Last Friday my friend Deborah asked me if I would like to learn how to make tofu. I couldn’t think of any good reason not to be interested in, so I said, "Yes". The next day I met her and another three nice people at the Hodo Soy Beanery Oakland. I enjoyed the trip. I got a lot from the trip. The following is what I learnt.

Tofu has a history of 2,000 years. Although the word "tofu" is from Japanese, the food maybe comes from China. There are two main kinds of tofu: soft tofu (软豆腐) and firm tofu (硬豆腐). In some parts of Asia, people use tofu as a kind of meat.

Douhua is one kind of soft tofu. It is a popular breakfast food in China. Because it is very soft, people can’t eat it with chopsticks, but with a spoon (勺子). People often eat it as a snack (小吃) and often add spring onions and gravy to it. In Malaysia, people usually eat douhua with white or dark sugar water.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.When did the writer go to Hodo Soy Beanery Ockland?

A. Last Thursday. B. Last Friday. C. Last Saturday. D. Last Sunday.

2.How many people went there with the writer?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

3.We can learn from the passage that the food tofu may come from ______.

A. Japan B. China C. Oakland D. Malaysia

4.The underlined word "chopstick" means "______"in Chinese.

A.筷子 B. 盘子 C. 叉子 D. 杯子

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People began to make tofu 2,000 years ago.

B. Some people use tofu as a kind of meat.

C. Douhua is one kind of firm tofu.

D. Many people eat tofu as a snack.

短文填词 根据短文内容和以下提示：1）首字母提示，2）语境提示，3）汉语提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。（10分）
A group of swans （天鹅）flew down to a beach where a crow（乌鸦）was jumping around. The crow watched t     with disdain（鄙视）.
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “ All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s      (超出) you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles,        (表演) other flying tricks, and then came down and looked at the swan        (自豪地).
Now it was the swan’s       . He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments（评价）about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was        but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling       the water.
The swan pretended（假装）not to notice, and said, “Why do you  k     touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”
“No, ” said the crow. He knew he had       the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! I   you don’t help me , I’ll lose my life……”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

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请根据文章大意选择适当的单词并用其适当形式填入文章中,使文章意思完整。(有两项多余选项)

money  recycle  divide  help  for  electricity  brush   hard  nobody  as  take  instead

How did we help to save our earth this week? Let me tell you.

First, my family tried to save ___1___. We never left the lights on when leaving the rooms. We turned off the TV when ___2___ was watching it. Mum only used cold water in the washing machine. Second, we started ___3___ this week. We tried to write on both sides of our paper, not just on one side. We also ___4___ our rubbish into different bags. Mum kept the plastic shopping bags from the supermarket to use them __5___ rubbish bags. Third, my family started to save water. We stopped __6___ long baths and had short showers ___7___. We washed the toilet with used water. Mum and dad used less water to do the washing. My sister and I didn’t leave the tap running when we __8___ our teeth. At last, mum and dad began to save gas. Mum used to drive us to school, but now my sister and I started riding our bikes to school. It is 9____ work but good exercise. This week dad and a few of the people in his company also started to go to work in one car and share the costs.

   These are great ways ___10___ protect our environment.

The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was        cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she         ,but she stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler,          happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the          .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is      I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you        .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish* covering the beach, they        up by the waves*, and it was too difficult for them to make their way back by           . The man shook* his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man        very sorry for those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was    to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as    as he could, ‘how silly you are! My     ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”

“Thinking for a moment, the man    to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   person.

1.A. drinking       B. making        C. selling        D. washing

2.A. turned around   B. turned down    C. turned on      D. turned off

3.A. what          B. when          C. where         D. why

4.A. air            B. land           C. water         D. environment

5.A. something      B. anything        C. everything    D. nothing

6.A. a legend       B. a joke           C. a story       D. an idea

7.A. pushed         B. was pushed      C. were pushed   D. were pushing

8.A. himself        B. itself           C. ourselves      D. themselves

9.A. feel            B. felt            C. fell           D. fall

10.A. afraid          B. surprised       C. sad           D. angry

11.A. slow           B. fast           C. soon          D. high

12.A. father         B. mother         C. son           D. daughter

13.A. Or            B. So             C. Because       D. Though

14.A. began          B. remembered     C. forgot        D. waited

15.A. shortest   B. tallest          C. smallest      D.biggest