1 . 阅读下面材料， 在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Over the past ten years I     1    (travel)abroad and home has become more of a feeling     2     a place. So     3     is important that I can celebrate the new year with the loved ones. New Year’s Eve has become the only time to reconnect with my friends which makes me feel at home. Every year we try     4    (unite)wherever we are and remember the time when we knew each other.     5    , a lot of people feel that New Year’s Eve can’t live up to     6    (expect). Ideas such as the New Year’s kiss and resolutions create much pressure for people to have     7     night to remember,     8    will change their lives and perhaps make the next year worth     9    (live). I think those people are missing the point.     10    Christmas is about family, why can’t New Year be about friends?

2 . 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。

A teahouse is a special house which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments. Its function varies widely    1     (depend) on the culture. In China, a teahouse is a place     2     people gather to enjoy tea, chat and socialize. It     3     (consider) as a symbol of Chinese tea culture and people’s leisure life.

Chinese teahouses enjoy a long-standing history. They developed from tea stands in the Western Jin Dynasty,    4     (take) shape in the Tang Dynasty, developed gradually in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and became booming in modern times.

In the Song Dynasty, teahouses existed all over cities and villages, at a rate comparable with     5     of restaurants. The owners preferred to decorate their teahouses     6     paintings of celebrities and rare and precious plants     7     (attract) customers. In the Ming and Qing dynasties,     8     number of teahouses went beyond that of restaurants, gaining more popularity and becoming more famous. Later, the acculturation of Western culture forces traditional Chinese teahouses to take on a new look. After reform and opening up, with the rapid development of the economy and     9     (evidence) improvement of people’s living     10     (standard), teahouses flowered in China.

3 . 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。

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Moon Festival or the Moon cake Festival. It has a long history     1     (date) back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It     2     (traditional) falls on the 15th day of the     3    (eight) month of the lunar calendar. Since ancient times, customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival     4     (include) appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes     5     drinking wine. The full moon on Mid-Autumn night symbolizes family reunion     6     Chinese culture because the moon is round and the     7     (bright) of the year on this day. With the full moon hanging above in     8     sky, people     9     are far away from their     10    (hometown) might miss families while looking at the beautiful moonlight.

4 . 假定你是李华，你的澳大利亚朋友David是中国功夫的爱好者，你得知今年七月你所在的城市将举办一次国际功夫比赛。请你用英语给他写封邮件，询问他是否有兴趣参加，要点包括:
1. 比赛的时间和地点
2. 比赛的目的
3. 参加比赛的益处
注意:
1.   词数100左右；
2.   可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.   开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear David,
How is everything going?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I will accompany you during the competition. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours,

Li Hua

5 . Each time Chinese New Year is approaching, preparations are underway around the world. Here are some Chinatowns for those outside of China wishing to mark the day.

London

Although it may not be as large or as long-built as others, having only become a center for the Chinese community during the 1950s, London’s Chinatown is perfectly formed little firework that knows how to see in the year with a bang. Decorated with red lanterns, previous years have seen shows with acrobatics（杂技）, martial arts（武术）,dance and opera nearby.

San Francisco

San Francisco’s Chinatown is perhaps the most famous in the United States. The city was the main entry-point for Chinese who had crossed the Pacific to the USA during the early 19th century. Between the Grant Avenue and the Stockton Street, this historic area is a local treasure, attracting more visitors per year than the Golden Gate Bridge.

Bangkok

With an about 100-year-old history, the Thai capital’s Chinatown contains complex streets offering all kinds of tasty treats, clothes, toys and antiques. Sunday market days are such a good time to get the full atmosphere of the neighborhood. The area is also known for its gold dealers, whose shops line the road.

Mauritius

Found in Port Louis, this Mauritian Chinatown shows the island nation’s rich multicultural diversity. Established in the early years of the 20^th century by settlers from China, its tiny shops and restaurants serve locals and visitors. During the Chinese Spring Festival, the most exciting sight is the Dragon Dances on Rue Royale when Chinese musicians and dancers perform the traditional lion dances through the streets.

