1 . Why did the woman call?

A．To ask to borrow some CDs.

B．To ask whether Bill can come to the party.

C．To pass on some information about the party.

2 . In the UK，Mother’s Day is traditionally known as Mothering Sunday.     1    ，Mother’s Day is a lot quieter than others-they usually all stay out of the public eyes.On this day，they’re a lot more like us! Since they already celebrated, keep reading to find out exactly what they do to get inspiration for your own mom--or “mum”!

1. Stay Out of the Public Eyes

There actually aren’t a ton of things on this special day.     2    as they should! Last year，for example，Prince Harry brought then-fiancée Meghan Marble to see the queen，and they were only photographed out and discussed about the next day，which was Commonwealth Day.

2. Give Flowers to Their Mums

Since the beginning of the Mothering Sunday holiday，children have given their mums flowers，and small gifts，and the royal family sticks with this tradition.     3    ，flowers are still at the top of the list for all British families on this holiday.

3. Release Photos to the Public

Although this doesn’t happen every year，the royal family have been known to release unseen photos to the public on Mother’s Day.For example，Prince William and his family released an adorable family photo on Mother’s Day back in 2014 when it was just little Prince George and his parents.In 2018，the royal family unveiled(揭开)a never-before-seen picture of Queen Elizabeth II and her family-including all of her children and husband Prince Philip-at their more private residence，Frog more，from 1965.    4    .

4. Spend Time With Their Mothers

    5    .Kate Middleton has been known to spend time with her royal side of the family and then head out to Berkshire to see her own mother，Carole Middleton.

A．Like all children try and do，the royal family spend time with their respective mothers on this special day

B．In fact，they just stay out of the public eyes and spend time with family

C．We also have more choices to make as for what to buy on mother’s day

D．It’s basically our version of Facebook photos

E．Though cards and gifts have made their way into the celebration in more recent years

F．And while the royals may hold various activities to celebrate the special day

G．Royal family members would rather go to church to celebrate the occasion quietly

3 . The Torch Festival is a traditional festival celebrated among some ethnic groups in southwestern China, such as the Yi, Bai, Hani, Lisu，Naxi，Pumi and Lahu，etc. It usually falls on the 24th or 25^th of June, with three days of celebrations. The origin（起源）of the festival may have something to do with the worship of fire by ancestors（祖先），who believed fire had the power to drive away insects and protect crop growth. For some ethnic groups，it’s a tradition in the festival for elders to share farming experience with young people and educate them on 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, bullfights, etc. are also held during the festival.

In a horse race of the Yi people in Yunnan, torches are used to form hurdles（栏架） for riders to get through. The Hani people in Yunnan traditionally attach fruits to torches with ropes. When the ropes 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 grand torch parades. Big torches are carried by the procession（队伍）, which is like a fire dragon. If several processions from different directions meet, it’s a tradition to exchange the big torches with one another.

1. Why did people originally light torches during the Torch Festival?

A．To drive away insects and evils.

B．To celebrate crop harvests.

C．To light up the villages and fields.

D．To memorize their ancestors.

2. Which of the following activities is not included during the festival?

A．Learning how to farm.

B．Singing and dancing.

C．Horse racing and bullfighting.

D．Enjoying big dinners.

3. Looking for fruits is the festival activity of _______.

A．the Yi people

B．the Hani people

C．the Lisu people

D．the Naxi people

4. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A．Horses are the most popular animals in Yunnan.

B．Most peoples celebrate the festival in a similar way.

C．Fruits are regarded as a sign of good luck in Sichuan.

D．The festival is celebrated differently by different ethnic groups.

4 . Get out your shovels, your seeds, and your soil-it's almost April 22. Here are four fun ways to celebrate Earth Day with your kids.

Plant a tree.

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, planting trees has been a traditional way of celebrating the holiday. Try planting one in your own backyard, or attending a local tree-planting event. In its lifetime, that single tree will absorb approximately one ton of carbon dioxide.    1    .

Spend the day without a car.

    2    . Yet, challenge yourself to make your way through the day without hopping in the car. Walking, biking, or catching the bus will keep your carbon dioxide emissions down and show the kids there are other fun ways of traveling.

