1 . We just waved goodbye to this year's Mother's Day.    1    , but there are still things you might not know about Mother's Day.

The founder fought back.

Although Julia Ward Howe first suggested a day for mothers, Anna Jarvis campaigned for a national day for moms, in memory of her own mother, Ann Jarvis, who had spent years working to provide resources for poor mothers in West Virginia.    2    , but within a few years, Jarvis became annoyed with how commercial the day had become and started a petition（请愿）to cancel the holiday.（That clearly didn't come to pass.）

It is an active day on the phone lines.

    3    . One study suggests that the more widespread use of cell phones has greatly increased the amount of contact adult children have with their mothers. So don't be lazy: your mom definitely expects to receive your call, and not just with a text message.

    4    

If you're thinking about taking your mom out to eat, you might want to consider which time of the day will have enough open tables. Mother's Day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants, with some 80 million adults dining out, which tops even Valentine's Day. Therefore, if you'd like to treat your mom to her favorite cuisine, go earlier on that day.

All in all, Mother's Day is set up to honor mothers' love and care for the family, so even a handmade card can show your appreciation.    5    

A．Mother's Day became an official holiday in 1914

B．Their devotion deserves your attention and respect

C．Some of you may find that day not new to you at all

D．Some of you might have forgotten to send greetings

E．Many people honor more than one mother in their life

F．It is the busiest day of the year in the restaurant industry

G．Call volume in the US goes up 11 percent on Mother's Day

2 . 假定你是李华，你校国际部打算举办“教外国学生下中国象棋（Chinese chess）”的活动，现正在招募志愿者。你有意向成为志愿者，请你用英语写一封申请信，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 你的优势；
3. 期待同意申请。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your,

Li Hua

3 . 假定你是李华，你每周日上午都会去交换生Alice那里教她制作中式早餐。本周日的安排因你爷爷生日而改到下午。请你给她写封邮件，内容包括:
1. 本周学习时间变更及原因；
2. 本周学习内容:制作包子(steamed stuffed bun)；
3. 课前准备:面粉、猪肉及蔬菜。
注意:
1. 词数100左右；
2 .可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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4 . 假如你是李华，你校外教Mr. Brown春节期间看到邻居房门上的福字是倒着贴的，感到很好奇，写信向你询问此事。请你给他回一封信，介绍福字倒贴的原因和这一传统的寓意，同时邀请他高考后来你家过端午节。
参考词汇：端午节the Dragon Boat Festival；福字the character Fu
注意：1.词数：100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Brown,

I’m really glad to receive your letter. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

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

When I was an international student in China, I was lucky to experience Chinese New Year. The build-up was exciting as everywhere     1    (decorate) with red.

Some fellow students and I  decided to travel from Xi’an to Guilin for the festival. Travel during that time is quite     2    adventure — many people journey home     3    (see) their families and everywhere is very busy.

On the eve of New Year, we watched the CCTV New Year’s Gala. Although we didn’t really understand everything, it was good to be lost     4    the atmosphere of the occasion! At New Year, families make     5    (taste) dumplings together as part of the celebrations. On New Year’s Day, and for several weeks afterwards, you can hear firecrackers and fireworks everywhere, and the air     6    (smell) strongly of dynamite(火药) and smoke. This was adventurous for us!

Being in China during New Year somewhat meant     7    (lonely) though it was a great experience. I can     8    (absolute) explain it with how international students in the UK might feel at Christmas if     9    (have) no loved ones around them.

Overall, my first Chinese New Year was an amazing experience     10    I’ll never forget.

6 . Jin Hanmiao, a first grader from China,received a reply letter from Buckingham Palace    1    (recent) after writing to introduce the China-Britain express railway service.
The letter is based    2    the 19-day journey of the first China-U.K.freight（货运）train.    3    (see) the news of its return to Yiwu,Jin's mother encouraged him to write about it and then send the letter to Queen ElizabethⅡ.
In his letter,Jin introduced    4    (he) and Yiwu,as well as his hope    5    the Queen would appreciate    6    (tradition) Chinese culture.He also expressed his interest in the U.K.,after mentioning some British famous persons and places including Isaac Newton,Charles Darwin,and the British Museum.He then sent his letter to the Queen.
Jin's mother helped translate the letter into English,and sent both the original letter and the translation to London on May 8.Two months    7    (late),a reply from Buckingham Palace    8    (receive).The letter talked about the living and working conditions of the Queen at    9    early age,and included a detailed    10    (introduce) of the Palace.

7 . A bookseller in Chongqing has been leaving novels on trains and at stations to inspire more commuters(上下班往返的人)to read, after seeing British actress Emma Watson take part in a similar project in London.
Author and bookstore owner Jiang Lin, 29, randomly placed 40 works along the city’s light-rail system on Sunday. Whoever finds a book can read it in public or take it home, but they are encouraged to leave it again on public transportation once they have finished with it. Jiang said, “I considered the needs of commuters," he said. "I hope strangers can feel comforted by the books and feel connected with other readers."
All 40 books were chosen from Jiang’s store, Razor’s Edge Book Club, which he opened in the summer, and included fiction and nonfiction, with topics ranging from art and social sciences to philosophy and history Jiang’s Books on the Chongqing Light Rail project follows the same model as Books on the Underground, which was started in 2012 and sees “book fairies” leave works on London Tube trains and at stations. Readers are encouraged to share their views on the books. It was revealed on Nov. 1 that Watson, who is best-known for the Harry Potter movie series, is a book fairy.
“After I read the news about her leaving books on the London Tube, I was so inspired that I immediately decided to do something over the weekend,” Jiang said. However, his decision was so spontaneous that he had no time to make the stickers that are usually placed on each book to identify them as part of the project . Instead, he put a note on the fly page to introduce the concept.
To his surprise, one of his friends was among those who found his books and posted a picture on WeChat Moments, a social media function on the instant-messaging app. Jiang said more than 20 people have since come onboard and are now working on a more detailed than to spread the love of reading. Although increasing numbers of people read on digital devices, books have not totally gone out of fashion. Jiang mentioned that they needed the support from Chonqing Light Rail Co. to ensure the books to stay there and also hoped the project could be welcomed across the country.
1. Jiang Lin left books on trains or at stations in order to ______.

