At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life，and he obviously knew it.
"You may wonder, Sir Percival,”said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released (免除）from my promise to many you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father's wishes too much.”
His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.
"No, if we are going to withdraw. (退出）from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine.
“Mine?” he said in great surprise. “What reason could I have for withdrawing?^’
"A reason that is very hard to tell you," she answered. "There is a change in me.”
His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.
"What change?" he asked, trying to appear calm.
“When the promise was made two years ago,” she said, ⁴⁴ my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?”
“I wish you to understand, “Laura continued, “that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow mc to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive mc and keep my secret."
‘I will do both those things, “he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.
"I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage, “she added quietly.
“No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you, ” he said.
小題1:How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?

A．Angry.

B．Calm.

C．Nervous.

D．Excited.

小題2:We can learn from the passage that        .

A．Laura had once promised to marry Percival

B．Laura's father wished to end her marriage

C．Percival had been married to Laura for two years

D．Percival asked to be released from the marriage

小題3:The passage is probably taken out of              .

A．a novel

B．a report

C．a diary

D．an essay

Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg，distance of about eighty miles. It was late. Several times I got stuck behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left, and I became increasingly impatient.
At one point along an open road, I came to a crossing with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I drove near the light, it turned red and I made a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of car lamps, but there I sat, waiting for the light to change, the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.
I started wondering why I refused to run the light I was not afraid of being caught, because there was clearly no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it.
Much later that night, the question of why I'd stopped for that light came back to me. I think I
stopped because it's part of a contract(契約)we all have with each other. It's not only the law, but it is an agreement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we don't go through red lights.
Trust is our first inclination(傾向).Doubting others does not seem to be natural to us. The whole construction of our society depends on mutual(相互)trust, not distrust. We do what we say we'll do; we show up when we say we'll show up; and we pay when we say we'll pay. We trust each other in these matters, and we're angry or disappointed with the person or organization that breaks the trust we have in them.
I was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night.
小題1:Why did the author get impatient while driving?

A．He was lonely on the road.

B．He was slowed down by a truck.

C．He got tired of driving too long.

D．He came across too many traffic lights.

小題2:What was the author's immediate action when the traffic light turned red?

A．Stopping still.

B．Driving through it.

C．Looking around for other cars.

D．Checking out for traffic police.

小題3:The event made the author strongly believe that __________.       

A．traffic rules may be unnecessary

B．doubting others is human nature

C．patience is important to drivers

D．a society needs mutual trust

小題4:Why was the author proud of himself?

A．He kept his promise.

B．He held back his anger.

C．He followed his inclination.

D．He made a right decision.

Around twenty years ago I was living in York.  21  I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find  22  work.
I was  23  a school bus to make ends meet and  24  with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had  25  five interviews (面試) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not  26  the job. “Why has my life become so  27  ?” I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to  28  a little girl, she handed me an earring  29  I should keep it  30  somebody claimed (認領) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it  31  me – I had been giving all of my  32  to what was going wrong with my  33  rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a  34  of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to  35  more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for  36  from a lady who was a director at a larger  37 . She asked me if I would  38  a one-day lecture on stress (壓力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My  39  there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of  40  that I completely changed my life.

小題1:	A．As B．Though C．If D．When

小題2:	A．successful B．extra C．satisfying D．convenient

小題3:	A．driving B．repairing C．taking D．designing

小題4:	A．working B．travelling C．discussing D．living

小題5:	A．prepared for B．attended C．asked for D．held

小題6:	A．lose B．like C．find D．get

小題7:	A．hard B．busy C．serious D．short

小題8:	A．wave at B．drop off C．call on D．look for

小題9:	A．ordering B．promising C．saying D．showing

小題10:

A．in case B．or else C．as if D．now that

小題11:

A．hurt B．hit C．caught D．moved

小題12:

A．feelings B．attention C．strength D．interests

小題13:

A．opinions B．education C．experiences D．life

小題14:

A．list B．book C．check D．copy

小題15:

A．connect B．turn C．keep D．add

小題16:

A．her B．a passenger C．me D．my friend

小題17:

A．hospital B．factory C．restaurant D．hotel

小題18:

A．listen to B．review C．give D．talk about

小題19:

