语言知识学习篇 PART 1 Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking 根据括号内的汉语提示完成下列句子（每空一词）。 1. _____ _____ (猜谜) written on the lanterns, one of the most important customs of the Lantern Festival, began in the Song Dynasty. 2. Everything was fantastic this Christmas, _____ _____ ( 除了) the absence of our father, who was on a business trip abroad. 3. Roast turkey is centred on the Thanksgiving table, but _____ _____ _____ (坦白说), I'm not a big fan of it. 4. You'd better buy your ticket as early as you can. _____ _____ ( 毕竟), tickets can be sold out quickly during the Spring Festival. 5. Thousands of dancers, singers and musicians in fancy costumes _____ _____ _____ _____ ( 沿街行进) when they celebrate Rio Carnival. 6. It was great fun to _____ _____ _____ ( 装扮) traditional Tibetan clothing and participate in all kinds of celebration activities during the Tibetan New Year. PART 2 Reading and Thinking I. 用适当的介词或副词完成下列句子。 1. As time goes by, many traditional customs and religious practices have faded _____. 2. Everyone attending the Strawberry Music Festival this weekend had a good time _____ spite of the rain. 3. We decided to take advantage _____ the good weather during the Qingming Festival to take a walk in the countryside. 4. Here, visitors can enjoy a wide variety of delicious food, ranging _____ international dishes _____ local favorites. 5. One thing that all Coming-of-Age ceremonies worldwide have _____ common is that they prepare young people for adulthood and independence. II. 选用方框内合适的内容并用其正确形式完成下面短文（每项限用一次）。 joy, origin, gather, occasion, typical, media Every February, hundreds of people 1. _____ in the town of Olney in Buckinghamshire, England to participate in the oldest pancake race in the world, dating back to 1445. “The race is open to ladies of Olney only. Runners wear 2. _____ housewife costumes, armed with a frying pan (煎锅) and pancake,” says Ruth Martin of the Olney pancake race committee. “The course is almost 380 metres. Runners have to keep tossing the pancake (把煎饼颠起翻面) from the start until they reach the finish line.” While the 3. _____ of the race is not certain, the most widely accepted tale is of a housewife so busy making pancakes that she was about to miss a church service (礼拜). On hearing the church bells, she ran out of the house with the pan still in her hand, and had to toss the pancake to prevent it from burning. Later, 4. _____ coverage ( 新闻报道) about the race aroused the interest of officials in the city of Liberal, Kansas, USA. Since 1950, Liberal and Olney have competed in their own pancake race, recording their times and holding an international video call to present prizes. The organisers describe the pancake race as a(n) 5. _____, friendly little game between Liberal and Olney. “It's not just a race. There's something so significant about it,” Ms Martin says. “The race brings together the whole community. Eve ... ...
