1 . The end of British pub culture?

British beer and pubs are famous around the world. Things are changing. However,     1    

For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub. Traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, since it is where the people gather to socialize and exchange news. After all, the word “pub” is actually short for “public house”. As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved.     2    

Many British pubs have old names referring to the monarchs, such as the king’s head or the queen Victoria, but of course this doesn’t mean they are only for kings and queens.     3     On a cold night, the pub’s landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by the fire. There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drink available at an affordable price.

That’s how it used to be.     4     Economic downturns, governmental “austerity measures” (财政紧缩政策), and cultural changes are causing many pubs to go out of business. People do not have spare money to spend on beer. On top of that, in 2007 smoking was banned in all public indoor spacer including spaces, including pubs, which may also have affected the numbers of customers going to pubs since then.

To save their business, pubs are trying to diversify to attract new customers. Now there are a number of different types of pubs. Besides a “traditional pub”, a “gastro pub” serves higher-quality food than usual.     5     And a “theme pub” caters to specific types of customers, such as sports or karaoke fans.

As you can see, British pubs now offer something for everyone. And with various “save the pub” campaign, there are signs that people are regathering around these new kinds of pubs while supporting the traditional ones to back its great British custom with pride.

A．Don’t British people like drinking beer?

B．Many of them have become historic sites that tourists visit.

C．Is this the end of a great British tradition?

D．A “microbrewery” often has fresher beer than other types of pub.

E．Some pubs are allowed law to stay open after 11 pm.

F．Pubs have always welcomed people from all classes and parts of society.

G．Now there are worrying signs that things are beginning to decline.

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。

Tai Chi Chuan,     1     is famous as a kind of martial art, has been practiced China for centuries. It combines slow movements, deep breathing and thinking. Every movement in Tai Chi represents     2     important part of old Chinese philosophy—harmony.

Tai Chi is a term in the Chinese     3     (tradition)philosophy. It comes from The Book of Changes(《周易》). In the time of Song Dynasty, Zhou Dunyi     4     (write) the book Theory of the Tai Chi Pictures. The inventors of Tai Chi     5     (inspire)by this book and invented Tai Chi Chuan with the continuous movements of drawing circles in the air by     6     (guide) the breath with the willpower. They also absorbed the thoughts of the Taoist, such as the concept of Yin and Yang. Tai Chi provides the mental relaxation and physical     7     (fit).

Tai Chi is an unusual form of martial arts where we believe     8     building mental and physical strength. It is     9     (particular) different from western types of sports such as football where the harder and quicker are the better.

Today, Tai Chi is so popular in the west. Some health professionals have regarded Tai Chi as one of the     10     (benefit) forms of exercise.

3 . Before the December holiday craze and celebrations start, November is an ideal time to visit the southeast states to enjoy mild temperatures and unique festivals and events.

South Carolina Pecan Festival in Florence

Head to downtown Florence for this popular annual community event held the first Saturday of November. There are stages with live music, over 250 food and craft vendors, art exhibitions, amusement rides, antique tractor show, car show, and pecan cooking competition with celebrity judges.

Seagrove Pottery Festival in North Carolina

This yearly festival features hand-made pottery, colonial crafts, and pottery-making demonstrations. Pottery collectors can pick up some limited-edition pieces signed and dated by local potters. Always the weekend before Thanksgiving, the event starts on Friday, with a duration of three days.

Mule Day in Calvary, Georgia

Labeled as the largest one — day festival in southwest Georgia, this annual event, always held the first Saturday in November, features a sunrise breakfast, mule parade(骡子游行)，flea market with hundreds of booths, a barbecue and fish fry, regional entertainment, and more. Mule Day celebrates the mules’ significant contribution to the area’s agriculture.

Veterans Day Parade in Birmingham, Alabama

Veterans Day, a federal and state holiday in the United States, is always celebrated on November 11th. There are events throughout the Southeast, including parades and ceremonies on or close to Veterans Day.

1. What can people do at Pecan Festival?

A．Appreciate art works.

B．Watch music shows on screen.

C．Drive modern tractors and cars.

D．Buy food cooked by celebrities.

2. Why is Mule Day celebrated?

A．To boost the local market.

B．To advocate cooking skills.

C．To enhance the importance of economy.

D．To honor mules for their role in agriculture.