A．plan B．choice C．day D．tour

小題20:

A．operation B．speaking C．employment D．thinking

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the   36  of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. 37  from the day before, he took out a large piece of   38  and laid it on the ground. Then he began  39 .
Before long, the young violinist was   40  with people, who were all attracted by the   41  on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat  42 . Please come to claim(認領) it soon."
After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and 43 through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would   44  come here."
"Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded.
"Did you   45 something?"
"Lottery (彩票). It’s lottery," said the man.
The violinist  46  a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen. "Is it？" he asked.
George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and   47  it; then he danced with joy.
George bought a lottery ticket which   48  him a prize of $ 500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat.  49  , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket   50  himself, the violinist said,"  51  I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever."
We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should   52 be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we  53 succeed temporarily (暫時). However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser. Such a person is just like the   54  on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the 55 of going up.

小題1:	A．box B．hat C．bowl D．bag

小題2:	A．Free B．Away C．Different D．Far

小題3:	A．paper B．stone C．cloth D．wood

小題4:	A．begging B．shouting C．playing D．singing

小題5:	A．crowded B．surrounded C．surprised D．satisfied

小題6:	A．words B．money C．ticket D．picture

小題7:	A．on purpose B．in a hurry C．in advance D．by mistake

小題8:	A．looked B．lived C．broke D．rushed

小題9:	A．probably B．certainly C．recently D．nearly

小題10:

A．lose B．get C．buy D．search

小題11:

A．handed out B．gave out C．sent out D．took out

小題12:

A．tore B．threw C．kissed D．hid

小題13:

A．beat B．sold C．took D．won

小題14:

A．Fortunately B．However C．Otherwise D．Generally

小題15:

A．by B．from C．for D．with

小題16:

A．Unless B．Whenever C．Although D．Until

小題17:

A．often B．never C．seldom D．always

小題18:

A．may B．should C．must D．need

小題19:

A．air B．water C．grass D．tree

小題20:

A．road B．path C．chance D．method

Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music．Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her   36  concert．She had been waiting for this   37  for years and years．“Now it is here at last,” she thought．“How beautiful her   38  is.”
The song made her   39  to the days when she was Lauren’s   40 ．As a young   41 , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer．She studied   42  in France, Italy and in the United States．“You can become a fine   43  in the future,” her teachers told her．“But you must be   44  to study hard and work for many years．There will be   45  time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was   46  at that time and she was   47  that music was all she wanted or needed to   48  her life．For almost a year Dorothy   49  of nothing else．Then she   50  David, a young engineer travelling Europe．They soon fell in   51 ．David asked her to be his  52 ．Dorothy also wanted to marry David．But she loved   53 , too．She didn’t know what to do．David was against her being a singer．He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married．You can’t   54  do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her   55 .

小題1:	A．sorry B．successful C．first D．wonderful

小題2:	A．dance B．moment C．show D．party

小題3:	A．voice B．face C．dress D．life

小題4:	A．think of B．bring back C．go back D．come back

小題5:	A．age B．friend C．mother D．teacher

小題6:	A．musician B．pop star C．lady D．girl

小題7:	A．French B．music C．piano D．dance

小題8:	A．actress B．student C．singer D．dancer

小題9:	A．prepared B．learning C．driven D．waiting

小題10:

A．some B．any C．no D．enough

小題11:

A．eight B．eighteen C．eighty D．eighty-eight

小題12:

A．lucky B．sure C．afraid D．fond

小題13:

A．fill B．live C．lead D．take

小題14:

A．heard B．knew C．talked D．thought

小題15:

A．saw off B．learned from C．heard of D．met with

小題16:

A．love B．feeling C．music D．touch

小題17:

A．assistant B．teacher C．wife D．student

小題18:

A．him B．engineering C．herself D．music

小題19:

A．certainly B．possibly C．only D．mainly

小題20:

A．thought B．hope C．purpose D．will

I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call．My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company．Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets．It had rained in the night and water was dropping from the bare trees that lined the street．I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat．
There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask．I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead．The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant．
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for．There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street．Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint．I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside．He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat．I could not see his face and he didn’t raise his head at the sound of my footsteps．
Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn．It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door．
小題1:At what time was the story set?

