1 . What does the man think is the best way of inviting guests?

A．In person.

B．By mail.

C．Online.

2 . 假设你是李华，一批英国高中生和你校学生一起参加了为期三周的中国诗词大会（the Chinese Poetry Competition）。现在，他们即将回国，你将在欢送会上致辞。请根据以下提示写一篇发言稿。
1. 回顾诗词大会期间的活动；
2. 谈谈感想或收获；
3. 表达祝愿与期望。
注意：1. 词数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear friends.

How time flies!

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Yours,

Li Hua

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

A．Linda’s husband.

B．The man’s cousin.

C．A cook.

2. How many years have the speakers got married?
(silver wedding: 25 years; golden wedding: 50 years; diamond wedding:60)

A．25.

B．50.

C．60.

3. What do we know about Linda?

A．She won’t be invited to the party.

B．She doesn’t eat chicken.

C．She is a good cook.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the date today?

A．October 22nd.

B．October 23rd.

C．October 24th.

2. How old is the United Nations in 2017?

A．72 years.

B．52 years.

C．62 years.

5 . Last weekend we celebrated Jacob turning nine    1    his friends with an art party. Instead of hosting it at our house, we    2    (decide) to try something new to celebrate it. It cost US $5,000 to rent a small restaurant. I worked with a store manager. And I bought    3    (balloon) and a few other things from him.

On the day of the party, the tables in the restaurant     4    (cover) and waiters and waitresses were ready to get to work when we arrived. We started with helping the children paint their own canvases(油画)    5    then create their own T-shirts. I should have advised parents     6    (take)some old clothes.    7     (unlucky)we did not. When one child got paint all over    8    (him), I felt bad about that.

Overall, Jacob had    9    wonderful time. We were able to do the art parity for minimal cost. The smile on his face at the end of the day was all    10    mattered to me.

6 . In some western countries, March 14 is celebrated as Pi Day,     1     day to honor the number that many people are familiar with. The date comes from the first three number of Pi: March is the third month,     2     (follow) by the one and four that make 14. Pi     3     (appear) wherever there are circles. Pi is a ratio. It measures the     4     (distant) around a circle to its diameter(直径).

A website, Piday.org, shows little known facts about the number. Pi has been     5     (universal) known for thousands of years and gets its name from a Greek letter,. The     6     (Greek) are believed to have used the letter to describe the ratio. The first Pi Day     7     (celebrate) on March 14, 1988 in San Francisco’s Exploratorium Science Museum,     8     which the museum becomes well-known, according to the site. The museum marks the day with a daylong celebration     9     (include) a parade.

March 14 has other scientific links. It is the birthday of physicist and Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein. Princeton University,     10     Einstein lived for many years, celebrates Pi Day as well.

7 . What are the speakers talking about?

A．Holding a party in April.

B．Renting a club for a party.

C．Booking a ticket for a party.

8 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

It is essential to take an useful summer vacation after the exam. There are many kinds of activity for us to take part. First, we can visit our relatives and friends or spend a happily time with our family. Second, seeing a film, listening to music or hang out with our friends will also be excited. Third, we should take more exercise to keep healthy. What’s more, we’d better to review what we had learned at school. Finally, it is necessary of us to do some housework, that can help our parents a lot. Above all, I hope all of us can have a pleasant vacation.

9 . I was six years old. It was Halloween. The school was having its annual Halloween parade (游行) to _______ it. All the kids would march a few _______ through the neighborhood.

“Just buy him a costume,” my father said. “ It doesn’t cost much.”

But no, my mother decided, _______ it was my first parade, she would _______ me a costume: the mummy (木乃伊), my favorite scary character.

She _______ white rags (布片) and old towels and wound them _______ me, holding them in place with safety pins. Then she arranged the rags with toilet paper and tape. It took a long time, but I was still _______ enough to see the result. When she finished, I could _______ wait to look in the _______. I was a mummy! I moved back and forth in front of it ________.

“Oh, you’re very scary.” my mother said.

She drove me to school. We started our parade. The more I walked, the ________ the rags got. Then, about two blocks out, it began to ________. The next thing I knew was that the toilet paper was beginning to dissolve (溶解). ________, the rags became even looser and fell to my ankles, wrists, and neck and you could see my undershirt and under pants, which made me extremely ________.

“Look at Charley!” the other kids screamed. They were ________. I was burning red. I wanted to escape, but where did you go in the middle of a parade?

When we ________ reached the schoolyard, I was all wet, with a mess of rags and toilet paper pieces. The parents were waiting there with ________, starting to take photos of us. I saw my mother first. As she spotted me, she ________ her hand to her mouth. I burst into ________.

“You ________ my life!” I cried.

1.

A．congratulate

B．celebrate

C．honour

D．spend

2.

A．blocks

B．houses

C．schools

D．roads

3.

A．unless

B．although

C．as if

D．since

4.

A．rent

B．buy

C．make

D．borrow

5.

A．cut up

B．put up

C．set up

D．turned up

6.

A．above

B．on

C．around

D．beneath

7.

A．upset

B．patient

C．stubborn

D．grateful

8.

A．seldom

B．hardly

C．only

D．nearly

9.

A．rags

B．shirt

C．eyes

D．mirror

10.

A．hurriedly

B．sadly

C．excitedly

D．seriously

11.

A．tighter

B．heavier

C．looser

D．bigger

12.

A．rain

B．blow

C．snow

D．thunder

13.

A．As a reward

B．As a result

C．At an end

D．as usual

14.

A．shocked

B．frightened

C．disappointed

D．embarrassed

15.

A．laughing

B．jumping

C．cheering

D．crying

16.

A．sadly

B．gradually

C．proudly

D．finally

17.

A．pictures

B．cameras

C．towels

D．dogs

18.

A．raised

B．dropped

C．tied

D．fastened

19.

A．flames

B．laughter

C．tears

D．song

20.

A．lighted

B．started

C．rebuilt

D．ruined

10 . Several countries in Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year in their own way. But dragon and lion dances in Chinatowns all over the world have helped to make China’s New Year the most famous. These days growing     1     (number) of people who are not of Chinese origin are joining in. In Tokyo window cleaners dress up     2     the animals of the Chinese Shengxiao. America, Canada and New Zealand have published memorial stamps for the year of the chicken. Last year New York City made the Lunar New Year     3     school holiday for the first time.

The spread of the Spring Festival is     4    (part) due to recent immigration from China. 9.5 million Chinese people     5     (move) abroad since 1978, many of     6     are far richer than earlier waves of immigrants.

Aware of China’s growing economic and political influence, foreign leaders have noticed the occasion. Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, has given a video address, a tradition     7     (start) in 2014 by her predecessor (前任) . This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos was held a week earlier than usual       8     (avoid) conflicting with China’s New Year.

It     9    (hope) that the festival will promote its cultural “soft power” abroad. So it may give the Chinese people     10     (satisfy) to see foreigners enjoy such festivities.