Dickens & London Exhibition

Date: 9 December, 2011---10 June, 2012

Location: Museum of London

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens in the first major UK exhibition for his Over 40 years.

By recreating the atmosphere of Victorian London through sound and projections. You’ll be taken on an unforgettable journe y to discover the city that inspired his writings.

Paintings, photograghs, costumes and objects will illustrate different themes that Dickens wrote into his works, while rarely seen manuscripts(手稿) including Bleak House and David Copperfield ---written

in the author’s own hand ---will offer clues to his creative genius.

During your visit you’ll discover how Dickens’ childhood experiences of London were introduced into the stories he wrote. The great social questions of the19th century will also be examined, all of which set the scene for Dickens’ greatest works.

Highlights of the exhibition will inc1ude an exciting audio-visual experience bringing to life the desk and chair where Dickens worked on his nove1s, and a special film shot by one of the UK’s leading documentary filmmakers.

Packages include afternoon entry (1:00 pm ---4:00 pm) to the exhibition plus overnight accommodation at a nearby hotel. If you wish to visit the exhibition the day after your hotel stay, p1ease call our reservation department. Call: 08712212717.

Book a trip online with us, with tickets to Dickens & London Exhibition ---afternoon entry and hotel accommodation included in the price. All taxes included. No credit card fees. No booking fees. No discount.

Price Information: a package costs an adult ￡180 and a child ￡90 ( 4---15 ) ; an afternoon entry costs an adult ￡28 and a child ￡14 ( 4---15 ).

1.During the visit, visitors can ___________________

A. read three Dickens’manuscripts?????????????????????? ???????????????? ,

B. experience a vivid picture of Victorian London

C. find the great social problems in London at present

D. sit at the desk where Dickens worked hard on his novels

2.What do we know about Dickens in this passage?

A. He used to be a filmmaker .

B. He lived a hard life in his childhood.

C. He wrote different themes into his works.

D. He wrote social violence into his books.

3.If we book a trip online, we have the following benefits EXCEPT that ___________ .

A. we can book it free of charge

B. we will pay none of the taxes

C. we will pay none of credit card fees

D. we will be given a discount

4.How much should a couple with one child at 10 and another at 18 pay if they have a package ?

A. ￡360?????????? B. ￡540????????? C. ￡630?????????? D. ￡720

The famous scientist Albert Einstein died in 1955. His___36__ now is in the central state of Kansas of the U.S. It belongs to a retired  ___37__ doctor, Thomas Harvey. ___38__ did this happen? And why?
In the 1950s, Albert Einstein and Thomas Harvey __39__ each other when they both lived in Princeton, New Jersey. Einstein was working at Princeton University____40__ Doctor Harvey was working at Princeton Hospital. When Einstein died, Doctor Harvey was __41__ to examine his body. It was then that he started to study __42__ has become a long time examination of Einstein's brain. His goal was to __43__ some physical evidence of the scientist's genius.
Doctor Harvey, ___44__, did not tell Einstein's family that he __45__ the great man's brain. It was only later ___46__ the family learned of Doctor Harvey's work. They did not ___47__ the idea at first. After Doctor Harvey explained his idea to them, they agreed to __48__ him to study the brain. Doctor Harvey then asked __49__ scientists to help. They cut the brain __50__ three pieces. They marked each piece before placing it in containers __51__ chemical formaldehyde (甲醛) to protect it. Doctor Harvey has been ___52_ Einstein's brain since then. He has carried it with him as he moved from place to place. He has also lent parts of the brain to other scientists ___53__ study.
Only one researcher has found something ___54__. A doctor at the University of California found that the left part of Einstein's brain has more certain cells (细胞) than __55__. Such cells are known to feed brain. This may mean that the cells could affect intelligence.

以下是两篇课文选段，请任意选择一篇，并根据课文，在文中划线处填上适当单词，每空一词， (共10小题，计10分) 
1） Born in 1930, Dr Yuan __1___ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then,   2  ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time,   3  was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan _4__ for a way to increase rice harvests without __5__ the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These ___6___ harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are __7__ from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now __8___ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. __9___ to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to __10__ the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
2） The most universal   1   expression is, of course, the smile---its   2  is to show happiness and put people at   3  . It does not always mean that we are   4  happy, however. Smiles around the world can be _ 4  , hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There are   5  smiles, such as when someone “lose face” and smiles to   6  it. However, the general   7  of smiling is to show good feelings.
From the time we are babies, we show   8  or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone shows anger.   __9 _ a fist and shaking it almost always means that someone is angry and   10_  another person.

以下是两篇课文选段，请任意选择一篇，并根据课文，在文中划线处填上适当单词，每空一词， (共10小题，计10分) 

1） Born in 1930, Dr Yuan __1___ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then,   2  ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time,   3  was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan _4__ for a way to increase rice harvests without __5__ the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These ___6___ harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are __7__ from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now __8___ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. __9___ to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to __10__ the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

2） The most universal   1   expression is, of course, the smile---its   2  is to show happiness and put people at   3  . It does not always mean that we are   4  happy, however. Smiles around the world can be _ 4  , hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There are   5  smiles, such as when someone “lose face” and smiles to   6  it. However, the general   7  of smiling is to show good feelings.

From the time we are babies, we show   8  or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone shows anger.   __9 _ a fist and shaking it almost always means that someone is angry and   10_  another person.