1 . 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。

Following the success of his first non-profit library in Hangzhou, singer-songwriter Gao Xiaosong is opening a second reading room in Nanjing.

Nanjing, in Jiangsu Province, a city with a history dating back more than 2,000 years and the ancient capital of six    1    (dynasty), was named the City of Literature by UNESCO—    2    first city in China to be awarded the title.

On November 1l, a new library opened    3     the foot of Nanjing’s Ming Dynasty (1368—1644 ) city walls, which have witnessed the passing of centuries. Like the first library     4    (open) in 2018 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the Nanjing Library as well as its     5    (collect) of 40,000 books is free to the public. To ensure a    6    (peace) reading experience, 500 admissions are allowed each day via online appointment.

The first Xiaosong Library, which     7    (design) by famous Japanese architect Tadao Ando, has been such a great success that we often see appointments for     8    (book) out weeks in advance.

At the opening ceremony for the Nanjing Library, Gao said while he only planned to open around six Xiaosong libraries nationwide, opening one in the city was a must: “Just like growing vegetables, you need     9    (plant) them in fertile (肥沃的) soil suitable for farming. Libraries should be established    10    many scholars live. Nanjing is this kind of city.”

2 . 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。

There was a lively discussion was held in my class last Friday. It was main about protecting the fine Chinese culture. Some suggest raising people’s awareness of preserving our culture and make people fall in love with it. For example, we could conduct creative activity like discovery tours and culture shows to help people have better understand of our culture. Others thought some courses should be offered in schools, whose goal was to help students learn more about their customs, ways of life and so on. And to my view, which mattered was that everyone should feel proud of our own culture. Beside, we should attempt to pass our fine culture down from generation to generation.

3 . Fantastic Fall Festivals You Won’t Want to Miss

Seymour Apple Festival

Admission to the Seymour Apple Festival is free and so is the entertainment! More than 15,000 people from all over the region come out to take part in the activities, ranging from drawings, vendor booths, food, apple contests, bike decorating contests, and more.

Marionville Apple Festival

The popular Marionville Apple Festival is home to countless activities and events. The carnival, pony rides, and games will keep the kids busy, while adults will enjoy watching the pie-eating contest and browsing dozens of craft vendor booths.

Humansville Fall Festival

The Humansville Fall Festival may be hosted by a small town, but that doesn’t mean it’s lacking big fun. Perfect for all ages, this fall festival is celebrating its 70th year and will provide three full days of fun. This year’s festival will feature live music from fantastic local musicians, which will definitely make it different from the ones in other years. You’ll also find fun carnival rides, talented artisans selling their goods, and an amazing parade to wrap up the event on Saturday.

Southside Fall Festival

The Southside Fall Festival is perfect for family celebrations, with an alcohol-free environment and free admission. Enjoy a colorful parade and float contest, delicious food vendors, live music, karaoke, and more.

Fall Into Arts Festival

Make sure to bring the kids along for this festival that celebrates all things creative. The Fall Into Arts Festival features a host of kid-friendly activities like a lego build, sand art, bubble stations, chalk the sidewalk, a jump house, and more. Parents will have plenty to do as well, with an excellent variety of artists, festival food, a mini film festival, and much more.

1. Which festivals are free of charge?

A．Seymour Apple Festival and Southside Fall Festival.

B．Southside Fall Festival and Fall Into Arts Festival.

C．Humansville Fall Festival and Fall Into Arts Festival.

D．Seymour Apple Festival and Marionville Apple Festival.

2. What makes Humansville Fall Festival special this year?

A．Fun activities on Saturday.

B．The duration of the festival,

C．The area of the hosting town.

D．Musicians’ live performance.

3. Fall Into Arts Festival is specially welcomed by_________.

A．families with kids	B．modern artists
C．visitors of all ages	D．Movie lovers

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the     1    (protect) of cultural sites can be a big challenge. Big challenges, however, can sometimes lead    2     great solutions. In     3    1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order     4     (control) floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more     5     (farmer) in the area. But the proposal led to protests because water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics. After     6     (listen) to the scientists who had studied the problem, and citizens     7     lived near the dam, the government turned to the United Nations for help in 1959.

A committee     8    (establish) to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.     9    (final), the work began in 1960.

When the project ended in 1980, it was considered a great success. Not only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a     10     (good) tomorrow.

6 . More than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas, most 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 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 (渠道) 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 (企业家) 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 efforts to recover Chinese cultural relics.

B．How to recover 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. Which of the following statements about the bronze pig's head is NOT true?

A．It was made in the Qing 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 140 years ago.

3. We can infer from the passage that ________.

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

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

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

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

4. The underlined word “feasible” in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by “________”.

A．careful

B．difficult

C．popular

D．possible

7 . Six “sacrificial pits (祭祀坑)”, dating back 3,200 to 4,000 years, were newly discovered in Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, Southwest China’s Sichuan province. Over 500 artifacts, including gold masks, bronze wares, ivories, jades, and textiles, were unearthed from the site.

Sanxingdui site, first found in 1929, is generally considered as one of the most important archaeological(考古) sites along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. However, the work of excavation on the site only began in 1986, when two pits — widely believed for sacrificial ceremonies — were accidentally discovered.

Investigation in the area around No. 1 and 2 pits was relaunched in October 2019, and No. 3 pit was found in December 2019, according to Lei Yu, a researcher of Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute who heads the ongoing excavation. Thirty-four research universities and research institutes have cooperated in this project. He said the new discoveries will help to better understand many unexplained findings in 1986.

More excavation followed in March 2020, and five more pits were found last year. And detailed research began in October. Excavation capsules with hi-tech equipment were set up in the pits in order to prevent the site from further damage.

Sanxingdui site covers an area of 12 square kilometers, and its core zone of an ancient city covers nearly 4 square kilometers. According to the National Cultural Heritage Administration, studies of Sanxingdui site will become a crucial project in an ongoing program Archaeology China, which tries to explain the origins of Chinese civilization and how diverse cultures communicate and come together.

1. What does the underlined word “excavation” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Check	B．Dig
C．Exploration	D．Extension

2. How did archaeologists protect the Sanxingdui site?

A．By dividing the task of excavation into several parts.

B．By cooperating with research universities and institutes.

C．By using excavation capsule armed with hi-tech equipment.

D．By conducting more experiments around the site.

3. What can we infer about the pits from the text?

A．All sacrificial sites were discovered in the meantime.

B．The discovery of Sanxingdui site only began in 2019.

C．There are 6 sacrificial pits discovered in Sanxingdui site in all.

D．The size of the core zone is about 1/3 times of Sanxingdui site.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Sacrificial pits were unearthed in Sanxingdui Site.

B．Sanxingdui Site needed to be protected.

C．Sanxingdui discoveries tell us more about ancient China.

D．Hi-tech helped to explore Sanxingdui Site.