A．raise money for poor readers	B．open a new bookstore
C．help sell more books	D．advocate reading books

2. Jiang got inspired to start the project by _________.

A．Harry Porter	B．Wechat moments
C．Emma Watson	D．Razor’s Edge Book Club

3. The underlined word “spontaneous” is closest in meaning to __________.

A．unplanned	B．unwise
C．firm	D．thoughtful

4. Jiang’s attitude towards the future of the project can be best described as___________.

A．positive	B．doubtful
C．reserved	D．worried

8 . Christmas 1940 makes me misty-eyed every time I think about it. In the hard times, people_______one another. We_______food, clothing, bedding and household items and gave them to the needy.

That Christmas we students found ourselves_______toys we collected and loading packages for_______.As we presented the gifts, we saw_______in many faces, especially those of the children. We had a few more_______to make on Christmas morning. The air was heavy and frozen to the bone. For several hours, we knocked on doors. But as the cold hours passed, our_______gradually faded. When we_______headed home, someone_______a small house down a canal bank. None of us knew who lived there,________we wondered if there were________.We still had a doll, two trucks, some small toys, chocolate Santas and a box of groceries. We decided to make one last visit. When we knocked on the door, a young woman answered it, looking at us________.Three small children watched from behind her skirt—a little girl of about 2, and boys perhaps 4 and 5 years old. “Merry Christmas,” we________as we bent down and handed the gift-wrapped packages to the children and the box of groceries to the   ________, whose eyes widened________.She slowly smiled, then quickly said, “Come in.” The room was________as the children looked at their mother, wondering if the gifts were really for them. The little girl________her doll, and the boys grasped the trucks as they sought a(an)________.She put her arms________them and said in a________voice, “I told you Santa Claus would come.”

1.

A．escaped from

B．struggled against

C．competed with

D．depended on

2.

A．bought

B．borrowed

C．collected

D．begged

3.

A．wrapping

B．cleaning

C．making

D．sending

4.

A．sale

B．delivery

C．memory

D．production

5.

A．fear

B．envy

C．sadness

D．joy

6.

A．toys

B．calls

C．visits

D．promise

7.

A．pain

B．love

C．strength

D．passion

8.

A．finally

B．gradually

C．happily

D．worriedly

9.

A．arrived at

B．looked for

C．pointed to

D．shouted to

10.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．for

11.

A．guests

B．gifts

C．adults

D．children

12.

A．eagerly

B．questioningly

C．anxiously

D．calmly

13.

A．whispered

B．cried

C．greeted

D．added

14.

A．father

B．mother

C．son

D．daughter

15.

A．with amazement

B．with relief

C．in horror

D．in sorrow

16.

A．empty

B．silent

C．noisy

D．tidy

17.

A．hugged

B．hid

C．dropped

D．hit

18.

A．suggestion

B．answer

C．box

D．place

19.

A．behind

B．before

C．over

D．around

20.

A．surprised

B．familiar

C．choked

D．loud

9 . Smile is a universal language, which     1     (use) throughout the world. However, 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    (be) embarrassed. 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 falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile,     6     is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

The laugh is     7     (relate) to the smile. Also, different cultures have various     8     (meaning) about laugh. Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes     9     the deepest emotions while most Chinese may think     10     silly to laugh that way.

10 . In a society such as the United States or Canada, which has many national, religious and cultural differences, people highly value individualism--the differences among people. Teachers place a lot of importance on the qualities that make each student special. The educational systems in these countries show these values. Students do not memorize all possible basic knowledge. Instead, they work individually and find answers by themselves.There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions.
In most Asia societies, by contrast, the people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of the orient reflects society’s belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism. Children in China, Japan and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments.
There are advantages and disadvantages of both systems of education. For example, one advantage of the system in Japan is that students there learn much more about math, physics, biology and chemistry than American students by the end of high school. They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do. The system is difficult, but it prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.
The advantage of the educational system in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from school, they haven’t memorized as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have.
1. The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is      .

A．to share his idea with others in a new way

B．to introduce two different systems of education through contrast

C．to criticize the society that values memorization

D．to prepare students for society

2. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The system of education in the West is more creative than that in the East

B．Japanese students learn much more about science than American students.

C．Canadian students are more individual than Korean students.

D．Students in North America are not so friendly as those in Asia.

3. From the facts, we can infer that            .

A．Asian students are more likely to do better in teamwork than American students

B．Chinese students are more hard-working in their studies than Mexican students

C．the Western educational system is much better than the Eastern educational system.

D．the Eastern educational system is as difficult as the Western educational system.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Advantages and Disadvantages of Educational System.

B．The Value of Individualism.

C．Educational System-an Obvious Difference between the East and the West.

D．Memorization-an Important Learning Method.