1 . If you're planning on hitting up a festival this summer, make sure you check out the latest packing guide to camping music festivals.

Quebec City Summer Festival

When: July 4-14

Where: Toronto, Quebec

300 shows, 10 places and 11 days of music make this festival one of Canada's biggest music festivals. Every year, this festival attracts over one million festivalgoers to Quebec City's historic district for concerts by international superstars and top new talents.

Center of Gravity

When: July 28-30

Where: Kelowna, British Columbia

Canada's hottest beach festival is back! Now in its 10th year, the biggest and exciting festival to hit the Okanagan includes three days packed with extreme sports, sandy beaches, and some of the biggest DJ names in the world.

Future Forest

When: August 5-7

Where: Fredericton, New Brunswick

Future Forest is an outdoor camping festival with a focus on electronic music. The festival originated in 2012 as a fundraiser for a brilliant DJ, Jay Hamilton, who was diagnosed with cancer. Future Forest proudly shows the idea that there are no audience at the event but rather participants who in some way contribute to the overall experience.

Shambhala Music Festival

When: August 9-10

Where: Salmo River Ranch, British Columbia

This is Canada's earliest electronic music festival. Cutting edge talent, lights and sound come together to give life to this event. Seeing it for yourself is the only way to understand exactly what is Shambhala.

1. What can people do in the Quebec City Summer Festival?

A．Enjoy the performances of superstars.	B．Learn about Quebec City's history.
C．Do some extreme sports.	D．Play on the sandy beaches.

2. What was Future Forest set up for at first?

A．To honor brilliant Jay Hamilton.	B．To raise money for a cancer patient.
C．To provide outdoor camping activities.	D．To promote electronic music.

3. Which festival is Canada's earliest electronic music festival?

A．Quebec City Summer Festival.	B．Center of Gravity.
C．Future Forest.	D．Shambhala Music Festival.

2 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡相应位置上。

Many people agree that going to museums     1     (be) a good way of learning about ancient treasures. However, others may find it boring to spend hours there. Therefore, how to make museums and their lifeless collections more attractive is a tough question worth     2     (attach) importance to. Luckily, National Treasure, a TV program     3     began to air on Dec. 3, 2017, throws light     4     ways to inspire interest in museums and their collections.

Aiming to make ancient relics to come alive, the program presents treasures through different artistic methods including lots of dramatic     5     (perform) and storytelling, which explain the history behind each cultural relic     6     (complete), so that audiences can not only understand how to appreciate the beauty of cultural relics, but also know the civilization     7     the spirit of Chinese culture. In fact, such programs that promote traditional ancient relics     8     (become) popular in recent years. For example, a 2016 documentary featuring the Forbidden City’s cultural relics and their restorers, urged lots of college students     9     (apply) to work as volunteers there. It is universally accepted that National Treasure has been     10     (success) in encouraging more people to visit museums by touching their hearts.

3 . 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter写信询问你是如何庆祝中国最重要的节日春节的。请你用英语回信介绍一下情况：
1. 介绍春节；
2. 邀请 Peter 来中国体验春节
注意：
1.词数 100 左右；
2.开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,

I’m glad to hear that you are interested in Chinese traditional Spring Festival.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

4 . “If you are cold, it will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are exhausted, it will calm you.” The poem best identifies the passion for tea in Britain. Outside of the United Kingdom, many people refer to afternoon tea as “high tea”. Afternoon tea, also known as low tea, is what most people think of when they hear “high tea”. It involves things like manners, lace(蕾丝) and light meals such as cookies and finger sandwiches. It is typically served in the mid-afternoon and it was traditionally served on low tables, therefore its two names.

Legend has it that afternoon tea was started in the mid-1800s by the Duchess(公爵夫人) of Bedford. Around that time, kerosene(煤油) lamps were introduced into wealthier homes and eating a late dinner( around 8 or 9 p.m.) became fashionable. This increasingly late dinner was one of the only two meals each day, and the other was a mid-morning one. The story goes that the Duchess found herself with a “sinking feeling”. This came from hunger during the long wait between meals. She decided to invite friends over for various snacks and tea. The idea of an afternoon tea gathering spread across high society and became a favorite pastime of females for leisure. Later, it spread to other social groups.

However, the British working population did not have afternoon tea. They had a meal about midday, and a meal after work, between five and seven o’clock. This meal was called “high tea” or just “tea”. Traditionally eaten early evening, high tea was a substantial meal that combined delicious sweet food, such as cookies, cakes or tea bread, with heavy food, such as cheese on toast, cold meals and poached eggs on toast. This meal is now often replaced with a supper due to people eating their main meal in the evening rather than at midday.

1. What is the author’s purpose of using a poem at the beginning of the passage?

A．To introduce a topic.	B．To present a puzzle.
C．To describe the phenomenon.	D．To clarify his writing purpose.

2. What led to the appearance of afternoon tea?

A．Kerosene lamps were used at home.

B．Upper class had more free time.

