1 . I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of giving directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office？”

In Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions because most streets don't have names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight ahead and turn left at the hotel. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are no towns or buildings in many places. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another             mile.”

People in Los Angeles, California have no idea of distance. They measure(测量)distance in time, not miles.“How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh, ” they answer. “It's about five minutes from here.”

It's true that a person doesn't know the answer sometimes. What happens in such a situation？A New Yorker might say, “Sorry，I don't know.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers, “I don't know.” People believe that “I don't know.” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!

1. Why do Japanese people use landmarks in their directions?

A．Because they have no idea of distance.

B．Because there are no towns or buildings.

C．Because most of the streets have no names.

D．Because people don't know the answer.

2. Which of the following may people in Kansas say?

A．“Turn left at the traffic lights and you will see a school.”

B．“It will take one day and a half.”

C．“Turn south and then walk 300 meters.”

D．“Go along Autumn Street and turn right at the crossing.”

3. What may happen in Yucatan?

A．People there usually say, “Sorry, I don't know the way.”

B．Local people often give a right answer.

C．People there have no idea of distance.

D．Visitors may lose their way.

4. What is the best title for the article?

A．Asking the Way in Different Places

B．Getting Lost in Yucatan

C．Traveling in Different Places

D．Where is the Post Office?

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(不多于3个词汇)或括号中词汇的正确形式。

If you live in northeastern China, you expect long, cold winters. People     1    (live) in Harbin don’t just stand the cold, however, they welcome it. The city is home to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival,    2    is considered to be the largest ice festival in the world. Even with temperatures usually close to zero, thousands of people head to city parks     3    (see) great ice sculptures, many bathed in colored lights.

The festival includes several thousand ice sculptures. Some of these works are the recreations of castles, historic landmarks and famous people, lit up at night in bright colors. There     4    (visitor) can climb ice stairways and go down ice slides (滑坡). They can also take part    5    sporting events, including skating, ice football     6    well as ice swimming.

The city started     7    (it) icy event in 1963 with the Ice Lantern Garden Party, a     8    (celebrate) of the tradition of creating lanterns out of blocks of ice. The larger festival     9    (begin) in 1985 and added sculptures, which have grown in number and size over the years. As it has gotten bigger, the festival has become popular outside the city.    10    (official), the festival starts on January 5th and lasts over one month.

4 . 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。

The Chongyang Festival is a     1    (tradition) Chinese festival. It is celebrated on the     2    (nine) of September in the lunar calendar (阴历).

The festival started as early as the Warring States Period (475-221BC). It has a history     3    more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the     4    (high) odd number (奇数). People believe that two nines meeting together mean a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people     5    (show) love and respect for their elders. They hold many kinds of     6    (activity) in honor of old people, wishing them good health and a long life.

The festival comes during the golden time of fall. On the day, people usually drink chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, eat special cakes     7    climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant     8     is named the dogwood. People in ancient times     9    (believe) that plant could drive the illness away in winter and prevent them from     10    ( catch) by evil (邪恶的) spirits.

5 . 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 Thursday, I invited Alan to my house to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival. While we were wait for a big lunch, both Alan and I felt hungry. After having the big lunch, we felt full of energetic. In the afternoon, my mother taught Alan and me to make mooncakes, which made us especially exciting. We listened my mother carefully and made the mooncakes with great patience. At the last, we made some beautiful mooncakes. In the evening, we ate the mooncakes made by themselves and enjoyed my father’s stories about the festival. Late, Alan told me that he would never forget the day where we celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together. He hoped that he could spent many other traditional Chinese festival in my house.

6 . 假定你是李华，计划周末和同学去茶园（tea plantation）体验中国茶文化。请写封邮件邀请外教Henry参加，内容包括：
1.出发及返回时间；
2.活动安排：采茶、品茶、观看表演等；
3.期待Henry一同前往。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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7 . Reading is of great importance. That's why World Book Day came into being. World Book Day ___________on April 23rd every year, which____________to encourage people, particularly teenagers, to discover the ___________of reading so that they can fall in love with books. It's also the day to____________honor to those great writers who produced remarkable works of literature and made great _________to human civilization.

