Edmonton's Downtown Park is transformed into one huge stage for five days where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate and enjoy themselves. Since its beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating (纪念）the true feeling of what folk music is all about and that’s the traditional togetherness (友爱）that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through song.

This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. “People coming off a busy spring and summer have a moment of relaxation,” Riedel said. “It’s really easy to relax, and it’s great seeing family and friends have fun together.” These families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. People who take pleasure in Blues are there, so are people who love Bluegrass. This festival does its best to develop everyone's musical interests.

With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as comfortable as possible. There are free water stations throughout the venue (举办地）for people to fill up their travel cups. When people buy food, reusable dishes are given a $2 plate fee, but that is returned when the plate is brought back.

The festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. But with big names such as Van Morrison and Jakob Dylan, it’s easy to see how that was going to happen. There is no parking area during the festival, so using the Park & Ride system or Edmonton Transit is highly recommended. A bike lock-up area is provided and will be available Thursday until Sunday one hour before the gates open until 45 minutes after the gates close.

The Edmonton Folk Music Festival begins on Wednesday, Aug.4 with Van Morrison playing the special donation fund concert, and will finish up on Sunday, Aug.8.

1.The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is held mainly to _______.

A. gather people with different musical tastes

B. collect old stories of folk music

C. exhibitive good voices of great talents in folk music

D. remind people of the real sense of folk music

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. It costs people a little to fill up their cups from water stations.

B. It’s hard for people to appreciate Blues.

C. Riedel has volunteered for the festival for at least 5years.

D. People have to pay $2 for a plate of food.

3.We can learn from the passenger that .

A. the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is well organized

B. people can get tickets easily for the festival

C. driving one’s own car to the festival is highly recommended

D. bikes are available at the festival from Wednesday to Sunday

4.What would the best title for the passage?

A. Folk Music of Blues

B. Edmonton’s Downtown Park

C. Festival for Family Gathering

D. One Festival for All

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

As we all know, different countries have different cultures. The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. 1.

The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are fostered by rivers—the Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India. 2.

Then in Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture gradually went overseas to Japan, mixed into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same system.

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. 3. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t distinguish from the European one a lot.

4. Take the language system for example. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race difference counts as well. But what’s more, due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.

The differences are everywhere. 5. But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colorful. The cultural gap should not be the obstacle (障碍) to the civilization of human being. It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.

A. Let us work together to keep a variety of culture.

B. And these two are well-known as the base of the European culture.

C. One important thing is to learn about other cultures.

D. They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.

E. They are obvious and affect people’s ways of thinking and their views of the world.

F. At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences.

G. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.

Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝)—either recorded or real—may even prevent elephants from damaging farmer’s crops.

In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmer to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.

Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next，Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.

From a distance, Lucy switched on the pre-recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.

Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn’t tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers. She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.

1.We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of .

A. loud noises B. some crops

C. video cameras D. angry bees

2.As mentioned in the passage, Lucy .

A. works by herself in Africa

B. needs to test more elephant groups

C. has stopped elephants eating crops

D. has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms

3.Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?

A. To record the sound of bees.

B. To make a video of elephants.

C. To see if elephants would run away.

D. To find out more about the behavior of bees.

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Young elephants ignore African honeybees.

B. Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.

C. Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.

D. Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

For a few years，I have been wearing a ring on my right hand．It’s not always the same ring，but it's always a ring that has on it so that when I look at it，I'm or reminded of something important．I have made a of buying rings like this whenever I one in a store．Sometimes I give them away as to someone like Jennie .

I first met Jennie in the waiting room and we had talked several times．One night I sat down beside her and ______how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very condition．She told me that she didn’t know what to do any more because it seemed none of the from the doctors was good．They weren’t at all sure her son was going to the accident that had hurt him so badly．With _______ in her eyes，she said，“They’re ____my hope.” I knew then that it was just a coincidence that 1 was wearing the ring that I had on that day．As she to talk ,I quietly slipped the ring off my finger and it in Jennie’s hand. I told her to wear it to that God loved her and he would be with her through all of this ._____Jennie looked down at the ring，she got excited and then held it tightly,__ the word written on the ring was “HOPE”．

The last day 1 was at the hospital，I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift．She and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying，“Look，I have Hope!”