C．Drinking tea makes people feel good.

D．Duchess of Bedford was influential in social circle.

3. What was the most important feature of afternoon tea in the mid-1800s?

A．Simple food and tea.	B．Being served on low tables.
C．A ladies’ social occasion.	D．Serving time.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Origins of Tea.	B．Ways of Low Tea.
C．Traditional Afternoon Tea.	D．High Tea and Low Tea.

5 . The shadow play is a typical traditional entertainment that has survived and thrived over the centuries. It is taken as an earliest ancestor of modern cinema.

Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago，Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty was very depressed over the death of his favorite concubine（妃子）.To help him get over his sadness, a minister made a puppet out of cotton and silk in the likeness of the concubine and projected its shadow on a curtain for the emperor to see. The show brought the emperor some comfort. He somehow believed the shadow was his lover’ spirit. This is thought to be the beginning of the shadow play.

One mouth tells stories of thousands of years；a pair of hands operates millions of soldiers. This is how the shadow puppeteer works. Nicknamed “the business of the five”，a shadow puppet group is made up of five people. One operates the puppets, one plays a Suona and a Yueqin, one plays the Banhu, one is in charge of percussion（打击乐器）instruments, and one sings.

During performances, “actors” are held close to a white curtain with their colored shadows cast on it by a strong light from behind. The operator plays five puppets at the same time，each of which has three threads. Ten fingers handle fifteen threads. Moved by guiding sticks，the puppets play roles with musical accompaniment. The popularity of shadow play in some way lies in the equipment being light and easy to carry, the small number of people needed for a performance, and the flexible requirements for performance places. The plays can be quite dramatic and, when it comes to fairy tales or kungfu stories, the "actors" may be made to ride on clouds or perform unusual feats, to the great enjoyment of the audience, especially children.

The design of the figures follows traditional moral evaluation. The audience can tell a figure’s character by seeing his mask. Like the masks in Beijing Opera, a red mask represents honesty, a black mask, loyalty, and a white one, betrayal.

Nowadays, the shadow play has been industrialized and developed a series of tourist products for the promotion of Chinese culture and tourism.

1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．A love story of Emperor Wudi.	B．How to please an Emperor.
C．The origin of the shadow play.	D．How to make a cotton puppet.

2. According to the author, the audience may take great pleasure___________.

A．when roles are played without music

B．because the equipment is light to carry

C．when the puppets give lively performances

D．because the number of the operators is small

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．The Rapid Development of Beijing Opera

B．Shadow Puppetry: Traditional Arts and Crafts

C．The Business of the Five: A Shadow Puppet Group

D．Traditional Characters and Masks in Beijing Opera

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the future of shadow play?

A．Negative.	B．Doubtful.
C．Positive.	D．Unconcerned.

6 . China’ Forbidden City----traditionally off-limit at night for anyone except emperors and visiting dignitaries (显要人物）---- was decorated with lanterns as China celebrated the end of the Chinese New Year holiday. The complex, home to Chinese emperors for five centuries, was opened at night for the first time since it was reopened as the Palace Museum 94 years ago.

The complex and palace walls were illuminated with red lanterns and a light show, designed to recreate the feelings of the royal court, while the China National Traditional Orchestra and the Peking Opera performed. An image of a treasured scroll called A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains was cast onto the palace roof.

Most of China’s 1.3 billion people, however, had to watch the show on television. Only 3,000 people were allowed in: 2,500 invited guests and 500 people who booked their tickets online. “The 3,000 visitors can show off for the whole year,” one person said on Weibo. When booking for the second day opened at midnight, the booking system crashed for more than an hour due to great demand. The free tickets were quickly taken when it reopened. A lively secondary market soon appeared. Scalpers were selling tickets for as much as 9,999 yuan on online trading sites.

The Palace Museum is now on a campaign to attract more visitors, with its former curator Shan Jixiang saying he wants to make traditional Chinese culture more accessible to the general public. More than 80 percent of the palace is now accessible to visitors, up from 30 percent in 2012. Shan has set a target of 85 percent by 2020 to mark the palace’s 600th anniversary . Creativity today has made the Palace Museum younger and drawn traditional culture closer to the public.

1. What does the underlined word “illuminate”probably mean in Paragraph 2?

A．Cared for.	B．Lit up.
C．Picked out.	D．Kept safe.

2. How do most Chinese admire the night view of the Forbidden City ?

A．By watching TV at home .

B．By grabbing free tickets online

C．By buying tickets from the secondary market.

D．By receiving invitation from the Forbidden City.

3. What will happen in 2020 according to Shan Jixiang?

A．The campaign between museums will be better.

B．Creativity will make the Palace Museum younger.

C．Traditional Chinese culture will be recreated by foreigners.

D．About 85 percent of the palace will be accessible to visitors.

