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。

After the Lantern Festival, the     1     (follow) joyous celebration in China’s traditional festival calendar is the Huazhao Festival, a traditional flower festival.

With a history of over 2,000 years, the Huazhao Festival is held in celebration of the flower goddess’ birthday. Since the climate     2     (vary) in different parts of China, people hold celebrations on the second, twelfth,     3     fifteenth day of February in the Chinese lunar calendar.

According to ancient beliefs, the flower goddess (女神) controlled the reproduction of mankind. Due to the primitive lifestyle and agriculture-dominated economy, people held that the more members a family had, the     4     (merry). Thus, it later became a custom to celebrate the birthday of the flower goddess for     5     (happy).

Once as significant as the Lantern Festival and Mid-autumn Festival, the Huazhao Festival has gone through stages of thriving (兴旺), declining and restoring. Nowadays     6     increasing number of people in various parts of China have begun to celebrate this flower festival again. Some of them,     7     (dress) in hanfu, a type of traditional Chinese clothing, perform a series of activities. Here is a list of relevant customs as     8     (inspire) for you to spend the Huazhao Festival: praying     9     the flower goddess; having a spring outing; fastening pieces of red cloth to flowers; picking wild vegetables believed     10     (have) the function of promoting health; going to fairs, etc.

3 . 假定你是李华，你的英国好友Tom将要来中国留学，现在开始学习汉语。他最近收看了一台中文综艺节目《成语天下》，对成语产生了兴趣，感到既有趣又困惑，特用电邮向你询问。请你给他回电邮，以守株待兔为例来向他说明如何理解成语的内涵，内容包括：
1.成语的基本介绍；
2.守株待兔的故事及所蕴含的人生哲理；
3.通过成语学习汉语的建议。
注意：
1.词数100左右（文章开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：成语chengyu/ four character idioms株/树桩stump
Dear Tom,

How are you!

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Yours,

Li Hua

4 . 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

In modern society, many traditional Chinese festivals are becoming less and less popular. However, they are important part of Chinese culture, and it’s our     1    (responsible) to protect and maintain them. This article focuses on a festival that many people are not familiar with ----Hanshi Festival.

With a history of more than 2,600 years, Hanshi Festival is the only traditional one in China named     2     food, and it is also known as the Cold Food Festival as people are only allowed to eat cold food on this day. Hanshi normally     3    (fall) around April 3 in the solar calendar, one to two days ahead of the Qingming Festival.

In most parts of China, fires might start easily in the dry early spring due to the flammable substances     4    (store) by people and the spring thunder. As a result, the ancients usually held grand ceremonies of sacrifice in     5     the fire stored from the previous year would be put out. Later, they would drill wood to get new fire for a new year. The gap between putting out old fire and     6    (burn) the wood to obtain new fire ranged from three, five, or seven days according to different     7    (history) records.

During the gap days, fires     8    (prohibit) in households. As a result, people would eat what they had prepared previously, namely the cold food, or hanshi in Chinese. That’s     9    the Hanshi Festival gradually came into being.

As the Hanshi Festival is one to two days ahead of the Qingming Festival, they gradually got combined with one another. After the Song Dynasty, cold food did not remain a necessity on this day, and gradually, Qingming Festival took over the folk activities of Hanshi     10    (become) a major festival on this subject.

5 . 假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Trevor对中国俗语很感兴趣，前些天给你发了一封邮件，向你请教“良言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒”的含义，请你结合以下要点给他回封邮件：
1.该俗语的含义;
2.你从中得到的启示。
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 Trevor,

Glad to receive your email and willing to explain to you the saying you mentioned in your email.

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Hope my explanation will be helpful to you.

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，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(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。

I’m happy to know about that you are interested in Spring Festival couplets(对联), symbol of traditional Chinese culture. The tradition of put up Spring Festival couplets dates back to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, not until the Ming Dynasty did Spring Festival couplets become popular nationwide.

With black or golden character written on red paper, they are sticking on doors or walls. They are made up of positive words what convey wishes for love, health, success, wealth, happy and so on. A common theme of Spring Festival couplets is people’s desire for a better life in the coming year. In addition, praising your motherland is another popular theme.

Hopefully, you can have a better understanding because of my carefully explanation.