1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落的开头语续写两段话，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Christmas Day was coming. I was just a kid then, and my big sister told me there was no Santa Claus. I fled to my Grandma because she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told me the truth. Grandma was home, and I told her everything. “No Santa Claus?” She shouted. “Ridiculous! Don’t believe it. “Now, put on your coat, and let’s go.”

“Go where, Grandma?” I asked. “Where” turned out to be Kerby’s General Store, the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars. “Take this money, and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for you in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of Kerby’s.

I was only eight years old. I’d often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people competing to finish their Christmas shopping. For a few moments I just stood there, confused, holding that ten-dollar bill, wondering what to buy and who to buy it for. I suddenly thought of Bobby Decker, who was a kid with bad breath and messy hair. He sat right behind me in Mrs. Pollock’s grade-two class. Bobby Decker didn’t have a coat. I knew that because he never went out for break during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, but we kids knew that Bobby Decker didn’t have a cough, and he didn’t have a coat. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat! I chose a red one, which looked really warm, and he would like that.

“Is this a Christmas present for someone?” the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid ten dollars down. “Yes.”

The nice lady smiled at me, put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:

That evening, Grandma helped me wrap (包裹) the coat in Christmas paper.

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Paragraph2:

Grandma and I waited breathlessly for Bobby Decker’s front door to open.

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2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Last year at Christmas time, my wife, three children and I were on our way from Paris to Nice. Somehow everything went wrong. Our hotels were “tourist traps” and our rented car broke down. On Christmas Eve, when we checked into a dirty hotel in Nice, there was no Christmas spirit in our hearts.

It was raining and cold when we went out to eat. We found a small restaurant poorly decorated for the holiday. Only five tables in the restaurant were taken. There were two German couples, two French families, and an American sailor, by himself. They were eating in stony silence except the sailor. He was writing a letter, and a half-smile lighted his face. In the corner a piano player was listlessly (无精打采地) playing Christmas music.

All of us were interrupted by an old French flower woman through the front door. She had a worn overcoat and her old shoes were wet. Carrying her basket of flowers, she went from one table to another. No one bought any. Exhausted and sad, she sat down at a table.

The sailor finished his meal and got up to leave. Putting on his coat, he walked over to the flower woman’s table.

“Merry Christmas,” he said, smiling and picking out a handful of flowers. “How much are they?”

“Two francs, sir.”

The sailor put a twenty franc note in the woman’s hand.

“I don’t have change, sir,” she said. “I’ll get some from the waiter.”

“No, ma’am,” said the sailor, leaning over and kissing the ancient cheek. “This is my Christmas present for you.”

注意：
1．所续写短文的词数应为80左右；
2．续写部分的开头语已为你写好；

Then the sailor headed for our table with the flowers in his hand.

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3 . 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.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The specific traditional food.

B．The national culture.

C．A traditional expression of food.

D．The old-fashioned taste.

3. Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurants?

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.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards different food cultures?

A．Negative.

B．Balanced.

C．Unfair.

D．Unchangeable.

4 . A British friend told me he couldn’t understand why Chinese people love eating sunflower seeds(嗑瓜子) as a snack so much.“I’ve met a lot of older Chinese and many have a crack in their front teeth, I believe that’s from cracking the seeds,”he said.

I had never noticed the habit, but once he mentioned it, I suddenly became more aware, I realized that whenever I’m watching TV or typing a report, I always start mindlessly cracking sunflower seeds. My friend doesn’t like sunflower seeds, and, to him, it seems unnecessary to work so much just to get one small seed.

When we were young, the whole family would usually get together for Chinese New Year. Then, we all lived close to one another, usually in a small city, and sometimes even neighbors would go door-to-door on Chinese New Year’s Eve to check out what every household was making.

I remember my parents would be in the kitchen cooking. Out in the living room, a large table would already be laid out, complete with fancy tablecloth, ready-made dumpling fillings, and dishes full of candy, fruits and sunflower seeds. Some of the dishes were to be offered to our ancestors later, while others were for neighbors and children to eat before the evening feast. I must have learned how to crack sunflower seeds back then.

I don’t think it’s right to criticize one’s choice in food or eating habits, no matter how strange they may seem.

