1 . The Lunar Calendar (农历) Modern Chinese use the solar calendar (阳历) as English people do. But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals: the rat, the ox, the tiger, the hare, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the chicken, the dog and the pig. This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.

Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.

The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day , children and unmarried people go to visit their elders.

1. If next year is the year of the goat, what was the name of last year?

A．It was the year of tiger.	B．It was the year of the hare.
C．It was the year of snake.	D．It was the year of the ox.

2. Suppose that next Chinese New Year’s Day is on 15th February, when will people have their big family dinner ?

A．On February 15.

B．On February 16.

C．On February 14.

D．On February 17.

3. The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of ________ .

A．the married son

B．the married daughter

C．the unmarried son

D．the parents

4. From this selection we know that______.

A．old Chinese use the solar calendar (阳历) as English people do

B．each Chinese month starts on the day of the new sun

C．on the first day, children and married people go to visit their elders

D．each lunar year is given the name of animals

2 . 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。

Applause (掌声) rang across Zhaxizom town last month. The air was filled     1     excitement as players sang and danced     2     (happy). The event marked the beginning of the town’s music and food festival. Zhaxizom is at an altitude of 4,200 meters at the foot of Mount Qomolangma, the world’s highest peak, which is known in English as Mount Everest.

“I planned     3     (head) straight to Mount Qomolangma Base Camp, but when I arrived in this small town, the     4     (amaze) festival caught my eye and I decided to stay for several more days to enjoy the music and food here before     5     (continue) my journey,” said one traveler Zhang, who is from Liaoning province.

Migmar Lhamo, a college student     6     lives in Zhaxizom, said, “The festival will allow people to learn about our town. It will become a new     7     (attract) for people.” Migmar Lhamo believes the festival will play     8     important role in improving the development of the local culture and tourism.

According to the county government, more activities such as live music shows, firework displays and food fairs     9     (organize) as part of future festivals to provide both locals and     10     (tourist) with an extremely impressive experience of local culture. “The music and food festival will help the growth of the local economy,” Zhu said.

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The official mascots (吉祥物) of the 19^th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 — three sporty robots    1    (name) Congcong, Lianlian, and Chenchen —    2     (introduce) to the public at a digital launch ceremony in Hangzhou, China    3    April 3, 2020. Each represents a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the host city.

The robot Congcong represents the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City. Its name comes from the Cong jade pendant (玉琮) — a classic relic unearthed from the Ruins    4    dates back around 5000 years. The robot Lianlian represents West Lake and its name means the endless lotus (莲花)     5     (leaf) on West Lake. The robot Chenchen represents the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and it takes its name from the Gongchen Bridge, a landmark structure on    6    Hangzhou section of the Grand Canal. They stand for not only the joy of sports but the peak of     7     (culture) and economic development.

Raja Randhir Singh, the acting president of the Olympic Council of Asia, said    8    the mascots showed the smart intelligence of the modern world     9    the energy of the future. “The mascots are rich in content, combining Chinese culture, the characteristics of the city of Hangzhou, and the spirit of the Asian Games and the Asian continent.” Together, they are calling out to Asia and the world, inviting everyone    10     (meet) in Hangzhou for the Asian Games 2022.

4 . Peng Jingxuan, a 26-year-old Chinese girl, is now studying in a music university in Paris. While learning abroad, she is also working at spreading traditional Chinese culture to the world. She can often be found on French streets, wearing a silk Han Dynasty-style dress and playing the guzheng to passers-by.

Born in 1995, Peng began to learn the guzheng when she was seven years old. After arriving in France in late 2017, she saw many people do street performances, but few of them knew about Chinese music. So she decided to play the guzheng on the streets.

Peng made her first performance in front of a theater in October, 2018. “I was very nervous at that time, but a lot of people said they enjoyed my performance,” Peng said. Then she started to perform during weekends and holidays. After being asked plenty of times by local people about the guzheng, Peng now carries a book that explains the instrument to foreigners. Later, she posted her first video of playing the guzheng online and it spread quickly. From then on, Peng has posted many videos of her street performances. The videos have got many likes and made her a very popular guzheng artist. She has millions of fans on the Internet now.

More and more people show great interest in the guzheng after watching Peng’s performances. “People come to me and praise me for the beauty of the instrument and the music. Every time they ask me which country the guzheng comes from, I am very happy to tell them it’s from China.” Peng feels she has more responsibility to spread traditional culture. “What is national is universal. I hope to play a bigger role in making Chinese music known by the world.” said Peng.

1. Why did Peng decide to play the guzheng on the streets in Paris?

A．Because she needed to make money for her education.

B．Because she wanted to become famous.

C．Because she found few people there knew about Chinese music.

