1 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

The Greek myths are almost a myth themselves.

   

The great dramatists Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides drew on the myths,     1     did the Romans after them. Since then, poets, painters, sculptors, novelists — and later on, filmmakers and even comic strip authors —     2    (find) inspiration in them. Remember film Troy (2004) starring Brad Pitt? That movie remade The Iliad, Homer’s e t of the Trojan Wars.

Greek myths came from oral stories. In the beginning, people told these tales to     3    . They didn’t read them in books or watch them in the theater. It seems that     4     we write, paint or make films — or simply just enjoy these products — the Greek myths have a special resonance.

The names and the stories     5     be old, but the myths continue to be relevant. We can still be moved by beauty, like the story of Paris when he stole the gorgeous Helen away from her husband in Troy.

We feel pain in our hearts     6     we remember our family and friends back home. We can therefore readily understand Odysseus —     7    (separate) from his wife and son for a decade — and his desperation to get home.

The everyday life of western culture     8    (mark) by the Greek myths in all sorts of ways. Just look up into the night sky — names of the stars and constellations you see come from Greek characters.

In English, we say someone who makes money easily has “the Midas touch”. But often, character from Greek mythology, who turns     9     he touches into gold. Even the products we buy in supermarkets have names     10     (inspire) by the Greeks.

2 . 假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Mike对中国的重阳节很感兴趣，想要了解一些相关内容。请给Mike写一封信，简要介绍重阳节并邀请他来中国亲自感受重阳氛围。
注意：1. 字数为100字左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：重阳节 Double-Ninth Day   菊花chrysanthemum (flower)
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3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?

A．Go to a play.

B．Stay at home.

C．Visit Kingston.

2. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto?

A．Attend a party.

B．Meet her aunt.

C．See a car show.

3. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave?

A．To call up Betty.

B．To buy some DVDs.

C．To pick up Daniel.

4. What might be the relationship between the speakers？

A．Classmates.

B．Fellow workers.

C．Guide and tourist.

4 . 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。

Hardly has the summer vacation begun when I returned to my native town. As the second-year senior student I had to get myself prepare for the college entrance examinations which were only a year away. Therefore in the morning I reviewed my lesson and read newspapers. In the afternoon, sometimes I went swimming on the river. Actual I like swimming and think nothing is refreshing than a swim. While it was hot in the afternoon, but a swim with friends would always make myself energetic. At night I always stayed at home, watched television with my family.I went to bed when the clock on the wall struck ten.

5 . As we approach Father’s Day, Let’s be real about it.

Everyone needs a father to be born, but not everyone can have a father while growing up.

Some fathers are too busy; others get divorced, disappear or die.

But almost everyone should have a father image—someone who lives up to what a father should be.

A father image is a role model—someone you want to be like. He fills you with the memories that never leaves you when you grow up.

My father image was Harold, who was in his twenties when I was10 years old. I was a foster child (收养的孩子) and lived in his home with his mother.

He had dark, curly hair and always wore a beautiful suit, a shirt and a tie. What made him my role model was that he knew my darkest secrets—even stuff my real father didn't know—and he told me things no other person would tell a little boy.

Harold dressed the store windows at Gertz Department Store in Jamaiva, N. Y., and every time I went to visit him he gave me a quarter.

I wanted to be exactly like him. I even walked like him. He always called me “Kiddo”, a name I call people I like to this day.

My friends had role models like Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehring, Joe Lewis and other sports figures. I chose Harold, because he was a real person and he chose to be my mentor (指导者).

Harold, as you may have guessed, is now in Heaven ( Where else would he be?), but I think about him a lot. And whenever I have a problem, I ask myself, “What would Harold do?”

That is the reason a father role model is so important to a boy or a girl, It's a learning experience for everyone.

I guess the reason why I am writing all this is that I think there should be a Father's Day when everyone honors the person who has a lifelong impact(影响) on him. I believe every child needs just one to change his life－Happy Father's Day

1. In the author's opinion, what should the image of a father be except______?

A．a father should be patient	B．a father should tell me what is right and what is wrong
C．a father should be like sports figures	D．a father should have a lifelong influence on his kid

2. Joe DiMaggio is________?

A．his friend’s father

B．a sports star

C．the author’s father

D．a mentor

3. How is Harold now?

A．He is working in a department store.	B．He is in Heaven now.
C．He is dead now.	D．The author doesn't know where is he now.

4. Which is not the author’s attitude towards Harold?

A．Love.

B．Respect.

C．Miss.

D．Hate.

6 . 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 12th China Arts Festival will bring a series of art     1     (activity) to the Chinese economic and art center, Shanghai. From May 20 to June 2, more than 50 shows    2     (select) nationwide will be performed in nineteen major theaters in Shanghai, and a fine selection of creative cultural products will    3     (show) at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The festival will include    4     (vary) art forms, such as opera, dancing, painting and photography.

    5    2019 edition is co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Shanghai municipal government(市政府). Since     6    (it) beginning in 1987, the festival     7    (change) host cities in each edition, travelling to areas including Beijing, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hubei over the past three decades.

Sales of tickets have opened online, with tickets priced from no cost    8    380 yuan, according to the organizers. To allow a larger audience to access the programs, the festival will also be broadcast live online. "We will use new media to bring the shows to more ordinary people,     9    will let them know about the modern development of Chinese arts. " said Zhu Di, head of the ministry's arts department.

This year's festival is also aimed at     10    (promote) tourism in Shanghai with arts. The local government has released a total of 40 culture-themed travel routes to guide visitors through Shanghai's well-known landmarks.

