閱讀理解。
     Typhoons usually come to Taiwan in summer. They bring lots of rain. It gives us water to
use. But typhoons also bring us floods if it rains too much. After the floods, there may be
diseases such as dysentery or dengue fever. Typhoons also come with a lot of wind. The
wind damages houses, trees, crops and hurts people. So staying at home, preparing food
and water, and watching the news on TV are the safest things to do.
     The confirmed death toll (傷亡人數(shù)) in Taiwan caused by Typhoon Morakot, which
first hit the island on August 6th, causing the worst floods since 1959, is bad enough. By the
middle of this week, over 100 people were reported dead and more than 60 were missing.
But there had been fears that 500 people had been buried alive in Hsiao Lin, a village in the
wooded mountains of Taiwan's south, and even more in remote neighboring villages. These
made people feel a little comforted on August 12th, when almost 1,600 people were found
alive by a 25-helicopter search mission(任務(wù)). Survivors had not eaten for days and helicopters
dropped foods and drinks and began a slow evacuation(撤離), blocked by heavy rain. The
army says it does not know how many people may have died there. The government faced
criticism for not having arranged an evacuation as soon as it heard the typhoon was coming.
"We should brace ourselves(振作起來) against typhoons as if they are an invading enemy,"
said Chu Wen-sen, one of Taiwan's leading water-management experts.
1. Which of the following statements is true?______.
A. Typhoons usually do nothing good to Taiwan.
B. Typhoons definitely bring floods.
C. Taking a walk on the street is not safe when there is a typhoon.
D. Taiwan has typhoons in October generally.
2. The underlined word "remote" probably means _____.
A. poor
B. near
C. removed
D. distant
3. Typhoon Morakot is _____ any other typhoon since 1959 in Taiwan._____.
A. worse than
B. smaller than
C. as bad as
D. not so serious as
4. What the second part of the passage mainly tells about is _____.
A. common sense about typhoons
B. that people should brace themselves against typhoons.
C. what happened to Hsiao Lin Village.
D. that typhoon Morakot is bad enough.
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　　12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan．"I've liked trains probably from the day I was born," he told Good Morning America．"When I was very little," he said, "my grandpa got me a train model．I would just watch it go round for hours and hours．"

　　When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great．His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn't keep it to himself：he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride with him．When he found that some of his classmates couldn't pay the fare, he collected cans(罐子)and bottles and raised more than ＄1,000 for them．

　　That trip was such a happy one that he made it a yearly action．"It never gets boring for some reason; it's just fun," he said．"It really lets people get away from their busy life and have fun．"

　　Every October, Robertson takes a new group of children to ride on the train －but now, he has a problem．Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible(可用的)to disabled people．"He was angry to think that children of his own age couldn't ride a train," his mother said．

　　But he wouldn't say no：he recently sent a letter to the train office for help．To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, accepted the letter in person．He said that he and his workers would work on making a train accessible to disabled people．

(1)

The first time John Thomas Robertson took a train, ________．

[　　]

A．

he fell in love with it

B．

he was frightened by it

C．

he watched it for hours

D．

he acted as a driver

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The autthor says John Thomsa Robertson is a born train fan, because he ________．

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A．

was taken to a train the day he was born

B．

said so in Good Morning America

C．

took a group kf disabled children to travel by train

D．

was greatly attracted to trains since early childhood

(3)

The underlined words“mind-blowing”can be replaced by ________．

[　　]

A．

amazing

B．

terrible

C．

important

D．

disappointing

(4)

The disabled children were refused to get on the train because ________．

[　　]

A．

they couldn't afford the train tickets

B．

Robertson had not saved enough money for the tickets

C．

the trains then weren't accessible to the disabled

D．

the driver would not allow them to do so

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　　In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and English-andall at the same time．This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor at US's Car-negie Mellon University(CMU)and Germany's University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be reality．He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier forpeople who speak different languages to understand each other．

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(1)

What can't be learned from the text?

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A．

The spontaneous translators will help us a lot．

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There is no Muscle Translator in the world now．

C．

Muscle Translators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth．

D．

A lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily．

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What does the underlined word mean?

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happening at at the same time．

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Similar in quality．

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A．

To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier．

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To help students learn foreign languages more easily．

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To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably．

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To help people learn more foreign languages in the future．

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The translator is so good that it can translate any language into the very language you need．

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The translator is becoming more and more common in the world as a bridge．

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With the help of the translator，you only need to open your mouth when you want to say something without saying the exact words at all．

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The translator needs to be improved before being put into market．

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A newspaper．

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A magazine on science．

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A    
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That train was such a happy one that he made it yearly action. “It never gets boring for some reason; it’s just very fun,” he said. “It really lets people get away from their busy life and have fun.”
Every October, Robertson takes a new group of disabled children to ride the train — but now, he has a problem. Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible (可用的) to disabled people. “He was angry to think that children of his own age couldn’t ride a train,” his mother said.
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A. was taken on a train the day he was born.
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A. they couldn’t afford the train tickets
B. Robertson had not saved enough money for tickets
C. the train didn’t have special services for them
D. the workers there would not allow them to do so
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第一節(jié) 請認真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

                                A    

12-year-old John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan. “I’ve liked trains probably from the day I was born,” he told Good Morning America. “When I was very little,” he said, “my grandpa got me a train model. I would just watch it go round for hours and hours.”

When Robertson finally had the opportunity to ride on a train, he felt great. His journey was so mind-blowing that he couldn’t keep it to himself: he decided to take all his classmates to go on a ride with him. When he found that some of his classmates couldn’t pay the fares, he spent money he had saved by collecting cans (罐子) and bottles and raised more than ＄1,000 for them.

That train was such a happy one that he made it yearly action. “It never gets boring for some reason; it’s just very fun,” he said. “It really lets people get away from their busy life and have fun.”

Every October, Robertson takes a new group of disabled children to ride the train — but now, he has a problem. Several disabled children were refused because the train was not accessible (可用的) to disabled people. “He was angry to think that children of his own age couldn’t ride a train,” his mother said.

But he wouldn’t say no: he recently sent a letter to the train office for help. To his surprise, the leader, Ty Pennington, took the letter seriously. He said that he and his workers would work on making a train accessible to disabled people.

41. The first time John Thomas Robertson took a train, he_______

A. felt extremely happy.           B. was frightened by it.

C. watched it for hours.            D. acted as a driver.

42. John Thomas Robertson is a born train fan, because he _______.

A. was taken on a train the day he was born.

B. his grandpa once worked on the train.

C. took a group of disabled children on board a train.

D. was greatly attracted to trains since early childhood.

43. The underlined word “mind-blowing” can be replaced by “_______”.

A. exciting       B. frightening       C. surprising    D. disappointing

44. The disabled children were refused to get on the train because _______.

A. they couldn’t afford the train tickets

B. Robertson had not saved enough money for tickets

C. the train didn’t have special services for them

D. the workers there would not allow them to do so

45. According to the passage, we can see that Robertson is a(n) _______ child.

A. honest and crazy     B. kind and helpful

C. clever but boring     D. lazy but kind

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