1. According to the text, which of the following has the longest history?

A．London’s Chinatown.	B．San Francisco’s Chinatown.
C．Mauritius’s Chinatown.	D．Bangkok’s Chinatown.

2. What’s special about Bangkok’s Chinatown?

A．It is crowded with Chinese restaurants.	B．It is the major entrance for the Chinese.
C．It is well-known for its gold business.	D．It is when you can enjoy fireworks.

3. If you want to enjoy the Dragon Dances, you can go to ______.

A．Rue Royale in Port Louis, Mauritius	B．the Sunday market in Bangkok
C．the Grant Avenue in San Francisco	D．the Chinese community in London

6 . 语法填空

Local     1     (official) in Beijing promised to further protect the city’s cultural heritage (遗产), in particular the narrow streets known as hutongs.

Hutongs are     2     (common) found in the cities of North China, but they are in danger. Beijing is nowadays believed to have fewer than 1,000 hutongs, most of     3     are near the Forbidden City. Only _60_ years ago, the number of the hutong     4     (be) 3,250.

“Usually more than 100,000 people visit the Forbidden City during the National Day holidays. The visits put pressure on the     5     (protect) of cultural relics,” said Huang Yan, director of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning,     6     (add) that hutongs should be protected from human damage.

The government concentrated     7     how the protection plans were carried out. Wang Shaofeng, head of the Xicheng District Government, said the area has 182 cultural relics,     8     many of them were built as far back as the Yuan Dynasty. The district of Xicheng has 1.28 million residents in its 50.7 square kilometers of land. “The most efficient way is to decrease the local population to reduce the possibility of causing harm to the heritage,” Wang said. “Each community has been required     9     (report) the status of its cultural heritage.”

No one knows for sure how many hutongs     10     (leave) in the coming 100 years.

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。

A teahouse is a special house which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments. Its function varies widely     1     (depend) on the culture. In China, a teahouse is a place     2     people gather to enjoy tea, chat and socialize. It     3     (consider) as a symbol of Chinese tea culture and people’s leisure lives.

Chinese teahouses enjoy a long-standing history. They developed from tea stands in the Western Jin Dynasty,     4     (take) shape in the Tang Dynasty, developed     5     (gradual) in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and became booming in modern times.

In the Song Dynasty, teahouse existed all over cities and villages,     6    a rate comparable with that of restaurants. The owners preferred to decorated their teahouses with paintings of celebrities and rare and precious plants     7     (attract) customers. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the number of teahouses went beyond that of restaurants, gaining more     8     (popular) and becoming more famous. Later, the acculturation of Western culture forces traditional Chinese teahouses to take on     9     new look. After reform and opening-up, with the rapid development of the economy and     10     (evidence) improvement of people’s living standards, teahouses flowered in China.

8 . This message is to inform all the children that Santa’s post office in Himmelpfort, Germany, is open to receive your holiday wishes. That means you can mail your letters to Santa about 6 weeks sooner than that last year. Santa knows you’ve been good and wants to make sure he and his helpers receive your wish list earlier.

Eight post offices are organized across Germany to answer all the letters children send. This year they plan to receive over 250,000 letters. Though the letters fly from over 80 different countries, Santa and his helpers can understand and make sure to answer all the letters.

In 1984, two children from Berlin sent their wish lists to Himmelpfort after spending their vacation there. Their letters were answered by postal employees and later Himmelpfort increased its helpers to meet the needs of increased mail traffic. Year after year, Santa and his crew use an eco-friendly powered vehicle to collect the thousands of letters they receive from young boys and girls. The great news for this year is that if you come to the beautiful town of Himmelpfort, you can drop off your letter and visit Santa in person, from Tuesdays to Thursdays until Christmas Eve.

Santa does not currently have an e-mail, Twitter or a Facebook account. He believes in old-fashioned communication. So get out your paper and write your wish list. Just make sure your letter is clear so you can receive an official response. Send your letters to

Santa
Christmas Post Office
Himmelpfort Germany 16798
1. This year Santa and his helpers         .

