1 . 随着时代的发展，我们的家乡发生了很大的变化，会有更多的国际友人想要了解我们的家乡。为鼓励更多学生热爱家乡，传播乡音，你校正在举办以“Learn English Hard and Tell Our Hometown`s Stories Well”为题的英语征文活动，号召大家努力学习，用英语讲好鹤城故事。请你写一篇短文投稿。

写作要求：
1. 字迹工整，条理清晰，语法正确，语言流畅；
2. 要点全面并可适当发挥；
3. 80词以上，已给出词汇不计入总词数。

Learn English Hard and Tell Our Hometown’s Stories Well

With the rapid development of Qiqihar, it is meaningful for us

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3 . 选用方框内所给词的适当形式填空，使短文完整。（每词限用一次）

look       foreign       Russian       polite       person

Since Hainan was built as the Free Trade Port as well as the Free Trade Zone, many     1     have come to Hainan. It’s important to know different cultures in different countries. For example, you can’t stand close to North Americans. You should give them more     2     space. When you meet Japanese, you should bow. You can shake hands with American people or sometimes kiss. People from     3     often kiss for three times: left, right, left. Remember     4     at the British people when you talk to them.

At last, you should talk to people     5    . It is always a good manner.

4 .

Famous Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu drew our attention because of a one-hour documentary on BBC Four-Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet.

The documentary was hosted by Michacl Wood, a British historian and teacher of University of Manchester. He not only tells the hard life of Du Fu, but also follows his footsteps and retraces (重走) his path, including Xi’an, Chengdu and Changsha. To better introduce the poems to Western people, Wood invited British actor Sir Ian McKellen to read in English 15 poems and articles translated from Du Fu.

In the film, Wood not only uses “the greatest” to describe Du Fu, but also puts him in the same literary league (文学范畴) as Dante and Shakespeare. “There is no such person in the West as Du Fu.” said Wood. “He is more than a poet. He wrote down the people’s hearts and the nation’s history. That’s why he was honored as a Poet Sage (诗圣). “This documentary is welcomed in Britain. Some people have shown more interest in China and Chinese poems after watching the documentary. “We got quite a few letters from people saying they were strongly influenced to read more poems by Du Fu.” said Wood. He believes this kind of cultural connection is important, especially at a time when diseases and wars are damaging (损害) cultural relations among different countries.

1. Which of the following statements about the documentary is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The documentary lasts for an hour.

B．The documentary is popular in America.

C．The documentary is only about Du Fu’s poems.

D．The documentary is shown in different languages.

2. How did the host introduce Du Fu in the documentary?
① The host told Du Fu’s hard life.
② The host introduced the places Du Fu once stayed in.
③ The host invited British actor to read Du Fu’s poems and articles.
④ The host translated Du Fu’s poems and articles into English.

A．①③④

B．②③④

C．①②③

D．①②④

3. After watching the documentary, what do people in Britain do?

A．Many people choose to write their own poems.

B．A number of people begin to study the culture of China.

C．Some people become more interested in China and Chinese poetry.

D．Few people go on to read Du Fu’s poems.

6 . 假如你是Leo，你美国的笔友Paul，对中国文化很感兴趣，他写了一封电子邮件给你，向你了解中国红，请你根据他邮件的内容写一份回信 。

Dear Leo,

These days, I am reading something about Chinese culture. I have found the colour red is popular and significant (意义重大) in China. So I am interested in it and want to know more about it. Why do Chinese like red so much? When, where and how do you use it? I am looking forward to hearing what you have to say about it.

Thanks.

要求：
1. 词数100左右。
2. 文中不得出现真实姓名及学校名称。
3 . 文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。
4. 参考词汇： 中国红Chinese red       吉祥auspiciousness
Dear Paul,

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I hope my letter will help you understand Chinese red better. If you want to know more about our culture, you can visit China.

