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第一部分?閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)?（共15小題;每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

A

France?is?a?country?of?great?food，?great?fashion，?and?great?art.?It?was?also?the?birthplace?of?various?painting?movements?and?has?been?home?to?the?world?s?most?influential?painters.

Claude?Monet

Claude?Monet?started?the?Impressionist?movement?that?completely?changed?the?face?of?French?painting?in?the?second?half?of?the?19th?century.?He?first?started?out?with?selling?charcoal?pictures?in?Paris?and?started?painting?with?oil?after?meeting?Eugène?Boudin.?Eugène?taught?him?to?use?oil?paints，?and?also?encouraged?him?to?paint?outdoors，?a?technique?that?he?mastered?later.

Vincent?van?Gogh

Vincent?van?Gogh?was?a?post?Impressionist?French?painter?of?Dutch?origin?whose?work?had?a?huge?influence?on?the?20th?century?art.?His?early?works?consisted?more?of?somber?（暗淡的）?earth?tones.?However，?influenced?by?Gauguin，?Monet，?Pissarro，?and?Bernard，?he?adopted?brighter?colors?in?his?works，?started?experimenting?with?various?techniques?and?formed?his?own.?Having?produced?more?than?2，000?works?of?art，?the?artist?sold?only?one?painting?during?his?lifetime—Red?Vineyard?at?Arles.

douard?Manet

As?one?of?the?first?artists?to?paint?modern?life，?he?began?to?paint?in?his?own?style，?maintaining?some?of?Couture?s?techniques?like?the?use?of?thick?lines?and?dark?colors.?He?was?greatly?influenced?by?Claude?Monet?and?Berthe?Morisot，?which?can?be?seen?in?his?use?of?light?shades.?Most?of?his?paintings?show?scenes?of?daily?life?on?the?streets?of?Paris.

Camille?Pissarro

In?his?early?years，?Pissarro?painted?scenes?of?a?river?or?a?path?from?his?memory.?After?meeting?Paul?Cézanne，?who?shared?his?interest?of?painting?in?a?more?realistic?style，?he?changed?course?to?Impressionism.?During?his?career，?he?experimented?with?various?styles?and?formed?his?own?one.

1.?Who?was?the?founder?of?the?Impressionist?movement？

A.?Claude?Monet. B.?Vincent?van?Gogh.

C.??douard?Manet.?D.?Camille?Pissarro.

2.?How?do?we?know??douard?Manet?was?influenced?by?Claude?Monet?and?Berthe?Morisot？

A.?From?his?use?of?thick?lines.

B.?From?his?use?of?dark?colors.

C.?From?his?use?of?light?shades.

D.?From?his?paintings?about?daily?life.

3.?What?did?the?four?painters?have?in?common？

A.?They?were?all?of?French?origin.

B.?They?all?learned?to?paint?outdoors.

C.?They?were?taught?by?famous?artists.

D.?They?all?formed?their?own?painting?styles.

B

China?s?Yungang?Grottoes（石窟）?will?complete?the?scanning?of?all?the?caves?in?five?years，?paving?the?way?for?the?creation?of?digital?versions?that?can?withstand?weathering?and?other?real?world?damage.

So?far，?the?UNESCO?World?Heritage?Site?in?Shanxi?Province?has?completed?three?dimensional?scans?of?one?third?of?its?Buddhist?grottoes，?ac?cording?to?the?Yungang?Grottoes?Research?Institute.?“We?re?racing?against?time，”?said?Ning?Bo，?director?of?the?institute?s?digitalization?office.?“Weathering?is?like?cancer?to?grottoes，

eating?away?at?the?sculptures?year?by?year.?Few?technologies?can?prevent?such?progressive?damage.”

Using?three?dimensional?laser?（激光器）?scanning?and?multiplanar?（多維的）?recon?struction，?the?institute?is?working?to?capture?the?shapes，?colors?and?other?fine?details?of?the?grottoes?and?create?millimeter?level?digital?archives?for?future?study?and?preservation.?“We?hope?to?preserve?the?grottoes?in?digital?form?as?much?as?possible，?so?people?in?the?future?will?still?have?access?to?the?information?even?if?the?grottoes?fade?away，”?Ning?said，?adding?that?the?digitalization?will?also?allow?the?public?to?“visit”?the?grottoes?more?easily?on?their?computer?screens.

