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。

Animators(动画片制作人) are bringing endangered native     1    (language) back to life. The 3D animations are part of Monash University’s Wunungu Awara project,     2     has already made 17 films telling stories from all over     3     country in their traditional languages. Project manager Fred Leone said the work     4    (think) highly of “because without language, the culture stops     5    (exist)”. Estimates of the number of native languages vary, but more than 250 languages is a     6    (universal) accepted number. However, only around 120 are still     7     use and about 90 percent of these are endangered. If a language is not being learned by children, it means it is in danger of     8    (extinct). The Wunungu Awara project started in 2011 when founder, John Bradley,     9    (speak) to Yanyuwa elders and discovered they wanted a way     10    (preserve) the language and pass it on to the next generation in a way that was interactive for young people. “Hopefully, more animators will join in the effort in the near future”, said Fred.

5 . 假设你是红星中学学生会主席李华，为响应“创造一个绿水青山的环境”的号召，在植树节 (Tree planting Day) 来临之际，你校三月十九日将在郊区 (suburb) 举行植树活动，请你代表学校起草一份倡议书，号召所有同学积极参加。
要点：1. 植树活动的目的；
2. 时间、地点及提醒；
3. 植树节的意义。
注意：1. 词数不少于100字；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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7 . Use this list of winter festivals to plan your trip or plan around them, as many of these festivals will tie up transport and accommodations and drive up prices. It’s all up to you: either plan your travel dates around them, or arrive early enough to jump into the festive atmosphere!

Lighting Festival

A day-trip away from South Korea’s capital Seoul, the Garden of Morning Calm is a must-see during the Festival. The lights there cover an area of some 330,000 square meters, using 30,000 colorful LED lights hanging from the trees. Wander around the fairy-like wonderland created by the lights-through such fields like Bonsai Garden, Moonlight Garden, and the Garden of Eden.

·Where: Gapyeong County, South Korea

·When: December-Mid-March

Harbin Ice Festival

Millions of tourists visit this icy festival every year, drawn by the massive ice sculptures that decorate the fairgrounds next to Songhua River. The sculptures, ice palaces, mazes and slides are simply massive in scale, constructed from some 260,000 cubic yards of ice blocks harvested from the river. They range in size from life-scale carvings of animals and fantastic creatures, to massive 250-foot structures that tower over the crowds.

·Where: Harbin, China

·When: January 5-February 5

Sapporo Snow Festival

Japan’s biggest winter festival has expanded in size and scope since its first celebration in 1950.The Festival covers two main sites in Sapporo. The centerpiece Odori Park site features some 100 ice sculptures dazzlingly lit up after dark. The Susukino district site features a smaller scale of ice sculptures decorating the district. The sculptures cover animals both real and fantastic, including anime-based creatures like Pokemon. Visitors can also enjoy snow mazes, street food, musical performances and skating on the ice rink near Odori Park.

·Where: Sapporo, Japan

·When: February 4-11

Sky Lantern Festival

The Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in Taiwan, China is Taiwan’s most visited lantern festival, lighting the skies with floating lanterns bearing messages for the gods. Its counterpart in the Yangshui District favors a noisier kind of illumination-the Tainan Yanshui Fireworks Display takes place at Tainan’s Wumiao Temple, where locals dare to be hit by small fireworks as a test of their strength and to ward off evil.

·Where: Pingxi and Yangshui, Taiwan, China

·When: February

1. Which winter festival has the longest duration?

A．Lighting Festival.	B．Harbin Ice Festival.
C．Sapporo Snow Festival.	D．Sky Lantern Festival.

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A．All of the sculptures in Harbin are massive in size.

B．Sapporo Snow Festival has a history of over 70 years.

C．The sculptures in Sapporo are smaller than those in Harbin.

D．Visitors can enjoy colorful lights in Seoul during Lighting Festival.

3. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To encourage visitors to experience winter festivals.

B．To popularize well-planned visits to potential customers.

C．To promote a better understanding of winter festivals among the public.

D．To offer information to help winter festival enthusiasts make good plans.

