1 . 假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Terry将去中国朋友家做客，发邮件向你询问有关习俗。请你回复邮件。内容包括：
（1）到达时间；（2）合适的礼物；
（3）餐桌礼仪。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
2 . St Patrick’s Day: All You Need to Know About Your Local Parades
Thousands of people will crowd around cities, towns, and villages all over the country on Friday for the annual St Patrick’s Day festivities.
Cork
Cork City’s St Patrick’s Day parade will start at 1p.m, with the event also live-streamed from 12:45 pm for those unable to be there in person. Featuring Cork’s long-established bands and hundreds of sports and dance groups, the parade will also have a special multi-cultural focus, in the form of the migrant support group Together Razem.
Limerick
A huge turnout is expected in Limerick on Friday to watch the parade which kicks off at midday from O’Connell’s St. Serving as Grand Marshall is Limerick native and star of D’Unbelievables and the Oscar-nominated The Banshees of Inisherin, Jon Kenny, who is looking forward to his “starring role” in this year’s celebrations.
Waterford
Following the success of last year’s first-ever three-day festival, Waterford City is hoping to top the 2022 celebrations. The fun kicks off with live music in the Cultural Quarter on Thursday night. On Friday, the parade will set off from the Quays at 1p.m, led by Grand Marshall, boxing champion Kelyn Cassidy. The rest of the weekend will be filled with more music, workshops, and dancing, and there will be a fairground for the kids to enjoy.
Clare
Beginning at 11 am from Clare County Council’s headquarters, the parade in Ennis will celebrate the commitment of Clare’s sporting heroes to their local communities. The parade’s hosts are former president of Ennis Rugby (英式橄榄球) Club Jimmy O’Brien, Barefield athlete PJ Purcell, and great-grandniece of Kilnamona boxer Michael McTigue, Aisling Rynne.
1. What is the special focus of Cork City’s St Patrick’s Day?| A．Music and dance with local characteristics. |
| B．Supporting multiculturalism with Together Razem. |
| C．Live broadcast from the beginning. |
| D．Local celebrities host performances. |
| A．Jon Kenny. | B．Kelyn Cassidy. | C．PJ Purcell. | D．Michael McTigue. |
| A．A week. | B．One day. | C．Four days. | D．Two days. |
3 . The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. According to tradition, we should celebrate the festival by going mountain climbing. How many people today still keep this tradition?
Finally, traditional festivals area source of national pride and help shape (塑造) our national identity. For example, we celebrate the Hanshi Festival and the Lab a Festival with unique customs, and these shared experiences bring us together as a people.
Traditional festivals have been passed down to us from previous generations. It is the duty of every one of us to protect them for generations to come.
| A．Many young people celebrate western festivals. |
| B．Traditional festivals can help develop our economy. |
| C．Traditional festivals teach us a lot about our nation’s history. |
| D．People will come back home even if they live very far away. |
| E．Traditional festivals tell us who we are and fill us with pride in being Chinese. |
| F．In modern society, many traditional Chinese festivals are becoming less and less popular. |
| G．If we don’t pay much attention to these traditional festivals, some customs may fade away. |
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Guochao also means the return of
The Chinese culture represented by guochao is creating a huge new market at home and abroad. More importantly, guochao is regarded
5 . Traditional tea processing techniques and their social practices in China were added to UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on November 29th, 2022. This is the 43rd entry from China on the List. Therefore, China’s list tops all other countries.
In fact, what is on the List is not Chinese tea, but the knowledge, skills and practices concerning management of tea plantations, picking of tea leaves, and the processing, drinking and sharing of tea.
Over 2,000 tea varieties, mainly in six categories, which are green, black, yellow, oolong, white and dark, are grown in China. Although the types differ, the skills of making tea are very similar. They include inactivation (杀青), yellowing, piling, withering (萎凋), leaves shaking, cooling, fermentation (发酵) and scenting.
According to UNESCO, in China traditional tea processing techniques are closely associated with geographical location and natural environment. The techniques are mainly found in the provinces and autonomous regions of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. Associated social practices, however, are spread throughout the country and shared by multiple ethnic groups.
Tea-related customs are not only found across the country, but also influenced the rest of the world through the ancient Silk Road and trade routes. As a document from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to UNESCO explained, tea is common in Chinese people’s daily life. Steeped or boiled tea is served in homes, workplaces, tea houses, restaurants, and temples. And it is used as an important medium for communication in socializing and ceremonies such as weddings and sacrifices.
“Practices of greeting guests with tea and building good relationships within families and among neighborhoods through tea-related activities are shared among multiple ethnic groups, and provide a sense of identity and continuity for communities, groups and individuals concerned,” the document said.
