第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15题：每小题 2分，满分 30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhat s On?Electric Un dergr ound7.30pm 1.00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know who?s play ing in your area? We?re bringing you an eve ning of live rockand pop music from the best local ban ds. Are you in terested in beco ming a musicia n andgett ing a record ing con tract（合同）? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, asuccessful record producer. He?s going to talk about how you can find the right person toproduce your music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. He?s the funni est sta nd-up comedia n on thecomedy sce ne. This joyful show will please every one, from the youn gest to the oldest.Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is ope n from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks（快餐）.Simon?s Workshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wed nesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good cha nee for anyone who wants to lear n how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many differe nt ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedia n and actor who has 10 years? experie nee of teach ing comedy. His workshops are excit ing and fun. An eve ning with Sim on will give you the con fide nee to be funny.Charlotte Sto ne8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selli ng CD, with James Pickeri ng on the pia no. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta（面食 ）.Book early toget a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.21. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A. Jules Skye.B. Gee Whizz.C. Charlotte Stone.D. James Pickeri ng.22. At which place can people of differe nt ages enjoy a good laugh?A. The Cyclops TheatreB. Kaleidoscope23. What do we kn ow about Simo n?s Workshop?B. It lasts three hours eachD. It is held everyB. 7.30pm 1.00am.D. 8.30pm-10.30pm.A. It requires membership status.time.C. It is run by a comedy club.Wedn esday.24. Whe n will Charlotte Stone perform her son gs?A. 5.00pm-7.30pm.C. 8.00pm-11.00pm.Five years ago, whe n I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tin kertoys as a testat the beg inning of a term to find out someth ing about my stude nts. I put a small set ofTin kertoys in front of each stude nt, and said:” Make somethi ng out of the Tin kertoys. Youhave 45 minu tes today -and 45m inu tes each day for the rest of the week.”A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see the rest of the class would do.Several others checked the in structi ons and made someth ing accord ing to one of themodel pla ns provided. Ano ther group built someth ing out of their own imag in ati ons.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. Hisconstructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. Iwas delighted at the prese nee of such a stude nt. Here was an excepti on ally creative mindat work. His prese nee meant that I had an un expected teach ing assista nt in class whose creativity would infect（感染 ）other students.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing thosestude nts who had a differe nt style of thinking. Without fail one would declare,not creative. ”But I?m just“ Doyou dream at ni ght whe n you?re asleep?”Oh, sure.That?s“ So tell me one of your most in terest ing dreams.” The stude nt would tell somethi ngwildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.pretty creative. Who does that for you? ”“ Nobody. I do it. ”“ Really-at ni ght, whe n you?re asleep?”Sure.“ Try doing it in the daytime, i n class, okay?”25. The teacher used Ti nkertoys in class in order to?A. know more about the stude ntsB. make the less ons moreexcit ingC. raise the students? interest in artD. teach the stude nts abouttoy desig n26. What do we know about the boy men ti oned in Paragraph 3?A. He liked to help his teacher.B. He preferred to studyalone.C. He was active in class.D. He was imag in ative.27. What does the un derli ned worddow nside ” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Mistake.B. Drawback.C. Difficulty.D. Burde n.28. Why did the teacher ask the stude nts to talk about their dreams?A. To help them to see their creativity.B. To find out about theirsleep ing habits.C. To help them to improve their memory.D. To find out about theirways of thinking.Read ing can be a social activity. Think of the people who bel ong to book groups.They choose books to read and the n meet to discuss them. Now, the websiteBookCross in g.com turns the page on the traditi onal idea of a book group.Members go on the site and register the books they own and would