(  )12. Helen thinks ______ difficult to climb to the top of the mountain in an hour.

A. that                       B. this               C. one                     D. it

(  )13. After ______ you that letter I realized how stupid I was.

A. sent                       B. sending         C. send              D. to send

(  )14. Paper is made ______ wood; in other words, wood is made ______ paper.

A. from; into            B. into; from       C. in; by              D. by; in

(  )15. —I went to the Weifang International Kite Festival.

—______. What did you see there?

A. Have a good trip                    B. You’re right

C. Sounds interesting                 D. Good luck

二. 完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Keeping traditions alive (继续存在) is never an easy thing. Chen Zunkai is the founder (创办者) of Baoyuan Dumpling House. She has spent over 17 years   1   one of the most traditional Chinese foods: dumplings.

Her dumplings are not the white ones simply filled with meat,   2   colorful ones using more than 150 kinds of fillings.

“What I try to do is to make dumplings have a taste of   3 ,” says Chen. “I hope every customer — northerners or southerners, vegetarians (素食者) or non-vegetarians, Chinese people or foreigners —  can   4   something familiar (熟悉的).”

Chinese dumplings are believed to be more than 2,000 years old.   5  , they are made and eaten by people in North China at some   6   such as the Spring Festival.

For Chen, her idea came after she found that there were not many  7  for those who prefer lighter fillings. Most vegetarian dumplings have a filling of only two kinds of ingredients (原料), and not one restaurant in Beijing has more than 10 kinds of vegetarian fillings.

“I thought   8  could do better,” says Chen.

Baoyuan Dumpling House has   9   done it. Customers can not only find basic meat dumplings at this restaurant, they are also   10   quite a lot of other choices with different colors and exciting taste.

(  )1. A. reporting          B. improving        C. copying              D. comparing

(  )2. A. because             B. but               C. so                      D. if

(  )3. A. home            B. knowledge        C. success          D. health

(  )4. A. smell            B. hear                 C. touch            D. taste

(  )5. A. Recently        B. Luckily          C. Traditionally      D. Finally

(  )6. A. parties           B. meetings         C. openings         D. festivals

(  )7. A. choices         B. symbols          C. sizes                 D. menus

(  )8. A. I                 B. he                  C. she               D. they

(  )9. A. again                B. also               C. hardly                 D. certainly

(  )10. A. returned         B. offered           C. taught                D. mailed