1 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet”, a 58-minute documentary released recently on BBC, introduces Du Fu to the Western world for the first time    1     the form of documentary. In the film, Michael Wood, one of BBC’s most popular hosts, visited a number of Chinese    2     (city) to retrace Du’s steps. The documentary invited well-known British actor Ian McKellen,     3     played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies,     4     (read)15 of Du’s poems that have been translated into English.

Born in 712, Du Fu lived through the violent fall of China’s brilliant Tang Dynasty. He had the desire to serve his country, but his life    5    (destroy) by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755. Of all     6     poems he wrote, 500 have been preserved over the ages. For generations he     7     (be) the guardian of the moral conscience (良知) of the nation.

The documentary compared Du to Shakespeare to help audiences     8    (well) understand the poet’s great achievements in literature. It also highlighted Chinese poetry, noting that its 3000-year-old history makes     9    the oldest living tradition in the world.

During an interview, the director even quoted a line from Du to encourage the people    10     (suffer) from pandemics (流行病).

2 . One day, my father and I were watching a dance reality show. For some reasons, I disliked one of the dancers from the very beginning of the show.

Unknowingly, I kept finding his _________ and criticizing (批评) his dance moves. _________, my father was watching the _________ with a smile all the time. When the performance ended, he looked at me and asked softly, “How much do you _________ about the dance competition, Martha?”

“No, Dad, not at all,” I said.

“Then how do you know that he is a _________ dancer?” he asked still with a smile.

“Just _________ the other dancers! He is not as good as them,” I said.

“But he is among the final 10 competitors who were carefully _________. How can he be bad? Maybe his dance is of no _________ to you, but that doesn’t mean you can _________ or even criticize his creativity.’’

“Why not?” I asked carelessly.

“Because criticizing someone or something __________ nothing but negativity around you. Instead of criticizing something you don’t like, you should spend your time __________ something you like, which will spread __________ thoughts,” my father said.

So choose __________! Never criticize anyone or anything unless you have a good __________ of it. This is the most __________ advice my father has ever given me.

1.

A．secrets

B．tricks

C．mistakes

D．strengths

2.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Finally

D．Immediately

3.

A．movie

B．action

C．performance

D．sign

4.

A．know

B．debate

C．inquire

D．complain

5.

A．representative

B．bad

C．common

D．silly

6.

A．call on

B．spy on

C．glare at

D．look at

7.

A．treated

B．raised

C．suspected

D．selected

8.

A．benefit

B．use

C．interest

D．importance

9.

A．ignore

B．limit

C．prevent

D．forget

10.

A．affects

B．gets

C．contains

D．solves

11.

A．awarding

B．appreciating

C．recording

D．remembering

12.

A．positive

B．fresh

C．original

D．unique

13.

A．freely

B．confidently

C．wisely

D．independently

14.

A．defence

B．luck

C．deal

D．knowledge

15.

A．valuable

B．ambitious

C．elegant

D．embarrassing

3 . There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our families often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.

On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of cultural identity. Immigrants bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride in their culture and means of coping with homesickness.

Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavour can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes in the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavours that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.

We should not only embrace our heritage (传统) through our culture’s food, but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window on culture, and it should be treated as such.

1. What’s the function of food mentioned in the text?

A．To help motivate homesickness.

B．To show cultural identity.

C．To reflect a country’s history.

D．To show a community’s superiority.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The specific traditional food.

B．The national culture.

C．A traditional expression of food.

D．The old-fashioned taste.

3. Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurants?

A．To attach cultural importance to their dishes.

B．To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.

C．To make the dishes popular among customers.

D．To present their own food culture in a new way.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards different food cultures?

A．Negative.

B．Balanced.

C．Unfair.

D．Unchangeable.

4 . Sending an urgent message in a bottle would not typically be considered a sensible strategy. However, it magically _________ for three hikers from California.

In June 2019, for Father's Day weekend, the Whitsons decided to go backpacking along the central California's Arroyo Seco River. Things went _________ for the first two days. On June 16, Whitson, who was _________ with the area, led the trip to the Arroyo Seco narrows(峡谷).

However, when the hikers reached the waterfall in the narrows, Whitson realised that _________ his previous trip through the area, the water currents were too strong to pass. “My heart _________ when I realised that,” Whitson told CNN (Cable News Network). Whitson and his son tried to _________ other routes to get around it, but their efforts proved _________ .

With food running out and no cellphone reception to call for help, he decided to carve a“GET HELP” message on the side of his water bottle and threw it downstream in the _________ that someone would find it. Then they went back up the river to a small beach to camp out for the night.

Sometime after midnight, the three adventurers were _________ by a welcome sound—a California Highway Patrol helicopter flying overhead. Since it was too dark to conduct a(n) __________ ,the officials promised to send a team the following day.

