1 . 近期哈尔滨成为网红旅游打卡地，假定你是李华，想在寒假期间邀请美国交换生Tom一起去哈尔滨游玩。请你给他写一封英文电子邮件，内容包括：

(1) 邀请同行，商议出行日期和方式；

(2) 询问御寒措施和注意事项。

注意：(1) 写作词数应为80左右；

(2) 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

I hope this email finds you well.

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Best regards.

Yours,

Li Hua

2 . I love learning about customs and practices in other countries. For this post, I asked all of my friends in the Multicultural Kid Blogger group to give me their favorite birthday traditions!

CHINA

The most special of the birthday traditions in China is for babies. New parents give red eggs (an even number) to friends and family for good luck. Common presents include food, silverware, and money wrapped in red paper. On birthdays, it is common to eat longevity noodles (长寿面) without breaking them for good luck to live a long life.

ISRAEL

Sometimes children in Israel wear a crown (王冠) made from leaves or flowers for their birthday. The birthday child sits in a chair, and gets picked up and raised and lowered the chair one time for each year of age, plus one more for good luck. Guests at the birthday party sing and dance around the chair. At birthday parties, kids often play games, such as races with potatoes on spoons.

GHANA

In Ghana, one of the most common birthday traditions is that kids get to eat oto for breakfast: sweet potatoes mixed with onions, made into patties, and fried with hard boiled eggs. Later in the day, Ghanaians sometimes have a party for the child with stew, rice, and kelewele. At the party, girls often like to play a game called ampe.

MEXICO

Mexico families love parties, and celebrate birthdays en grande (盛大地). The 15th birthday, quinceañera is the most important, formal, and well-prepared. Mexicans always sing Las Mañanitas to wake up the child on their birthdays. When the birthday girl or boy blows out their candles, guests call for them to take a bite of the cake (“mordida-mordida!”) and always push their face into the frosting. A Mexican birthday party always has a piñata filled with little toys and candies.

1. What do parents both in China and Ghana do for their kids’ birthdays?

A．Offer them a special food.	B．Give them money in red papers.
C．Play a unique game with them.	D．Make a special clothing for them.

2. What do kids in Mexico get for their birthdays?

A．A blessing song.

B．A beautiful crown.

C．Red eggs.

D．A wonderful breakfast.

3. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A noticeboard.

B．A travel guidebook.

C．A website.

D．A geography magazine.

3 . Learning anything can be challenging, especially when it comes to figuring out how and what to practice. Repetition is usually essential. But you don’t want something that takes the joy out of you. I’ve been teaching myself to draw for a few years. I had improved a lot but for a long while was going nowhere. I’d tried lots of books and courses, and filled endless pages with boxes, parallel lines and figures. None of these seems to be working.

But something clicked when I started sketchbooking this year. The sketchbooks led to a shift in mindset. Rather than trying to practise, I was engaging in a practice — scribbling (涂鸦). The scribbles weren’t all good but they have become part of a whole. I’ve been absorbed ever since. I scribbled my breakfast, the fruit in the office, and other people on the train.

I spoke to Danny Gregory, a writer who blogs and makes videos about sketchbooking, to try to figure out why I had become so taken by my new practice.

“We think the practice in drawing is like that in piano, where you have to play through a series of musical notes step by step,” Gregory says. “But what if you think about practice in other terms — like a yoga practice or medical practice? With those kinds of practices, you’ve learned some stuff, right? Progress happens naturally. It’s not preparatory. So just follow the process and take pleasure in it. This is what matters.”

I have now filled two sketchbooks just with portraits — more than 100 scribbled over a couple of months. In them I challenged myself to include people on every page. Used to drawing ghost-town versions, the first few pages were a struggle. But I started varying my morning coffee routine to find new places where I could observe life.

My latest sketchbook will tackle the challenge of all my drawings — hands. I’ve always had problems drawing hands. It’s early days, but I’m not fearing it as I would have before because it isn’t just practice any more.

