2 . Ancient China produced many types of beautiful works of art. Among them, calligraphy, poetry and painting are the most famous. Often they would be put together in art.These became important starting with the Song Dynasty.

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting. In the old times the Chinese considered writing as an important form of art. Calligraphers would practice for years to learn to write perfectly, but with style. Each of the over 40,000 characters needed to be written correctly. And each stroke (笔画) in a character had to be written in a certain order.

Poetry is also an important form of art. Great poets were famous all over the country, and all educated people were expected to write poetry. During the Tang Dynasty poetry was so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to become a civil servant (文官) and work for the government.

Chinese painting is often connected with calligraphy. It is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The most traditional way of Chinese painting is known as “national painting” or “native painting” which is quite different from Western painting. People can draw mountains, buildings, birds, trees and water.

1. Calligraphers needed to write over ______ characters correctly in the old times.

A．10,000	B．20,000
C．30,000	D．40,000

2. What was part of the civil servant examinations during the Tang Dynasty?

A．Painting.	B．Calligraphy.
C．Writing poetry.	D．Playing music.

3. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Chinese art.	B．Chinese examinations.
C．Chinese history.	D．Chinese dynasties.

3 . 假定你是李华,元宵节到来之际,你想请初来你校的英国交换生John一起体验这一传统节日。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件。内容包括:
1.写信目的；
2.节日简介；
3.希望对方回复。
注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.开头和结尾部分已经写好,不计入总词数；
3.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear John,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

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。

The Lantern Festival, falling in the first Chinese lunar month, is an important and traditional festival     1     (celebrate) by people nationwide. It is the first time that people     2    (see) the full moon in the lunar year. In ancient China, night is called Xiao and the first lunar month is called Yuan month, so this festival is also called the Yuanxiao Festival in China. It marks the end of the celebration of the Spring Festival and is also the first major festival for people     3    (observe) after Chinese New Year. 

Like the Spring Festival, on the Lantern Festival, all the family members go home     4     a reunion. In the evening, people usually watch beautiful lanterns, guess interesting and     5    (challenge) lantern riddles and perform wonderful dragon dances. In     6    (add), it is a custom for people to eat yuanxiao, a kind of sweet dumpling,     7     is round balls made of glutinous rice flour with     8    (vary) of fillings inside. In some places people sometimes put a coin into a certain one when making sweet dumplings. It is believed that the one who     9     (happen) to find and eat the sweet dumpling with a coin in     10     will have good luck for the whole year.

5 . A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man—the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and wins greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some kind.
This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even expensively furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward; furthermore, the dinner will not consist just of something quickly and easily mixed from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. Instead, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a group of workers on the highway in order to pay for his education.
1. From Paragraph 1, we know that in America ________.

A．people feel painful to mention their fathers as laborers

B．people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man

C．people can always rise to the top through their own efforts

D．college professors win great respect from common workers

2. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ________.

A．she can hardly afford servants

B．servants in America are hard to get

C．she takes pride in what she can do herself

D．it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

3. The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means “________”.

A．wait to place the table

B．keep accounts for a bar

C．work in a furniture shop

D．serve customers in a restaurant

4. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

A．A Respectable Self-made Family.

B．The Development of Manual Labor.

C．Characteristics of American Culture.

D．American Attitude Toward Manual Labor.

6 . A guide to Beijing museums during Spring Festival
The Capital Museum
The Beijing Capital Museum is presenting a special monkey-themed exhibition that decodes the cultural roots of the monkey in traditional Chinese culture. The exhibit shows more than 40 antique collections, including paintings, calligraphy, stamps, and 12 classic Monkey King pictures based on the great Chinese novel, Journey to the West. The museum also prepared a series of cultural activities for children, such as making paper-cuts for window decoration and painting monkeys.
The National Museum of China
Pasting Spring Festival couplets too doors is a traditional custom in Chinese culture. An exhibition Calligraphy Art of Couplets for the Year of the Money is ongoing, with more than 30 calligraphers’ couplet pieces on display. A major exhibition, Treasures of Romania, showcasing Romania’s history from the pre-historical period to the end of the 18^th century, is still underway.
National Art Museum of China
The 2016 New Year show, National Art Exhibition of the Great Unity of China is a visual feast that will last until March 7. The works reflect the reality that people of all nationalities in China unite as one and jointly construct a moderately prosperous society. The works also highlight their positive mental attitude and present their picturesque and colorful national customs.
Zhoukoudian Relies Museum
A Spring Festival folk custom culture exhibition will introduce traditional Spring Festival customs in detail. Visitors can enjoy nearly 100 precious exhibits from the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)and Minguo Era(1912-1949), including New Year paintings and musical instruments. Children can also take part in the treasure hunt games organized by the museum, watch 4D movies and experience the primitive way of hunting fishing and chipping stone tools in the science experience pavilion.
1. In which column of the newspaper may this article appear?

A．Travel

B．Business

C．Lifestyle

D．Culture

2. Which of the following statement is True according to the article?

A．The 40 antique collections in the Capital Museum are based on Journey to the West.

B．All four museums provide exhibits of traditional Spring Festival customs

C．Children can be involved in some activities about the primitive life in Zhoukoudian Relics Museum

D．Visitors can appreciate exhibits of Minguo Era in National Art Museum of China

3. Which one is the best choice among the four museums for visitors who’d like to enjoy history of both China and foreign countries?

A．The National Museum of China

B．Zhoukoudian Relics Museum

C．The Capital Museum

D．National Art Museum of China

7 . Singles’ Day, also called Double Eleven, began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people to celebrate their lives on November 11, 1993. In China, however, Singles’ Day has become the biggest online shopping day in the world, which was created in 2009 by Alibaba’s CEO Daniel Zhang to increase online sales. Since then, it has grown into a cultural phenomenon.
China Singles’ Day, as a shopping day, takes place on November 11 each year. There are sharp discounts and other promotions (促销) designed by Alibaba to attract online customers. In 2015, E-commerce giant Alibaba broke records with sales of $14.3 billion on China Singles’ Day, with online sales increasing 60 percent from last year, according to Alibaba. “Most people shop on mobile phones or ipads and online shopping has become a comfortable channel for most consumers”, said Kitty Fok, China manager for market research. “China is a big market with close to one billion smart, connected device users. It is good news for both Alibaba and their competitors,” she said.
The company is focusing on international e-commerce for future Singles’ Days, reported Reuters. “Within the next five years, we expect China will become the world's largest e-commerce market for imported products,” President Michael Evans told reporters on Wednesday. Alibaba Chief Executive Daniel Zhang said in a statement that Singles’ Day would mean that “the whole world will see the power of Chinese consumption.” Over 130 million users visited Alibaba’s marketplace app, Taobao, reported the BBC.
1. What does Alibaba expect to do on Singles’ Day?

A．Celebrate single lives	B．Defeat competitors
C．Develop firm cultures	D．Increase online sales

2. What is the meaning of the underlined word discount in the second paragraph?

A．Smart products	B．Crazy buying
C．Low prices	D．More advertisements

3. What will make Singles' Days more popular according to Kitty Fok?

A．The popularity of smart, connected device users.

B．The potential power of Chinese consumption.

C．The cooperation with the international e-commerce.

D．The promotions on Alibaba's marketplace app, Taobao.

4. What attitude does President Michael Evans hold toward the future of China Singles’ Day?

A．doubtful	B．optimistic
C．negative	D．uncertain