1 . 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.

2 . 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.

3 . Four unusual festivals around the world

The Wife Carrying World Championships — Sonkajärvi, Finland

Although the exact origins of the tradition are unknown because of its long history, but today, wife carrying is practiced around the world. Participants are allowed to carry their wives in various ways, including a piggyback or a fireman’s carry (over the shoulder). The prize for winning the race is the wife’s weight in beer.

The Monkey Buffet (自助餐) Festival — Lopburi, Thailand

You may consider how a monkey would taste, but this is a buffet for monkeys. The local monkeys in Lopburi are gifted with a feast of tons of fruits, vegetables, cakes, and candies every November. After the monkeys are given the treats, youths dressed up as monkeys perform dances. The festival first took place in 1989, run by a local businessman to boost tourism in Lopburi. Luckily for him and the monkeys, it worked.

The Boryeong Mud Festival — Boryeong, South Korea

The festival first took place in 1998, and it was originally created as a marketing event for Boryeong mud cosmetics (化妆品). The mud from Boryeong is considered rich in natural minerals and is used to make beauty products. Popular activities include mud swimming, mud slides and mud skiing.

The La Tomatina Festival — Buñol, Valencia, Spain

The festival has been organized annually in August in Buñol since 1940s, when a noisy crowd take the tomatoes from a vegetable stall and start a food fight. The hour — long tomato fight used up about 145,000 kg of tomatoes in 2015. Since 2013 it has been a ticketed event to limit participants to just 20,000.

1. What will you get if you win the Wife Carrying World Championships?

A．A treat.	B．Lots of beer.
C．Lots of money.	D．A pig.

2. What is the purpose of creating the Monkey Buffet Festival?

A．To taste the monkey.	B．To sell out tomatoes.
C．To promote mud makeup.	D．To develop tourism.

3. Which festival is likely to have the shortest history?

A．The Boryeong Mud Festival.	B．The Monkey Buffet Festival
C．The Wife Carrying World Championships.	D．The La Tomatina Festival.

4 . The Chinese art of paper cutting has a long history. The earliest paper cutting was found in China in the Northern Dynasties. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) has recognized the art, called Jianzhi, on its Intangible (非物质的) Cultural Heritage (遗产) list. Voyo Woo, who is a Chinese student studying in the US, hopes to introduce the traditional Chinese art to Americans in her spare time.

Ms. Woo loves paper cutting. And she works hard to celebrate the ancient art form. On a recent Saturday, Ms. Woo held a paper cutting show at a shopping center near Washington. She demonstrated the art to the crowds for hours at the shopping center.

Ms. Woo began to study the art of Jianzhi as a 14-year-old girl in her hometown in southeastern China. She said all the students at school had to learn the art. However, she developed a special love for it, so her teacher gave her extra training after class. Later, she won second prize in a national painting and calligraphy competition.

After Ms. Woo came to the US, she became involved in an event to support and expand the understanding of Chinese paper cutting. She has been invited to demonstrate the art at a wide collection of events. She has also shown her skill at famous museums in Washington. Ms. Woo says paper cutting represents Chinese cultural values, history and stories of people’s lives. She uses the art as a tool to present Chinese culture to people who know little about it.

Ms. Woo placed examples of her art around her as she demonstrated paper cutting at the shopping center. Some shoppers, like Ann Russ, took part in a workshop. Ms. Russ was struck (打动) by the finely detailed nature of the work. “ I like to know about the Chinese art, specifically because it is very delicate (精致的). And I like the focus that it requires because it takes me out of everything. And we have to concentrate on something very closely. It is almost relaxing to put that much effort into it. ” Ms. Russ says.

1. What can we learn about Jianzhi from paragraph 1?

A．It is popular now in the US.

B．It dates from the Qing Dynasty.

C．It was brought back to life by immigrants (移民).

D．It is regarded as the cultural heritage.

2. Why did Ms. Woo hold a paper cutting show at a shopping center?

A．To earn some money.	B．To attract more shoppers.
C．To celebrate an art festival.	D．To make paper cutting well-known.

3. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The school life of Ms. Woo in China.

B．The story of Ms. Woo and her teacher.

C．Ms. Woo’s experience of learning Jianzhi.

D．Ms. Woo’s success in advertising Jianzhi.

4. What can we infer from Ms. Russ’s words?

A．She is confused about paper cutting.

B．She can get relaxation from paper cutting.

C．Paper cutting needs much energy to make.

D．Paper cutting takes up much of her time.