3. Which festival falls on November 11th?

A．Pecan Festival.	B．Pottery Festival.
C．Mule Day.	D．Veterans Day.

4 . 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。

Mascots (吉祥物) for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games（残奥会）

A red lantern baby called “Shuey Rhon Rhon” and an     1     (energy) giant panda named “Bing Dwen Dwen” have been uncovered as the two mascots for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The mascots, known to people     2    Tuesday night at Beijing’s Shougang Ice Hockey Arena,     3     (connect) with the host nation’s culture.

    4     ( explain) the idea clearly behind the design of the two mascots at the launch ceremony, Beijing 2022 executive president Chen Jining couldn’t hide his pride. “The two mascots put elements of traditional Chinese culture together with a modern international style.     5    is believed that they show the Chinese people’s eager expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, and China’s warm invitation to friends from all over the world,” said Chen,     6    is also the mayor of Beijing.

“They are designed     7     (express) all the aspects of the Olympic spirit, including wonderful characteristics such as passion, perseverance, friendship and common understanding to     8     (active) engage the public.”

The name “Bing Dwen Dwen” is     9    combination of several meanings in the Chinese language, with “Bing” the Chinese word for “ice”, and “Dwen Dwen” meaning     10     (strong) and liveliness. In the name “Shuey Rhon Rhon”, “Shuey” is the Chinese word for “snow” and “Rhon Rhon” has the meaning of tolerance.

5 . 假定你是李华，你校为来自英国的交流生举办了一场介绍中国传统节日的欢迎宴会，请你代表学校向他们介绍一个你认为最重要的中国传统节日。内容包括：
1.节日庆祝时间和方式；
2.节日象征意义。
注意：
1.词数80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。

Good morning, my dear friends. I’m Li Hua.

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Thanks for your listening.

6 . In moving to another country it is not uncommon to experience culture shock. As a Chinese person in Britain, I am no different.

Basically, there are five stages of culture shock.

Stage one can be called the Tourist stage". If you travel a lot, you'll agree with me. Everything in a new place is very exciting to a tourist.    1    After all, tourists don't usually stay too long in one place.

The second stage is the "shock stage”.    2     I am new in the country. Will someone cheat or rob me? I don't know anybody here and I miss home. Luckily, my "shock period" was quite short. I had so many things to do every day, so I didn't have time to get depressed.

    3    You learn to deal with the difficulties and stop complaining. This period can be slow and if you fail, you have to go back to the shock stage. I am very lucky. I have a roommate who has lived here for several years. Every time I talk to her, I feel better.

    4    We feel more comfortable and can adapt to the new culture. I think this will take a long time because I don't see any trace of it in me.

The last stage is called the re-entry shock stage". This is the shock you feel when returning home. Everybody is happy to see you again, but you've changed.    5    

A．Your own culture may feel foreign.

B．Then comes the stage of acceptance.

C．In the next stage, you begin to adjust.

D．Problems and anxiety appear at this time.

E．You start to identify with the new culture.

F．This stage can last for months or just a couple of days.

G．Find the courage to move forward during this difficult stage.

7 . HEY boys, attention please! If you want to go to the US, you’d better be fully prepared, because, well, you and the boys in the US are a bit different.     1    

Firstly, know how to knot a tie. In the US, every boy above school age wears suits when they go to weddings.     2     Do you know how to knot a tie? If you don’t, learn how right now!

Secondly, be a gentleman. I know in China some boys are still proud of being strong. But in the US, a good man should also be polite.     3    

The last is to learn something about football and baseball. Chinese boys like ping-pong, basketball and soccer, but American boys love football and baseball. They get very happy when they play and watch these sports.     4     But in order to watch the sports with other boys, at least learning some rules would help.

    5     We sometimes need to know the importance of another culture, but don’t feel you have to know that if it makes you uncomfortable. Have fun along the way!

A．Many boys are fans of football or baseball in America.

B．In my opinion, you’d better try to do the following things.

C．The stronger you are, the more highly people will think of you.

D．My friend Madison from Virginia said it shows respect to others.

E．However, all this doesn’t mean that the American way is always the right way.

F．It’s not necessary to be a fan of football or fix your TV channel to baseball games.

G．Here are two examples: holding the door for people behind you and giving the seat on a bus to old people.

