第一节:阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
A
Winter International Food Festival
Green Square will hold this year’s Winter International Food Festival on December 9th. The event will begin at 5 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. You can enjoy food and drinks from more than twenty countries. There will also be five interesting cultural shows.
Food passport(护照)
After you arrive at the square, head towards the red tent to pick up your free “food passport”. As you visit the seven stations, you can get a star at each station. After getting all the seven stars, you will get a lovely gift!
Shows
5 p.m. -5:10 p.m. African dance
5:15 p.m. -5:35 p.m. Piano performance
5:35 p.m. -6 p.m. Indian dance
6:30 p.m. -6:45 p.m. Violin performance
6:50 p.m. -7 p.m. Australian dance
More tips
You may bring your pet dog along with you, but it must be kept on a leash(拴狗链). It’s easier for you to use the mobile phone to pay for the food, so it’s best to bring your phone.
()1. How long will the Winter International Food Festival last?
A. For three hours. B. For four hours. C. For five hours. D. For six hours.
()2. To get a gift, you should ______.
A. watch five interesting cultural shows
B. use the mobile phone to pay for the food
C. eat food and drinks from seven countries
D. visit the seven stations and get all the seven stars
()3. The text probably comes from a ______.
A. newspaper B. dictionary C. storybook D. menu

B
If someone finds a wallet with lots of money, is he/she likely(可能的) to return it?
A team from the US and Switzerland did an experiment in forty countries around the world. The scientists took over 17,000 “lost” wallets to different places such as hotels, post offices and banks. Then they waited to see if the workers in these places tried to call the owner of the wallet.
The wallets were a little special. Most of the wallets had no money inside. Some of them had as much money as \13. Each wallet had three cards with the information of the owner.
The scientists thought returning a lost wallet was about being honest. They wanted to know how people would act if no one was watching them. Before the experiment started, the scientists thought that the wallets with money in them would be less likely to be returned. But in fact, it was not true. Fifty-one percent of the people who found a wallet with money in it tried to contact the owner.
In the US, the UK, and Poland, the scientists decided to have a “big money” test. Some wallets contained money worth about \100. In those countries, 46% of the wallets with no money were returned, and 61% of those with \13 were returned. And 72% of the wallets with nearly \100 were returned.
The scientists don’t know clearly why people are more likely to return a wallet with more money in it. But the act of returning a lost wallet shows a person’s good character(品质). It easily builds a good and close relationship among people.
()4. Why did the scientists do the experiment?
A. To learn how people made money. B. To test how honest people were.
C. To study how important kindness was. D. To see how people helped others.
()5. The underlined word “contact” in Paragraph 4 may mean “______”.
A. call somebody B. get on well with
C. take care of D. make a difference to
()6. How might scientists feel when they learned about the results?
A. Worried. B. Nervous. C. Surprised. D. Excited.
()7. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. It’s important for people to return lost wallets.
B. Good characters help people live a rich life.
C. Being honest can help people build good relationships.
D. People are more likely to return wallets with more money in them.

C 传统文化
①In summer, people use their fans to cool themselves off. But the Chinese fan is not just a tool to help people cool themselves down. It’s an important part of Chinese culture.

②Chinese fans have a history of over 3,000 years. One of the earliest known “fans” was named “shanhan”(扇汗). They weren’t like the fans we see today. People used them to hide from the sun and protect themselves from the rain on a horse-drawn carriage(马车). The “shanhan” then changed into a long-handled fan called “zhangshan”(障扇). This type of fan was made of silk or bird feathers and was mainly used by the emperor’s honour guard(仪仗队) for decoration.
③In the Han Dynasty, more common people started using fans because cheaper bamboo fans had been made. These fans stayed popular until the Tang and Song Dynasties. At the same time, a new type of silk fan was also brought in. Young women loved silk fans because they were round, resembling the moon. They were also called “round fans” or “tuanshan”.
④The ribs(扇骨) of these silk round fans were made of bamboo or animal bones. The handles of the fans usually had different designs. The main part of the fan often had calligraphy(书法) works and landscape paintings like mountains or flowers. Folding fans mainly had panels(扇面) and ribs. For the ribs, people used different kinds of materials, including wood, animal bones and bamboo. The panels of the folding fan were usually made of paper, silk or other materials. They left empty spaces for artists to paint. Their calligraphy works and landscape paintings added colour to the fans.
⑤From the Song Dynasty, fan painting became a special kind of art. Fans with pictures of birds and flowers were popular among young women. Men, however, liked fans decorated with calligraphy works. Mythical(神话的) creatures were also popular. Dragons were often painted on men’s fans while ladies usually preferred phoenixes(凤凰).
( )8. Chinese fans have a history of ______.
A. more than 3,000 years B. more than 5,000 years
C. less than 2,000 years D. less than 3,000 years
( )9. Why did fans become popular among common people?
A. Because more people learned to make fans.
B. Because cheaper bamboo fans were made.
C. Because a new type of silk fans was brought in.
D. Because people wanted to cool themselves down in summer.
( )10. What does the underlined word “resembling” in the third paragraph mean?
A. cutting out B. looking like C. turning into D. making up
( )11. 创新考法—篇章结构题 Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?