2 . 假设你是李华，得知你校外教Peter计划不久后回英国。他想给母亲选一份有中国文化特色的礼物。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括:
(1)推荐礼物；
(2)推荐原因；
(3)表达祝愿。
注意:
(1)可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
(2)字数不少于100。
Dear Peter,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

4 . 假设你是李津，你们学校英语俱乐部将举行一次以“弘扬中国优秀传统文化”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请根据以下提示完成一篇演讲发言稿
①弘扬中国传统文化的原因（如历史悠久、中外驰名、意义重大等）
②介绍你喜欢的中国传统文化并说明理由（从节日、风俗、文学、艺术、民族道德中选择其一）。
③表达你的希望。
注意：1.词数不少于100，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2.必须包含提示内容；
3.可适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯。

Good morning. Today I’d like to talk about the topic of carrying forward Chinese traditional culture.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you.

5 . 假定你是李华, 你的留学生同学Smith对中国传统文化很感兴趣, 想要了解端午节。请你写信向他介绍中国的传统节日——端午节(Dragon Boat Festival)。包括以下要点:
(1)端午节的时间及起源(农历五月初五);
(2)端午节的习俗;
(3)邀请他端午节那天和你一起过节。
注意: (1)词数80个左右;
(2)可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
Dear Smith,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . Time talks. It speaks more honestly than words. Time communicates in many ways.

Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the event. Factory managers in the United States fully realize the highest degree of importance of an announcement made during the middle of the morning or afternoon that takes everyone away from his work.

In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning or after 11 p.m. The call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. Especially a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it is a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.

In social life, time plays a very important part. In the United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only one or two days before the party date. It may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. Americans look ahead and are concerned with the future. However, the American idea of future is limited and foreseeable.

Being punctual is also valued highly in American life. People who can not keep on time may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to make a short apology. If he is less than 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. To an American, being half an hour late is the beginning of the “insult period”. No matter what is said in apology, there is little that can remove the damage done by 30-minute wait

Since time has such different meanings in different cultures, communication is sometimes difficult We will understand each other a little better if we can keep this fact in mind.

1. When factory managers in the United States make an announcement during the middle of the morning or afternoon, the announcement________.

A．must be important enough, or it will interrupt the work.

B．should be interesting to lift the workers spirits when they are tired.

C．can take the workers away from their office.

D．will remind the workers they should focus on their work during that time,

2. According to the passage, if John received a call at 2 in the morning while he was asleep, how might he feel?

A．excited.

B．scared.

C．delighted.

D．disappointed.

3. We can infer from the passage________.

A．calling to your friend at any time is acceptable.

B．the invitation should be given to an American friend two weeks before the date.

C．American people hope to keep their future under control.

D．a date should be settled more than a week away in case of being forgotten

4. The author may agree that________ .

A．People can be late for 5 minutes.

B．Making a short apology is acceptable.

C．Being late will lead to a relationship forever broking up.

D．Keeping another person waiting for too long a time is extremely rude.

5. According to this passage, the author mainly wants to tell us________.

A．customs and cultural factors are connected with time.

B．being on time should be highly valued in any culture.

C．Time is so complex and important that we should study it

D．Time is the key to successful social life.

7 . Two families shared their fourth turkey day this year after an accidental (意外的) text message brought them together in 2016.

The_________began when Wanda Dench now 62, thought she was_________a short text message to her grandson to invite him to Thanksgiving while she_________reached Jamal Hinton, now 20. Hinton, a high school student at the time, responded by_________photo to confirm if it was his own grandmother_________the text. The picture came in of a woman with blonde hair and glasses — not Jamal's grandma. "You're not my grandma," Jamal_________with a laughing emoji (表情符号). Hinton of Phoenix, Arizona, sent back_________of his to let her know he was not her grandson and asked if he could stop by for_________anyway. Dench answered, "Of course you are_________to join us. That's what grandmas do...__________everyone."

Each year, Hinton__________a photo of himself with Dench enjoying Thanksgiving together on the Internet. "Wanda and I both think that Thanksgiving is all about being__________" he told "GMA". "Now we can't spend Thanksgiving without__________together."

This is the__________fourth Thanksgiving together and Hinton, who now has a full-lime__________in a company, said he felt great that the tradition had__________. "Wanda is indeed a__________person," said Hinton "I really enjoy the time I spend with her."

Dench said that she grew up in the__________. Her father was in the Navy and her husband used to be a pilot in the air force. "We moved around__________so I was always going to new places. And so strangers were not strangers to me," she said. Family is more than__________, Dench added. "It's the people that you want to be with."

