1 . People in most western countries celebrate Valentine's Day (情人节) on February 14th. It is a special time to send greeting cards called valentines to their sweethearts, friends, parents and other family members.

Esther A. Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts, became one the first American manufacturers (生产者) of valentines in 1847. She saw several British valentines and decided to make her own. She used ribbons, lace, flowers and painted leaves on her cards. Today valentines are sold in many stores all over the world and may have messages of love or be very humorous. People also send flowers, candy and gifts to the people they want to remember on Valentine’s Day.

Children in America decorate their classrooms with paper hearts and cupids (丘比特的画), and many hold classroom parties to celebrate Valentine’s Day with their classmates and teachers. Older students may have dances at their schools on Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s Day in Europe is celebrated in many ways. Children in England sing special songs and receive gifts, candy and money. People may bake special bread with plums (葡萄干) in them. In Denmark, people send pressed white flowers called snowdrops to their friends.

However you decide to celebrate on Valentine’s Day, take some time to tell your friends and family that you love them.

1. What is the main idea of this writing?

A．Valentine’s Day is celebrated on Feb.14th.

B．How valentines are made.

C．Valentine’s Day is a special holiday for friends and family.

D．Why Valentine’s Day is a special time.

2. Where were the first valentines made in America?

A．In Oregon.	B．In Massachusetts.
C．In Michigan.	D．In Florida.

3. How do people in England celebrate Valentine’s Day?

A．Have dances at school.

B．Receive gifts of fruit, candy and money.

C．Hold classroom parties.

D．Send pressed snowdrops to their friends.

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．School children celebrate Valentine’s Day in many ways.

B．People in Denmark send flowers called snowdrops to their friends.

C．All valentines are funny or humorous.

D．Valentine’s Day is not only celebrated by sweethearts.

2 . It was the night of the full moon, a time which always drives Java’s young people mad with excitement.

Fireworks were lit long before the moon ______. The big noise brought people out into the warm night to enjoy the interesting scene. Everywhere, there were the paper remains of _____fireworks lying on the ground. Little boys______more and covered their ears as they waited ______ for the explosions.

The moon appeared above the horizon(地平线) : huge,______ball high above the city, and the ______ filled with people, as Java began to enjoy one of the year's greatest ______: ' the Night of the Full Moon', a festival that is especially popular ______young people.

More and more young Javanese _____ together and walked slowly through the _______ Joking and chatting, they moved towards the mountain ______the city. They continued to climb ______ they reached the old temple at the ______of the mountain. After they were ______ the temple, they drank their water and ate their moon-cakes -- delicious home-made ones, ___of dried fruit and nuts. Outside, on the mountain, young people_____cross-legged in circles, chatting and telling each other jokes. And ______, in their hundreds, more young people continued to make their way up the mountain to ______the brightly shining moon.

By midnight, the fireworks had stopped shooting up from the_____city in the valley below them. But during the night, the sound____to be heard from the distance.

1.

A．let out

B．gave out

C．came out

D．set out

2.

A．burning

B．used

C．exploding

D．broken

3.

A．lit

B．bit

C．fled

D．patted

4.

A．patiently

B．roughly

C．subtly

D．excitedly

5.

A．silver

B．new

C．bare

D．swift

6.

A．mountains

B．valleys

C．streets

D．shops

7.

A．prospects

B．meetings

C．roots

D．events

8.

A．for

B．to

C．with

D．in

9.

A．swung

B．gathered

C．burst

D．shouted

10.

A．village

B．slope

C．night

D．ground

11.

A．on the edge of

B．on the way to

C．in the center of

D．in the direction of

12.

A．while

B．until

C．unless

D．though

13.

A．tip

B．format

C．top

D．broom

14.

A．inside

B．near

C．ahead

D．across

15.

A．fond

B．laden

C．full

D．acute

16.

A．slipped

B．sat

C．stood

D．bent

17.

A．thus

B．even

C．yet

D．still

18.

A．reunite

B．swell

C．notice

D．admire

19.

A．glowing

B．gray

C．peaceful

D．empty

20.

A．scolded

B．continued

C．chatted

D．mentioned

3 . 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。

Are you interested in the popular shopping culture- Singles Day? I’d like to inform you     1     some information about it.

There are    2    (vary) theories about the origin of Singles Day in China. One of the popular theories is     3     Singles Day originated from campus culture. In 1993. four senior students at Nanjing University came up with the idea of organizing activities on Nov 11 as a day for single people. Gradually     4     (accept) by society, this festival attracts more and more people. With the spread of media and online culture. Singles Day 5s now hugely popular.