Take a walk in nature.

Perhaps the most obvious Earth Day activity is a nature walk. Make a list of things you'd like to find and check them off on your walk.    3    . Go through the colors of the rainbow and try and find an object in that color on your walk.

Attend a community activity.

Show your kids it's not just Mom and Dad who care about Earth Day. Tons of people will show up for local events as well!    4    . We guarantee you will find some activities like park cleanup, recycling demos, or tree-planting ceremony.

    5    .

When it comes to taking care of Earth, we all need to do our share. Take your kids to the local playground and give them each a pair of gloves and a small garbage bag. Task them with picking of scraps of trash as fast as they can-whoever fills up their bag first, wins. Once you get back home, enjoy some Earth Day movies.

A．Play the clean-up game

B．Remember that every day can be Earth Day

C．If you don't feel like making a list, try a color search

D．Check out your newspaper the week leading up to the holiday

E．On Earth Day, we realize what we can do to preserve our natural resources

F．And there are a lot more surprising facts about trees you can share with your kids

G．Depending on where you live, this will bring varying degrees of problem to travel

5 . 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 has nothing to do with farming.

B．Its celebrations usually last two days.

C．It is a traditional festival of all China.

D．It is a festival to show worship of fire.

2. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．ancestors.	B．young people.
C．elders.	D．ethnic groups.

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

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

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

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

6 . 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。

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes     1    (celebrate) would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that time people     2    (starve) if food was difficult to find,     3    (especial) during the cold winter months. Today's festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.

Some festivals     4    (hold) to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,     5    might return either to help or to do harm.

Festivals can also be held to honor famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA, Columbus Day is     6     memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World.

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful     7     their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the    8    (big) watermelon or the most handsome rooster. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes.

The most energetic and important festivals are the ones     9    look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. Japan's Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country,     10    (cover) with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.

7 . 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。

Moon Day is celebrated on July 20 every year. Moon Day marks the first human landing on the moon     1     happened on July 20, 1969. Ever since 1969, Moon Day     2    (celebrate) in the United States to mark one of the     3     (great) achievements in human history.

Moon Day is     4     (large) celebrated by NASA and space officials. All kinds of events are organized across     5     country to mark this important event. Everyone can celebrate Moon Day     6     his or her own way. One great way is to make sure you look at the moon that day. You can also bake cookies and cut     7     (they) into the shape of the moon. Besides, you can consider     8     (learn) some facts about the moon. Going to the moon on Google Moon is a great idea to get familiar with our natural moon.

It is really important     9     (educate) your kids about the history of Moon Day. In this way, children can learn about what happened on July 20, 1969 and understand the     10     (important) of this event.

8 . People love to celebrate. Whether it’s a birthday or a wedding, we enjoy having a reason to relax and have a good time. This is especially true for festivals that welcome spring and summer. Here are some celebrations you may not know about.

Carabao is a buffalo(水牛) found in the Philippines, and the Carabao Festival is a day of dancing and revelry(狂欢)in May that celebrates the strong animal that plays such an important role in Filipinos farming economy. The animals are cleaned before a parade in which 20 or more of them—many decorated with paint and colorful ribbons—walked through the streets.

Cooper’s Hill is a steep, grassy knoll(圆丘 ) near Gloucester, England, which is longer than a football field. Cooper’s Hill is a late May event in which participants race one another to beat a nine-pound cheese round to the bottom of the hill. The event attracts lots of contestants but is harder than it sounds. Lots of contestants bite the dust before they reach the finish line. The winner gets the cheese.

The Boryeong Mud Festival takes place each summer near Seoul, South Korea. Tons of mud are trucked from the Boryeong mud flats to a beach area near the event. People participate in lots of activities, including a mud pool, mud skiing and mudslides. By the time the celebration is over, anyone coated in soft or dried mud can take a short walk to the beach for a quick bath.

