俗话说“人乡随俗”，去另一个国家前，先了解其习俗和历史是很有必要的。请你根据初中阶段所学到的关于英国的习俗和历史，写一篇文章，投稿到某英文版的旅游文化刊物。

写作要点.

要求：

1. 词数120左右；

2. 短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数；

3. 文章须包括所有写作要点，但不要逐字翻译，可适当加人过渡语句，使短文通顺、连贯。

Before we go to another country.it is necessary for us to learn something about its customs and history. Take Britain as an example.                                                                                                                                                                                                      

The golden rule is： Watch the other people. Do as they do.

B(2015 •厂乐) 

Garden Tour & Cooking Class 909 North Cumbre Road,Santa Barbara,CA Saturday,October 24,2015#9:30 am—1:00 pm Cook with Suzzane Traditionally,American Indians’ dishes were made with corn,beans,potatoes and pumpkin. Take a tour around Trinity Garden,pick some of these foods and return to the kitchen. There you can watch Suzzane prepare delicious dishes with them. It is surely a new experience!

Suzzane will make an introduction of three traditional foods and tell you what they meant to the American Indians hundreds of years ago. At the same time,you can learn how to cook with these autumn harvest (收获) vegetables.

The menu includes the following：

Hot Potato Pie with Cornbread Topping Thanksgiving Soup Fresh Vegetable Salad Trinity Fruit Ice-cream

★ $ 35 per person,including printed recipes (菜谱) ，the four dishes above and a book by Suzzane,Children under 8 can come for free.

★Booking by email by Oct 15;Suzzane landry @ alt. net 

About Suzzane Landry：She is the writer of Healthy Eating and Fresh Food Matters. To look for new ideas to add to her cooking,she travelled a lot,working in the kitchen all over the world. This brought her the idea of “fresh food cooking”. Then she set up the website below to get people's attention to healthy eating. She is excited to share her knowledge through cooking classes,cookbooks and DVDs. Her teaching is popular with people from different countries.

Learn More：

Visit www. freshfoodcooking,com. 

Follow Suzzane on FACEBOOK and TWITTER.

6. The cooking class in the advertisement will be given .

   A. in spring   B. in summer   C. in autumn   D. in winter

7. In this class,you can watch Suzzane cook dishes with the foods .

   A. brought from home   B. picked in Trinity Garden

   C. bought from the market   D. ordered from the Internet

8. The menu offered by the cooking class including the following EXCEPT .

   A. cake   B. soup   C. salad   D. ice-cream

9. If Mr Green goes to the class with his parents and his 6-year-old son,he should pay .

   A. $35   B. $70   C. $ 105   D. $ 140

10. According to the advertisement,we know that .

   A. we can book the cooking class on the phone

   B. only American Indians enjoy Suzzane's teaching

   C. Suzzane got her cooking ideas from different DVDs

   D. Suzzane Landry wrote two books about eating and food

m.阅读理解(10小题，共30分)

A (2014 •湖北武汉) 

Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways,and at different times on the calendar.

In Western countries,people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on December 31st— January 1st. People may go to parties,sometimes dressed in formal (正式的) clothes,and they may drink champagne (香槟) at midnight. During the first minutes of the new year,people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sun rise. They welcome the new year with the first light of the sunrise.

Many cultures also do special things to get rid of (摆脱) bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example , in Ecuador,families make a big doll from old clothes. The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight,these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh (重新) .Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean,or saying special things on the first day of the new year.

Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year's Day. The more grapes a person eats,the more good luck the person will have in the year. In France,people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year. In the United States,some people eat black-eyed peas for good luck- but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them!

1. The reading is mainly about .

   A. the meaning of “Happy New Year”   B. several different New Year traditions

   C. what to eat on New Year's Day   D. why people dress up nicely on New Year's Day

2. It's dear that .

   A. some cultures celebrate New Year in the morning

   B. the Western people celebrate New Year only on New Year's Day

   C. people in Ecuador go to parties on December 31st—January 1st

   D. no cultures do special things to celebrate New Year

3. In some cultures,people throw things into rivers or oceans to .

   A. bring good luck   B. keep away bad luck

   C. forget everything   D. plan for the next year

4. To have a happy new year, .

   A. friends talk to each other in special ways

   B. families make big dolls filled with old clothes

   C. some people get up early to watch the sunrise

   D. Europeans eat 365 grapes on New Year's Day ,

5. When eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day,people think .

   A. one pea brings one day of luck

   B. black-eyed peas are the best medicine

   C. the peas are too black and taste bad

   D. the peas are helpful to count numbers

Ⅱ .完形填空(10小题，共15分) (2015 •江苏无锡)

I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop. As we enjoyed our coffee,a man entered and sat down beside us. He called the waiter and ordered ,“Two cups of coffee, 1 of them there on the wall."We heard this with great 2 and saw that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left,the waiter 3 put a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”. While we were still there,two other men had two cups of coffee but paid for three. 4,the waiter did the same thing. It seemed that this was usual at this place. However,it was something strange for us. Since we had nothing to do with the 5 ,we finished our coffee,paid and left.

After a few days,we again had a 6 to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee,a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the 7 of this coffee shop. As he seated himself,He looked at the wall and said ,“One cup of coffee from the wall. ” The waiter served coffee to this man with the same 8 . The man had his coffee and left without paying. The waiter took off a piece of paper from the 9 and threw it in the dust bin. Now there was no 10 for us. The great kindness for the people in need shown by the people of this town filled up our eyes with tears.

1. A. both   B. neither   C. one   D. none

2. A. joy   B. interest   C. effort   D. fear

3. A. quickly   B. suddenly   C. wisely   D. properly

4. A. Instead   B. Again   C. Indeed   D. Anyway

5. A. shop   B. waiter   C. matter   D. men

6. A. hurry   B. time   C. wish   D. chance

7. A. service   B. standard   C. furniture   D. colour

8. A. respect   B. courage   C. result   D. custom

9. A. board   B. table   C. bill   D. wall

10. A. choice   B. clue   C. doubt   D. hope

15. (2015 •江苏盐城) In the UK,a lady usually doesn’t like to be asked .

   A. whether has she got married   B. how old is she

   C. where she comes from   D. how much she weighs

14. (2015 •广东佛山) I don't understand why more girls to do housework than boys in today's society.

   A. asked   B. were asked   C. are asked

13. (2015 •山东潍坊) Next month we’re going somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday .

   A. will begin   B. has begun   C. begins   D. is beginning

12. (2015 •山东日照) His opinions are similar yours but different Julia's.

   A. to;from   B. from;to   C. as;with   D. with;as

11. (2014 •山东莱完) We are glad that a famous writer —   to our school to give a talk next week.

   A. invites   B. invited   C. will be invited   D. was invited

l0. the Spring Festival finishes,some farmers will leave their hometown to work in big cities.

   A. Until   B. Since   C. As soon as   D. Though