3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The English phrase “it’s a small world” has been commonly used, and the recent coronation (加冕) of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in London on Saturday made me appreciate     1     (it) real meaning.

I was one of those who were viewing this once-in-a-life-time event on television. This meant that I literally had a front-row seat to a ceremony     2     has been virtually unchanged for centuries. The coronation of a new king is a significant moment in the life of many British people, but until the 20th century, the opportunity to see this     3     (impress) event was limited to a select group of people. All that was changed by the development in mass     4     (communicate), particularly the development of cinema and television.

In fact, the first time that    5     “ordinary” person in Britain could have seen, or heard the coronation was in 1937. In that year, film cameras     6     (allow) inside London’s Westminster Abbey     7     (record) the event for the first time.     8    , what was special about the coronation of King Charles III was that this centuries-old ceremony had a global audience.

The fact that I could sit on my sofa, many     9     (thousand) of kilometers away from those events in London on Saturday and see the coronation as it actually happened really brought this fact home to me,     10     (make) me truly appreciate that we are now really living in such a “small world”.

4 . The 2023 Tibetan New Year falls on Feb 21, almost a month after the Spring Festival. The celebration usually starts on the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar and ends after 15days. Just like the Spring Festival, the Tibetan New Year marks the perfect opportunity for Tibetans to reunite with their relatives and friends.

With a sweet smell coming from the pot, Tsewang, 74, stirred the soup ladle from time to time at her Singpori home. She was cooking “gutu”, a kind of soup made of flour and a traditional dish for the night of the 29th of the12th month in the Tibetan calendar.

“Gu” in Tibetan means nine, which is a lucky number. “Tu” means “pasta.” Nine different fillings like wool, charcoal and chili a replaced inside the dough drops, and each of these filings has a meaning.

“It is the Tibetan New Year’s Eve tomorrow. The family and relatives will be gathered together and welcoming a warm New Year at the new home,” Tsewang said on Sunday.

For 46-year-old Li Xijun, from northwest China’s Gansu Province, celebrating Tibetan New Year with his wife Drolma Tsering has become a part of his life after living in Tibet for 26 years.

“We celebrate both Spring Festival and Tibetan New Year at home,” he said. Li started his commercial trade business in Tibet after retiring from the army in 1997. He me this wife in 2000, and has since settled in the border county of Yadong to take care of Drolma Tsering’s parents and younger sister.

It is the third Tibetan New Year for Yuan Yubing from Shanghai. Yuan came to Tibet to learn Thangka painting in 2017 and married Losang Samkhar, her studio teacher, the following year.

“I was more of a spectator when I first celebrated the festival,” Yuan said. But after years of living here, Yuan has already known all kinds of customs of the Tibetan New Year.

Yuan and her mother-in-law have cleaned up the windows at home, and all the New Year’s goods are ready. She has even replaced her mother-in-law to cook for the family for New Year’s Eve. “Coming to Tibet makes me feel that my heart has found a home,” she said.

1. The 2023 Tibetan New Year falls on        .

A．Sunday

B．Monday

C．Tuesday

D．Wednesday

2. Tibetan New Year and Spring Festival share the same features except that         .

A．it is a great opportunity for reunion

B．people will enjoy traditional dishes like “gutu”

C．people will gather-and welcome the arrival of New Year

D．people will prepare New Year’s goods ahead of time

3. In the last but one paragraph, by saying “I was more of a spectator”, Yuan wants to express that         .

A．she was not interested in Tibetan New Year at all

B．she celebrated Spring Festival only all the time

C．she had no sense of belonging there at that time

D．she had no idea about the Tibetan New Year customs then

4. About Li Xijun and Yuan Yubin, which of the statements is true?

A．They both came from Gansu Province.	B．They both came to Tibet to learn Thangka painting.
C．They both probably married a local in Tibet.	D．They both have settled down in Yadong.

