When we speak of culture, we mean a way of life_________ a group of people have in common.

A. what B. who C. where D. that

Which of the following sentences is correct?

A. When I grow up. I want to be a policeman.

B. He asked, "when will my dream come true"?

C. I was deeply moved by the story Forever Young.

D. Dreams can drive you to work harder, become better.

In China, children like to make promises by hooking pinkies(用小手指拉钩)with each other and saying, "A pinkie promise must be kept for 100 years. ”Then, they may press their thumbs (按拇指)together to _______ the promise. Sometimes, couples will hook pinkies and promise to be _______ together.

How did the pinkie promise come out? Some say it comes from a nursery thyme(童谣). Others say it was introduced from the West-born out of a love _______ where a man and a woman hooked fingers.

It is said that it may have something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese _______. The Chinese character (汉字) for "finger" also means "aim"-people's thoughts. So hooking fingers can be seen as the exchanging of thoughts. Therefore, the fingers _______ an important role in making a promise: they can not only be used to complete a promise, but also be cut _______ making a blood promise. _______ someone swears to heaven (对天发誓), they use their fingers to point to the sky.

Generally, hooking fingers means making a _______ promise. In some movies, if a person breaks a promise, he may even have his little finger _______ ! Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in the ________ world. But we can still see how important "pinkie promises" can be.

1.A. complete B. keep C. hold D. remember

2.A. ever B. still C. always D. just

3.A. life B. story C. sign D. secret

4.A. value B. society C. mind D. culture

5.A. show B. play C. share D. produce

6.A. without B. through C. for D. by

7.A. After B. Before C. Until D. When

8.A. serious B. necessary C. private D. successful

9.A. cut through B. cut off C. cut up D. cut down

10.A. open B. whole C. future D. real

The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did 15 years ago, which made me think of my girlhood.

It was my second day of school and it was raining heavily. I couldn't get away from the habit I had at home, so I fell asleep right at my desk. I woke up to find myself not in the classroom but carried on Dad's back. We were halfway home. It was the last time I felt close to him.

After that, he never carried me or hugged (拥抱) me as other fathers did to their children. I was not troubled by this thought. I was proud of it, for I felt independent (独立的) and "grown up". However, there were times when I felt sad for not having got comfort from him,

One day, I was writing Chinese characters as my homework. I hated doing this more than anything. Dad came and stood behind me for a moment, watching me scrawling (潦草地写) on the paper. Then he said, "This kind of writing needs patience. Your writing is not strong enough. Press harder. "

I followed his advice for the next two weeks, but as: I could see little improvement (改进), I followed my own method-the fast way. His advice didn't improve my writing but our relationship. As I grew older, I found out that he had finished his schooling in Grade 6, which was the highest grade in town then, so he was considered to be a scholar (学者). People used to ask him to write something to put on the walls, but he never felt very useful.

He often said to me, "As you can see, this family is going to count on you. We are useless to improve anything for your future. You have to get an education to change the life for yourself. " As a result of his expectations, I have made it through high school and college.

1.Where did the writer fall asleep?

A. At home. B. At school. C. On Dad's back. D. In Dad's arms.

2.Why did the writer feel sad sometimes?

A. Her father didn't care much for her.

B. She didn't get comfort from her father.

C. Her father seldom carried or hugged her.

D. She was troubled by her father's thought.

3.Which is the right order of the following things according to Paragraphs 4-5?

a. Dad stood behind me.

b. I wrote Chinese characters.

c. I followed my own method again.

d. I pressed harder when writing Chinese characters.

A. a-d-c-b B. a-c-d-b C. b-a-d-c D. b-c-a-d

4.How did her father feel after writing something for the people around?

A. Useless. B. Comfortable. C. Proud. D. Shameful.

5.What is the writer's purpose in writing this passage?

A. To tell her understanding of real life.

B. To keep her father's way of education.

C. To ask people to follow their fathers' suggestions.

D. To show what matters to her personal development.

When was the last time you used a phone booth (电话亭) on the street? With the rise of mobile phones, they have become something out of date. But Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths by turning them into mini-libraries.

Shanghai plans to divide 263 phone booths in Xuhui district into six new kinds. One kind will each offer 60 books for people to read or borrow. A second kind will allow users to listen to audiobooks (有声读物) and even record their own voices. A third kind will become " Celebrity Exhibition Halls (名人亭) ", showing old photos and works of famous artists like Ba Jin and Zhang Leping.

Shanghai is not the only city trying to save the old phone booths. The British care about them-even more, because the red phone booths have long been a part of the country's identity (特征). The world's first phone booth was built in the 1880s in Germany. But in the 1930s the UK painted them red and made them a special attraction (吸引人的事物) in cities. People from other cities usually stopped to watch them.

In recent years the country has come up with many ideas to help phone booths stay useful. The UK company British Telecom has added screens and free Wi-Fi to some booths. Users can use them to surf online and search for maps and weather reports. People are also allowed to rent (租用) some booths to change them as they want to. Since 2009, more than l, 500 phone booths have been turned into flower shops, mini-cafes, art museums and even shower rooms. Maybe in the future phone booths will become city attractions once again, but in a more creative way.

