一、语篇
(一)选词填空。
根据对话内容，选择适当的单词填空，使对话意思完整。每个选项至多使用一次。
wishes， putting， foreign， spread， traditions， started， celebrate， relatives， certainly， written
A：Hello，Lucy. How's it going?
B：Oh，Lee. I'm busy these days. I'm learning Chinese culture.
A：That sounds interesting. What did you get?
B：I'm reading something about couplets(春联). Can you tell something about them?
A：OK. Putting up couplets is one of the 1 of China. It has a long history，maybe over 600 hundred years.
B：That's right. It's said that it first 2 in the Ming Dynasty.
A：Yes，people used red paper，sometimes peach wood charms(桃符)，to make the Spring Festival couplets. During the Qing Dynasty，the couplets became more popular. There were lots of famous couplets. With the development of international cultural exchange(交流)，the couplets also 3 to Vietnam，Korea，Japan，Singapore and other countries. The customs of 4 up these couplets are still popular now.
B：You mean not only Chinese people but also people from 5 countries make and stick couplets?
A：Sure，especially during the Spring Festival. It is a special time for us because all the family members will come back home and 6 the coming of the new year. And it is also a time for us to visit our friends and 7 who usually live or work in other places or just invite them home to treat them with delicious food. It is 8 the most important event for Chinese.
B：People usually write down something on the couplets. What do they usually write down?
A：Some nice words and sentences 9 by famous people. Different couplets are put on doors，walls or windows to show their 10 for good luck and a happy new year.
B：That's really interesting. I really want to learn how to make couplets. Can you teach me?
A：The way of making it is easy，but you need to be good at Chinese calligraphy(书法).
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1. traditions 2. started
3. spread 4. putting 5. foreign
6. celebrate 7. relatives 8. certainly
9. written 10. wishes

【分析】首先通读对话，明确对话围绕中国春联文化展开的主题；接着分析每个空格的词性、语法结构及语境含义，再匹配给定单词：1. 空格前为“one of”，需复数名词，结合“贴春联是中国传统之一”选对应词；2. 空格需动词过去式，结合“始于明朝”的过去语境选词；3. 空格需动词过去式，结合“春联传播到其他国家”的语境选词；4. 空格前是介词“of”，需动名词，结合“张贴”的固定搭配选词；5. 空格需形容词修饰“countries”，结合“外国的”含义选词；6. 空格与“come back”并列，需动词原形，结合“庆祝新年”选词；7. 空格与“friends”并列，需名词复数，结合“拜访亲戚”的语境选词；8. 空格需副词修饰句子，结合“当然”的含义选词；9. 空格需过去分词作定语，结合“被名人写的”选词；10. 空格需名词复数，结合“表达愿望”的语境选词。
【解析】1. “one of + 复数名词”结构要求，结合语境“贴春联是中国的传统之一”，选traditions；2. 描述过去发生的起源，用动词过去式started，符合“始于明朝”的语境；3. 结合文化交流的背景，用动词过去式spread，表“传播”，符合逻辑；4. 介词of后接动名词，固定搭配put up意为“张贴”，故填putting；5. 形容词foreign修饰名词countries，表“外国的”，符合“不仅中国人，外国也有”的语境；6. will后接动词原形，结合“庆祝新年到来”的含义，选celebrate；7. 与friends并列，名词复数relatives表“亲戚”，符合“拜访亲戚”的日常交际语境；8. 副词certainly修饰整个句子，表“当然”，符合“春联是中国最重要的事件之一”的语境；9. 过去分词written作定语，表“被名人写的”，符合“春联上的文字”的描述；10. 名词复数wishes，show sth for表“表达……”，符合“表达对好运和新年的愿望”的语境。
【答案】1. traditions 2. started 3. spread 4. putting 5. foreign 6. celebrate 7. relatives 8. certainly 9. written 10. wishes
【知识点】英语词汇运用、语境理解、固定搭配
【点评】本题以中国春联文化为话题，通过选词填空形式考查学生词汇掌握与语境分析能力，结合文化常识，难度适中，贴近生活，有助于学生了解中国传统文化。
【难度系数】0.6