1 . 听下面一段长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the two speakers talking about?

A．Christmas.

B．Easter.

C．A birthday party.

2. What will the two speakers do with the eggs?

A．Colour and hide them.

B．Colour and eat them.

C．Give them to their friends.

3. Which is NOT mentioned in this conversation?

A．The eggs stand for new life.

B．The colourful eggs mean colourful life.

C．This Easter Day is on Sunday.

2 . “Trick or treat, trick or treat! Give me something good to eat!” It is Halloween! Kids dressed in costumes, neighbors giving out candy! It is just an amazing holiday! This year I decided to be a black cat.

The black cat is a sign of bad luck, but is also a sign of Halloween. Halloween began in the Mediaeval-years. A festival was celebrated in Rome and people walked in parades with masks and costumes. The people carved faces into pumpkins and lit them with a candle inside. These were thought of as to ward off all the evil and bad spirits. That is why people sell pumpkins everywhere during the Halloween season. Soon after the name of this festival evolved into what we call present day-Halloween!

Every year in New York City, there is a huge parade, there are floats and people walk around in costumes. Some are animal featured, some are scary and spooky like the skeleton and some are funny like the clown. It is very fun!!! Some people have Halloween parties. Stores sell a variety of costumes; the most popular costumes are the witch, the ghost, many from the old movies. Many stores sell decorating accessories(附属品) like fake spider webs, real pumpkins and plastic ghosts. So, if you are a Halloween lover, you can turn your home into a haunted house! That is absolutely cool!

Halloween

1	Time and place	Forms for celebration	2	3
a sign of bad luck	Halloween began in the mediaeval -years	4	Some are animal featured	Kids dressed in costumes
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a sign of Halloween	Every year in New York	Stores sell a variety of costumes	Some are scary and spooky like the skeleton	Neighbors giving out candy
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3 . The sense of humor is one of the most powerful tools you have for getting rid of any source of stress in your life.     1     We can't over-estimate the importance of the sense of humor too much. In fact, making work fun helps employees perform best and provide quality work.

    2     Telling jokes and stories and using team-building games in companies make people have more fun at work. Some companies even have talent shows or hold dance or sports competitions. It just gives employees a break in the day and a chance to laugh at themselves.

    3     Humor should be about laughing with rather than laughing at others. We all have probably heard jokes that seemed to bother or hurt others. For example, jokes making fun of employees for their weight, race, religion, etc. are not only harmful to the person, but also can create an unfriendly working environment.

Even if the jokes were intended to be humorous, they may not be received that way. I have even heard speakers make slight dirty jokes on the audience, thinking they would be seen as cool. In fact the audience thought the speakers had no taste.     4     In another case, I heard about a manager who was out partying with co-workers and kidding about how the boss liked certain people more than others. Such jokes actually had damaging effects on people in the company.

Humor, if proper, can brighten up the workplace and reduce some of the stress we are all experiencing.     5    

A．And they lost people's respect as a result.

B．Of course, it is important to use proper humor at work.

C．Everyone agreed that their work needed to be more fun.

D．There are plenty of ways to bring humor into the workplace.

E．So take a moment to laugh and help us all to feel happier at work.

F．In addition, laughter can brighten up the feelings of everyone around.

G．The most obvious way to make your job fun is to learn to find some humor.

4 . Imagine this: You’re at the movies seeing the latest box-office hit. The leading actor chases down the film’s bad guy before winning over the beautiful leading lady. What does he do next? He sucks on a cigarette.

What’s wrong with this picture? Doesn’t the beautiful woman see her hero’s yellow teeth? Doesn’t she smell his smoky breath? And wouldn’t the good guy have trouble chasing, since smoking causes a person to cough?

But you don’t see any of that when someone smokes cigarettes in the movies. And there is a lot of smoking in movies. Actors light up in more than 50 percent of youth-rated (G, PG, PG-13) movies, according to the American Legacy Foundation, which aims to put an end to smoking among young people. That means that Hollywood is showing 14 billion images of smoking to young people every year.

All that exposure to on-screen smoking can influence teens to smoke. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) argues that 44 percent of teens who begin smoking do so because they’ve seen smoking in movies. The CDC reports that teens are two to three times more likely to start smoking after seeing repeated smoking scenes in movies than teens who are lightly exposed to smoking in movies.

