Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life．Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow yourself to make your life happen．
Successful and happy people have a vision of how their life should be and they set lots of goals（both short-term and long-range）to help them reach their vision．By setting goals you are taking control of your life．It’s like having a map to show you where you want to go．Think of it in this way．There are two drivers．One has a destination in mind（her goal） which is laid out for her on a map．She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns．The other driver has no goal or destination or map．She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver．But she drivers aimlessly around, never getting anywhere , just using up gas and oil．Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life set goals and follow through on them．They decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals．Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident．Goals aren’t difficult to set, and they aren’t difficult to reach．It’s up to you to find out what your goals,ideals and visions really are．You are the one who must decide what to pursue and in what direction to aim your life．
Research tells us that when we write a goal down we are more likely to achieve it．Written goals can be reviewed regularly, and have more power．Like a contract （合同） with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget．
Also when you write your goals in a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously aware of situations that will bring you nearer to your goals．
小題1:The author gave the example of two drivers to show_______．

A．the foolishness of the first driver

B．the importance of having a map and right direction

C．the foolishness of the second driver

D．the importance of setting goals

小題2:According to this text, the most important thing in realizing one's ideal is to _____．

A．try to be realistic about one's ability

B．have a clear understanding of what he or she wants in life

C．let others understand him or her first, then work together with them

D．let others help him or her to make his or her dream come true

小題3:If people want to reach their goals, they should ______．

A．write down their goals

B．sign a contract with other people

C．face the difficulties in front of them

D．discuss with others and ask for their help

小題4:If you want to succeed, you must _____．

A．study hard	B．have a goal and achieve it
C．live happily	D．sleep well

Allan goes everywhere with Birgitta Anderson, a 54-year-old secretary. He moves around her office at work and goes shopping with her. ‘Most people don't seem to mind Allan,’ says Birgitta, who thinks he is wonderful. 'He's my fourth child,' she says. She may think of him and treat him that way, buying his food, paying his health bills and his taxes, but in fact Allan is a dog. Birgitta and Allan live in Sweden, a country where everyone is expected to lead an orderly life according to rules laid down by the government, which also provides （提供）a high level of care for its people. This level of care costs money. People in Sweden pay taxes on everything, so aren't surprised to find that owning a dog means yet more taxes. Some people are paying as much as 500 Swedish kronor in taxes a year for the right to keep their dog, money that is spent by the government on dog hospitals and sometimes medical treatment for a dog that falls ill. However, most such treatment is expensive, so owners often decide to pay health and even life insurance （保險）for their dog. In Sweden dog owners must pay for any damage （損壞）their dog does. A Swedish Kennel Club official explains what this means: if your dog runs out on the road and gets hit by a passing car you, as the owner, have to pay for any damage done to the car, even if your dog has been killed in the accident.
小題1: Birgitta pays taxes for Allan because         .

A．he is her dog

B．he is her child

C．he follows her everywhere

D．he often falls ill

小題2:The money paid as dog taxes is used to           .

A．keep a high level of care for the people	B．pay for damage done by dogs
C．provide medical care for dogs	D．buy insurance for dog owners

小題3: If a dog causes a car accident and gets killed, who should pay for the damage done to the car?

A．The owner of the car.	B．The owner of the dog.
C．The insurance company（公司）.	D．The government.

小題4:From the text it can be inferred that in Sweden          .

A．dogs are welcome in public places	B．keeping dogs means asking for trouble
C．many car accidents are caused by dogs	D．people care much about dogs

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago.   61 , I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family. However, I decided this time to   62  them.
My aunt and I were   63 for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two   64 on the side. One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her  65 nearby and the other one was  66 . So, I decided to sit down. While I was   67 my own thing there, I  68 that the family were not in front of the   69 anymore. I saw the girl  70 and look around for her family. She came back and I saw her in  71 , crying.
I knew that she  72 her family and was all by herself . Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or   73 big before and we all know that feeling.   74 I went up to her and asked what was   75 and in between tears she told me she was lost. I   76 her a smile card I just bought. You should have seen the  77  on her face when she read it. Then I went up to customer service center and  78 them what happened. People there promised to  79 her. After I left, the little girl’s parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the   80 . Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it.

