1 . 阅读下列材料，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。

In Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, food is usually eaten with    1    (chopstick).

Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also    2     (make) of plastic or mental. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic.    3    (true) elegant chopsticks might be with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods    4    metal to create special designs.

Five thousand years ago, Chinese people probably cooked their food in large pots,    5    (use) branches to remove it. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with branches     6    gradually turned into chopsticks.

Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, who lived     7    551 to 479 BC, influenced the     8    (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and     9    (be) too violent for use at the table.

Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, most people traditionally eat     10    their hands.

3 . 假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom对中国的传统节日“春节”非常感兴趣，他想请你介绍我国春节的情况。请你根据下面要点给他回复邮件并邀请他来中国过年。
1.春节是中国的重大节日；
2.节前人们要大扫除；
3.全家人在一起吃年夜饭；
4.孩子们会得到压岁钱；
5.年初一穿新衣服，走亲访友，互道吉利。
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4 . China is a big old country and it has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of    1     (it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world     2     (great), for example, the thought of Confucius. As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays     3     important role in the world, more and more     4    (foreign) learn Mandarin (普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can be tested by the time. It unites the whole nation and no matter     5    kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the country’s future. Today, many young people lose     6     (faithful) in traditional culture and they are crazy     7    the western culture. They follow the western fashion,     8    (think) we are the old style. But someday, they     9    (realize) they are wrong     10    (abandon) traditional culture.