第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

请阅读下列娱乐信息和个人信息，并按要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先请阅读下列应用文：

A. Theatre drama

The new play Love with My Former Wife, performed in Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, introduces a story of love. You will see dating, love and marriage in this day.

B. Classic ballet

The classic ballet La Bayadere describes a love story in ancient India. The ballet has been popular since 1877. This week, Guangzhou Ballet Troupe will bring this ballet to Shanghai.

C. Classical music

Dmitri Shostakovin is considered one of the greatest Soviet composers. This week, his works will be performed in memory of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

D. Theatre play

The play Activated Carbon tells the story of two generations. It describes the lifestyle of young people who are struggling for a better future in the city, as well as the old generation’s thoughts on life and history. This play shows their different attitudes to life, history, love and marriage.

E. Students’ concert

A student art group aged 9 to 13 will hold a concert this weekend. The performers will display their skills in playing traditional Chinese musical instruments.

F. Piano concert

A piano concert will be performed at 2:00 pm in Shanghai Oriental Art Centre. The program will include selections from Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart.

请阅读以下个人信息，然后进行匹配：

56. Peter is interested in traditional Chinese musical instruments. He is also interested in anything that is related to Chinese musical instrument.

57. Jenet is twenty—four years old. She has difficulty in understanding her parents’ lifestyle. She has great interest in the differences between generations.

58. Elma has been learning how to play the piano since she was a youngster and her musician parents have set their sights on a concert career for their daughter. Now Elma is 18 and is preparing for a piano competition. She needs more inspiration.

59. Katherine is a middle school student. She spends most of her spare time in reading love stories and dancing. The love stories based on ancient India are her favourite.

60. Lily is a 25-year-old law student who loves classical music, though she has no particular talent for playng or composing. Enjoying classical music is often a pastime. She’s interested in soviet composer in particular.

 

A story from the Bible tells of old Babylon, where the men decided to build a tower that would touch the sky．But God was unhappy, and he made them speak different languages．They couldn’t understand each other, so their dream never came true．

Yet the dream remains alive: if all men speak the same language, they can do anything．L．L．Zamenhof from Poland was among the men who pursue this dream．He developed Esperanto（世界语）between 1877 and 1885．

As the most successful man-made world language, it is spoken by over two million people around the world．Last month, the World Esperanto Congress（大会）, dealing with language rights, ended in Sweden．The 2004 conference will be held in Beijing．Most Esperanto speakers are in Central and Eastern Europe and in East Asia, particularly Chinese mainland．

Esperanto has two advantages．First, it’s easy．Each letter has exactly one sound and there are just 16 basic grammar rules．The second advantage is that it belongs to no one country．But Esperanto has only reached a small number of people compared with natural languages widely used around the world-such as English or Chinese．While these languages are deeply connected with their nations and cultures, Esperanto doesn’t have this background．

Will Esperanto really become a global language? It remains a question．

1.The writer tells us a story at the beginning to          ．

             A．explain why men have been making the effort to create a language shared by all

                   B．explain why men now speak different languages

                   C．show the relationship between man and God

                   D．prove that language is very important

2.What does the underlined word “pursue” in the second paragraph mean?

                   A．“Realize”．        B．“Work for”．     C．“Be against”． D．“Follow”．

3.What is the basic difference between Esperanto and English?

                   A．More people speak English than Esperanto．

                   B．Esperanto words are easier to spell．

                   C．Esperanto has fewer grammar rules．

                   D．Esperanto is not supported by any country or culture．

4.What does the story mainly talk about?

                   A．Advantages and disadvantages of Esperanto．

                   B．Men’s dream of sharing the same language．

                   C．The most successful planned language-Esperanto．

                   D．Comparison of Esperanto and other languages like English and Chinese．

 

It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland’s oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education. A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women’s Day.
The document was discovered buried in the university archives (档案) by part-time history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said: “We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus (校评议委员会) at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn’t know documentary evidence existed. While searching the archives for information about the university’s higher certificate for women, I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote.”
In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.
Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877. Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
【小题1】Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted _______.

A．to carry out a research project there

B．to set up a medical institute there

C．to study medicine there

D．to deliver lectures there

【小题2】 Lis Smith found Sophia’s letter to St Andrews University _______.

A．by pure chance

B．in the school office

C．with her supporters’ help

D．while reading history books

【小题3】Sophia’s letter resulted in the establishment of _______.

A．the London School of Medicine for Women

B．a degree programme for women

C．a system of medical education

D．the University of Berne

【小题4】When did St Andrews University begin to take full-time women students?

A．In 1873.

B．In 1874.

C．In 1877.

D．In 1892.

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who invented many things that greatly influenced life around the world, such as the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Edison has been recognized as the creator of the first industrial research laboratory. It is he who came up with the concept of providing electricity for home. His first power station was on Manhattan Island, New York.

Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. He was the seventh and last child of his family. When he was young, Edison stayed at home and was taught by his mother. Edison recalled later, “My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had someone to live for, someone I must not disappoint.” During his childhood, he suffered from scarlet fever which affected his hearing.

Young Edison sold candy and newspapers on trains running from Port Huron to Detroit, and he sold vegetables to supplement his income. These jobs, though insignificant, inspired him greatly. He realized that he had a talent for business. These talents eventually made him founder of 14 companies, including General Electric, which is still in existence and is the largest publicly traded company in the world.

Edison started as a telegraph operator and this was the field in which he came up with the first invention. The invention which first gained him fame was the phonograph in 1877. The invention seemed magical, as nothing similar had ever been thought of before. Funded by the successful sale of the telegraph at a price of $10,000, Edison built his own research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The laboratory expanded rapidly over the decade. In 1892, it was confirmed that Edison was the official inventor of the carbon microphones, which was used in all telephones. Although he attempted to make use of X-rays to take radiographs, he quit the project and admitted his fear of X-rays in public.

Thomas Edison died of diabetes at his home in New Jersey, on October 18, 1931 and in honor of his contributions, Life magazine (USA), in a special double issue in 1997, placed Edison first in the list of the “100 Most Important People in the Last 1000 Years”, noting that the light bulb he promoted “lit up the world”.

Title: Thomas Edison—an influential person in the American history

Edison’s __71__ to society	◆ He invented many things that greatly influenced life around the world, _72__ the phonograph, the motion picture camera, a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb and the carbon microphone. ◆ He set up the first industrial _73__ laboratory. ◆ He put __74__ the concept of providing electricity for home. ◆ He __75__ 14 companies, including General Electric, which is still in existence and is the largest publicly traded company in the world.
The life experience of Edison	◆ He was born in Milan and was the youngest of seven children in his family. ◆ _76_ of receiving schooling, Edison was taught by his mother at home. ◆ The scarlet fever he suffered _77_ to hearing loss. ◆ To earn a living, Edison sold newspapers, candy and vegetables, which __78__ him and helped him discover his talent for business. ◆ Later, he worked in the field of telecommunication as an telegraph operator, where he invented phonograph in 1877, which gained him great fame. ◆ After he created his research laboratory, he __79__ up the project of making use of X-rays to take radiographs due to his fear of radiation. ◆ He died of diabetes at his home in New Jersey in 1931.
The honor given to Edison	◆  He was placed first in the list of the “100 Most __80__ People in the Last 1000 Years”, noting that the light bulb he promoted “lit up the world”.