1.A．words B．pictures C．names D．symbols

2.A．admired B．encouraged C．trusted D．puzzled

3.A．plan B．point C．1ist D．habit

4.A．lose B．order C．see D．design

5.A．gifts B．prizes C．1essons D．thanks

6.A．railway B．school C．hospital D．airport

7.A．asked B．explained C．thought D．found

8.A．favorable B．normal C．serious D．excellent

9.A．advice B. news C．instructions D．comfort

10.A．defeat B．experience C．predict D．survive

11.A．apologies B．tears C．anger D．doubt

12.A．keeping up B．bringing back C．cutting off D．taking away

13.A．other than B．rather than C．more than D．less than

14.A．continued B．refused C．attempted D．started

15.A．threw B．placed C．hid D．stored

16.A．prove B．decide C．remember D．guess

17.A．Until B．Before C．Since D．When

18.A．for B．so C．yet D．and

19.A．shouted B．waved C．cheered D．hesitated

20.A．ever B．only C．just D．still

为了帮助中学生健康成长，某中学英文报开辟了“HEART-TO-HEART”专栏。假设你是该栏目的编辑Jamie，收到一封署名为Worried的求助信。信中该同学向你诉说了自己的困扰：近日容易发脾气，使正常的学习和生活受到了影响。请用英文给该同学写一封回信。

内容要点如下：

1．表示理解并给予安慰；

2．提出建议并说明理由。

注意：

1．词数120左右；

2．信中不能出现与本人相关的信息；

3．信的开头与结尾已为你拟好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：temper n. 脾气，情绪

Hi Worried,

I’m sorry to know that you’re having such a bad time at the moment.

Yours,

Jamie

In the animal kingdom，weakness can bring about aggression in other animal．This sometimes happens with humans also．But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people．I see it every day when people hold doors for me，pour cream into my coffee，or help me to put on my coat．And I have discovered that it makes them happy．

From my wheelchair experience，I see the best in people，but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily．They don’t get to see this soft side of others often；we try every way possible to avoid，showing our weakness，which includes a lot of pretending．But only when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them．

Last month，when I was driving home on a busy highway，I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual．People behind me began to get impatient and angry，with some speeding up alongside me，homing(按喇叭)or even shouting at me．At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving．I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed．

No more angry shouts and no more horns!

When I put on my flashlights，I was saying to other drivers，“I have a problem here．I am weak and doing the best I can．”And everyone understood．Several times，I saw drivers who wanted to pass．They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic．But instead of getting impatient and angry，they waited，knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak．

Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way．But those are and far between．More often，it would be better if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared．

1.The author has discovered that people will feel happy when_______．

A．the offer their help

B．they receive others’ help

C．they feel others’ kindness

D．they show their weakness

2.The author feels sad sometimes because_________．

A．he has a soft heart

B．he relies much on others

C．some people pretend to be kind

D．some people fail to see the kindness in others

3.In this passage，the author advises us to_______．

A．handle problems by ourselves

B．accept help from others

C．admit our weakness

D．show our bravery

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Wheelchair Experience． B．Weakness and Kindness．

C．Weakness and Strength D．A Driving Experience

—Do you know the headmaster well?

—Not really, just a nodding ______.

A. acquaintance B. administration

C. consequence D.consideration

The plan once I objected to________ out fine.

A．working B．work C．had worked D．worked

Tu Youyou is the first Chinese _________ the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her work in developing effective drugs against parasitic disease.

A. winning B. won C. wins D. to win

Cars do cause us some health problems—in fact far more serious ________ than mobile phones do.

A. one B. ones C. it D. those