A．are eager to receive more wishes

B．keep traveling around 80 countries

C．are able to receive kids’ letters earlier

D．answer most of the letters for kids

2. From the 3rd paragraph, we know that         .

A．children from Berlin like spending holidays in Himmelpfort

B．post offices send kids all the presents they ask for

C．Santa uses a powered vehicle because of the heavy mail traffic

D．children can visit Santa in the flesh before Christmas Eve this year

3. Santa doesn’t have social communications online probably because he         .

A．is not sure about the online security

B．trusts traditional ways of communication

C．prefers official and formal letters

D．thinks written letters are clearer than e-mails

4. This text is intended for         .

A．tourists coming to Himmelpfort

B．teenagers preferring writing letters

C．parents preparing for Christmas

D．children planning to write to Santa

9 . Before Christmas Eve in 1870 Richard Wagner and his wife, Cosima, had agreed not to buy each other Christmas presents. They were simply too poor. But Wagner was planning a surprise gift.

For more than two months he had been crafting a piece of music to be performed outside Cosima’s bedroom door on Christmas morning. He had based it on themes later to be used in his opera Siegfried, plus a little nursery song he had written for their children two years earlier. He completed the Siegfried Idyll three weeks before Christmas and arranged for conductor Hans Richter to choose the members of the small orchestra. Richter conducted secret rehearsals, first in Zurich then at a hotel in Lucerne.

Wagner invited philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to the final rehearsal on Christmas Eve at the Hotel du Lac and they arrived together at the Wagners’ home in the village of Trihschen. There they found Cosima decorating the Christmas tree and preparing presents for the children.

At seven o'clock on Christmas morning the musicians arrived and quietly arranged themselves on the stairs outside Cosima’s room. They began to play.

“As I awoke to the light of dawn,” Cosima said later, “my mind passed from one dream into another. Familiar sounds from Siegfried came to my ears. It was as if the house or more accurately our entire being, was rising up in music and going up to heaven. Sacred memories, birdsong and sunrise, interwoven with music from Siegfried calmed my heart and I came to realize that I was not dreaming, and yet was experiencing the most wonderful one of all dreams. Now at last I understood all of Richard’s writing in secret.”

And yet Wagner had kept his promise not to buy his wife a Christmas present. December 25th was Cosima’s birthday.

1. Why did the Wagners agree not to buy Christmas presents for each other?

A．They both didn’t like to buy presents.	B．They were only too poor.
C．They were very rich.	D．They didn’t have the habit.

2. What was Cosima doing when the final rehearsal was conducted on Christmas Eve at the Hotel du Lac?

A．Cosima was sleeping.

B．Cosima was playing with the children at home.

C．Cosima was busy with the preparation for Christmas.

D．Cosima was cooking in the kitchen.

3. What does the underlined word “themselves” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Christmas.	B．The musicians.
C．The stairs.	D．The children.

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．A great Christmas.	B．A great love.
C．A good birthday.	D．A surprise gift.

10 . Lots of families like to gather around a table full of food and give thanks for the blessings they have at Thanksgiving,     1     my family often spread the blessings to others not only on Thanksgiving but for every holiday.

I always remember that people I didn’t know showed up at Thanksgiving, Christmas and even any holiday when I was young! I later on learned     2     is a tradition my family started years ago.

Every holiday my parents always invite someone who doesn’t have somewhere to go and someone who are     3     (little) fortunate than us to our home. Sometimes we have tons of people and sometimes not too many. Our tradition includes taking pictures and enjoying some wonderful food that was     4     (prepare) in advance!

At Thanksgiving yesterday we invited a neighbor who didn’t have anywhere to go     5     (come) to my family’s Thanksgiving. He     6     (happy) agreed. Before we ate we stood in a big circle     7     (hold) hands and said a small prayer. Then we each said something we were thankful     8    . When it came for my neighbor’s turn, he choked up and said, “    9     (amaze), I can share a warm meal with other people on this special day.” When he left and went home my neighbor told me, “What you did did make     10     great difference to me. I haven’t felt this welcomed and good in many years, thank you for this blessing.”