The?digitalization?project，?which?began?in?2003?at?the?grottoes，?still?faces?challenges?posed?by?the?caves??enormous?sizes，?complicated?structures?and?exquisite?sculptures，?according?to?the?institute.?“The?Yungang?Grottoes?were?built?into?a?mountain，?so?our?team?is?actually?scanning?structures?as?huge?as?a?mountain.?Besides，?the?inner?structures?vary?wildly?from?exotic?domes?to?traditional?Chinese?architecture，”?said?the?director.

The?Yungang?Grottoes，?located?in?the?city?of?Datong，?has?45?major?caves?and?more?than?59，000?stone?statues.?With?a?grotto?complex?stretching?about?1?km?from?east?to?west，?it?is?one?of?the?largest?ancient?grottoes?in?China.

4.?What?does?Ning?Bo?mean?by?saying?“racing?against?time”？

A.?Scanning?the?grottoes?is?an?urgent?task.

B.?It?is?not?an?easy?job?to?scan?the?grottoes.

C.?He?is?dying?because?of?a?severe?disease.

D.?There?is?a?deadline?required?by?the?UNESCO.

5.?Why?are?the?Yungang?Grottoes?being?scanned？

A.?To?keep?them?from?being?damaged.

B.?To?carry?out?a?scientific?experiment.

C.?To?preserve?them?for?future?generations.

D.?To?make?them?accessible?via?the?Internet.

6.?What?is?paragraph?4?mainly?about？

A.?The?influence?of?the?project.

B.?The?difficulties?facing?the?team.

C.?The?beauty?of?the?grottoes.

D.?The?structures?of?the?statues.

7.?In?which?section?of?a?newspaper?may?this?text?appear？

A.?Education.???B.?Technology.???C.?Culture.???D.?Opinion.

C

I?d?never?heard?of?the?yangqin—a?Chinese?stringed?instrument—until?several?years?ago，?when?I?had?the?pleasure?of?hearing?Eastman?graduate?and?music?performer?Zhang?Wenzhuo?perform?on?it?in?a?virtual?concert.

Wenzhuo，?a?Chinese?native，?began?her?training?on?the?yangqin?at?age?five.?When?she?was?only?13，?Wenzhuo?was?awarded?a?scholarship?to?the?Arts?School?of?Hebei?Province.?The?highly?competitive?program?only?accepted?a?single?yangqin?student?every?two?years.?After?graduation，?she?was?placed?first?in?nationwide?competitions?and?was?admitted?into?the?National?Academy?of?Chinese?Theatre?Arts?in?Beijing，?where?she?was?awarded?her?bachelor?s?in?yangqin?performance?in?2005.?She?obtained?her?doctorate?at?Boston?University?in?music?education?in?2015?and?studied?ethnomusicology?at?Eastman?from?2017?to?2019.?Wenzhuo?has?performed?with?countless?orchestras?and?groups?of?musicians?and?won?countless?awards?for?her?performances.

Before?Wenzhuo?performed?on?her?yangqin，?she?presented?a?brief?historical?background?of?the?instrument?s?origin，?and?discussed?its?continued?usage?up?to?the?present?day.?Determined?by?musicologists?to?be?based?on?the?similarly?structured?English?hammered?dulcimer（大揚琴），?the?yangqin?was?first?used?in?Chinese?folk?music?performances，?and?operas.?As?time?went?on，?performances?began?to?be?sponsored?by?the?country，?and?yangqin?performers?were?given?a?path?to?higher?levels?of?social?mobility.

Wenzhuo?performed?four?pieces，?three?tracing?their?origins?to?centuries??old?Chinese?composers，?and?one?from?the?modern?era.?Needless?to?say，?Wenzhuo?s?performances?sounded?fantastic.?The?yangqin?is?a?unique?and?beautiful?instrument?and?its?sound，?coupled?with?Wenzhuo?s?musical?ability，?allowed?the?four?greatly?differing?pieces?to?stand?together?as?a?wonderful?introduction?to?the?instrument.

It?was?fascinating?to?learn?about?the?yangqin?and?a?joy?to?watch?Wenzhuo?perform?on?it.

8.?What?can?we?learn?about?Zhang?Wenzhuo？

A.?She?has?been?trained?for?13?years.

B.?She?topped?many?competitions.

C.?She?studied?ethnomusicology?in?Boston.

D.?She?became?a?bachelor?at?Eastman.

9.?What?is?paragraph?2?mainly?about？

A.?Zhang?Wenzhuo?s?personalities.??????????????B.?Zhang?Wenzhuo?s?nationality.

C.?Zhang?Wenzhuo?s?contributions.?D.?Zhang?Wenzhuo?s?schooling.

10.?What?made?Zhang?Wenzhuo?s?performances?fantastic？

A.?Her?high?level?of?social?mobility.

