2 . 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。

My friends were surprised when I told them my plan to further my learning in China. But up to now, choosing China     1    (acquire) my advanced study is one of the best decisions I     2    (make) in my life.

My first     3    (impress) of China is its large population. When I arrived at Wuchang Railway Station, I was     4    (amaze) by many crowds of people with their luggage     5    (wait) for taxis and private cars to transport them. At the time I couldn’t speak Chinese,     6    made the local people surprised. I realised later that it was     7    (probable) because I am from Thailand and have no apparent difference in appearance. I thought it would be difficult for me to get familiar     8     the environment. But as soon as I told them where I come from, they just warmly smiled and said, “You are our neighbour. And if your friends have time, bring them to China.” These words made me much more welcomed. I     9    (feel) really safe and secured with my surroundings; I have been helped enthusiastically when I am in need and I am so proud     10     Chinese people mainly because of their kindness and generosity.

3 . Imagine that while walking through a park one day, you begin to notice strange things all around you. People in colorful clothes from centuries ago walk on the paths. A magician is doing amazing tricks. Musicians play strange music on strange instruments. Knights on horseback show their skills in riding competitions. The smell of roasting meat begins to make your mouth water. A pleasant voice shouts, “Good morrow!”

What is going on? Have you traveled back in time?   In a way, yes. You have found yourself in the midst of a Renaissance fair(文艺复兴节）！Since the 1960s, Renaissance fairs have grown in popularity in the US and Canada. Communities in at least 44 states and two Canadian provinces now hold annual Renaissance fairs. Over 200 fairs are held every year, with 40 in California alone. The first Renaissance fair was started in the 1960s by a school teacher in Southern California named Phyllis Patterson. She wanted to give her students a real-life history experience, so she created the “Renaissance Fair” in her backyard. The rest, as they say, is history.

Since Renaissance fairs are “living history”, you might think they are designed to be mainly educational. It’s true that some people try to make the fairs as genuine as possible. However, for many others, the key word is entertainment. With all the musicians and magicians walking about, you will definitely be entertained. A renaissance fair will be a feast for your eyes and your ears, not to mention your stomach.

You can enjoy sampling the food and drink while watching parades and live animal displays. Browse through the booths(摊位) and admire the artwork and handcrafts. You are sure to be both educated and entertained. If you’re wondering how to dress to attend a Renaissance fair, that’s up to you. Some people go all out and dress up in costumes. Others just go in their normal, everyday clothes. However you dress, you’re sure to be overwhelmed by the sights and sounds and smells of a Renaissance fair. And if you have ever wanted to travel back in time, here’s your chance.

1. What is the first paragraph about?

A．A chapter of a war novel.	B．A sight of the local market.
C．A slow walking in the park.	D．A scene of Renaissance fairs

2. Why did Phyllis start   Renaissance fair?

A．To help her students become the master of history.

B．To allow her students to pay in her backyard.

C．To make her students experience history.

D．To give her students an experience of life.

3. As well as educating, Renaissance fairs are intended for ______.

A．communication	B．fun
C．business	D．adventure

4. The last paragraph suggests that ______.

A．you are free to dress for the fairs	B．you are taught to make art work
C．you have to look after live animals	D．you can enjoy food free of charge

5. The main idea of the passage is that ______.

A．Americans and Canadians like fairs more

B．Attending Renaissance fairs is to be educated

C．California is where modern fairs were born

D．Renaissance fairs are more popular than ever

4 . 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。

Many travelers don't know if they should tip or how much they should tip when it comes to     1    (tip) on their travels, as they are not aware of local customs. The key is to do your research beforehand,     2    will help you to avoid your trip becoming spoiled by any awkwardness.

In the US,tipping is given: around 15% or more is common for restaurants and taxis, while $1 to $2 is considered sufficient for the hotel room service employee. In Canada, the tipping situation is very similar to       3     of the US.

Japan is a country where things are very different. Here, tipping is incredibly uncommon,and can even be viewed as rude-especially if money is handed over     4    (direct). Tour guides and tour bus drivers, however, should       5    (offer) a tip of roughly £5 for a half day tour or £10     6    a full day tour.But ensure that this tip is presented in     7     envelope,rather than visible cash.