Yours,

Leo

7 . 请阅读下面这篇短文，根据短文内容，回答5个问题，并将答案写在答题卡指定的位置。
       Ken is an American boy. He is from New York City, but he doesn’t live in America now. Where does he live? Now he lives in China with his father and mother. He is interested in Chinese New Year. Now they are getting ready for Chinese New Year. Ken is helping his mother clean the house. Why do they clean the house? In fact, it’s a traditional custom(风俗) during Chinese New Year.

In China, Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival. It usually lasts for fifteen days. Chinese people do some different things each day. Before the Spring Festival comes, they usually clean their houses and make them very clean. In their mind, “cleaning the house” means “sweeping away bad luck”. It’s an interesting custom, isn’t it?

1. Where is Ken from?
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2. Where does Ken live now?
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3. What is Ken interested in ?
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4. How long does the Spring Festival last?
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5. What do people usually do before the Spring Festival?
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B. 书面表达
6. 假如你是李华，目前，你和你的家人正在为春节做准备。请你根据所给提示，给你英国的笔友Alan 写一封电子邮件介绍中国的传统节日春节和你的家人正在做的事情。提示：
1.简单介绍春节。
2.爸爸正在修理(mend)坏的(broken)门窗。
3.妈妈和奶奶正在打扫卫生。
4.哥哥和妹妹正在花园里淋花(water the flowers)。
5.我和爷爷正在做红灯笼。
6.我们都很忙但非常开心。
注意：短文的开头已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Alan,
        How is everything going? Thanks for your last e-mail. The Spring Festival is coming.
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                                                                                                                     Yours,

                                                                                                            Li Hua

8 . 【语篇来自二十一世纪学生英文报·试题原创】

Understanding Africa

When Huang Lizhi took her first class in African sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in February, her professor asked her and her classmates what impresses them most when it comes to Africa.

Unexpectedly, Huang, 31, found that words like “poverty” and “safari”—negative words that were often associated with the continent in media reports—were the kind of terms her African classmates didn’t want to hear. Instead, they preferred to hear the question answered in this way: “Africa is the cradle of humankind” and “Africans are passionate and generous”.

Apparently, there are some misunderstandings between us. It’s true that with incidents like the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa and the emergence of pirates off the coast of Somalia hitting the news, it’s easy for us to keep forgetting that Africa has one of the world’s oldest civilizations—Egypt, born by the world’s longest river, the Nile. The proof is in the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza, which are both popular among tourists. And the tombs of ancient Egypt have also become endless sources for the literature and film industries.

When it comes to the natural environment of Africa, our misunderstandings are only bigger. But the truth is that instead of being scorching hot all year and covered by desert, the continent has large areas of savannas where lions, giraffes and zebras live, the snowcapped Kilimanjaro—the highest mountain in Africa—and even thick forest on the island of Madagascar.

These misunderstandings are one of the reasons why the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held on Sept 3 and 4—to understand each other better.

Indeed, only by visiting Africa herself did Huang see the convenient living conditions, the amazing natural beauty and the friendly people.

In her eyes, her classmates were as hopeful about the future of their own countries as they were about Africa as a whole, and they were quick to demonstrate both their strong will and initiative.

“At that moment, I knew exactly what they wanted—they wanted their culture to be respected.”

1. What were Chinese people’s initial (最初的) impressions of Africa?

A．They thought Africa was very poor.

B．They thought Africans were very enthusiastic.

C．They thought Africa was rich.

D．They thought Africa was beautiful.

2. ________ is one of the world’s oldest civilizations in Africa.

A．Africa

B．Egypt

C．China

D．India

3. Which of the following is true?

A．The natural environment of Africa is bad.

B．The purpose of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was to help Africans.

C．Africa has the world’s longest river.

D．Africa doesn’t have savannas.

4. In fact, Africans are________.

A．bad

B．poor

C．mean

D．friendly

5. This passage mainly tells us________.

A．Africa is poor

B．Africa is not as unbearable as people think

C．Africa has beautiful scenes

D．Africa is large