2 . 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。

Festivals are celebrated all around the world. They have a wide range of origins, such as the seasons of the year, famous figures, and important events. Every festival has its different customs and unique charms. However, no matter how different they may seem, all over the world, the spirit of sharing joy, gratitude, love, or peace is common in all festivals.

Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest festival can be found in almost every culture. This important agricultural festival takes place after all the crops have been gathered in. People celebrate to show that they are grateful for the year’s supply of food. In ancient Egypt, the harvest festival was celebrated during the springtime — the Egyptian harvest season. It featured a parade and a great feast with music, dancing, and sports. Today, in some European countries, people decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and get together to celebrate over a meal. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.

Customs play a significant role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time. With the development of modern society and the spread of new ideas, some traditions may fade away and others may be established. One example is the typical Chinese Spring Festival custom of lighting firecrackers to drive away the evil spirits and celebrate the new year. Nowadays, many big cities have given up this custom in order to avoid air pollution. Another example is Halloween, which slowly became an exciting festival for children, in spite of its origins.

Festivals are becoming more and more commercial (商业化的), with business taking advantage of the celebrations. Online shopping websites and social media apps have made it much easier for the public to spend more on gifts for their loved ones. Although some believe festivals should not be commercialised, others believe the increase in spending is good for the economy and public happiness.

Festivals are an important part of society. They reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and attitudes towards life. They are occasions that allow us to relax and enjoy life, and forget about our work for a little while. They help us understand where we came from, who we are, and what to appreciate. And if you study festivals carefully, you may be surprised to find that different cultures actually have a lot in common after all.

1. Why do people celebrate the harvest festival?
2. How did some traditions change over time according to the passage?
3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Festivals are becoming more and more commercial. The festivals should not be commercialised because commercialisation is a totally negative development.
4. What festivals do you celebrate with your family each year? Why do you celebrate them? (In about 40 words)

3 . Once a year in the town of Wuzhen all the tourists can be audience members.

Picture an entire town turned into one grand immersive （沉浸式）_______: huge marionettes walking through a narrow, flagstone -paved lane, mother and daughter sitting _______ in a " paper boat that _______ along a river, young couples whispering under a night sky _______ up by bloomed kites.

No matter where you go in the town of Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, during its_______ theater festival you are likely to_______ performances --- and some in the unlikeliest of places, such as at the _______of an otherwise quiet square, under the roofs of a moss-carpeted dock, and even on rowing boats.

Even tourists_______of the festival will find themselves_______in plays, dance and music, everybody being ________ to wander the 1,300-year-old town's alleys, riverbanks and theater venues.

They can, for example, step into the “home” of the Italian director Eugenio Barba as he throws a "dinner party”. "This is a very________way of thinking theater, that the audience are my ________ to share a dinner, and food are sounds, ________ , words, poetry,” said Barba pleasingly, founder of the Odin Teatret of Denmark.

But those who wanted to watch The Tree were________to hand in their phones before performances. When the show began they sat ________ one another quietly, professionals and ________ alike, not knowing what the evening would bring.

What gradually________were various stories with a tree at their center. The performance immersed its audience in an overwhelming auditory（听觉的）and________head trip, or,________one viewer commented on the ________ site Douban, “the best nightmare I have ever had”.

1.

A．platform

B．theater

C．gallery

D．passage

2.

A．deliberately

B．slowly

C．swiftly

D．lazily

3.

A．stations

B．parks

C．floats

D．walks

4.

A．lit

B．burned

C．stuck

D．set

5.

A．annual

B．monthly

C．weekly

D．daily

6.

A．look into

B．come up with

C．run into

D．put up with

7.

A．center

B．comer

C．point

D．spot

8.

A．tired

B．fond

C．unconscious

D．convinced

9.

A．approved

B．affected

C．accused

D．absorbed

10.

A．arranged

B．praised

C．invited

D．supported

11.

A．creative

B．obvious

C．reasonable

D．abrupt

12.

A．colleagues

B．guests

C．fans

D．hosts

13.

A．studios

B．paintings

C．images

D．cartoons

14.

A．suggested

B．required

C．appreciated

D．referred

15.

A．meeting

B．comforting

C．recognizing

D．facing

16.

A．clerks

B．amateurs

C．experts

D．reporters

17.

A．presented

B．changed

C．held

D．mattered

18.

A．hearing

B．smelling

C．visual

D．facial

19.

A．as

B．when

C．since

D．if

20.

A．introduction

B．interview

C．debate

D．review

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did the second Mud Festival take place?

A．In 1997.

B．In 1998.

C．In 1999.

2. What’s the difference between this year’s festival and the past ones?

A．It was held both online and offline.

B．Visitors could swim in the mud pool.

C．There was a music party on the beach.

3. Why is the mud here special?

A．It has plenty of minerals.

B．It is from the eastern coast.

C．It helps stop skin disease.

4. Which aspect of the festival is the speaker talking about in the end?

A．Its origin.

B．Its purpose.

C．Its future.

5 . 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。

Cold Food Festival is a     1       (tradition) Chinese holiday celebrated before Qingming Festival, which usually falls on April 4 or 5.

Legend has     2     that Chong'er, a prince of Jin, experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states. Once, when the prince suffered from     3     (starve), Jie Zitui, offered him food. Later, when Chong'er became the duke of Jin, he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into hiding in the remote mountains with his mother. The duke wanted Jie to serve     4     one of his ministers. Contrary to     5    many people might assume, Jie, who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to     6     (become) a politician, refused the duke's invitation. Chong'er ordered the mountain to be burned down to force Jie out of hiding.     7     (fortune), Jie did not give in and the fire ended up killing him and his mother. Feeling extremely sorry, Chong'er required that the setting of fire     8     (forbid) on the anniversary of Jie's death. This meant all food was eaten cold. Therefore the festival is thus named.

