1 . “Attention, everyone!” Miss Dalrymple looked at her class of ten-year-olds. “Today we are going to create a special card for Father’s Day, which falls on this weekend.” Then she busied herself handing out the paper and art materials to her noisy pupils.

They were a mixed punch. Some came from the rich side of the town, but the majorities were from parents who struggled to get jobs. So she had not been eager to carry out this activity.

“Think about all the things that your dad does that make him special,” she said loudly as she approached the last table. “You can write a poem or short story thinking of the positive characteristics that make your dad special. The written part of this activity should be completed before you start to decorate your card.”

Andrew looked at the blank page. He had never met, spoken to, or been hugged by his dad, so how could he write about him? Once when he was looking in his grandma’s photo box, he had seen an old black and white photo but it was badly creased(弄皱) and difficult to recognize any clear features. She had quickly taken it from him and buried it deeply among the rest, never to be found again. After thinking for a while, he wrote:

Dear Dad,

You are a person I do not know and would probably not recognize as I only saw an old photo of you a long time ago. I think and wonder about you often, especially when I have no one to talk to about the Saturday fixtures(体育活动). One day when I grow up I will do an Internet search to find you, but I am not sure whether I will be successful as several attempts by the Child Support Agency have not been successful. Happy Father’s Day, Dad.

Love,

Andrew

1. What did Miss Dalrymple ask her students to do?

A．Hand out the paper and art materials.

B．Make a special card for their fathers.

C．Make a celebration plan for Father’s Day.

D．Carry out a school activity on the weekend.

2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 indicate?

A．The students were not willing to finish the task.

B．The students were eager to carry out the activity.

C．The students didn’t get along well with each other.

D．The students’ family conditions were quite different.

3. Why did Andrew have difficulty in making a special card for his father?

A．Because he had never seen his father.

B．Because his father was not a successful man.

C．Because he forgot all the things his father did.

D．Because he and his grandma didn’t like his father.

4. What can we learn from Andrew’s letter?

A．Andrew’s father has been dead.

B．Andrew’s father can’t recognize him.

C．Andrew is eager to meet his father.

D．Andrew is sure of finding his father.

2 . For those who travel to China, the scenic spots and ancient civilization are     1     (attract) things, and so is Chinese food and drink. Like music, dance and painting, eating is also an art in China and Chinese cuisine     2     (list) as one of the top in the field of world cuisines.

Nobody could tell exactly how many restaurants a specific city has, let alone the roadside eateries (饭馆)     3     (distribute) in streets and back lanes. Wherever you would like to eat, in the restaurants     4    the roadside eateries, make sure that the restaurant is clean and the food has been     5     (fresh) prepared and is hot.

Chinese regard eating as an art,     6    is a comprehensive combination of sight, smell, touch, taste and even sound. Chinese cuisine is an important branch from the Chinese culture and the core is taste while the purpose is     7     (preserve) health.

It is a perfect combination of color, shape,     8     (appear )and flavor. Delicious and nutritious food has been regarded the basics of ordinary life.

Chinese cuisine has a long history and is famous worldwide     9    its rich tastes and delightful colors. The difference in local climate, history and eating customs in each region has produced local dishes and snacks with their own     10     (characteristic).

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。

It’s one of the     1     (great) novels in world literature. First published in 1791, A Dream of Red Mansions, also     2     (know) as The Story of the Stone, is to Chinese people as William Shakespeare’s famous plays are to westerners.

The novel,     3     reflects the history of the Qing Dynasty, follows the rise and fall of the noble Jia family. Originally, the family seems     4     (be) wealthy and powerful, thanks in part to its close relationships with the royal family. Yet, the heir to the family, Jia Baoyu, enjoys     5     (live) a pure, carefree life, having no interest     6     politics at all.

Expected to pair with Xue Baochai, Jia     7     (stay) glued to his delicately brilliant cousin, Lin Daiyu. As the lovers head toward a tragic end, the family falls on hard times, fading away eventually.

The     8     (appreciate) of the classic novel is surely both a pleasant treat and a bittersome challenge. As always, the novel has experienced various adaptations. Making the detailed 120-chapter novel into just several hours is     9     (absolute) no piece of cake. “Still, choices have to be made,” the opera’s stage director Stan Lai concluded. “For everyone else, the challenge is to make it     10     excellent opera.”

