1 . The “Double Seven Festival” is a traditional Chinese festival. It has a longer history than the ______ of Valentine’s Day in the West.

The origin of this festival is related to a cowboy and a weaving girl, whose love story has become a part of the Chinese culture. ______ there are many different versions of the story, the most popular one begins with a poor cowboy. Living with his elder and ______ brother, who treated him badly, the cowboy looked after an old cow every day. Though life was tough and boring, he put up with it in silence, without complaining.

Unluckily, even such a hard life didn’t last long. His brother got rid of him and all he got was the old cow. Although they couldn’t talk to each other, they ______ on each other for company. One day, miracle happened. The old cow started talking and told him that there would be seven fairies coming down to the Earth to ______ in a pond. All he should do was to ______ the dress of one of the fairies. Then that fairy would be his wife. ______ but excited, the cowboy followed the cow’s advice.

Every day the cowboy went to work ______ the fairy wove cloth at home. However, their ______ life came to an end when the Heavenly Goddess learned about it. She took the weaving girl away and drew a line in the sky that turned into the Milky Way, which ______ the cowboy meeting her wife. Due to the strong reaction from the young ______, the Goddess finally allowed them to see each other only once a year. The day was on the seventh day of the seventh month. That is ______ the Double Seven Festival came into being.

Although the love story doesn’t end up with a happy ending, it is to be told from one ______ to another. It reminds people to cherish every moment ______ with their loved ones and not to regret until we ______ them.

1.

A．celebration

B．congratulation

C．inspiration

D．liberation

2.

A．As if

B．Even if

C．Until then

D．In case

3.

A．open-minded

B．absent-minded

C．narrow-minded

D．business-minded

4.

A．depended

B．based

C．concentrated

D．worked

5.

A．sleep

B．bathe

C．dance

D．play

6.

A．make

B．bring

C．steal

D．buy

7.

A．Interested

B．Frightened

C．Tired

D．Surprised

8.

A．while

B．as

C．before

D．after

9.

A．careful

B．successful

C．peaceful

D．helpful

10.

A．freed

B．risked

C．kept

D．prevented

11.

A．gentleman

B．lady

C．cow

D．couple

12.

A．why

B．when

C．where

D．how

13.

A．dynasty

B．generation

C．age

D．person

14.

A．shared

B．connected

C．filled

D．separated

15.

A．meet

B．lose

C．miss

D．see

4 . 假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Chris在给你的邮件中提到他对中国文化非常感兴趣，想请你介绍一项你最引以为傲的中国文化遗产。请你给他回邮件，内容包括：
1.文化遗产的名称；
2.简要介绍；
3.你感到自豪的理由。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇： Intangible cultural heritage 非物质文化遗产
Dear Chris,
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Yours,

Li Hua

5 . 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。

Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has adopted digital technology     1     (protect) ancient cliff carvings and paintings before their disappearance.

Workers have copied more than 2,000 immovable rock carvings and paintings at Helan Mountain to digitalize the overall views as well as     2     (they) correct locations. The digital information will be sorted and workers will conduct a disease analysis.

Rock carvings     3     (appear) before writing systems were invented. Now, more than 20,000 cliff paintings and carvings     4     were created by the ancestors have been discovered at Helan Mountain. The works record the lives of the people who lived 3,000 to 10,000 years ago. In general,     5    (image) of animals dominate (占主要地位), followed     6     humans, vehicles, plants, planets, fingerprints and abstract signs. The surfaces were     7     (chief) carved with stone or metal in the open air,     8     (expose) to weather beaten.

The protection of rock paintings and carvings is a worldwide issue. At present, there is no     9     (science)and technological means to prevent their disappearance. Some experts have predicted that by the end of this century,     10     quarter of the world’s rock paintings will disappear completely.

6 . 假定你是李华，正在伦敦某学校做交换生。你校要成立一些有关中国文化的社团，于是向同学们征求建议。请你给负责人写封建议信，内容如下：
1.说明目的；
2.提出建议；
3.解释原因。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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。

Chinese New Year, which starts     1     the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar, is considered as one of the most important holidays in China. It is known as the Spring Festival.

In ancient times, the Spring Festival started from the beginning of Spring. Nowadays, it often    2     (happen) between January and February. It usually lasts until Lantern Festival,     3     gives everyone plenty of time for celebration.

    4     (traditional), the children get red envelopes during the Spring Festival celebrations. It’s a custom     5     (go) back to ancient times. However, when the tradition     6     (begin) is still unknown. Whatever the reason is, the red envelope has been an important part of Chinese New Year to this day.

The firework is another big part of Chinese New Year. A writer shared the following story on a website.    7     old man saved a town from a terrible monster by throwing bamboo     8     (stick) into the fire. The explosion (爆炸声)     9     (cause) by the bamboo frightened off the monster. As a result, Chinese people set off fireworks during Chinese New Year celebrations     10     (avoid) the evil spirits of the past.

9 . 假定你是李华，上周六你校组织英语俱乐部的成员去市博物馆参观了中国绘画艺术展，请写信告诉你的英国笔友Eric参观的情况，内容包括：
1.活动的时间和地点；2.展览的内容；3.你的感受。
注意：1.词数不少于100；2.可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
Dear Eric,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                                                                                         Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

10 . By drawing patterns on the surface of a cup of tea, chabaixi (茶百戏), an ancient Chinese tea trick displayed in a recent TV drama, has gone viral for its apparent similarity with modern coffee art. However, ten years ago, this distinctive technique was close to disappearing. Zhang Zhifeng, a practician of chabaixi, found scenes of chabaixi in the drama aroused great interest among ordinary people.

Chabaixi can create endless patterns such as bamboos and mountains or even calligraphy. There are over a dozen steps, from grinding (碾碎) tea for fine powder, to pouring boiled water, stirring the mixture for thick froth (泡沫), and finally drawing the patterns. It is different from making coffee because people use clear water as the object to put into the cup instead of milk. But when the water touches the surface of whipped (搅打起泡的) tea, it turns into a white color and disappears in 20 minutes. The process before the drawing is known as the tea—making technique, diancha. The quality of diancha is crucial to whether patterns can be successfully produced later.

“Chabaixi is one of the countless forms of tea-making techniques in China. The importance of chabaixi is not only that this technique is unique in the world, but also it gives us a window into people’s lifestyle in the Song Dynasty, a period of time when leisure activities in some ways are similar to what we have now,” Zhang said.

Before chabaixi was discovered by TV audiences, the technique was listed as part of China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2017, after it was recovered by Zhang Zhifeng. He started researching the origins of chabaixi in the 1980s and brought the technique back in 2009 after decades of trials and practice.

“To let this technique fade would be a shame. It must be passed on to the next generations so they can understand its history,” Zhang said.

1. What do the underlined words “gone viral” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Maintained highly competitive.	B．Received good protection.
C．Started declining gradually.	D．Became popular quickly.

2. What do we know about chabaixi?

A．It develops based on coffee art.	B．It involves complicated tea-making skills.
C．It mainly describes beautiful scenery.	D．It is painted with whipped milk.

3. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The origin of chabaixi.	B．The uniqueness of chabaixi.
C．The significance of chabaixi.	D．The development of chabaixi.

4. What can be the best title for this passage?

A．Zhang Zhifeng—A Practician of Chabaixi

B．Ancient Tea Technique Finds New Popular Recognition

C．A China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage

D．Chabaixi—A Famous Tea-making Technique