1. 简介中国的生肖；
2. 猪年的寓意（福气和财富等）；
3. 表达祝愿。
参考词汇：猪年—Year of the Pig
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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1. What does the Golden Rule ask people to do?
| A．Develop personal rules |
| B．Respect their families and ancestors |
| C．Treat others as they wish to be treated |
| A．Governments should be moral |
| B．Husbands should respect wives |
| C．People should memorize rules of behavior. |
| A．Through arguments. |
| B．Through reasoning |
| C．Through personal examples |
| A．He used to be even more important. |
| B．He has influenced many cultures. |
| C．He has little effect on people today. |
1. What is Miss Lan going to work as in Ola city?
| A．A doctor. | B．A nurse. | C．A teacher. |
| A．She no friends in Ola. |
| B．The work in Ola is hard to do. |
| C．The people in Ola are not friendly. |
| A．By e-mail. | B．By phone. | C．By letter. |
1. 家风的作用；
2. 你家的家风对你的影响。
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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1.该俗语的含义;
2.你从中得到的启示。
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，不计入总词数。
Dear Trevor,
Glad to receive your email and willing to explain to you the saying you mentioned in your email.
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Hope my explanation will be helpful to you.
Yours,
Li Hua
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I’m happy to know about that you are interested in Spring Festival couplets(对联), symbol of traditional Chinese culture. The tradition of put up Spring Festival couplets dates back to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, not until the Ming Dynasty did Spring Festival couplets become popular nationwide.
With black or golden character written on red paper, they are sticking on doors or walls. They are made up of positive words what convey wishes for love, health, success, wealth, happy and so on. A common theme of Spring Festival couplets is people’s desire for a better life in the coming year. In addition, praising your motherland is another popular theme.
Hopefully, you can have a better understanding because of my carefully explanation.
7 . Differences in time zones complicate international phone calls. But even more important are different concepts of time and approaches to time in different cultures.
People from the USA as well as other North Americans believe “Time is money”. This value of time is rooted in their ancestors. Early in the 17th century, their ancestors arrived on the Atlantic coast, a new, undeveloped land. To survive in the tough environment, they had to struggle day and night. Time meant so much to them that they had not even one second to waste. After decades of struggle, they developed the value of efficient use of time and passed it down. Thus far, the Americans are still eager to finish things quickly and are impatient with too reflective(深思熟虑的) people.
In some countries, the American work style of speeding everything up will have no significance. In the Arab East, the more important you are, the faster service you get. Close relatives take absolute priority; non-relatives are kept waiting. In the Middle East, a deadline, which is often established to show the degree of urgency or importance of work, will do nothing but stop the Middle Easterners from working, because they consider it rude and overly demanding.
Another aspect reflecting different concepts of time is the classification of monochronic-time and polychronic-time by Edward T Hall. People from monchronic(共时性的) cultures, such as the Germans, the Austrians, the Swiss and the Americans, do only one important thing at a time. In polychromic(多元时间模式的) cultures, people such as Arab, Asians and Latin Americans take an entirely opposite approach. They do several things at once. Time commitments, e.g. deadlines, schedules, are taken rather casually and changed often and easily. Miscommuication will arise when people from two cultures contact. Charlies Hawkins, a U.S. teacher, told me that many a time his appointments with Indians were interrupted constantly, not only by private phone calls, but also by long conversations with other people and even the neighbor’s children, which displeased and even annoyed him.
1. Why did the ancestors of the North Americans believe “Time is money”?| A．They had to work efficiently to survive. | B．They got the idea from their past generations. |
| C．They didn’t like to deal with reflective people. | D．They formed the habit of finishing work ahead of time. |
| A．Deadlines will make American people angry. |
| B．In the Arab East, you’d better speed everything up. |
| C．Middle Easterners can’t deal with demanding work. |
| D．People from the Arab East attach importance to relationship. |
| A．They tend to interrupt others constantly. |
| B．They can’t tolerate lateness or interruptions. |
| C．They are more likely to change their schedules. |
| D．They like to schedule several activities at the same time. |
| A．The importance of the diversity of culture |
| B．The relationship between efficiency and culture |
| C．Different time values in different cultures |
| D．Monochronic culture and polychronic culture |
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When holidays draw nearly, people usually greeted each other in a variety of ways. Some people often go on the line and send e-mails or electronic cards to their friends, relatives and teachers that others prefer to make phone calls or send short messages by mobile phone. In a word, people choose differently to exchange their best wish during our holidays.
As to me, I’d like send e-mails or electronic cards. First, it costs little and no money. What’s more, a lot of paper is saving, which is environmentally friendly.
1. 展览时间；
2. 展览内容；
3. 邀请参加。
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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10 . The Gilroy Garlic（大蒜） Festival started with a "crazy idea" by Dr．Rudy Melone．
In 1978，Melone，the President of Gavilan College in Gilroy，read an article in a newspaper which was about a small town in France．The town hosted a garlic festival every year and regarded itself as the "Garlic Capital of the World"．He doubted that Gilroy's garlic production and processing were far greater．In fact，Christopher Ranch was then the largest shipper of garlic in the world．
So Melone set about trying to convince Christopher Ranch's owner Don Christopher，to host a garlic festival of their own．At first，the idea seemed crazy．Outside of Italian families，garlic at the time was considered an esoteric material．It wasn't something thought to be normal and it wasn't something you generally shared in polite company．
But Melone had passion for Gilroy and garlic．He decided to stick to his idea．He and Christopher hired a local cook，Val Filice，to prepare a meal with a few garlicky dishes．The invited local media and food writers as well．The meal was a success，and the city leaders agreed to support them．
The first Gilroy Garlic Festival was held at Bloomfield Ranch in 1979．Rudy Melone served as the president；Don Christopher supplied all the garlic from his；and Val Filice was the head chef．They got about 50 community volunteers to help them and decided to give all the profits back to the community．Festival organizers weren't sure at first if anyone would come，but were quickly shocked by the number of visitors．Despite all the chaos, the first Gilroy Garlic Festival served over 15,000 guests and produced $19，000 for the local community．
To date，the Gilroy Garlic Festival has given the city of Gilroy a sense of true community pride as well as worldwide recognition．Not bad for one man's crazy idea!
1. What is Christopher Ranch?| A．A ship. | B．A farm. |
| C．A shop. | D．A businessman. |
| A．Very expensive. | B．Very strange. |
| C．Very ordinary. | D．Very popular. |
| A．Its purpose was to attract city leaders. |
| B．Its organizers were certain that no one would come. |
| C．It benefited the local community a lot. |
| D．It made Gilroy become the garlic capital of the world. |
| A．Spreading the food culture. |
| B．Praising a man's crazy idea. |
| C．Showing the benefits of eating garlic. |
| D．Introducing the history of Gilroy Garlic Festival. |
