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交际用语’ll meet at the match. A. So are we. B. I think so. C. Don’t be so sure. D. It’s out of question. 2. Please help yourself to the seafood. ____________. A. Thanks, but I don’t like the seafood. B. Sorry, I can’t help. C. Well, fish don’t suit me. D. No, I can’t. 3. Would you mind changing seats with me? _____________. A. Yes, you can. B. Of course. I like to. C. No, I don’t mind. D. Certainly, please do. 4. Hi, Tom, how’s everything with you? ___________ And how are you? A. Don’t mention it. B. Hm, not too bad. C. Thanks. D. Pretty fast. 5. If you like I can mail this letter for you. A. That’s very kind of you. B. You are so kind. C. Please give me a hand. D. You are great. 二、阅读理解 Passage 1 The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means “year”, was originally the name of a beast that started to eat people the night before the beginning of new year. One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would take in a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. He said to Nian, “I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemies?” “Yes.” Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy, because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time. After that, the old man, who was a god, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went to forests. People began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each years end to drive Nian away, because red is the color the beast felt most afraid of. From then on, every year at the beginning of