1 . 假定你是李华，你的美国笔友David对中国传统文化非常感兴趣，最近他发电子邮件说想来你所在的城市体验一下过春季。请你用英语给他回复，内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎；
2. 介绍你们是怎么过春季的；
3. 告知你的打算并征求他的意见。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Hi David,
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Best wishes,
Li Hua
2 . Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinesestyle spelling bee (拼写大赛). In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries.
Perhaps the show’s popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and paper, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy (书法) to be one of their primary contributions. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smart phones and computers allows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin alphabet(字母). The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? It’s possible to recognize characters without remembering how to write them.
But there’s still hope for the paint brush. China’s Education Ministry wants children to spend more time learning how to write.
In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a specially decorated classroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft music plays as a group of six-year-old dip brush pens into black ink. They look up at the blackboard often to study their teacher’s examples before carefully trying to reproduce those characters on thin rice paper. “If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to teach it now? ”we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. “The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture”, she reasons. “Students must learn now so they don’t forget when they grow up.” says the teacher.
1. Which of the following is closest in meaning with the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?| A．Every Chinese can write Chinese characters easily, especially with computers. |
| B．Only with the help of computers can some Chinese people write Chinese characters. |
| C．Despite the help of computers, Chinese people have forgotten how to write. |
| D．Computers are the only means to rely on to write Chinese characters for many people. |
| A．It draws great public attention across the country. |
| B．It’s the most viewed TV programs in China. |
| C．It means to spread Chinese culture to the world. |
| D．It’s open to people of all ages and all walks. |
| A．Chinese people don’t refer to dictionaries very often. |
| B．Chinese people no longer use brush pens or practice calligraphy. |
| C．Chinese people are using the Latin alphabet instead of the characters. |
| D．Chinese people needn’t write by hand as often with the help of technology. |
| A．necessary for adults to survive in China |
| B．a requirement made by the Education Ministry |
| C．helpful to keep Chinese tradition and culture alive |
| D．an ability to be developed only when you are students |
要求：1. 100字左右；
2. 需包括至少两个中国元素，可适当增减细节。
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4 . Maaseik, a city in Belgium, has opened an exhibition of about 200 relics and treasures of the Tang Dynasty (618 AD - 907 AD), showing China’s golden age of ancient civilisation (文明).
The exhibition, which opened on May 11 and will continue until Oct. 20, is part of the city's effort to create a centre of Chinese culture. Belgian Princess Mathilde formally announced the beginning of the exhibition, titled “China’s Golden Age: Treasures from the Tang Dynasty”.
The items, including gold plates and silver wares for royal families, Tang Dynasty tri-colour glazed figurines (小雕像) of women and paintings, have recently been on exhibit in the Dutch city of Assert.
All of the exhibited items are from Shaanxi Province, China. Its provincial capital Xi’an was the most populous (人口多的) city in the world and once the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang period is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization-equal to, or better than that of the earlier Han Dynasty (202 BC—220 AD), a golden age of Chinese culture.
Several years ago, said Dirk Verlaak, vice-mayor of Maaseik, his city and Assen teamed up to host history and culture exhibitions of China’s first two imperial dynasties, the Qin (221 BC—206 BC) and the Han. The Chinese relics and treasures attracted 350,000 visitors in Assen and 190,000 in Maaseik.
“Westerners don’t know much about China’s ancient civilisation and history, and we hope the new exhibition in Maaseik can attract more visitors,” said Verlaak.
1. Maaseik held the exhibition in order to .| A．make money | B．educate people |
| C．attract foreign visitors | D．spread Chinese culture |
| A．Dirk Verlaak is interested in Chinese history |
| B．All the items in the exhibition are from China |
| C．Assert attracted more visitors than Maaseik several years ago |
| D．This is the first time that Maaseik has held such an exhibition. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Consent. |
| C．Worried. | D．Excited |
| A．Tang Dynasty Treasures Exhibited in Belgium |
| B．Tang Dynasty Treasures Discovered in Belgium |
| C．Chinese Culture Goes Around the World |
| D．Chinese Civilisation Attracts Foreigners |
Many Chinese students who entered the first year of primary or junior high school in September have received new versions（版本）of Chinese language textbooks. The textbooks attach
The articles were chosen from classic prose，essays，historical records，and poetry
In fact，the textbooks arrived at a time when ancient Chinese culture is
6 . The Laba Festival celebrated on the eighth day of the
There are several
The majority of Chinese have long followed the tradition of
As China is a country that pays great attention to good manners, the food culture is deeply rooted in its history. As a visitor or guest in
It is really an
Although the hosts in China are all friendly, you should also show them respect. Before
When hosts place dishes on the table, they will arrange the main courses at the center with the side dishes evenly placed around them. When the main dishes
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India has many festivals, with some celebrations that last for weeks. However, none of them come even close to Holi, India's most colorful and fun festival. Celebrated on the day following the full moon, this year's festival happens to be on March 19th.