B.?Her?knowledge?of?the?instrument.

C.?Her?gift?and?the?charm?of?the?yangqin.

D.?Her?understanding?of?different?cultures.

11.?How?does?the?author?sound?towards?the?yangqin？

A.?Favorable.?B.?Curious.?C.?Strange.?D.?Cold.

D

In?today?s?world?of?fast?paced?games?and?short?videos，?people?are?spending?less?and?less?time?on?other?things.?For?example，?research?has?shown?that?an?average?visitor?spends?just?15?seconds?on?a?website?before?moving?on?to?other?things.?But?the?Internet?is?a?huge?and?busy?place，?with?millions?of?sites?to?choose?from.?You?might?expect?people?to?slow?down?a?bit?more?when?they?re?in?museums?full?of?great?works?of?art.?But?you?d?be?wrong.

Several?studies?have?shown?that?the?amount?of?time?for?people?to?spend?looking?at?a?piece?of?art?is?10?seconds.?Many?people?may?spend?more?time，?but?not?much?more—the?average?is?about?28?seconds.?At?the?Tate?Modern?Museum?in?London，?it?s?even?worse.?People?there?spend?an?average?of?just?8?seconds?on?each?artwork.?And?in?that?short

period?of?time，?the?visitors?also?manage?to?do?another?important?thing—take?selfies?（自拍）！

In?recent?years，?museums?have?been?working?to?change?this?behavior.?Today，?over?170?museums?around?the?world?are?celebrating?Slow?Art?Day.?They?are?asking?their?visitors?to?spend?at?least?5?10?minutes?looking?at?just?one?work?of?art.?Slow?Art?Day?supporters?believe?that?when?visitors?spend?more?time?looking?at?and?studying?a?work?of?art，?they?will?admire?it?more.?Studying?a?work?of?art?for?more?time?can?also?help?people?get?a?better?understanding?of?the?artist?s?ideas?and?what?the?artist?went?through?to?create?the?work.

Most?of?the?museums?taking?part?in?Slow?Art?Day?are?choosing?just?a?few?works?for?their?visitors?to?see.?Some?of?the?museums?are?offering?chances?for?visitors?to?talk?about?the?artworks?and?share?their?ideas.

12.?How?much?time?do?many?people?usually?spend?on?every?piece?of?art?in?a?museum？

A.?8?seconds.?B.?10?seconds.?C.?15?seconds.?D.?28?seconds.

13.?What?does?the?underlined?phrase?“this?behavior”?in?paragraph?3?refer?to？

A.?Admiring?each?artwork?thoroughly.

B.?Taking?selfies?in?museums?busily.

C.?Celebrating?Slow?Art?Day?widely.

D.?Looking?at?each?artwork?hurriedly.

14.?What?s?the?purpose?of?Slow?Art?Day？

A.?To?attract?more?people?to?visit?the?museums.

B.?To?stop?visitors?from?taking?selfies?inside?museums.

C.?To?make?people?spend?more?time?on?each?artwork.

D.?To?give?visitors?an?opportunity?to?relax?themselves.

15.?Which?of?the?following?can?be?the?best?title?for?this?text？

A.?Museums?on?the?rocks：?Please?advise

B.?Museums：?Slow?down?to?admire?more

C.?Slow?Art?Day：?A?fruit?of?museums

D.?Museums：?An?escape?from?the?fast?paced?life

第二節(jié)?（共5小題;每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。?選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Literature?is?one?of?the?fine?arts.?It?refers?to?beautiful?writing.?When?we?speak?of?a?piece?of?writing?as?literature，?we?are?praising?it.

Literature?has?two?main?divisions：?fiction?and?non?fiction.?Fiction?is?writing?that?an?author?creates?from?imagination.?It?may?include?facts?about?real?people?or?events，?but?authors?combine?these?facts?with?imaginary?situations.?Most?fiction?is?narrative?（敘事的）?writing，?such?as?novels?and?short?stories.????16????The?chief?forms?of?non?fiction?include?essays，?history，?biography，?autobiography?and?diaries.

We?all?read?for?a?variety?of?reasons.?These?reasons?change?with?our?age，?our?interests?and?the?literature?we?read.????17????We?read?literature?mostly?because?we?enjoy?it.?Many?people?read?to?find?out?new?information.?We?can?work?out?possible?solutions?to?our?problems?when?we?read?about?people?in?books?whose?problems?are?like?our?own.

Through?literature，?we?sometimes?understand?situations?we?cannot?understand?in?real?life.