La Tomatina is an organized tomato fight that takes place in Bunol, Spain, every August.The festival’s origins are unclear, but that hasn’t lessened anyone’s enthusiasm.The battle lasts for about an hour, and participants have to throw squashed(挤烂的) tomatoes to reduce the risk of injury. After the fight, both the people and the streets are covered with tomato guts. Fire trucks then begin the difficult task of washing everything.

1. In which celebration can people compete with each other?

A．The Carabao Festival.	B．Cooper’s Hill Cheese-rolling Festival.
C．The Boryeong Mud Festival.	D．La Tomatina Festival.

2. When will you go if you want to participate in La Tomatina?

A．In May.	B．In March.
C．In July.	D．In August.

3. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．An unforgettable celebration.	B．Exciting activities.
C．Different customs of celebrations.	D．Different festivals in Asia.

9 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Something different?

Looking for an unforgettable way to celebrate that special occasion? Well, the range of options open to today’s youngster or even ‘oldest, for that matter,     1    (be) a far cry from the traditional party or restaurant visit. No longer is it considered sufficient to invite your friends round, buy some food and get a baker     2     (produce) a cake. No, today's birthday boy or girl is looking for something out of the ordinary, ranging from the extremely expensive to the downright dangerous. Anything goes,     3    it is unusual and impressive.

    4    is considered top of this year’s popular extravagances are as follows: taking some friends rally driving, helicopter lessons, plane trip and parachuting and hot air balloon. Then, there is always group bungee jumping or taking your friends on a white water rafting ride down rapids.

The desire for adventurous celebration     5     (not restrict) to the young. I recently met an old man     6     celebrated reaching the milestone of eighty by having a flying lesson.

Of course, if you have the money the world is your oyster. A well-heeled relation of     7     flew fifty of his friends to a Caribbean island to mark the passing of his half century.

Unfortunately, I was only a distant relation.

Undoubtedly, the more traditional forms of celebration do continue to satisfy the less extravagant or less adventurous     8    us. However, with my own half century     9     (appear) on the horizon I would not say no to a weekend in Paris and a meal at the Eiffel Tower. I can but     10     (dream). Perhaps by the time I’m eighty I’ll be able to afford it.

10 . Birthdays are especially important to the very young and the very old. On their birthdays, people receive birthday cards and birthday presents from their family and friends. Children’s cards often have a large number on them showing how old they are. Cards for adults have pictures of flowers or scenery, or humorous or rude cartoons. Inside there is usually a simple greeting, such as “Happy Birthday” or “Many Happy Returns of the Day.”

In the US, children who have their birthdays during the school year take a cake to school and have a small party with their classmates. In Britain, children sometimes get Bumped (lifted off the ground horizontally and put down again sharply) by their friends.

In the US, the 16th birthday is called sweet 16. It is the age at which a person can get a US driver’s license, and some wealthier parents give their children a car as a present. At 18, in Britain and in the US, young people become adults and many have a big party. In most parts of the US, 21 is the age at which people can drink alcohol legally.

In Britain, people celebrate 21st birthday less. Many adults dislike getting older and a few lie about their age. But in general older people are now much more willing to tell others their age. You may see a sign by the side of a road saying: “Dave Ell is 40 today!”, put there by Dave’s friends. At about 65, people retire, and those who have reached this age are called senior citizens. Few people live to be 100, so a 100th birthday is very special. In Britain, people reaching this age may receive card containing a printed message from the Queen.

1. What’s the main characteristic of children’s birthday cards?

A．They are full of pictures of scenery.

B．There are some flowers on them.

C．There is a large number on them.

D．They have greetings written on them.

2. In the last paragraph, the example “Dave Ellis 40 today” shows ______.

A．The 40th birthday is very special

B．Many adults like lying about their age

C．Dave’s friends like playing jokes on him.

D．Older people don’ t mind telling others their age now

3. If a person reaches 65, he can ______.

A．be called a senior citizen	B．refuse to talk about his age
C．receive a card from the queen	D．be invited to dinner with the Queen

4. We can infer from the passage that _______ .

A．Bars in the US are forbidden to sell alcohol to young people under 21.

B．In Britain, 18 means young people become adults.

C．Young people will get a car as the 16th birthday present in the US.

D．British young men love to celebrate the 21st birthday.