5 . In today’s world, cultural heritage — a term Yale University President Peter Salovey referred to as “the record of humanity” — is increasingly under attack by threats ranging from climate change, theft, mass tourism, and war. Historic buildings, works of art, traditions, and even local languages are disappearing at an increasingly rapid rate.

Yale is leading a new organization, the Global Consortium for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (GCPCH), to work on the preservation of cultural heritage. The first official meeting of the organization took place in Milan, Italy, which gathered 36 international university officials and experts from around the world to determine next steps for advancing GCPCH’s mission(使命).

During the meeting, experts and officials determined that the mission of GCPCH is to share knowledge and to promote relationships between the parties that seek to protect various forms of cultural heritage worldwide. More specifically, GCPCH will create a map of education programs and field experiences, research projects, and funding sources.

The two-day meeting of GCPCH was hosted by Bocconi University. It kicked off with an address by UNESCO Director — General Irina Bokova. “Knowledge-sharing gets all stakeholders(有利益关系者) involved at a global level,” said Bokova in her inspiring speech. “Together we need to strengthen the networks and build more bridges between all actors.”

Stefano Baia Curioni, vice-president of ASK Research Center of Bocconi University. commented on what an honor it was for Bocconi to host the meeting. “It is with great pleasure that we gather such a set of leaders who bring so many valuable points of view on challenges related to the preservation of cultural heritage,” Baia Curioni said. “We know how important the work of this body is to advancing our collective work, and are honored to support such efforts.”

1. Why is cultural heritage in need of protection?

A．It is faced with threats from both nature and human.

B．It is under attack by some forms of illegal conduct.

C．Cultural heritage sites are disappearing in wars.

D．Some traditions are not identified as cultural heritage.

2. What did Yale do to help protect cultural heritage?

A．It hosted a meeting.	B．It formed a new organization.
C．It gathered some experts.	D．It invited a UNESCO official.

3. What is the mission of GCPCH?

A．Spreading preservation knowledge and bridging gaps in preservation efforts.

B．Organizing educational courses field trips and fund-raising activities.

C．Creating different forms of heritage protection and teaching them to students.

D．Sharing research findings and promoting communication between universities.

4. What does “address” in Paragraph 4 possibly mean?

A．A meeting place.	B．A formal speech.
C．An official report.	D．An important mission.

6 . There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our families often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.

On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of cultural identity. Immigrants bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride in their culture and means of coping with homesickness.

Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavour can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes in the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavours that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.

We should not only embrace our heritage (传统) through our culture’s food, but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window on culture, and it should be treated as such.

1. What’s the function of food mentioned in the text?

A．To help motivate homesickness.

B．To show cultural identity.

C．To reflect a country’s history.

D．To show a community’s superiority.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The specific traditional food.

B．The national culture.

C．A traditional expression of food.

D．The old-fashioned taste.

3. Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurants?

A．To attach cultural importance to their dishes.

B．To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.

C．To make the dishes popular among customers.

D．To present their own food culture in a new way.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards different food cultures?

A．Negative.

B．Balanced.

C．Unfair.

D．Unchangeable.

10 . Ancient China produced many types of beautiful works of art. Among them, calligraphy (书法), poetry (诗歌) and painting are the most famous. Often they would be put together in art.These became important starting with the Song dynasty.

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting. In the old times the Chinese considered writing as an important form of art. Calligraphers would practice for years to learn to write perfectly, but with style. Each of the over 40,000 characters (汉字) needed to be written correctly. And each stroke (笔画) in a character had to be written in a certain order.

Poetry is also an important form of art. Great poets were famous all over the country, and all educated people were expected to write poetry. During the Tang dynasty poetry was so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to become a civil servant (文官)and work for the government.

Chinese painting is often connected with calligraphy. It is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The most traditional way of Chinese painting is known as “national painting” or “native painting” which is quite different from Western painting. People can draw mountains, buildings, birds, trees and water.

1. Calligraphers needed to write over _____ characters correctly in the old times.

A．10,000

B．20,000

C．30,000

D．40,000

2. What was part of the civil servant examinations during the Tang dynasty?

A．Painting.

B．Calligraphy.

C．Writing poetry.

D．Playing music.

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Calligraphy, poetry, and painting are the most famous works of art in ancient China.

B．The strokes of each character can be written in any order.

C．Poetry is an important form of art like calligraphy.

D．Chinese painting is often connected with calligraphy.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Chinese art.	B．Chinese examinations.
C．Chinese history.	D．Chinese dynasties.