Mianshan Mountain,     9    the tragedy happened, is now a famous tourist destination in Shanxi province. In many areas of Shanxi, locals still remember this tradition.     10    cold food is not the only choice for people during the celebration, the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been preserved.

6 . 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.

This weekend many families in America will celebrate Mother’s Day. The event dates back to   May 9, 1914,     1     America’s President Wilson   established the official     holiday. Some people had begun campaigning for the holiday a few years     2     (early).   Finally in 1914, the president made it official. He declared that each second Sunday in May     3     (dedicate) to thanking the nation’s mothers. He also ordered all government     buildings     4     (display) the national flag on that day. According to President Wilson, this was done “as a public expression of …love …for the mothers of our country.”

Before long, people in other   countries     5     (begin) asking for a similar   holiday to celebrate their mothers. Mexico celebrated its first official Mother’s Day on May 10, 1922. May 10th became their annual holiday because the country preferred a fixed date to     6     that changed.

Other countries are happy to share the day with the United States. Some on the list include Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Japan and Turkey.

Oddly enough, the U.S. Congress rejected a Mother’s Day resolution at first. Today, though, Mother’s Day is a highly popular holiday. It’s also very successful commercially. Along with giving cards,   candy   and flowers,     7     (take) moms out for brunch is a very popular gesture. America’s National Restaurant Association says Mother’s Day is the year’s most popular day for eating out.

But why do we honor our mothers? Many moms lovingly dedicate their lives to their children. Moms sacrifice time, sleep and often their own dreams. Moms try to provide a strong foundation     8     children   can   build   their   lives. With     9     (love)   care,   mothers guide their children toward adulthood.

When we consider everything our mothers have done for us, how can we not honor them? There’s no need to wait for a national holiday, though. Every day is a great opportunity to tell our mothers     10     they mean to us.

7 . 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.

I was honored to be invited by Nadim to his sister's wedding in India. The wedding ceremony took place in a brightly     1     (decorate) hotel room. There were hundreds of guests, all     2     (dress) up in formal, colourful clothes. A few traditional customs made a deep     3     (impress) on me. One was the bridegroom's entrance on a beautiful white horse. Another was the part     4     Nadira’s father proudly led his daughter through rows of seats to her husband.

The Rio Carnival was very impressive, too.     5     (experience) the spirit of the Rio Carnival for myself I went to a street party. I could see a group of around 20 Brazilian dancers and a band in fancy costumes     6     (stand) in the street. Some of them carried flags,     7     blew in the wind. Then there was an     8     (explode) of bright colours and lively music, and the group jumped into action. The band started playing an energetic samba beat, the dancers twisted and turned, and the crowd began to cheer, clap and sing. I was so caught up in the party fever     9     I hardly noticed five hours fly by!     10     an amazing first day in Rio!

9 . 假如你是李华，你的学校英文报举办以“Traditional Festivals in Modern Times”为题目的征文比赛，请你写一篇英文短文参赛。内容包括：
1.简要说明传统节日的现状；
2.谈谈你对此现状的看法。
注意：1.词数100左右（标题已为你写好，不计入词数）；
2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Traditional Festivals in Modern Times

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10 . Compared with Mother’s Day, Father’s Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar. In reality, Father’s Day was first celebrated by Americans, inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart, a veteran of the US Civil War, whose wife _________ away giving birth to their sixth child. He raised six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly _________ back in those days.

His daughter, Sonora Dodd, _________when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his children. It was in the early 1900s and she was actually _________ one day, listening to a sermon on _______. She thought there should also be a Father’s Day celebration.

And so the _________ was born, on the third Sunday every June, close to the anniversary of Sonora’s father’s death. Britain took the idea of Father’s Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated _________ since the 1970s.

Father’s Day is never quite such a big commercial event as Mother’s Day is, probably because it hasn’t been in _________ for so long. But what do British people do for Father’s Day? Well, most people would buy their fathers a card. The card would probably have nice message in it _________ what a great Dad their father is. Some people do buy presents as well.

__________ gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because there are things that Dads can __________ use even if they don’t want them. In the run-up to Father’s Day, or indeed Mother’s Day, there will be advertisements on TV giving __________ideas of CDs or gadgets we can buy. Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar goods with “World’s Greatest Dad”__________on them.

Some families __________ do things together to celebrate Father’s Day like going for a meal. As a special treat, British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest, __________ him a cup of tea, or even wash his car and mow the lawn to make him feel really appreciate.

1.

A．gave

B．went

C．died

D．passed

2.

A．unusual

B．unnatural

C．unfair

D．untrue

3.

A．noticed

B．found

C．heard

D．realized

4.

A．at school

B．at home

C．at work .

D．at church

5.

A．Mother’s Day

B．Father’s Day

C．Christmas Day

D．New Year’s Day

6.

A．attraction

B．tradition

C．position

D．congratulation

7.

A．specially

B．officially

C．especially

D．greatly

8.

A．existence

B．use

C．effect

D．power

9.

A．writing

B．saying

C．speaking

D．telling

10.

A．Regular

B．Popular

C．Normal

D．Moral

11.

A．always

B．sometimes

C．seldom

D．never

12.

A．you

B．them

C．us

D．people

13.

A．placed

B．put

C．laid

D．written

14.

A．must

B．can

C．might

D．should

15.

A．cook

B．boil

C．steam

D．make