— Tomorrow is Saturday, why don’t we play basketball in the gym?

—Good idea, ________ I have to see my grandparents.

     A. so          B. or               C. but               D. and

—Peter, what’s your mother doing now?

   —She____________in the kitchen.

     A. cooks      B. is cooking      C. will cook       D. cooked

We won’t go to the park if it   ________ tomorrow.

    A. rains        B. has rains        C. rained             D. will rain

They decided ______ for the children in Yunnan earthquake area.

   A. do something  B. to do something C. doing anything  D. done anything

I love my hometown and I _______ here for 15 years.

    A. was living       B. live         C. will live            D. have lived

— What did your father do last weekend?

   — He ___________ at home with us all the time.

    A. stays              B. stayed        C. is staying          D. will stay

— How beautiful the library!

—Yes. It ________ last year.

     A. builds        B. built            C. was built            D. is built 

—Can you tell me __________ the Capital Museum?

   —Next Friday.

     A. when they will visit                B. when they visited

     C. when did they visit                 D. when will they visit

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閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選

項(xiàng)中，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。

    Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah. After Sarah left university, 36   began to live in New York City on her own. She  37  a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her _38  and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that 39   in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to 40__ a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 41 . When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. 42 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 43_ the chicken bones(骨頭)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often  44  a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking 45 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.”  Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She   46 managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland.

   “Don’t think of saving money as something 47 . It’s a kind of game,” said Sarah.

1. A. he            B. she            C. we             D. they

2. A. found         B. tried             C. asked for         D. looked for

3. A. salary         B. time            C. dream          D. idea

4. A. difficult       B. possible       C. useful            D. different

5. A. buy          B. sell           C. stay              D. share

6. A. food         B. rest               C. studying          D. playing

7. A. Soon         B. Finally         C. Once             D. Again

8.A. prepared      B. took          C. caught            D. picked

9. A. pay          B. lend           C. spend             D. save

10. A. along        B. up                C. down           D. around

11.A. even          B. seldom             C. always            D. never

12. A. hard         B. interesting        C. nice                 D. great

Look at the paper in the picture carefully. Is there anything different from your notebook paper? This kind of paper feels as soft as your notebook paper. It’s also easy to write on. But do you know, this kind of paper is made from stone?

As we know, stone is easy to get on the earth, so it’s cheap. And the stone paper is about 20% to 30% cheaper than ordinary paper. The stone paper causes little pollution and helps protect the environment, because it makes tree and water free. The following table shows what is needed to make one ton of stone paper and one ton of ordinary paper. 

Now in Beijing, some students begin to use stone paper to do their homework. And during the two sessions (兩會) in 2011, stone paper was also used.

1.Stone paper is ______________.

    A. cheap          B. difficult to write on    C. not soft          D. bad

2. We need  _______________ ton of stone to make one ton of stone paper..

    A. 0.8            B. 0.3                 C.  0.2           D. 0.25

3. ________________in Beijing begin to use stone paper to do their homework.

    A. All the students   B. Some students       C. Many students   D. Nobody