Time: April 8th, 2010 at 10 PM To April 9th, 2010 at 3 AM

Location: Babyface Guangzhou
Street: No．83 Changdi Da Ma Road, Guangzhou

City/Town: Guangzhou
Website or Map: http://www．babyface．com．cn

Phone: 020-8335 5771

Organized By: Babyface China Official

Grammy nominated （格莱美奖提名）artist and globally admired DJ and Producer Paul van Dyk continues to lead the electronic music charts and appears at the highpoint of every Top DJ list across the globe．PvD, as his fans have nicknamed him, is currently ranked the World’s No． 1 DJ by DJ Magazine’s “Top 100 DJs poll” for the second successive year．

PvD is well-known as one of the hardest working artists, with sold-out tours that cross each continent, headline spots at every major festival, and a hugely successful recording career．With over 3 million albums sold worldwide, van Dyk travels around the world over 16 times each year to sold out performances internationally．

Born in Eisenhuettenstadt, East Germany, Paul van Dyk grew up in East Berlin． Because his community did not have a true club culture, Paul van Dyk listened to the radio where he discovered his passion for music that extended beyond Techno music—he wanted to create a different, more unique sound． In the early 1990’s Paul van Dyk was performing regularly at various clubs in Berlin before releasing his first album 45 RPM in 1994． But it was the release of his second album Seven Ways that put him into Top 100, followed by the release of his hit single “For An Angel,” which began to earn him praise across the globe．By the time Paul van Dyk released Out There & Back in 2000, it became clear that the Berlin-based musician had far more to offer than his signature club sets that had already defined him as one of the most influential DJs and producers of all time． His first mix CD Politics of Dancing was released in 2001, followed by Global in 2003—a DVD which illustrates his own experiences traveling the world．

1．What activity does this passage introduce to us?

A． Paul van Dyk Volume World Tour at Babyface Guangzhou．

B． Grammy Prize Ceremony at Babyface Guangzhou．

C． Release of PvD’s original album Reflections．

D． The foundation of Babyface China Official．

2．Which album first made PvD into the Top 100?

A． For An Angel．                                       B． Seven Ways．

C． 45 RPM．                                              D． Out There & Back．

3．According to the passage PvD can be best described as _______．

A． intelligent but proud                                   B． hardworking but absent-minded

C． optimistic and outgoing                             D． creative and potential

4．PvD’s passion for music originated from _______．

A． performing at various clubs                        B． listening to the radio

C． his tours across the globe                          D． his true club culture

5．According to the passage, PvD _______．

A． is ranked the world’s No．1 DJ in Top 100 DJs Poll for life

B． shows us his traveling experience in Global

C． sings about politics in his mix CD Politics of Dancing

D． received Grammy Prizes several times

Our brains work in complex and strange ways．There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two．Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write．

       Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants．An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （损伤）, such as in autism or retardation．At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory．

       One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724．It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．

       Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s．Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．

       In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly．

       Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills．However few people wish to participate in such experiments．There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain．The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate．Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots．

1．What does the passage mainly talk about?

       A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．

       B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．

       C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．

       D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．

2．Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

       A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．

       B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．

       C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．

       D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．

3．What can you infer from the passage?

       A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．

       B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．

       C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．

       D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．

4．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

       A．                      B．

       C．                                    D．

1—5refer to paragraph 1—5.

某中学生英语报开展征文活动，主题为“2009年北京的交通状况”。下面的图表是2009年北京交通出行结构示意图。请结合图表内容，用英语写一篇简要的报告，并就某个数据说说你的观点，参加征文活动。词数不少于60。

请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

I often quarrel about my mother over whether I can surf the Internet after school．She holds views that Senior Three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lessons．It seems to me that once I am allowed to do that, I'll unable to control myself and forget all about my study．She also thinks it is bad for my eye．But I really can't accept her ideas．In my opinion, surf the Internet can set my mind at rest after a day's hard works．Besides, it is important for us to know what had happened at home and at abroad．Thus, we shouldn't be forbidden to surf the net．

以“Lessons from License”为题，根据以下四幅图，叙述一个年轻人参加驾照考试，获得证书等经历，并谈两点自己的看法。开头已为你写出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：

1．peek at 偷看                                       2．bandage v.用绷带包扎

词数120左右

Lessons from License

A young man wanted to get a driving license. But he didn’t study the traffic, regulations seriously.

