题目内容
The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different 36 about the foods they eat on this 37 day. In Northern China, people 38 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the 39 and the beginning of time. According to historical 40 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps 41 the areas in Southern China 42 more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly 43 to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day. 44 , the most common foods for the first 45 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle is a 46 of long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which 47 the hope of improvement in 48 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of family 49 according to the Chinese.
To 50 a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to 51 a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers. 52 , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have 53 new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards. 54 , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into 55 .
36. A. word B. habits C. meanings D. stories
37. A. usual B. unforgettable C. common D. special
38. A. seldom B. usually C. never D. hardly
39. A. end B. future C. result D. effect
40. A. reasons B. records C. notes D. stories
41. A. as long as B. though C. when D. because
42. A. caused B. took C. produced D. brought
43. A. understood B. knew C. made D. began
44. A. Besides B. Therefore C. Consequently D. Usually
45. A. subject B. title C. program D. meal
46. A. symbol B. sign C. mark D. signal
47. A. transports B. represents C. fetches D. takes
48. A. health B. family C. life D. work
49. A. reunion B. luck C. happiness D. sadness
50. A. do B. pay C. get D. carry
51. A. express B. describe C. explain D. give
52. A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. However D. Besides
53. A. given away B. made up C. got into D. taken up
54. A. Instead B. Fortunately C. But D. and
55. A. fashion B. effect C. sight D. power
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Two Chinese farmers who became an overnight sensation(轰动)when their heart-rendingversion of a famous pop song appeared on the Internet took to the stage in front of thousands offans in Shanghai last Saturday.
Wang Xu, 44，and Liu Gang, 29, sang “In the Spring" alongside the song's star composerWang Feng, in front of about 80,000 people at the Shanghai Stadium.
The audience buzzed with excitement and let out deafening cheers, the moment as theywere introduced on the stage and then when Liu started the first sentence of their parts 
of thesong.
The two migrant workers became stars after singing the tearjerker(催人泪下的）songduring an evening drinking session in a 6-square-meter rented room in a late August evening. Afriend recorded the performance on a cell phone and posted it on the Internet.
“If someday I am dead, please bury me in the spring," they sing. Wang's penetrating chorus,delivered with his eyes closed, has moved thousands to tears.
Wang and Liu consider the song a true portrait of lower-class groups like themselves."With no credit card, no girlfriend, or a home with hot water, but only a guitar, I am singinghappily, on streets, under bridges or in wild country, though nobody pays attention to themusic," they sing.
To support his wife and two sons, Wang came to Beijing in 2000 from the countryside andhas worked as a boiler man, and street peddler, before becoming a medical warehouse keeper,with a monthly pay of around 1,500 yuan. Little is left after he pays 600 yuan for rent and buysfood.
Liu came to Beijing in 2002. “I wanted to try my luck in the big city，，，he said. He hadworked as a guard, roadside peddler, and porter, but never had a stable job. Street performingwas his main income, even after he married and became a father three years ago.
Wang and Liu are still uncertain where their fame will lead. Wang has started learning touse a computer. They even have a microblog(微博）account to communicate with fans.
【小题1】Wang Xu and Liu Gang first became nationally known after______.
| A．they sang the song “In the Spring" with a star composer Wang Feng |
| B．the video of them singing “In the Spring" was posted on the Internet |
| C．they sang on streets and under bridges |
| D．they started their microblog |
| A．they sang the song better than other singers |
| B．they were introduced to the public by the song writer himself |
| C．it was specially composed for them two |
| D．it is a heartfelt expression of the two singers as migrant workers |
| A．migrant workers' conditions will be improved soon |
| B．they will learn to write songs on computers |
C．a song showing people's real life and feeling s is more likely to be accepted |
| D．singers for migrant workers are more likely to become popular |
| A．Internet Farmer Stars Make Stage Appearance |
| B．“In the Spring"—A Touching Song |
| C．A Successful Internet Performance |
| D．No Pains, No Gains |
第三节：书面表达（满分15分）
根据所提供的情景，词语和句型，写一篇不少于80词的短文。
假如你是李华，请给你的英国笔友Harry写封信，告诉他中国人是怎样过春节的。
注意：1. 请以第一人称个人经历的形式，描述中国人在春节期间所做的事情。
2. 根据表格内容完成短文。
| How I spend the Spring Festival? | ||
| Time | Customs and Traditions(food) | Activities (things to do) |
| Fall on the 1st of the Lunar New Year | dumpling, fish, meat…… | visit families and friends, give children lucky money in red paper, get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other……… |
Dear Harry,
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Yours,
Li Hua