1 . “The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence（篱笆）.”That’s an old saying in English. It means that other places often look better, more interesting than the place where you live.“Let’s go to KFC for dinner and then watch some Japanese cartoons!”We all know it: more and more Chinese kids love American and Japanese food and movies. Some people worry that young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring Chinese culture and, instead, buying Japanese cartoon books, watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating western holidays.

Foreign books and soap operas are good, but Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can never have the meaning for Chinese that the Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with the Mid-Autumn Festival. China has lots of cool things in its culture: calligraphy, Beijing Opera, quick meals on the streets, and even Jay Chou! And let's not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best: its friendliness. Not all countries are as warm as China.

It’s good to enjoy other cultures and to learn from them, but they can never replace your own culture. It’s good to look on the other side of the fence, but make sure you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn’t always greener.

Although some people become worried about that, I don’t think they should. Will we get more powerful without learning from other countries? Will Chinese people live more happily without American fast food? Besides, it's fun to learn about different cultures. Chinese kids can learn about other cultures and have fun, but they also need to learn more about their own culture. Be proud of Chinese culture and of being Chinese!

1. The author thinks young Chinese ________.

A．are ignoring our own culture	B．are foolish in learning our own culture
C．are interested in our own culture	D．are hating our own culture

2. In some young Chinese’s eyes, which of the following is not the “greener grass”?

A．Japanese cartoon books.	B．Korean soap operas.
C．The Mid-Autumn Festival.	D．Christmas.

3. In the author's opinion, what is the best feature of Chinese culture?

A．Hard-working.

B．Friendly.

C．Brave.

D．Honest.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Chinese culture and western culture	B．Simple young Chinese
C．Interesting western culture	D．That grass is not always greener

2 .

Fun day To celebrate the Year of the Pig Organized by Lam Tin Youth Centre and Kwun Tong High school Date：2 January 2019 Time：10 am – 5 pm Place：Kwun Tong Playground Fee: $ 20 (buy three get one free) Programme：drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performance Highlights: 1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera 2) learn to make festival food Join us on the Fun day! Free Soft Drinks. All are welcome! Note: ★Ticket are available at the General Office of Lam Tin Youth Centre. ★For those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact Miss Olivia Wong one week before the activity.

1. What is going to take place on 2 January, 2019?

A．A big event to welcome a Chinese new year.

B．A social gathering to raise money for wildlife.

C．A party for close friends to meet and have fun.

D．A meeting of Kwun Tong High School students.

2. How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together?

A．$20

B．$40

C．$60

D．$80

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A．Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School.

B．It’s unnecessary to take soft drinks with you.

C．Free digital cameras are provided for everybody.

D．Students can have festival food as much as they can.

3 . America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is often considered friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1. The writer of this passage must be ______.

A．an American	B．a Chinese
C．a professor	D．a student

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

3. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport	B．offered a ride to his home
C．treated hospitably at his home	D．treated to dinner in a restaurant

4. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A．Friendships between Chinese	B．Friendships between Americans
C．Americans’ hospitality	D．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

4 . Venice International Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival takes place every year in late August or early September at the historic Palazzo del Cinema, in Venice, Italy; its main award is the Golden Lion.

Cannes International Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival is a famous film festival. It has been held annually in Cannes, in the south of France, since 1946 with a few exceptions. Given massive media exposure, the festival is attended by many film stars and is a popular venue for film producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

The most famous award given out at Cannes is the Golden Palm for the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year.

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards are the most prominent film award in the United States. The awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy Awards are nicknamed “Oscars”, which is also the nickname of the statuette (小雕像). The name is said to have been born when Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said,“It looks just like my uncle Oscar!”

Berlin International Film Festival

It is one of the “A” festivals in Europe. The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the "Berlinale", is held annually in February and started in 195I after an initiative of the American, who was stationed in part of the city after World War Ⅱ. The jury (评审团) always place special emphasis on representing films from all over the world. The awards are called Golden and Silver Bears (as the Bear is the symbol of Berlin).

1. Which award can be shared by multiple films in one year？

A．The Golden Lion.	B． The Academy Awards.
C．The Golden Palm.	D． The Golden and Silver Bears.

2. Which of the following statements about “Oscars” is NOT true?

A．It’s the nickname of the Academy Awards.

B．It’s also the nickname of the statuette.

C．It got its name because Margaret said the statuette looked like her uncle.

D．It’s an award in France.

3. Which award is the most prominent film award in the United States?

A．The Golden Lion.	B．The Academy Awards.
C．The Golden Palm.	D．The Golden and Silver Bears.

4. Why are the awards for Berlin International Film Festival called “Golden and Silver Bears”?

A．It looks like a bear.	B．The bear is the symbol of Berlin.
C．It is made up of bear fur.	D．The bear is rare in Berlin.

