1 . Discover World Heritage (遗产)

Heritage is treasure from the past — what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations. To preserve it, UNESCO safeguards hundreds of natural and cultural World Heritage sites around the world.

Here are 5 World Heritage sites:

	Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, Rome was first the centre of the Roman Republic, then of the Roman Empire, and it became the capital of the Christian world in the 4th century.
	Founded in 3,000 B. C. , Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a splendid craft industry, specializing in swords. The city has some 125 monuments from different periods of its history.
	Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean’s main centres for ship-building. Although it is today a modern city, its old centre remains an interesting mix of Baroque and neoclassical (新古典主义的) monuments.
	Ping Yao, founded in the 14th century, shows the evolution of architectural styles and town planning in Imperial China over five centuries. Of special interest are the splendid buildings associated with banking, for which Ping Yao was the major centre for the whole of China in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
	The Rainforests of the Atsinanana are extremely important for keeping ongoing ecological processes necessary for the survival of Madagascar’s unique biodiversity (生物多样性), which reflects the island’s geological history. Having completed its separation from all other land masses more than 60 million years ago, Madagascar’s plant and animal life evolved in isolation (孤立).

1. According to the passage, Rome was ______ .

A．a city only found in legend	B．founded by a Roman Emperor
C．once the capital of the Christian world	D．the first centre of Roman Republic

2. Which of the following was first founded?

A．Rome.

B．Pingyao.

C．Havana.

D．Damascus.

3. What can you learn from the passage?

A．Havana had become a modern city by 1600.

B．Damascus was famous for its ship-building craft.

C．Pingyao was once the major centre for banking in China.

D．Madagascar has many animals from other land.

4. According to the passage, what caused Madagascar’s unique biodiversity?

A．The ongoing ecological process of the island.	B．The unique climate of the island.
C．The rare and threatened animals on the island.	D．The geological history of the island.

5. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?

A．To introduce five natural and cultural World Heritage sites.

B．To discover more natural and cultural World Heritage sites.

C．To preserve the natural and cultural World Heritage sites.

D．To pass on to future generations the natural and cultural World Heritage sites.

3 . 假设你是晨光中学的李津，你的英国笔友Mike发邮件祝贺2022年北京冬奥会成功举行，并且告诉你说，很多英国人通过奥运更多地了解了中国，希望到中国来看一看；他也计划寒假时到北京旅游。请你写邮件回复Mike，并给他提些建议。要点如下：
(1)注意气候：
(2)注意交通安全：
(3)有关风俗习惯的建议。
注意：
(1)词数不少于100;
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
(3)开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mike,
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Looking forward to seeing you.

Yours,

Li Jin

4 . “You’re going to the United States to live? How wonderful! You’re really lucky!”

Does this sound familiar? Perhaps your family and friends said similar things to you when you left home. But does it seem true all the time? Is your life in this new country always wonderful and exciting? A great many facts show that it’s not easy for newcomers to adjust to life in a new culture. They have to experience culture shock.

What causes culture shock? Maybe the weather is unpleasant. Perhaps the customs are different. Perhaps the public service systems such as the telephone, post office, or transportation are difficult to figure out and you make mistakes. The simplest things seem difficult. The language may be difficult. The food may seem strange to you. If you don’t look similar to the natives, you may feel strange. You may feel as if everyone is watching you. In fact, you are always watching yourself.

Everyone experiences culture shock in some form or another. But culture shock comes as a surprise to most people. A lot of the time, the people with the worst culture shock are the people who never had any difficulties in their own countries.

They were active and successful in their community. They had hobbies or pastimes which they enjoyed. When they come to a new country, they do not have the same positions or hobbies as they already had in their countries. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.

Culture shock produces a feeling of disorientation (迷惘), which may be homesickness, imagined illness, or even paranoia (妄想). When people feel the disorientation of culture shock, they sometimes feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the unfamiliar environment. They want to create an escape within their room to give themselves a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to familiarize the person more with the culture. Familiarity and experience are the long-term ways to settle the problem of culture shock.

