1 . Which one is the right answer to the question?

A．Li He.

B．Li Bai.

C．Li Shangyin.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How does John feel about Amy’s poetry?

A．It is very classic.

B．It is very romantic.

C．It is very unique.

2. When is the conversation probably taking place?

A．On Monday.

B．On Tuesday.

C．On Thursday.

3. What topic of poetry will the speakers read about this Thursday?

A．Love.

B．Nature.

C．Friendship.

4. Whose works will the speakers read this week?

A．John Keats’.

B．Emily Dickinson’s.

C．William Wordsworth’s.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is Ashley Bryan?

A．A poet.

B．An artist.

C．A famous sailor.

2. How old was Langston Hughes when he died?

A．Forty years old

B．Sixty-five years old.

C．Ninety-two years old.

6 . Which writer are most of the class writing about?

A．Ernest Hemingway.

B．F. Scott Fitzgerald.

C．William Shakespeare.

9 . The item of traditional tea processing techniques and social practices in China was added to the intangible cultural heritage list of UNESCO in November, 2022.     1     The item consists of knowledge, skills, and practices concerning the management of tea plantations, picking of tea leaves, manual processing, drinking, and sharing of tea.

China’s traditional tea processing techniques are mainly concentrated in four tea-growing areas, namely South and North of the Yangtze River, and Southwest and South China.     2     On average, each person consumes about 0.57 kg of tea leaves a year. Multiply that by its 1.4 billion population, and you can imagine that’s a lot of tea.

    3     The gongfu tea in Chaozhou City in South China shows a complete form of Chinese tea ceremony with its procedure made up of 21 brewing (沏茶) techniques. The three-course tea of the Bai ethnic minority need to be personally served by the most prestigious (有威望的) elders in the family. When people of the Yao ethnic minority treat guests, local women make oil tea and sing folk songs by the fireplace.

    4     Thousands of years ago, there were the Tea Horse Road and The Great Tea Road to serve the trade of tea. Nowadays, the villagers have developed a tea industry and sell related products overseas. They have also developed tea-based tourism, which also boosts rural development.

China is the hometown of tea, and the inclusion of the Chinese tea into the world cultural intangible heritage list will help build the cultural foundation for a community with a shared future for mankind.     5    

A．Tea-drinking is considered to be an important part of Chinese culture.

B．Promoted by tea culture, China’s tea industry is also developing rapidly.

C．It has become the 43rd Chinese item on the intangible cultural heritage list.

D．China is not only the largest producer of tea, but also the largest consumer.

E．The practice of making friends through tea-related activities is very common in China.

F．It will also help the world deepen its understanding of the fine traditional Chinese culture.

G．There are over 2,000 kinds of tea for people to drink in China, thus forming different customs.

10 . Many of our family traditions centered around food. We’d gather in the kitchen for every birthday and holiday and enjoy delicious food. My grandparents always held Christmas dinner, which included chicken cacciatore, sausage, meatballs and salad. But right before we sat down to eat, my grandmother would pull me aside to show me the dish she made just for me: fresh pasta (意大利面) with tomato sauce.

It was a simple dish, but to me it was warm food that filled me with happiness. But more than that, it made me feel like I belonged. I was a shy kid and, in many situations, I felt ignored. And here was my grandmother, showing me that I mattered.

Years went by; I moved away and got married. I’d visit throughout the years and my grandmother would serve up a plate of pasta.

When my daughter was born in 2020, for the first time in my life I wasn’t about to make the trip back home for Christmas. I cooked my family’s traditional foods and my husband and I had a big meal that included, of course, fresh pasta. I had a video call with my grandmother and showed her the pasta. Shortly after the holidays she passed away unexpectedly.

It seemed so unfair that my grandmother passed away soon after I became a parent. I’d hold my daughter and think about how I could tell her what an amazing great-grandmother she had.

In my sadness I came to an answer: food. Late at night after my daughter had gone to bed, I’d go to the kitchen and learn how to make fresh pasta, cooking my grandmother’s recipes. Before long I started experimenting, making a bit changes to classic recipes. When my daughter got a little older, I began making special dishes for her with my grandmother’s flavors in mind.

I know that no matter how hard I try, my daughter will never have a bowl pasta with sauce exactly like the ones my grandmother would make for me. While that makes me sad, she’ll still get to have my pasta sauce. I know there’re two things she’ll never lack for in this life: pasta and love.

1. What did the author say about her grandmother’s homemade pasta?

A．It was a special birthday gift for her.	B．It brought her a sense of belonging.
C．It was loved by every family member.	D．It took a lot of time and energy to prepare.

2. What made the author’s 2020 Christmas dinner different from previous ones?

A．She didn’t share pasta with her husband.

B．She didn’t give her grandmother a call.

C．She didn’t prepare many traditional family foods.

D．She didn’t have a chance to eat her grandmother’s pasta.

3. Why did the author learn to make fresh pasta late at night?

A．To honour her grandmother.	B．To give her daughter a surprise.
C．To meet her grandmother’s wish.	D．To be a role model for her daughter.

4. What can we learn about the author’s pasta sauce?

A．It isn’t easy to make.	B．It isn’t to her daughter’s liking.
C．It tastes exactly the same as her grandmother’s.	D．It shows her love for her daughter.

5. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Different types of pasta	B．The origin of pasta
C．Love through pasta	D．Pasta for Christmas