1. What was the challenge the author faced when learning to draw?

A．Lack of interest in traditional practice methods.	B．Little progress despite extensive efforts.
C．Difficulty in obtaining necessary resources.	D．Inability to master specific drawing techniques.

2. What did the author benefit from scribbling?

A．Improving hand control.	B．Enriching creative expression.
C．Grasping ways to paint details.	D．Accepting imperfections in art.

3. According to Gregory, which attitude toward practice should be emphasized?

A．Focus on specifics is essential.	B．Repetition is a fundamental key.
C．The emphasis lies in enjoying the process.	D．The highlight is in well-organized exercises.

4. What message does the story convey?

A．Every beginning is difficult.	B．Tailored methods drive progress.
C．Art is the language of the soul.	D．Integrating life enhances learning.

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。

Giant pandas Yang Guang and Tian Tian arrived in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Tuesday morning, after wrapping up     1     (they) stay in Britain. The pair     2     (touch) down at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at about 6: 50 a.m., before     3     (send) to the Bifengxia giant panda base in Ya’an for a month-long observation and detection.

Yang Guang and Tian Tian,     4     literally mean Sunshine and Sweetie, arrived at Edinburgh Zoo in December 2011 on a 10-year loan. The loan extended for an additional two years subsequently.     5     the only pandas in Britain, they acquired significant attention, attracting a record number of visitors to the zoo.

They did not give birth to any cubs (幼崽) during their stay in Britain. There were several attempts to get Tian Tian pregnant     6     none of them were successful.

Before their     7     (depart), Edinburgh Zoo conducted training sessions to acclimate the pair to the upcoming journey.     8     zoo had also prepared fresh bamboo for the pandas as food during the flight.

According to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Chinese pandas     9     (live) in 23 institutions in 19 foreign countries are generally in good health condition, and international cooperation in this respect has been     10     (fruit).

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I was at the back of a group of eight horse riders when one of my fellow safari (观兽旅行) camp guides called my name, nodding to the spot behind me. I turned to see a male lion, fully grown, not 10 metres away.

I’d been working as a guide at the safari camp in Botswana for a year and had seen lions a few times, usually in the heat of the day. Guests paid to come on guided rides between tented camps 20 miles apart. It was a very remote area. We left at 7 am that morning; it was three hours later when the lion appeared.

Just as I saw it, the horses ran wildly, leaving riders hanging on as the lion began its chase (追逐). I wasn’t in control of my horse, Acaba, which was heading into a much thicker bush, away from the path and the rest of the group. I realised that the lion had chosen to drive Acaba away from the others.

I thought we were going to die together. I screamed in pure panic. Suddenly, Acaba ran into a really thick bush and stopped without control, throwing me into a bush. By the time I got myself out of the low woody plants, the lion was killing him.

Unbelievable! Acaba hid me in the bushes and left himself in extreme danger! It protected me! Scared... shocked... moved... my mind went blank. I was only two metres away! Acaba was on the ground, feet in front of him. He tried to push himself up. But the lion was on top of him, covering his body entirely, his front feet around Acaba’s neck.

I seized a device hanging around my neck, which is known as a bear banger. It has a spring, and when you pull the trigger (扳机) the spring fires off containers that explode when they land. It’s like a small firework but as loud as a shotgun.

Somehow my panic died down. I found myself moving closer to Acaba and the lion.

注意: (1) 续写词数应为150左右；

(2) 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1:

I pulled the trigger, and it worked.

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Paragraph 2:

One of the guides gave me a horse and I planned to find Acaba.

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6 . It’s summer. You’re on your favourite beach towel, a friend beside you. You’re both absorbed in books, occasionally taking sips of water. But what happens when it’s time to head home? Will you carry on reading together later? Generally speaking, reading tends to be seen as a solitary (孤独的) pastime.     1     However, the benefits of sharing the experience are numerous and worth sticking with throughout the year.

