1 . Live at Leeds Festival, United Kingdom
A weekend of indie music taking over Leeds for one day in May, Metronomy, Sundara Karma and Tom Grennan will headline, but there’s a focus on the city’s newer bands, with the festival aiming to bring new artists into the spotlight. Events take place across the city, with wristbands giving you access to all the places. And to go to this festival, you need to be over 14 years old.
Time: 4 May, 2019
Midnight Sun Film Festival, Finland
Almost a hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sodankylä is where Finnish film director brothers Aki and Mika Kaurismäki rock up every summer for their Midnight Sun Film Festival, a five-day-and-night celebration of new cinema. A mix of silent films, contemporary Finnish ones, recent festival hits and box-office classics are screened around the clock.
Time: 12 - 16 June, 2019
Fuji Rock Festival, Japan
The first ever Fuji Rock Festival was held at the bottom of Mount Fuji back in 1997 and has brought in music and rock fans from all over the world. The festival is now held in the Naeba Ski Resort and is celebrating its 23th anniversary this year. The artists who perform aren’t all rockers. Your wristband has to be checked at the entrance. We offer facilities for children, but they can’t be left unaccompanied.
Time: 26 - 28 July, 2019
The White Nights Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
The White Nights Festival is held at the city’s famous Mariinsky Theatre and shows some of the world’s best opera and ballet. It’s the best time to visit St. Petersburg because it’s held during the magical summer period when there’s almost 24 hours of sunlight a day.
Time: 11 May - 31 July, 2019
1. Which festival lasts the longest time?| A．Live at Leeds Festival. | B．Midnight Sun Film Festival. |
| C．Fuji Rock Festival. | D．The White Nights Festival. |
| A．In Leeds, United Kingdom. | B．In Sodankylä, Finland. |
| C．In the Naeba Ski Resort, Japan. | D．In St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| A．They are of the same music style. | B．They focus on new artists. |
| C．They require entrance wristbands. | D．They have age limits. |
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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. |
| 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. |
There are a great number of festivals around the world every year, most of which are just for human beings.
World Animal Day is a day on
World Animal Day can be celebrated in many different
1. 时间、地点；
2. 活动内容∶赏灯, 吃汤圆, 看烟花……
注意∶
1.词数80左右
2.可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯；
3.信的开头已为你写好。
参考词汇∶劳动公园Labour Park
Dear Peter,
I am writing to invite you to join us in the Lantern Festival activities.
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Yours,
Li Hua
1.节日意义；
2.庆祝形式；
3.喜欢理由。
Dear James,
I’m glad to hear that you are interested in Chinese Spring Festival.
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Yours.
Li Jin
The Han Dynasty is one of the most important
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Lucy,
My classmates and I intend to go to the nursing home to spend a Double Ninth Festival with the old people there. I am writing to invite you go with us.
According to our schedule, we will leave from our school at 8 o'clock in the morning and returned at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. On arrive there, we will give them an excellent performance, what I believe will bring a lot of happiness to them. After that, we will do some other meaningfully activities, including doing a thorough cleaning and making dumpling. Accompanied by us, the old people will surely enjoy ourselves and feel very happy. However, I really hope you can join in us if it is convenient to you.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
The protection of national and traditional culture is
In my opinion, some more
In a word, it is high time for
1. 感谢他的招待。
2. 介绍中国的端午节（时间，意义，风俗等）
3. 欢迎他来中国。
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。
参考词汇：端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival;纪念屈原in memory of Qu Yuan;粽子rice dump-ling;赛龙舟dragon boat race
Dear Rick,
How is everything going?
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Best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