小題1:	A．Luckily B．Usually C．Sadly D．Surprisingly

小題2:	A．help B．encourage C．join D．support

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)nswering B．looking C．preparing D．calling

小題4:	A．chairs B．children C．signs D．toys

小題5:	A．friends B．book C．family D．bags

小題6:	A．clean B．large C．empty D．beautiful

小題7:	A．studying B．carrying C．buying D．doing

小題8:	A．noticed B．believed C．doubted D．understood

小題9:	A．shop B．gift C．girl D．lady

小題10:

A．get up B．come up C．give up D．make up

小題11:

A．return B．detail C．vain D．tears

小題12:

A．hated B．raised C．lost D．lived

小題13:

A．somewhere B．something C．everywhere D．everything

小題14:

A．If B．As C．So D．Or

小題15:

A．important B．wrong C．strange D．different

小題16:

A．lent B．gave C．sent D．posted

小題17:

A．smile B．hope C．puzzle D．worry

小題18:

A．reminded B．warned C．a(chǎn)sked D．told

小題19:

A．look out for B．take care of C．wait for D．call up

小題20:

A．courage B．money C．explanation D．card

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
"A parcel arrived for you today," my father told me, as we were driving home from work．"It's quite big．" "Oh, really?" I wondered out loud．"Have you   36  anything? Maybe from Amazon or eBay or something…?" my father continued．"No, Dad．I'm  37 only one thing, but that should arrive in a（n）   38  ．"
On Sunday, I will participate in a（n）   39  activity with some friends,' and．I had asked Bluebell if she could send me some of her homemade smile cards to  40  on the day．Since smile cards would have fit into an envelope,'! couldn't imagine what else could be in the  41 I became increasingly  42 as we continued to drive home．As soon as we arrived, I  43 to open the package．It had a neat, hand-written label （標簽）on it．"There might be something easy to  44 inside," my father said, as he handed me some scissors．"Be careful when you open it．"
The package was filled with all sorts of kindness   45  I First, some beautiful colorful posters with kindness ideas and   46  fell onto the floor．There were also loads of wrist bands （護腕）, which I will   47  at our kindness activity．   48  , there were three envelopes in the package——two of them had the most cleanly and neatly   49  smile cards, and the third had a wonderful card inside, which   50  , "Thank you very much for your kindness．．．loads of love, Bluebell．"
"This is really   51 ," my father said．My mother and sister enjoyed the package as well．Bluebell put ．the biggest  52  on all of our faces! When I had asked her for some of her homemade smile cards to   53  some kindness during our activity, I never expected to 54  such a wonderful package filled with all sorts of kindness and inspiration!
You have  55  made my day．Bluebell!

小題1:	A．ordered B．searched C．desired D．paid

小題2:	A．preferring B．wanting C．preventing D．expecting

小題3:A．poster        B．parcel'          C．envelope    D．e-mail

小題4:	A．sports B．a(chǎn)fterschool C．kindness D．business

小題5:	A．make up B．write down C．hand in D．give out

小題6:	A．package B．card C．letter D．envelope

小題7:	A．curious B．surprised C．hopeful D．terrible

小題8:	A．wanted B．walked C．rushed D．stopped

小題9:	A．lose B．break C．use D．pick

小題10:

A．talents B．gifts C．books D．a(chǎn)ctivities

小題11:

A．a(chǎn)rticles B．music C．poets D．poems

小題12:

A．get rid of B．make good use of C．keep out of D．take possession of

小題13:

A．In conclusion B．In addition C．In short D．In fact

小題14:

A．machinemade B．manmade C．homemade D．shopmade

小題15:

A．told , B．spoke C．wrote D．read

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)mazing B．funny C．crazy D．a(chǎn)ccidental

小題17:

A．card B． tear C．spot D．smile

小題18:

A．raise B．spread C．collects D．teach

小題19:

