2 . Top Music Festivals in 2021

Coachella

Selling out fast every year, the Indio desert becomes a fashionable place where the coolest bands are watched by trendy people and celebrities. Near the top of everyone's bucket list of festivals, Coachella is a constant source of annual expectation and a hotbed for musical discussion.

When &. where: April 9-11 &. 16-18, 2021; Indio

Ultra Music Festival

Seen as the ultimate gathering for electronic music fans across the nation and globe, the streets of Miami turn into a bold and bumping party with popular DJs playing what will be the sounds of summer.

When & where: March 26-28, 2021; Miami

South By South West

Regarded as the ultimate trend-setter and launcher of careers, SXSW is an annual showcase of music, films and interactive highlights enjoyed through performances, showcases, talks, screenings and more. Virtually taking over the city of Austin, everyone in the world of music from fans to media flock here to discover the next big thing.

When &, where: March 16-20, 2021; Austin

The Governors Ball Music Festival

Another event which proves the music loving potential of Randall's Island Park is Governors Ball, an exciting and infectious mix of rock, hip-hop, electronic, pop and folk.   Providing a variety of music and food tastes, whether you look to kick back and relax or dance to the beats, Governors Ball has what you want.

When & where: June 11-14, 2021; New York

1. Which music festival lasts the most days?

A．Coachella	B．Ultra Music Festival.
C．South By South West	D．The Governors Ball Music Festival.

2. What is special about Ultra Music Festival?

A．It's held in a park.

B．It features electronic music

C．It's a gathering of popular DJs.

D．It's the most popular in the country.

3. Which city could you go if you love both music and movies?

A．Indio.

B．Miami.

C．Austin

D．New York.

3 . Birthday card history is said to be over a hundred years old. There is no record to tell us who sent or received the first birthday card but it is said that the tradition of sending birthday cards began in England a century ago. In those times people used to personally greet a person on a birthday, but when a well-wisher was unable to do so he sent a birthday card. Thus birthday cards were more like an apology at that time.

History of greeting cards can be traced back to the ancient Chinese who are said to have started the tradition of sending goodwill messages on New Year Day. Early Egyptians too are believed to have made used papyrus scrolls（纸莎草纸画卷）to send greetings to dear ones. During early 1400 the tradition of exchanging handmade paper greeting cards developed in Europe while Germans at that time were known to have printed New Year's greetings from woodcuts. The advancement in printing technology in 1850s helped to make greeting cards more affordable. No wonder, they soon became popular means of personal communication. During the 1980s non-event cards or the cards not made for any particular occasion became popular and helped card industry reach a new high.

Greeting cards have taken a new form in this present age of Internet technology. Today, they are being increasingly exchanged as electronic or e-greeting cards. Advancement in technology that began in the 1990s has led to a further growth in card industry. People find it easier to send e-cards as a means of exchanging greetings.

Greeting cards are an important means of communicating good wishes and love to a person. They carry a personal touch that makes them lovable and very special.

1. What is the function of the birthday card in England a century ago?

A．To send good wishes.

B．To present a personal greeting.

C．To make an apology.

D．To work as a birthday present.

2. The printed New Year's greeting card was firstly made by____________.

A．the British	B．the Chinese
C．the Egyptians	D．the Germans

3. What makes greeting cards become a popular means of personal communication?

A．The tradition of sending goodwill messages.

B．The invention of handmade paper.

C．The advancement in printing technology.

D．The development in Internet technology.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．The History of Greeting Cards

B．The Importance of Birthday Cards

C．The Function of Birthday Cards

D．The Tradition of Sending Greeting Cards

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does Andrew think of his trip to Beijing?

A．Wonderful.

B．Safe.

C．Challenging.

2. What will Andrew probably do next holiday?

A．See the Great Wall.

B．Join a volunteer club.

C．Visit the Palace Museum.

5 . Today was Mother’s Day. The young woman was feeling a little ______ because she was 800 miles away from her parents.

In the morning she called her mother to ______ her a happy Mother’s Day and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs (丁香花) in their garden.

Later that day, she told her husband how she ______ those lilacs in her parents’ garden. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the ______ and come on.” So off they went, ______ down the country roads. There on a small hill were a lot of colorful lilacs. The young woman ______ over and buried her face in the flowers, ______ and enjoying them. Carefully she ______ a few and went back to the car.

On the way home the woman held her flowers, ______ all the way. When they were passing a ______, the young woman saw an old granny sitting alone in a wheelchair at the gate.“______!” she said to her husband. Getting off the car, she quickly walked up to the granny and put the ______ in her hands. As their car pulled away, the old granny ______ with a smile and held the lilacs tightly (紧紧地).

When the young mother sat back to the car, her kids asked her ______, “Who is that old granny? Why did you give her ______ flowers?” “I don’t know her. It is Mother’s Day, and she seems so ______ while I have all of you. I believe those flowers ______ much to her.” The kids nodded with ______, looking rather happy.

Now, every Mother’s Day my kids will go to that small ______ and pick some lilacs for me and that old granny. I’m glad that my small act of ______ has a good effect on my kids.

1.

A．excited

B．worried

C．nervous

D．unhappy

2.

A．tell

B．give

C．wish

D．send

3.

A．missed

B．grew

C．watered

D．picked

4.

A．cars

B．kids

C．clothes

D．drinks

5.

A．driving

B．walking

C．running

D．climbing

6.

