Tomato juice flows through the streets of Bunol on the last Wednesday of August as the worlds largest tomato fight happens. Festivities begin in the town square where there is a huge pole covered in soap and with a leg of ham at the top. Participants try to climb up the pole to get the ham as watchers throw buckets of water to them. After a gun is fired to signal the beginning of the fight, people catch the tomatoes and throw each other in the streets until the gun sounds again, marking the end of the event.

Holi, India

This spring festival is celebrated throughout the country in late February or early March. The two-day event celebrates the legend of Prahlad, who escaped unharmed from the fire of the evil Holika Dahan. People mark the event by lighting fires and throwing colored powder on one another Children load colored water into toy pistols called pichkari and take aim at passers-by. Holi is known as a happy celebration of the victory of good over evil.

Burning Man, Nevada

This infamous festival began in 1986 with the burning of a large figure to mark the summer solstice (夏至). It’s since grown into a week-long annual event that draws more than 48,000 people to the Black Rock Dessert. It is held during the week before Labor Day. Participants set up camp in the desert to celebrate art.

Songkran, Thailand

This festival marks the Thai New Year, which is celebrated in the second week of April. This is the hottest time of the year in Thailand, so it makes sense that the biggest Songkran tradition is to throw water on people. Thais of all ages join in water fights, using buckets, hoses (软管) and water guns to celebrate the event.

【1】The following celebrations are related to water EXCEPT ________.

A. La Tomatina B. Burning Man.

C. Holi D. Songkran

【2】If you want to experience the hottest season in a country, you can choose to visit ________.

A. Spain B. Nevada

C. India D. Thailand

【3】What’s the main writing purpose of the passage?

A. To encourage people to travel.

B. To introduce some interesting festivals.

C. To advertise the worlds biggest parties.

D. To show the most famous performances.

要求：1.热情、有礼；2. 熟悉中国传统文化；3. 英语口语流利。假设你是新华中学学生李华，请按上面的要求给组委会写一封应聘信。

生词：“ 一带一路”国际合作高峰论坛 the Bell and Road Forum for international Cooperation

注意：1. 词数100左右：

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好，不算入总词数。

Dear Sir or Madam,

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Yours,

Li Hua

【题目】—Potted plants always die with me. I'm afraid I haven't got _____.
—My advice is that you get enough knowledge about growing plants first.
A.my cup of tea
B.a wet blanket
C.all ears
D.green fingers

【题目】—____________?
—No. In fact it is _________at the weekend.
A.How much do you charge me for it; free
B.Does it cost a lot; free of charge
C.What is the charge for it; for free
D.Could you tell me your charge for it; free

The photographer wanted to know why. The word “kid” needed an apostrophe, I replied, and where I put that punctuation mark would change the size of Mr. Smith’s family.

“Wow,” the photographer said. “One punctuation mark can make a big 【3】(differ).”

This exchange isn’t made up. And the fact that it happened in the same month as National Punctuation Day—which is Sept. 24— 【4】(emphasize) the importance of proper use of punctuation.

For National Punctuation Day, my goal is 【5】 (promote) proper use of commas, semicolons and so on 【6】 my good example. I will use punctuation in all text 【7】 (message), never leaving out periods on Twitter.

Jeff Rubin, who founded National Punctuation Day in 2004, wrote that he started National Punctuation Day because of concern about 【8】(decline) language skills. He noted that almost 60 percent of incoming college freshmen needed remedial(补救的) English classes 【9】 (urgent).

Information like that is 【10】 our anger should be focused. So classroom is a great place to celebrate National Punctuation Day.

【题目】现如今，网络已成为日常生活中必不可少的工具，它给我们带来很大便利的同时，也有很多弊端。下面请你谈一下自己的看法。内容包括以下要点：
1). 电脑不能代替老师上课。
2). 不在网上学习可以增强合作的能力。
3). 长时间看电脑的危害。
注意：1).词数：100词左右
2).可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

A. Faced with; result from B. Facing with; result in

C. Facing with; result from D. Faced with; result in

1．欢迎来访；

2．自我介绍；

3．活动安排：参观校园、体验剪纸（paper﹣cutting）和茶艺（tea art）、与本校学生自由交谈等

注意：1．词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．

Dear friends，

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That's all．Thank you．

This was in the earliest days of the parcel post service, which launched in 1913. Before that, U.S. Postal Service packages were capped at four pounds, which limited the goofy things people tried to send by post.

But when the parcel service began, all kinds of cargo showed up in the mail stream, including coffins, eggs, dogs and, in a few cases, human young.

According to National Postal Museum historian Nancy Pope, the first known case of a mailed baby was in 1913 when Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beauge of Glen Este, Ohio, shipped their 10-pound infant son to his grandmother’s home about a mile away, paying 15 cents in postage and springing for $50 in insurance (because they were worriers).

But some children were mailed much farther, Pope said. Edna Neff of Pensacola, Fla., was 6 when she was packed off — or packaged off — to her father’s home in Christiansburg, Va., 720 miles away.

The precious parcels weren’t truly parcels in the brown-paper. Instead they were more like companions in the arms of their carriers or walked along the route(路线). But the most famous mailed child, May Pierstorff, was indeed sent by an Idaho railway mail car in 1914 with the appropriate stamps stuck to her traveling coat. May’s picture survives, but no physical evidence of her trip. “We would sure love to have that coat,” Pope said.

In 1914, the postmaster general instituted a rule about the mail that stands to this day: no humans. But that didn’t stop an ambitious thief from crating himself up and shipping himself airmail. When William DeLucia, packed in a trunk labeled “Musical Instruments” along with food and an oxygen tank, was airborne, he climbed out, pilfered thousands of dollars’ worth of goods from the registered mail and sealed himself back up. He was arrested at the Atlanta airport in 1980 after his trunk popped open as it was being unloaded.

“We have his oxygen tank” at the Postal Museum, Pope noted with pride.

【1】What did U.S Postal Service put a limit to before 1913?

A. The value of the mail.

B. The weight of parcels.

C. The content in the mail.

D. The postage for packages.

【2】How was Jesse Beauge’s son mailed?

A. Packed in a mailbox.

B. Walked along the route.

C. Sent by a railway mail car.

D. Carried in the arms of the postman.

【3】What does Nancy Pope wish to be exhibited most in the Postal Museum?

A. May’s picture.

B. The brown-paper.

C. May’s traveling coat.

D. Idaho railway mail car.

【4】Who discovered William DeLucia at last?

A. The airport porter.

B. The airport police.

C. The passenger victims.

D. The postmaster general.

【题目】语法填空
Paul Lucas can often be seen walking around the city of San Francisco. Sometimes people are (surprise) to see him walking without any shoes or socks, Lucas doesn't mind at all. He likes to walk barefoot, and do 640 other members of Dirty Sole Society, the club that Lucas (start) years ago. Lucas' idea for this is to encourage others to live (free)－free of shoes.
According to Lucas, the barefoot life has many (advantage). The most important is simply that it feels good. He also says that walking barefoot allows you to experience the world directly by (touch) it with your feet. In addition, the feet do not smell so much they stay dry, (make) it hard for bacteria(细菌) to grow. And, of course, walking barefoot keeps your feet in good shape, so it's actually (healthy) than wearing shoes.