A．find B．discover C．receive D．a(chǎn)ccept

小題20:

A．completely B．partly C．hardly D．nearly

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
請認真閱讀下面短文，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。
Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 36  you think you are a 37  person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question 38  you are tested in real life. Some people  39  they are brave but when they come face to face with real 40 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 41  .
Lenny had always thought of himself as a 42  person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 43 , on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the  44  water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very 45 and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 46  to the woman, and kept her head 47  the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not  48 .
When you are in a very 49  situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin.  50  adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 51  to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this 52 , the muscles become very hard and you find you 53  at all. You are then paralyzed (使無能為力) with fear. This is 54 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”. This word comes from the Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are 55  frightened that we become stonelike.
36. A. how           B. neither         C. whether        D. either
37. A. brave         B. real            C. hard             D. certain
38. A. when         B. until              C. after             D. once
39. A. realize             B. find              C. think             D. agree
40. A. life                    B. question       C. mouse         D. danger
41. A. soldiers            B. mice              C. heroes         D. cowards
42. A. useful              B. brave         C. nervous         D. terrible
43. A. So                 B. Therefore        C. Then            D. Actually
44. A. fresh              B. poisonous       C. warm            D. ice-cold
45. A. nervous              B. calm             C. frightened      D. excited
46. A. went                  B. helped        C. spoke            D. swam
47. A. in                     B. under         C. above            D. from
48. A. an accident     B. a mistake            C. seventy-eight    D. seventy-nine
49. A. dangerous           B. comfortable      C. different        D. favorable
50. A. With               B. Without             C. For             D. Like
51. A. afraid              B. unable        C. ready            D. anxious
52. A. gets             B. disappears       C. happens             D. goes
53. A. needn’t            B. can’t              C. mustn’t         D. shouldn’t
54. A. where                 B. how              C. because         D. why
55. A. really              B. very              C. such             D. so

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
請認真閱讀下面短文，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。
Cyber Step-Mother
I’ve often felt “step-parent” is a label  (標簽 )we attach to whoever marries into families where children already exist. At  36   that’s how I feel about  37    a step-mother to my husband’s four children.
Over the years, we all learned to    38   our new family arrangement. We enjoyed vacations together, ate   39   meals, and so on.  40  , I continued to feel somewhat like a(n)  41   . There was a boundary line that could not be  42  .
When the children moved to a town five hours   43   , my husband was depressed. In order to    44   regular communication with the kids, we send e-mails. However, if a computer message came  45   to “Dad”, I’d feel forgotten and  46    . If my name appeared along with his, it would make me feel like I was part of their family unit  47   .
Late one evening, as I was checking my e-mail, an “instant message” appeared on the   48  . It was Margo, who was also sitting in front of her computer five hours away. We sent several messages back and forth,   49    the latest news. When we would “chat” like that, she wouldn’t  50   know if it was me or her dad. That night, she didn’t ask and I didn’t identify myself either. At about 11, I commented that I should go to sleep. Her return message  51   , “Okay, talk to you later! Love you!”
As I read this message, a wave of   52   ran through me and I realized that she  53   she was talking with her father. Feeling  54   for not identifying myself, yet not wanting to embarrass her, I simply responded, “Love you too! Good night!”
I felt again the sharp (劇烈的) ache of emptiness (空虛) and otherness. Then, as I was  55  to leave, Margo’s final message appeared, reading “Tell Dad good night for me too.” With tears filled eyes, I turned the machine off.
36.   A. most   B. least    C. present       D. last
37.   A. to be   B. being  C. is D. was
38.   A. adjust B. look forward to  C. expect D. adapt to
39.   A. family       B. school C. meat   D. fish
40.   A. But     B. Though      C. However    D. So
41.   A. outsider     B. member     C. stranger      D. foreigner
42.   A. across B. cross   C. crossing     D. crossed
43.   A. far      B. away   C. far from     D. away from
44.   A. maintain    B. entertain     C. contain       D. obtain
45.   A. addressing  B. signing       C. signed D. addressed
46.   A. neglected   B. devoted      C. ignore D. concerned
47.   A. in short      B. after all      C. above all    D. as a result
48.   A. programme       B. window      C. screen D. keyboard
49.   A. sending      B. exchanging C. discussing   D. commenting
50.   A. unexpectedly     B. carefully    C. fortunately D. necessarily
51.   A. read    B. reads   C. reading      D. wrote
52.   A. sickness     B. anger  C. nervousness       D. sadness
53.   A. must think  B. might have thought   C. must have thought     D. might think
54.   A. responsible B. stupid C. guilty  D. disappointed
55.   A. about  B. due     C. prepare      D. willing

