1 . 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。

There are many Festivals in Chinese cultures. How much do you know about it?

The Mid-Autumn Festival is in September or October,     1     is celebrated traditionally by the Chinese people all over the world. On this special occasion for Chinese families, people like to meet in the evening and    2    (admire) the full moon, and eat moon cakes of all     3    (kind), even till midnight.

The Lantern Festival    4    (fall) on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month,     5    (mark) the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. During the festival, people light lanterns    6     (decorate) with pictures to celebrate the power of light over     7     (dark), and eat the special food — sweet dumplings served in hot water.

The Dragon Boat Festival comes    8    the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year. As it is in early summer, it marks the     9    (begin) of the hottest season of the year. People take part in     10    (vary) dragon boat races and enjoy the fun. The special food for the festival is called zongzi, which is sticky rice in fresh bamboo leaves.

2 . 假设下周你校将开展主题为“My favourite traditional Chinese festival”的演讲比赛，请你撰写一篇演讲稿，注意：词数不少于100。
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3 . 为了弘扬中国传统文化，你校艺术俱乐部准备举办一次关于“国画(Chinese painting)”的讲座。请拟定一份英文通知，要点如下：
1. 讲座的时间、地点；
2. 讲座的意义。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。

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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。

In the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, you’ll find the lively town San Martin Tilcajete. The town is rooted in its ancient Zapotec culture. The Zapotec people     1     (live) in the area for centuries.

Look around, and you’ll see     2     (amaze) and colorful wooden animal carvings. These figures are called tonas, and     3     is a Zapotec tradition to create them. But slowly, Zapotec culture is dying. Young people leave Oaxaca     4     (find) work in larger cities. As     5     result, fewer people have the knowledge and skills     6     (need) to make tonas.

An     7     (organize) called Jacobo & Maria Angeles hopes to change that. It teaches kids as young as five how to make tonas.     8     (make) of soft wood from copal trees, the carvings take time and skills to create.

After school, kids go to Jacobo & Maria Angeles to learn the craft from teachers, or masters, some of     9     have been making tonas for 50 years. In these workshops, kids learn about the copal trees. They learn to “see” an animal in a piece of wood before it’s carved. Then the kids     10     (give) a tona to decorate.

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。

Our grandparents seem to have magic powers sometimes. Give them a Chinese lunar calendar, and they will know     1     weather will be like days or even months later.

What’s the secret? They are following the 24 Solar Terms (节气),    2    is an important part of Chinese culture. And on Nov 30^th, 2016, it    3    (add) to the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UN. It is a knowledge system and social practice    4    (form) through people’s observations of the Sun’s annual movements and its influence on the climate.

The 24 Solar Terms came into being during the Qin and Han dynasties. At that time, most Chinese people made their living on farms, so weather changes were    5    (extreme) important. However, they had no satellites, Internet or weather broadcast    6    (help) them.

But people found a way. They studied the Sun’s movements with a sundial (日冕仪). They also paid attention to other    7    (nature) changes such as temperature, water and crops    8    (grow). In the end, they worked    9    the 24 Solar Terms to mark the changes.

The terms became their guide to work. For example, Awakening of Insects (惊蛰) is when insects wake up from a long sleep in the cold winter. Farmers take it as a sign of warm weather and get busy    10    (farm).

9 . 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 is a festival to show worship of fire.	B．Its celebrations usually last two days.
C．It is a traditional festival of all China.	D．It has nothing to do with farming.

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

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

3. Which of the description is INCORRECT?

A．Small torches are put in front of the door.

B．Big torches are burnt all day and all night.

C．Yi people use torches to form hurdles to get through.

D．Young people like singing and dancing around the big torches.

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

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

10 . 根据课文内容填空

It was my first time     1     Spring Festival in China with my host family. Spring Festival is highly     2     by every Chinese family. Preparations began a week before the Festival. First, the house was cleaned from top to bottom. My host mother Mrs Chen said this was to     3     the dirt of the past year and get ready for the new year.

Next, the Chinese character Fu was attached upside down to front door. It is believed that when Fu is put upside down, happiness arrives.

The greatest excitement began the night before Spring Festival. Fireworks were being     4     across the city, suddenly     5     up the night sky. Children were covering their ears but with an     6     look on their faces. Mrs Chen said that it was to scare away the monster NIAN.