1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Last year at Christmas time, my wife, three children and I were on our way from Paris to Nice. Somehow everything went wrong. Our hotels were “tourist traps” and our rented car broke down. On Christmas Eve, when we checked into a dirty hotel in Nice, there was no Christmas spirit in our hearts.

It was raining and cold when we went out to eat. We found a small restaurant poorly decorated for the holiday. Only five tables in the restaurant were taken. There were two German couples, two French families, and an American sailor, by himself. They were eating in stony silence except the sailor. He was writing a letter, and a half-smile lighted his face. In the corner a piano player was listlessly (无精打采地) playing Christmas music.

All of us were interrupted by an old French flower woman through the front door. She had a worn overcoat and her old shoes were wet. Carrying her basket of flowers, she went from one table to another. No one bought any. Exhausted and sad, she sat down at a table.

The sailor finished his meal and got up to leave. Putting on his coat, he walked over to the flower woman’s table.

“Merry Christmas,” he said, smiling and picking out a handful of flowers. “How much are they?”

“Two francs, sir.”

The sailor put a twenty franc note in the woman’s hand.

“I don’t have change, sir,” she said. “I’ll get some from the waiter.”

“No, ma’am,” said the sailor, leaning over and kissing the ancient cheek. “This is my Christmas present for you.”

注意：
1．所续写短文的词数应为80左右；
2．续写部分的开头语已为你写好；

Then the sailor headed for our table with the flowers in his hand.

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5 . The COVID-19 pandemic has been a frequent topic of conversation for most of us over the past year. As we dreamt of indoor dining, vacations, and hugging our friends again, my friend Ana texted that her mother, living in Brazil, had been infected by the coronavirus. I won’t go into details here, but the disruption to life in Brazil have been especially upsetting considering their social and cultural norms (规范).

Ana is Brazilian, and I’m from the US. While living in New York City, we became fast friends despite the few awkward cultural differences I learned to deal with. She was comfortable with intimacy; I preferred to keep my distance. She liked the company of many; I liked the friendship of few. It was awkward for me to lean in for a quick hug, only to be embraced then kissed on the cheeks. To this day, I’m not an excellent cheek kisser, but I try. She is one of many people over the years who have educated me, in a way, about delighting in cultural difference.

I called Ana to check on her mother and I was primarily curious about how social and cultural norms have been affected. It’s difficult, said Ana, because the necessary health regulations are opposite to “what we believe and everything we know about living in a community and displaying feelings of love”, but she hasn’t given up hope. I asked if the shifts made during the pandemic will change cultural norms. “Absolutely not,” said Ana. This is who Brazilians are in nature and change doesn’t happen overnight. They spend a lot of time and energy investing in relationships, and the deeply rooted social conventions won’t change quickly.

Over the years, Ana has shared many stories that emphasize the differences in our upbringing. I delight in our differences, even if kissing on the cheek makes me uncomfortable. We find our commonalities, like talking with our hands, being expressive, and valuing community. And we learn from our differences. COVID disrupted many things, but through all of this, Ana said, we must constantly be adjusting, understanding, and doing what’s best for our communities and the people we love.

1. Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word in Paragraph 1?

A．Adjustment.	B．Disturbance.
C．Commitment.	D．Preference.

2. What can we learn about Ann from Paragraph 2?

A．She is good at educating other people.

B．She prefers to stay alone in her own comfort zone.

C．She enjoys the close contact with others.

D．It took a long time for her to make friends with me.

3. Why doesn’t Ana think the pandemic will change social and cultural norms?

A．Because the Brazilians are born to be sociable.

B．Because the social conventions are easy to change.

C．Because the health regulations consist with her beliefs.