It’s not only in China. When I went abroad, I found people had all sorts of strange habits when it came to food. In Denmark, they put salted red fish on bread and eat it for dinner, no matter how much it ruins your breath. They think it’s a delicacy(美味佳肴), and it’s connected to their certain culture. I think it’s a wonderful tradition.

1. What did the writer become aware of?

A．She had ever typed a report about seeds.

B．She had various snacks while watching TV.

C．She had a habit of cracking sunflower seeds.

D．She damaged her teeth by eating sunflower seeds.

2. What does the writer prove by mentioning Chinese New Year?

A．The families get together for it.	B．Eating sunflower seeds is related to it.
C．The traditions of celebrating it disappear.	D．Children can eat delicious food on that day.

3. What’s the writer’s attitude to Denmark’s way of eating bread?

A．Indifferent.

B．Critical.

C．Understandable.

D．Doubtful.

4. What idea does the writer want to express in this passage?

A．It is good to form healthy eating habits.

B．Eating habits come from a certain culture.

C．Changing your eating habits will change your life.

D．One kind of food doesn’t necessarily suit everyone.

5 . 假定你是李华，你的美国留学生朋友Jack来信说他所在的学校要开办很多弘扬中国优秀传统文化的俱乐部，比如中国书法，武术，陶艺，香包，太极，中医针灸等，他想征询你的意见。请你根据下面的要点提示，给他回复一封电子邮件:
1. 你所推荐的俱乐部；
2. 推荐理由；
3. 你的期待。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使得行文连贯。
Dear Jack,
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Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

As is known to all, it is quite different for people to send gifts in different countries. In countries     1     Australia, Canada, the United States, sending gifts is scarcely expected. It is more significant to avoid    2     (present) personal gifts such as clothing. If    3     (visit) the home of a colleague from one of these countries, you’d better bring a gift to the hostess. In America, costly gifts are definitely out. Take your friend to dinner or a sporting event,     4     is also a good choice.

On the contrary, gift giving is    5     traditional custom in Japan. In Japan the proper gift is considered     6     (convey) the giver’s true friendship, gratitude and respect far     7     (well) than words can. So if you plan to visit Japan or to have any Japanese visit you here, be prepared.

Australia is famous for its     8     (friendly) and informality. So modest gifts, such as a diary, a paper-weight, or a coffee cup might     9     (give) to a friend. At a trade show, T-shirts, ties, baseball caps, or a pin may be appropriate     10     (souvenir). Anything more than these types of gifts could cause embarrassment.

7 . 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.

Traditional Chinese culture is beginning to capture the attention of the world. Kung fu,       1     (special), has had a great effects     2     the millions of people who first learned about China through it. From that, they may come to China and learn about some other     3     (aspect) of this culture. Other Asian nations have long known about the     4     (great) of ancient Chinese culture. Their own cultures are     5     mix of native ones and those Chinese characteristics. Korea and Japan long ago adopted Confucianism, something that continued today even as it     6     (challenge)by pop culture. This strength comes from the ideas     7     (give)in the Four Books of Confucianism, which built upon the ideas of an even     8     (much)ancient period codified (编纂)in the Five Classics. From them, the West learns     9     is uniquely Chinese, for example, feng shui. So far China has taken steps     10     (further) this spread of its culture by establishing Chinese Cultural Centers in such places as the United States and Europe.

8 . 假定你是苏华, 你的英国朋友John来信询问中国人过春节的风俗习惯。请你结合自己家乡的实际情况给他回信。
【写作要点】
1.春节的简介；
2.过春节的风俗习惯；
3.邀请他来中国过春节。
【写作要求】
1.词数80-100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯；
3.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
参考词汇：贴春联stick couplets
Dear John,
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Yours,

Su Hua

9 . The Tuareg bride, Assalama, who has spent most of her time tending her family’s goats and sheep, sits silently as female relatives and helpers make sure that every hair is perfect for the wedding. The Tuareg are nomads, and it was only by chance that she was reunited with her 25-year-old cousin Mohamed a month earlier. Back from working in Libya, Mohamed spotted Assalama as she drew water from a well. “I knew from that moment that I wanted to marry her”, he says. He asked for her hand and she gave him a piece of jewelry to demonstrate her acceptance. Their families approved, and wedding plans began.

