1 . What does the man prefer to do?

A．To walk the dog.

B．To enjoy a romantic dinner.

C．To spend the night with the woman.

2 . 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。

Across the world, people     1    (expression) their love to tea in many ways. The handmade purple clay teapot (紫砂壶)is one of the most popular    2    (item) among tea lovers in Asia. But the skill of making that particular teapot faces a lot of challenges in modern times.

Chinese people have been drinking tea for thousands of years. And     3     (recent), these handmade teapots have become popular. As    4    old saying goes, "A thing    5    (value) if it is rare.”

Tea sets(茶具)have been a key part of Chinese culture. Gao Dezhi, 99,     6     (make) purple clay teapots since he was 3 years old. This kind of skill has been passed down from generation to generation or taught to those who are    7    (interest) in the craft. Gao said that his son and daughter don't care about such skills. They already earn a lot of money by     8     (work) in other jobs. People cannot make such things if they have no interest in learning the skill, he said.

In order to protect skills     9     disappearing, local people have built a special museum     10     masters can show their craft.

3 . You might have heard a lot about ancient towns and ancient cities in China. Here, we list several of the most beautiful ancient villages in China.

Baoshan Stone City, Yunnan Province

Baoshan Stone City was built on a huge mushroom-shaped rock, and only has about one hundred houses. The houses are laid out in an orderly way, built on the rock, and linked by stone steps. The Naxi people there still lead an original life and grow crops in terraces(梯田); you can experience the colorful culture of the Naxi ethnic(民族的) group there.

Tuvas Village in Kanas, Xinjiang

Kanas Tuvas Village is near the mysterious Lake Kanas. The small village is located in a valley, and only has about 80 houses. These Swiss-style wooden houses are all surrounded by wooden fences. Tuvas is an ancient minority group. They traditionally lived as hunter-gathers. You can visit a local family, go herding(放牧) with the locals and experience the peaceful ancient village life.

Jiaju Tibetan Village, Danba, Sichuan Province

Jiaju Tibetan Village is known as the “Tibetan fairyland”. It stands on a mountain slope, and consists of about 140 houses. These unique houses are all built with crown-shaped roofs, red caves, and white walls, which make the houses look like little castles among the forest.

Xijiang Miao Village, Guizhou Province

If you’re interested in the Miao Minority, Xijiang Miao Village can be a great destionation for deepening your understanding of Miao history and culture. It’s the largest Miao village in China, and now has 1,432 households with a population of over 5,000, of which 99.5% are Miao ethnic group. It’s also famous for the houses built on poles of different heights.

1. What can you do in Kanas Tuvas Village?

A．Hike in terraces.	B．See houses of a foreign style.
C．Go hunting with the locals.	D．Learn about houses built on poles.

2. Where can you admire the houses like castles?

A．In Baoshan Stone City.	B．In Kanas Tuvas Village.
C．In Jiaju Tibetan Village.	D．In Xijiang Miao Village.

3. What can we infer about the villages mentioned in the text?

A．They remained secret to the outside world in the past.

B．They were originally built to defend their homeland.

C．They are still cut off and difficult to access nowadays.

D．They are the ethnic villages with unique architecture.

4 . The last few days before Christmas passed quickly and it was soon Christmas Eve. That night when everyone went to bed, Bunny couldn’t sleep. He still couldn’t think of what he wanted his Christmas gift to be. He wondered how Father Christmas would know what to bring him if he didn’t know himself.

As he was sitting up in bed, Bunny heard a big noise on the roof (屋顶) and a sound downstairs. It was Father Christmas, he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and raced down the hall to the stairs hoping to have a look at the old man with his own eyes.

By the time Bunny reached the bottom of the stairs, though, everything was again silent. Beautiful gifts were piled (堆积) under the Christmas tree, but Father Christmas was gone. He looked for him for a few minutes, but it was already too late. Bunny turned to climb back upstairs when he heard a cry.

“Hello, ” said Bunny. “Is somebody there?”

He was answered by another cry. Bunny looked around the big pile of gifts to see what was making the noise. Right under the tree was a funny looking brown animal with big feet and sad eyes. Bunny might have mistaken it for a dog, if it hadn’t been for the antlers (鹿角) on its head.

“Are you a reindeer (别鹿)?” asked Bunny.

“Yes,” replied the animal. “My name is Ralph.”

