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Thefourthmostpopulouscountryintheworld,Indonesia,isfarmorethanjustBali,theholidaydestination.Itishometoabout300ethnicgroups,eachwithacultureinfluencedbyIndia,theMiddleEast,ChinaandEurope.LWHGalleryplanstoshowcase（展示）aseriesofIndonesianartists.TheartworksfocusontheissuessurroundingthestateofIndonesianchildren-theireducationandtheirfuture. 

10am-6pm,July1-30.LWHGallery,Room102,Building14,50MoganshanLu（Road）,Putuodistrict,Shanghai.0187-0171-7975.

Abstractexploration

SusanYeung’sabstractpaintingsfeatureasmanyelementsasherbirthplaceHongKong.Shecontinuestoexperimentwithvarioussubjectstopresenthersoul-searchingjourney.ShehasbuiltanartvocabularybyincludingEasternphilosophiesintoheroilpaintingsoncanvas.HermajorsoloexhibitionisonnowattheParkviewGreenArtgallery.

10am-10pm,untilJuly7.ParkviewGreenArt,L2-27,TowerA,9DongdaqiaoLu（Road）,Chaoyangdistrict,Beijing.010-5662-8888.

Theagingoflove

AndreandDorineisasilenttheatershowbyKulunkaTeatro,agroupfromSpain.Actorswearmaskstotellthestoryofanoldcouple,wholikemanyothers,gentlydecay（衰落）fromroutineandneglect,withpassionforeachotheroncesohugenowfadingintoindifference.

7:

30pm,July10-12;

2pm,July12.ShanghaiGrandTheater-DramaTheater,300RenminDadao（Avenue）,Huangpudistrict,Shanghai.400-1068-686.

1.Ifyou 

areonholidayinShanghaionJuly12,wherecanyougotoappreciateanartwork?

A.WhiteBoxArtCenter 

B.ShanghaiGrandTheater-DramaTheater

C.ParkviewGreenArtgallery. 

D.LWHGallery,Room102,Building14

2.Thefollowingareallartworksexcept_______.

A. 

Theagingoflove 

B. 

C. 

Indonesia’sinfluence 

D. 

Oneworld,manyideas

3.SupposingyouwanttovisitanartshowonJuly14（Monday）,youcandialthenumber_____.

A.010-5662-8888 

B.0187-0171-7975 

C.400-1068-686. 

D.010-5978-4800

B

EmmaMorano,theoldestlivingpersoncelebratedher117thbirthdayonNovember29,2016.Friends,neighborsandherdoctorjoinedMoranoinhersmallapartmenthomeinthenorthernItalianmountain 

townofVerbania.Sheblewoutthreecandlesonherbirthdaycake.Eachcandlerepresentedanumberinherage.“IhopeIdon’thavetocutit,”Moranojoked.

“Shedressedupandshewasveryproud,”saidherlong-timedoctor,CarloBava.“Sheposedforaphotographer,andevenaskedifherhairlookedgood.”“Iamhappytoturn117,”Moranotoldthoseattendingherparty.ShereceivedagreetingfromItaly’spresident,SergioMattarella.Hewishedherpeaceandcontinuedgoodhealth.Sheisthoughttobethelastlivingpersonborninthe1800s.She 

outlived 

allherbrothersandsisters,includingonewhodiedatage102.

HerdoctornotedthatwhenMoranowasyoung,peopleusedtosayshewasweakandoftensick.“Yes,yes,”shesaid.Theworld’soldestpersontoldtheReuters（路透社）newsagencythatwhilesheisluckytohavelivedsolong,partsofherlifewere“notsonice.”Sheworkedinafactoryuntilsheretiredatage65.MoranooncetoldareporterthatthefirstmansheplannedtomarrywaskilledinWorldWarOne.Then,atage26,shewasforcedtomarryamanshedidnotlove.Shesaidthemanthreatenedtokillherifhedidnotmarryher.Shehadason,butthebabydiedafterjustsixmonths.Shesaidthemarriagewasnothappyandherhusbandwasabusive.She 

kickedhimoutin1938andhaslivedalonesincethen.

EmmaMoranosaysoneofhersecretstolivinglongiseatingatleasttwouncookedeggseveryday.HerdoctorowesMorano’slonglifetoherunusualdiet,hergenes（基因）andpositiveoutlookonlife.

4.Accordingtothetext,whendidEmmaMoranoretiredfromafactory?

A.In1964 

B.In1925 

In2011 

D.In1994

5.Wecanknowfromthetextthat_______.

A.EmmaMorano’sbabydiedofherhusband’sabuse.

B.EmmaMoranolivedabitterlifeinheryouth.

C.AlthoughEmmaMoranooftenfallssick,shelivesthelongestlifesofar.

D.Otherpeople’scaringaboutEmmaMoranocontributesgreatlytoherlonglife.

6.Theunderlinedword“outlived”inParagraph2isclosestinmeaningto_______.

A.deserted 

B.survived 

C.disliked 

D.respected

7.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?