8 . In the traditional religions of Africa, life doesn’t end with death.     1     Some African groups believe these spirits dwell (栖居) underground in a world much like that of the living—but upside down. Other groups believe the sky is the permanent resting place of the dead. For instance, the Bushmen of southern Africa believe that the spirits of the dead go up to the sky and become stars.

Among the spirits, the ancestors comprise a special category of their own.     2     To become an ancestor is the best that one can hope for after death. However, not everyone who dies will turn into an ancestor. For one to become an ancestor, there are conditions to be fulfilled while the person is alive—living an upright life and fulfilling all social and religious duties, for example.

Many African groups believe that the spirits of ancestors remain near their living descendants as guardians of the family and their traditions.     3     But they punish people if certain ceremonies have not been performed properly or if there are some violations of community laws.

    4     For example, the people of Buganda in present-day Uganda say that their first ancestor was Kintu, who came from the land of the gods and married Nambe, daughter of the king of heaven. Another example is the Dinkas of Sudan, who believe they are descended from Garang and Abuk, the first man and woman created by God as tiny clay figures in a pot.     5    

A．As ancestors, they have some extra powers.

B．After death, humans continue to live on as spirits.

C．Ancestors have an indispensable significance for some Africans.

D．Some of the dead will become spiritual ancestors living in their descendants’ hearts.

E．Ancestor worship also plays a very significant role in the mythologies of some African peoples.

F．They help in times of trouble as long as their descendants perform proper rituals and pay them due respect.

G．For these Africans, the honored dead have become not only objects of worship but also subjects of tales and legends.

9 . 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。

Before coming to China to teach, I wrongly assumed that there would be much     1     (difficult) for me since I couldn’t speak Chinese well. Nevertheless, while it presented some interesting challenges, I cannot stress enough how warm the majority of people I met     2     (be).

Making friends was my big concern     3     first but I soon settled in and became good friends with the fellow teachers. There weren’t many foreigners at the school in     4     I was teaching, but I had plenty of friendly neighbours     5     (keep) me company. They often had me round for dinner!

In China, teachers     6     (normal) get several weeks off for Chinese New Year, so I was fortunate enough to travel a bit. I loved walking along the Great Wall and visiting the Forbidden City.

When it comes to my favourite Chinese food, how can I possibly choose?! Every meal was a feast, especially with the low cost of living which meant eating out wasn’t just something     7     (luxury). While I loved the big crowded dinners with 20+ dishes on the table, I was     8     big fan of the homemade dumplings my friend made for me. I'd strongly consider going back just to taste them again!

Overall, it can't be     9     (good) if you can have the chance to teach in China for some time. I’d absolutely do it again if     10     (give) the chance.

10 . Every year on the third Sunday in June, Father’s Day is celebrated by families all around the world. We celebrate and honor fathers and their influence in our lives. Apart from your biological father, you can also celebrate grandfathers, stepfathers, and others you consider father figures.     1    

The history of Father’s Day goes back to 1908, when a church in West Virginia honored 362 men killed the previous year in a coal mining explosion. The following year, a woman named Dodd started her quest to establish Father’s Day as a national holiday.     2     So she thought fathers should be honored in the same way as mothers.

    3     It was finally declared a national holiday in 1972. It took more than 60 years from the birth of the idea to Father’s Day actually being recognized as a holiday.     4     In the 1920s and 1930s, there was a national movement to get rid of both Mother’s and Father’s Day and replace them with one “Parent’s Day”. Meanwhile, many fathers didn’t want such a holiday. After all, as the only breadwinners at the time, they didn’t particularly want their hard-earned cash spent on flowers and chocolates.

    5     Struggling businessmen pushed the gift-giving holiday during the Depression, and during the War, Father’s Day became a way to honor the many fathers serving overseas. By the time President Nixon signed the Father’s Day as a holiday, it was already a national institution.

A．Dodd was one of six children raised by their single father.

B．Therefore, the history of Father’s Day isn’t straightly accepted.

C．A lot happened to threaten the parent-celebrating holidays then.

D．We have the answers to your wonder about this dad-centered day.

E．Give them a nice dad gift to show how much you appreciate them!

F．Dodd’s home state of Washington celebrated Father’s Day in 1910.

G．The Great Depression and World War II helped boost the idea of Father’s Day.