18????The?greatest?poem?ever?written?is?only?a?printed?sheet?of?paper?until?a?reader?reacts?to?it.?Writing，?to?become?literature，?requires?a?reader.?The?reader?helps?to?create?literature?by?responding?to?the?writer?s?thoughts，?feelings?and?beliefs.????19

Every?reader?is?a?critic.?Even?when?we?say?we?have?no?opinion?of?a?book，?we?are?making?a?judgement.????20????Our?ability?to?judge?literature?develops?as?our?reading?broadens?（增長）.

A.?A?creative?reader?considers?both?what?the?writer?wants?to?say?and?how?it?is?said.

B.?Creative?reading?always?leads?to?the?deepest?enjoyment?of?literature.

C.?Literature?in?the?broadest?sense?is?everything?that?has?been?written.

D.?But?such?a?judgement?is?a?poor?one，?based?on?little?thought.

E.?Non?fiction?is?factual?about?real?life?situations.

F.?Each?work?of?literature?has?wisdom?and?beauty?in?itself.

G.?Our?basic?reason?for?reading?is?probably?pleasure.

第二部分?語言運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）

第一節(jié)?（共15小題;每小題1分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳

選項。

Giorgio?is?among?the?countless?people?who?have?made?videos?on?the?social?platform?during?the?pandemic.?Little?did?he?know?where?they?would?lead，?but?surely?videos?bring?a?touch?of????21????to?the?fight?against?the?suffering?days.

In?January，?Giorgio?would????22????hear?muffled?（沉悶的）?melodies?through?the?wall?of?his?home.?It????23????that?his?neighbor?was?playing?the?piano.?Giorgio?was?really?enjoying?the?music?and?began????24????videos?in?which?his?neighbor?s?talents?could?be?heard.

In?February，?he?posted?a?video?saying?he?left?a（n）????25????to?his?neighbor?asking?if

the????26????person?could?play?the?famous?melody?My?Heart?Will?Go?On.?The?neighbor?s?answer?was????27????when?the?piece?came?from?the?other?side.?So?began?a????28???.?In

another?note，?Giorgio????29????that?they?play?The?River?Flows?In?You?as?a?duo?（一對表演者）.

The?Italian?was?at?first?a?little????30????when?he?started，?but?he?felt?happy?the?moment?he?heard?the?music?coming?from?the?other?side.

The?two?went?on?to?play?many?more?duos?but?Giorgio?stayed?curious?about?his?unknown?neighbor.?Finally，?they????31???.?It?was?Emil?and?he?was?78?years?old.????32????from?Poland，?Emil?s?wife?had?just?passed?away?and?he?was?staying?alone?in?a?temporary?accommodation.?The?only????33????left?to?Emil?was?his?piano.

But，?on?March?14，?the?sad?news?of?Emil?s?death????34????him.?“Dear?Emil，”?he?wrote

35????his?neighbor，?“I?knew?very?little?about?you，?but?you?gave?me?back?my?passion，?and?we?shared?that?with?the?world.?You?ll?be?in?my?heart.?Bye，?my?friend，?Emil.”

21.?A.?bravery???B.?positivity???????C.?honesty???????D.?security

22.?A.?frequently?????B.?excitedly???????C.?surprisedly???D.?occasionally

23.?A.?happened?????B.?seemed???????C.?turned?out???D.?came?out

24.?A.?selling?????B.?sharing???????C.?purchasing???D.?advertising

25.?A.?note?????????B.?letter???????????C.?invitation???D.?request

26.?A.?happy?????B.?emotional???????C.?professional???D.?mysterious

27.?A.?vague?????B.?timely???????C.?self?evident???D.?negative

28.?A.?legend?????B.?friendship?????C.?concert???????D.?journey

29.?A.?suggested?????B.?requested???????C.?ordered???????D.?insisted

30.?A.?innocent?????B.?serious???????C.?nervous???????D.?scared

31.?A.?departed?????B.?reunited???????C.?responded???D.?met

32.?A.?Especially?????B.?Originally???????C.?Roughly???????D.?Similarly

33.?A.?affection?????B.?hope?????????C.?bond???????D.?comfort

34.?A.?reached?????B.?troubled???????C.?horrified???????D.?clouded

35.??A.?in?return?for?B.?in?place?of??????C.?in?memory?of???D.?in?response?to

第二節(jié)?（共10小題;每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。

The?sweet?art—sugar?painting

In?all?around?China?s?southwestern?Sichuan?Province，?one?can?often?find?folk?artists?producing?sugar?paintings?with?liquid?sugar?along?the?streets?and?in?the?parks.

