2 . 假如你是李华，刚从美国旅游回来，为了感谢好友Jack的招待，并得知他对中国文化非常感兴趣，尤其是刚过去的春节，你准备给Jack写一封信，内容包括：
1. 感谢他的款待；
2. 介绍中国的春节（意义、风俗等）；
3. 欢迎他明年来中国过年。
注意：
1. 词数150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。
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
Dear Jack,

How is everything going?

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Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Holi is the ancient Hindu festival of colours and love. It     1    (celebrate) in India and Nepal and many parts of South Asia. There are also lots of Holi celebrations in the UK, organized     2    the large British -Hindu community.

Holi marks the beginning of spring. The dates change each year according to the full moon, but it is     3    (normal) in March and sometimes in late February. Its celebrations happened as early as the     4     (five) century. It is a celebration of good winning over evil, and a time to give thanks for the good harvest.

In recent years, holi -themed events have become popular with a new generation in Europe and North America. Every year, large     5    (crowd) of people go to Holi events in London andall over the country. There are paint -throwing parties at music festivals and races like the five-kilometre ‘ Colour Run’ ,     6     is celebrated in more than 35 different countries. It does not matter     7    you are rich, poor, old or young ,everyone can throw coloured paint powder at each other. They arrive dressed in white T -shirts and return     8    (cover) from head to toe in bright colours. In the UK, restaurants and cultural organisations also offer their own Holi celebrations, with special menus, Indian music and dance.

There is a spirit of togetherness and     9    (equal) in Holi. It is a time     10     (forgive) people and repair broken relationships, as well as meet with other people, play and have fun.

4 . Dongba，literally meaning "wise man"，plays a major role in Nakhi people's lives and culture. They are intellectuals with wide _______, covering fields like music, dance, classics, writing, history, painting, medicine and fortunetelling.

Li Xiuhua learned Dongba papermaking from his father He Zhiben, a famous master of Dongba culture after marrying He Yonghong at 22, and became the only female inheritor (继承人) of the national-level intangible _______ heritage. Dongba paper, which is used to _______ Dongba scriptures (经文) and draw pictures for the Nakhi people, is a kind of _______, ethnic handmade paper. The material for making the paper is _______ resistant to insects, so Dongba paper is bug-proof (防虫的) and can be _______ for a very long time.

He and Li couple make about 7,000 pieces of paper each year in their spare time, _______ work on the farm and in the house that keeps them busy, and part-time tour guide work. They _______ less than 20,000 yuan from papermaking each year, almost enough for the tuition fees for their two kids _______ in the town, but far from the whole household expenses.

__________ papermaking doesn't bring in much money, His family __________ the tradition and keeps making the most __________ Dongba paper totally by hand. They take __________ in teaching other villagers and visitors everything about Dongba culture, from papermaking to Dongba characters.

Li and He have long dreamed of __________ a private Dongba culture museum but they __________ have enough money to do so.

Li won't give up her dream of __________ Dongba culture. Many people try to __________ her to use the modern way to make paper. Li knows it can cut __________. However, as a member of a Dongba family, Li will never __________ their tradition for money. Li will try her best to set up their museum. Li knows it's hard，but she's __________ in the future.

1.

A．attention

B．knowledge

C．cooperation

D．experience

2.

A．cultural

B．economic

C．industrial

D．agricultural

3.

A．describe

B．recite

C．explain

D．record

4.

A．popular

B．cheap

C．rare

D．common

5.

A．directly

B．naturally

C．specially

D．instantly

6.

A．served

B．displayed

C．reserved

D．preserved

7.

A．apart from

B．instead of

C．regardless of

D．rather than

8.

A．pay

B．save

C．earn

D．spend

9.

A．researching

B．studying

C．investigating

D．living

10.

A．Although

B．When

C．Because

D．Unless

11.

A．gives into

B．lays down

C．brings back

D．holds onto

12.

A．thorough

B．basic

C．original

D．creative

13.

A．delight

B．interest

C．control

D．advantage

14.

A．sending up

B．setting up

C．picking up

D．going up

15.

A．even

B．almost

C．never

D．still

16.

A．changing

B．spreading

C．affecting

D．appreciating

17.

A．propose

B．advocate

C．persuade

D．request

18.

A．costs

B．investment

C．materials

D．labour

19.

A．quit

B．damage

C．introduce

D．abandon

20.

A．active

B．dependent

C．confident

D．sure

5 . The American Thanksgiving holiday is on Thursday. Many people will get together with family members for a big meal. It is a time to celebrate family, friends and everything there is to be thankful for.

But some people do not look forward to spending a lot of time with their family. It can be stressful. Family members can start arguments with each other. Some people at the meal may have conflicting (冲突的) political beliefs. Conflict can even find its way into the kitchen, where all the cooking takes place. There is a saying called “too many cooks in the kitchen.” This means that sometimes, if many people are trying to do a project together, it does not turn out as well as it could have if only one person were in charge. That is why people are offering Thanksgiving survival ideas on Twitter.

Rick Irwin had one. “Say that you’re letting the dog out and use it as an excuse to disappear for several hours.” Tracy Brooks had a suggestion for limiting Thanksgiving dinner responsibilities. She wrote: “Be the last to arrive and the first to leave.”

Since there is so much food at the Thanksgiving meal, Christine Turner suggested forgetting about your diet and wearing loose clothing. But, one fitness expert said people do not have to give up on their diets during the big meal. They can prepare foods that have few calories (卡路里). For example, they could bake some foods instead of frying them in oil.

