(07·天津)

Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to   16  .  Now she was Portia, a strong–willed   17   in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing   18   form her.

19  , Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (選拔試演). She   20  being in front of other people. She was very   21   at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to   22   much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making   23  friends. She had excellent grades,   24   she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition, Robertsa’s mother had heard about it and   25   her to join in.

“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to   26   the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”

Her mother wouldn’t let the   27   drop. “You’re just a little scared (害怕) .Everyone gets scared. You know you   28   do it. The trick is to look past the   29   to find the love of what you’re doing.’’

So Roberta had made an appointment (預(yù)約) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the   30   of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part,   31   the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she   32   every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new   33   of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition, she   34   two of  Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the   35   was hers. 

16.   A. sing             B. dance                      C. speak                  D. report

17.   A. member                 B. actress          C. player                    D. character

18.   A. weakly          B. rapidly          C. smoothly               D. slowly

19.   A. At first          B. In fact            C. After all                  D. In all

20.   A. hated             B. enjoyed           C. appreciated          D. regretted

21.   A. honest            B. shy               C. polite                 D. patient  

22.   A. avoid            B. focus           C. pay                    D. attract

23. A. few               B. a few           C. several                 D. many

24. A. or                  B. so                C. for                        D. but

25. A. forced          B. requested       C. encouraged            D. reminded

26. A. accept           B. play               C. offer                     D. learn

27. A. role             B. matter              C. interest                    D. grade

28. A. can                B. must                C. may                     D. should

29. A. anger              B. pain              C. sadness                  D. fear

30. A. purpose          B. way              C. idea                      D. importance

31. A. memorizing       B. organizing       C. checking                 D. improving

32. A. disliked          B. loved                C. expected                D. bore

33. A. consideration    B. description      C. selection                 D. understanding

34. A. practiced       B. planned          C. performed                      D. delivered  

35.   A. part               B. play              C. speech                         D. position  

    

 (07·天津E篇)

When we think of leadership ,we often think of strength and power .But what are these really ,and how do they operate?

Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must ,but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term ,They will also experience fear.

Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best .If they associate you with this emotion of fear. They will become less functional around you ,and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot .but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively .Fear has no place in leadership.

The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion .We can order someone to do something ,which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level ,so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation (積極性). Today’s work place is all about relationships

Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they are recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker.. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work .They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor (因素) in the work life of most people.

The true strength of leadership  is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence---knowing your own emotions , and how to handle them ,and those of others . Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.

52. An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when ________.

A. he is forced to do things

B. be cannot work at his best

C. he feels his brain shut down

D. he thinks of his work as too heavy

53. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. People tend to associate leadership with fear

B. Working conditions affect people’s physical health

C. Good relationship is the key to business success

D. Smart people are more functional in the work place.

54.   To positively influence employees a leader should first of all ________.

A. provide better suggestions               B. develop his own personality

C. five his employees a pay raise          D. hide his own emotion of fear

55.   Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to ________.

A .provide a variety of project for employees

B. help raise employee’s living standards

C. give employees specific instructions

D. deal wisely with employees’ emotions

 (07·天津B篇)

Charles Blackman：Alice in Wonderland

An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV),Australia

10        June —12 August 2007

Venue (地點(diǎn))    The Ian Potter Centre

Admission        Free entry

Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland –the story of a Victorian  girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experience all kinds of things .At that time, Blackman’s wife was suffering from progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations, often disheartened by various events ,was similar to his wife’s experiences. It also reflected so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings.

Illustrator Workshop

Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration. The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects.

Dates Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug.10am—1pm

Venue Gas Works Arts Park

Wonderful World

Celebrate the exhibition and Children’s Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit

Date Sunday 24 June ,11am—4pm

Venue Exhibition Space .Level 3

Topsy-Turvy

Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland will be screened.

Dates    Sunday 8,15,22,29 July, and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July, 12noon—3pm

Venue    Theatre, NGV Australia

Drawing Workshop

Distortions of scale ( 比例失真) can make artworks strange but interesting .Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world .then experiment with scale in your own drawings. More information upon booking.

Date Friday 27 July,10:30am-3pm

Venue  Foryer, Level 3

40. Charles Blackman’s paintings come from ________.

A. his admiration for Lewis Carrioll

B. his dream of becoming a famous artist

C. his wish to express his own feelings

D. his eagerness to cure his wife’s illness

41.   Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?

      A. Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World

      B. Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop.

      C. Wonerful World and Topsy –Turvy.

      D.Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop.

42. To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to ________.

      A. Exhibition Space .Level 3                        B. Gas Works Arts Park

      C. Theatre ,NGV Australia                           D. Foyer, Level 3

43.   Activities concerning children’s books are to be held     

A. on June 24,2007                                 B. on July15,2007

C. on July 24,2007                                 D. on August 5,2007

 (07·天津D篇)

In meditation(冥想)，people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath .As they breathe in and out ,they attend to their feelings .As thoughts go through their minds. they let them go. Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go.

According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a market change in how the brain allocates(分配) attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world. Expert mediators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli( 刺激),like facial expressions.

The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice. everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain ,It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.

In an experiment ,17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day .A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period .Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both group looked for the numbers ,their brain activity was recorded.

Everyone could catch the first number .But the brain  recordings showed that the less experienced mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it ,so they missed the second number .Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number .as if letting it go ,which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number ,This shows that attention can change with practice.

Just ask Daniel Levision, who meditated for three months as part of the study .”I am a much better listener,” he said. “I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying.”

48.   The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.

A. feelings              B. minds               C. people                    D. thoughts

49.   Meditations manage their daily tasks better because they ________.

A. are given less pressure                        B. allocate their attention better

C. have more stimuli for life                           D. practice them more frequently

50. In the experiment ,volunteers doing meditation for longer hours ________.

A. were more likely to catch both of the members

     B. were used to memorizing numbers in groups

     C. usually ignored the first number observed

     D. paid more attention to numbers than to letters

51. The study proves that ________.

   A. meditation improves one’s health

   B. brain activity can be recorded

   C. human attention can be trained

   D. mediators have a good sense of hearing

 (07·天津)

假設(shè)你校舉辦看圖征文活動(dòng)，題目為“How to Protect Our Eyesight”。請(qǐng)你用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一篇短文，指出圖中所反映的現(xiàn)象，并從閱讀時(shí)間、光線、眼睛保健及睡眠等方面，談?wù)劚Ｗo(hù)視力的具體方法。

注意：

1．詞數(shù)：不少于100詞；

2．可適當(dāng)加入細(xì)節(jié)，以便使行文連貫。

參考詞匯：

近視 — short-sighted

How to Protect Our Eyesight

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【寫(xiě)作提示】

（1）      近視現(xiàn)象普遍存在；

（2）      視力對(duì)每個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)至關(guān)重要，要加以保護(hù)；

（3）      閱讀時(shí)間不宜過(guò)長(zhǎng)，光線要充足，不能太弱也不能太強(qiáng)；

（4）      每天要按時(shí)做眼保健操；

每天睡眠時(shí)間要充足。