Many countries celebrate World Book Day and the___________is yearly held in different ways. On that day, millions of school children can buy books at a much_______price than usual in any bookstore in England, ___________attracts a number of students to flood into bookstores for they can pay less money to buy the_________books. World Book Day is also_____________in China. More and more people_______into the libraries and bookstores to read______________books. Most of them do more reading on that day, _______________they can change the world by changing themselves______________reading.

Reading makes us_______________and learned. Reading helps us to follow the___________development of science and technology. Reading enables us to have a good___________of and have a better understanding of foreign cultures and______. Reading also is one of the most important ways to learn foreign languages. We all know it's difficult and almost____________to learn everything in the classroom, yet the ways English people are living and working today can be__________by reading.

1.

A．appears

B．approaches

C．falls

D．forms

2.

A．aims

B．fails

C．remains

D．prepares

3.

A．laughter

B．pleasure

C．secrets

D．skills

4.

A．receive

B．enjoy

C．feel

D．express

5.

A．contributions

B．progress

C．trouble

D．benefits

6.

A．performance

B．celebration

C．activity

D．design

7.

A．higher

B．cheaper

C．lower

D．dearer

8.

A．that

B．which

C．where

D．when

9.

A．different

B．same

C．colorful

D．interesting

10.

A．shared

B．expressed

C．carried

D．celebrated

11.

A．crowd

B．gather

C．accompany

D．return

12.

A．simple

B．rare

C．various

D．expensive

13.

A．demanding

B．pretending

C．believing

D．doubting

14.

A．through

B．with

C．in

D．on

15.

A．hard-working

B．skilled

C．serious

D．wise

16.

A．fullest

B．greatest

C．latest

D．slightest

17.

A．collection

B．introduction

C．sense

D．knowledge

18.

A．exhibitions

B．experiences

C．habits

D．customs

19.

A．unfit

B．impossible

C．complicated

D．forgetful

20.

A．learned

B．suggested

C．accepted

D．informed

8 . I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America．It is said that “The best house is in the U.S.A．， the best wife is in Japan and the best food is in China．”So I took _______and pleasure to _______ “the best food” for my American family．Each day，regardless of my poor skill of cooking，I performed my play in_______ way：changing the dishes’colour，the meat’s type or the soup’s style．Thus，my American friends could discover the _______of eating Chinese food． Because of my“ _______” job，I was often rewarded by their_______of appreciation , such as “very tasty”，“excellent”etc．But the joke was here： yesterday， I cooked Sichuan－style_______for dinner．I was_______at my achievement．When all the family members arrived at the table，they first looked_______at the fish，then looked at me． “Why do all the fish have their________？” they asked，“It’s horrible！” Horrible or beautiful？ I don’t know． But I________know that fish heads are delicious. The________is the best part of fish； in________only the respectable guest can have the special________of enjoying it． Another__________________thing is：the American friends often said to me“________”as they________fruits or other things． According to Chinese tradition，I would simply smile in answer to their kindness________actually helping myself to any of the food. ________，I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits．Dear me，no matter how much or how often I brought home food， as long as it was nice to their taste，they    21    hesitated to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished．1.

A．worry

B．attention

C．delight

D．pride

2.

A．buy

B．fetch

C．cook

D．leave

3.

A．their

B．a new

C．the same

D．a simple

4.

A．way

B．joy

C．trouble

D．importance

5.

A．hard

B．daily

C．good

D．new

6.

A．expressions

B．sentence

C．doing

D．smile

7.

A．meat

B．fish

C．soup

D．egg

8.

A．praised

B．pleased

C．bad

D．surprise

9.

A．pleasedly

B．excitedly

C．surprisedly

D．worriedly

10.

A．bones

B．flesh (人肉)

C．tails

D．heads

11.

A．do

B．will

C．want to

D．should

12.

A．tail

B．head

C．soup

D．flesh

13.

A．fact

B．China

C．USA

D．the West

14.

A．honour

B．seat

C．table

D．plate

15.

A．real

B．exciting

C．interesting

D．easy

16.

A．please help us

B．excuse me

C．help yourself

D．eat them please

17.

A．brought home

B．wanted

C．were buying

D．were eating

18.

A．not

B．but not

C．without

D．nor

19.

A．At last

B．Above all

C．After all

D．In return

20.

A．usual

B．often

C．never

D．had