1.What will the phone booths in Shanghai be used as?

A. Internet halls. B. Special attractions.

C. Small libraries. D. Exhibition windows.

2.In which country was the first phone booth built?

A. China. B. UK. C. America. D. Germany.

3.In UK, people may find a phone booth to ______.

A. have some coffee B. borrow some books

C. create city attractions D. see some famous people

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. The British can buy flowers from a phone booth.

B. The British have new ways to reuse phone booths.

C. The phone booths in UK have been useless for years.

D. If you want to take a shower in UK, enter a phone booth.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Phone booths repaired in Shanghai B. Street phone booths given new life

C. Development of phone booths in UK D. Rise of phone booths across the world

Do you know what family instructions are? They are common beliefs(信仰)that family members follow. In ancient China, people passed down their family instructions from generation to generation.

Some schools in Zhejiang are encouraging students to learn more about their own family instructions. At Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School and Hangzhou Xuejun High School, it was part of students’ winter vacation homework to learn about their family instructions.

Meng Yaohan, 16, from Hangzhou Xuejun High School, looked at her family instructions. One of them is “Don’t take the wrong way”, a piece of advice that has been passed down for 100 years. Her father told her how her grandfather stuck to his “right way”—to become an engineer.“It encouraged me to pursue what I love,” she said.

Shen Duanjie,14,from Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School, has got good from his family instructions—“democratic”(民主的) and “equal”. In his own words, they have helped him get along with his parents.

The school has also published(出版) books about two classic collections of family instructions—The Family Instructions of Zhu Xi and Family Instructions of Yan Clan. The books include dialogues and pictures drawn by students.

Gong Zhenyue, 14, drew pictures for one of the instructions in Family Instructions of Yan Clan. She was impressed(留下深刻印象) by the instruction, which says that parents should not only love their children, but also educate them. “It made me understand my parents’ strictness with me,” she said. She made it her own family instruction.

1.What are family instructions?

A. The words of one’s grandparents.

B. Dialogues between family members.

C. Common beliefs that family members follow.

D. Books which were passed down from the past.

2.Which of the following is TRUE about Meng Yaohan?

A. She knows nothing about her family instructions.

B. “Democratic” and “equal” are her family instructions.

C. Her family instructions helped her get along with her parents.

D. “Don’t take the wrong way” is one of her family instructions.

3.What does the underlined word “pursue” mean in Chinese?

A. 创造 B. 追求 C. 选择 D. 感受

4.Who drew pictures for Family Instructions of Yan Clan?

A. Gong Zhenyue. B. Zhu Xi.

C. Shen Duanjie. D. Meng Yaohan.

5.Learning family instructions helps Gong Zhenyue 　　　.

A. study better at school

B. draw pictures for other books

C. understand her parents better

D. learn to publish books by herself

Chinese oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文) over 3, 000 years old are now widely used as emojis (表情符号) by young WeChat users, thanks to a person who made them closer to people's life.

"The ancient characters are not as cool and far as they are supposed to be. 1. Now they could totally serve people's needs for online expression, " said the creator Chen Nan.

The 46-year-old teacher of fine arts at Tsinghua University has been working to make oracle bone inscriptions into emojis. For example, the character for "zui", which means " drunk" in English, was created to look like a stumbling (摇摇晃晃行走的) person. 2.

To make more people understand this old language, Chen made them on the postcards. 3. A cartoon video with oracle bone inscriptions created by him was watched 31 million times and shared 140, 000 times.

4. In 2016, the ancient font (字体) was included into the font library under his hard work to let the ancient words walk into people's life.

5. But Chen's research on the project still continues, as he plans to enlarge the library to 7, 000 characters. In the future, he will put the ancient characters into practice in education and the development of games and apps.

A. In fact, they are cute and humorous.

B. Now the library has 3, 500 characters.

C. He has also put them together with cartoon characters.

D. Such emojis have been well accepted by WeChat users.

E. Chen started to do such a job in a creative way 19 years ago.

“苔花如米小，也学牡丹开。”我们大多数人虽微不足道，但也能有所作为。请以“One Thing I Felt Very Proud Of”为题用英语写一篇短文，描述你曾做过的引以自豪的一件事情。

要求： 1. 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；

2. 词数80左右。

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根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。

A: How was your weekend?

B: 1. . I really enjoyed it.

A: Oh, did you go anywhere?

B: Yes, I went to Xi’an Art Museum with my friends.

A: 2. ?

B: Because we are preparing for our school art festival and we want to learn something from it.

A: Your school art festival? 3. ?

B: It’s an art festival for students to show their creative works.

A: That’s interesting. 4. ?

B: We learned how to lay out the exhibition hall(展厅).

A: Sounds meaningful. 5. .

B: Thank you. I’m sure we will be successful.

Her father a taxi driver. Now he works for a charity.

A. used to be

B. is used to being

C. is