1 . Why does the man buy some flowers?

A．To offer some help.

B．To cheer up the woman.

C．To celebrate a birthday.

2 . What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A．Today’s weather.

B．Judy’s weekend.

C．Judy’s cousin.

3 . The Torch Festival (火把节) is a traditional festival which is celebrated among some ethnic groups in southwestern China, such as the Yi, Bai, Hani, Lisu, and Lahu, etc. It usually falls on the 24th or 25th of June, with three days of celebrations. The festival came from worship (崇拜) of fire by ancestors ( 祖 先 ). For some ethnic groups, it’s a tradition in the festival for elders to share farming experience with young people and educate them about taking care of crops.

During the festival, big torches are made to stand in all villages, with small torches placed in front of the door of each house. When night falls, the torches are lit and the villages are bright. At the same time, people walk around the fields and houses, holding small torches and placing the torches in the field corners. Inside the villages, young people are singing and dancing around the big torches that keep burning throughout the night. Other activities like horse races are also held during the festival.

In a horse race of the Yi people in Yunnan, torches are used to form hurdles for riders to get through. The Hani people in Yunnan traditionally tie fruits to torches with strings. When the strings are broken after the torches are lit, people struggle for the fruits for good luck.

For the Lisu people in Sichuan, the festival is an occasion for holding torch parades. Big torches are carried by teams of people, which is like a fire dragon. If different teams meet, it’s a tradition to exchange the big torches with one another.

1. What can we know about the Torch Festival from the first paragraph?

A．It is a festival to show worship of fire.	B．Its celebrations usually last two days.
C．It is a traditional festival of all China.	D．It has nothing to do with farming.

2. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A．Why the festival is enjoyed.	B．How the festival is celebrated.
C．What torches are used for the festival.	D．Where the festival is celebrated.

3. Which of the description is INCORRECT?

A．Small torches are put in front of the door.

B．Big torches are burnt all day and all night.

C．Yi people use torches to form hurdles to get through.

D．Young people like singing and dancing around the big torches.

4. Which is a way that Lisu people in Sichuan celebrate the festival according to the text?

A．Struggling for fruits for good luck.	B．Tying fruits to torches with strings.
C．Holding torch parades.	D．Using torches as hurdles for a horse race.

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。

My American friend     1     (kind) invited me to her home     2     (celebrate) this year's Thanksgiving Day. I     3    （experience）my first ever Thanksgiving. On the day，we watched the Thanksgiving parade（游行）in New York City on TV. My friend's family sat     4     front of the television. They came from all over the States and enjoyed being together.     5     (look) at their happy faces, I thought it was really a holiday for families, just like the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

That evening, we had a big Thanksgiving dinner. This     6     (tradition) meal included roast turkey, mashed potatoes and assorted vegetables. When the dishes and plates arrived at the table, we started to take turns to say the things we were thankful for. This, in fact, is a Thanksgiving tradition     7     many families practice in the US.

Then, the food     8     (pass) around the table and we all ate far too much. I also had desserts with my dinner. There were different kinds of pies, such as apple pies, pumpkin pies and coconut pies.

If one mentions Thanksgiving, one must talk about Black Friday, the Friday that follows Thanksgiving Day. Shops across the United States will give their     9     (big) sales of the whole year on Black Friday. Many people go crazy about     10     .I saw many long queues outside the shops on that day.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What time is it now?

A．7:00 pm.

B．7:30 pm.

C．8:00 pm.

2. What will the woman probably do next?

A．Make a call.

B．Park the car.

C．Order food.

6 . 假定你是李华，你的笔友Peter对中国文化非常感兴趣，听说春节刚过，写信咨询相关细节，请你根据提示给他回一封电子邮件。内容包括：
1.春节的重要性;
2.主要的庆祝活动和方式;
注意：
1.词数 100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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8 . 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。

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the     1     (important) festivals in China. It is an evening celebration when families gather together     2     (merry) to light lanterns, eat moon cakes and appreciate the round moon.     3     that special night, the moon is the roundest and brightest thing in the sky. The full moon is a symbol for family reunion,     4     is the reason why that day is also known as the Festival of Reunion.

The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations date back to more than 2, 000 years ago. In the Tang Dynasty, people began to enjoy     5     admire the full moon as a custom. In the Southern Song Dynasty, however, people sent round moon cakes to their relatives as gifts in expression of     6     (they) best wishes for family reunion. After it turned dark, they looked up at the fall silver moon or went sightseeing by lakes     7     (celebrate) the festival. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival celebration     8     (become) even more popular. Together with the celebration appeared some special     9     (custom) in different parts of the country, such as     10     (burn) incense (香), planting Mid-Autumn tees, lighting lanterns on towers and fire dragon dances, etc.

9 . 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。

If you live in northeastern China, you expect long, cold winters. People     1    (live) in Harbin don’t just stand the cold, however; they welcome     2    . The city is home to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival,     3     is considered one of the largest ice festivals in the world. Even with temperatures usually close to -30℃, people head for city parks     4    (see) ice sculptures.

The festival includes several thousand ice sculptures, some of which are the recreations of castles, historic landmarks and famous people.     5     (visitor) can climb ice stairways and go down the slides. They can also take part     6     sporting events, including skating, ice football as well as ice swimming.

The city started its icy event in 1963 with the Ice Lantern Garden Party，a     7    (celebrate) of the tradition of creating lanterns out of blocks of ice. The larger festival began in 1985 and added sculptures. The sculptures     8    (grow) in number and size over the years. As it has gotten     9    (big), the festival has become popular outside the city.

    10    (official), the festival starts on January 5th and lasts over one month.

10 . 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：在错的词下划一横线，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。

On Women’s Day, my father and I planned to give my mother surprise. We did something specially for her. Know that she was always unwilling to buy herself anything, we decided to buy him a perfect gift. In the shop, the shop assistant introduced a beautiful necklace, what I thought was the very thing for my mother. However, we bought it without hesitations. The moment we take out the necklace, my mother was very surprised that she could not say a word. This is my great pleasure that my mother likes the gift. I hope my mother will be happy and healthy forever.