1 . When I first arrived in Australia at the age of 16 to go to high school for one year and live with a host family, I was completely over the moon about everything. I had been planning for many months. But, even though all exchange students participated in a one-day preparatory meeting, culture shock couldn't be avoided.

Those first weeks are so-called “honeymoon phase Ⅰ” where you are happy to be in that culture. However, this feeling didn’t last forever. After about two months, differences became more evident. I started missing my friends and family more and more. Frustrating thoughts increasingly occupied my head-nobody really understands me, and my English is not good enough. I wish people would just he able to speak German for one day! I wish public transportation would work the same way as at home! And so on. I knew it was “honeymoon phase Ⅱ”.

Over the next few months, though, I slowly and unknowingly entered the “adjustment phase”. I developed my own little routine, learnt to adapt to stress through various techniques, and made many new friends. My English improved dramatically!

I understood Australian culture better and better. That was a major breakthrough for me personally. Every day I felt more and more comfortable with my new home. I adopted many new traits（特征） while also keeping earlier ones from my home country. I would often refer to myself as “having a second nationality”. This process which happened over my last few months abroad is called the “mastery phase”. My happiest moment was when my dear friend one day said during a conversation, “You are Australian now, Jude! You sound just like us!”

I want to point out that the effects of culture shock are different for everyone and can result in different behaviour and feelings. The timing of the different phases also varies a lot from person to person. One thing is for sure-though culture shock is unavoidable, acceptance is the first step towards adjusting better to a foreign culture.

1. According to the passage,which phase is the most difficult to go through?

A．Honeymoon phase Ⅰ.	B．Honeymoon phase Ⅱ.
C．Adjustment phase.	D．Mastery phase.

2. What happened in the “mastery phase”?

A．The author got rid of his earlier habits.

B．The author quitted his nationality.

C．The author adjusted to the culture better.

D．The author made many new friends.

3. What’s the most important thing to deal with culture shock?

A．Ignoring it.

B．Avoiding it.

C．Accepting it.

D．Changing it.

2 . Venice is suffering the worst flooding the city has experienced in 50 years. The city is “on its knees” and Venetian Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted as water submerged (淹没) much of the famous historical city.

While floods are a normal part of life in Venice, they have never happened with such frequency before. Experts say that climate change is likely to blame.     1     The Venetian council voted against a measure to fight climate change just a few moments before their conference hall flooded.

Flooding is just one of the many impacts from climate change that globally threatens many vulnerable (脆弱的) areas and regions. There is a threat that is not often considered.     2     Natural and man-made heritage sites throughout the world are in danger of being damaged or destroyed by climate change.

    3     Some will be hit by flooding, like Venice, others by extreme weather events or rising temperatures. For instance, George Town, the capital of the Malaysian state Penang faces rising sea levels, landslides and more severe typhoons, while Yellowstone ecosystem in the western United States faces melting snows, more frequent wildfires and a changing ecosystem.

Changes in the ocean will have a profound impact on many of these sites.    4     And rising sea levels threaten to wash away many of the world’s great archaeological sites.

Experts say that the solutions to saving these sites will be varied, but many will be very expensive.    5    

A．Different ways can be adopted to save these sites.

B．Climate change will impact these sites in different ways.

C．It is the damage from climate change to the world’s heritage.

D．How to survive in these areas has become an issue for Italians.

E．However, putting in place protective measures has proven difficult.

F．Warming water threatens to kill much of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef.

G．Therefore, they suggest that countries should work together to protect heritage sites.

3 . A smiling panda and a walking Chinese lantern will be the mascots (吉祥物) of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing.

The mascots were known to the public on Sept.17, 2019 at a ceremony in Beijing. Beijing Mayor Chen Jining described them as lovely, unique, and awesome. He said they shows Chinese people’s longing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in a visually attractive way and extends Chinese people’s hospitality to friends throughout the world.

The panda, named Bing Dwen Dwen, is the Olympic mascot. Colourful circles around its face symbolize skating tracks and 5G technology, according to the website of the Beijing organizing committee. “Bing, the Chinese word for “ice”, shows purity and strength, while Dwen Dwen means sincerity, liveliness, and health”, the website said. The choice of the iconic animal, considered the national treasure, is not a surprise to people in China. While many applaud Bing Dwen Dwen for its cuteness on social media, some are not favorably impressed by the lack of creativity in choosing a panda. The giant panda was one of the five mascots of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and it was also the symbol for the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990.

“Today is an important step on a milestone in Beijing’s journey to make history as the first ever, in Olympic history, to host both summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games,” International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said at the ceremony.

Based on a traditional red lantern, Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon creates a cheerful atmosphere of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will fall around the time of the Winter Games, the organizing committee said. It is sporting (穿戴) a yellow scarf, a circle of yellow doves around its head, and a traditional Chinese paper-cut. “Shuey” means snow in Chinese and “Rhon Rhon” means “inclusiveness” and “harmonization”, implying that the world civilizations communicate with each other and live in harmony, the committee said.