To hitch-hike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him．To fulfill the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once from all other hikers．A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, a student his scarf．In a foreign country an unmistakable indication of your own nationality will also arrest a driver’s attention．
When I hitch-hiked 9,500 miles across the United States and back recently I wore a well-tailored suit, a bowler hat and a trench coat, and carried a pencil-thin rolled black umbrella．My suitcase was decorated with British flags．Having plenty of luggage, moreover, I was not likely to be suspected of being a dangerous lunatic（精神病患者）．I then had to get across to the driver the idea that I was a real traveler, and needed to get somewhere cheaply．
But even with careful preparation, you must not assume（認為） that the task will be easy．You should be prepared to wait a little, for there are drivers who confess to（承認） a fierce prejudice against, （not to say hatred of）, hitch-hikers, and would no more pick up a hiker than march from Aldermaston to London．In America, my average wait was half-an-hour, and my longest two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day; they probably took less pains to make themselves easy to notice．
Nor must you assume that all the drivers who stop for you are nice, normal people．On one occasion I found myself driving with two boys of about nineteen who turned out to be on the run from the police, and were hoping to use me as an alibi．There are also lesser（較小的） risks: you may find yourself in the car of a Fascist fanatic, a Mormon missionary（傳教士）, or just a bad driver．You cannot tell, of course until you are in the car．But you soon learn the art of the quick excuse that gets you out again．
If the hitch-hiker in the U．S．will remember that he is seeking the willingness of drivers to give him a free ride, and is prepared to give in exchange entertainment and company, and not go to sleep, he will come across the remarkable, almost legendary, hospitality of American of the West．It will also help if he can drive—I think that I drove myself about 4,500 of those 9,500 miles I hitch-hiked in the States．
71．A hitch-hiking serviceman should wear his uniform      ．
A．so as not to look too unusual              B．to attract attention
C．to show he is on duty                    D．to put the driver at ease
72．In paragraph 3, we learn that the writer     ．
A．has sometimes failed to hitch a ride
B．has marched from Aldermaston to London
C．has always been successful in hitching a ride
D．has had to wait for long hours for a ridew
73．The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that      ．
A．it is dangerous to be in a car with strangers
B．hitch-hiking may turn out to be risky sometimes
C．a(chǎn) hitch-hiker must also learn the art of quick excuse
D．hitch-hikers might come across bad drivers
74．In the last paragraph, the writer mainly wants to tell us that a hitchhiker should     ．
A．not talk to the driver too much
B．fall asleep to make it a peaceful ride
C．try to make himself pleasant and entertaining
D．seek the willingness of drivers
75．A suitable title for the passage would be     ．
A．“The Art of Hitch-hiking”      B．“An Englishman’s View of the U．S．”
C．“An English Hitch-hiker”        D．“The joys and Dangers of hitch-hiking

Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks' time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive if the rain is spread throughout the year, If it falls, within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form.   
Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes (沙丘) are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the dunes grow over the years, always moving with the winds and changing the shape. Most of them are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.
There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs (懸崖) and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over the centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand, rain, heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing –-very, very slowly ---as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.
Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that :have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day' a visitor may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely.
68. Many plants may survive in deserts when__________________.
A. the rain is spread out in a year      B. the rain falls only in a few weeks
C. there is little rain in a year         D. it is dry all the year round
69. Sand dunes are formed when___________________.
A. sand piles up gradually             B. there is plenty of rain in a year
C. the sea has dried up over the years    D. pieces of rock get smaller
70. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert there is____________.
A. too much sand              B. more sand than before
C. nothing except sand          D. something else besides sand
71. It can be learned from the text that in a desert____________.
A. there is no rainfall throughout the year               B. life exists in rough conditions
C. all sand dunes are a few feet high              D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat

