Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day. One story dates as far back as the days of Roman Empire. According to the story. Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of the army. He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join the army; therefore, he made a rule that no young men could marry until he had served in the army for a number of years.
A priest(man working in church) named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great number of young people. Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison, where he remained until his death on February 14.
After his death, Valentine was made a saint(圣人) and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine’s Day----which is a time for people to send one another their greeting of many kinds.
February 14, Valentine’s Day, is sweetheart’s day, on which people in love with each other express their soft feelings.
People sometimes put their
love message in a heart shaped box of chocolate or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons. Words of letters may be written on the flower covered card, or something else. Whatever the form may be, the message is almost the same “Will you be my Valentine?”
64. According to the rule_______.
A. no young men could get married unless they were old enough.
B. Young men could get married if they had served the army for a number of years.
no one could get married without the emperor’s permission
young men could get married only in the army.
65. The passage mainly tells us about_______.
A. How Valentine died                B. The emperor of Rome   
C. How Valentine’s Day is celebrated    D. The origin of Valentine’s Day
66. February 14 is chosen as Valentine’s Day because_______.
A. people want to remember Valentine
lovers express their soft feelings on this day
people send one another greeting of many kinds on this day
people want to fix a date for lovers to express their emotion
67. Valentine was put in prison for ________.
A. he helped the couples who were not supposed to get married 
B. he got married 
C. he fell in love with more than one woman.  
D. he broke the emperor’s rule on purpose
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第四部分任務(wù)型閱讀 (共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)
請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。
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Some days you wake up and right when you are going to begin your work, you feel a presence within you that stops you from doing so. You don’t want to work today and you don’t feel motivated to do anything but just escape. Without this motivation, you feel a little hopeless, lost, and stuck. But sometimes even if there is no motivation, you can still feel inspired.
Connect the Dots
Steve Jobs has never finished college. After studying in college for 6 months, he couldn’t see the value in it and dropped out. Not knowing where to go in life, he decided to take a class in calligraphy (書法). Ten years later, he designed something that has affected the different types of typography (排版) that we use today. If he hadn’t dropped out in college, he would never have taken that calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography.
Sometimes when you’re trying to reach a goal, it’s impossible to connect the dots where you currently are. Somehow you just have to trust yourself, and have faith that you will reach your dreams, despite not having the slightest clue or perfectly laid-out road to where you are going. Nobody can connect the dots looking forward; you only can connect them when you’re looking backwards. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future; you have to trust in something, whether it’s destiny (天數(shù)，命運(yùn)) or not, but trusting yourself is the first step towards feeling inspired and having the motivation to move forward.
Perfect Your Environment
Look around your room right now or your workspace. Does it inspire you? Does it give you motivation? Is it noisy or quiet? Sometimes the hardest thing we do to ourselves is try to force ourselves to work in an area that is subconsciously telling us, “I can’t work here.”
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If you’re trying to force your way into taking action, it could be a sign that you are working too hard. Most people won’t wake up and waste an hour imagining, thinking further, or confirming, and the first thing they think about is asking “what do I need to do today?” And when they get the answer, they feel miserable, as if their work suddenly weighs them down. But if you spend time focusing on your goals, you’ll receive good feelings—feelings that help you feel inspired and motivated to take real action.
Don’t try to paddle upstream. That just basically equals saying to yourself that you need to force yourself to work hard every day. Instead, paddle along the stream of the river. Trust yourself, let your environment work in your favor, and spend some a little bit of time putting yourself in a state before you work. Inspiration will come to you from different ways—inside and outside—and give you the motivation to guide yourself towards reaching your dreams.
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37. A. up                     B. for                 C. by                D. out
38. A. a                 B. the                        C. an                D. this
39. A. knowing                 B. to know           C. know             D. known
40. A. that                   B. what              C. in which            D. as
41. A. orbit                   B. distance                   C. position           D. spot
42. A. demand                B. board                      C. sale              D. record
43. A. them                  B. it                 C. those             D. him
44. A. certain                     B. bright             C. strange             D. successful
45. A. tasks                  B. results            C. expressions        D. dreams
46. A. when                  B. while             C. where              D. which
47. A. or                    B. but                        C. so                  D. and
48. A. driver                 B. captain            C. woman            D. man
49. A. has seen              B. had seen          C. saw                D. sees
50. A. get on                B. take off            C. make of              D. have on
51. A. immediately             B. quickly             C. finally                D. suddenly
52. A. saved                 B. killed              C. preserved            D. examined
53. A. projects                B. discoveries         C. organizations       D. coincidences
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38. A. agrees        B. admits                C. accepts            D. adopts
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40. A. carelessly         B. quickly            C. angrily            D. suddenly
41. A. should          B. could              C. might             D. would
42. A. slow           B. rushed              C. uncertain           D. satisfied
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44. A. forgetfulness B. unwillingness      C. failure             D. fault
45. A. Either        B. Neither              C. Both                D. Whether
46. A. Glaring        B. Staring            C. Glancing           D. Looking
47. A. left              B. found             C. received           D. completed
48. A. bringing        B. turning            C. fetching            D. leading
49. A. Until          B. After              C. Before             D. Since
50. A. different     B. poor            C. best               D. high
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52. A. Based        B. Relied                 C. Focused            D. Counted
53. A. few            B. fewer             C. more              D. most
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A．question and answer         B．a(chǎn) personal lecture
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A
People need to relax and enjoy themselves.  One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event.  Even thousands of years ago, groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes.
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B  The cities there were often against one another.
C  People watched baseball games.
D  People didn’t go to any games at all.
57.What were those countries in Africa?
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A.  They fought.
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A.  were weak.
B  were strong
C  couldn’t go to other cities freely.
D  could see each other.
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B．a(chǎn) study on happiness between sexes
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Ⅳ．閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。
A
People in cities all over the world shop in supermarkets. Who decides what you buy in the supermarket? Do you decide? Does the supermarket decide?
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B. makes customers walk slowly and buy more
C. can make customers relaxed and happy
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57. The manager knows ________.
A. where customers come from    B. which customers like slow music
C. where fresh meat should be put  D. which customers like cheap meat
58. When walking past the expensive meat, the customers will _______.
A. possibly buy some                     B. pay no attention to it
C. look for some cheap meat              D. feel uncomfortable
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A. you know where to get things   B. it brings you good luck
C. it makes you spend less money  D. you’ll get a fresh impression
60. Supermarket managers make the food attractive so that ________.
A. the customers will buy more              B. it looks very expensive
C. the customers come often                D. it seems cheap and fine

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