1 . 语法填空

Do you want to feast your eyes on more than 3,000 years of wonderful art from China? Come to the Richfield Museum of Fine Art,    1     a new exhibition named “From Shang to Qing: Chinese Art Through the Ages” is to be held.

The highlight is the painting Clearing After Snow on a Mountain Pass, one of the great     2     (work) of Tang Yin (1470­1524). This painting, showing high mountains, trees, and houses covered in snow, looks as fresh and full of life as the day it     3     (create). Apart from the     4     (extreme) famous painting, nearly 100 bronze objects from the Shang Dynasty will be exhibited. You will be amazed at the great skill     5     (use) to create these beautiful pieces.

If you are     6     sculpture lover, please seize the chance. A number of fine examples of Tang Dynasty sculptures will be     7    display. From these sculptures, you can see how Buddhist art brought from India and Central Asia influenced China during that period.     8    (look) at the faces of the figures in these sculptures, you seem to see the faces of the past.

This is a    9     (gold) opportunity to know more about ancient Chinese art     10     we guarantee that you will be satisfied with this exhibition.

2 . 语法填空

I attended the Naadam Festival in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region this year. The festival,     1     includes horse racing, wrestling and archery, falls on the     2     (four) day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, usually     3     (last) for three days.

I went to the games early with my friend   and found that many people     4     (make) preparations for the events. I was told that the festival had been popular with Mongolians for     5     (century). After the opening ceremony, the wrestling competition began,     6     (follow) by the archery and my favourite horse races.     7     my surprise, the riders were all children and I was concerned about their     8     (safe). My friend told me not     9     (worry) as they had been riding horses all their lives. Then I began to understand what “Horses are at the heart of Mongolian culture” meant.

Having been back home, I felt really tired,     10    it was worthwhile to celebrate the festival with my friend.

4 . In America, we have a thing called stand-up comedy. This popular form of entertainment consists of a comedian standing up at the front of a club, holding a microphone, and telling jokes. Of course, comedy is popular in Chinese culture as well, but the performances are quite different from the style in the US. In China, it’s called cross-talk, which usually involves two guys engaging in an entertaining dialogue.

It’s believed that cross-talk came into being in the Qing Dynasty as a bit of a by-product of the imitation shows that were a popular form of entertainment in the Song Dynasty. After the PRC was established in 1949, this comedic art became more and more popular. Today, it’s still heavily featured in the CCTV New Year’s Gala programmes in China. The 1990s was the golden age of cross-talk; even foreigners studied the art of cross-talk. Mark Roswell, a Canadian named Da Shan in Chinese was relatively unknown in his native land but was a superstar in China. At the turn of the century, cross-talk began to decline, and many well-known actors left the stage.

There are four skills that are essential in cross-talk: speaking, imitating, teasing, and singing. Most of the time, it is performed with two actors—one serves as the lead actor while the other plays a support role. However, sometimes it is performed simply as a one-man show, and at other times there are several actors. In order to criticize something, the humor involved in cross-talk is satirical.

1. What’s the difference between American stand-up comedy and Chinese cross-talk?

A．Chinese cross-talk actors don’t use a microphone.

B．American stand-up comedy actors are all men.

C．Chinese cross-talk is more liked by Canadians.

D．American stand-up comedy is only a one-man show.

2. Which word can best summarize Paragraph 2?

A．History.

B．Future.

C．Features.

D．Difference.

3. What can we know about Mark Roswell?

A．He was an American stand-up comedian.

B．He was very popular with Canadians.

C．He was a famous cross-talker in China.

D．He left the stage in the early 1990s.

4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “satirical” in Paragraph 3?

A．Acid-tongued.	B．Good-tempered.
C．Warm-hearted.	D．Smooth-tongued.

5 . 根据下列提示，介绍一下中国的端午节。要求60-80 词。
1. 端午节在农历五月初五。(fall on)
2. 和其他传统的中国节日一样，端午节也有自己的起源和特点。(in common，origin，feature)
3. 人们庆祝这个节日是为了纪念屈原，屈原是中国著名的历史人物。(figure)
4. 家人们也利用这个节日聚在一起。(take advantage of，gather)
5. 人们也会举办各种各样的活动，最常见的就是赛龙舟和吃粽子。
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7 . We love all types of hugs, from the one-armed hug to full bear hugs. Open up your heart and your arms on January 21 for National Hugging Day! As you might guess, this day is a yearly event.     1    

Here are some facts about the big day National Hugging Day was created in 1986 by Kevin Zaborney. Zabomey chose January 21 because it was the time between the winter holiday season and the new year’s birthday, which he noticed was a time people tended to feel in low spirits. He also felt that Americans were too embarrassed to show love in public.     2     However, he never actually thought it would become popular.

    3     It means “to comfort” in the Old Norse language, first appearing about 450 years ago. However, the history of hugging itself is a bit more uncertain, What is known is that it is only very recently(within the past 50 years)that we have seen a full acceptance of hugging in public, separating it from other distinguished displays of love such as kissing. The widespread adoption of hugging over the recent years has been debated for some reasons.     4    

Nowadays, we don’t even think about the fact that hugging in public was considered improper.     5     We also do that to say goodbye, to congratulate someone, to comfort someone, or to show support. We usually hug before sports teams begin their match, and hug to show a general sign of affection between close relationships.

A．It’s not practiced enough these days!

B．We hug to greet friends and family

C．“Hug” is believed to come from ”hugga“

D．A hug is one of the most natural gestures,

E．One is that some once thought it wasn’t so formal

F．He hoped National Hugging Day would change that.

G．It encourages us to express love in the simplest way.

9 . 教材续写语料
1. 情感描写
romantic adj.浪漫的；爱情的；浪漫主义的merry adj.愉快的，高兴的 tear n．眼泪，泪珠
2. 动作描写
decorate vt.& vi.装饰；点缀；粉刷，油漆 twist vi.& vt.扭转，转动；使弯曲；曲折 clap vi.& vt.鼓掌，拍手be caught up in被卷入，陷入 hunt vi.& vt.寻找，搜寻；打猎，猎杀；追捕observe vt.遵守；注意到；观察；庆祝 select vt.选择，挑选
3. 环境描写
occasion n．特殊场合，盛会；时刻；时机apartment n．公寓套房 midnight n．午夜，子夜
续写语料运用
请从以上语料中选择合适的词汇，并用适当的过渡词完成以下语段。
(改编自2021·新高考全国Ⅰ，读后续写)
母亲节终于到了。双胞胎和他们的父亲计划给母亲一个惊喜。一大早，父亲开始装饰他们的房子，试图营造一种浪漫的氛围。与此同时，双胞胎做早餐。他们把早餐带到楼上，叫醒了母亲，喊道：“母亲节快乐！”接着父亲带着两瓶啤酒进来了。眼泪涌了出来，母亲搂住他们。她从来没有像现在这样快乐和骄傲过。
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10 . 假定你是校新闻社的一名记者，你得知有一群年轻人成立了一个组织采取行动保护文化遗产，请用英语写一篇有关他们的新闻报道。内容包括：
1. 寻找文物并拍照；
2. 把照片展示给公众并筹集资金；
3. 把资金用来帮助修复古建筑。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 文章应包括以上要点，可适当发挥。
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