A．An early winter morning．	B．A cold winter afternoon．
C．An early summer morning．	D．A windy summer afternoon．

小題2:Which of the following words best describe the writer’s impression of the town?

A．Cold and frightening．	B．Dirty and crowded．
C．Empty and dead．	D．Unusual and unpleasant．

小題3:The underlined word “trickling” in the last paragraph means _____．．

A．rushing out suddenly	B．shining brightly
C．flowing slowly in drops	D．appearing slowly

小題4:Why didn’t the man raise his head when the writer came near?

A．He was annoyed at being seen by the writer．

B．He was angry at being disturbed by the writer．

C．He was probably fast asleep．

D．He was probably murdered．

Chinese female film stars, like Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, due to the charm of their films, have set a good image for Chinese women in the world. Compared with Chinese women, the image of Chinese men is not so good in the eyes of Western women, the Shanghai Evening Post reported.
In March 2006, Zhang Jiehai, a doctorate（博士學位） holder at the Sociology Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, led a research team to investigate how Western women look at Chinese men. The survey shows that many Western women think Chinese men are mostly known for their care for the family. Chinese men, as the Western women say, are willing to spend money for women. As to their shortcomings, Western women think that Chinese men do not have good manners and that some Chinese men have the habit of spitting everywhere, keeping nails and hair long, picking their noses and ears in public places, and not cleaning their teeth thoroughly. These bad habits make many Western women think that Chinese men are unwilling to take care of their personal image.
The survey was carried out in two ways, by questionnaires and interviews. All the respondents（調查對象） agreed that Chinese men show much tender loving care for the family and that many Chinese men do know how to respect women. They open the door for women and carry their handbags for them. For some American women, the bad image of Chinese men in the world is largely because of Hollywood films. In many Hollywood films, Chinese men usually do not have a good image. But this has been changed by Hong Kong film star Chow Yun-Fat. After the Chinese film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was shown in cinemas in the United States in 2002, many Westerners began to change their impression of Chinese men.
小題1:Which statement best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?

A．Chinese female film stars enjoy as great fame as Chinese male film stars in the world.

B．Chinese male film stars do not perform well in their films in the eyes of Western women.

C．Chinese female film stars don’t like Western male film stars.

D．Chinese female film stars have set a good image for Chinese women.

小題2:Which is NOT mentioned as the shortcoming of Chinese men in Paragraph 2?

A．Spitting everywhere.

B．Speaking too loudly in public places.

C．Not cleaning their teeth thoroughly.

D．Picking their noses and ears in public places.

小題3:In some American women’s eyes, Chinese men’s images are bad because of ______.

A．Chinese female film stars

B．Chinese male film stars

C．Hollywood films

D．Film stars in Hong Kong

小題4:What does the passage mainly deal with?

A．Chinese men in the eyes of Western women.

B．Foreign film stars and Chinese film stars.

C．Chinese women in the eyes of Western men.

D．Chinese film stars in Hollywood films.

The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps．She   36   the driver and, using her hands to feel the   37   of the seats, walked down and found the   38   which the driver had told her was empty．Then she settled in．
It had been a year since Mary, 34,   39   a medical misdiagnosis （誤診）, was suddenly thrown into a world of   40 . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart．He   41   her how to rely on her other   42  , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and   43   to adapt herself to the new environment．He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could   44   for her, and save her a seat．
  45  , Mary decided that she was ready to try the   46   on her own．Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their   47  ways．
On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual．As she was   48   the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I   49   envy you．” Mary had no   50 what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you   51  ?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the   52   week, a fine-looking gentleman   53 a military uniform has been standing across the corner   54   you as you get off the bus．He   55   you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building．You are one lucky lady．”           
Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks．  

小題1:	A．thanked B．asked C．discovered D．paid

小題2:	A．location B．shape C．size D．cost

小題3:	A．ticket B．bus C．seat D．bag

小題4:	A．according to B．instead of C．thanks to D．due to

小題5:	A．anger B．darkness C．happiness D．light

小題6:	A．asked B．encouraged C．taught D．praised

小題7:	A．feelings B．sights C．senses D．abilities

小題8:	A．how B．when C．where D．who

小題9:	A．make out B．watch out C．find out D．work out

小題10:

