The Mandarin version of The Sound of Music will return to Beijing from Aug 18 to Sept 3,after its first tour of the country last year.Performed first in July 2016,the musical,produced by Seven Ages,a Beijing-based company devoting to adapting classical Western musicals into Chinese versions,has been staged more than 100 times and attracted over 100,000 people.
The Broadway show,based on the book The Trapp Family Singers,which was written by Maria Von Trapp about her real-life experiences and published in 1949,made its debut in 1959.With music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II,it won five Tony Awards,including Best Musical.When the Oscar-winning film with the same title was screened in China in the 1970s,the movie,which was released by Twentieth Century Fox in 1964,was very popular,especially its songs,such as Do-Re-Mi and Edelweiss.The Broadway production and the production by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber both toured China in 2008 and 2014,which expanded its Chinese fan base.
The upcoming tour will see actors,including 11-year-old Beijinger Qiu Jiahao and 5-year-old Liang Xiaoxian, play the seven children in the family.Fu Zhenhua,a graduate of the Shanghai Theater Academy,and Dang Wenwei,a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music,will play the roles of Captain Georg von Trapp and Maria Rainer.
"My favorite aspect of this musical is the way it takes a look at various kinds of love we experience as human beings and even the love of things spiritual and unexplainable.And that is what I like most about The Sound of Music－it really is the sound of love," says Graves,a veteran Broadway director,who has lived and worked in China since 2002.
After Beijing,the musical will be staged in Shenzhen in December and Shanghai next January.
If you go
7:30 pm,Aug 18-Sept 3.Poly Theater,14 Dongzhimen Nandajie,Dongcheng district,Beijing,400-028-2577.
1.What can we learn about the musical from the first paragraph?
A. It was performed in Beijing in 2016.
B. It will set foot on China from America.
C. It has appealed to millions of audiences.
D. It was translated from English into Chinese.
2.What can we infer about The Sound of Music?
A. The book was written about a real story.
B. The play was presented with Tony Awards.
C. The film received at least an Oscar Award.
D. The Broadway production wasn’t a movie.
3.What does the underlined word that in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The musical. B. The way.
C. The love. D. The book.
4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To promote the book. B. To introduce the new version.
C. To advertise the musical. D. To review the Mandarin version.
你是李华, 你很烦恼.最近,每天早晚, 你们小区广场上都有很多人在跳广场舞,持续时间长且噪音大, 给你和小区里其他人带来了很多不便......请你给小区委员会领导写封信,反映现象及其导致的不便(要求涉及生活,学习和工作等方面) 并提出合理建议.
注意: 1. 词数 120左右
2. 短文的开头 和结尾已给出,不计入总词数.
参考词汇: 广场舞 square dance 组织者 organizers
Dear Sir,
I'm writing to tell you something about the people doing the square dance in our community, which has made me terribly upset.
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Best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
文中共有10处语言错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
The book I'm reading of talks about afternoon tea in Britain. It is said to have started in the early 1800's. Have tea in the late afternoon provides a bridge between lunch and dinner, that may not be served until 8 o'clock at night. This custom soon becomes another meal of day. Interesting, it had a connection by the British porcelain (瓷器) industry. Tea in China was traditionally drank from cups without handles. When tea got popular in Britain, there was a crying need for good cup with handles to suit British habits. This made for the grow in the porcelain industry.
The Abbey Road pedestrian crossing in Northern London is one of the world's most famous 1. it is on the cover of Beatles album. Now, the British government 2.(put) it on the list of national heritage sites.
3. (normal), only buildings and other architectural sites get the award. It is the first time 4. a section of street became part of 5. (Britain) National Heritage. The crossing is near the Abbey Road studios 6.the Beatles made most of their records. Today it can 7.(see) around the world on a special webcam(网络摄像头). The studio building 8.(it)became listed by British Heritage last February. The photographer of the picture said he only had 10 minutes 9.(take) it. It became one of the most famous album covers of all times. The Abbey Road album was 10.last one the Beatles completed before they broke up.