As with most Indian festivals, this one also has many different folk stories. Most of them center around the success of good over evil. The most popular one is about a king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the Universe－Lord Vishnu. When every attempt to stop him fails, his sister, Holika believed to be immune (免疫的) to fire, joins in the effort by inviting the young boy to sit with her inside a huge fire. Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prahlada escapes safely, while the evil Holika is burned to death. To remember this event, huge outdoor fires are lit in the night before Holi in order to clean the air of evil spirits and to celebrate the death of the evil.
So what's so great about this day? While there are some fun parades (游行) and folk songs and dance performances, the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing (泼洒) people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water. On this day, everybody is fair game, no matter how old or how young.
At about midday, the splashing comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious homemade big dinner and a welldeserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.
1. Why does the king dislike his son Prahlada?
| A．Because Prahlada doesn't love him. |
| B．Because Prahlada is rude to Holika. |
| C．Because Prahlada loves Lord Vishnu. |
| D．Because Prahlada concentrates on his own success. |
| A．with the help of Lord Vishnu |
| B．because of his good luck |
| C．by beating his aunt Holika |
| D．using his amazing talent |
| A．fights against others fairly |
| B．enjoys splashing people |
| C．plays a trick on others |
| D．is the aim of splashing water |
| A．they have got dirty with dry colors and colored water |
| B．going home with colored water means bad luck |
| C．they believe clean water will bring good luck |
| D．taking a bath shows their true love for Lord Vishnu |
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Christmastime in the city brings forests of trees already cut and waiting to be sold. But some people like to drive to tree farms. Others wait for their trees to come to them. They order one from the pages of a catalog or on the Internet. Some say the easiest thing of all is to buy a manmade tree with Christmas lights already on it. No falling needles to have to clean up.
The National Christmas Tree Association says 33,000,000 real trees were sold last year, compared to 9,000,000 manmade ones. Manmade trees generally cost more, but they can be reused. Most natural trees are cut up and recycled, but some people buy trees that can be planted.
Most Christmas trees are now grown on farms instead of in forests. Twenty-one thousand tree farmers in the United States grow Christmas trees on more than 180,000 hectares. Oregon was the leading producer last year.
Twenty-two percent of people who bought real trees last year chose them at a farm. Two percent of those people cut the trees themselves. The next most popular places were big stores like Walmart and Home Depot. Groups like the Boy Scouts also sell Christmas trees. But some people pay nothing for theirs. They steal it.
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has many pretty evergreens. Some years ago, a university worker found a way to keep them there. A month before Christmas, workers treated them with “pink ugly mix”. It contains water and red food colour. The bright colour starts to disappear after about a month. It can take longer, however. Cornell decided not to use the mix this year, but the idea has spread.
1. Manmade trees are chosen for Christmas partly because________.| A．they cost less than real ones |
| B．they are usually sold with gifts |
| C．they look prettier than real ones |
| D．they can be used for more than once |
| A．Oregon produced the most Christmas trees last year. |
| B．Most Christmas trees come directly from the forests. |
| C．All real trees for Christmas are recycled by Americans. |
| D．Manmade Christmas trees are more popular with Americans. |
| A．Oregon | B．Home Depot |
| C．Boy Scouts | D．Cornell University |
| A．the important festivals in America |
| B．the origin of Christmas as a holiday |
| C．the way Americans celebrate Christmas |
| D．the popularity of Christmas trees in America |
Culture shock refers to the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, uncertainty, confusion, etc.) felt when people have to operate within a different and unknown cultural or social environment, such as a foreign country.
Generally speaking, we could say that there are four stages of culture shock. The first stage is called “the honeymoon”. In this stage, you are excited about living in a different place.
The next stage is “the hostility (敌意) stage”. In this stage, you begin to notice not everything is as good as you originally thought it was.
Then you come to the third stage called “recovery”. In this stage, you start to feel more positive.
The last stage of culture shock is called “adjustment”. In this stage, you have reached a point where you actually feel good.
Not all individuals visiting another country will experience all these four stages.
| A．You feel that friends should help each other to deal with culture shock. |
| B．And you try to develop comprehension of everything you don’t understand. |
| C．In addition, culture shock is not limited to the overseas visitor. |
| D．You become tired of many things about the new culture. |
| E．You have learned enough to understand the new culture. |
| F．You begin to understand you need to travel a lot. |
| G．And everything seems to be marvelous and everybody seems to be so nice to you. |