Following Tuareg traditions, the marriage ceremony is performed at a nearby mosque (清真寺) in the presence of only the couple’s parents. Assalama and Mohamed are absent. A few days later, the celebration approaches. For a week, some 500 guests enjoy camel races, sing, and eat rice, dates, and roasted meat in tents under the Saharan stars.

Mohamed wears an indigo tagelmust, a cloth that wraps his head and face. For the Tuareg, the tagelmust not only keeps out the desert sand and sun, it keeps evil creatures called jinns away, as does henna, a reddish-brown coloring used on Mohamed’s feet. It is also a symbol of purity, reserved for a man’s first marriage.

At the celebration, a tent called an ehan is prepared for Assalama and Mohamed. Women take down and put up the tent each day, making it larger each time to symbolize the progress of the celebration and of the couple’s relationship. Assalama stays inside the tent during the whole celebration, only showing her face or speaking to Mohamed, her best friend, her mother, and one special helper. During the celebration, neither Assalama nor Mohamed is ever left alone for fear they might be harmed by jealous jinns.

As the celebration ends, the couple prepares to spend the first year of their marriage with Assalama’s family. Mohamed must work hard to win his in-laws’ approval. Once he does that, he will take his bride back to his camp and start his nomad’s caravan moving again.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The romantic love story of the two Tuareg cousins.

B．The marriage difficulties of a young Tuareg couple.

C．The description of the marriage of a Tuareg couple.

D．The changing wedding customs of the Tuareg people.

2. During their actual marriage ceremony, Assalama and Mohamed ________.

A．were forbidden to show up

B．visited the nearest mosque

C．showed respect to their parents

D．wore traditional Tuareg clothing

3. Henna is used on Mohamed’s feet because ________.

A．he is marrying his cousin

B．he is thought to be very pure

C．he is not wearing a Tagemust

D．he has not been married before

4. What does the underlined word “that” refer to?

A．Starting his caravan moving again.

B．Finishing the wedding celebration.

C．Working hard for Assalama’s family.

D．Obtaining permission from his in-laws.

10 . Cars have become more than vehicles for moving things. They have stolen our American’s hearts. After the Second World War, middle-class white-collar workers _________ into the suburbs in large numbers, taking their cars with them.

Our car culture really began to _________ in the fifties. More jobs and economic growth _________ the rapid development of driving. The idea spread that cars _________ freedom—hot, fast and good-looking. We were on the road. _________ by self-important fashions, we drove through the twentieth century, and into the harbor of twenty-first century.

We are a nation _________ our cars. Go to any small town in this country and count how many classic cars you see. Pull into a shopping mall parking lot and _________ the luxury(豪华) cars. Ask any teenager how _________ he or she wants to get a driver’s license, or any _________ citizen how long he or she would like to keep his/her own car.

My dad was particularly __________ to that national romance which has affected America for many years. In my childhood I often joked that I never knew what kind of car my dad might __________ the parking space with. I was half serious. My dad had a strange interest in trading cars. For a while, the bigger it was, the __________. Some of my dad’s cars __________ little more than a month. Some lasted a couple of years. And at his very worst, late last year, he owned two Buicks, an Audi A6 and a truck. Somewhere among them, my mother __________ to find a place to park her little Fiat finally. Although we laugh at him a little, compared with those who love cars, my dad is not that __________.

1.

A．walked

B．cycled

C．flooded

D．struggled

2.

A．drop

B．sail

C．help

D．divide

3.

A．applied to

B．contributed to

C．responded to

D．took to

4.

A．equaled

B．targeted

C．matched

D．favored

5.

A．Driven

B．Ignored

C．Stopped

D．Beaten

6.

A．in touch with

B．in love with

C．in control with

D．in line with

7.

A．check

B．recognize

C．count

D．record

8.

A．hurriedly

B．repeatedly

C．simply

D．badly

9.

A．average

B．free

C．senior

D．junior

10.

A．accustomed

B．friendly

C．important

D．devoted

11.

A．push ahead

B．pull into

C．draw apart

D．drag off

12.

A．quieter

B．easier

C．faster

D．better

13.

A．conducted

B．booked

C．lasted

D．froze

14.

A．managed

B．tried

C．wanted

D．decided

15.

A．superb

B．unusual

C．typical

D．sensitive