Several organizations are working to remove smoking in youth-rated movies. And adults are not the only ones who care about this issue. Many teens are actively involved. Livia Clandorf, 16, of Chatham, New York, is a member of Reality Check, an organization that educates teens about what it considers to be the manipulative(巧妙处理的) practices of tobacco companies. Livia participated in an event called a “movie stomp(跺脚)”. Reality Check rents out a movie theater and screens a youth-rated film that shows smoking, they stomp their feet and show disapproval by shouting “boo”.

1. What purpose does Paragraph 1 serve in the passage?

A．To provide background information of a movie.

B．To attract readers’ attention to the topic.

C．To describe a plot in a movie.

D．To offer some basic knowledge of cigarette.

2. What is the picture you are asked to imagine like according to the author?

A．It’s touching.	B．It’s beautiful.
C．It’s frightening.	D．It’s unreasonable.

3. What can be inferred from the CDC’s words?

A．Over 50 percent of teens smoke.	B．Teens should watch more movies.
C．Many movies cause teens to smoke.	D．Teens are less likely to smoke than adults.

4. When will participants in a “movie stomp” stomp their feet?

A．When they are active.	B．When they are excited.
C．When they feel like smoking.	D．When they see smoking scenes.

5 . 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Tim在你的生日晚会上送给你一件礼物，当时你只说了谢谢，但没有打开。现在你意识到自己的做法会让美国人觉得不礼貌。请你用英语给他写一封道歉信，要点包括：
1. 表示歉意；     2. 做出解释；     3. 做出承诺（多学习等）
注意：1.词数100左右；        2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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6 . The old Chinese saying "as happy as spending the New Year" might be outdated now in the busy modern world. The Spring Festival is regarded as the most important festival for Chinese people and an occasion for all family members to get together, like Christmas in the West. But many traditional customs accompanying the Spring Festival, however, have weakened in practice.

Setting off fireworks was once the most typical custom of the Spring Festival. People thought the sputtering(爆裂) sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, the activity has been completely or partially forbidden in big cities for years as the government has taken security, noise and pollution factors into consideration.

"In recent years, some cities have begun to allow people to light fireworks during limited hours at the Spring Festival, surrendering to(屈从于) public demand. Respecting folk traditions is a gesture of respect toward public opinion," said Zhou Xing, a folklore researcher.

"As people gain more income and it becomes easier to buy daily goods, the New Year holiday is just like any other. After long workdays, many people use the New Year holiday to take a rest, rather than visiting friends and neighbors. The process of making and enjoying the family dinner on Spring Festival Eve is the most important thing. However, many families would like to eat out to save time and energy," said Li Shunzhi, a resident of Harbin, Heilongjiang.

"I enjoy the holidays very much in the countryside. My family has been preparing for the Spring Festival more than two weeks before the holiday, cleaning the house, buying holiday goods and decorating the house with paper cuttings. On New Year’s Eve, the whole family stays up to see the New Year in, and in the days to follow, a series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held. Without the ancient traditions, the holiday is nothing to us," said Zhang Hui, from Hebei.

1. Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A．Setting off fireworks has been forbidden in some big cities for years.

B．Nowadays, people can light fireworks in some cities at the Spring Festival.

C．People believe that the sound of fireworks can drive away evil spirits.

D．In the past, setting off fireworks couldn’t be seen almost anywhere.

2. What Li Shunzhi said implies 　　　　.

A．what people do during the festival now is different from the past

B．people would like to have the family dinner on Spring Festival Eve

C．people prefer to visit friends and neighbors rather than take a rest

D．the New Year holiday is just like any other day

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Zhang Hui often spends two weeks preparing for the Spring Festival.

B．Zhang Hui is used to spending the Spring Festival with his family.

C．Zhang Hui always takes part in a series of activities after the Spring Festival.

D．Zhang Hui lives in the urban area.

4. What does the whole passage show?

A．The Spring Festival is as lively as before.

B．The Spring Festival is outdated now.

C．The Spring Festival is losing its qualities.

D．The Spring Festival in China is more important than Christmas in the West.

7 . What does the man think is the best way of inviting guests?

