Tony can speak English_________ he can't speak Chinese____Japanese.

A.　and；and               　　B.　but；and               　C.　but；or

 

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。（5分）

quiet,　 leave ,　  hundred,  health,  mean

【小题1】Jim is never _________. He can’t stop talking.
【小题2】What does this word ______in Chinese ? Let’s look it up in the dictionary .
【小题3】Her daughter is __________ for Hong Kong next Tuesday.
【小题4】There are about nine___________ students in our school.
【小题5】I’m ______ than most of the kids in my class, because I run every morning .

阅读理解

　　Though chopsticks are used in many Asian countries. they have their beginnings in China. Chinese history says that the Chinese had chopsticks as far as the Xia Dynasty (朝代) (about 4, 000 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 chopsticks 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”!

　　Though 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 (喜爱) 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________ .

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(2) Chopsticks and iron chopsticks appeared in________ .

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(3) The history of chopsticks can tell us ________.

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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 ________.

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A．chopsticks

B. their knives

C. their forks

D. chopsticks and knives and forks at the same time

(5)Chinese use chopsticks _________.

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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 except taking food