    2     For example, you don’t have to brainstorm to organize a conversation, because you both have a book in your hands. You can get lost in your book without worrying about seeming rude by not keeping up a constant stream of chatter. As you both enter the same state, your blood pressure will go down, muscle tension will ease, and your worries will fade away. All these put you at ease.     3     A quiet corner of the playground, a blanket spread out on the grass in the garden, or any calm space where you feel relaxed will do.

Spending time together reading can strengthen friendships. As you turn the pages, you might discover interesting facts to pass a long or funny anecdote to giggle (咯咯笑) over. Sometimes, you’ll come across more serious themes, such as losing a loved one or a cherished pet, or facing any one of life’s many challenges.     4    

Reading fiction has been shown to enhance empathy (同理心), which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. As you know, novels allow us to live countless experiences through their characters, which will result in heightened sensitivity.     5     For example, a person’s empathetic response increases as he emerges from being immersed in a story.

A．Reading with others is comforting in many ways.

B．And this sensitivity can lead to an immediate impact.

C．Reading can surely bring the joy of relaxation to people.

D．Besides, you don’t need to find a specific place to get into this zone.

E．So it might seem unusual to pull out a novel in the company of others.

F．Reading in pair may help you and your friend stay more committed to reading.

G．Discussing these themes can help deepen the bond between you and your friend.

7 . “The opposite of play isn’t work; it’s depression,” says play researcher Stuart Brown. “The adult-play shortage is becoming a public health crisis.” Play may appear insignificant, but recent studies indicate it may be as essential as the need for sleep. Playfulness helps some young animals learn to master their bodies and their environments — and once they do, most stop playing as adults.

“Adult play promotes qualities that we humans could use more of,” says Jeff Harry, a play consultant. Unfortunately, social standards restrain (抑制) our urge to let loose. “Being a playful adult is really disapproved in our society,” he says. “You don’t want people to think that you’re childish.”

“It hasn’t always been this way,” says Peter Gray, a play researcher at Boston University. When Gray reviewed descriptions of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes, he noticed that they were often described as “good-humored” and “joyful”. “What we would call work — hunting and gathering — was fun,” he says. “Generally speaking, we like to do the things that are necessary for our survival. Humans took one giant step away from fun when we started planting crops. Then we invented factories and lost sight of play entirely,” Gray adds.

We may be able to reverse this situation, says Harry. As we fully make the transition to a knowledge-based economy, work and play are beginning to merge (合并) again. Some of today’s most successful companies, such as Google and Apple, were started by people tinkering (小修补) in their garages.

“Play is all about looking at a tough world with creativity and optimism,” Brown says. He goes so far as to declare that “adult play is necessary for our survival as a species”.

The next time I’m caught playing, I know exactly what I’ll say, “I am not wasting time, or acting immature. I’m playing for the benefit of all humanity. You’re welcome.”

1. Why does Stuart Brown consider adult play essential?

A．It promotes creativity.	B．It battles depression.
C．It facilitates cooperation.	D．It improves adaptivity.

2. What societal factor restrains adult play according to Jeff Harry?

A．Fear of judgment from others.	B．Lack of sufficient time for leisure.
C．Cultural emphasis on personal values.	D．Pressure from work-related responsibilities

3. Which statement will Peter Gray agree with according to Paragraph 3?

A．Adult play contributes positively to work.

B．Social attitudes toward play regularly shift.

C．Humans initially found joy in survival activities.

D．Industrialization closely connected work and play.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To stress the significance of adult play.	B．To discuss the evolution of work and play.
C．To advocate playfulness in modern businesses.	D．To explore the impact of adult play on depression.

8 . I am employed in an educational institution. Following the _______ of the students each day, a delightful young woman named Claire often arrives to clean the classrooms and offices. Once a week, I _______ after hours, doing some extra work. So I often chat for a few minutes with her. She always makes me feel good because she’s a good listener and willing to talk about her children. Our _______ are consistently enjoyable.

