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。

Local     1     (official) in Beijing promised to further protect the city’s cultural heritage, 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 currently believed to have fewer than 1,000 hutongs, most of     3     are near the Forbidden City. Only 60 years ago, the number of the hutongs     4     (be) 3,250.

“Every year more than 100, 000 people visit the Forbidden City during the National Day holidays. The visits put pressure on     5     protection 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 and how the management of cultural heritage worked. Wang Shaofeng, head of the Xicheng District Government, said the area has 182 cultural relics, and many of them were built as far back as the Yuan Dynasty. The district of Xicheng has 1.28 million residents in     8     (it) 57 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.

3 . 假设你是李华，你的新西兰笔友Bob给你发来邮件说对中国文化很感兴趣，尤其喜欢唐诗(Tang poetry)。请你给他回复一封邮件，分享你对唐诗的了解，提出学习建议并表达祝愿。具体内容包括：
1. 唐诗地位及影响；
2. 列举著名诗人；
3. 欢迎来中国交流文化。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Bob,
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Yours,

Li Hua

4 . People from East Asia tend to have more difficulties than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly (均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and overlook the mouth.”

According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.

The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion. Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”

In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

1. What does the discovery show about Westerners?

A．They pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth.

B．They consider facial expressions universally reliable.

C．They observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways.

D．They have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions.

2. What were the people asked to do in the study?

A．To get their faces impressive.	B．To make a face at each other.
C．To classify some face pictures.	D．To observe the researchers’ faces.

3. In companion with Westerners, what are Easterners likely to do?

A．They do translation more successfully.	B．They study the mouth more frequently.
C．They examine the eyes more attentively.	D．They read facial expressions more correctly.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．The Eye as the Window to the Soul	B．Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions
C．Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills	D．How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding

5 . 假定你是英语俱乐部主席李华，该俱乐部将举办一次以“My Favourite Chinese Festival”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请你用英语写一则通知，内容包括：

1. 比赛的时间、地点；

2. 比赛的要求；

3. 呼吁同学们积极参加。

注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Notice

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The English Club

6 . 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。

The “24 solar terms” are a vital part of the Chinese calendar, which has    1    (it) origin with the ancient Yellow River basin. The Chinese calendar    2    (include) “24 solar terms” provides detailed guidelines and timetable for agricultural    3    (activity).

A complete set of “24 solar terms” first    4    (appear) in an ancient book The Huainanzi in early Han Dynasty. These 24 solar terms were soon absorbed into The Taichu calendar, the first well documented calendar in    5    history of China.

The Chinese Agriculture Calendar is    6    (actual) a combination of the lunar and solar calendar systems. There    7    (be) 365. 2422 days in one “sidereal year” while 12 lunar months add up to 354 days. To make both the lunar calendar    8    the solar calendar agree, a leap lunar month needs to be added every 2 to 3 years. Since the early Han Dynasty, a lunar month without a major solar term    9    (adopt) as a leap month (闰月) .

With more far-reaching cultural exchanges, the “24 solar terms” have been known to people in other parts of the world and    10    (add)to the “UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage” list in 2016.

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。

Lion Dance, a folk show acted by people wrapped around in lion costume, is usually performed during the Chinese New Year and other Chinese traditional,     1     (culture) and religious festivals. It may also be performed on important occasions such     2    business opening events, special celebrations or wedding     3     (ceremony), or may be used     4     (entertain) special guests by the Chinese communities.

There are usually two performers in a lion dance, one handling the lion’s head while     5     other playing the body and tail. What impresses the audience most     6     (be) all kinds of lions’ movements conducted to the music played by gongs and drums.

With the Chinese migrating abroad, lion dance is famous all over the world.     7     (particular) in Southeast Asian countries; each country and region, however, has their own dancing style. The most well-known Lion Dance style is Southern Lion Dance     8     originated from Guangdong Province. In Hongkong, ever since the 1980s when Chinese classic and martial arts movies enjoyed great     9     (popular), kong fu movies including Jet Li’s “Huang Feihong” series     10     (reach) a large audience and attracted movie lovers all around the world, whatever their races or ages.

8 . Using Google’s unique digital technology, the stories of some English Heritage Sites around the country — from Tintagel Castle in Cornwall to Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall — are brought to life and shared by way of the Google Arts & Culture platform.

Stonehenge Skyscape	The English Heritage’s Stonehenge Skyscape enables people around the world to experience the skies above the stone circle, and learn about movements of the sun, moon and planets. Experience live and special sunrise over Stonehenge, see the journey of the stars and the moon from within the stone circle and learn more about the design of Stonehenge and how its builders may have understood their place in the universe.
Osborne House, the Isle of Wight	Take a 360⁃degree video tour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s palatial (富丽堂皇的) holiday home on the Isle of Wight in the company of English Heritage director Michael Hunter, including the Italian terraces (露台) with views over the Solent, which reminded Prince Albert of the Bay of Naples, and the Indian-inspired Durbar Room, designed to show Queen Victoria’s position as Empress of India.
Audley End House and Gardens, Essex	Explore the story of one of the greatest houses of early 17th-century England deep in the heart of the Essex countryside, and fly over the great formal gardens designed by Capability Brown.
Tintagel Castle, Cornwall	Explore this medieval (中世纪的) castle set high on Cornwall’s north coast. Linked with the legend of King Arthur, for centuries this impressive castle has inspired the imaginations of writers and artists. Discover the early medieval history of a distant outpost (偏远村镇) trading objects from Spain, North Africa and Turkey.