The two mascots were selected from more than 5800 submission from 35 countries.

1. What does Chen Jining think of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon ?

A．They represent the IOC.

B．They have great artistic value.

C．They show Chinese people’s warmth.

D．They have much room for improvement.

2. Why are some people not satisfied with choosing Bing Dwen Dwen?

A．Because pandas are the national treasure.

B．Because it is too colourful for the Olympics.

C．Because its design is lacking in creativity.

D．Because a panda has ever been chosen as a mascot.

3. What record will Beijing set after hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics ?

A．The most athletes joining in the event.

B．The first Asian city to host the Olympics.

C．The first city to host two editions of the Olympics.

D．The longest time in history.

4. What can we learn about Shuey Rhon Rhon from the text ?

A．It is symbol of Chinese culture.

B．It is designed by a foreign artist.

C．It is a representative of competition

D．It is a mixture of 35 different cultures.

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。

Table manners vary from culture     1     culture. What is acceptable in one country may be considered     2    (extreme) rude in another. Here we will tell you about the traditional table manners and the modern table manners in Korea.       3     (tradition), it was the woman's job to cook food and set the table. The woman would     4    (seat) by her husband to make sure that he had everything he needed for a     5    (please) meal.     6     after the husband finished would the woman and her children eat. Nowadays, table manners have changed a lot. All of the family members eat together    7     the same time. It is common to see everyone help with the meal, the husband    8     (include). One tradition, however, has not changed. It is the oldest person that starts the meal,     9     is considered to be a     10     (base) tradition of Korean table manners.

5 . 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友 May 准备申请中国的育才高中交流学习项目，请你帮她取一个中文名用以 提交申请，并向她阐述名字的意义。请写一封回信，内容包括：
1. 取中文名；
2. 名字的意义。 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。
Dear May,
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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

6 . 假定你是李华，你市博物馆将举办中英双语中国茶文化展。你的外教Mr Smith是中国茶文化的爱好者，请给他写一封邮件，邀请他一起参观。内容包括：
1. 参观的时间、地点；
2. 展览的主要内容：中国茶的历史和文化、丰富的种类等；茶叶和茶具。
注意：1. 词数100个左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：茶具tea set
Dear Mr Smith,
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Yours,

Li Hua

9 . Chinese culture is over 5,000 years old.     1    

The spirit of the tea ceremony

Xihu Longjing and Yunnan Pu’er have long been world famous.     2     The spirit of the Chinese tea ceremony captures the Chinese attitude toward life and spirituality. These are the things that people all over the world can benefit from.

A handful of good tea leaves with some boiling water and a set of lovely teaware is the perfect way to spend a sunny afternoon and gain some insight into the wisdom of this ancient civilisation.

    3    

During the 5,000 years of Chinese civilisation, many different flavours, styles, and cuisine (烹饪) have developed based on traditional philosophy and culture. This ancient food culture has had a direct impact on the countries, such as Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Thailand, and Singapore. It has benefited billions of people around the world through such innovations as Chinese vegetarian culture, tea culture, vinegar, pasta, medicated diets, ceramic tableware, and the use of soybeans in the diet.

Confucianism(儒学)

Confucianism has flourished during the last 2,500 years of China’s 5,000-year history.     4     This school of thought has had the most profound and long-lasting influence in China’s history. Seventy-four Nobel Prize winners and many other highly respected scholars have stated that for the benefit of mankind’s livelihood and development into the next century, these teachings should be promoted and adopted worldwide.     5    

A．Chinese cuisine

B．Chinese culture

C．It has been the mainstay of this ancient civilisation.

D．They are pretty popular due to their superior colour and flavour.

E．The following three items of traditional Chinese culture have had a worldwide impact.

F．This would provide long lasting benefits for man, helping to ensure a peaceful and happy life.

G．This wonderfully rich food culture has also had an impact on Europe, America and Oceania.

10 . 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 people may think the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum, is     1     outstanding and old-fashioned museum. But, in recent years, the museum has been working hard     2    (promote) Chinese cultural heritage among young people.

The museum’s online store now offers special cultural and     3    (create) products. For example, in 2014,it started to make T-shirts that look like an emperor’s coat. It also     4    (sell) earphones that look like the necklaces worn by ancient officials, which brought     5     about 1 billion yuan in sales in 2016,reported China Youth Daily.

Last year, a documentary(纪录片)       6     (title) Masters in Forbidden City became popular online. The documentary is about the people     7     job is to repair the relics in the museum. Many of these workers are young, and some are even in their     8    (twenty).

Some other     9    (museum) across the country, such as the National Museum of China,     10     (inspire) by the Palace Museum’s efforts and are working on similar projects of their own.