4 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或者括号里单词的正确形式。

Beijing Opera     1     （consider）as a national treasure in China, which     2     （date）back to 200 years ago. The early Qing Dynasty saw the great     3    （develop）of this opera. Qianlong emperor in the Qing Dynasty had     4     interest in the local opera.     5     （celebrate）his eightieth birthday, he asked opera troupes（戏班）    6     different places to perform for him in Beijing, so the four big Huiban Opera Troupes entered the capital.     7    （gradual）, they combined with the Kunqu Opera, Yiyang Opera, Hanju Opera and Luantan, and formed the present Beijing Opera.

Beijing Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre     8     combines music, performance, and dance. Many audiences from different     9     （country）think that it is the     10     （large）and most influential kind of opera in China and the influence is incomparable in China.

5 . Earth is home to around 7 ， 000 languages ， around half of which are expected to disappear by 2100．

Languages disappear for many reasons． Sometimes younger generations stop learning a language because   parents   want children   to fit in．    1     Native American children of the late﹣l9th century were required to attend boarding schools where educators forbade them from speaking   their native languages．

The United   Nations   ranks endangered   languages   according   to their   risk   level．For   example ，   a " critically endangered " language is one that even grandparents don ' t speak often． New York ' s Onondaga language is an example with only 50   speakers left．   An " extinct"   language   has no speakers． It is gone forever． Alaska 's Eyak language is one example．    2    

    3     In the same way ， different languages contribute to cultural diversity． Saving these languages benefits our understanding   of other cultures． Languages   can show how a society looks at the world and what it values． A language may describe something in a way that is funny ， too． In   Welsh ， it rains not cats and dogs ， but old wives and walking sticks．

The Endangered   Language   Alliance wants to save languages from disappearing．    4     However ， its efforts are limited． If an endangered language is going to make a real comeback ， it '11probably get its start in schools． For nearly 100 years ， public schools in Hawaii did not teach the Hawaiian language． Now students can keep learning in Hawaiian   from elementary   schools to college and beyond．

    5     At least one did． In 1881 ， a Jewish linguist named Eliezer Ben﹣Yehuda brought the 3 ，000﹣year﹣old language Hebrew back to life． Today it is one of   the   official   languages of   the country of Israel， with more than 4million speakers．

A．The last person who spoke it died in 2008．

B．Why should we save endangered languages

C．Various animals and plants benefit our environment．

D．With just 5 speakers left ， it is absolutely endangered．

E．Can a language with zero native speakers come back to life

F．Sometimes   societies force minorities   to give up their language．

G．The non﹣profit group finds native speakers and records their stories．

6 . 假定你是李华，你的家乡今年新建了一个中国民俗文化主题公园，请给你的留学生好友Mike写封邮件，邀请他一同来公园参观，内容包括：
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

7 . While you are traveling abroad, cultural mistakes are more serious than linguistic mistakes, which can lead to serious misunderstanding and even ill-feeling between individuals.    1    

●Touching Someone

    2     In Mediterranean countries, if you don’t touch someone’s arm when talking to them or if you don’t greet them with kisses or a warm hug, you’ll be considered cold. But backslap(拍背) someone who isn’t a family member or a good friend in Korea, and you'll make them uncomfortable. In Thailand, the head is considered sacred—never even pat a child on the head.

●Talking Over Dinner

In some countries, like China,Japan and some African nations, the food’s the thing, so don’t start chatting about your day's adventures while everyone else is digging into dinner.    3     It’s not because your group is unfriendly, but because meal times are for eating, not talking.

● Removing Your Shoes or Not

Take off your shoes when arriving at the door of a London dinner party and the hostess will find you uncivilized, but fail to remove your shoes before entering a home in Asia, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands and you'll be considered disrespectful. So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces.    4    

Once you are on the ground of a different country, remain highly sensitive to native behavior.    5     And don’t feel offended if something seems offensive—like queue jumping. After all, this is a global village, and we are all very different.

A．Personal space varies as you travel the globe.

B．Asians consider removing shoes impolite at home.

C．Never be completely surprised by anything.

D．The linguistic mistake means that someone is not fully expressing his idea.

