2 . 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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3 . More than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas, lots of which were stolen and illegally shipped out of China during the times of war before 1949. About 1.67 million pieces are housed in no more than 200 museums in 47 countries, which accounts for 10 percent of all lost Chinese cultural relics, and the rest are in the hands of private collectors.

Most of these treasures are owned by museums or private collectors in the United States, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. There are more than 23,000 pieces in the British Museum, most of which were stolen or bought for pennies more than 100 years ago.

The major method to recover these national treasures was to buy them back. In some cases, private collectors donated the relics to the government. Also, the government can turn to official channels to demand the return of relics.

In 2003, a priceless bronze pig’s head dating from the Qing Dynasty was returned to its home in Beijing after it was removed by the Anglo-French Allied Army over 140 years ago. Macao entrepreneur Stanley Ho donated 6 million yuan to buy it back from a US art collector and then donated it to the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.

Although buying-back is the most feasible way to recover the lost treasures, limited funding is always a big headache.

In recent years, the Chinese government has improved efforts to recover the precious cultural relics lost overseas. It has started a national project on the recovery of the treasures and has set up a database (数据库) collecting relevant information. It has signed several international agreements with many countries on this matter, and is also looking for international cooperation to recover the relics by working closely with several international organizations.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The best way to recover cultural relics.

B．The efforts to recover Chinese cultural relics.

C．Stanley Ho donated a bronze pig’s head to Beijing.

D．Chinese cultural relics were stolen by the Anglo-French Allied Army.

2. What we can know about the bronze pig’s head?

A．It was made in the Ming Dynasty.

B．It is now in the Poly Art museum in Beijing.

C．It was donated by the French government to China.

D．It was removed by the Anglo-French Allied Army over 150 years ago.

3. What does the underlined word “feasible” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Possible.

B．Difficult.

C．Wonderful.

D．Careful.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．China has enough money to buy all the cultural relics back.

B．Many countries have returned the lost cultural relics to China for free.

C．The Chinese government has done a lot to recover the lost cultural relics.

D．China is preparing to set up a database to collect information about the lost cultural relics.

4 . 假如你是李华，近来政府加大了文物保护的力度。请你以“保护文物(Cultural Relic Protection )”为题，用英语写一篇文章。内容包括：
1.文物的重要性；
2.保护措施；
3.你的想法。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . 每年的3月21日是“世界睡眠日”(World Sleep Day)。请你以“The Importance of Good Sleep”为主题，按下列要点写一篇演讲稿：
1. “世界睡眠日”的时间和目的；
2. 睡眠不良的危害；
3. 如何提高睡眠质量。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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6 . Celebrated annually in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November, the holiday of Thanksgiving was first observed in 1621 and continues to be an American tradition today.    1    But for most people, the holiday of Thanksgiving is a day with festive meals, parades, football, family and friends, and, of course, turkey. The Thanksgiving holiday is a reminder to give thanks for the good things, people and providential events in our lives.

1.     2    

The traditional menu of roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, several types of vegetables(for example, sweet corn, sweet potatoes and so on), cranberry sauce, different sorts of pies, and bread is fairly standard for most families and groups of celebrators.

2. Prepare the food.

Some things can be done prior to the day, such as baking cookies and pumpkin pie, while other things need to be made fresh on the day, such as roasting the turkey.

3. Make the table festive.

    3    If not, lay out the items somewhere readily accessible for quick arrangement on the day. Make a Thanksgiving flower arrangement. This can be placed on the table.    4    

4. Spend a little time reflecting on the meaning of Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is a chance for many families to spend time together after being apart for much of the year.    5     And you can also share your thoughts about what you feel grateful for. Think of your family's own ways to express your gratitude on this day and in the year to follow.

A．Get the kids to help set the table as part of their contribution to the preparations.

B．Find activities to do after the meal.

C．Thanksgiving means many things to different people.

D．Enjoy some Thanksgiving holiday traditions.

E．Prepare for the Thanksgiving meal by selecting the menu in advance.

F．It is a good time to reflect on the love that you have for one another.

G．Arrange the table decorations the day before Thanksgiving if you have a separate dining table available.

7 . 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。

Last week, a group of international students visit our school. To help them better understand our tea-drinking culture, we took them to the tea room in our school, that I introduced the history of tea-making and different kinds of tea and so on. All the international students were quite interested my introduction.

Then I showed them what to make tea. I sat at a table, explaining every step of the process while making tea. All of them were amazing. They couldn’t wait to have a try for them. Soon the tea room became live with every international student trying to make their own tea. We had a lot of fun, practicing, and enjoy the tea.