Tipping is not expected in China. However, people sometimes give tips to show their     8    (appreciate).

Even within Europe, tipping    9    (various)from country to country. The French expect a 15% service charge in restaurants and bars and     10     (round) up your bill is appreciated.In Germany,an extra 5% to 10% on top of the service charge is customary for good service.

5 . What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the word “culture”？ Do you think of different groups of people across the world with various ____and clothing? What about animals?

Sam Williams,executive director of the Macaw(金刚鹦鹉）Recovery Network in Costa Rica, helps to ___the impact of the decline of macaw populations by taking birds that were born____and releasing them into the wild. But this process is very___

＂In a cage,you can't____them to know where,when and how to find that food, or about trees with good nest sites," Williams told ecologist and writer Carl Safina for the Guardian. In the wild, the parents would be the ones to teach them this important __

This type of knowledge is known as cultural knowledge. Cultural knowledge can be___ from the older generation to the newer one. For many species,cultural knowledge is necessary for ___

Culture helps animals to____different habitats.For example,some crows(乌鸦）have learned to put nuts in the middle of the road for cars to drive over. And in other areas, they have learned to do this at intersections so they can____get the food when the cars stop at red lights.

Other important parts of cultural knowledge include things like group identity, using different tools,taking different____routes and using different socializing methods.

These traditions can especially be seen in chimpanzee communities. Cat Hobaiter,who studies chimpanzees in Uganda,said:"It's not just the____of populations of chimps that worries me.I find____the possibility of losing each population's unique culture. That's permanent.”

Culture isn't just for____.Culture is also an important part of life in the wild from using tools to____.

1.

A．communities

B．zones

C．traditions

D．divisions

2.

A．squeeze

B．reduce

C．wrestle

D．delete

3.

A．encaged

B．enlarged

C．encouraged

D．ensured

4.

A．tentative

B．slow

C．lame

D．abrupt

5.

A．elect

B．swap

C．assess

D．train

6.

A．brochure

B．seminar

C．framework

D．information

7.

A．passed down

B．taken up

C．followed up

D．put together

8.

A．management

B．survival

C．currency

D．cooperation

9.

A．cater to

B．push for

C．adapt to

D．dive in

10.

A．safely

B．desperately

C．surprisingly

D．hopefully

11.

A．irrigation

B．migration

C．suspension

D．collision

12.

A．loss

B．dilemma

C．adjustment

D．prevention

13.

A．enterprising

B．flexible

C．artificial

D．terrifying

14.

A．animals

B．plants

C．humans

D．nails

15.

A．refreshing

B．weeping

C．negotiating

D．socializing

6 . Dining in France: Culture Shock

On my first weekend abroad, I attended a dinner party with my host family to celebrate the New Year. It was everything I had imagined a French dinner party would be --- multiple courses, a variety of cheeses, bottles of champagne, and slices of fresh bread. Then, at the end of the meal, the host called out. “Okay, everyone, get under the table!”

What? An earthquake broke out? I watched as the children came running into the dining room and hid under the table. As it turns out, in the days after the New Year, the French celebrate with the galette des rois, or the “king cake”, a special cake with its own set of traditions. There is a small toy hidden inside the cake, and whoever finds it in their serving is the winner. Before it is sliced, all the children hide under the table so that they cannot see who will get the slice with the toy.

I’ve learned that many French traditions focus on food, and often they’ve taken me by surprise! From time to time, I’ve experienced a sense of culture shock, the feeling of confusion in a new country when you’re adjusting to things that maybe unfamiliar to you. Thankfully, I haven’t run into anything too difficult to manage. Before leaving for France, I learned strategies from the International Programs Office, a facility which helps prepare students to deal with these kinds of ups and downs.

They explained the phenomenon with a line graph to illustrate the highs and lows of the experience. You may experience a “honeymoon” phase, where you find everything new and exciting or even better than your home country. You may also experience low points, where all these little differences may seem frustrating and overwhelming.