E．Look out for the following cultural mistakes and try to avoid them.

F．If not, keep the shoes on.

G．You'll be likely to meet with silence.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内的单词的正确形式。

The Duanwu Festival, known as the Dragon Boat Festival,     1     (found) in memory of Qu Yuan,     2       was a scholar and minister of the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221BC). The festival date is on the     3     (five) day of May on the Chinese lunar calendar.

Traditional celebrations of the Dragon Boat Festival include     4     (eat) zongzi, drinking wine and racing dragon boats. You don’t have to live in China long to know the     5     (country) most popular foods with good stories behind them. That’s     6     (particular) true of zongzi, which have been connected     7     the Dragon Boat Festival for more than a thousand years.

Zongzi, rice dumplings wrapped in     8     (leaf), remain with us today as the traditional way     9     (celebrate) the Dragon Boat Festival. In general, northern Chinese prefer sweet versions of these steamed treats while southerners like     10     (salt) tastes.In the north, some zongzi are plain, to be dipped into sugar. In the south, however, creative locals over centuries have added ham chestnuts and mushrooms into zongzi.

9 . Thanksgiving Day in the United States is a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. It precedes (先于) Black Friday.

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Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. The meal often includes a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie, and vegetables. Meanwhile,     2    , originally to give thanks to God for the harvest and health. Thanksgiving Day parades are held in some cities and towns on or around Thanksgiving Day. Some parades or festivities also mark the opening of the Christmas shopping season.

Public Life

Most government offices, businesses, schools and other organizations are closed on Thanksgiving Day. Many offices and businesses allow staff to have a four-day weekend so these offices and businesses are also closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day.     3    

Thanksgiving Day is one of the busiest periods for travel in the USA.     4     Seasonal parades and busy football games can cause disruption (中断) to local traffic.

Background

There are claims that the first Thanksgiving Day was held in the city of El Paso, Texas.     5     Many people trace the origins of the modern Thanksgiving Day to the harvest celebration that the Pilgrims held in Plymouth, Massachusettsin 1621. However, their first true thanksgiving was in 1623, when they gave thanks to rain that ended a drought. These early thanksgivings took the form of a special church service, rather than a feast. George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed(宣布) the first national Thanksgiving Dayin 1789.

A．Accidents are quite likely to happen everywhere.

B．The Day Celebrations.

C．A Day of Feast.

D．Another influential event was held in 1619 in the Virginia Colony.

E．This can lead to congestion and overcrowding.

F．Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have.

G．Public transportation systems do not usually operate on their regular timetables.

10 . The Ice and Snow Festival Highlights

It will fall upon January 1st, 2019 and last till the early March, 2019, Based on the theme of “Bright Pearl of the Crown of Ice and Snow”, a variety of activities about ice and snow, concerning tourism, culture, fashion and sport, will be open to all tourists.

Type	Activity	Time	Place
Art	The 11th International College Students Snow Sculpture Competition—Inspiration Snow Dream	Jan. 4th～7th	Harbin Engineering University
Culture	The 35th Group Wedding Ceremony on the Ice	Feb. 5th	Zhaolin Park
	The 30th Hundred-Flower Dance contest	Feb. 13th	People’s Stadium
	2019 New Year Concert	Feb. 20th	City Concert Hall
Tourism	The 31st Sun Island Snow Sculpture Art Exposition for senior people	Feb. 5th～10th	Sun Island Scenic Area
Sport	International Contract of Ice and Snow	Feb. 6th and 7th	Friendship Palace
	International Winter Swimming Inviting Competition	Jan. 1st for trail operation and officially opening on Jan. 5th, till the early Mar.	Jiuzhan Park

1. Where can you go to see college students’ snow sculpture works?

A．Harbin Engineering University.	B．People’s Stadium.
C．Sun Island Scenic Area.	D．Friendship Palace.

2. Who is the 31st Sun Island Snow Sculpture Art Exposition intended for?

A．Newly-married couples.	B．The old.
C．College students.	D．The young.

3. Which event will last the longest time?

A．2019 New Year Concert.

B．The 30th Hundred-Flower Dance Contest.

C．The 05th Group Wedding Ceremony on the Ice.

D．International Winter Swimming Inviting Competition.