Complete the sentences according to the Chinese.

1.He has a shop _____（屬于自己的）, and he ______（每天在街角友好地和我打招呼）.

2.The ________（精力充沛的表演者） is _________________（忙著練習騎獨輪車）

3.After _________________（他的錢包被搶）, he ________________（匆忙去警察局詳細地報告這起搶劫案）.

4.Whenever I ________________（入睡有困難）, I ____________（看無聊的參考書）.

5.I can _______（背出所有的不規(guī)則動詞） and I ______（期待老師滿意這個結果）.

Choose the best answer

An urban legend is my modern story, usually fictional, but which is told as if it really happened. These legends are passed from person to person and reach a wide audience. A lot of them are inspired by a real event but the story changes as it is passed on. Although most legends are false, some turn out to be true. Here are some examples. Do you think they are true or false?

Unlucky

A student had not done his homework. The day before the essay was due in, he went to the university library and found an old essay written on the same subject. He simply copied it, typed it up and handed it in. A few weeks later, the teacher was handing the essays back to the class. She stopped by the student’s desk and said, “Twenty-five years ago, when I wrote this essay, it got a B, __________” She set the essay on the student’s desk, and there on the cover was a big A! The teacher continued, “If you try anything like this again, I’ll have you thrown out of school.”

Caught on film

A young couple were married. The bride’s father gave them a lavish wedding and took a large wad of cash to pay people like the band, bartender, waiters, etc. At one point, the father took off his jacket to dance. When he later retrieved it, he discovered that the money was missing. A couple of weeks later, the entire family gathered to watch the video of the wedding. At one point, the groom’s father, unbeknown to him, could be seen in the background taking the money from the bride’s father’s coat! Of course this created a scandal(丑聞) and the marriage was immediately declared invalid.

Confusing packaging

The packaging of consumer products, a convenience so familiar to Americans, can be confusing to a foreign visitor. I was lunching in the college cafeteria one afternoon with a young student from overseas. Noticing that he had torn open his tea bag and emptied his contents into his cup, I explained that the bag itself was meant to be dipped, unopened, into the water. A bit surprised, he thanked me graciously for correcting him – and then confidently dropped an unopened envelope of sugar into his tea.

1.According to the passage, urban legends are stories that ________.

1.are always based on a true story

2.are told as if they are true

3. are always false

4.are modern

5. are known by lots of people

A.1,2,4,5 B.2,4,5 C.1,3,4 D.3,5

2.The student in Unlucky was unlucky because _______.

A.he wrote the wrong essay B.the teacher gave him the wrong grade

C.he couldn’t find his copy of essay D.he copied the wrong person’s essay

3.Which of the following is the most suitable to be put into the blank in the second paragraph?

A.I wrote it by myself instead of copying B.It needed a lot of improvement.

C.You did much better than I. D.I always thought it deserved an A.

4.After watching the video in Caught on film, the bride’s family probably felt _______.

A.amused B.emotional C.embarrassed D.angry

5.Which of the pictures below shows what the student’s cup looked like in Confusing packaging?

A. B. C. D.

6.One adjective which could be used to describe all of these urban legends would be ________?

A.amusing B.impossible C.exciting D.shocking

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.

Should museums be free? That’s the question many people are asking following news of a class action lawsuit(集體訴訟) against one of the world’s most prestigious, expensive and visited museums.

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is accused of deceptive ticketing practices. The lawsuit charges that the museum leads people to believe the $25 fee is ______ rather than merely recommended.

The Met attracts six million visitors per year, all of whom see a sign at the entrance informing the museum’s $25 adult admission fee. Though in smaller type just below the price is the word “recommended”. Over 40 percent visitors pay the full ticket prices ______ noticing it.

The lawsuit has raised questions about the pricing of museums across the U.S., ranging free to a recommended fee to mandatory(強制的) ticket fee. This is ______ some countries, like the U.K., where all national museums are free.

A survey of 30 top U.S. museums by The Art Newspaper has found that the root of the debate can be divided into two camps. One camp focuses on museums, revenue( 收 益 ), while the other believes museums should be free community_______.

According to the survey, museums in smaller cities tend not to charge admission fees, such as Ohio’s Cleveland Museum of Art. Museums in larger cities, such as New York’s Met, tend to charge high entry fees. Museums in major cities, especially those that attract tourists, charge a lot for entry. Their counterparts in areas with ______ international tourists or which rely on local visitors are more likely to be free because they need those visitors to return.

