1 . 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.

3 . 假定你是李华，近日你校举办了以“科学之美”为主题的首届校园科学节（The First Science Festival）。请你根据以下要点，给校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.举办时间；
2.活动内容；
3.师生反响。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The First Science Festival

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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。

China has many     1     (tradition) festivals such as Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and so on. People prepare     2     (decorate) them with flowers, lanterns and fancy decorations. In many     3     (place), people like to set     4     fireworks.

Till today, some of them     5     (hold) around the country,     6     (attract) countless visitors to participate in them. There are     7     (variety) activities in these festivals where people hold lots of competitions to entertain     8     (them). Interestingly, guessing lantern riddles is an essential part of the festival,     9     is also an activity from ancient times to the present.

What’s more, celebrating western festivals is becoming a common phenomenon around     10     country.

5 . 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。

Shangsi Festival is an ancient Chinese festival     1    (celebrate) on the third day of the third lunar month,     2    is mainly observed by Chinese ethnic groups to drive away evil spirits and natural disasters.

There are many    3    (story) about the festival’s true origins. Some say it stems from a dinner party held on the banks of the Qushui River during the Zhou Dynasty. Others say it    4    (come) from the custom of getting rid of evil by bathing in the river.

Shangsi Festival activities have changed     5    (thorough)with the times. The feast and praying for later generations by the river were added    6    the Han Dynasty. It was after the Wei and Jin dynasties that the event developed into the Double Third Day. After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the festival developed into    7     spring outing featuring lively activities like hiking and listening to choir music.

To the Zhuang ethnic group, March 3 is a festival for young people     8     (sing) songs and find their true love. Since 1983, singing festivals     9     (hold) annually on this day throughout Guangxi.

Five-colored sticky rice and painted eggs are traditional food for the Shangsi Festival. The Zhuang people believe rice is good for health and painted eggs are seen     10    a symbol of love.

6 . How many people will attend the party?

A．24.

B．20.

C．12.

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.