A.SecretstotheLongestLifeB.CelebrationoftheOldestLivingPerson

C.World’sOldestPersonTurns117D.BackgroundsoftheOldestLivingPerson

C

DianaJacobsthoughtherfamilyhadaworkableplantopayforcollegeforher21-year-oldtwinsons:

acombinationofsavings,income,scholarships,andamodest 

amountofborrowing.Thenher 

husbandlosthisjob,andtheplanfellapart.

“Ihavetwokidsincollege,andIwanttosay‘comehome,’butatthesametimeIwanttoprovidethemwithagoodeducation,”saysJacobs.

TheJacobsfamilydidworkoutasolution:

Theyaskedandreceived 

moreaidfromtheschools,andeachsonincreasedhisborrowingtothemaximumamountthroughthefederalloan（贷款）program.Theywilleachgraduatewith$20,000ofdebt,butatleasttheywillbeabletofinishschool.

Withunemploymentrising,financial 

aidadministratorsexpecttohearmorefamiliesliketheJacobs.Morestudentsareapplyingforaid,andmorefamiliesexpecttoneedstudentloans.Collegeadministratorsareconcernedthattheywillnothaveenoughaidmoneytogoaround.

Atthesametime,tuition（学费）continuestorise.AreportfromtheNationalCenterforPublicPolicyandHigherEducationfoundthatcollegetuitionandfeesincreased439%from1982to2007,whileaveragefamilyincomerosejust147%.Studentborrowinghasmorethandoubledinthelastdecade,

“Ifwegoonthiswayforanother25years,wewon’thaveanaffordablesystemofhighereducation,”saysPatrickM.Callan,presidentofthecenter.“Themiddleclassfamilieshavebeenfinancingitthroughdebt.Theywillsendkidstocollegewhateverittakes,evenifthatmeansahugeamountofdebt.”

Financialaidadministratorshavebeenhavingahardtimeasmanycompaniesdecidethatstudentloansarenotprofitableenoughandhavestoppedmakingthem.Thegoodnews,however,isthatfederalloansaccountforaboutthreequartersofstudentborrowing,andthegovernmentsaysthatmoneywillflowuninterrupted.

8.HowdidtheJacobsmanagetosolvetheirproblem?

A.Theyaskedtheirkidstocomehome.

B.Theyborrowed$20,000fromtheschool.

C.Theygothelpfromtheschoolandthefederalgovernment.

D.Theyencouragedtheirtwinsonstodopart-timejobs.

9.Financialaidadministratorsbelievethat_______.

A.America’sunemploymentwillfall

B.collegetuitionfeeswilldoublesoon

C.thegovernmentwillreceivemorelettersofcomplaint

D.morefamilieswillfacethesameproblemastheJacobsfamily

10.Whatcanwelearnaboutthemiddleclassfamiliesfromthetext?

A.Theywilltrytheirbesttosendkidstocollege.

B.Theirincomeremainedsteadyinthelastdecade.

C.Theyblamedthegovernmentforthetuitionincrease.

D.Theirdebtswillbepaidoffwithin25years.

11.Accordingtothelastparagraph,thegovernmentwill__________.

A.goonprovidingfinancialsupportforcollegestudents

B.stopthecompaniesfrommakingstudentloans

C.dismisssomefinancialaidadministrators

D.providemoststudentswithscholarships

D

Whenwesayolderpeopleshrink,wedon'

tmean 

theybecometinyenoughtofitinyourpocket!

Wejustmeanthatit'

scommonforolderpeopletobecomealittleshorterovertime.Thiskindofshrinkingcan'

tbereversed,althoughpeoplecansloworstopthisprocess.Butwhydoesshrinkinghappenatall?

Becauseofgravity（theforcethatkeepsyourfeetontheground）,cushionsbetweenthebonesinthespine（脊骨）,getcompressed（压缩）,whichmakesapersonlosealittleheightandbecomeshorter.

Anotherreasonwhysomeolderpeopleshrinkisbecauseofosteoporosis（骨质疏松）.Osteoporosisoccurswhenboneisbrokendownandnotenough 

newbonematerialismade.Overtime,boneissaidtobelostbecauseit'

snotbeingreplaced.Bonesbecomesmallerandweakerandcaneasilybreakifsomeonewithosteoporosisisinjured.

Olderpeople—especiallywomen,whogenerallyhavesmallerand 

lighterbonestobeginwith—aremorelikelytodeveloposteoporosis.Asyearsgoby,apersonwithosteoporosiscangetsmallbreaksinbonesthatarecalledcompressionfractures（受压骨折）.Thesebreakscausecollapseofthespineandovertimethepersonwithosteoporosiscanbecomehunchedover（驼背）.

Didyouknowthateverydayyoushrinkalittle,too?

Youaren'

tastallattheendofthedayasyouareatthebeginning.That'

sbecauseasthedaygoeson,waterinthedisksofthespinegetscompressed 

duetogravity,makingyoujustatinybitshorter.Don'

tworry,though.Onceyougetagoodnight'

srest,yourbodyrecovers,andthenextmorning,you'

restandingtallagain!

Smokinganddrinkingalcoholcanmakethisproblemworse.Wanttodosomethingrightnowtobuildstrongbones?

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