Awardwinning author Emma Donoghue"s latest book, Room, is a unique and amazing story about a boy"s experience living in a small, windowless room with his mother. The 11"?11" space between the walls of the room is actually all the boy knows because he was born there and has never left. Room will horrify, surprise, sadden, and finally delight you. Attracted from the start, readers of all sorts won"t want to put Room down.
First published in the U. S. in September 2010
Publisher: Little Brown
321 pages |  | Literary master Ian McEwan returns with Solar, a novel about a Nobel Prizewinning physicist. The physicist"s personal life is in a mess as his fifth marriage breaks, but this time he actually loves his wife and wants to make things better. Solar is a funny story, completely unusual and as good as anything the writer has ever written.
Published in March 2010
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday
304 pages |  | One Day by David Nicholls was an international bestseller before it was released in the U. S. in June. Although it is well written and funny at times, don"t be fooled-this isn"t a goodfeeling romantic comedy. If you decide to read it, be prepared for some heavy moments.
Published in the US in June 2010
Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries
437 pages |  | Fall of Giants by Ken Follett is the first book in a new trilogy (three books) that will take readers through the major events of the twentieth century by following five families. In Fall of Giants, most of the action centers on World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. Although Fall of Giants is more than 1000 pages and has many characters, the story is remarkably connected.
Published in September 2010
Publisher: Dutton
1008 pages |  |
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| 阅读理解。 | There"s no better place to be than beside the seaside in the summer. And even in Britain you can
still find beaches away from the crowds with golden sand.
COMPTON BAY,ISLE OF WIGHT
This wide sandy beach is on the south west coast,between Freshwater and Brook and is part of
the Tennyson Heritage Coast. There are striking views of the white cliffs further along the coast. A
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79 including breakfast.
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close to the beach,as well as a small picnic area. A wellstocked shop sells the most attractive dairy ice
cream. Next to the shop is the Sea Shanty restaurant-open every day until 5 pm during the summer.
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B．BRANSCOMBE.
C．KINGSGATE BAY.
D．RINGSTEAD BAY | | 2．In which of the following beaches,will you enjoy ice cream? | A．COMPTON BAY.
B．BRANSCOMBE.
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B．www. fayreness. com
C．www. glenburnhotel. com
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C．To tell us the most beautiful places in UK are beaches.
D．To tell us where to spend summer. | | 阅读理解 | Ride With The Leader
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Posted_by_Amy,_Dec._23,_2010_8:05_PM
Madeline on Dec. 24, 2010 7:25 PM
Years ago, as a young mom with two small children, I struggled to keep up with the demands of a
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doubtful, but desperate…so I tried it! In time, I began to experience renewed energy and vitality(活力)
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experience. I"m grateful for the energy to keep up and love to share this wonderful discovery with others.
Blanca on Dec. 25, 2010 7:02 PM
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Lori on Dec. 25, 2010 10:27 PM
When my Mom Madeline was introduced to Royal Jelly, it affected my life, too! Mom gave me some
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midthirties with two active boys and a new business! I have enough energy to do it all! I"m glad I took
my Mom"s advice.
1. From the text, we learn that ________.
A. Madeline became more than willing to take Royal Jelly at the very beginning
B. Lori was grateful partly because Royal Jelly helped him to improve his studies
C. Royal Jelly is a product that can help renew a person"s energy and vitality
D. Amy has benefited from Royal Jelly so she posted a topic about the product
2. Which of the following is TRUE of Blanca?
A. She replied to the topic on Christmas Eve.
B. She tried Royal Jelly without hesitation.
C. She is now supposed to be in her seventies.
D. She was the second one to reply to the topic.
3. What"s the relationship between the Royal Jelly takers?
A. Lori and Blanca are Madeline"s grandchildren.
B. Madeline is Blanca"s daughter and Lori"s mother.
C. Blanca is Lori and Madeline"s great grandmother.
D. They have no blood relationship but friendship.
4. Where can we most probably read this text?
A. In a sports club.
B. On an Interact page.
C. In a fiction.
D. In a travel magazine. | 信息匹配
阅读下列应用文及相关信息, 并按照要求匹配信息.
首先请阅读下列音乐会的信息:
A. Pop star: Singer and composer Emil Chau, one of the most admired music idols in China and
Southeast Asia, will perform a solo concert in Beijing.Chau was born in Hong Kong and attended
college in Taiwan.He has released more than 30 albums in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
Time: 7:30 p. m., March 31
Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District
Tel: 68335552
B. Beautiful timbre: Jasmine Leong will meet her Beijing fans next month.Singing with beautiful timbre,
Leong will present a series of love stories to the audience.To highlight the theme of love, 200 sets of
lov er"s tickets, valued at 1,800 yuan will be presented.
