In places of Asia, especially China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Chopsticks are two long thin tapered（锥形的） pieces of wood. Bamboo is the most material, but they are also be made of all kinds wood, as well as plastic, animal bone, ivory（象牙质）, metal, coral（珊瑚）and so on.

Sometime chopsticks are quite artistic. Chopsticks can be covered with artwork. They might be made of gold and have Chinese calligraphy（书法）on them. A child’s plastic set of chopsticks might have a carton character, such as Mickey Mouse. 

The Chinese have been using chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, using twigs（小树枝） to remove it. Overtime, as population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Small amount of food could be eaten without knives and so the twigs gradually turned into chopsticks. 

Some people think that the great scholar Confucius, who lived from about 551 to 479 B.C., affected the development of chopsticks. As a vegetarian, Confucius believed knives were too violent to use at the table.

Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and central Asia, most people have traditionally eaten with their hands.

1. Chopsticks can be made of all the following except         . 

A．plastic         B．animal bone                C．cloth              D．wood 

2. Artistic chopsticks might _______.

A．be covered with artwork                            B．be made of gold

C．have a cartoon character                            D．all of the above 

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage? 

A．Food is eaten with chopsticks in all Asian countries.

B．People like to use silver chopsticks during the middle ages.

C．Most people eat with knives in Central Asia.

D．Confucius had an important effect on the development of the chopsticks.

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，每空只写一词。

1.Is this wood      (干燥的）enough to burn?

2.I’m so tired that I can    (几乎不)stay awake.

3.The cat was     (卧）fast asleep by the fire.

4.Have you given the kids their bus    (车费）？

5.She      (掉落〉the plate and it broke into pieces.

6.The Olympic team were given a      (英雄般的）welcome on their return home.

7.My grandma is in her    (八十多岁),but she can still take care of herself.

8.— How much does it cost?

—I just    five dollars for it.

9.— Could you tell me the     to the Johnsons, please?

—Sorry, we don’t have a Johnson here in the village.

10.— I often       to the song Rainbow.

—So do I. It sounds beautiful.

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，每空只写一词。
【小题1】Is this wood      (干燥的）enough to burn?
【小题2】I’m so tired that I can    (几乎不)stay awake.
【小题3】The cat was     (卧）fast asleep by the fire.
【小题4】Have you given the kids their bus    (车费）？
【小题5】She      (掉落〉the plate and it broke into pieces.
【小题6】The Olympic team were given a      (英雄般的）welcome on their return home.
【小题7】My grandma is in her    (八十多岁),but she can still take care of herself.
【小题8】— How much does it cost? —I just    five dollars for it.
【小题9】— Could you tell me the     to the Johnsons, please?
—Sorry, we don’t have a Johnson here in the village.
【小题10】— I often       to the song Rainbow. —So do I. It sounds beautiful.