1.She was even less _______(热情的) about going to see the film.
2.Only because of the color he disliked, the boy r______(抛弃) his new shoes.
3.He c________ his speech with an interesting story.
4.I know he s_________ me of my honesty.
5.She opened the door ________(谨慎) so as not to wake the baby.
6.The football team, c_______ of 22 players and three coaches, was set up about 3 years ago.
7.D______ into three groups, the students began cleaning the classroom.
8.These gates are always open for the _________(方便) of visitors.
9.The _______(辉煌的) image of Lei Feng will forever live in the heart of the people.
10.Her parents gave her so much money that she's got no ________(动机) to get a job.
11.I recognized her the _________(立刻) I saw her.
12.They argued that the plan would damage the island's ________(生态).
13.So a______ was he in his work that he didn't notice that it was raining hard.
14.The beauty of the scenery here is beyond d________, that is, the beauty of the scenery is hard to describe.
15.________(缺乏) in confidence, he didn't accomplish his speech.
Everyone enjoys a fitting reply; it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!
When I was a senior in high school, I _______ knew I wanted to pursue writing as a career.
Writing had basically ______ me when I was only 7 years old, _____ since that time, I'd been bombarded(轰炸) by guidance counselors and career planners who all ______ me to have " a back-up-plan" in case writing didn't work out.
I'd never even _____ a different career path, so I was very _____ and worried. After much thought, I decided _______ would be my "back-up-plan", and I signed up for a class through my high school.
This _______ that every morning, I would serve as a teacher's helper for my favorite 6th grade teacher, Mr. Ralston. Morning after morning, I showed up in Mr. Ralston's classroom and ______ papers for him.
Sometimes, I even ______ a lesson or two. It was fun, and the students seemed to like me, so I was surprised when it came time for my _______.Mr. Ralston looked me right in the eyes and asked, "Do you really want to teach?"
"Had I really been that _______?" I thought.
"Don't misunderstand. You'll do fine in teaching," he continued. "But, is your _______ really in it?"
"Not really," I _______. "I want to write. I want to write new stories and fiction and poetry and so much more... but I've been told it's tough to make it as a writer _____ I thought maybe I would teach and then use my summers _______ to pursue writing."
As I shared with Mr. Ralston my hopes, dreams and carefully plotted-out back-up plan, he smiled and said, "Why are you preparing to ________ with this back-up plan? If you want to be a writer, go for it! Pursue writing!"
Mr. Ralston's _______ to follow my dreams was the little nudge(推动) I decided to help me push past my ______ of not making it as a writer and simply "Go for it!"
That's what an encouraging word will do when spoken in love in ______ season. So, Let's try and be like Mr. Ralston and speak that word of encouragement at just the right time and make a difference in someone's life today.
1.A. even B. never C. already D. also
2.A. reminded B. entertained C. accompanied D. chosen
3.A. or B. and C. for D. but
4.A. urged B. forced C. taught D. persuaded
5.A. created B. taken C. considered D. examined
6.A. embarrassed B. confused C. annoyed D. frightened
7.A. writing B. teaching C. studying D. editing
8.A. meant B. showed C. suggested D. revealed
9.A. read B. set C. graded D. composed
10.A. reviewed B. skipped C. took D. presented
11.A. application B. evaluation C. instruction D. qualification
12.A. obvious B. shallow C. superior D. ambitious
13.A. eye B. mind C. heart D. focus
14.A. interrupted B. joked C. admitted D. apologized
15.A. unless B. if C. because D. so
16.A. up B. apart C. along D. off
17.A. fail B. follow C. depart D. compete
18.A. encouragement B. determination C. tendency D. attempt
19.A. dreams B. fears C. regrets D. mistakes
20.A. peak B. low C. proper D. new
