The following is the information about plays which will be on these days.     

Big and Little

It is a play written by Botho Strauss and directed by Laurence Strangio, featuring (由……主演) second-year Performing Arts students. It is about a lonely woman living in a big city. From the play, we can learn how to get along well with our friends, our family, our lovers, ... and with ourselves.

A dreamlike journey in search of identity ...

When:15-17 March, 7:30 pm

Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus (校园)

Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions (优惠票价) $5

You can get the tickets at the door.

Love Play

It is written by Moira Buffini and directed by Trent Baker, featuring Performing Arts students.

First-year Performing Arts students present

Love Play. It follows a series of unexpected meetings that have taken place in the same place in London across 2,000 years, through the centuries from the Romans to the Elizabethans to the present day. Love Play is a comedy that challenges the reasons and ways we want love.

When:17-19 April, 8 pm

Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus

Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions $5

You can get the tickets at the door.

Smashed

It is a play written by Lally Katz and directed by Suzanne Chaundy, featuring second-year Performing Arts students. Smashed is about friendship, time travel and death. Writing for TheAge, Helen Thomson calls the play "a wonderful memory of childhood on the edge (边缘) of adulthood."Smashedp raises invention, imagination and girl power.

When: 24-26 April, 8 pm

Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus

Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions $5 You can get the tickets at the door.

1. We can know from the passage that Moira Buffini ______.

A．is a character in Big and Little

B．is the director of Smashed

C．wrote the play Love Play

D．once wrote for The Age

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

A．All the plays begin at 8 pm on Clayton campus.

B．The tickets have different prices but all are sold at the door.

C．Love Play is a comedy which has a different idea about love.

D．All the plays are performed by second-year Performing Arts students.

3. The play Big and Little is mainly about _________.

A．friendship, time travel and death

B．the life experience of a lonely woman

C．the life of a Performing Arts student on Clayton campus

D．unexpected meetings in London during the past 2,000 years

People are overweight for many reasons, the most important one of which is that they eat the wrong foods, get the wrong types of calories per meal, and they also eat meals at the wrong time each day. Food is more powerful than any weight loss pill, because the food that you eat can either make you thin or fat. This is true because your body is like an engine, and it only needs certain foods at certain intervals(间隔)each day. Low-calorie Diets Do Not Work

     The reason people cannot lose weight by starving themselves is that their metabolism(新陈代谢)will detect any major drop in calories and it will then adjust(调整)itself by burning fewer calories each day. That is the reason why you can eat 1,000 calories per day and not lose any weight, while your friends can eat 2,500 calories per day and not gain any weight.

Low-fat Diets Do Not Work

     Many people in today’s society are buying mostly low- fat or non-fat food at the grocery store. Everybody knows how much fat is inside the food they buy. However, people are getting fatter than ever before by doing this. They are not losing weight by changing to this low fat lifestyle.

     Losing weight has nothing to do with these things. One of the most important things you can do to control your weight is to eat the proper foods, such as fruit and vegetables, eat them at the right time, and exercise every day. If people make this a habit, they will lose weight.

1.What is the main reason why people are overweight?

A．They eat the wrong foods at the wrong time.   B．They eat food with lots of calories.   C．They don’t take any weight loss pills.                     D．They burn many calories every day.

2.The article is written in order to _______.

A．tell readers not to buy low-fat or non-fat food  B．tell readers how to lose weight C．tell readers about an important scientific discovery            D．call on people to lose weight and stay healthy

3.To realize the aim of your weight loss plan, you should ________.

a. do exercise every day

b. eat meals at the right time

c. eat fruits and vegetables

d. eat low-fat or sweet food

e. eat the proper foods at each meal

A．a, b, c, d           B．a, b, d, e           C．a, c, d, e           D．a, b, c, e

While we were riding the old German bus in Albania, a gypsy (吉普赛人) girl got on. She was about seven years old. Most gypsy children had a 36 look in their eyes.

     They were hardened by the world and by 37 they had experienced. The gypsies 38 in slums (贫民窟). The children begged on the streets or did other work so that their parents could 39 to buy wine. Every time we saw these 40 , we could always see the dead look in their eyes. But not this 41 . She was cheerful and had a beautiful smile on her face. As soon as she 42 , she started talking to us. Her name was Angela and she was on her 43 to visit her grandfather in a nearby slum village. I 44 my purse for something nice to give her. 45 , all I had with me was gum. She eagerly put a 46 in her mouth, and then squinted (眯着眼睛看) her eyes because the 47 was mint-flavored (薄荷味). It seemed like she had 48 tasted it before. She 49 in a funny way and the other people on the bus were all amused by what she did. When the bus 50 , she picked up the big bag she was carrying, 51 and jumped out of the bus.

    She is out of my life, but not out of my 52 . This girl deserved so much more than her 53 surroundings, yet she didn’t let any of them get herself 54 . I pray I will 55 her again someday, so that I can give her that hug which I should have given her that day on the bus!

1.                A．worried        B．happy          C．dead D．curious

2.                A．which          B．this            C．that  D．what

3.                A．lived           B．played          C．worked   D．studied

4.                A．manage        B．try             C．have D．afford

5.                A．children        B．adults          C．beggars   D．passers-by

6.                A．day            B．girl            C．place D．story

7.                A．sat down        B．crowded in      C．moved off D．lied down

8.                A．bus            B．car            C．way  D．taxi

9.                A．searched       B．examined       C．touched  D．found

10.               A．Fortunately      B．Sadly           C．Surprisingly D．Clearly

11.               A．little           B．block          C．piece D．set

12.               A．smell          B．sweet          C．sugar D．gum

13.               A．ever           B．never          C．always D．often

14.               A．laughed        B．shouted        C．cried D．complained

15.               A．got on         B．got off         C．pulled in   D．pulled down

16.               A．sighed         B．bent           C．nodded   D．waved

17.               A．feeling         B．dream         C．mind D．eyesight

18.               A．poor           B．warm          C．comfortable    D．rich

19.               A．off            B．up            C．away D．down

20.               A．help           B．meet          C．invite D．thank

_____ into many languages , the book is popular with young people.

A．Having been translated                   B． Having translated   C．To be translated D．Been translated

_____ opening ceremony of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games really gave the world ____ big surprise.

A．/;a               B．The; the           C．/;the             D．The; a

 _____, please come to see me.

A．When it convenient B．When is convenient  C．When convenient   D．Convenient

We _____ had told her that she failed the examination.

A．rather than        B．would rather       C．or rather          D．would like

Once natural resources _____ , the consequence will be unimaginable.

A．use up            B．run out           C．are given out       D．run out of

-- Is there any room in the ship?

-- Yes. We can probably _____ a few more people into it.

A．squeeze          B．press             C．hold             D．push

He dressed up and went to the party as if_____.

A．was invited        B．had been invited    C．to be invited       D．invited