But other people are looking forward to the holiday. Sara Marie Brenner wondered why people need to “survive” Thanksgiving, at all. She wrote: “I enjoy the holiday.”

1. Why do some people dislike having Thanksgiving with their family?

A．Some disagreements may arise.

B．They live far away from each other.

C．They have distant family relationships.

D．The traditional cooking takes up too much time.

2. Which of the following is an example of “too many cooks in the kitchen”?

A．Many friends came to help but ruined my plan.

B．Nobody is willing to help me when I’m in trouble.

C．I don’t know who to choose from the many helpers.

D．Many cooks don’t know more about cooking than I.

3. What advice does Christine offer on Thanksgiving diet?

A．Preparing low-calorie foods.	B．Limiting food intake.
C．Enjoying the food.	D．Baking foods.

4. What is Sara’s attitude towards Thanksgiving?

A．Worried.	B．Positive.
C．Critical.	D．Uninterested.

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。

Earth Day is a yearly event celebrated on April 22. Various activities    1    ( hold ) worldwide to show support for environmental protection. Here is a brief history of    2    event.

In the 1960s, Americans were becoming aware of the effects of pollution    3    the environment. In 1969, Senator (参议员) Gaylord Nelson,    4    ( consider )one of the leaders of the modern environmental movement, developed the idea of Earth Day. His idea really raised    5    (aware )about the environment. On April 22, 1970, over 20 million people turned up for the first Earth Day. They believed it was important    6    ( keep ) the planet safe.

In 1990, Earth Day went global, with 200 million people in over 140 nations     7    ( participate ). In 2000, Earth Day focused on clean energy and involved hundreds of millions of people in 184 countries and 5000 environmental    8    ( group ). Activities ranged from a traveling to a gathering of hundreds of thousands of people at the National Mall in Washington, D. C. Today, the holiday is a global celebration    9    is sometimes extended (延长) into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focusing on green living. In 2018, more than 1 billion people were involved in Earth Day activities, making it one of the    10    (large)events in the world.

7 . In the United States, it is important to be on time , or punctual , for an appointment , a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian (巴西的) university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M. and end at 12. On the first day , when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10:30 A.M. Two students came after 11 A.M. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness.Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students’ behavior.

The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation:at a lunch with a friend and in a university class, respectively.He gave them an example and asked them how they would react, If they had a lunch appointment with a friend,the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. On the other hand, the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.

In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour.In contrast, in Brazil,neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour.Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States,but also end at the scheduled time.In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12:00;many remained past 12:30 to discuss the class and ask more questions.While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil , neither is staying late.

1. The word‘punctual’ most probably means________.

A．leaving soon after class	B．coming early
C．arriving a few minutes late	D．being on time

2. Why did the professor study the Brazilian students’ behavior?

A．He felt puzzled at the students’ being late.

B．He felt angry at the students' rudeness.

C．He wanted to make the students come on time later.

D．He wanted to collect data for one of his studies.

3. It can be inferred from the professor’s study of lateness in the informal situation that ________.

A．American students will become impatient if their friend is five minutes late

B．neither Brazilian nor American students like being late in social gatherings

C．being late in one culture may not be considered so rude in another culture

D．Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．It is important to be on time for class in the United States.

B．The importance of being on time differs among cultures.

C．People learn the importance of time only from their own culture.

D．Students being late for class should explain the reason to their teacher.

8 . In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.

It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.

At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge(挑战) to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.

Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little -- known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.

A paid administrator(行政人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.

1. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?

A．To bring Europe together again.	B．To honor heroes of World War II.
C．To introduce young theatre groups.	D．To attract great artists from Europe.

2. Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?

A．They owned a public house there.	B．They came to take up a challenge.
C．They thought they were also famous.	D．They wanted to take part in the festival.

3. What does the “Fringe” mean in the third paragraph?

A．unpopular groups	B．non-official groups
C．foreign groups	D．local groups

4. We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival      .

A．has become a non-official event	B．has gone beyond an art festival
C．gives shows all year round	D．keeps growing rapidly

9 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

The Greek myths are almost a myth themselves.

   

The great dramatists Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides drew on the myths,     1     did the Romans after them. Since then, poets, painters, sculptors, novelists — and later on, filmmakers and even comic strip authors —     2    (find) inspiration in them. Remember film Troy (2004) starring Brad Pitt? That movie remade The Iliad, Homer’s e t of the Trojan Wars.

Greek myths came from oral stories. In the beginning, people told these tales to     3    . They didn’t read them in books or watch them in the theater. It seems that     4     we write, paint or make films — or simply just enjoy these products — the Greek myths have a special resonance.

The names and the stories     5     be old, but the myths continue to be relevant. We can still be moved by beauty, like the story of Paris when he stole the gorgeous Helen away from her husband in Troy.

We feel pain in our hearts     6     we remember our family and friends back home. We can therefore readily understand Odysseus —     7    (separate) from his wife and son for a decade — and his desperation to get home.

The everyday life of western culture     8    (mark) by the Greek myths in all sorts of ways. Just look up into the night sky — names of the stars and constellations you see come from Greek characters.

In English, we say someone who makes money easily has “the Midas touch”. But often, character from Greek mythology, who turns     9     he touches into gold. Even the products we buy in supermarkets have names     10     (inspire) by the Greeks.

10 . 假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Alice 对中国艺术感兴趣，特写信请你向他介绍中国传统艺术。请依据下列要点，给其写封回信。
要点：1 介绍传统艺术—年画；2 欢迎Alice来体验年画的创作。
注意：1 词数：80词左右；2 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
提示词：年画Chinese New Year paintings
Dear Alice,
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Yours,

Li Hua