A．In person.

B．By mail.

C．Online.

8 . The Temple of the Moon is an Incan ceremonial temple on Huayna Picchu near Machu Picchu, in Peru. The site is made up of stone masonry and an open-face and shallow cave. In the centre of the cave is a throne carved out of rock. Beside the throne are steps that lead deeper into the cave. The Temple of the Moon dates back 1500 years and was rediscovered in 1936.

The Temple of the Moon consists of three structural parts: an overhanging cave with excellent stone works, a very tall double-jamb (双重门柱) doorway beyond, and farther beyond, several structures. The temple also has niches (壁橱) and fake doors inserted in the stones, with a huge 8 meter high by 6 meter wide entrance. Its three doors are 1.60 meters high (in the front) and 1.00 meter high (at the sides). Inside, there are six niches.

Most scientists and authors believe that the name of the temple is arbitrary (任意的), as many other names given to sites in Machu Picchu. Ruth M Wright and Alfredo Valencia Zegarra, authors of The Machu Picchu Guidebook: A self guided tour say that they find no evidence that the moon played any part in the use of the temple. Others argue that the temple gets its name from the way moonlight radiates (散发) inside the cave at night.

The purpose of the temple’s being built is not exactly known. There is a theory that it must have been a royal tomb, a place of worship and a look-out post. Some believe that this was a place for sacrifices (献祭), because the structure has beautiful niches and in front of the cave, there is a rock carved in the shape of an altar (祭坛). Others think it was a ceremonial bathing complex.

The trail that leads from the summit of Huayna Picchu to the temple is very exposed and can be quite slippery. A few spots have a steel handrail, but a fall in many places would have serious results. The trail that leads off from the main Huayna Picchu trail is easier and safer, but still presents dangers.

1. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraphs 1 and 2?

A．There are wonderful stone works inside the cave.	B．There are numberless steps outside the cave.
C．The temple is factually a huge cave.	D．The temple was rebuilt in 1936.

2. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A．Ruth M Wright and Alfredo Valencia Zegarra named the temple.

B．There’s evidence that the temple is related to moonlight.

C．Scientists proved the moon played a role in the temple.

D．Many sites in Machu Picchu were named at will.

3. The last paragraph is mainly about the temple’s _____.

A．construction

B．access

C．location

D．size

4. The author writes this passage to _____.

A．introduce a site in Peru	B．ask people to protect historical sites
C．encourage people to visit the temple	D．convince people to learn Peruvian culture

9 . 假设你是李华, Chris是你校的国际交流生。一年一度的高考升学季来临了,他作为口语辅导小老师受某刚被录取到北大的学生及其家人邀请,到他们家做客。但是,由于他不知道去中国人家里做客有哪些习俗,便给你发了一封电子邮件,请你根据下列要点,给他回复一封电子邮件,给他一些建议。要点如下:

1.到达时间；2.适当送一些礼物；3.介绍中国的餐桌礼仪。

注意:

1.词数100左右(文章开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数)；

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Chris,

I have received your email of July 28. I am happy to hear that you, as a tutor of the graduate admitted to Beijing University this year, were invited to dinner at his home.

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I do wish your first Chinese home dinner an unforgettable experience.

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . In England recently three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop and waited. About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when suddenly there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way. Someone shouted at them. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked embarrassed. No one had told them about the British custom of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is the first person to get on the bus.

Learning the language of a country isn’t enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesn’t agree. But in many parts of India a shake of the head means agreement. Nodding your head when you are given a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty.

1. The British people tried to push the three gentlemen out of the way, because the gentlemen _______ .

A．were foreigners	B．didn’t have tickets
C．made a loud noise	D．didn’t line up for the bus

2. According to the article, if you want to have a pleasant journey in a foreign country, you should ___.

A．learn the language of the country	B．understand the manners and customs of the country
C．have enough time and money	D．make friends with the people there

3. In India it is considered impolite ________.

A．to use the right hand for passing food at table.	B．to pass food with the left hand.
C．to eat food with your hands.	D．to help yourself at table.

4. The best title for this article is ________.

A．People’s Everyday Life	B．Mind Your Manners
C．Shaking and Nodding Head	D．Taking a Bus in England