—Dear, what time is the flight to Beijing on Saturday?

—Wait a minute．Let me _______ in the schedule (时刻表)．

A． look at it B． look for it

C． look after it D． look it up

In order to eat safely, I think we make some food by ourselves instead of buying some．

A． used to B． prefer to

C． had better D． are supposed to

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

“It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!” says Englishtown student Ellen Rema．Ellen began to learn English at the age of fifty, and in just a few years, she has made great progress!

Ellen chose to study on Englishtown because no evening classes were offered in the German countryside where she lives．On Englishtown, she has conversation classes online and speaks with native English-speaking teachers．

“Englishtown is a wonderful place for study,” she says．Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly progressed．“I spent hours and hours studying,” she said．“Maybe I wanted too much in a short time．I finished all my courses after 2 years, but I still had grammar difficulties．”

Instead of giving up, she chose to continue．After another 2 years on Englishtown, she’s still studying in the online classroom．“Studying online is never boring, but you need practice, practice, practice!”

Ellen says studying English isn’t all about hard work．It should also be fun．“I really like the online conversation classrooms,” she says．“I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions．”

Ellen has been able to put her English to use by visiting England five times! “I’m very thankful to Englishtown because my life has improved because of it,” Ellen says．

1.Ellen started to learn English ．

A． 50 years ago

B． in a city of Germany

C． when she was a high school student

D． when she was 50 years old

2.Why did Ellen study English on Englishtown?

A． She had no free time during the day．

B． She lived far away from school．

C． There were no evening classes near her home．

D． Englishtown was a famous website to learn English．

3.Ellen had trouble learning ．

A． pronunciation

B． grammar

C． writing

D． listening

4.How long has Ellen learned English?

A． For 2 years．

B． For 4 years．

C． For 6 years．

D． For 15 years．

5.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A． You are never too old to learn something new．

B． Englishtown is a good place to visit．

C． The courses are good on Englishtown．

D． Studying English is not boring at all

以“The Hero in My Heart”为题，写一篇不少于80词的短文。

提示：可以谈论一下你心中的英雄是谁(比如亲人、朋友、老师或名人等)；他（她）有什么样的事迹或故事；你喜欢他（她）的原因及应该怎样向他（她）学习。

The Hero in My Heart

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I found learning English because the teacher’s pronunciation was .

A． interesting; good B． hard; good

C． difficult; good D． frustrating; sweet

Instead of a letter, Tom made a telephone call to her mother.

A． wrote B． writing

C． write D． to write

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 三个选项中选出最佳选项。

Though chopsticks are used in many Asian countries, they h ave their beginning in ChinA． Chinese history says that the Chinese had chopsticks as far as the Xia Dynasty(朝代)(about 4, 00 years ago)．In the Spring and Autumn Period(时期) copper and iron chopsticks appeareD． With the Han Dynasty lacquered(上漆) chopsticks came, followed by gold and silver chopsticks still later．Today we have chopsticks made of plastics．The most expensive are made of part of tusks of elephants and hard green stone.

Chopsticks tell Chinese tradition in their way．In ancient (古代的) times the rich used hard green stone or gold chop-sticks to show their wealth(富有)．In history many kings used silver chopsticks to take their food to see if it was poisonous(有毒的)．It was said that if it was, the silver chopsticks would turn colour．Chopsticks are traditionally given to a daughter when she marries to show that they should have a son very soon, for “Chopsticks” in Chinese is pronounced like “quick a son”!

Tianzhu chopsticks from Hangzhou, wooden chopsticks from Shanyang of Shanxi Province, and Beijing’s chopsticks are well-known.

Many westerners, businessmen, tourists put aside(一边) their knives and forks in favour(爱好) of chopsticks in ChinA． Chopsticks appeared in the old Chinese story: an old man teaches his sons a lesson by showing how he could easily break a single chopstick but not a number of them．In China, chopsticks are connected with good luck．So on the country’s New Year’s Eve many families will lay out new chopsticks at dinners as a way of making requests for luck.

1.Chopsticks have their beginnings in__________ .

A． China

B． many Asian countries

C． African countries

D． all over the world

2.Copper and iron chopsticks appeared in__________

A． the Xia Dynasty

B． the Spring and Autumn Period

C． the Han Dynasty

D． the Tang Dynasty

3.The history of chopsticks can tell us__________.

A． something about Chinese food

B． nothing but how many kinds of chopsticks are used in China.

C． about the lives of Chinese kings

D． much about Chinese way of life in the past

4.Many Westerners in China like to use__________.

A． chopsticks

B． their knives

C． their forks

D． chopsticks and knives and forks at the same time

5．Chinese use chopsticks__________.

A． to lift food to the mouth only

B． to teach others a lesson only

C． in many other ways besides taking food

D． in many other ways except taking food

Why do I want to go to college? 1._But many times I have asked myself．I have come up with a whole variety of reasons．2.

Many things make human beings different from or better than or even superior to animals3.

If I fail to receive higher education, my education will not finish．As I want to be a fully developed man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to provide．4.But colleges and universities are among the best ways to teach me how to educate myself.

5.Then I will be a better human being and be able to better fit into society.

I can’t find my pen．Could you help______ find it ?
A． me B． I C． myself D． mine

----Why don’t you go out to play , Rose?
----I’m afraid I can’t ．I have much homework ____．
A． do B． does C． doing D． to do