What the forest of the USA in the last 350 years?
A． has happened to B． is happened to
C． has happened at D． is happening
以“The Hero in My Heart”为题，写一篇不少于80词的短文。
提示：可以谈论一下你心中的英雄是谁(比如亲人、朋友、老师或名人等)；他（她）有什么样的事迹或故事；你喜欢他（她）的原因及应该怎样向他（她）学习。
The Hero in My Heart
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。
On Christmas Eve—the night before Christmas Day—children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep．1.
2. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace．He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents．
3. In Jim and Kate's house, “Father Christmas” is really Mr．Green．Mr．Green doesn’t climb down the chimney．4. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents．When they were very young, Mr．Green sometimes wore a red coat．But he doesn't do that now．The children are no longer young, and they know who “Father Christmas ‘really is．5.
A． Of course, Father Christmas isn’t real．
B． But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds．
C． Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night．
D． Father Christmas is very kind and wise．
E． He waits until the children are asleep．
F． We often say “Merry Christmas” to each other．
Who is your hero? Why do you like the person? Cool looks? Money? A lot of talent (才华)? I think Helen Keller is one of the most famous 1.hall over the world．
Helen is a famous writer and educator in America．When Helen was a baby, she got very 2.s ．She couldn't see or hear．As time passed, things got 3. s bad that she couldn't understand anything．She couldn’t speak to anyone 4. e ．But she had a great 5. w ．With the help of Miss Sullivan, she 6. a college when Helen was older．
Helen Keller spent the rest of her life as a writer and helped many blind and deaf people． Helen was a very old woman when she died 7. oillness．She is still 8. r today because she was both brave and wonderful．
No matter in what environment, don’t 9. s trying．Helen Keller said so．Form her true story, I realised whatever we do or how hard it is, we will never give 10. u ．
Luciano Pavarotti (卢西亚诺·帕瓦罗蒂) is one of all-time Italian tenor(男高音歌手)superstars．(1) He is famous not only in but also in other parts of the ．Unfortunately for the world, in his home town of Modena (蒙得那),Italy , (2)他因癌症(cancer)于2007年9月6日去世。The world mourned(哀悼)the loss of the great tenor superstar．
“When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of songs,” Pavarotti remembered．“He encouraged me to work hard to develop my voice,
Arrigo Pola, an experienced tenor in my home town ,took me as a pupil．I also entered a teacher college ．On graduating（毕业）, I asked my father, what shall I be, a teacher or a singer?”
“Luciano” my father replied, “If you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them ．For life, you must choose one chair．”
“I choose one．It took seven years of study and hard work before I made my first appearance on the stage．It took another seven years to reach the Metropolitan Opera．I think whether it’s laying (砌) bricks, writing a book ——No matter what we choose, we should devote ourselves to it．”
Pavarotti’s successful career shows that we should put all of our effort into the chosen post (岗位),then we’ll succeed surely．
1.在（1）句的空白处填入适当的词使句意完整，上下文通顺： ，
2.将（2）句译成英文：________________________________________
3.In Chinese, the word “experienced” in paragraph 2 means_________________
4.找出文中与下列句子意思相近的句子：After I studied and worked hard for 7 years, I appeared on the stage for the first time．
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5.写出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子：
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
“It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!” says Englishtown student Ellen Rema．Ellen began to learn English at the age of fifty, and in just a few years, she has made great progress!
Ellen chose to study on Englishtown because no evening classes were offered in the German countryside where she lives．On Englishtown, she has conversation classes online and speaks with native English-speaking teachers．
“Englishtown is a wonderful place for study,” she says．Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly progressed．“I spent hours and hours studying,” she said．“Maybe I wanted too much in a short time．I finished all my courses after 2 years, but I still had grammar difficulties．”
Instead of giving up, she chose to continue．After another 2 years on Englishtown, she’s still studying in the online classroom．“Studying online is never boring, but you need practice, practice, practice!”
Ellen says studying English isn’t all about hard work．It should also be fun．“I really like the online conversation classrooms,” she says．“I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions．”
Ellen has been able to put her English to use by visiting England five times! “I’m very thankful to Englishtown because my life has improved because of it,” Ellen says．
1.Ellen started to learn English ．
A． 50 years ago
B． in a city of Germany
C． when she was a high school student
D． when she was 50 years old
2.Why did Ellen study English on Englishtown?
A． She had no free time during the day．
B． She lived far away from school．
C． There were no evening classes near her home．
D． Englishtown was a famous website to learn English．
3.Ellen had trouble learning ．
A． pronunciation
B． grammar
C． writing
D． listening
4.How long has Ellen learned English?
A． For 2 years．
B． For 4 years．
C． For 6 years．
D． For 15 years．
5.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A． You are never too old to learn something new．
B． Englishtown is a good place to visit．
C． The courses are good on Englishtown．
D． Studying English is not boring at all
