1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Finding yourself at the doorway of any temple or ancient building in China, you may encounter y     1     attractive but seemingly odd piece of wall, only     2     (slight) larger than the entrance itself. You would be forgiven for thinking this is just the remainder of another building, with the rest lost to history, as was my initial assumption the first time I     3     (spot) one. However, the reality is far more fascinating.

Out of     4     (curious), I asked around,     5     (bother) friends for information, and was finally able to get not only the name, but also the purpose of these walls. Zhaobi, or spirit walls, have a long and storied history of 3,000 years. Zhaobi could be found outside the entrance of various buildings. They     6     (reserve) for only the highest members of society once. Seeing zhaobi outside a building would let passersby know this was the residence of someone of extreme importance, while protecting the privacy of     7     (it) residents.

In more modern times, zhaobi,     8     (adopt) by companies that practice fengshui, still exist.     9    zhaobi can help bring them good luck is questionable. But what can be said for sure is that these structures, like any other in history, stand     10     the development of Chinese history.

2 . 假设你是李华，你的外教Mr. Smith想假期外出旅游，请你给他回复一封邮件，推荐一座历史文化名城，内容包括：1. 推荐的城市；2. 城市特色；3. 表达祝愿。
注意：（1）词数80左右；（2）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Smith,

How is it going? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . I’m interested in the Renaissance (文艺复兴), so I like visiting ancient Italian cities. Ferrara is called City of the Renaissance. When I learned about this city on the Internet, I decided to pay a visit to it.

The city has a certain charm, but I find it isn’t as great as other Italian cities like Verona, let alone Venice or Rome. The Michelin Green Guide gives it two stars, which is right.

I first visited the city centre. The Cathedral and Castello Estense are at the heart of the city. Both have striking appearances. I visited the Cathedral first. Castello Estense is also worth visiting, which owes its name to the powerful Este family. It was built with bricks and surrounded by a moat (护城河). At the lower levels, the history of the city and the Este family are told through displays, and in another part the ceilings are shown through mirrors on the ground.

In the north, we can appreciate the Renaissance extension of the town, with straight streets and monumental houses. The famous Palazzo dei Diamanti lies here. When I was visiting it, it started to rain, so after taking a few photos quickly, I cut my visit there short. It had been raining for a few days. When the rain ceased, I went to visit the historical centre and the Renaissance buildings.

After leaving there, I visited several other interesting places such as palaces and the narrow streets of the downtown. After four hours in Ferrara I left by train to Mantua. There I had a much better time.

1. Why did the author pay a visit to Ferrara?

A．Because it is related to the Renaissance.	B．Because it is full of charm.
C．Because it is a very famous city in Europe.	D．Because it is strongly recommended by a website.

2. What did the author think of The Michelin Green Guide’s comment on Ferrara?

A．Subjective.

B．Reasonable.

C．Unacceptable.

D．Unbelievable.

3. How could Castello Estense probably get its name according to the text?

A．It came from the historical buildings.	B．It originated from the straight streets.
C．It was named after the powerful Este family.	D．It was connected to the surrounding moat.

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．The writer thought Ferrara was as great as Venice.

B．The writer visited Palazzo dei Diamanti for a long time.

C．The writer was much more satisfied with the tour in Mantua than in Ferrara.

D．The writer was disappointed with the visit to the Cathedral and Castello Estense.

7 . 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Chris发来邮件说他对中国历史文化名城很感兴趣，并请你介绍你喜欢的一座中国历史文化名城。请给他回封邮件，内容包括：
1. 简单介绍该历史文化名城;
2. 邀请他来参观游玩。
注意：
1．词数100左右;
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
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Yours truly

                                                                                                           Li Hua

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the woman come to see Rick?

A．To say goodbye.

B．To ask for advice.

C．To invite him to her home.

2. Which country would the woman like to visit?

A．Canada.

B．France.

C．Germany.

10 . The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928). After an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871. In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”, almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns. Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs.

The nineteenth-century poor city was a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: Though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression (萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.

Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.

1. How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?

A．By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago.

B．Through his observation of the country life.

C．Through the combination of different ideas.

D．By taking other people’s advice.

2. What does the underlined phrase “drawing on” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Making comments on.	B．Giving an explanation of.
C．Giving a description of.	D．Making use of.

3. What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?

A．Each one would continue to become larger.

B．People would live and work in the same place.

C．Their number would continue to rise.

D．Each one would contain a certain type of business.

4. What could be the best title for the passage?

A．City and Countryside.	B．The Invention of the Garden City.
C．A New City in Chicago.	D．A Famous Garden City in England.