1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who can celebrate the Home coming Day?

A．Overseas students of a school.

B．Fresh men of a college.

C．Former students of a university.

2. When do people celebrate the Home coming Day?

A．In summer.

B．In fall.

C．In winter.

3. What do the home coming celebrations always end with?

A．A dance.

B．A song.

C．A speech.

3 . 【课本改编题】
语法填空

Festivals have     1     wide range of origins. Some come from     2     (religion), while some are for famous     3     (figure) and significant events. The harvest festival is an important festival full of joy and charm. People are grateful     4     the harvest. In European countries, people decorate churches and town halls     5     flowers and fruit, featuring a new look. Today, with festivals     6     (become) commercial, some traditions may fade away. Christmas is the biggest occasion in the West     7     people greet each other with “Merry Christmas”. On Christmas Eve, it is typical of people     8     (enjoy) the roast turkeys, puddings, mashed potatoes and pumpkins.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who can celebrate the Home coming Day?

A．Overseas students of a school.

B．Fresh men of a college.

C．Former students of a university.

2. When do people celebrate the Home coming Day?

A．In summer.

B．In fall.

C．In winter.

3. What do the home coming celebrations always end with?

A．A dance.

B．A song.

C．A speech.

5 . 语段填空

    1     (我会非常高兴) if you could come and join in my birthday party at 7 p. m. next Friday at my home.     2     (将会有十几个朋友) present at the party.     3     (派对不仅仅是为了玩); it is also for mutual communication. So please accept my sincere invitation.

8 . Celebrations, after the pattern of Thomas Alva Edison’s famous quote, often appear to be one percent inspiration and 99 percent preparation. People around the world take celebrating seriously.     1    

Exactly when and where human beings began coming together in public to celebrate as a group is unknown and unknowable. Logic suggests that the first public celebrations were related to the patterns of existence.     2     The earliest parades may have been processions of successful hunters returning to a joyful welcome by their thankful families. As civilizations developed, such celebrations became more regular and formal and served a broader social purpose.

    3     In some places, the commercial aspect has made us forget the original reason for the celebration. Carnival celebrations in Venice, Italy, was a festival on the day before the solemn six-week religious period known as Lent. In the current version of Carnival, hundreds of thousands of visitors attend the celebrations in Venice.     4     But their purchases of meals, accommodations, and Carnival masks bring great sums of money into the economy of the city. One cannot blame the tourists. They are attracted by Venice’s unique and undeniable magic.

Throughout history, across countries and cultures, the experience of a heartfelt celebration is always worth the often significant amount of time and money spent planning, preparing, organizing, and carrying out an event.     5    

A．There are records of religious parades and processions dating back to 3000 B.C.

B．This does not mean, however, that modern celebrations are not socially conscious.

C．Most of the city’s inhabitants would leave the city’s public areas to the crowds of tourists.

D．Parades and other public celebrations have also become important economic events worldwide.

E．Many of them are willing to go to great effort and expense to plan and attend public celebrations.

F．In hunter gatherer societies, success in the search for food and shelter must have triggered the need to celebrate together.

G．The priority given to celebrating seems to put it alongside food, shelter, love, and freedom as a fundamental need of humanity.

9 . Countries around the world celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. The United Nations says the theme of this year is DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender (性别) Equality.

The UN says that from the earliest days of computing, women have contributed to information technology. But it says those contributions have been little recognized or valued. The international organization says 37 percentage of women do not use the internet. It also says 259 million fewer women than men have access to the internet. Yet, women make up very close to half the world’s population. The UN says women are largely underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematic careers. “Bringing women into technology results in more creative solutions and has greater potential for innovations that meet women’s needs and promote gender equality,” says the UN’s website.

For this year’s International Women’s Day, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement, “Let us work together to build a more inclusive, just, and prosperous world for women, girls, men, and boys everywhere.” The IWD has its roots in the social and labor movement in the United States. It began in New York City on March 8, 1857, when female workers marched in protest (抗议) of unfair working conditions and unequal rights in clothing factories. The workers called for a shorter workday and better pay, the National Archives says. On March of 1908, women workers again marched through New York City to protest child labor and poor working conditions, and demand women’s right to vote.

The first recorded celebration internationally was on March 19,1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. At that time, over a million people came out to support women’s rights. After World War II, several countries started to celebrate women’s day on March 8. Two years later, the UN officially announced that date as International Women’s Day in 1977. Some countries, including China, Russia and Uganda, also recognize it as a public holiday. Past UN celebrations have included the issues of climate change, rural women and HIV/AIDS.

1. Why does the UN focus on DigitALL in celebration of this year’s IWD?

A．People have attached less value to women’s contributions.

B．People tend to ignore women’s role in international issues.

C．Women account for a larger population of the world.

D．Women have easier access to the internet than men.

2. What is the advantage of bringing women into technology?

A．Finding creative solutions to gender equality.

B．Developing innovation potential to satisfy women.

C．Encouraging more women to take up technology.

D．Supporting women’s rights through innovative approaches.

3. Why does the author mention Antonio Guterres in paragrpha 3?

A．To comment on women’s positions in innovations.

B．To state the purpose of celebrating IWD this year.

C．To call for joint action in respecting women’s rights.

D．To illustrate the origin of International Women’s Day.

4. What mainly makes IWD an official international day?

A．The focus on the issues of world concerns.

B．The worldwide efforts to build a better world.

C．The official announcement of the day by the UN.

D．The celebration of women’s achievements in computing.

10 . My son’s seventh birthday is approaching, so conversation at my house has naturally turned to organizing his party.

For his sixth birthday, we booked the local trampoline(蹦床) park. This worked out well. But the whole event cost us hundreds of pounds. This year, I’m trying to convince him that the dinosaur-themed park down the road offers just as much fun—and you don’t even need to wear special socks! This will be cheaper, because we aren’t required to hire a space—we can simply buy tickets for his mates.

But I still keep pondering over one thing—party bags. Why should a bunch of seven-year-olds, who have already been treated to a day out and a mountain of sugar, also be handed a bag full of pound-shop gifts for simply bothering to show up?

Party bags are an environmental disaster. I reckon my son attends 20 parties per year, and at each party there are 20 kids in attendance, which means 400 plastic bags in total. Within these 400 bags are perhaps 800 plastic toys, almost all of which fall apart on the journey home and then get binned instantly. The waste is shocking, and I don’t want to be part of it.

I know there are some party bag alternatives: one couple I know covered a table with Mr. Men books and got the kids to choose one each. At another party, I saw the hosts fill a bucket with soft toys and crumpled newspaper, and do a lucky dip (抽奖). Admirable efforts.

Even if that is a nice try, and even if the contents in the party bags don’t fall apart, so what? Will our guests think more highly of our child because of the party bags from our party? Will my child’s ability to make and keep friends be improved?

Well, the tradition for kid’s party bags ends with me, and it ends here, and it ends now. Who’s with me?

1. Why does the author recommend the dinosaur-themed park?

A．Because it’s more enjoyable.	B．Because it provides socks.
C．Because it can reduce cost.	D．Because it offers free tickets.

2. What may be put in party bags?

A．Gifts brought by guests.	B．Gifts prepared by hosts.
C．Gifts distributed by parks.	D．Gift a donated by charities.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards party bags?

A．Intolerant.

B．Objective.

C．Favorable.

D．In different.

4. What do the underlined words “get binned” mean in paragraph 4?

A．Be recycled.

B．Be repaired.

C．Be thrown away.

D．Be given away.