Last week, she seemed unlike her _______ self. She told me that her husband had been _______, leaving them worried about their financial _______. Later that week, while I was in a department store, my attention was drawn to the shelves lined with sunglasses. After _______ various pairs, I discovered the ideal sunglasses. As I admired my _______, it occurred to me that Claire would look great while wearing them. _______ with my current pair, I purchased the sunglasses for Claire.

Eager to surprise her, I placed them in an elegant bag and ________ put them in her closet for her discovery. The following day, Claire was chatting with a coworker as she ________ the closet. Upon ________ the bag and taking out the sunglasses and a Smile Card, her face lit up with joy. She expressed that it had been days since she had reason to smile and that this act of kindness ________ her spirits.

She penned a note expressing her gratitude for my heart-warming ________. Choosing to gift her the sunglasses instead of myself brought me much satisfaction. I eagerly ________ creating more moments of joy.

1.

A．exit

B．queue

C．guidance

D．plan

2.

A．wait

B．work

C．remain

D．think

3.

A．trips

B．jobs

C．conversations

D．arrangements

4.

A．regular

B．calm

C．worried

D．usual

5.

A．rewarded

B．dismissed

C．blamed

D．comforted

6.

A．aid

B．stability

C．report

D．support

7.

A．wearing out

B．putting aside

C．taking up

D．trying on

8.

A．reflection

B．mirror

C．ambition

D．decision

9.

A．Bored

B．Content

C．Familiar

D．Careful

10.

A．occasionally

B．cautiously

C．secretly

D．accurately

11.

A．approached

B．closed

C．found

D．removed

12.

A．covering

B．hiding

C．receiving

D．spotting

13.

A．maintained

B．struck

C．restored

D．lifted

14.

A．preparation

B．comment

C．gesture

D．award

15.

A．anticipate

B．doubt

C．imagine

D．admit

9 . 假定你是学校英语俱乐部负责人李华。你的英国外教Andrew询问你在接下来的课程中是否需要介绍一些有关英国的历史知识。请你写一封邮件回复他。内容如下：
（1）你的态度；
（2）你的理由；
（3）你的建议。
注意：（1）词数80左右；
（2）可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
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10 . A little more than three months ago, I began on a journey—one that required neither a backpack nor a plane ticket. Instead, all I needed was a notebook and a pen.     1     Come rain or shine. No excuses. Just words on paper, day after day.

Now, as I’ve crossed the finish line of this self-challenge, I’m here to share the invaluable insights I’ve gained, hopefully inspiring you to give this powerful tool a shot.

I’m a great listener to everyone except myself. Most of us spend our days listening to others, through meetings, phone calls, podcasts, or social media. But in that process, we often drown out (淹没) the most important voice—our own.     2    

My mind is an ocean, sometimes calm, often stormy. Through journaling, I was able to see my thought patterns like never before. Some days, my journal entries were as calm as a peaceful ocean.     3     It was a daily exercise in understanding that our minds, much like the ocean, have ups and downs.

The past is not a prison.     4     Regrets weren’t barriers, but guides showing me a better way forward. Journaling became a form of self-forgiveness and a process of releasing the past events.

The future is a canvas (画布). Journaling didn’t just make me a historian of my past; it also made me an architect of my future. I was able to plan, dream, and visualize like never before. My entries were filled with ideas, goals, and hopes.     5    My journal turned out to be a price less tool for personal growth and development.

A．However, they helped to get to know myself.

B．On others, they resembled waves during a storm.

C．Some mistakes were like the stormy waves on the sea.

D．Mistakes were not terrible failures, but stepping stones.

E．My journal served as a platform for my inner self to be heard.

F．I decided to commit to journaling every single day for 90 days.

G．For these, I could revisit, refine, and reimagine as many times as I wanted.