A．Finally B．Luckily C．However D．Besides

小題11:

A．visit B．trip C．bus D．work

小題12:

A．opposite B．separate C．difficult D．usual

小題13:

A．getting on B．getting in C．getting off D．getting up

小題14:

A．must B．may C．will D．do

小題15:

A．idea B．opinion C．way D．thought

小題16:

A．want B．mean C．say D．suggest

小題17:

A．next B．old C．past D．following

小題18:

A．by B．on C．with D．in

小題19:

A．searching B．watching C．calling D．noticing

小題20:

A．looks out B．takes up C．believes in D．makes sure

We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.
“You could win prizes,” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.”
We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.
Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.
I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in.
Minutes passed.
No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.
I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
小題1:What was the teacher’s requirement for the poster?

A．It must appear in time.

B．It must be done in class.

C．It must be done on a construction sheet.

D．It must include the words on the blackboard.

小題2:The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________.

A．formed an idea for

B．made an outline for

C．made some space for

D．chose some colors for

小題3:After the teacher’s words, all the students in the class________.

A．looked very serious

B．thought they would be rich

C．began to think about their designs

D．began to play games

小題4:After seeing the good students’ designs, some students________.

A．loved their own designs more

B．thought they had a fair chance

C．put their own designs in a corner

D．thought they would not win the prize

小題5:We can infer from the passage that the author________.

A．enjoyed grown up tricks very much

B．loved poster competitions very much

C．felt surprised to win the competition

D．became wise and rich after the competition

Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney, Jr. a professor at the University Of Virginia School Of Medicine infected six student volunteers with virus, the most common cause of colds. A few days later, when they were coughing and sneezing, he gathered 37 more people and divided them into three groups. Group 1 members spent three days and nights in the same room with one of the infected students, separated by a screen so they couldn't touch one another. Group 2 sat around a table while an infected volunteer talked, coughed and sang to them. Group 3 held hands with an infected student for ten seconds, and then touched their own noses or eyes.
Although most scientists at the time, the mid-70s, believed colds were spread by virus-laden droplets spread through the air when infected people coughed or sneezed, Gwaltney suspected physical contact might play an important role. Sure enough, of the 15 people who had touched a student volunteer, 11 became infected—compared with only one of those who had been sitting at the table, and none who had spent three days and nights together.
"The best evidence we have is that hand-to-hand contact is the most efficient way of transmitting virus," says Gwaltney. The study was one of a series that helped establish Gwaltney's reputation as a leading authority. Dr. Robert Couch says, "It would not be inappropriate to call him Mr. Common Cold."
When Gwaltney is asked how close scientists are to finding a cure, he replies: "If you mean ‘get rid of’, I don't think we're going to be able to do that with cold viruses any time soon. But if you look in the dictionary, you'll see that 'cure' is explained as a successful treatment. And we're not just getting more effective at treating the symptoms (癥狀)—we're getting at the root cause too. "
小題1:Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney conducted the experiment in order to__________.

A．find out the most common cause of colds

B．infect the student volunteer

C．find out the role physical contact plays in the common colds

D．find out the role virus-laden air plays in the infection of colds

小題2:The result of the experiment shows that ___ plays an important role in the infection of colds.

A．sneezing at the infected person

B．touching the infected person

C．sitting together with the infected person

D．talking with the infected person

小題3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Dr. Gwaltney was sure that hand-to-hand touch is the cause of the common cold.

B．Only one of the people who had spent three days and nights together became infected.

C．Dr. Gwaltney conducted many an experiment as to the cause of colds.

D．Dr. Gwaltney tested altogether 43 volunteers to see how they could develop colds.

小題4:Mr. Common Cold is______.

A．a newly-found virus

B．a nickname (綽號) of respect to Dr. Gwaltney

C．a method to cure colds

D．a way by which the other scientists laughed at Dr. Gwaltney

小題5:When Dr. Gwaltney gives a reply in the end of the passage, he means that______.

A．they have found the fundamental cause of colds

B．they have managed to wipe out the cold viruses

C．they have meant to experiment more

D．they have made much progress in dealing with colds