If Confucius(孔子) were alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.
While many people in China remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.
But that doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
In the past twenty years, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and philosophy(哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of(利用) ancient Chinese wisdom to make up the drawbacks(缺陷) Western philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.
So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker, he will not be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
1.The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________.
A. provide some key facts about Confucius
B. attract the readers’ interest in the subject
C. show great respect for the ancient thinker
D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations
2.We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students ________.
A. take an active part in Chinese competitions
B. try to get high scores in Chinese exams
C. have a great interest in studying Chinese
D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese
3.What is the best title for this passage?
A. Forgotten Wisdom in America
B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language
C. Chinese Culture for Westerners
D. Old Thinker with a Big Future
4.The passage is likely to appear in ________.
A. a biography B. a history paper
C. a philosophy textbook D. a newspaper
单词拼写
1.She kept thanking me for my______________（善意）.
2.He'll___________（毕业）from college with a degree in law next year.
3.Our school will___________（捐赠） 500 copies of different valuable books to your class.
4.I won a national prize for ________________（绘画）last week.
5.The Tang _____________（朝代）was the golden age of classical Chinese poetry.
6.Can you _______________（通知）me when to begin our final examination?
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
As the sun shone through Poltu’s window, he was already wide awake in his bed. He got up and ran straight to his study table. There, in an empty jam bottle, was the treasure. A colorful little butterfly. How difficult it had been to catch it in the backyard of his house. It had kept flying away from his grasp. But catch it he did. And now it was going to be part of his biology project in school.
The biology project required Poltu to submit the study of a living creature every month. Most of his classmates drew diagrams from their books as part of this exercise. But Poltu was going to do something different. He was going to present a live creature—this butterfly.
Poltu loved the different colours on the wings of the butterfly. Red, green and blue. How beautiful it looked when it fluttered the wings. Poltu had made a few holes on the cap of the bottle to let air pass through, and added tender leaves for the butterfly to nibble (小口的咬) on. He might have trapped the creature, but he cared for it.
Excited about displaying his exhibit to the biology teacher, Poltu dressed hurriedly, and left for school. His school was walking distance from his house. He took a short cut and when he arrived, the gate wasn’t wholly open yet.
He walked straight into his class, opened the bench window and placed the bottle on the windowsill. The golden rays of the sun streamed through the glass, on the delicate wings of the butterfly. Poltu’s butterfly looked simply gorgeous. In a few minutes, the area was full of boys, even from other classes, gazing fondly at it.
That day’s biology class was the most interesting in a long time. Pleased with Poltu’s initiative (主动性), the teacher asked everyone in the class to thank him as he made it possible for them to study a butterfly so closely. Poltu felt like a star for being treated like royalty.
On the way home, whatever small creature Poltu came across, he felt like putting into the bottle. But he checked himself as he wanted to give breathing space to his butterfly.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
However, when he returned home, he found the butter fly not moving. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
He ran outside, holding the bottle tightly in his hand.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定你是李华。世界军人运动会（Military World Games）正在武汉举行，你刚好有机会去参观位于黄家湖湖畔的军运村（ Athletes’ village），你想邀请你的外籍英语老师Mike与你同行。请你给他写一封电子邮件，要点如下：
1. 简单介绍运动员居住的“军运村”（设施齐全，生活便利，能容纳上万运动员居住）
2. 邀请他与你一起；
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
A family can be two or more people 1. share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and usually live in the same house. Families range from all sorts of 2. (race), forms and sizes. Families differ in various ways but each one has 3. (it) own definition of a happy home and family. So, what makes a happy family? There are many important factors that make a happy family.
Order is one of the important factors that make a happy family. With order there is no chaos or 4. (confuse) in the home. A well-organized family will be able to function smoothly and easily in 5. (complete) various tasks that each individual must do. When each individual knows his/her own responsibility, he/she is capable and able to bring 6. (much) harmony and peace in the home.
Quality time is definitely one aspect to having a happy family. This quality time 7. (spend) together as a family no matter what the activity is will 8. (sure)strengthen a family’s relationship. Quality time 9. (help) to develop a bond between family members. Not only will this strengthen ties, it will provide you 10. memories of times spent together, whether it is having fun, being sad, happy, or bad.
People are always asking what the most important element to a healthy relationship is. The truth is that there are many. _________, there is one really important thing that all great and healthy relationships have in common—_________. Yes, of course, there are some little _________ lies even in the best of relationships—anniversary surprises or _________ birthday parties—but the truth is that happy couples communicate honestly and don’t lie to _________ their own interests. So how can you have more open _________ in your own relationship?
First, remember that honesty is the best policy even _________ your partner might not like what you have to say. Yes, it may be _________ to tell your guy that you don’t like one of his friends. But lying or holding things _________ will make things worse in the long run.
The next thing to be __________ is to say what you have to say __________. If your partner feels __________, he will be less likely to accept what you have to say and may even become __________. The way you speak is of great importance when you are discussing sensitive issues. Think through what you want to say __________ before you bring it up. You don’t want to offend the person that you __________. You just want them to be __________ of the truth.
One last thing to keep in mind about communicating openly is that it strengthens your relationship. If you are not honest about any dirty little __________ you may have, they will probably come up eventually and you will __________ in bigger trouble. And if you keep things to yourself, your relationship will not be based on the truth, which is __________ to a solid foundation. Hard __________ the truth may be sometimes, honesty really is the best policy.
1.A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Instead
2.A.honesty B.enthusiasm C.cooperation D.persistence
3.A.red B.purple C.white D.black
4.A.unexposed B.unprepared C.unexpected D.unarranged
5.A.protect B.increase C.adjust D.switch
6.A.appreciation B.reputation C.co-operation D.communication
7.A.why B.when C.how D.where
8.A.tough B.unwilling C.rough D.guilty
9.A.in B.on C.above D.back
10.A.serious about B.proud of C.expert at D.worthy of
11.A.obviously B.rudely C.nicely D.smoothly
12.A.settled B.attacked C.approved D.delighted
13.A.creative B.relative C.sensitive D.defensive
14.A.slightly B.thoroughly C.frequently D.briefly
15.A.suspect B.convince C.love D.hate
16.A.afraid B.aware C.ashamed D.absolute
17.A.uniforms B.secrets C.blankets D.cuts
18.A.take up B.pick up C.break up D.end up
19.A.consistent B.impressive C.fundamental D.representative
20.A.although B.while C.until D.as