5 . Fathers Day is a day to thank fathers for all the love and support they give to their children. It is celebrated on different dates in different countries. Some countries like the US, the UK, Canada and India celebrate this festival on the third Sunday of June.

Many men didn't like the creation of Father's Day though. They laughed at the holiday's sentimental attempts to celebrate Father's Day with flowers and gift-giving, and they laughed at the creation of such holidays as a commercial trick to sell more products - often paid for by the father himself.

During the 1920s and 1930s, in the US there was a movement to promote the combination of Mother's Day with Father's Day to be a new holiday, Parents' Day. Every year on Mother's Day, Parents' Day supporters would gather in New York City's Central Park to remind the public that both parents should be loved and respected.

However, this attempt failed due to the Great Depression. Struggling retailers(零售商)and advertisers made more efforts to make Father's Day a"second Christmas" for men, promoting goods such as neckties, hats, socks, pipes and tobacco, golf clubs and other sporting goods, and greeting cards.

When World War II started, advertisers began to argue that celebrating Father's Day was a way to honor American troops and support the war. By the end of the war, Father's Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national event.In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed an announcement making Father's Day a federal holiday at last. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than SI billion each year on Father's Day gifts.

1. Why didn't some men like the idea of Father's Day？

A．They thought it was a"second Christmas"for men.

B．They hated flowers and gift-giving.

C．They had to pay for the gifts.

D．They thought it was too sentimental for men and it was a commercial trick.

2. Why weren't Father's Day and Mother's Day combined as one holiday?

A．Because of the Great Depression.

B．Some men were not in favor of it.

C．Some women were not in favor of it.

D．Businessmen made their efforts to prevent it.

3. What made Father's Day a national event?

A．Parents' Day supporters movement.

B．The Great Depression.

C．The presidential re-election campaign.

D．Advertisers promotion during World WarⅡ.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Father's Day: Its Orign and Development.

B．Father's Day: the Same as Christmas.

C．Father's Day: the Great Man.

D．Father's Day and Mother's Day

6 . 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(不超过3个单词)。

A teahouse is a special house which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments(茶点). Its function varies widely    1    (depend)on the culture. In China, a teahouse is a place     2    people gather to enjoy tea, chat and socialize. It    3    (consider) as a symbol of Chinese tea culture and people’s leisure lives.

Chinese teahouses enjoy a long-standing history. They developed from tea     4    (stand) in the Western JIN Dynasty, took shape in the Tang Dynasty, developed     5    (gradual) in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and became booming in modern times.

In the Song Dynasty, teahouses spread all over the cities and villages, at a rate comparable with that of restaurants. The owners preferred to decorate their teahouses     6    paintings of celebrities or rare and precious plants     7    (attract) customers. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number of teahouses went beyond that of restaurants, gaining much     8     (wide) popularity and becoming more famous. Later, the acculturation(文化植入)of western culture forced traditional Chinese teahouses to take on    9     new look.

Since reform and opening-up, with the rapid development of the economy and evident improvement of people’s living standards, teahouses    10    (flower) in China.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How does the woman’s family celebrate Christmas?

A．They eat turkey.

B．They go skating.

C．They hold a great party.

2. Who might the man be?

A．A waiter.

B．An actor.

C．A reporter.

8 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

China and Western country may have different cultural beliefs about certain animals. But when it comes to pigs, we somehow reach an agreement that pigs are lazy, ugly, stupidly and shameless. Neither of these words describing pigs are exactly positive. Moreover, the truth is what pigs have some good qualities. And there’s probably no good time to clear their names than now, with the arrival of the Year of the Pig on Chinese Spring Festival, which fell February 5 this year. According to a paper publishing in 2017, pigs can tell between those who treat them well or those who don’t. Perhaps these are the qualities of pigs to keep it in mind—their intelligence, cuteness and patience.

9 . 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。

As is known, China is a great country with a time-honored history and profound culture. While     1    (mention)Chinese culture, Chinese tea culture cannot be missed. It is the culture of making tea and drinking tea in China, which is     2     (difference) from that of Europe, Britain, and Japan.

In China, drinking tea     3    (refer)as tasting tea, which not only means distinguishing the quality of tea, but also enjoying the pleasure of falling into the dream about life while drinking tea. A short retreat from a much busier life, make a cup of tea    4    taste it in a quiet place on your own, not only relieving tiredness but also refreshing     5     (you) soul heartily.

China is a country with a time-honored civilization,     6    is quite particular about ceremony and etiquette(礼节). When guests pay a visit, etiquette of making tea for guests is     7    (basic)required. When making tea, proper blending of tea    8     (leaf)is quite necessary, so that favorable flavor would be created. When drinking tea with guests, pay attentions to the tea left in     9     cup of guests and it should be refilled when the cup is half-full. If     10     (accompany)with tea dessert, candies and dishes, drinking tea would be more tasteful and joyful.