Tickets: 180－980 yuan (US$22－121)
Time/Date: 7:30 p. m., September 9
Location: Workers" Gymnasium, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 65016655
C. Music for children: Some 50 colourful musicrelated performances will be staged until August 28 in
an "Open the Door to Music" series of concerts, in a move to foster Chinese children"s taste for art.The
concert series will be held in several venues, sponsored by the Forbidden City Concert Hall and
supported by the Beijing Municipal Culture Bureau.
Tickets: 10－100 yuan (US$1－12)
Time/Date: 2 p. m. or 7:30 p. m., July 20－August 28
Location: mainly in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, some in Peking University Hall
in Haidian District and in the China Puppet Art Theatre and Poly Theatre
Tel: 65065343, 65065345
D. Feel the mood: Jonathan Lee will host his 2012 concert in Beijing.As the master of music in Taiwan,
Lee is famous for hi s unique annotation of love, mood and life.
Time: 7:30 p. m., March 24, 25
Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District
Tel: 68354020
E. Commemorative show: To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian playwright Henrik
Ibsen, the founder of modern prose drama, a concert titled "Nora"s Songs" will be given.
Time: 7:30 p. m., March 20
Place: Peking University Concert Hall
Tel: 62752279, 62759637
F. Chamber music: The chamber concert series of China Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will greet
audiences with a woodwind quintet, a string quartet plus Bach"s piano concerto and suite.
Time: 7:30 p. m., March 25
Place: The Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music, 43 Baojiajie, Xicheng District
Tel: 66414759, 66425744
以下是与音乐会相关的信息.请将信息与相关的音乐会匹配起来.
1. To remember Henrik Ibsen, with pianist Wolfgang Plagge, violinist Annar Folles and soprano Gao Xia,
the Norwegian Ibsen Trio will present the classic works of the celebrated playwright.
2. Jasmine Leong is a Malaysian singer who is very popular on the Taiwan music scene.Focusing on
lyrical songs, Leong"s Beijing performance will also tap into rock & roll music.
3. His platinum albums such as "You Make Me Happy and Sad", "Flowery Heart", "Music Brings Us
Together" and "Emil & Friends" have brought him numerous awards in Singapore, China"s Taiwan and
Hong Kong.
4. Jonathan Lee represents the creative spirit of the past 20 years in Taiwan and many renowned singers
like Sarah Chan (Chen Shuhua), Sandy Lam (Lin Yilian), Emil Chau (Zhou Huajian) and Karen Mok
(Mo Wenwei) draw great inspiration from Lee"s works.
5. The mix of musical treats for children in Beijing includes various kinds of art forms, including Western
classical music and Chinese traditional music, as well as puppet plays, crosstalk shows, and highlights of
Chinese local operas such as Peking Operas and Kunqu Operas. | 信息匹配
阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息.
首先请阅读下列演讲会的资料:
A
Are you interested in "Dream of the Red Mansion" (Hong Lou Meng)? Listen to a lecture on this classical novel.
Venue: National Museum of Chinese Modern Literature (Beijing)
Time: 9:30 a. m.
Price: free
Tel: 01084615522 | B
"Jiaguwen" is among the oldest pictographic characters in the world.How much do you know about it? Get all the answers at this free lecture.
Venue: Dongcheng District Library (Beijing)
Time: 9:00 a. m.
Price: free
Tel: 01064013356 | C
Former United Nations" interpreter, Professor Wang Ruojin, speaks about her experiences at the UN and shares her understanding of the cultural differences between East and West.
Venue: National Library of China (Beijing)
Time: 1:30 p. m.－4:00 p. m.
Price: free
Tel: 01068488047 | D
Qi Baishi, one of China"s greatest modern painters, was also a poet, calligrapher (书法家) and sealcutter (篆刻家). Can you appreciate his works? Then come to spend the time with us.
Venue: Beijing Art
Academy
Time: 9:00 a. m.－
11:00 a. m.
Price: 10 yuan
Tel: 01065023390 | E It is the year of the Dragon, and you can see "Fu" everywhere.But how much do you know about the dragon-just a legend? What is "Fu" and where does it come from? Why do people hang "Fu" character upside down on the door? Get all the answers from this free lecture. Venue: Capital Library (Beijing) Time: 2:00 p. m. Price: free Tel: 01067358114
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About 160 cultural relics from Guangdong, Macao and Hong Kong are on display to April 15th.Meanwhile experts will talk about the important roles these three cities have played in the past two thousand years of SinoWestern exchanges.
Venue: Beijing Art Museum
Time: 2:00 p. m.－5:00 p. m.
Price:20 yuan, students 10 yuan
Tel: 01083659337 |
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