1 . 假定你是李华，你的新西兰笔友Jack对中国画很感兴趣，想了解《清明上河图》，请你给他写一封邮件介绍这幅画。内容包括：
1.《清明上河图》的简单介绍；2.《清明上河图》的历史地位和影响。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.请在相应位置作答。
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3 . 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。

If you’re walking through Boston     1     a rainy day, you might just see poems appear before your eyes. They are written on the sidewalk. The first poems were installed (安置) in 2013    2    (celebrate) the start of National Poetry Month, and since then many more poems     3    (add). Created using special materials, the poems are unseen during dry, sunny weather,     4     they appear like magic once raindrops start falling from the sky.

The poems were chosen by Boston’s famous poet Danielle Georges. “I wanted to choose poems that convey (传递) positive energy, like    5     (kind), joy and gratitude, ”Georges said. “All the poems     6     (fix) currently are written in English. But new ones will be added in the languages being spoken throughout Boston, including Portuguese, French and Spanish.”

“It’s a public art project     7     is meant for everyone. I think this is a     8     (wonder ) way to bring poetry to the people.     9    ( hopeful ), in the next two years everyone in Boston     10    ( come ) across a poem in their daily lives at least once or twice a month, ” Georges added.

4 . There are many interesting stories about Chinese fans in historical records, novels, and legends.    1    He was a famous military strategist during the Three Kingdoms period. And there are also stories about the plantain fan belonging to Princess Iron Fan, a fictional character in the classic novel Journey to the West.

    2     For example, men of letters preferred folding fans, military strategists preferred feather fans, girls of noble (贵族的) families liked circular fans while ordinary people usually used palm leaf fans.

The reason why fans evolved into artwork was largely related to men of letters, who liked to paint or write poetry on fans, and gave them to their friends as gifts.    3    That eventually led to fans becoming artwork.

It has been popular to draw fans or write poems about fans, and paint or write on paper fans. There is a story about Wang Xizhi, known for his Chinese calligraphy. Wang once saw an elderly lady selling fans. The business was not so good. She looked very upset, so Wang decided to help her.    4    On seeing Wang’s calligraphy on those fans, people all competed to buy them, which sold out very quickly.

It has been popular to paint on fans since Tang Dynasty. Artwork on fans is also a unique type of Chinese painting. As space is limited, the painters pay close attention to the composition on the half-circle fan.    5    

For thousands of years, Chinese people never stopped innovating fan design, and adopted different materials such as bamboo, paper, bones. They made fans of many shapes, such as circular and square shapes.

A．They asked for better decoration of fans.

B．Feather fans are famous due to Zhuge Liang.

C．Wang taught the old woman to draw on fans.

D．In ancient times, fans served as the symbol of social classes.

E．Some famous ones are the feather fan held by Zhuge Liang.

F．He wrote a few characters on each fan and told her to raise the price.

G．So the creation of imagery or scenery requires extra skill and accuracy.

5 . Complete the following passage in English.
Dear Lucy,

    1     (我想邀请你加入) us for a visit to the nearby nursing house next Saturday for the Double Ninth Festival.

    2     (根据安排), we’ ll    3     (花一整个下午包饺子) and doing the cooking with the old people there. We’ll also give a performance to them,     4     (希望使他们开心) . If you are able to come with us, please let me know.

I do hope you will accept my invitation     5     (如果你方便的话). Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

7 . 你校将举办一场题为“推广中国传统节日”的英语演讲比赛，你报名参加了此次比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿。内容包括：
1.中国传统节日的重要性；
2.如何推广中国传统节日。
注意：1.词数80左右，开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Distinguished judges and dear fellow students,
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Thank you very much for your attention!

8 . April Fool’s Day

April Fool’s Day is a western festival. No one _______ exactly when and how April Fool’s Day began. However, there are some stories about _______ it came into being. One story _______ like this: in the sixteenth century France, the start of the new year was on April first. It was celebrated in much the same way _______ it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night.

Then in 1562, Pope (教皇) Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January first. There were some people, _______， who hadn’t heard or didn’t believe the _______ in the date, so they _______ to celebrate New Year’s Day on April first. Others played tricks on them and called them “April fools”. They tried to make them believe that something false was _______. In France today, April first is called “April Fish”. French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends’ _______. When the “young fool” ________ this trick, the prankster (恶作剧者) shouts “April Fish!”

Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on the first of April. One ________ trick on April Fool’s Day is pointing down to a friend’s shoe and saying, “Your shoelace is untied.” School children might tell a classmate that school has been canceled (取消). ________ the trick is, if you fail for the joke the prankster shouts “April Fool!”

In Britain today, on the first of April, even ________ newspapers, radio and TV programs tell big lies. You might read a science ________ showing that doctors have found a way to cure (治愈) AIDS, or you would probably listen to a piece of news about a UFO ________ on an island.

1.

A．understands

B．knows

C．believes

D．remembers

2.

A．when

B．why

C．how

D．where

3.

A．goes

B．tells

C．happens

D．writes

4.

A．like

B．as

C．so

D．for

5.

A．however

B．but

C．therefore

D．instead

6.

A．fact

B．news

C．change

D．information

7.

A．remained

B．continued

C．considered

D．went

8.

A．real

B．true

C．right

D．correct

9.

A．hands

B．faces

C．backs

D．heads

10.

A．discovers

B．sees

C．searches

D．notices

11.

A．ordinary

B．common

C．funny

D．silly

12.

A．Whenever

B．Whoever

C．Whatever

D．Wherever

13.

A．serious

B．famous

C．interesting

D．important

14.

A．letter

B．speech

C．writing

D．report

15.

A．lying

B．walking

C．flying

D．landing