Shortly after being __________ on the morning of June 17, 2019, Whitson __________ that two hikers had tripped on their water bottle and upon seeing the urgent __________ reported the issue to the officials. Whitson says, “They didn't leave their names or phone numbers. They just did what was right in their hearts, and most importantly they took it __________ .”Whitson and his family hope the two good hikers will reveal their __________ so that they can express their gratitude in person.

1.

A．failed

B．worked

C．connected

D．recommended

2.

A．obviously

B．unexpectedly

C．smoothly

D．surprisingly

3.

A．familiar

B．popular

C．content

D．busy

4.

A．unlike

B．like

C．as

D．opposite

5.

A．beat

B．sank

C．ached

D．broke

6.

A．attach

B．avoid

C．expand

D．seek

7.

A．priceless

B．hopeless

C．fruitless

D．endless

8.

A．challenge

B．arrangement

C．hope

D．satisfaction

9.

A．awakened

B．disturbed

C．annoyed

D．greeted

10.

A．experiment

B．escape

C．exploration

D．rescue

11.

A．picked up

B．tried out

C．put forward

D．passed down

12.

A．believed

B．accepted

C．predicted

D．discovered

13.

A．sculpture

B．message

C．coincidence

D．comment

14.

A．directly

B．normally

C．seriously

D．frequently

15.

A．quality

B．motivation

C．character

D．identity

5 . Chinese culture is over 5,000 years old.     1    

The spirit of the tea ceremony

Xihu Longjing and Yunnan Pu’er have long been world famous.     2     The spirit of the Chinese tea ceremony captures the Chinese attitude toward life and spirituality. These are the things that people all over the world can benefit from.

A handful of good tea leaves with some boiling water and a set of lovely teaware is the perfect way to spend a sunny afternoon and gain some insight into the wisdom of this ancient civilisation.

    3    

During the 5,000 years of Chinese civilisation, many different flavours, styles, and cuisine (烹饪) have developed based on traditional philosophy and culture. This ancient food culture has had a direct impact on the countries, such as Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Thailand, and Singapore. It has benefited billions of people around the world through such innovations as Chinese vegetarian culture, tea culture, vinegar, pasta, medicated diets, ceramic tableware, and the use of soybeans in the diet.

Confucianism(儒学)

Confucianism has flourished during the last 2,500 years of China’s 5,000-year history.     4     This school of thought has had the most profound and long-lasting influence in China’s history. Seventy-four Nobel Prize winners and many other highly respected scholars have stated that for the benefit of mankind’s livelihood and development into the next century, these teachings should be promoted and adopted worldwide.     5    

A．Chinese cuisine

B．Chinese culture

C．It has been the mainstay of this ancient civilisation.

D．They are pretty popular due to their superior colour and flavour.

E．The following three items of traditional Chinese culture have had a worldwide impact.

F．This would provide long lasting benefits for man, helping to ensure a peaceful and happy life.

G．This wonderfully rich food culture has also had an impact on Europe, America and Oceania.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

China’s Liangzhu Archaeological Site     1     (declare) a World Heritage Site on Saturday by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee during its 43rd session in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

The site,     2     is located in Yuhang District in Hangzhou City in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province, showcases the civilization of prehistoric rice agriculture between 3300 BC     3     2300 BC. The ruins of ancient Liangzhu city were discovered in 2007, and then large dam sites     4     (surround) the Liangzhu ancient city were unearthed continuously after 2009.It was     5     (official) submitted to UNESCO in 2019, hoping to win     6     (recognise) as a World Cultural Heritage Site. The site     7     (include) archaeological remains and unearthed cultural relics of the Liangzhu Ancient City as well as a wetland that covers     8     area of 908.89 hectares in a plain river network. It is also found that the Liangzhu ancestors started to use characters about 5,000 years ago, 1,000 years     9     (early) than previously thought, according to Colin Renfrew, a retired professor of archaeology at the University of Cambridge.

The World Heritage Committee added Liangzhu to the UNESCO list     10     (encourage) better protection of the site, which is considered to be of “outstanding universal value” to humanity.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

China has once again shown its ability to change the world with its “new four great     1     (invent)” —high-speed rail, electronic payment, shared bicycles, and online shopping.

China’s new-generation of high-speed trains, the Fuxing, is now one of     2     fastest trains in the world, which can travel     3     a speed of 350 km/h. Besides this, China     4     (improve) people’s lives in many other aspects over the last decade.

The shared bicycle, for example, is not new     5     (it). But China has made it much more convenient and popular both in China     6     overseas. Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike is now operating in foreign countries.

And back in China, when riding a shared bicycle, you can stop to buy and eat whatever you want     7    (simple) with a tap on your phone. You could easily pay with your smartphone by     8     (scan) the seller’s QR code. The cashless payment has grown into a     9     (choose) for Chinese people.

Besides, the four “inventions” of life are most appealing to the youth from 20 countries     10     (participate) in the Belt and Road Initiative, and they wish their countries would catch up with China.