1. Who is the passage mainly for?

A．The family and friends of those who came to the US.

B．Those who have got rid of culture shock.

C．People who have just moved to a foreign country.

D．People who can easily adjust their life in the US.

2. The underlined part “you are always watching yourself” (in Paragraph 3) means ________.

A．you are always feeling homesick

B．you are always worried too much about yourself

C．you are always looking at yourself in the mirror

D．you are always nervous about meeting other people

3. Which of the following would be a case of culture shock for newcomers?

A．They have trouble using public telephones.

B．Their positions or hobbies stay the same.

C．They are active and successful in the new community.

D．They have got used to the life in the new country.

4. Which of the following may cause newcomers to lack a sense of security?

A．A new identity.	B．Local food.
C．A new self-image.	D．Strange environment.

5. The best way for the newcomers to overcome culture shock is ________.

A．to stay inside to protect themselves

B．to make a study of new hobbies

C．to adapt themselves to the new environment

D．to ask people for help when having difficulties

6 . The French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once wrote, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Put more simply, this means “You are what you eat.” Most people today relate this saying to healthy eating. However, Brillat-savarin was actually referring to our personality, character, and culture.

Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese cuisine is a case in point. Prior to coining to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American tastes. For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which consists of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, favoured with hot red peppers. This is probably not an authentic Chinese recipe, however, so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese. On the other hand, it does tell us a lot about Americans. It tells us, for example, that Americans love bold (敢于冒险的), simple favours.

Later, I had a chance to experience authentic Chinese food by coming to China. When my family and I had just arrived in Shandong Province in the eastern part of North China, we went looking for a good place to eat. My favourite dish there was boiled dumplings served with vinegar. I observed that family is important to the people there. It has become a favourite traditional dish of the people in North China, where making dumplings has always been a family affair with everyone—from the youngest to the oldest—joining in to help. Later, I leamt that the most famous food in Shandong is pancake mils stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions.

Our travels then took us to South China, and then on to central China. In each place we went, we experienced wonderful local dishes, from Guangdong’s elegant dim sum—small servings of food in bamboo steamers—to the exceptional stewed noodles in Henan. Everywhere, the food was as varied as the people. However, one thing is always true: Through food, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness.

At a minimum, the kinds of food local people consume tell us what they grow in their region, what kinds of lives they lead, and what they like and do not like. Could we also say, for example, that those who like bold flavours are bold themselves? Or, that those who like spicy food tend to have a hot temper? Maybe. Maybe not. What we can say, however, is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other.

1. Why does the author mention “you are what you eat” in Paragraph 1?

A．To introduce the theme of the article.	B．To persuade people to eat healthy food.
C．To show the impact of food on health.	D．To prove culture has little to do with cuisine.

2. What does the author find from eating dumplings in Shandong?

A．Dumplings have to be eaten with vinegar.	B．Dumplings are the most popular in Shandong.
C．Everyone in Shandong can make dumplings.	D．Making dumplings is a family gathering.

3. What does the author find different people in China have in common?

A．They are all particular about food.	B．They are all good at making food.
C．They all show friendship and kindness.	D．They are all proud of their food and culture.

4. What is the author’s opinion about culture and cuisine?

A．Cuisine has nothing to do with culture.

B．The foods a person eats can reflect his personality vividly.

C．Culture and cuisine are closely related to each other.

D．Cuisine only shows what people grow or raise in their region.

9 . 中国传统文化博大精深，经史子集浩如烟海。但是，现在读名著的学生越来越少了。作为文化的载体，中国经典名著对弘扬中国传统文化的重要性不言而喻。请你写一封倡议书，提倡学生多阅读中国经典名著，一起弘扬中国传统文化。内容应包括：
1. 简述阅读名著的重要性；
2. 具体可行的实施办法。（可从学校、老师和学生多个维度考虑）
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参考词汇：中国经典名著Chinese classics

Promoting Chinese Classics

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