning to drive down together to North Carolina to be with my father who was badly ill.
    As I waited at the stop light experiencing this forced slowdown, I noticed Sharper’s Florist over to the left. It was the same place where I had experienced many things— floods of memories went through my mind as the light seemed a blessing. I noticed the wine store straight ahead where my father and I had been many times before, picking out the beer of the week. We both liked German beer.
    The light finally became green and I made my left turn and drove through the poor section of our hometown. I remembered how each Thanksgiving my family would be together. I also remembered how my father would take some time out of each Thanksgiving to make sure there was no one hungry in the neighborhoods surrounding where we lived. I can remember as a young boy going with him to deliver some food. I was scared because I had never been into this part of town this deeply before.
    My father seemed unfazed (不受困扰的) by this and went about his business. The people we went to seemed to know him and gratefully accepted what he came to offer. My father seemed able to give away the food in a way that honored those he was giving to. This was not an arrogant act. He would stop at each place and talk a little, which troubled me a lot. I wanted to get the hell out of there. My father wanted to be sure everyone had food. If there were people he found who didn’t have food, he would take the time to go back and get more. That’s the kind of man he was.
24. When the father was ill, he _______.          
A. gave away food to the poor                B. lived in North Carolina

C. came to help the poor in his hometown     D. stayed at the home of the author’s brother
25. The author mentions the wine store to tell us _______.
A. the same taste as his father                 B. the life in his childhood
C. the birthplace of his father                 D. the experience with his father 
26. The author was afraid of giving away food to the poor probably because _______.
   A. he was unfamiliar with the surroundings  B. his father didn’t take good care of him

C. his father didn’t stay with him then   D. he had never met with so many poor people
27. The underlined word “arrogant” in the last paragraph probably means _______.
A. angry                  B. careless                C. proud          D. wild

Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors (因素) tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer situations for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and clear.

Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material aspects, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than in what was learned early; in the simple elements (因素) rather than in the complex ones; in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange ones.

Besides, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with a shape division. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white fellows.
28. The underline part “greater tolerance” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to “________”.

A. quicker adaptation to changing condition

B. greater willingness to accept social change

C. greater readiness to agree to different conditions

D. more respect for different beliefs and behavior
29. Why is social change less likely to occur in a society where people are similar in many

ways?
A. They are so conservative that they tend to slow down social change.
B. They are so used to their conditions that they seldom want to change.
C. They can easily get what they want in the material aspect of society.
D. They have similar needs that can be satisfied without much difficulty.
30. Which of the following factors probably tends to promote social change fast?

A. Sharp divisions in relations             B. Traditional values

C. Different points of view                 D. Similar appearances.

31. What is this passage mainly discussing？

A. Two different kinds of society          B. Certain factors affecting social change.

C. The importance of social change    D. Consequences of social change