1 . Join our Youth Winter Camp in China and experience Chinese culture. You can make new friends from all over the world. Besides, you can improve your Chinese, take part in cultural activities, and visit Beijing or Shanghai in a safe environment.

Chinese Classes

Our Winter Camp students will join small group Chinese classes from 09: 00-12: 00 Monday to Friday during the camp. Students will improve speaking skills in day-to-day situations, giving them the chance to learn useful phrases for their trips around the city.

Trips and Cultural Activities

After Chinese class in the morning, students will take part in cultural activities through which they'll learn more about the local culture. Students will join in a total of 18 different activities, including:trips to historical and tourist sights of Beijing, such as the Great Wall and Summer Palace; lectures about living, studying and working in China; cultural activities organized by the school, such as Chinese opera and calligraphy (书法).

Prices and Dates

If you want to join our Winter Camp, you must be aged between 14-17. You will need to arrive in the city at least 1 day before the start of the camp. All students will move into Winter Camp accommodation (住处) on the first day of the program. The dates and prices are as below:

Jan. 5th-Jan. 25th, 2022, Beijing.

Price: £1, 980/person

You can apply for our Winter Camp either on your own or in a group:

●For groups of 5 people or more, the price is £1, 900/person.

●For groups of 10 people or more, the price is £1, 700/person.

Click http://www.youth.com/2022wintercamp for more information (English only).

1. What will students do on weekday mornings during the Winter Camp?

A．Have Chinese lessons.	B．Learn Chinese opera.
C．Visit historical sites.	D．Study English.

2. How long will the Winter Camp last?

A．A week.	B．Ten days.
C．Two weeks.	D．Twenty-one days.

3. This passage is most probably intended for ______.

A．students who want to improve their Chinese exam score

B．teachers of Chinese who aim to improve their teaching

C．foreign students who are interested in Chinese culture

D．travelers who are enthusiastic about camping in China

2 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用所给词的正确形式填空。

The story of Chinese fashion began in 2011 when Feiyue and Huili, both Chinese sneaker brands (品牌), suddenly gained international attention. Their products     1    (see) on models all over the world then. Last year, Chinese sportswear brand LI-NING was at the New York, Fashion Week in September with new designs decorated with Chinese     2    (character). Now the Chinese brands are impressive and ambitious and can go head to head with foreign brands. And this ambition may be due to the fact that China's young people are now more     3     about their own culture.

3 . Did you know that creating a product that fails terribly could get you featured in a museum? Hundreds of failed products and inventions are getting attention and appreciation in the Museum of Failure in Hollywood.

It is the brainchild of Samuel West, a Swedish psychologist who created it to change the way people think about failure. “Failure is necessary for any kind of progress,” West said. It had a traveling exhibition in Shanghai in 2019 with over 100 “failed” products from big-name companies such as Nokia, Apple and Coca-Cola. “I really hope you see that these well-known brands that everybody respects screw up too,” West told the New York Times.

West's opinion isn't new. The famed physicist Albert Einstein once said, “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” This idea has even been embraced by big companies in Silicon Valley. A common slogan is “Fail fast, fail often.” “The best companies are those that encourage failure, embrace out-of-the-box thinking, and allow employees to make mistakes and see what happens,” wrote Simon Custo of Forbes.

But some people are skeptical of this so-called “culture of failure”. They are worried that if failure becomes “a badge (徽章) of honor”, it may even be seen as “uncool” when someone tries to reduce the risk of failure. This may lead to carelessness and lack of effort. “Sometimes people hide behind failure, when they could have prevented,” wrote Anna Issac of The Telegraph.

So it's important that people set apart the 2 kinds of failure: the kind that shows laziness or incompetence and the kind that takes you forward. The key is whether you've learned something from your mistakes.

1. Why did Samuel West found the Museum of Failure?

A．To get himself famous all over the world.

B．To practice Albert Einstein's view on mistakes.

C．To draw people's attention to the value of failure.

D．To exhibit the failed products from big companies.

2. What does the underlined phrase “screw up” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Make a mess.

B．Bring much damage.

C．Contribute little.

D．Break the rules.

3. What can we learn from paragraph 4?

A．Acknowledgement of failure is glorious.

B．Carelessness and laziness lead to failure.

C．Learning from mistakes is the key to progress.

D．Risk of failure should be reduced with efforts.

4. What does the author think of failure?

A．Failure is a badge of honor.

B．Don't come home as a failure.

C．Face failure and find the reasons.

D．Better to fail early than to fail late.

4 . 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Henry来信说他寒假期间将来中国旅游，并借此了解中国文化。请你给他写封回信，内容包括：
1．表示欢迎；
2．推荐景点；
3．简述理由。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Henry：

I’m glad to hear from you.

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Yours，

Li Hua

5 . 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?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

7 . Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels.

Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in perception(感知) between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading science journal

In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independent entities(实体) .When looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however emphasize inter-dependence. When Easterners look at a scene, they tend to focus on surroundings as well as the object.

Using an experiment involving two tasks, Dr Hedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the line's length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians.