1. Which heritage can you choose if you are interested in unique sunrise?

A．Stonehenge Skyscape.

B．Osborne House, the Isle of Wight.

C．Audley End House and Gardens, Essex.

D．Tintagel Castle, Cornwall.

2. What do Osborne House and Tintagel Castle have in common?

A．Both were built for their kings.

B．Both were built in the same age.

C．Both are related to previous rulers.

D．Both were palatial holiday homes for the rulers.

3. In which part of a website can you read the text?

A．Language.

B．Education.

C．Geography.

D．Culture.

9 . Over 40 years ago, a country music DJ convention (大会) was held every year in Nashville. Many country performers used to attend the convention to give their performances. Fans would go to Nashville hoping to see their favorite performers. In the end, so many fans began showing up in Nashville that a festival named Fan Fair was born.

The first Fan Fair was held in April 1972, in Nashville for four days. Some of country music's biggest stars attended. There were about fifty thousand fans. The first Fan Fair was so successful that planning began almost immediately for 1973. The date was changed to June, when the weather would be better. Over one hundred thousand fans attended the second Fan Fair.

Every year brought so many performers and fans to Fan Fair that, in 1982, it was moved to the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Fan Fair stayed at the fair grounds for another nineteen years.

There was always the unexpected during the festival. In 1974, former Beatle Paul McCartney attended. In 1992, more than six hundred reporters from Europe, Asia, and South America went to cover the appearance of a popular star, Billy Ray Cyrus, who had introduced a new country line dance. In 1996, Garth Brooks, who made a surprise appearance, signed autographs (签名) for 23 hours.

In 2001, Fan Fair returned to downtown Nashville as the world's biggest country music festival. Now, over one hundred and twenty-five thousand country music fans go to Nashville every June. As you can imagine, those who want to attend Fan Fair must plan ahead. For example, they need to buy a ticket several months ahead of time. Of course, there's much more to prepare.

1. What is paragraph 1 mainly talk about?

A．The love for music.

B．The birth of Fan Fair.

C．The importance of DJ convention.

D．The benefits of watching performances.

2. What do we know about the second Fan Fair?

A．It was held in the spring of 1972.

B．It was more popular than the first one.

C．It was moved from Nashville to the fairgrounds.

D．It was attended by former Beatle Paul McCartney.

3. Which of the following word best describes Fan Fair?

A．Romantic.

B．Traditional.

C．Attractive.

D．Failed.

4. What will the author probably talk about next？

A．Advice for fans.	B．Music in America.
C．Education in Nashville.	D．The future of country music.

10 . “I like pop songs better before I actually got a chance to sing hua’er at the age of 19,” said Sa Lina,36, who has since become a famous singer, devoting herself to this traditional art form for almost two decades

Hua’er, which means flower in Chinese, is a Chinese folk song style. It is popular and shared by people of nine ethnic groups in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiangfor hundreds of years. Also known as a type of “mountain songs”, it was inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产)in 2009.

After graduating in 2005, Sa returned to her hometown in Ningxia, and soon got a chance to sing with Ma Handong, a famous singer of hua’er. “I had never sung hua’er before, so I practiced a lot, To my surprise, I soon fell in love with its beautiful melodies,” said Sa.

Since then, Sa has devoted herself to mastering the folk art, and further bringing this traditional local folk art to the national stage. In 2010, she sang a hua’er song at a gala on Chinese New Year’s Eve, winning nationwide attention. At the age of 27, she was named an inheritor(传承者)of hua’er, becoming the youngest inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage at the time.

“Art should not only be inherited(传承), but also improved. I don’t only want to be a hua’er singer, but also a promoter of this folk music,” she said. In 2014 Sa set up an art school, which offers hua’er training courses free of charge. She also regularly gives singing lectures in public schools and communities, benefiting tens of thousands of people.

1. What can we learn about Hua’er from the text?

A．It is a kind of flower.

B．It is a local folk art

C．It is a classic song.

D．It is a new art form.

2. Which of the following best explains“inscribed” underlined in paragraph 2?

A．Updated.

B．Studied.

C．Awarded.

D．Included

3. What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．Sa’s skills in singing Hua’er

B．Sa’s performance at a gala.

C．Sa’s contributions about Hua’er

D．Sa’s understanding about Hua’er.

4. Why did Sa set up an art school?

A．To offer different art courses

B．To help people live more happily.

C．To inherit and promote the folk art

D．To open more social media accounts