Tens of thousands of theatre tickets will be given away to young people next year as part of a government campaign to inspire a lifelong love for theatre.

The plant to offer free seats to people aged between 18 to26-funded with ￡2.5 million of  taxpayers’ money-was announced yesterday by Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary. It received a cautious welcome from some in the arts world, who expressed concern that the tickets may not reach the most underprivileged.

The plan comes as West End theatres are enjoying record audiences, thanks largely to musicals teaming up with television talent shows. Attendances reached 13.6 million in 2007,up 10 percent on 2006, itself a record year. Total sales were up 18 percent on 2006 to almost ￡470 million.

One theatre source criticised the Government’s priorities (優(yōu)先考慮的事) in funding free tickets when pensioners were struggling to buy food and fuel, saying: “I don’t know why the Government’s wasting money on this. The Young Vic, as The Times reported today, offers excellent performances at cheap prices.”

There was praise for the Government’s plan from Dominic Cooke of the Royal Court Theatre, who said: “I support any move to get young people into theatre, and especially one that aims to do it all over England, not just in London.”

Ninety-five publicly funded theatres could apply for funding under the two-year plan. In return, they will offer free tickets on at least one day each week to 18 to 26-year-olds, first-come, first-served. It is likely to be on Mondays, traditionally a quiet night for the theatre.

Mr. Burnham said: “A young person attending the theatre can find it an exciting experience, and be inspired to explore a new world. But sometimes people miss out on it because they fear it’s ‘not for them’. It’s time to change this perception.”

Jeremy Hunt, the Shadow Culture Secretary, “The real issue is not getting enthusiastic children into the theatre, but improving arts education so that more young people want to go in the first place. For too many children theatres are a no-go area.”

1. Critics of the plan argued that_________.

A. the theatres would be overcrowded

B. it would be a waste of money

C. pensioners wouldn’t get free tickets

D. the government wouldn’t get free tickets

2. According to the supporters, the plan should_______.

A. benefit the television industry

B. focus on producing better plays

C. help increase the sales of tickets

D. involve all the young people in England

3. Which of the following is TRUE about the plan?

A. Ninety-five theatres have received funding

B. Everyone will get at least one free ticket

C. It may not benefit all the young people.

D. Free tickets are offered once every day.

4. We can infer from the passage that in England______.

A. many plays are not for young people

B. many young people don’t like theatre.

C. people know little about the plan

D. children used to receive good arts education

5. According to the passage, the issue to offer free tickets to young people seems_______.

A. controversial

B. inspiring

C. exciting

D. unreasonable

Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee .And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation(感覺) of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions-those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A.Bargh.

    Psychologists have known that one person’s perception(感知) of another’s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies’ conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness. Classic studies by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. Harlow’s work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.

    Feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal. Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries.

    To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. A research assistant who was unaware of the study’s hypotheses（假設(shè)）, handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form. The drink was then handed back. After that, the students were asked to rate the personality of “Person A” based on a particular description. Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.

    “We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly,” says Bargh.

1. According to Paragraph 1, a person’s emotion may be affected by         .

   A. the visitors to his office.

   B. the psychology lessons he has

C. his physical feeling of coldness

   D. the things he has bought online

2. The author mentions Harlow’s experiment to show that         .

   A. adults should develop social skills.

   B. babies need warm physical contact

   C. caregivers should be healthy adults

   D .monkeys have social relationships

3. In Bargh’s experiment, the students were asked to         .

   A. evaluate someone’s personality

   B. write down their hypotheses

   C. fill out a personal information

   D. hold coffee and cold drink alternatively

4. We can infer from the passage that           .

   A. abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences

   B. feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwide

   C. physical temperature affects show we see others.

   D. capable persons are often cold to others

5. What would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Drinking for Better Social Relationships.

   B. Experiments of Personality Evaluation.

   C. Developing Better Drinking Habits.

   D .Physical Sensations and Emotions.

閱讀下面短文，并按照題目要求用英語回答問題。

       Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(購物手推車).They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know-or even think to ask-who it was that invented them.

       Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地?cái)y帶)groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

       One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.

       On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.

       But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.

       After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.

But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his cats could be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony (假冒的) customers.

       As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come-those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

Today’s shopping carts are five times get than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money of food each year as they did before 1937-before the coming of the shopping cart.

1. The underlined words “chrome-plated contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to              .

(No more than 3 words)

2. What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? (No more than 10 words)

3. Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (No more than 10 words)

4. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (No more than 10 words)

5. What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)

假設(shè)你是晨光中學(xué)的學(xué)生會主席李華。學(xué)生會將舉辦每年一度的英語演講比賽，本年度的主題為“The English Novel I Like Best”。 作為組織者，你將在演講比賽開幕時(shí)發(fā)言，請你根據(jù)以下提示用英語寫一篇發(fā)言稿。

1.       說明比賽的竟義，如提高英語聽說能力，養(yǎng)成讀書的習(xí)慣等：

2.       說明比賽的注意事項(xiàng)，如每人演講不超過5分鐘，語言流利，發(fā)音準(zhǔn)確等；

3.       預(yù)祝比賽圓滿成功。

注意：

1.       詞數(shù)：不少于100詞；

2.       可適當(dāng)加入細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3.       發(fā)言稿的開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，不計(jì)入詞數(shù)。

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

       Welcome to this year’s English speech competition                                 

 Thank you!

—Hey, you haven’t been acting like yourself. Everything OK?

—          .

A．I’m fine, thanks        B．Sure , it is       C．That’s good             D．It’s OK

I don't understand what the engineer means, but I’ve got         rough idea of          

project plan.

A．the; a             B．不填； the          C．the；不填            D．a(chǎn); the

         and short of breath , Andy and Ruby were the first to reach the top of Mount Tai .

A．To be tried              B．Tired                 C．Tiring              D．Being tired

—I’ve read another book this week.

—Well, maybe         is not how much you read but what you read that counts.

A．this           B．that           C．there             D．it

The incomes of skilled workers went up.        , unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

A．Moreover             B．Therefore              C．Meanwhile              D．Otherwise

The system has been designed to give students quick and easy         to the digital resources of the library.

A．a(chǎn)ccess        B．passage        C．way          D．a(chǎn)pproach