At present. Nov 11 is a shopping carnival. "Double 11" with the purpose of the online promotion     5     (hold) by Taobao (Tmall) on Nov 11. 2009. Willi the popularity of online shopping, the turnover （营业额）of "Double 11" Shopping Festival reached 213. 5 billion in 2018,     6     （rise） steadily （稳定地）. which is a delight to sellers.

When shopping day meets Singles Day. what will people do? Perhaps, this special day makes less     7     （different） to those who are in their     8     （forty） or older ages, but young people are loyal consumers who will take risks of     9    （run） out of their money to purchase. It is the young consumers     10    have strong desire to buy that day. They like the discounts of the goods.

4 . The Liangzhu ruins in Hangzhou, pointing to an established Chinese civilisation 5,000 years ago,   have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Every Chinese child is taught at school that the country's civilisation is 5,000 years old, but proving this beyond doubt has been a problem.

Now, a jade artifact(玉器)named “King of Cong”, found in the Liangzhu city ruins near Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, has provided an answer. Accordingto radiocarbon dating(放射性碳定年法),the 6.5kg object is 5,300 years old. It is one ofthe largest objects among all Cong from Liangzhu. The piece has now won greater global recognition.

However, the site has far more than just things made of jade.The main area, spread over14.3 square kilometers in the Yuhang area of Hangzhou, includes not only a city’s ruins but 11 dams and several cemeteries(墓地), all about 5,000 years old. Archaeological facts show that people lived in Liangzhu for about a thousand years.

“The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu (3300-2300 BCE) show an early state with a unified belief system based on growing rice in Late Neolithic China(中国新石器时代晚期). ”the UNESCO World Heritage Committee said.“These ruins are an extremely good example of early city civilisation expressed in town planning, a water conservation system and a social order which can be seen in where and how people were buried in cemeteries within the ruins.”

According to studies led by Liu Bin, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the inner part of theancient city ruins covers 2.8 square kilometers, about five times the area of the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the outer city spreads across 6.3 square kilometers. Liu said it was the biggest city ruins site of its time to be found in China, and was also one of the largest cities of its day in the world.

1. ________ can prove that China has a civilisation of 5,000 years old?

A．The king named Cong.	B．The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu.
C．The UNESCO World Heritage Committee.	D．The historical site at Hangzhou dam.

2. What do we know about the ancient Liangzhu city?

A．A different system of value in the region.	B．The end of Chinese civilisation.
C．The biggest city ruins all over the world.	D．The whole area—9.1 square kilometers.

3. Why is the Forbidden City mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．To focus on the great achievements.

B．To inform us of the importance about architecture.

C．To stress the large scale of ancient Liangzhu city.

D．To present advanced technology and outstanding civilisation.

5 . The first World Friendship Day was proposed for July 30, 1958 by the World Friendship Crusade, an international civil organization to foster a culture of peace through friendship.     1     Just as in the US and several other countries, the festival has been greatly commercialized（商业化）.

Days before the festival, card and gift companies launch a large campaign(活动) to attract people into buying cards and gifts for their friends. Streets and stores are filled with advertising programs aimed at young people.     2     This marketing strategy(策略) has been severely criticized(批判) by many people. Many feel that such crazy commercialization has damaged the meaning of Friendship Day.

    3     especially the pink and yellow ones. The day is observed with great pleasure and merry. A highly popular thing connected with the day is the well-known friendship band—the modern day symbol of friendship that friends give to one another to form an everlasting bond. Friendship bands are the favorite items for youngsters and available in stores all over the country. Friendship poems and Friendship Day gifts are exchanged between best friends to renew the bond of friendship and express gratitude and love for each other.     4    

Since its beginning in 1935, Friendship Day celebrations have come a long way.     5     Friendship Day remains the time when you acknowledge your friends’ contribution in your life, express love for them, cherish their presence in your life and pay them a salute. Today, Friendship Day is being celebrated around the globe, across diverse cultures and social periods.

A．The popular customs of Friendship Day include handing over roses,

B．The idea of honoring friendship was adopted by a few countries in Asia.

C．Restaurants offer special discounts to make the most of the time as well.

D．These days, however, it is celebrated with a lot of showing off and expenses.

E．These are new ways of celebration of this day that have grown in popularity.

F．The original idea for a day of friendship came from Hallmark cards in the 1930s.

G．But however much the ways of celebration have changed, the basic idea behind the occasion remains the same.