“And you were pulling Father Christmas’s led (雪橇)?”

“I was until I got airsick (晕机),” replied Ralph. “I’m afraid I wasn’t cut out for the job. Now I’m stuck here and I don’t know how to get back to the North Pole.”

“Well, if you like, yon can stay with us as a friend,” said Bunny. As he made the offer, Bunny suddenly realized the gift he wanted from Father Christmas was a new friend!

1. Why couldn’t Bunny fall asleep on Christmas Eve?

A．He was thinking of what gift he would get.

B．He was disturbed by a big noise.

C．He had a lot of things to do.

D．He wanted to have a look at the reindeer.

2. What do the underlined words “cut out for” in paragraph 9 mean?

A．Afraid of.	B．Fit for.
C．Proud of.	D．Interested in.

3. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．A Strange Christmas Tree	B．A Lovely Reindeer
C．A Quiet but Smart Boy	D．A Special Christmas Gift

5 . In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.

It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.

At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge(挑战) to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.

Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little -- known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.

A paid administrator(行政人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.

1. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?

A．To bring Europe together again.	B．To honor heroes of World War II.
C．To introduce young theatre groups.	D．To attract great artists from Europe.

2. Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?

A．They owned a public house there.	B．They came to take up a challenge.
C．They thought they were also famous.	D．They wanted to take part in the festival.

3. What does the “Fringe” mean in the third paragraph?

A．unpopular groups	B．non-official groups
C．foreign groups	D．local groups

4. We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival      .

A．has become a non-official event	B．has gone beyond an art festival
C．gives shows all year round	D．keeps growing rapidly

6 . Mother’s Day

The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day.Mother’s Day is a special day for everyone! On that day, children usually give their mothers cards,presents and flowers.But most of the people like giving their mothers carnations(康乃馨).As for the origin of Mother's Day, there is a famous saying, "God could not be everywhere and he made mother.”

Father’s Day

Father's Day is on the third Sunday in June.Some Americans thought that if we had Mother’s Day.we should have a Father’s Day (On Father’s Day, there is not any party, But children will give their father some presents and the best wishes, Father is great.We could give the best wishes to them.

Halloween

Halloween is on October 31st.On this day, in front of the house there are a lot of pumpkin lights.They are very beautiful.Every family has a lot of sweets.When children go to knock at their doors, people will give them sweets,

Easter

Easter is from 22nd March to 25th April.Easter is an important holiday in Western countries, Many children buy chocolate and Easter eggs.They also make Easter eggs.Some people like this holiday because it is interesting.

Thanksgiving Day

Every last Thursday of November is a special day.Some American think Thanksgiving Day is more important than Christmas Day.On that day, all people have supper with their family together.Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, have family gatherings and enjoy holiday meals.People like to eat turkeys and some fruits. On that day people are all happy.But in Canada Thanksgiving Day is the second Monday in October.

1. On which day can children ask for and get sweets?

A．Father's Day.	B．Thanksgiving day.
C．Halloween.	D．Easter.

2. What will Americans do on Thanksgiving Day?

A．They say thanks.	B．They have friend gatherings.
C．They go on holiday.	D．They buy many cards.

3. What can be known about the festivals in the text?

A．Father's Day is a festival with a long history in US.

B．Eater Eggs are traditional food in western countries.

C．Thanksgiving Day is more important than Christmas.

D．Mother's Day is to honor mothers' devotion to children.

7 . Some of the world’s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.

Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.

It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center’s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.

“Jazz seems like it’s not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radio’s reporter Neal Conan. “What I’m hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It’s actually color, and it’s actually digital.”

Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. “The music can’t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.

Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller’s music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran. “For me, it’s the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感) lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight(感悟) on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,” says Moran, “so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster.”

1. Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?

A．To remember the birth of jazz.

B．To protect cultural diversity.

C．To encourage people to study music.

D．To recognize the value of jazz.

2. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Jazz becoming more accessible.

B．The production of jazz growing faster.

C．Jazz being less popular with the young.

D．The jazz audience becoming larger.

3. What can we infer about Moran’s opinion on jazz?

A．It will disappear gradually.

B．It remains black and white.

C．It should keep up with the times.

D．It changes every 50 years.

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

A．Exploring the Future of Jazz.

B．The Rise and Fall of Jazz.

C．The Story of a Jazz Musician.

D．Celebrating the Jazz Day.