D．Because she wanted to make videos to post online.

2. What’s the correct order of the following events?
①put her first video online
②got many fans
③went to Paris
④made her first performance

A．③④①②

B．①②③④

C．③①④②

D．①④②③

3. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Advising people to visit Pang.	B．Telling the story of a popular guzheng artist.
C．Asking people to learn the guzheng.	D．Encouraging readers to do street performances.

6 . While the term cultural heritage is used to refer to both physical and intangible qualities, it is not limited to physical objects. It can also refer to beliefs, traditions, language, and food. These are often passed down from generation to generation.     1    The preservation of these cultural treasures can help promote global understanding and mutual respect.

    2    Determining what constitutes(构成) “cultural heritage” is often a challenging and contentious task, and advocates of cultural preservation and integrity are often accused of making false assumption(假设)about the cultures they study.

It is important to recognize that cultural heritage is not limited to physical objects and monuments. It also includes living expressions of culture inherited from our ancestors. Intangible cultural heritage refers to knowledge and practices related to the environment and traditional crafts.     3    It is essential to protect these valuable assets for their protection and appreciation.

    4     It is essential to preserve these objects in order to preserve their significance. And it is necessary to protect the intangible cultural heritage, because it is often overlooked. These works of art have symbolic and aesthetic(美学的) value and are valuable to the people of the country. Some of them are even more significant than the physical objects.

As cultural heritage is a part of a culture, it can be protected. However, if someone is trying to patent a design, you have to ensure that you do not copy it.     5    Whether they’re paintings, sculptures, or food, they’re worth protecting. Fortunately, it’s important to protect and conserve our cultural heritage. It’s the legacy of the culture and the way it was once lived.

A．They are a source of pride and identity for a society.

B．Cultural heritage includes the inheritance of a culture.

C．These can be valuable as a tool for future generation.

D．Cultural heritage is a vital part of any society.

E．It is an important part of international policy.

F．First, consider what cultural heritage is.

G．The same is true of cultural objects.

7 . 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。

There is a popular Chinese saying-“Guilin’s landscape is the best under heaven”. A city in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Guilin is one of the most popular tourist     1     (destination) in the country.

In 2022, it     2     (attract) hordes of theater lovers with its inaugural Guilin Festival, which took place from Dec 10 to 18.

In its second year, the festival     3     (hold) from Oct 27 to Nov 5, both indoors and outdoors,    4    (feature) live performances and screening of theatrical productions from home and abroad.

The festival is co-organized by the Central Academy of Drama.    5     the first time, the festival will offer a platform,    6     was co-initiated by the Central Academy of Drama in 2015 and aims     7     (promote) cultural exchange and the development of theater education.

“In 2022, the Guilin Festival was     8     great success, attracting more than 10, 000 attendees from around the country and staging over 128 performances,” says Liu Xinglin, a professor at the Central Academy of Drama and the artistic     9     (direct) of Guilin Festival.

“This year, the festival will continue to serve as a platform for global artists to communicate,    10     a destination for theater lovers to enjoy a diversity of programs.”

9 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Twenty-four-year-old Tadron Wangmo     1    (learn)the traditional Tibetan Buddhist art of Thangka at a special school for more than seven years. She comes from a poor family of herders in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province,     2    many ethnic Tibetans inhabit.

    3    she graduated in 2017, Tadron chose to stay and work in the school, where she receives a steady monthly salary of 3,000 yuan. Apart from regular income, free accommodation     4    (provide)in a traditional Tibetan house in a newly-built cultural park.

Meanwhile, Tadron can earn extra money from her own creations. Each painting     5    (price)at minimum 50,000 yuan. Thangka orders are pouring in from collectors, temples and museums. From her current painting, Tadron can probably     6    (make) an extra 20,000 yuan after it is completed in around three months.

Along with government subsidies, she has been able to lift her family out of poverty     7    she got a job here.

Tadron told us that    8    she came to the school, she was not able to buy delicious food and fancy clothes like other people since her family was poor. “But now I feel very happy that I’m earning money myself by painting Thangka.     9    my income, I can not only support my family, but I can also buy what I want as well,“ she said.

There are now nearly 200 students studying Thangka at the training school, including 40 who were mostly herdsmen from impoverished families.

They don’t need to pay a penny for the study and they are eligible for a 300-yuan government stipend(津贴)every month.

Tenpa Rabgye, the Thangka teacher at Rongbala Thangka painting training school, is happy that now the art     10    (pass)down to help many out of poverty with governmental and private support. “I’ve been teaching for over 10 years here. We’ve held many exhibitions on Thangka paintings both at home and abroad, attracting many Thangka lovers to join us. I hope that Thangka culture can be better inherited and developed in the future,” Tenpa explained.