二、阅读所给材料，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。（难度：★★★★☆）
In China, when a baby is one year old, parents will hold a big party for him or her. The one-year-old catch of a baby is very important for the family. All family members will come to celebrate for the baby. The earliest historical record（历史记录）about one-year-old catch appeared during the Northern Qi Dynasty. On the day when a baby is one year old, the family of the baby will lay out books, pens, coins, jewellery, toys and food ... Parents then put the baby in front of these articles and make him or her sit up. Nobody will give any instruction or clue to the baby so that it is left free to choose by himself or herself. According to the articles the baby catches, the family tries to make predictions about the baby's potential interests, future career and development. The ceremony also represents the elders' placing good wishes and hope on the baby.
（ ）1. “One-year-old catch” in Chinese is “抓周”.
（ ）2. The history of “one-year-old catch” dates back to the Qing Dynasty.
（ ）3. Adults make the baby catch an article because it can bring good luck to the baby.
（ ）4. People usually give instructions to the baby to catch something nice.
（ ）5. The elders hold “one-year-old catch” ceremony to place good wishes and hope on the baby.

1.T　2.F　3.F　4.F　5.T

一、完形填空。（难度：★★★★☆）
Dear Jenny，
It was good to hear from you the other day. Do you remember the popular 1 called Holi? It is coming next month. To celebrate it, people usually meet and have fun with their 2 and friends. It starts early in the morning and by afternoon，colours are all around.
I’d like to 3 you to come over and celebrate Holi with us. My two friends，Neha and Aarti，will also join us. We 4 to go to Vrindavan for Holi. It’s an old city and it is 5 for its flower parties. There will be music，colours and real flowers. I’m sure we 6 a great time. My son’s school will be over by that time and we can go on a short trip to Agra and Jaipur too. There we can visit a number of 7 . We can enjoy the food and shop for 8 clothes there. They are beautiful. I hope that you will be able to come over and that we can 9 some time together.
Please reply in writing to this invitation 10 this weekend so that we can buy tickets and book hotels.
Yours truly，
Rick
（ ）1. A. holiday B. festival C. city
（ ）2. A. teachers B. students C. families
（ ）3. A. invite B. give C. help
（ ）4. A. plan B. ready C. happen
（ ）5. A. personal B. famous C. surprised
（ ）6. A. have B. had C. will have
（ ）7. A. food B. museums C. theatres
（ ）8. A. traditional B. tradition C. trades
（ ）9. A. take B. spend C. cost
（ ）10. A. on B. at C. by

1.B　2.C　3.A　4.A　5.B　6.C　7.B 8.A　9.B　10.C