6 . 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。

Coffee is an     1    (importance) part of   Italian culture. I have drunk a lot of it since I arrived here six months ago. The coffee culture in Italy is     2    (complete) different from that in the UK. In Italy, when you order     3     cup of coffee in a cafe, you are presented with a tiny, bitter espresso (浓咖啡).

Takeaway coffee is very popular among the British, but it is not common in Italy, espe- cially in those     4     (area) where there are few tourists. Generally, people in Italy prefer to drink their tiny coffee while they are standing at the bar. For many of     5     (they), this short break is a part of their day.

Breakfast in a bar in Italy     6     (include) a coffee and a pastry (糕点).Cappuccinos (卡 布奇诺咖啡)are very popular at breakfast. A cup of cappuccino is the perfect way of     7    (start) the day for me. I think it’s nice for people     8     (go) to a bar to have a coffee for breakfast before work.

Finally, a thing     9     has been found by me is that coffee in Italy is much cheaper. That means in Italy it is possible to go out for coffee every day     10     spending much money.

7 . 假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Alice 对中国艺术感兴趣，特写信请你向他介绍中国传统艺术。请依据下列要点，给其写封回信。
要点：1 介绍传统艺术—年画；2 欢迎Alice来体验年画的创作。
注意：1 词数：80词左右；2 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
提示词：年画Chinese New Year paintings
Dear Alice,
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Yours,

Li Hua

8 . 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。

April Fool’s day is a day     1     people can play jokes on others. No one knows for sure how this holiday began. Some English people hold the     2    (believe) that it began on the day during the 1200s. At that time, King John of England was in     3     habit of making a road out of nearly every path he walked regularly. The citizens of one farm village were aware of this. To protect their grass and farms from being destroyed, they built a fence that prevented the king from walking through their countryside. The king sent a group of soldiers to inform the villagers to remove the fence.     4     hearing that, however, the villagers developed a plan of their own. When the soldiers arrived, the villagers ran around and shouted wildly with things     5    (throw) away everywhere, behaving as if they     6    (go) mad. The soldiers reported to the king that they were so mad as to be beyond punishment. The villagers saved their farmland     7    (success) by tricking the king. Now April’s day     8    (remain) in fashion,     9     the tradition only allows tricks from midnight to noon on April 1st. Those who try to play tricks in the afternoon act as     10    (fool) themselves and are usually laughed at.

9 . Whether you seek culture, community, or comfort food in America, these amazing festivals prove that small towns from coast to coast know how to throw big celebration.

Tulip Time

Go: May in Holland, Michigan

There’s no better place to celebrate Michigan’s Dutch Heritage than a town called Holland, where six million tulips are planted in private fields, city parks, and other gardens around town. First introduced in 1929, Tulip Time draws a half million visitors and features eight days of events, including three parades, an arts-and-crafts show, carnival rides, fireworks, and plenty of Dutch food tastings.

Texas SandFest

Go: April in Port Aransas, Texas

Since 1997, this artistic sand festival attracts talented amateurs and master sculptors alike to beautiful beaches of Port Aransas. A three-day event typically held over a weekend in late April, SandFest features parades, live music, entertainment, food, and sand sculpting lessons.

Burlington Steamboat Days

Go: June in Burlington, Iowa

Going strong for over 55 years, the four-day Burlington Steamboat Days draws an impressive lineup of musical headliners and new artists to this small town. Over the years, attendees have been treated to performances by Louie Armstrong, Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton, and more. In addition to music, there are carnival games and parades, as well as a golf tournament.

National Balloon Classic

Go: July-August in Indianola, Iowa

Every summer since 1976, the small town has put on one of the largest festivals in the Midwest. The weeklong National Balloon Classic features twice-daily flights of more than 100 colorful hot-air balloons, skydiving demonstrations, and balloon rides. There’s also live music, food vendors, and a kid’s play area.

1. Which of the following has the longest history?

A．Tulip Time.	B．Texas SandFest.
C．Burlington Steamboat Day.	D．National Balloon Classic.

2. What can people do in Burligton Steamboat Days?

A．Take a balloon ride.	B．Attend sculpting lessons.
C．Learn steamboat’s history.	D．Enjoy great performances.

3. What do these festivals have in common?

A．They kick off with parades.	B．They all last for a week long.
C．They take place in small towns.	D．They are held in the same state.

10 . 假定你是李华，你的新西兰笔友Lessie即将来中国做交换生，来信请你给他推荐几个中文名字。请你给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎并乐于推荐；
2. 介绍中文名字的特点；
3. 告知他查看邮箱附件中所建议的名字。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
邮箱附件E-mail attachment
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