4. What can be a suitable title of the text ?

A．A Brief Introduction of the Forbidden City

B．Difficulties in Getting Tickets to the Forbidden City

C．Performances During the Light Show in the Forbidden City

D．Forbidden City’s First Opening to General Public at Night

7 . I had just arrived in this Asian country for a one-year teaching position. One day, I took the subway to visit some ancient palaces and temples in the downtown. The following account of what happened to me has taught me much about culture _____

Since all the ______ were taken, I stood. Suddenly, I felt someone pulling on my bag._______ I probably was in someone’s way, I moved over slightly. _______ in one quick motion(动作), I felt my bag removed from my back, and in a flash it was______. I turned around to see who the thief was. I looked at the people standing behind me, but didn’t see my bag or any ______.My heart sank and I began to______.

I glanced around the car only to find directly across from me was an elderly lady, and sitting on her lap was my ______. I tried to get it back from her lap. But as I began to ______ it up, she quickly grabbed it back and held onto it. I looked around at the people standing beside me, and those sitting beside her, but no one took any ______ of the situation. Trying not to cause a(n)_______, I tried to communicate through gestures. I used my hands as best as I could, but she ______ my requests for my bag and pointed to my back. She picked up my bag, showing how ______ it was. I finally began to understand. She was holding my bag to ______ me.

As the subway ______ the main downtown station and I was getting ready to get off, the woman ______ handed me back my bag. But ______ I had a chance to thank her, she had disappeared into the crowd.

Sadly, this ______ custom was more surprising to me than pleasing. Everyone back home had heard of being robbed—that was ______ city behavior—but having a stranger hold onto someone’s bag out of ______, in a city of twelve million people—that was truly unusual.

1.

A．background

B．difference

C．communication

D．form

2.

A．subways

B．posts

C．seats

D．stations

3.

A．Regarding

B．Thinking

C．Pretending

D．Wondering

4.

A．But

B．So

C．Because

D．Instead

5.

A．broken

B．emptied

C．opened

D．gone

6.

A．suspect

B．theft

C．liar

D．criminal

7.

A．hesitate

B．scream

C．panic

D．revenge

8.

A．burden

B．bag

C．money

D．shawl

9.

A．pull

B．bring

C．check

D．wrap

10.

A．advantage

B．charge

C．possession

D．notice

11.

A．attack

B．quarrel

C．alarm

D．loss

12.

A．received

B．handled

C．spotted

D．ignored

13.

A．alike

B．heavy

C．appealing

D．magical

14.

A．help

B．tease

C．remind

D．violate

15.

A．set out

B．drew upon

C．pulled into

D．turned away

16.

A．angrily

B．gratefully

C．modestly

D．gently

17.

A．until

B．once

C．before

D．while

18.

A．considerate

B．cautious

C．invisible

D．symbolic

19.

A．messy

B．usual

C．practical

D．awkward

20.

A．curiosity

B．pity

C．kindness

D．relief

8 . "Indeed，" George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785， "some kind of fly， or bug， had begun to eat the leaves before I left home．" But the father of America was not the father of bug． When Washington wrote that， Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century， and Americans had already created lightning-bug（萤火虫）． But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language， leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries．

The American bug could also be a person， referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity． Although fan became the usual term， sports fans used to be called racing bugs， baseball bugs， and the like．

Or the bug could be a small machine or object， for example， a bug-shaped car． The bug could also be a burglar alarm， from which comes the expression to bug， that is， "to install （安装） an alarm"． Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others' conversation． Since the 1840s， to bug has long meant "to cheat"， and since the 1940s it has been annoying．

We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design． That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison． In 1878 he explained bugs as "little problems and difficulties" that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product． In 1889 it was recorded that Edison "had been up the two previous nights discovering ‘a bug' in his invented record player．"

1. We learn from Paragraph 1that ______ ．

A．Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bug

B．George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bug

C．the word bug was still popularly used in English in the nineteenth century

D．both Englishman and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century

2. What does the word "flaw" in the last paragraph probably mean？ ______

A．Evolution．	B．Finding．
C．Origin．	D．Fault．

3. "BUG" can referred to the following except ______ ．

A．A man who is crazy about sports	B．A man who installs an alarm
C．An insect in natural world	D．A device for listening secretly

4. The passage is mainly concerned with ______ ．

A．the misunderstanding of the word bug

B．the development of the word bug

C．the public views of the word bug

D．the special characteristics of the word bug

9 . 语法填空

Smiling

Smile is a universal language, which is widely used throughout the world.     1    , the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and     2    (amuse), but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view:

In an attempt to be open and     3    (friend), people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other and this nonverbal communication shows being polite in the United States. But in China, smiling is not only    4    expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid     5    (laugh) at. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer (嘲笑). For example: When a child    6    (fall) off from a bike, the adults in China may smile,    7    is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

Related     8    the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different     9    (meaning) about laugh. Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions while most Chinese may think    10    silly to laugh that way.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How long did Michael stay in China?

A．Five days.

B．One week.

C．Two weeks.

2. Where did Michael go last year?

A．Russia.

B．Norway.

C．India.