D．Because Brazilians rarely value investment in relationships.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．My Attitude towards Friendship

B．Social and Cultural norms in the Pandemic

C．The Influence of COVID-19 on Life

D．My Acceptance of Cultural Differences

7 . 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。

Festivals are celebrated all around the world. They are occasions     1     people wear traditional costumes, attend the ceremony, decorate houses, express or receive blessings, love, respect, gratitude or congratulations, and so on. Festivals have     2     wide range of origins, such as the seasons of the year, religions, famous figures and important events. Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest festival can     3    (find) in almost every culture. This     4     (agriculture) festival takes place after all the crops have been gathered in. People celebrate     5     (show) that they are grateful for the year’s supply of food. Customs play a significant role in festivals but sometimes they can change over time. With the development of modern society and the spread of new ideas, some traditions may fade away and     6     may be established. With the celebration     7     (take) advantage of by business, festivals are becoming more and more commercial. Festivals reflect people’s wishes,     8    (belief), faiths and attitudes towards life.     9    (study) festivals carefully, you may be surprised to realize that different cultures     10    (actual) have a lot in common after all.

8 . Wherever we go, we are surrounded by history. Across the globe, cultural heritage is passed down through generations. We tend to think of our cultural heritage as somehow set in stone, permanent and indestructible. Yet we fight a never ending and very expensive battle to preserve it for the future. And today, it is under attack as never before. Not only are the ravages of time threatening our cultural heritage, but conflicts, harmful events, climate change, globalisation and tourism are all exacting a heavy price. Technology is often seen as something that destroys the past — but ironically, it is now the most essential weapon in the battle.

Airborne technology is being increasingly used in the fight to preserve our cultural heritage. Not only is it being used to save it, but it is also being used to find it. LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a remote sensing technology which measures distances by hitting a target from above with a laser and analysing the reflected light. It generates hyper-accurate 3D data about the surface area it targets and the natural and man-made environments that exist there.

Virtual reality(VR) technology will play a leading role in preserving our cultural heritage in the coming years. Many of the most important sites and architecture are extremely fragile. Human interaction with these locations is doing a great deal of harm. Machu Picchu in Peru was only discovered in 1911, yet it is already being destroyed by the presence of hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit annually. As more cultural heritage sites and objects are digitally mapped and recorded, VR technology will increasingly become the way that people experience them. We’ll all eventually be able to walk through places, look at (and touch) artifacts and works of art without ever seeing them with our own eyes.

Ultimately, our cultural heritage will be preserved via technology. Efforts in research, innovation, data sharing and project work will need to be pooled internationally.

1. What can we infer about cultural heritage from paragraph 1?

A．It will last forever.	B．It is faced with a huge threat today.
C．It is destroyed by modern technology.	D．It is a key factor in developing technology.

2. According to paragraph 2, what is the function of Airborne technology?

A．To measure distances.	B．To generate accurate data.
C．To make the architecture fragile.	D．To save and discover cultural heritage.

3. What makes the destruction of the Machu Picchu?

A．Too much tourism.	B．Virtual reality.
C．Poor quality of construction.	D．The climate change.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．The Advantages of Modern Technology	B．How Technology Is Serving as a Weapon
C．How Cultural Heritage Is Affecting Our Life	D．How Technology Is Preserving Our Cultural Heritage

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。

Chinese paper cutting has the history more than 1,500 years at least. It is one of the     1     (old) handicrafts (手工艺品) in China. At first, Paper cutting was only popular among     2     countryside, and the masters were farm     3    (wife). Today, the art has developed into art forms     4     can fully represent (代表) Chinese traditional folk culture. As the paper cutting combines many folk art forms such as painting and cutting, it can serve as the window for one who     5     (want) to know the traditional Chinese folk art.

As a folk art, paper cutting has a strong local feature. Many places in China are famous     6     their featured (特色的) paper cutting. Chinese people put their hope to the paper cutting to praise people’ creation to the nature and encourage people     7    (keep) going. There are cutting for window, door, wall, and those for roof and light as well as for marriage and different festivals. Many of them     8    (use)during the New Year and marriage to add up the happy atmosphere (气氛).

Chinese people,     9    (especial) people in northern China, like to use paper cutting as a decoration when Chinese New Year is coming. Chinese paper cutting is not only a decoration,     10    also an emotion.