At the last, we took a group photo, with cups or tea in our hand, to record this unforgettable experience.

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

Tasty rice dumplings with local variations in fillings have been a tradition of China’s Dragon Boat Festival for centuries.

The Duanwu Festival, also     1     (name) the Dragon Boat Festival, was established     2     memory of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet of the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 BC).

Qu Yuan,     3     died by committing suicide in the Miluo River, was known as a great patriot. Shortly after he died, the local people     4     (throw) food into the water to stop the fish from eating Qu Yuan’s body. They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats, known as dragon boats, making sound     5     (scare) away the fish.

    6     (tradition) celebrations of the Dragon Festival include eating zongzi, drinking realgar (雄黄) wine, and     7     (race) dragon boats.

You don’t have to live in China long to know that     8     country’s most popular foods usually have a good story behind them. That’s     9     (particular) true of festival foods such as zongzi, the pyramid-shaped steamed rice packages in bamboo or reed leaves that have been associated with the Dragon Boat Festival for more than a thousand     10     (year).

9 . Soon the fire was burning bright, and everyone’s spirits lifted. The kids _________ when Dad handed them each a piece of candy, and Mrs. Clark looked on with a(n) _________ that probably hadn’t crossed her face since her husband died last year.

“God bless you,” she said. Dad _________ that everyone try on the shoes before we left. I was _________ when they all fit, and I wondered _________ he had known what sizes to get. Dad _________ each of the kids in his big arms and gave them a hug. They became attached to(依恋)him and didn’t want us to _________.

At the door, Dad invited Mrs. Clark and the children _________ for Christmas dinner the next day. With a look of deep _________, Mrs. Clark nodded.

On the way back home, Dad explained that he and Mom had ____________ money here and there all year long to buy me a dress for Christmas. But yesterday, when he had seen little Jake with his feet ____________ in gunnysacks(黄麻袋),Dad knew what he had to do. “I ____________ that money on some shoes and a little candy for those children. I hope you understand,” he said.

I understood very ____________. My father had given me a gift much ____________ than a dress. He gave me the look on Mrs. Clark’s face, the smiles of her three children, and the best Christmas ____________ of my life.

1.

A．cheered

B．hid

C．quarrelled

D．stared

2.

A．tear

B．smile

C．expression

D．behavior

3.

A．agreed

B．threatened

C．insisted

D．opposed

4.

A．amazed

B．satisfied

C．afraid

D．anxious

5.

A．whether

B．that

C．where

D．how

6.

A．kissed

B．took

C．shook

D．helped

7.

A．stand

B．stay

C．leave

D．visit

8.

A．through

B．across

C．over

D．in

9.

A．misunderstanding

B．seriousness

C．admiration

D．gratefulness

10.

A．found

B．borrowed

C．paid

D．saved

11.

A．packed

B．wrapped

C．cleaned

D．protected

12.

A．invested

B．earned

C．spent

D．wasted

13.

A．well

B．little

C．poorly

D．differently

14.

A．less

B．cheaper

C．prettier

D．greater

15.

A．intention

B．memory

C．promise

D．journey

10 . A housewarming party is a special party to be held when someone buys or moves into a new apartment or house. The person who bought the house or moved is the one who throws the party. The party is a chance for friends and family to congratulate the person on the new home.     1     And it is good time to fill the new space with love and hopeful presents.

    2     Some people register a list of things they want or need for their new home at a local stores. Some common things people will put on a gift registry include kitchen tools like knives and things like curtains. Even if there isn’t a registry, a good housewarming gift is something to decorate the new house with, like a piece of art or a plant.

    3     This is often appreciated since at a housewarming there isn’t a lot of food served. There are usually no planned activities like games at a housewarming party. The host or hostess of the party will, however, probably give all the guests a tour of their new home. Sometimes, because a housewarming party happens shortly after a person moves into their new home, people may be asked to help unpack boxes.     4    

Housewarming parties get their name from the fact that a long time ago people would actually bring firewood to a new home as a gift.     5     Now most homes have central heating and don’t use fires to keep warm.

A．This isn’t usual though.

B．It is traditional to bring a gift to a housewarming party.

C．You can also bring food or drinks to share with the other guests.

D．If you’re lucky enough to receive gifts, keep them in a safe place.

E．It also gives people a chance to see what the new home looks like.

F．The best housewarming parties encourage old friends to get together.

G．This was so that the person could keep their home warm for the winter.