A．rushed

B．got

C．pulled

D．took

7.

A．Eating

B．seeking

C．smelling

D．touching

8.

A．chose

B．picked

C．caught

D．tried

9.

A．thinking

B．speaking

C．sleeping

D．smiling

10.

A．school

B．theatre

C．nursing home

D．bus station

11.

A．Stop

B．Help

C．Look

D．Watch

12.

A．money

B．food

C．pictures

D．flowers

13.

A．talked

B．waved

C．left

D．shook

14.

A．curiously

B．happily

C．politely

D．suddenly

15.

A．beautiful

B．your

C．some

D．these

16.

A．sad

B．pleased

C．lonely

D．friendly

17.

A．tell

B．send

C．get

D．mean

18.

A．amusement

B．satisfaction

C．respect

D．interest

19.

A．shop

B．garden

C．field

D．hill

20.

A．kindness

B．politeness

C．willingness

D．carefulness

6 . 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友 Terry得知北京2022年冬奥会吉祥物“冰墩墩”揭晓了很高兴，写信向你询问市场上是否有该吉祥物的礼品在出售。请你给他写一封回信，内容包括：
1. 感谢他对吉祥物的关注；
2. 给他邮寄一个吉祥物；
3. 欢迎来中国观看奥运比赛。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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7 . Sweetest Day is always the third Saturday in October. This holiday is much more important in some regions than in others (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo being the biggest Sweetest Day cities). It is a holiday that is gaining in popularity every year throughout the country.

Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged, and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.

Over 60 years ago, a Cleveland man, believing that the city’s orphans and shut-ins (卧病在床的人) too often felt forgotten and neglected, formed the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this through the distribution(分发) of small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he distributed these small remembrances on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to participate in the celebration ceremony, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”. In time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the underprivileged(弱势群体)was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small remembrance. And soon the idea spread to other cities all over the country.

Sweetest Day is not based on any single group’s religious belief or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning. Because for many people remembering takes the form of gift-giving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a practical way.

1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?

A．More and more people are now celebrating Sweetest Day in the whole country.

B．Sweetest Day is a holiday which always falls on the Saturday in October.

C．Sweetest Day is much more important in big cities than in small cities.

D．Only a few religious have the tradition to celebrate the holiday.

2. The idea of creating Sweetest Day came from _____.

A．the city’s orphans and shut-ins	B．a city named Cleveland 60 years ago
C．a man who cared orphans and shut-ins	D．a man’ s friends, relatives and associates

3. Sweetest Day is celebrated in the following ways EXCEPT _____.

A．a kind act

B．a family party

C．gift-giving

D．a small remembrance

4. From the third paragraph we can learn that _____.

A．it is the people in Cleveland who spread Sweetest Day to other cities

B．only with the help of the man’s friends and neighbors, he got a small remembrance

C．over 60 years ago, a man too often felt forgotten and neglected

D．all people loved to be remembered by others on Sweetest Day in Cleveland

8 . What does the woman think of holidays?

A．People should do more meaningful things.	B．People should have more holidays.
C．There are too many holidays.

9 . In the age of Amazon and the Internet, the idea of going to a public library to borrow a book may seem ever more unusual and old-fashioned in many parts of the world, but one country, at least, is holding on it tightly:the Czech Republic? There are libraries everywhere you look in the country. There is one library for every 1,971 Czech citizens——four times as many, relative to population, as the average European country, and 10 times as many as the United States, which has one for every 19,583 people.

Why so many Czech libraries? Well, for decades they were mandatory—every community, from a big city down to a tiny village, was required by law to have one. The law was enacted in 1919, soon after Czechoslovakia emerged as an independent country. The library law survived the German occupation and the breakup with Slovakia in the early 1990s. What it couldn't survive was budget pressure. To save money, the requirement was dropped in 2001, when there were about 6,019 libraries in the country；since then, about 11 percent have been combined or closed.

Now, the surviving Czech libraries are doing what they can to stay vibrant (生气勃勃的) and relevant. They serve as local meeting places, They organize reading clubs and art exhibits and offer computer literacy (读写)courses, and they welcome groups of schoolchildren and retirtees during the day. But mostly, they do what 92 percent of Czechs still want them to go on doing: They lend books.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The rise and fall of Czech libraries.

B．The difficulties Czech libraries face.

C．The transformation of library services in Czech.

D．The amazing number of Czech libraries.

2. What does the underlined word "mandatory" in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Essential.

B．Available.

C．Compulsory

D．Particular.

3. What's the reason for Czech libraries combination or close?

A．The money shortage.	B．The German occupation
C．The government's policy.	D．The breakup with Slovakia.

4. According to the text, people go to today's Czech libraries most often to ________.

A．admire works of art	B．borrow books
C．join reading clubs	D．learn computer skills

10 . 假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(˄),并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\ )划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Yesterday，another student and I go to the airport to meet this year's international students.The first person arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia, close followed by Julia Smith from Britain. When they were introduced to each other, Tony approached Julia Smith, touched her shoulder or kissed her on the cheek. She stepped back appearing surprised and put up hands, as if in defend. There was a misunderstanding.

Not all cultures greet each other the same way. People not only communicate with speaking language but also express his feelings using nonverbal language. In Britain, people may keep a certain distance. In Japan, they may bow where they meet. In the most countries today, people may shake hand with each other.