If more museums were to adopt free admission policies, support mechanisms would need to be ______. Among them would be strong government grant programs for the art, more private donations and a revived culture of philanthropy to support culture institutions.

What do you think? Should museums be free for all?

1.A.prohibited B.forced C.voluntary D.required

2.A.after B.before C.without D.while

3.A.different from B.keeping pace with C.in contrast to D.similar to

4.A.treasures B.resources C.sources D.services

5.A.increasing B.decreasing C.more D.fewer

6.A.in time B.in need C.in place D.in order

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.

Anxiety is the appropriate emotion when the personal terror – of a volcano, an arrow, a stab(刺傷) in the back and other disasters, all directed against one’s self – d1..

The kind of world that produces anxiety is actually a world of relative s2., a world in which no one feels that he himself is facing sudden death. The anxiety exists as an uneasy state of mind, in which one has a feeling that something unspecified(不具體的) and indeterminable may go wrong. If the world seems to be going well, this produces anxiety – for good times may end. If the world is going badly – it may get w3.. Anxiety tends to be without f4.; the anxious person doesn’t know whether to blame himself or other people. He isn’t sure whether it is the current year of the administration or a change in climate or the atom bomb that is to blame for this undefined sense of unease.

It is clear that we have developed a society which depends on having the right amount of anxiety to make it work. W5. we agree that too much anxiety is harmful to mental health, we have come to rely on anxiety to push us into seeing a doctor about a symptom which may indicate cancer, into checking up on that old life insurance policy which may have out-of-date terms in it, into having a conference with our child’s teacher even though his report card looks all right.

People who are anxious enough keep their car insurance up, have the brakes checked, don’t take a drink when they have to drive. People who are too anxious either r6. to go into cars – and so complicate the ordinary course of life – or drive so tensely and carefully that they help avoid accidents. People who aren’t anxious enough take their c7., which increases the terrible accidents of the roads.

Answer the questions.

Years ago, a walk around Beijing’s hutong would mean hearing chatting locals adding “-er” to the end of syllables.

However, this feature can hardly be heard among today’s Beijing dwellers(居民). A recent report by the Ministry of Education( 教 育 部 ) shows that the Beijing dialect is declining among the younger generation.

With quick social development over recent years, an increasing number of migrants with different dialects can be found all over China. However, people are encouraged to speak Putonghua between each other, making the existence of dialects in danger.

But rather than just letting the problem be, efforts are being made to save these local dialects because of the culture they carry. For many Chinese who live outside their hometowns, dialect is an important reminder of who they are and where they come from. From dialects, we can also know the history and local culture behind them.

To save these valuable parts of history, the State Language Commission(國家語言文字工作委員會) has set up databases since 2008 to cover different local dialects, while many areas such as Beijing, Shanghai and Zhejiang province have built museums. The Beijing municipal education authorities(北京市 教育部門) also plans to make the Beijing dialect part of its school-based curriculum.

And it’s not just the government that is making an effort to keep the country’s dialects – an increasing number of individuals are joining in the effort, too. Wang Han, a well-known host of Hunan TV, has invested several million yuan into the research and protection of Hunan dialects.

But all these efforts are still not enough to keep dialects from fading away. What we’re doing now is mostly rescue works. A more effective measure to keep them alive could be using elements such as pop songs and the “celebrity effect”(名人效應) to attract the young to use dialects. They need to realize that speaking their local dialect is something they can be proud of.

1.We can’t often hear chatting locals adding “-er” to the end of syllables among today’s Beijing dwellers, can we?

2.What endangers the existence of dialects?

3.Why do we try to save dialects?

4.Who is making efforts to protect dialects?

5.How can we keep dialects alive in a more effective way?

By ______________________________________________.

6.Are you for or against the government’s efforts to save dialects? Can you think of any other way to help attract the young to use dialects?

Writing

Write a passage on the topic “I’m a lucky boy/girl” in at least 60 words. 請以“我是一個幸運的男孩/女孩”為題寫一篇至少 60 個詞的短文。

在你的生活中，一定有很多關心你的人和幫助過你的人，父母的呵護、老師的教導、朋友的陪伴是否時常讓你覺得自己是個幸運的人。請以一個或兩個具體事例說明你是一個幸運的男孩/女孩。

He just gave ______ advice.

A.a B.an C./ D.some

Bob, ______ TV on weekdays.

A.not try to watch B.try not to watch C.don’t try watch D.try to not watch

Don’t forget ______ the lights when you leave the room.

A.to turn off B.turning C.turns D.to turn on

Could you tell me a good way ______ English?

A.of learn B.to learn C.learning D.for learning