1 . Reading Oktoberfest

Palmer Park is the perfect place to host the first Reading Oktoberfest, which takes place 15-18 September 2016.

You can experience everything that makes Oktoberfest, held in a huge Beer tent. We’ll have live music and DJs and thousands of people going crazy.

Opening hours:
Thursday 15 September 17:00-23:30
Friday 16 September 17:00-23:30
Saturday 17 September 12:30-23:30
Sunday 18 September 12:30-19:00
Ramsbottom Festival

With its riverside location (位置), Ramsbottom Festival is one festival which can truly be called beautiful. Here you can enjoy a mix of music, great arts and family shows, as well as a variety of Great British and international food.

Ramsbottom Festival takes place 16-18 September 2016 at Ramsbottom Cricket Club, Bury, easily reachable by public transport from Manchester city centre.

The Willow Festival Dorset

The Willow Festival — the world’s largest festival showing new and undiscovered live music bands and artists is coming to Dorset. Fun for all the family, the event also has a shopping area, a world food village, and plenty of activities for kids.

Tickets are just £10.00, which covers a come-and-go attendance (出席) for all three days.

River Cottage Festival

It’s our first ever family-friendly music festival, right here at River Cottage HQ in Devon.

On 17-18 September 2016, the farm will be filled with live music from popular bands in the UK. In between all that dancing you’ll be able to watch shows from local craftspeople (匠人) and make your own piece of jewelry.

Tickets will cost you just £35, or £10 for children under 12 (babies under 2 go free).

1. What can visitors enjoy at Ramsbottom Festival?

A．Family shows.

B．Dancing on the farm.

C．Making beautiful things by hand.

D．International bands’ performances.

2. Both The Willow Festival Dorset and River Cottage Festival _____.

A．are held in 2016 for the first time

B．ask visitors to pay the same price

C．take place near a river

D．are family-friendly

3. Which festival lasts the most days?

A．River Cottage Festival.

B．Ramsbottom Festival.

C．Reading Oktoberfest.

D．The Willow Festival Dorset.

2 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea     1       Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks. Chopsticks are usually two long thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also    2     (make)of plastic or animal bone. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic.     3    (true) elegant chopsticks might be made of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hard woods    4     (create) special designs.

The Chinese    5    (use) chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, where food was removed using wigs (树枝) . As time went by, people began cutting food into small pieces. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which     6    (gradual) turned into chopsticks. Some people think that one of     7     greatest Chinese scholars Confucius (孔子),     8     lived from roughly 551 to 479 B. C, influenced the     9    ( develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people    10    killings and were too violent for use at the table. Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat with their hands.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The first UN Chinese Language Day at the United Nations    1    (observe) on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York in 2010. As the word's most widely spoken language, it seems appropriate that Mandarin (普通话) has one day annually dedicated to it This       2     (official) marked day of Mandarin language celebration was set by the United Nations as a way of celebrating the language's history and     3    (contribution) to the world. It is hoped that having one day annually to celebrate Mandarin will encourage more people around the world       4    (take) it up. With China likely to become the largest economy in the world, it is important that the wider world becomes more interested     5    this wonderful language. Every year UN Chinese Language Day     6     (fall) on April 20. A great way to get     7     (involve) in the celebration is to join a Mandarin class. Attending one of the many Confucius Institutes     8    are set up by China in countries around the world is another good     9    (choose). The number of people learning Chinese is on    10    increase in China's neighboring   countries, such as Korea, Japan and Vietnam.

7 . 假定你是李华，你的美国好友John发邮件说想了解中国的传统节日。请你回复邮件介绍一个节日，内容包括:
1.节日的名称和时间；
2.主要活动。
注意:1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结束语已为你写好。
Dear John,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

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。

Across the world, people     1    (expression) their love to tea in many ways. The handmade purple clay teapot (紫砂壶)is one of the most popular    2    (item) among tea lovers in Asia. But the skill of making that particular teapot faces a lot of challenges in modern times.

Chinese people have been drinking tea for thousands of years. And     3     (recent), these handmade teapots have become popular. As    4    old saying goes, "A thing    5    (value) if it is rare.”

Tea sets(茶具)have been a key part of Chinese culture. Gao Dezhi, 99,     6     (make) purple clay teapots since he was 3 years old. This kind of skill has been passed down from generation to generation or taught to those who are    7    (interest) in the craft. Gao said that his son and daughter don't care about such skills. They already earn a lot of money by     8     (work) in other jobs. People cannot make such things if they have no interest in learning the skill, he said.

In order to protect skills     9     disappearing, local people have built a special museum     10     masters can show their craft.

9 . The city of Quanzhou in East China's Fujian province, one of the most important Chinese ports along the historic maritime(海运的)Silk Road, reported new findings about archaeological(考古的)efforts from 2019 to 2020, experts said at a meeting held in Quanzhou from Friday to Saturday.

"The latest research results on iron-making remains in Quanzhou's Anxi county showed that it used to make lots of iron and steel, important goods of trade along the historic maritime Silk Road, mainly during the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty," says Shen Ruiwen, a famous archaeologist.

Two other sites were discovered and identified as remains of regulatory bodies(监管机构)that existed within the two dynasties. One of them managed affairs related to the emperors' relatives, and the other served similar functions as today's customs. Shen said, "The two ancient organizations showed that Quanzhou once provided effective support for ocean trade."

Another finding exposed was the development of china-making technology from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty in Dehua county, as is evidenced in the thousands of relics(遗迹)that were dug out.

"Quanzhou is a city of in historical significance because it preserved the continuous track of urban planning and construction from the late Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty," says Shen. Experts say the city will continue with research on some of the sites included in the project and carry out long-term plans.

1. What's the purpose of writing the first paragraph?

A．To present an argument.

B．To lead in the topic of the text.

C．To add some supporting details.

D．To provide background information.

2. What did people in Quanzhou mainly make during Song and Yuan dynasties?

A．Silk.

B．Farm products.

C．Green tea.

D．Iron and steel.

3. What can we know about Quanzhou in ancient times?

A．It once served as the Capital.

B．It once helped a lot for ocean trade.

C．It was once the education center of the world.

D．It developed fast from Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Culture.

B．Environment.

C．Education.

D．Health.

10 . The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day. American children of all ages give their mothers something special. Children, young and old, try to show their love to mothers on the day. However, do you know that Mother's Day celebration is no recent thing?

England was the first country to set a day to mothers. In the United States, Mother's Day became an official holiday in 1910. An American girl, Anna, asked their governor to set a festival for mothers that they loved. Therefore, they set the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later all the other states celebrated it.

In the morning of Mother's Day, some American children serve their mothers breakfast in bed. Other children will give their mothers presents which they made themselves or bought in stores. Adults give their mothers red carnations (康乃馨)，the official Mother's Day flower. If their mothers left the world, they may bring white carnations to their grave sites (墓地). This is the busiest day of the year for American restaurants. On this special day, family members do not want their mother to cook dinner!

1. When is Mother's Day in America?

A．On the second Sunday in May.	B．On the first Sunday in April.
C．On the second Sunday in July.	D．On the fourth Sunday in September.

2. In America, who asked the government to set a festival for their loved mothers?

A．Mike.

B．Alice.

C．Tom.

D．Anna.

3. What is the official Mother's Day flower according to the passage?

A．Blue carnations.	B．White carnations.
C．Red carnations.	D．Green carnations.