Sherman Cymru

Sherman Cymru’s theatre in the Cathays area of Cardiff reopened in February2012. This special building is a place in which theatre is made and wherechildren, artists, writers and anyone else have the opportunity (机会) to docreative things. Sherman Cymris excited to present a packed programme of thevery best theatre, dance, family shows and music from Wales and the rest of theworld.

Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF 24 4 YE

www.shermancymru.co.uk

New Theatre

The New Theatre has been the home of quality drama, musicals, dance andchildren’s shows for more than 100 years. Presenting the best of the West Endalong with the pick of the UK’s touring shows, the New Theatre is Cardiff’soldest surviving traditional theatre. Be sure to pay a visit as part of yourstay in the city.

Park Place, Cardiff CF 10 3 LN

www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk

1. Where is the Welsh Proms Cardiff hosted?

A. At the New Theatre

B.At the Glee Club.

C. At Sherman Cymru.

D.At St David’s Hall.

2. What can people do at the Glee Club?

A. Watch musicals.

B.Enjoy comedies.

C. See family shows.

D.Do creative things.

3. Which website can yovisit to learn about Cardiff’s oldest survivingtheatre?

A. www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk

B. www.shermancymru.co.uk

C. www.glee.co.uk/cardiff

D.www.stdavidshalleardiff.co.uk

【答案】1. D 2. B 3. A

【解析】

【分析】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了Cardiff当地的一些剧院和娱乐场所。

1题详解】

细节理解题。根据文章“St David’s Hall”部分中的“St David’s Hall is home to the annual WelshProms Cardiff (St David’s Hall是Cardiff一年一度的Welsh Proms的举办地)”可知，Cardiff的WelshProms活动在St David’s Hall举办。故选D。

【2题详解】

细节理解题。根据文章“The Glee Club”部分中的“If yoare looking for the best comedies ontour and brilliant live music, yoshould start here(如果你正在寻找巡演中最好的喜剧和精彩的现场音乐，你应该从这里开始)”可知，人们可以在The Glee Club享受喜剧。故选B。

【3题详解】

细节理解题。根据文章“New Theatre”部分中的“The New Theatre has been the home of qualitydrama, musicians, dance and children’s shows for more than 100 years (100多年来，NewTheatre一直是优质戏剧、音乐家、舞蹈和儿童节目的发源地)”以及其下面的网站“www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk”可知，可以在www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk网站找到Cardiff存在最久的剧院。故选A。

B

Goffin’s cockatoos, a kind of small parrot native to Australasia, have beenshown to have similar shape-recognition abilities to a human two-year-old.Though not known to use tools in the wild, the birds have proved skilful at tooluse while kept in the cage. In a recent experiment, cockatoos were presentedwith a box with a nut inside it. The clear front of the box had a “keyhole” in ageometric shape, and the birds were given five differently shaped “keys” tochoose from. Inserting the correct “key” would let out the nut.In humans, babiescan put a round shape in a round hole from around one year of age, but it willbe another year before they are able to do the same with less symmetrical (对称的)shapes. This ability to recognize that a shape will need to be turned in aspecific direction before it will fit is called an “allocentric frame ofreference”. In the experiment, Goffin’s cockatoos were able to select the righttool for the job, in most cases, by visual recognition alone. Wheretrial-and-error was used, the cockatoos did better than monkeys in similartests. This indicates that Goffin’s cockatoos do indeed possess an allocentricframe of reference when moving objects in space, similar to two-year-oldbabies.The next step, according to the researchers, is to try and work outwhether the cockatoos rely entirely on visual clues (线索), or also use a sense oftouch in making their shape selections.

4. How did the cockatoos get the nut from the box in the experiment?

A. By following instructions.

B.By using a tool.

C. By turning the box around.

D.By removing the lid.

5. Which task can human one-year-olds most likely complete according to thetext?