8 . 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 southern area of Jiangxi province    1    (produce) tea for hundreds of years. Villagers there often like to sing songs while    2    (pick) tea leaves. The beautiful tunes echo over the tea gardens in the hills. After over 400 years of development, this practice has transformed into a performance art.

The tea-leave picking opera, or Caicha Xi in Chinese, is    3    culture monument of Jiangxi province, having a history of more than 400 years. The opera can be seen on special occasions such as Chinese New Year,    4    the locals are looking to pray for prosperity and a good harvest. Tea-picking opera in southern Jiangxi province is a combination of folk songs and dancing.    5    (it)   repertoire(表演剧目) is not about royal families or government officials,    6    about the daily lives of local people.

After the founding of New China,    7    (music) created a number of songs based on tea -picking tunes and took the opera to a bigger stage. In 1960s, the popular “ See the Red Army off”     8    (compose) by drawing inspirations from one of the    9     (tradition) tunes of the southern Jiangxi tea-picking opera. 86 years ago, with the same tune, mothers saw off their sons, and wives saw off their husbands for Long March.

In 2006, it was listed    10    an intangible cultural heritage in China. To better keep the tradition and pass it on from generation to generation , the local government has provided free education to teenagers in love with tea-picking opera.

9 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Chinese are the first people to have tea. One thousand and two hundred years ago, Lu Yu wrote a book called “The Classic of Tea ”,     1     is honored as “The Bible of Tea”. The book gives a detailed    2    (explain) of the origin, the processing skills and the classification of tea.

However, Chinese tea culture goes far beyond tea     3    (it). Take green tea for example, the ideal temperature of water should be around 80 degrees Celsius. If the water is too hot, nutrients(营养物质)in the tea     4    (destroy). On the other hand, if the water is not hot enough, the tea     5     (leaf) won’t open up and you will miss the pleasantly fresh flavor. So Chinese people are used     6     drinking hot tea. When you visit a Chinese friend, your friend will     7     (constant) add hot water to your emptying cup. It is polite     8    (offer) the tea cup to guests with both hands. Of course, the guests should pay respect as well,     9    (take) over the cup with both hands.

Talking about adding water to the tea cup, there is     10     saying: Wine full, full cup. Tea half, half cup. For wine, the full cup symbolizes whole heartiness. For tea, the half cup means modesty.

10 . There are many changes that can happen in a person’s life. Some changes are very small and would not affect your life very much. However, other events could be very important and could change a person’s whole life. The important event that changed my life is coming to the United States to study.

When first arrived in this country, I realized that a great transformation (转变) would happen in my life both physically and mentally. After spending more than two months in the United States, I firmly believe that moving to the United States is a beneficial change for me. This change provides me a chance to lead healthy lifestyle as well as a new way of thinking that are important for me.

It is necessary to have this change as it offers me a healthy lifestyle. Before coming to the United States, I used to stay up late at night to study and wake up early in the morning. This could cause me to get sick easily. When I decided to come to America, I made up my mind and determined to keep healthy routine (惯例). For example, enjoy the American-style- meal which includes having a fresh salad instead of cooked vegetables. This method of cooking vegetables helps me absorb more vitamins from them.

Additionally, this most important change enables me to think differently and internationally. This is my first time living in North-America country. Hence, I have a brand-new chance to experience a new culture. By knowing more about different cultures, I have become more considerate and understanding of various habits as well as behaviors from different races.

Since I came here, I have changed my eating and sleeping habits in a good way. Thus, this change is very important and beneficial for me

1. What does the author mainly want to tell us in the passage?

A．There exist great changes during a person’s life.

B．Small changes will bring great influence on society.

C．An important event has changed the life of the author.

D．The author values the chance to study in the United States.

2. How did the author feel after he landed onto the new country?

A．He got well prepared for the challenging life.

B．He found himself facing a great challenge.

C．He discovered life here quite agreed with him.

D．He knew he had to change his healthy lifestyle.

3. What can we learn from the third paragraph?

A．The author is becoming healthier and healthier.

B．The author feels happier and more content.

C．The author learned how to cook American meals.

D．The author decided to live as the Africans do.

4. Which of the following impresses the author most?

A．The American-style meal.	B．A new way of living.
C．Experiencing a new culture.	D．Changing his behaviors.