I encountered a new fun, food-related culture differences while in France. For example, the French eat with both wrists resting on the table, while many Americans tend to keep their left hands in their laps. I hadn’t even noticed the difference until my five-year-old host brother pointed it out! Moreover, on formal occasions, people tend to straighten their back. And it is also common to use bread as a utensil, holding it in your hand like a knife, or using it to clean up the plate at the end of the meal. Finally, I love hearing “Bon Appétit!” (Good appetite!”) before eating, whether I am seated at the table with my host family, or just grabbing a coffee at a nearby café!

1. The reason why the host asked children to get under the table was that she wanted to ______ .

A．hide something in the cake

B．protect children from the earthquake

C．give the author, the guest, a big surprise

D．prevent children from slicing the cake

2. Why does the author mention the word “honeymoon” in the fourth paragraph?

A．He wants to help students get prepared to deal with emotional changes.

B．He wants to tell readers how thrilling it is when we encounter novel things.

C．He uses it to help with the explanation of ups and downs in face of a new culture.

D．He uses it to prove that we may come across something disappointing abroad.

3. Which of the following picture shows the American way of dining?

A．	B．
C．	D．

7 . Sometimes it’s hard to let go. For many British people, that can apply to institutions and objects that represent their country’s past-age-old castles, splendid homes… and red phone boxes.

Beaten first by the march of technology and lately by the terrible weather in junkyards (废品场), the phone boxes representative of an age are now making something of a comeback. Adapted in imaginative ways, many have reappeared on city streets and village greens housing tiny cafes, cellphone repair shops or even defibrillator machines (除颤器).

The original iron boxes with the round roofs first appeared in 1926. They were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of the Battersea Power Station in London. After becoming an important part of many British streets, the phone boxes began disappearing in the 1980s, with the rise of the mobile phone sending most of them away to the junkyards.

About that time, Tony Inglis’ engineering and transport company got the job to remove phone boxes from the streets and sell them out. But Inglis ended up buying hundreds of them himself, with the idea of repairing and selling them. He said that he had heard the calls to preserve the boxes and had seen how some of them were listed as historic buildings.

As Inglis and, later other businessmen, got to work, repurposed phone boxes began reappearing in cities and villages as people found new uses for them. Today, they are once again a familiar sight, playing roles that are often just as important for the community as their original purpose.

In rural areas, where ambulances can take a relatively long time to arrive, the phone boxes have taken on a lifesaving role. Local organizations can adopt them for l pound, and install defibrillators to help in emergencies.

Others also looked at the phone boxes and saw business opportunities. LoveFone, a company that advocates repairing cellphones rather than abandoning them, opened a mini workshop in a London phone box in 2016.

The tiny shops made economic sense, according to Robert Kerr, a founder of LoveFone. He said that one of the boxes generated around $13,500 in revenue a month and cost only about $400 to rent.

Inglis said phone boxes called to mind an age when things were built to last. “I like what they are to people, and I enjoy bringing things back,” he said.

1. The phone boxes are making a comeback ______.

A．to form a beautiful sight of the city

B．to improve telecommunications services

C．to remind people of a historical period

D．to meet the requirement of green economy

2. Why did the phone boxes begin to go out of service in the 1980s?

A．They were not well-designed.	B．They provided bad services.
C．They had too short a history.	D．They lost to new technologies.

3. The phone boxes are becoming popular mainly because of ______.

A．their new appearance and lower prices	B．the push of the local organizations
C．their changed roles and functions	D．the big funding of the businessmen

8 . 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。

Culture conflicts can occur anytime you travel, but every once in a while they happen in some truly unexpected ways. From shopping with many coins to     1     (light) up a cigarette outdoors, these are strange and embarrassing travel mistakes     2     (travel) would do their best to avoid. For example,           3     is illegal to feed pigeons on the streets of San Francisco. The city     4     (know) for the Golden Gate Bridge blames the common birds for spreading disease and damaging property. Anyone           5     is caught providing food to San Francisco's pigeons could face a heavy fine. Moreover, citizens           6     (encourage) to report pigeon feeders to the city's police department. For another example, you'd better think twice before you smoke in Singapore. Singapore has     7     (serious) smoking penalty（处罚）in the world. Smoking in public will earn a tough fine. More     8     (surprise), if you' re shopping in Canada, don't expect cashiers     9     (accept) many coins as your sole method of payment. According to Canada's Currency Act, stores can legally refuse excessive amounts     10     coins. With pennies, for example, customers' payments may be rejected if they try to use more than 25 one-cent coins at a time.

