1 . 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。

You know that Grandparents Day,     1     (take) place on the Sunday after Labor Day every year, is a holiday for celebrating your parents' parents. You might send them a card, or give them a call. But how did the holiday come to be?

In 1956, West Virginia native Marian McQuade was trying to plan a celebration for the elderly    2    (member) of her community. She made the sad discovery that many of the senior citizens in the nursing home didn't often receive visits from their families. So she set out     3     (choose) a day to honor and appreciate grandparents.

Grandparents Day became     4     official holiday in 1978. It's not     5    (actual) just for grandparents, but it's also to give grandparents an opportunity to show love     6     their children's children. Many families have     7     (meaning) ways of celebrating the holiday. Even if your grandparents live far away, that doesn't mean you can’t celebrate with them. Danielle Kirsch    8     (celebrate) by trying a new activity every year with her grandmother Elsie. This year, they will be painting together. Molly Arnold's grandmother is no     9    (long) around, but she still found a beautiful way to honor the holiday. She created a charity in memory of her grandmother,     10     passed away from Alzheimer's disease.

2 . 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。

Nowadays, people all over the world are more connected, and therefore     1     is often said that the world is getting smaller. By this, they mean that with improved communications and trade, each country is becoming more and more familiar with one another. There     2     (seem) to be a lot of truth to this. After all, you can buy African food in Norway, or watch a French movie in China.

But in spite of this, countries still have the power     3     (shock) people who visit them for the first time. For many of us, there are still real differences     4     the culture and habits between nations.

Most often, however, it’s eating habits     5     are different between cultures. The Daily Mail article mentioned the shock of an Indian man, Kaushal Braot. When visiting a Western country, he noticed people socializing in restaurants, often spending hours in them with friends. Kaushal was surprised     6     in India, restaurants are for one thing only: eating.

The cultural differences people noticed can seem positive, negative, or     7     (simple) just strange. But rather than something to be feared, these differences should be welcomed. Indeed, if the whole world     8     (be) like one big country, it would be a much     9     (dull) place. So let’s be proud of our own culture, and at the same time, open to the cultures of     10     (other).

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。

There are fifty-five minorities in China. They all have    1    (they) own traditional festivals. As for the Yi nationality who    2    (main) live in the southwestern part of China, the Torch(火把) Festival is one of the traditional festivals. They celebrate it    3    June 24^th, with three days of celebration. It is said that the    4    (origin) celebration of the festival has something to do with the worship(崇拜) of fire by their ancestors(祖先) , who believed fire had the power to drive away    5    (insect) to protect crop growth.

The Torch Festival lasts three days    6    nights. On the first day, big torches are lit in all villages and small torches will be used to light each corner of the house first. Then people walk around the fields,    7    (hope) the fire can drive away disasters and diseases. On the second day, all people dress up. They holding many activities, such as horse racing and bull-fights. In the evening, they sing and dance around the    8    (extreme) big torches. On the third day, people hold small torches and get together in a place. They hope to keep away hunger, disasters and diseases. What’s more, they wish    9    (have) a good harvest year. At the end of the festival, people put their torches together,    10    means that they are united as one.

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。

April 24th marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the creation of     1     is considered as the beginning of the modern environmental movement by the     2     (major) of people.

Many people continue to stay at home during the recent months. As a result, people are making less pollution, and the air has become     3     (clean).

Smog stopped     4     (cover) New Delhi, one of the world’s most     5     ( pollute) cities. Nitrogen dioxide pollution in    6     northeastern of the United States     7     (drop) by 30 percent up till now. Stars seem more visible at night.

Researchers have been observing sharp drops in traditional air pollutants (污染物), such as nitrogen dioxide, smog and tiny particles. These kinds of pollutants kill up to 7 million people a year worldwide.

“Human activity usually makes it difficult for sea turtles     8     (leave) their eggs on sandy coastlines. Nesting turtles need to be undisturbed. After they come out of their eggs, baby turtles might have difficulty finding their way to the water because of bright lights. But     9     the lights mostly off and people staying at home, the sea turtle nesting     10     (seem) much better at present,” Godfrey said.

“There’s still a hope left for wildlife,” Godfrey said.

5 . 假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Jim对中国的历史文化感兴趣。他来信询问孔子的“己所不欲勿施于人”（“Do not do to others what you don't want others to do to you.” by Confucius）这句话的含义。请你回信举例解释。
内容包括：
1.你对这句话的理解；
2.你在实际生活中对这句话的应用实例。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 假定你是李华，你的留学生朋友Sandy得知你市将举办中国年画（Chinese New Year paintings）展，发邮件向你询问相关情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 简述年画的寓意（喜庆、祈福、迎新等）；
2. 告知展览的相关情况（时间、地点和目的）；
3. 提出一起参观年画展。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Sandy,
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Yours,

Li Hua

7 . 假定你是李华，你的留学生朋友James来信询问你市即将举办的中国民谣节(the Chinese Balled Festival)的情况，请给他回信。
内容包括：
1.举办的时间和地点；
2.活动内容和目的；
3.邀请James 一同前往。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。

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.

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。

This is a meaningful and impressive story. A man came to the USA. After settling down at     1     island, he went into a cafeteria to get something     2     (eat). He sat down at an empty table     3     (silent) and waited for someone to take his order,     4     nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food     5     (sit) opposite him and informed him     6     the cafeteria worked. “Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end, they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“I soon learned how everything worked in the USA,” the man told a     7     (rely) friend. He said, “Life’s a cafeteria here. You can get anything as long as you are     8     (will) to pay the price.”

You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it     9     (you). You can’t change the things that you can’t avoid or prevent. The only thing you can do is control your attitude. Once you reach that point in life,     10     (achieve) won’t be too far away.