7 . Geraniums of Love

As the fifth of seven children, I went to the same public school as my three elder sisters and brother. Every year, my mother went to the same ceremony and had parent-child interviews（亲子交流会）with the same teachers. The only thing different was the child. And every child _______ an old

Geraniums school tradition—the annual plant sale（拍卖会）held in early May, just in time for _______ Day.

Third grade was the first time that I was allowed to take part in the plant sale. I wanted to surprise my mother. _______, I didn't have any money. I went to my eldest sister and _______ the secret, and she gave me some money. When I arrived at the plant sale, I carefully made my _______. I agonized（苦苦思索）over that decision, _______ each plant to ensure that I had indeed found the best geranium. The moment I had smuggled it home, with the help of my sister, I _______ it on the upstairs neighbor’s porch. I was very afraid my mother would find it before Mother's Day, but my sister assured me that she wouldn't, and _______ she did not.

When Mother's Day arrived, I was bursting with pride when I gave her that geranium. I remember how bright her eyes were, and how delighted she was with my _______.

The year I was fifteen, my younger sister reached third grade. In early May, she came to me full of wonder and secrecy and told me that there was going to be a plant sale at school and she wanted to __________ our mother. Like my __________ sister did for me, I gave her some money and off she went. She arrived at home full of __________ excitement, the geranium hidden in a paper bag __________ her sweater. “I looked at every plant,” she explained, “and I know I got the __________ one!”

I helped my little __________ hide that geranium on the upstairs neighbor's porch, assuring that our mother wouldn't find it before Mother's Day. I was there when she gave my mother the geranium, and I watched them both bursting with pride and __________. It was like being in a dream I had already dreamed. My mother noticed me __________, and she gave me a soft secret smile. Shocked and puzzled, I __________ back. I had been wondering how my mother could __________ to be surprised at this gift from her sixth child. But as I watched her eyes light up with delight as she was __________   with that most precious gift, I knew she was not pretending.

1.

A．passed down

B．participated in

C．broke with

D．carried on

2.

A．Women’s

B．Father’s

C．Children’s

D．Mother's

3.

A．Besides

B．Moreover

C．However

D．Therefore

4.

A．shared

B．discovered

C．guarded

D．unlocked

5.

A．plan

B．preparation

C．present

D．selection

6.

A．watering

B．growing

C．inspecting

D．protecting

7.

A．showed

B．potted

C．packaged

D．hid

8.

A．indeed

B．instead

C．properly

D．anyhow

9.

A．performance

B．grades

C．gift

D．presence

10.

A．inspire

B．surprise

C．satisfy

D．relax

11.

A．youngest

B．eldest

C．cleverest

D．bravest

12.

A．nervous

B．youthful

C．increasing

D．false

13.

A．on

B．beside

C．behind

D．under

14.

A．shortest

B．rarest

C．best

D．strongest

15.

A．sister

B．brother

C．cousin

D．friend

16.

A．confusion

B．anxiety

C．delight

D．astonishment

17.

A．listening

B．watching

C．smelling

D．tasting

18.

A．waved

B．smiled

C．signed

D．called

19.

A．pretend

B．continue

C．appear

D．try

20.

A．impressed

B．satisfied

C．associated

D．presented

8 . 假定你是李华，你的家乡将举行庆祝首个“中国农民丰收节”( Chinese Farmers' HarvestFestival)活动，请你写封邮件，邀请你的新西兰朋友Eric来参加，内容包括:
1.时间和地点；
2.活动内容(民俗文化表演、美食品尝及观光活动等)。
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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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。

The day after Christmas, December 26, is called Boxing Day in the UK. It’s where we get another day off before heading back to work. There’s more reasons though.

Boxing Day is a National Bank Holiday, a chance to eat your leftovers     1    watch TV, the actual traditions go back much further and are steeped in history.

There are plenty of     2    (theory) behind the name so we’ve broken them down. The     3    (early) mention was in the 1830s where a "Christmas Box" was the name for a Christmas present. It also relates to giving to the poor. Traditionally there     4    (be) a box to collect money for the poor placed in Churches on Christmas day and     5    (open) the next day — Boxing Day aka St Stephen’s Day.

The Victorians were the ones     6     made Boxing Day a Bank Holiday in 1871. Around the same time the tradition of giving servants time off     7    (visit) the family was growing. Boxing Day was     8    (traditional) a day off for servants, their master would give them a box to take with them. It was used to hold gifts, a bonus and sometimes leftovers.

Sailing ships when setting sail     9    (have) a sealed box containing money on board for good luck. If the voyage succeed,     10     box was given to a priest, opened at Christmas and the contents then given to the poor.

10 . 请阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
Li Jiang                      1 January, Sunny
It's that time of year again: Time to make New Year's resolutions. It has become a tradition for me and I have carried on it for years. Every time l tick off the resolutions on the list, I am feeling on cloud nine. I know my life has arrived at a crucial stage and 1 will have to go all out in the new year. Now l put down my new resolutions here. Firstly, I need to sharpen my writing skills. Secondly, ...
Su Hua                      1 January, Sunny
I felt ashamed of myself when I was reviewing my previous resolutions this morning. I make resolutions every New Year’s Day. However， they DON’T WORK! What happens in January stays in January; it rarely makes it to June, “New Year， New You.” I’ll try again and turn over a new leaf. And this time I am crossing my fingers that my new resolutions will be helpful.
【写作内容】
1.用约30个词概括上面两段文字的主要内容；
2.用约120个词谈谈你的观点，内容包括:
(1)新年表决心的意义，用1-2个理由或论据支撑你的观点:
(2)实现新年决心的做法(至少两点)。
【写作要求】
1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3.不必写标题。
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
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