Qu Juanru is the official inheritor(官方继承人) of Jiaxing City Tongxiang flower­drum opera. She began to be on the stage when she was a teenager. "My mother died when I was 14. I've lived with my father since then. In the old days, women were not allowed to perform opera. However, my father always supported me when I tried to sing," Qu said.

Qu started performing in the local troupe(剧团) called Aimin Flower­Drum Opera. Later, the troupe was disbanded(解散), and she went back to farming.

After that, the young girl tried to set up the troupe several times but failed. She really lived a hard life at that time. But she didn't give up.

In 2001, some developers planned to rebuild Wuzhen. They thought a place which has no culture is of little significance(意义). So they wanted to bring back local customs, including the Tongxiang flower­drum opera. Qu was their only hope.

Knowing she could sing again, Qu was so excited. Whether it's cold or hot, Qu always gives her everything on stage in Wuzhen. She has six rounds(场) of performing every day and each round lasts 30 minutes. In 2017, she was badly ill, yet it didn't stop her.

"I can still sing and perform. I'd love to be here," Qu said. In her opinion, opera life is a wonderful dream that can't be missed.

    Set your imaginationfree. Children's imagination is amazing. They can always create things thatsurprise everyone. To1 children's imagination ,NewYork City will hold an activity called the Inventgenuity Festival (创意发明节) for children.

The Inventgenuity Festival is all about thinking and2things.It's held for childrenaged from seven to sixteen. Parents are also able to3thefestival.

   There will be many different kinds of workshopsin the festival. Children are4to create things in those workshops. Forexample, they can make things5funny hand-made T-shirts or cartoon toydolls. No one will tell them6to make these things. They create everythingwith their imagination. Besides making things, children can see a wonderful moviecalledA trip to the Sunin a7duringthe festival.

   In thefestival, children are asked to do most of the work by themselves.8,if the work is too difficult for them, they can ask their parents for9 .

   To takepart in the festival, children need to register (注册) first , and then10theworkshops they like on the website. One child can take part in two workshops ata time.

Graham Stookey is an 18-year-old high school student. He plays the guitar very well. He is always interested in taking（A）____ lessons, but he didn't start until he was 13 years old. He took lessons of electric guitar and the other part of music for two years. He was kind of shy. He didn't have many friends, and kids made fun of him at school. In 2007,his dad took him to John Mayer's concert. At the concert, John Mayer played the acoustic（原声的）guitar. It sounded much more beautiful than the electric guitar. A day later, he cut the hair and picked up an acoustic guitar.（B）He started writing music and learning how to sing. He loves music very much.（C）因此练习吉他真的不是一件困难的事情。He wrote a song Jonah. It is about his brother. He's hoping to write more good songs.

Please read the passage carefully. Choose five proper sentences from the six to fill in the gaps. Make sure that the passage is coherent (连贯).

In the 1950s, car culture was very popular across the US. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} This led people to create new businesses that depended on cars-gas stations, auto shops, and not least of all drive-in restaurants. 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Instead, you would drive your car to an outdoor "booth"—a parking spot with a menu shown next to it. A waitress would come over (usually on roller skates) and take your order. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Eating in your car is seen as something to be done only when you're in a hurry these days. But back then, it was new experience. Sitting in your brand-new vehicle, drinking delicious milkshakes and eating burgers became a trend. Like all trends, it died out eventually—most drive-ins have been replaced by drive-thrus (驾车通过的快餐厅). 

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} They are McDonald's and KFC． They became popular as the pace of modern life in increased in the 1970s and 1980s. They are not known for the experience that drive-ins once offered. Rather, they offer up speed and convenience, especially for parents and other busy people. 

I remember eating McDonald's for launch in the back seat of my mom's car as we did something on the weekend. The convenience of drive-thrus is nice. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A．These restaurants didn't have any indoor seating.

B．Drive-in restaurants are part of American history.

C．You already know two of the biggest drive-thru restaurant chains.

D．She would then bring you your food and you would eat it in your car.

E．But I wish I could have experienced the drive-in restaurants of years past.

F．Nearly every family could afford a car with the development of the country.

It is Sunday today. Ann is shopping with her mother. She wants her mother to buy a new sweater for her. In a clothing shop, she finds an orange one. She tries it on (试穿). It is too small. She wants a bigger one, but the bigger ones are not orange. Ann doesn't like other colours. Her mother asks:" Shall we go to another shop to have a look? " So they go out of the shop and go into another one.

 The second shop is bigger than the first, and in it there are many kinds of sweaters of different sizes and colours. Ann tries on an orange one. It is too big. She tries a smaller one. It is OK.

"How much is it ?" Ann's mother asks the women who sells clothes. Then they find it too dear (贵), and they don't have so much money with them. 

"Would you like a cheaper one ? " The women asks.

" No, we shall take this one. My daughter likes it. We will come back to buy it tomorrow. " Ann's mother answers.

A farmer had four lambs (羊羔). One was black, and the other three were white. The black lamb was friendly to the others. But the white lambs often laughed at (嘲笑) him. They thought he was ugly . Also, the farmer did not like him. He gave bad food to the black lamb.

One winter morning, the four lambs went out to eat grass. They went far away from home. In the afternoon, it began to snow. It was such a heavy snow that the ground (地面) became white soon. They couldn't find their way home.

When the farmer found that the lambs were not at home, he went out to look for them. There was snow everywhere . So it was difficult for him to find his lambs. Suddenly（突然）, he saw something black. He went to it. Oh, it was his black lamb! And the white lambs were there, too. The farmer was very excited. He said happily, "Because of the black lamb, I can find you!"