第一節(jié)完形填空(共15小題；每小題2分．滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意．然后從1—15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Friendship has great power, and it can inspire the people in trouble as well as in easy circumstances.
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've   1        just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I   2       to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to the few  times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we   3      hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he  4      with drugs and was into other self-destructive[自毀]   5    . I was blown away! She told me how she had been   6       to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big   7     . I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and   8         by the experience. It had been so  9       , I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn't. I put the         10         of friendship to the  11        test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she  12       me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our   13      , and then she told me that she had   14      with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the   15      rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
1. A. divided               B. shared                      C. experienced                     D. enjoyed
2. A. got                            B. traveled                    C. moved                            D. arrived
3. A. took                   B. spared                      C. offered                     D. spent
4. A. supplied              B. experimented            C. tried                        D. provided
5. A. action                 B. movements               C. behavior                   D. activities
6. A. explaining           B. speaking                   C. calling                            D. lying
7. A. trouble               B. worry                      C. difficulty                  D. task
8. A. burned down              B. turned down             C. turned out                D. worn out
9. A. discouraging              B. encouraging              C. exciting                    D. inspiring
10. A. strength                     B. force                        C. power                      D. energy
11. A. last                     B. final                        C. late                          D. recent
12. A. treated                B. regarded                   C. honored                   D. valued
13. A. information         B. dialogue                   C. conversation             D. communication
14. A. broken out          B. broken up                 C. broken away             D. broken off
15. A. luckily                B. correctly                  C. naturally                  D. truly

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
Everything speeds up with people’s lives. People often eat fast food __36__ nice meals cooked by mother __37__. They go to the shop, where the meal is __38___ cooked. They can take __39__ from the shelf when they ___40___ their dollars and in ten minutes eat it and ___41__ their dinner. This is not good for __42___.
People move a great __43__ from city to city, ___44___ their jobs. Airplanes go ___45__ between cities. Every twenty-five seconds planes are taking off from the airports. When people move __46__ the cities, they leave their friends ___47___, moving from place to place. They leave their old mother and father, their children, and leave their __48___. And people become without roots, without a place ___49__ they can really call “home”. This has very__50___ effects. One thing is that the old people often live so far from their children that, ___51__ they become old, there is nobody to __52___ them. Brothers and sisters move far away from each other. They telephone each other. But the families are very __53___. The society doesn’t have the __54___ ways any more, which kept people ___55___ together. And many people feel rather lonely today.
36. A. without               B. together with           C. instead of                       D. as
37. A. at school             B. at home                   C. in the house                    D. in the kitchen
38. A. already              B. still                      C. not                                 D. just
39. A. them                  B. it                            C. everything                       D. little
40. A. put                            B. get                           C. set                                  D. pay
41. A. finish                 B. cook                        C. fetch                        D. bring
42. A. families                     B. children                   C. old people                      D. business
43. A. many                 B. much                       C. deal                        D. far
44. A. doing                 B. to do                       C. changing                 D. change
45. A. usually               B. immediately             C. constantly                        D. fast
46. A. from                  B. to                           C. in                           D. aroun
47. A. behind                      B. away                       C. out                                 D. off
48. A. friends                      B. parents                     C. teachers                   D. students
49. A. or                   B. and                         C. where                             D. that
50. A. bad                    B. surprising                C. exciting                          D. great
51. A. if                             B. when                       C. since                       D. because
52. A. see                            B. look after                 C. hear from                 D. telephone
53. A. scattered            B. different                  C. large                        D. separated
54. A. new                   B. old                          C. easy                                D. same
55. A. close                  B. near                         C. live                          D. friendly