……

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

1． But still there is a danger that grows every year．Airliners get larger．Some airplanes can hold over 300 passengers．And the air itself becomes more and more crowded．If one giant airliner crashed into another in mid-air, 600 lives could be lost．

     2  ．Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down．The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may handle 2500 planes a day．Not al of them actually land at the airport．Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．__3__．

Recently such a disaster almost happened．__4__．One, with 69 passengers, had come from Toronto, and the other, with 176 passengers, from Chicago, An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other．He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb．But he made a mistake．He ordered the wrong plane to do this．Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane．They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second．The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool．__5__．

       A． Even a small mistake on their part could cause a disaster．

       B． Two large jets were flying towards the airport．

       C． Nowadays people like traveling more by air than by car．

       D． Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a bus motor-way．

       E． This is an example of the danger that grows every year．

       F．  In a word, air travel is more dangerous, we should choose others．

       G． From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screen．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

1． But still there is a danger that grows every year．Airliners get larger．Some airplanes can hold over 300 passengers．And the air itself becomes more and more crowded．If one giant airliner crashed into another in mid-air, 600 lives could be lost．

     2  ．Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down．The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may handle 2500 planes a day．Not al of them actually land at the airport．Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．__3__．

Recently such a disaster almost happened．__4__．One, with 69 passengers, had come from Toronto, and the other, with 176 passengers, from Chicago, An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other．He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb．But he made a mistake．He ordered the wrong plane to do this．Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane．They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second．The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool．__5__．

       A． Even a small mistake on their part could cause a disaster．

       B． Two large jets were flying towards the airport．

       C． Nowadays people like traveling more by air than by car．

       D． Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a bus motor-way．

       E． This is an example of the danger that grows every year．

       F．  In a word, air travel is more dangerous, we should choose others．

       G． From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screen．

1．From the passage we can learn that "World Vision" is a（n） ______．

       A．news agency located in Hong Kong      

      B．organization serving people in need

       C．educational broadcast program             

      D．international climate research center

2．Which of the following is NOT one of the relief operations carried out by World Vision?

       A．They distributed rice and quilts to affected villagers．

       B．They raised fund to help those worst-hit provinces．

       C．They purchased power generators to affected villagers．

       D．They rebuilt houses and schools in worst-hit areas．

3．This passage aims to ______．

       A．inform us about the serious situation in China after the snowstorm

       B．report to us what has been done to help those snowstorm victims

       C．appeal to us to provide our assistance to the snowstorm victims

       D．encourage us to go to the snowstorm-stricken villages to offer help

Sydney – A shark savaged a schoolboy’s leg while he was surfing with his father at a beach in Sydney on February 23. it was the third shark attack along the coast of Australia’s largest city in a month.

The 15 – year – old boy and his father were in the water off Avalon, on Sydney’s northern beaches, around dawn when he was attacked. The city’s beaches are packed with locals and tourists during the summer months.

“The father heard a scream and turned to see his son trashing （扭动） about in the water,” police said. “Fortunately, the shark swam away and the boy was helped to shore by his father.”

Lifesaving Club spokesman Nick Miller: “It got him around the top of his left leg and the father came and dragged him out of water. ” He said the boy was bleeding heavily when he was brought to shore. “There was a lot of pain, as you can imagine”. The teenager was airlifted to hospital for treatment for leg injuries.

Police said the bites “cut through to the bone”, but the boy did not appear to have sustained any fractures （骨折）. He was in a stable condition now.

Several beaches were closed after the attack. Water police and lifeguards were searching for the shark, while police hoped to identify its species by the shape of the bite marks. But they said it was too early to say what type of shark attacked the boy. “I don’t even know if he saw it,” Miller said.

Many shark species live in the waters off Sydney’s beaches, but attacks on humans are still relatively rare. However, there were two attacks on successive days earlier this month, one on a navy diver in Sydney harbor, not far from the famous Opera House, and the other on a surfer at the city’s world – famous Bondi beach.

Fishermen say shark numbers are on the rise. There is a ban on commercial fishing in the harbor, which has increased fish stocks. Marine experts also claim environmental protection has created a cleaner environment, attracting sharks closer to shore as they chase fish. Many shark species, including the Great White – the man – eater made famous in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws – are protected in Australian waters.

1．The report mainly tells us          .

       A．shark attacks on humans are on the rise

       B．sharks attacked humans three times in one month

       C．a boy was attacked by a shark at a Sydney beach

       D．shark numbers are increasing in the waters off Sydney’s beaches

2．The underlined word “savaged” in the first paragraph probably means “        ”.

       A．attracted              B．dragged               C．bit                      D．packed

3．What do we know about the city of Sydney from the passage?

       A．It is one of the largest cities in Australia.

       B．Sydney harbor is not far from the famous Opera House.

       C．There are many locals and tourists on its coast all year round.

       D．There are few shark species in the waters off Sydney’s beaches.

4．About the injury of the boy we know that         .

       A．he was losing much blood when he was dragged out

       B．he was very nervous when he was sent to hospital

       C．he may be in danger of losing his leg

       D．he was injured in the right leg

5．All the following are the causes of Australia’s sharks increasing except that        .

       A．environmental protection has created a cleaner environment

       B．a ban on commercial fishing has increased fish numbers

       C．many shark species are protected in Australian waters

       D．the film Jaws has made the Great White famous