9 . The colors that you select create a distinct atmosphere in the room.     1    

Pick the color for your room and you can create whatever you feel like. The color will also help you to enlarge the space or making it more inviting, which will also make differently all about it.

However, the trick is to select the right version of that particular color. There are different hues (色调) for blues, for instance.     2     Here we have presented a guide that will let you gain a deep insight about the colors.

Blue

    3    . For kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms it is an ideal choice. Of course it is also associated with sadness that means it may not strike note for each and everyone. It is a popular choice among people. Blue comes from the cold side of the color wheel, so it can make the room feel cold, unless and until it is south filling space. If you are attracted to blue color, think of going for purple, or mix red and purple.

Dark blues are best for a living room. Probably it is best reserved for high ceiling space.     4    

Green

Like blue, green is also a calm shade.     5     It is the shade that reflects nature and renewal. Green produces a positive energy without the feeling of overstimulation.

A．Colors can light up the mood of the room.

B．You can use it for a living room or a bedroom.

C．It will make you feel the wall appear near to you.

D．Traditionally, blue is related to calmness and comfort.

E．It is better that you select colors that are warm like blue.

F．They won’t create similar effect and atmosphere generally.

G．But before driving into any decision here’s what you need to know.

10 . I’d never been crazy about Christmas. My husband John and the kids had always done their best to infuse(使充满) me with the holiday ___ , but this Christmas their efforts would be especially ___ .

My salary had reduced and John’s government salary was _______, too. There wasn’t much money to go around, and _______ were just impossible. John was _______ a brave face as usual. But for me our financial hardship brought back ___   memories of my childhood.

“I got a Make and Bake set for Christmas!” one girl shouted. “I got clothes!” another girl said. “What did you get, Lori?” someone asked. “So many presents.” I lied. My parents gave me plenty of love, but love was the ____     thing I had. Mom and Dad always had trouble making ends meet. I’d long since ____   Christmas just wasn’t for me.

John was ______ the tree for just the right branch to ______ the red glass bulb with the “Merry Christmas” writing. It was a precious _______ of his childhood, and he took great pleasure in hanging it on our tree every year. A few days earlier, the tree _______ and several ornaments( 装 饰 物 ) broke, but this one was unique because of the memories it held for him. It was fine if I didn’t have any Christmas spirit, but it was a different ____ for John. He took a step back to admire the replacement I’d finally found after endless searching on foot and surfing the Internet.

I worked hard to make things right for John because I loved to see my Christmas-loving husband full of holiday joy. I _______ one of the tree lights so it shone directly on John’s beloved ornament. The words on it sparkled(闪烁). After all this time, I finally understood its ______ . Christmas was the season to show my love for my family. How could anyone not like Christmas?

1.

A．practice

B．desire

C．spirit

D．pressure

2.

A．aimless

B．priceless

C．endless

D．hopeless

3.

A．decreased

B．received

C．measured

D．doubled

4.

A．performances

B．presents

C．rewards

D．donations

5.

A．putting up

B．putting down

C．putting off

D．putting on

6.

A．embarrassing

B．horrible

C．precious

D．exciting

7.

A．first

B．same

C．real

D．only

8.

A．predicted

B．decided

C．imagined

D．promised

9.

A．searching

B．preparing

C．approaching

D．planting

10.

A．change

B．remove

C．hold

D．handle

11.

A．dream

B．reminder

C．comfort

D．resource

12.

A．got down

B．broke away

C．turned off

D．fell over

13.

A．idea

B．story

C．business

D．account

14.

A．flashed

B．repaired

C．adjusted

D．adapted

15.

A．message

B．procedure

C．commitment

D．attitude