_____ to improve English?

--Do you think we’ll need a coffee pot?
-- I don’t drink coffee, and ________. It’s not necessary. Why not a tea service？

请你简单列举两个改善环境的有效办法。（5分）

What do you think we should do to improve our environment?

(1)                                                    .

(2)                                                    .

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空

1.She _________ (write) twenty pop songs which are liked by fans by the end of last year.

2.________(quarrel) with others isn’t good manners for everyone.

3.－         the price           (include) coffee and hamburgers?

－I’m afraid not.

4.The teacher told us that three quarters of our earth               (cover) by water.

5.Everyone knows that the disabled mustn’t __________ (laugh) at

6.We should try our best to prevent the air pollution                (live) a happy life.

7.With all lights on, the hall ________ (become) as bright as day when we arrived.

8.How soon do you think we                 (get) to the hotel?

9.Mr. Green told me that his family                (go) for a holiday the next week.

10.–Did you see him come in just now?

Two strangers were sitting together in a plane . They were on a long journey . One of the men was a teacher . The other was a farmer .

They sat without talking for a while , then the farmer said , “ Let’s do something to pass the time .”

“ What do you want to do ?” the teacher asked .

“ We can ask each other riddles (谜语 ),” the farmer said, “ You start.”

“ Let’s make the rules first ,” the teacher said . “ And to make the game more interesting , let’s play it for money . If we don’t know the answer to the riddle , we have to pay a dollar .”

The farmer thought about this for a while , then he said , “ That’s not fair（公平 . You are a teacher , an educated ( 受过教育的) man . You know more things than I do . I am just a farmer .”

“ That’s true ,” the teacher said , “ What do you think we should do ?”

The farmer said , “ If you don’t know the answer to a riddle ,you pay me 100 dollars .If I don’t know the answer to the riddle , I’ll pay you 50 dollars.”

The teacher thought for a while , then he said , “ OK. That’s fair . Who’ll go first ?”

“I will ,” the farmer said . “ Here’s my riddle . What has three legs when it walks , but only two legs when it flies ?”

The teacher thought and thought , “ What has three legs when it walks, but only two when it flies ?” Then he said , “ That’s a good one . I don’t know the answer .” He gave the farmer 100 dollars and said , “ Tell me the answer . What is it ?”

“ I don’t know , either .” The farmer said , and gave him 50 dollars .

1.At first the two men sat there without talking because ________ .

A．the farmer didn’t like the teacher         B．the teacher didn’t like the farmer

C．the farmer liked to tell jokes               D．they didn’t know each other

2.The farmer wanted to __________ .

A．make the journey interesting .             B．see if the teacher was lucky

C．know if the teacher was clever .            D．make friends with the teacher .

3.The teacher thought at first that the farmer __________ .

A．would fail the game                      B．knew more then he.

C．could answer any riddles .                 D．would win the game .

4.From the short story we know that __________ .

A．the teacher was cleverer than the farmer .

B．an educated man is not always clever.

C．both of the two men could know the answer

D．Neither of the two men was clever.

5.The best title of this story is __________ .

A．How to Answer Riddles .                  B．A Rich Teacher.

C．A Way of Getting Money.                  D．A Clever Farmer.