1.

A．habit

B．style

C．holiday

D．tradition

2.

A．copying

B．sending

C．reading

D．offering

3.

A．actually

B．equally

C．properly

D．probably

4.

A．searching for

B．caring for

C．asking for

D．applying for

5.

A．behind

B．before

C．beyond

D．despite

6.

A．commented

B．argued

C．replied

D．refused

7.

A．signature

B．letter

C．drawing

D．photo

8.

A．information

B．dinner

C．news

D．work

9.

A．welcome

B．willing

C．available

D．ready

10.

A．educate

B．email

C．feed

D．quit

11.

A．catches

B．receives

C．posts

D．makes

12.

A．awful

B．colourful

C．hopeful

D．grateful

13.

A．getting

B．studying

C．chatting

D．standing

14.

A．couple's

B．pair's

C．group's

D．team's

15.

A．duty

B．campaign

C．job

D．course

16.

A．arrived

B．appeared

C．existed

D．continued

17.

A．kind

B．strange

C．strict

D．brave

18.

A．hospital

B．countryside

C．school

D．army

19.

A．quickly

B．widely

C．frequently

D．personally

20.

A．blood

B．water

C．food

D．time

8 . 假设你是李津，你的美国朋友Wendy正在做一个课题：世界各地的生日庆祝方式。她请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式。请你根据下列要点写一封邮件，主要内容包括：
1.通常方式：
（1）生日聚会（2）生日礼物（3）生日祝福
2.你认为更有意义的庆祝方式和理由。
要求：
（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 Wendy,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Jin

9 . 假如你是李津，你的美国朋友Tom非常想了解2021年的这个春节你是怎么过的。请写一封邮件，向他介绍：
1.春节对于中国人的重要意义。
2.为了防疫，人们过春节的一些改变。
3.邮件后附三张照片（美丽的街景、一家人包饺子、家人一起看春晚）。
提示词：防疫：prevent the pandemic 春晚：the Spring Festival Gala
词数：不少于100。
开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,

It was so nice to have received your E-mail.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours

Lijin

10 . Diwali（Deepavali）is a festival of lights observed in October or November each year in Canada. During the festival, various community groups, businesses, schools and associations celebrate it in different ways. Some companies have Diwali dinners and some communities organize gatherings that feature firework displays, dances, street lighting, and plays.

Many women wear fine jewelry and silk outfits to celebrate Diwali. Some women and girls use Mehendi, a dye decoration which can last a limited time, on their palms, and then they will finally get colorful hand paintings. Many homes that celebrate Diwali have various types of sweets, salty and spiced food as well as Diwali herbs （香料）. Various lights, candles and sparklers are lit inside and outside homes, particularly in courtyards, on Diwali. Diwali is not a nationwide public holiday in Canada but it is a prevalent festival celebrated in many towns and cities. There may be traffic jams and parking places may be full in areas where events are held to celebrate Diwali. Some Indian businesses may close early on Diwali.

Diwali is called the "Festival of Lights" and is celebrated to honor Rama, a hero who once fought and won a battle against the demons（恶魔）. In the past, people lit their houses to celebrate his victory over demons（light over darkness）. At the same time, every household did careful and complete cleaning at home in advance. It is believed that the goddess of happiness and good fortune, Lakshmi travels around the Earth on this day and enters the house that is pure, clean, and bright.

Diwali celebrations may vary in different communities but its spiritual meaning is generally "the awareness of the inner light". As the word “Deepavali” means “a row or cluster of light”, the festival symbolizes the victory of righteousness and the lifting of spiritual darkness.

1. What can we learn about Diwali from the first two paragraphs?

A．It is celebrated on a fixed day.

B．It centers on various local food.

C．People stay up late to prepare for It.

D．People from all walks of life enjoy celebrating it.

2. What does the underlined word "prevalent" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Popular.	B．Free.
C．Serious.	D．Funny.

3. According to Paragraph 3, why did people make their houses bright and clean on Diwali?

A．To pray for good journey.

B．To expect joy and good luck.

C．To create a romantic atmosphere.

D．To welcome their friends to visit.

4. What's the present meaning of Diwali?

A．Showing respect for others.

B．Staying straight and positive.

C．Valuing your family members.

D．Improving your living environment.

5. What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

A．To stress the importance of a public holiday.

B．To tell an interesting story about a Canadian festival.

C．To briefly introduce a traditional festival in Canada.

D．To show different holiday celebrations in Western cultures.