The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects’ brains were different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult--estimating the line's size relative to the square. For the Asians, the attention areas lit up more during the harder task also--estimating the line's length without comparing it to the square. The findings are a reflection of more than ten years of previous experimental research into east-west differences

In one study, for instance, researchers offered people a choice among five pens, four red and one green. Easterners were more likely to choose a red pen while Westerners were more likely to choose the green one.

Culture is not affecting how you see the world, but how you choose to understand and internalize(使内化) it. But such habits can be changed. Some psychological studies suggest that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice versa, habits of thought and perception also begin to change. Such research gives us clues on how our brain works and is hopeful for us to develop programs to improve our memory, memory techniques and enhance and accelerate our learning skills.

1. According to the passage, Chinese people are most likely to_________.

A．emphasize independent thinking more

B．always focus more on their surroundings

C．focus on the context as well as object

D．think of Westerners as highly independent entities

2. We know from the passage that people's brains will be more active when_________.

A．the task is much easier

B．the blood flow is tracked

C．people begin to choose colors

D．the task is more difficult

3. What do the findings of the experiments mentioned in the passage indicate?

A．They indicate that culture has a great impact on the way people talk and behave.

B．They show that Easterners and Westerners have great differences in perceiving the world

C．They suggest that people's habits of thought and perception can be changed in different cultures.

D．They make it clear that Easterners and Westerners lay emphasis on different things

4. It can be inferred from the passage that_________.

A．Easterners prefer collectivism to individualism

B．East Asian cultures lay more emphasis on independence

C．It took over ten years to find out how to improve our brainpower

D．Americans will change their habits of perception when they're in Britain

8 . I’d never been to a Day of the Dead festival before. As my dad and I looked around for seats, I _______ Marco, my best friend, hurrying toward us. “Hi, Mr. O’kane,” he _______ my dad. Then he turned to me. “Nate! Will you help me?"

“Whatever you need,” I said.

Marco threw me parts of a _______ : Mexican sandals（凉鞋）, a straw hat, a cane(手杖), a gray wig, and an“ old man” mask（面具）. “My cousin couldn’t_______ !” Marco’s voice rang with worry.

“It’s part of a traditional dance” he said.

“You expect me to dance? ” I _______ . “I don’t dance!”

Marco smiled. “It’ll be fun. And hurry! We’re _______ late.”

“ We’re going to do a lot of stomping(跺脚). Slow at first. Keep one hand _______ on your back, like an old man with an ache.” added Marco.

The speakers _______ : “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for The Dance of the Little Old Men!”

“Be quick,” Marco _______ to me to follow his lead.

We all began stomping slowly to music. I could only see ________ the small holes of the mask. I continued to stomp, trying to ________ what to do. I leaned on my cane and kept a hand low on my back. After a few minutes of dancing like that, my back ________ started to ache.

The music ________ . And we stomped quickly. Performing with Mexican sandals was ________ . People laughed as we hopped and kicked, but after a moment the laughter turned into cheers.

Marco gave me a thumbs-up. As the audience clapped for our group, I said to him happily, “You were right. That was ________ .”

1.

A．watched

B．spotted

C．monitored

D．observed

2.

A．satisfied

B．ignored

C．contacted

D．greeted

3.

A．suit

B．chain

C．decoration

D．costume

4.

A．make it

B．get it

C．focus on

D．go through

5.

A．chatted

B．despaired

C．hesitated

D．replied

6.

A．staying

B．running

C．working

D．changing

7.

A．up

B．high

C．low

D．down

8.

A．shouted

B．announced

C．defined

D．issued

9.

A．signaled

B．pointed

C．moved

D．complained

10.

A．through

B．in

C．over

D．under

11.

A．bring about

B．carry on

C．figure out

D．put out

12.

A．extremely

B．possibly

C．truly

D．finally

13.

A．disappeared

B．sped up

C．started

D．faded away

14.

A．typical

B．brief

C．tough

D．flexible

15.

A．significant

B．creative

C．beneficial

D．fun

9 . 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

10 . 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

Fuchsia Dunlop decided to visit China after reading articles about the country for several months. The one-month backpacking trip exposed the English woman     1     a wide range of Chinese food. "The dishes and soups I had even in the cheapest and plain eateries were better than     2     I had in the U.K.,” Dunlop recalled.

The last stop of her trip was Chengdu,     3     capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Dunlop learned from friends that Sichuan food represents one of China's     4     (good) cuisines, and when the spicy flavor of Sichuan pepper exploded in her mouth, something inside her changed forever.

After she returned to London, Dunlop made the decision to study in China at Sichuan University. When she wrote down "studying Chinese     5     (policy) on ethnic groups" on the     6     (apply) form as the reason for a scholarship, what she really had in mind were Sichuan dishes.

Her journey eventually led her to become the most knowledgeable English person on Chinese food. She     7     (write) many books on Chinese cuisine since, including Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, which was translated into Chinese in 2018.

According to Chen Xiaoqing,     8     (know) for directing the documentary of A Bite of China, Dunlop is the most insightful foreign writer who     9     (vivid) describes Chinese cuisine in an exciting and accurate way. What she presents to the readers is not just food, but also the profound traditions and tremendous changes     10     (occur) in the country behind the flavors.