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Su embroidery (苏绣) is one of the oldest embroidery techniques in the world, with origins     1    (date) back more than 2, 000 years. Suzhou embroidery was one of the first embroidery styles to be developed in China. However, its detailed needlework     2    delicate images are still produced today. Examples of Suzhou embroidery were so detailed and intricate that many people used the pieces as artworks,     3    which some still in existence stretch back hundreds of years.

Suzhou embroidery     4    (consist) of very detailed representations of almost all     5     (subject) embroidered on to fine silk with silk thread. Evolving over 2, 500 years, Su embroidery has developed from 10 basic stitches (针) to more than 40.The stitching on Suzhou embroidered pieces is done with silk threads and through the repetition of stitches, a very dense embroidering occurs.

The Suzhou style became     6    (particular) outstanding during the Song Dynasty and with finely spun silk thread, embroiders from the Suzhou area were able to create the very images that were said to have “rivaled nature,” and it became very     7    (style) to have Suzhou embroidery in the home.     8    (employ) in clothing, wall hangings, and even intricate book covers, Suzhou embroidery as     9    technique has continued to grow and develop and because of these finest techniques, many people around the world are now discovering the beauty and     10    (creative) inherent in these pieces.

7 . A bronze horse head sculpture, a treasure of China’s Old Summer Palace that went missing 160 years ago, returned to its original palace home Tuesday. It is the first time that a priceless cultural artifact from the Old Summer Palace has been sent from abroad and then returned to be kept there.

Twelve animal head sculptures once formed a zodiac (生肖) water clock in Beijing’s Yuanmingyuan, built by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. The originals were looted (抢劫) from the royal garden by Anglo-French allied forces in 1860 during the second Opium War.

Macao billionaire Stanley Ho bought the bronze horse head and decided to donate it to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) and return it to its original home. The NCHA has spent one year refurbishing (刷新) the old Zhengjue Temple, the main place of worship for Qing Dynasty emperors in the garden, to an exhibition venue.

An exhibition in memory of the return of the horse head has kicked off at the temple, displaying about 100 items including relics and photographs. “The horse head sculpture was returned to its original palace home amid the challenges brought by COVID-19,” said an official. “It also led to an all-round upgrade of security at the Old Summer Palace, which allows for long-term exhibitions.”

“There is international consensus (共识) on returning lost cultural relics to their original homes, and China’s efforts to bring relics home in recent years have enhanced that consensus,” he added.

1. What do we know about the bronze horse head sculpture?

A．It was once stolen by French soldiers.

B．It was given back by a foreign country.

C．It has been put at its original location.

D．It was sold about 160 years ago.

2. Which of the following words can best describe Stanley Ho?

A．Patriotic.

B．Persistent.

C．Capable.

D．Optimistic.

3. What does the underline phrase “kicked off” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?

A．Started.

B．Prepared.

C．Organized.

D．Shown.

4. What can we infer from what the official said?

A．China is sure to get all the lost important cultural treasures back.

B．China has contributed greatly to the international consensus in recent years.

C．Returning lost cultural relics to their original homes has a long way to go.

D．More Chinese will buy lost important cultural relics from foreign countries.

8 . 假设你是在重庆新华中学就读的美国交换生Eric，刚刚在重庆度过了一个有意义的端午节（Dragon Boat Festival），现在给你的父母写一封邮件介绍端午节，要点如下：
(1)日期和起源；
(2)你参加的活动；
(3)你的感想。
注意：(1)词数100左右；
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
(3)开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：dragon-boat racing 划龙舟   zongzi 粽子   herb 香草
Dear parents,

How are you doing?

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Yours,

Eric

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was Mother’s Day first celebrated?

A．In 1905.

B．In 1908.

C．In 1914.

2. What do we know about Anna’s mother?

A．She was a soldier during the Civil War.

B．She founded Mother’s Day Work Clubs.

C．She brought up the idea of Mother’s Day.

3. Who formally announced Mother’s Day?

A．President Wilson.

B．The U.S. Congress.

C．Anna Marie Jarvis.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The origin of Mother’s Day.

B．The celebration of Mother’s Day.

C．The importance of Mother’s Day.