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。

We all know the Olympic Games.     1     do you know the Mud Olympic Games which are sports games in the mud?

Every year, about 400 people from all over Europe meet in a small town in northern Germany     2    (take) part in the Mud Olympics — the     3    (muddy) sports meeting in the world. It is held     4     the beach when the tide (潮水) is out, so it is very muddy. The sports meeting     5    (have) many traditional sports like football, volleyball and bicycle races, as well as some special and new activities     6    (do) in the mud. It raises money for a local charity.

The ads for the sports meeting are     7    (extreme) interesting. One of the     8    (advertisement) says, “If you want to play, just put on the clothes that you don’t mind     9    (get) covered in mud and join us!” Viewers are more than welcome. So if you don’t care about the mud     10     can get you dirty, come and enjoy yourself!

3 . Over 40 years ago, a country music DJ convention (大会) was held every year in Nashville. Many country performers used to attend the convention to give their performances. Fans would go to Nashville hoping to see their favorite performers. In the end, so many fans began showing up in Nashville that a festival named Fan Fair was born.

The first Fan Fair was held in April 1972, in Nashville for four days. Some of country music's biggest stars attended. There were about fifty thousand fans. The first Fan Fair was so successful that planning began almost immediately for 1973. The date was changed to June, when the weather would be better. Over one hundred thousand fans attended the second Fan Fair.

Every year brought so many performers and fans to Fan Fair that, in 1982, it was moved to the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Fan Fair stayed at the fair grounds for another nineteen years.

There was always the unexpected during the festival. In 1974, former Beatle Paul McCartney attended. In 1992, more than six hundred reporters from Europe, Asia, and South America went to cover the appearance of a popular star, Billy Ray Cyrus, who had introduced a new country line dance. In 1996, Garth Brooks, who made a surprise appearance, signed autographs (签名) for 23 hours.

In 2001, Fan Fair returned to downtown Nashville as the world's biggest country music festival. Now, over one hundred and twenty-five thousand country music fans go to Nashville every June. As you can imagine, those who want to attend Fan Fair must plan ahead. For example, they need to buy a ticket several months ahead of time. Of course, there's much more to prepare.

1. What is paragraph 1 mainly talk about?

A．The love for music.

B．The birth of Fan Fair.

C．The importance of DJ convention.

D．The benefits of watching performances.

2. What do we know about the second Fan Fair?

A．It was held in the spring of 1972.

B．It was more popular than the first one.

C．It was moved from Nashville to the fairgrounds.

D．It was attended by former Beatle Paul McCartney.

3. Which of the following word best describes Fan Fair?

A．Romantic.

B．Traditional.

C．Attractive.

D．Failed.

4. What will the author probably talk about next？

A．Advice for fans.	B．Music in America.
C．Education in Nashville.	D．The future of country music.

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。

Why do different people like different colors? The answer depends largely     1    cultural values. To the Egyptians, green is a colour     2     stands for the hope and joy of spring. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children     3     (give) money in a red envelope to welcome good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace, hoping to protect     4     (they) against evils.

People’s     5     (choose) of colors is also affected by their bodies’ reactions to the colors. Green is said to be the most restful colour. It has     6     ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally and physically. When     7     (work) in a green environment, people have fewer stomachaches. Red     8     (make) a person’s blood pressure rise and increases people’s appetite. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. And many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a colour that     9     (easy) catches a person’s eye. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people     10     (lose) appetite. Therefore, if you want to eat less, eating from blue plates can help.

5 . “I like pop songs better before I actually got a chance to sing hua’er at the age of 19,” said Sa Lina,36, who has since become a famous singer, devoting herself to this traditional art form for almost two decades

Hua’er, which means flower in Chinese, is a Chinese folk song style. It is popular and shared by people of nine ethnic groups in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiangfor hundreds of years. Also known as a type of “mountain songs”, it was inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产)in 2009.

After graduating in 2005, Sa returned to her hometown in Ningxia, and soon got a chance to sing with Ma Handong, a famous singer of hua’er. “I had never sung hua’er before, so I practiced a lot, To my surprise, I soon fell in love with its beautiful melodies,” said Sa.

Since then, Sa has devoted herself to mastering the folk art, and further bringing this traditional local folk art to the national stage. In 2010, she sang a hua’er song at a gala on Chinese New Year’s Eve, winning nationwide attention. At the age of 27, she was named an inheritor(传承者)of hua’er, becoming the youngest inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage at the time.

“Art should not only be inherited(传承), but also improved. I don’t only want to be a hua’er singer, but also a promoter of this folk music,” she said. In 2014 Sa set up an art school, which offers hua’er training courses free of charge. She also regularly gives singing lectures in public schools and communities, benefiting tens of thousands of people.

1. What can we learn about Hua’er from the text?

A．It is a kind of flower.

B．It is a local folk art

C．It is a classic song.

D．It is a new art form.

2. Which of the following best explains“inscribed” underlined in paragraph 2?

A．Updated.

B．Studied.

C．Awarded.

D．Included

3. What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．Sa’s skills in singing Hua’er

B．Sa’s performance at a gala.

C．Sa’s contributions about Hua’er

D．Sa’s understanding about Hua’er.

4. Why did Sa set up an art school?

A．To offer different art courses

B．To help people live more happily.

C．To inherit and promote the folk art

D．To open more social media accounts

6 . Officials from Brazil’s Indigenous (原住民) protection agency approached the hut in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. They were witnessing the first recorded dying out of an uncontacted tribe in the country’s history.

The man lying there, the last member of his tribe, had died and with him an entire culture and answers to a thousand questions.

Even his name was a mystery. He was known only as “the Man of the Hole” because of the dozens of holes he had dug over the years in his territory. His age, too, could only be guessed at. He appeared to be about 60, officials said.

It was a sad milestone for a country that in recent years has seen protections for Indigenous groups undermined by an administration that has prioritized (优先) development of the Amazon over conservation.

In Rondonia, the only resident of the 8,000-hectare area lived in complete isolation for at least 26 years after the rest of his group was killed by ranchers (农场主) advancing the agricultural frontier.

Brazil’s Indigenous protection agency, Funai, made direct contact with the last surviving man only in 1996. Marcelo dos Santos, an Indigenous expert, said he was found hiding in his hut. “We tried to establish a conversation and offered corn and arrows, but he was terrified and very aggressive (具有攻击性). From this moment on, we had to respect his isolation.”

Even with protections in place, the territory suffered widespread deforestation up until about 13 years ago. Attacks on the last surviving man continued, as well, including one by armed gunmen in 2009, according to local news reports.

“For me, he was somehow incredible: to be able to survive on his own, not speak to anybody and avoid all contact maybe out of grief or determination,” said Fionad Watson, a research director at Survival International, a London-based rights organization.

1. What did the death of “the Man of the Hole” suggest?

A．An uncontacted tribe went extinct.	B．An entire culture would be recorded.
C．The secrets around him would be unearthed.	D．The protection agency was unwilling to rescue him.

2. The underlined word “undermined” in para. 4 is closest in meaning to “________”.

A．strengthened

B．monitored

C．sought

D．weakened

3. What happened to “the Man of the Hole” in 1996?

A．He made the protection agency’s approach a failure.

B．He witnessed the most severe deforestation in history.

C．He escaped being shot by a group of aggressive gunmen.

D．He learned more survival skills with arrows offered by Funai.

4. What did Fiona Watson regard “the Man of the Hole” as?

A．A mystery

B．An evolution

C．A wonder

D．A fortune