【正文】 understand in one of those romance languages you were supposed to learn in high school. And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, opera goers also have a certain appearance in people’s mind: rich, welldressed and old. But now opera panies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt to bring the opera to the audience. It needs to keep it alive, the young and notsorich. Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to make the opera closer to mon people. That means no formal suits or oldstyled theatre. And because young people don’t or won’t e to the opera, panies are bringing the opera to them, giving performances in such unusual places as parks, libraries and public schools. The Houston Grand Opera’s choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas”, shortened versions of child friendly operas. This summer’s production is Hansel amp。ve been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers. (I still don39。m sorry. I ________the dustbin there. A. hadn’t seen B. didn’t see C. can’t see D. wasn’t seeing 9) Health experts say that daily walks _______ good health. A. make up B. make for C. beneficial for D. are of help 10) I39。 C. an。 the。t put the waste on the ground, young man. Oh, I39。s on your mind. Bad moods are often started by too many negative thoughts. Write them all down on paperthe pessimistic messages you39。t need, the media also contribute to keeping people informed. In other words, while dangers do exist, the benefits of the media far outweigh（超過） the disadvantages. Most of the messages brought to viewers, listeners, and readers and designed either to inform or to entertain, and neither of these goals can be considered dangerous or harmful. If consumers of the media could be taught at an early age to examine messages critically, ., to think carefully about what is being municated, they would be able to take advantage of the information and enjoy the entertainment without being hurt by it. The key to critical thinking is recognizing the purposes of the news or scriptwriters, the advertisers, and so on. Are both sides of an issue being presented? Is the amount of violence and killing shown necessary to the point of a story? Have enough facts about a product being advertised been presented? Besides, in a country with a democratic (民主的 ) form of government, the people can be kept informed by the mass media. To be able to express their views and vote intelligently, citizens need the opportunity to hear news, opinions, and public affairs programming. Information about current events is presented indepth on publicly funded TV channels and radio stations as well as in newspapers. In addition, the public broadcasting media can help viewers and listeners to plete or further their education. The media also give people the information they need in their daily lives and the media can be a valuable means of educating the public. Even though the media can be misused, most of their effects are positive. 40. The main point the writer tries to make in this text is that ________ A. advertising is harmful when it presents incorrect information B. the positive effects of the mass media outweigh the negative ones C. people should learn to take advantage of the media39。t help much. Then I decided to go to evening classes so that I could learn b 61 carpentry and electrics. J: What sort of changes did you make to the house? M: First of all, practical things to help Paul. You never really realize the problems handicapped people have until it a 62 your own family. Most government buildings, for example, have steps up to the door. They ignore the d 63 of the handicapped people. We used to live in a flat and of course it was totally unsuitable. Just imagine the problems a person with disability would have in your house. We needed a large house with w 64 corridors so that Paul could move from one room to another. With the little money we had, we bought this old house, which is over 90 years old and was in a very b 65 state of repair. 第二節(jié) 書面表達(dá) : 請根據(jù)下列兩幅圖寫一篇短文，短文內(nèi)容應(yīng)包括以下幾個要點(diǎn)： ① 媽媽阻止兒子去扶摔倒的女孩； ②兒子對于倒了的油瓶