According?to?some?academic?studies，?sugar?painting?originated?from?the?Ming?Dynasty?when?sugar?animals?and?figures?36.???????????（make）?in?moulds?（模具）?as?part?of?a?sacrifice?in?religious?ceremony.?In?the?Qing?Dynasty，?sugar?painting?gained?more?37.???????????（popular）.?The?production?techniques?were?upgraded?and?the?patterns?became?more?various，?most?of?38.???????????stood?for?good?luck，?such?as?a?fish，?dragon?and?monkey.?Afterwards，?the?folk?artists?in?Sichuan?39.???????????（develop）?this?art?by?adding?techniques?of?Chinese?shadow?puppet?and?Chinese?paper?cutting.?As?time?passed?by，?the?contemporary?form?of?sugar?painting?has?40.???????????（gradual）?evolved.

Although?41.???????????number?of?sugar?painters?has?decreased，?due?to?its?unique?charm，?a?certain?number?of?artists?are?making?efforts?42.???????????（preserve）?it?by?offering?classes，?holding?relevant?activities，?such?as?sugar?painting?contests?and?applying?43.???????????the?National?Intangible?Cultural?Heritage.

Nowadays，?this?art?is?getting?support?again?from?the?general?public?44.???????????it?has?already?been?listed?as?Provincial?Intangible?Cultural?Heritage?by?the?Sichuan?Government.?Moreover，?the?sugar?painting?artists?have?gained?45.???????????（increase）?recognition.

第三部分?寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)?（滿分15分）

假定你是李華，你的留學生朋友James來信詢問你市即將舉辦的中國民謠節(jié)（the?Chinese?Ballad?Festival）的情況，請你用英文給他寫一封回信。內容包括：

1.?舉辦的時間和地點;

2.?活動的內容和目的;

3.?邀請James一同前往。

注意：

1.?詞數80左右;

2.?可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

Dear?James，

Yours，

Li?Hua

第二節(jié)?（滿分25分）

閱讀下面材料，根據其內容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。

Last?week，?I?watched?an?old?couple?when?they?walked?through?a?local?thrift?（節(jié)儉）

store.?I?had?just?dropped?off?a?bag?of?clothes?and?a?few?other?items?I?no?longer?wanted.?When?I?got?the?opportunity，?I?stopped?by?just?to?look?through?the?old?records.?Yes，?I?called?them?records，?not?CDs?or?MP3s，?simply?records，?those?round?plastic?things?from?ancient?times?that?had?music?recorded?on?them.

Anyway，?this?couple?moved?slowly?around?me?in?search?of?items?they?had?on?a?list?they?held?tight?in?hand.?They?didn?t?say?much，?but?occasionally?talked?with?the?other?and?picked?an?item?up.?“No，?it?s?not?suitable?for?her?and?she?dislikes?it，???one?would?say?and

move?on.

My?curiosity?always?got?the?best?of?me?until?I?satisfied?it?by?asking.?“Can?I?help?you?find?something？”?I?asked.?They?stopped，?looking?at?me.?Then?the?man?said，?“We?are

looking?for?old?things?that?look?new.?Look，?every?new?year?in?the?past?we?tried?to?begin?the?year?with?new?things.?It?was?a?goal?to?surround?ourselves?with?things?fresh?and?new?so?that?we?had?new?direction，?new?hopes?and?dreams?for?the?year?ahead.?More?importantly，?we?can?give?some?gifts?to?Eva.”

“Eva？?Who?is?she？”?I?asked.?“She?is?a?lovely?10?year?old?girl?we?adopted?three

years?ago.?Her?parents?died?in?a?serious?traffic?accident.?She?always?wants?to?be?a?singer，”?the?man?replied.?When?hearing?those?words，?I?felt?sad?and?said，?“I?m?sorry?for?the?girl.?Can?you?tell?me?how?does?your?search?work?out？”?The?lady?sighed?and?said，?“It?took?a?long?time?for?us?to?find?a?special?gift，?but?we?discovered?it?was?in?vain?（徒勞的）.”

I?knew?it?was?difficult?for?the?couple?to?solve?the?problem，?so?I?decided?to?take?action?immediately.?I?said?to?the?couple，?“I?can?do?you?a?favor.?Please?wait?here?for?me.”

注意：

1.?所續(xù)寫短文的詞數應為150左右;

2.?續(xù)寫部分分為兩段，每段的開頭語已為你寫好。

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I?turned?around?and?ran?out?of?the?store.

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When?I?returned?to?the?store，?the?couple?sat?near?the?counter.