1.时间、地点；2.参观内容：了解中国民俗文化，体验民间艺术等；3.注意事项。
参考词汇: 中国民俗文化主题公园Chinese folk culture theme park
1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
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Yours，
Li Hua
Liu Ruying,
“Sometimes I was tired,“ she said. ”I had to balance my studies and other
When Liu got the news that her region would have a cultural exchange with other countries, she had the idea of
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3 . My name is Jack. When my family moved to America, we brought not only our luggage, but also our rules, customs and culture in China. One of the rules is that young people should always respect the elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment(尴尬) in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One day, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, she looked very unhappy. My manager gave me a long lecture about how Americans dislike the word “old”. I then walked back and apologized to the lady.
In my hometown in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, “old” means that a person is going to retire(退休). Here many people try to keep themselves from growing old by doing exercises. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
1. Why did Jack serve the couple their food very fast?| A．He wanted more pay. | B．He respected the elderly. |
| C．He was asked to do so. | D．He was a hard-working waiter. |
| A．People there are proud of being old. |
| B．People there dislike being called “old”. |
| C．No people there reach the age of seventy or eighty. |
| D．Young people there show little respect to the older. |
| A．He made friends with the couple. | B．He lost his job in the restaurant. |
| C．He no longer respected the elderly. | D．He changed his way with older people. |
| A．the couple disliked fast service at all. |
| B．the manager apologized to the couple. |
| C．Jack wanted to show his feelings through words. |
| D．Jack knew more about American culture than before. |
Xiangsheng, sometimes translated as crosstalk, is a traditional Chinese comedic performance. It is one of China’s most important and most popular performing
The term Xiangsheng originally
Since the widespread use of Mandarin(普通话) from 1949, the popularity of Xiangsheng
5 . There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our families often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.
On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of cultural identity. Immigrants bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride in their culture and means of coping with homesickness.
Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavour can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes in the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavours that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.
We should not only embrace our heritage (传统) through our culture’s food, but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window on culture, and it should be treated as such.
1. What’s the function of food mentioned in the text?| A．To help motivate homesickness. |
| B．To show cultural identity. |
| C．To reflect a country’s history. |
| D．To show a community’s superiority. |
| A．The specific traditional food. |
| B．The national culture. |
| C．A traditional expression of food. |
| D．The old-fashioned taste. |
| A．To attach cultural importance to their dishes. |
| B．To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil. |
| C．To make the dishes popular among customers. |
| D．To present their own food culture in a new way. |
| A．Negative. |
| B．Balanced. |
| C．Unfair. |
| D．Unchangeable. |
Chrysanthemum（菊花） comes from China and was recorded in some Chinese books as early as the 5th century BC. The flower
The flower has been favored by
Chinese people
7 . If you surf the Internet, you will see that almost every day of the year celebrates some kind of food. Those "holidays", like National Onion Ring Day, have become very popular across the United States. They give people a chance to enjoy something they might not eat normally. Traditional food holidays also give restaurants and other businesses a chance to advertise their things.
But where did these American "holidays" come from? Many are the invention of an Alabama man, John-Bryan Hopkins. He writes about food for his website Foodimentary. com. Hopkins told Times magazine that when he began his site in 2006, there were only 175 "holidays." "I filled in the rest," he said.
The National Day Calendar has a list of all the different food and non-food related "holidays". In the past the website used to let anyone pay to create their own day—for a price. But now, the site only accepts requests from businesses in order to make more money.
While some food "holidays" are indeed made-up, many have their history. For example, National Beer Day on April 7marks the end of a US ban on the sale of beer drinks. The ban lasted from 1920 until 1933.
The Salvation Army, a Christian group, began to celebrate US National Doughnut Day on June l, 1938. It was meant to honor women who served soldiers doughnuts during World War I.
But not everyone likes food holidays. Bethany Jean Clement is a food writer for the Seattle Times newspaper. She wrote, "I get that some people might like celebrating National Doughnut Day. However, you really can have a doughnut any day you want, so there's no need to celebrate it!"
1. The function of the celebrations of some kind of food is to ________.| A．inspire people to expand their range of choices for food |
| B．let the inventor appear on the Time magazine cover |
| C．force people to eat what they might not eat in daily life |
| D．let the owners of the restaurants to earn more money |
| A．To sell many more products. | B．To create a new magazine. |
| C．To gain more economic benefit. | D．To attract more food writers. |
| A．Creative. | B．Unnecessary. | C．Unique. | D．Meaningful. |
| A．Good Chances to Enjoy American Food | B．American Food Online: A New Fashion |
| C．Traditional American Food on the Internet | D．National Food Days: An American Tradition |
The art of paper-cutting in China may date back to the second century, since paper
With
Chinese papercuts are rich in content. The auspicious（吉祥的）designs symbolize good luck and the avoidance of evil. The child, lotus and bat designs suggest a family with
9 . You might think that simple things like saying hello and goodbye are the same in every culture. Think again!
Shaking hands to say hello or goodbye was a Western custom at first.
Traditionally, the Chinese custom for greeting was to hold one’s hands together and nod their head a little.
Japanese people greet each other by bowing.When greeting an older or more important person, it is usual to bow lower and for longer.
People in European countries such as Italy often greet each other with a kiss on both cheeks (脸颊). Even men greet each other like this.
Eskimos, a group of people living in the very cold northern areas of North America, greet each other by lightly rubbing their noses together.
When you’re not sure what the customs are in a new country, there’s one greeting that is the same all over the world: a smile.
| A．Kissing is only for close family or women friends. |
| B．However, Eskimos never greet each other with a bow. |
| C．Everyone understands a smile so don’t be afraid to use it! |
| D．In some cultures, it is usual to kiss on the cheek three times! |
| E．This custom probably started because of the freezing weather |
| F．Bowing was also traditional in many European countries in the past. |
| G．But it is now becoming international, especially in business situations. |
10 . It is always said that China is the homeland of tea, which has a very long history of tea.
➢Color
➢Flavor(味道)
New tea is extremely clear and transparent with strong aroma(芳香), while old tea is characterized by brown color and weak fragrance. Take green tea and black tea for example, new green tea tastes a little bitter first, and then the fresh sweet taste begins to surface gradually, leaving a long and memorable after taste in mouth.
➢Place of origin
There is great gap of quality among various places of origin.
| A．Every tea leaf has its own shape. |
| B．Some varieties are identified by tightness of the leaves. |
| C．It is always advised to select tea from its main producing areas. |
| D．While you’re selecting tea, you should pay attention to following aspects. |
| E．For foreigners in China, drinking tea may seem like simple refreshment(提神). |
| F．Generally, new tea leaves look fresh and pleasing, with light green or dark green. |
| G．On the contrary, if bitter taste takes the lead and fresh sweet taste subsides(减弱), it is black tea. |