1. What can we know from the text?| A．So far China has the most entries on the intangible list. |
| B．Only intangible cultural heritage is worth protecting. |
| C．China has the most cultural treasures worldwide. |
| D．Every country in the world joins UNESCO. |
| A．Select the yellow tea leaves. | B．Make tea leaves become yellow. |
| C．Add some yellow liquid to it. | D．Use yellow boxes to collect leaves. |
| A．Varieties of Chinese tea. | B．Skills of making tea. |
| C．Tea procesing techniques. | D．Tea-related customs. |
| A．China is full of cultural heritage. | B．UNESCO is a great organization. |
| C．Chinese tea is different and unique. | D．Chinese tea is on UNESCO’s list. |
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8 . Culture shock occurs when people have been suddenly thrown into a new culture. Newcomers maybe anxious because they don’t speak the language. Neither do they know the customs nor understand the people’s behavior in daily life.
Quite often the visitors find that “yes” may not always mean “yes”, that friendliness does not necessarily mean friendship, or that statements that appear to be serious are really intended as jokes. The foreigners maybe unsure as to when to shake hands, when to start conversations, or how to approach a stranger. The idea of culture shock helps explain feelings of puzzlement and confusion.
Language problems do not lead to all the setbacks that people feel. When one has lost everything that was once familiar, such as understanding a transportation system, knowing how to register (注册，登记) for university classes, or knowing how to make friends, difficulties in coping with the new society may arise.
When an individual enters a strange culture, he or she feels like a fish out of water. Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to the culture and feel deserted by the native members of the culture. When this happens, visitors may want to refuse everything about the new environment and may glorify and sing their own praises of the positive aspects of their own culture. On the other side, more visitors may sneeze at their native country by rejecting its value and instead choosing to approve of the value of the new country. This may occur as an attempt to accept the new culture in order to be taken in by the people in it.
1. What might happen when newcomers enter a new culture?| A．They have difficult yin saying yes or no. |
| B．They find it annoying to understand the friendship. |
| C．They refuse to shake hands with strangers. |
| D．They are puzzled by local customs and habits. |
| A．discouragements | B．achievements | C．arguments | D．amazement |
| A．They will miss their motherland deeply enough to return to their homeland. |
| B．They are willing to accept a new culture unconditionally and completely. |
| C．They try their best to fit into local life and live a positive and upward life. |
| D．They only contact fellow countrymen with the same experience. |
| A．What to do to ignore the differences. | B．How to live comfortably abroad. |
| C．How to deal with the culture shock. | D．What to do to avoid homesickness. |
Do you know Xu Xiake? He is the
Xu Xiake spent over three decades travelling throughout 16 provinces,
Xu Xiake was born to a wealthy father, who
10 . On a summer day in the remote Transylvanian village of Micasasa, Romanian architect Eugen Vaida is busy organizing a team of volunteers to help breathe new life into a centuries-old castle on the edge of ruin. "It's in a state of damage and it's a symbol of national importance," said Vaida, who launched the Ambulance for Monuments project.
The Ambulance for Monuments has a simple task: to race around the country, giving care to as many historical buildings as possible that are in a state of damage before it's too late. Since it was launched, Ambulance for Monuments has rescued 55 historical structures, including ancient churches,historic walls and ancient UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Situated in a broad valley at the foot of the Carpathian Mountain, the 16th-century Brukenthal Castle is one such endangered building being rescued by the project. The old castle remained unnoticed for more than two decades. Its roof is leaking and its wood is rotting（腐烂）. It is in serious need of attention. "It probably would have reached a stage where it could barely be saved. It would have become a ruin you cannot build again," Vaida said, "heritage is not renewable."
The project is supported by dozen of volunteer who are playing an important role in preserving Romania's past. Young people are starting to get more aware of their cultural identity. One person directly involved in the efforts to save the endangered building from ruin is 30-year-old Timotei Pacurar. For him, saving the Brukenthal Castle holds a great significance. "When I started school, I was here in this room, in the first class—we have a lot of good memories here," Pacurar said, "I was disappointed to see that the building almost fell down. The future is in our hands, and we can change things. We can make this building look good again—like a treasure for our community."
Rescuing as much of Romania's architectural heritage is Vaida's chief aim. "Over the next five years, the plan is to expand over the whole country," he said, "every Romanian should at some point come to put a brick or a nail on a roof to save their own endangered buildings."
1. What is the mission of the Ambulance for Monuments project?| A．To build new Romanian castles. |
| B．To remove ruins of ancient buildings. |
| C．To attract people to visit heritages. |
| D．To restore damaged old buildings. |
| A．Prejudiced. | B．Positive. | C．Doubtful. | D．Unconcerned. |
| A．Because it witnessed the beginning of his education. |
| B．Because it stored some treasures at the bottom. |
| C．Because it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
| D．Because it reminds him of the importance of the community. |
| A．Historic Buildings Are Threatened. |
| B．Romania Races to Save Its Past. |
| C．Heritage Is Our Cultural Identity. |
| D．Ancient Buildings Are National Symbols. |
