閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的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。
I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age.
One fairly interesting event happened when I was eight. As a kid, I was always climbing trees, poles, and __31__ around upside down from the rafters (房梁) of our house. So, it __32__ to no surprise for my dad to __33__ me at the top of a 30-foot tree swinging back and forth. Without realizing the tree could break or I could get __34__, I just thought it was__35__ to be up so high.
My cousin, Tammy, was in the same tree. She was hanging on the first big __36__ about ten feet below me. Tammy’s mother also __37__ us at the exact time my dad did. About that time a huge gust of wind came over the tree and I could feel the tree begin to sway. I remembered my dad’s __38__ over the wind yelling, “Bart, __39__ on tightly.” So I did.
The next thing I know, I heard Tammy __40__ at the top of her lungs, __41__ flat on the ground. She had fallen out of the tree.
I came down the tree to __42__. My dad later told me why Tammy fell and I didn’t. __43__, when Tammy’s mother felt the wind, she yelled out, “Tammy, don’t __44__!” And Tammy did do that.
My dad then __45__ to me that the mind has a very __46__ time dealing with a negative image. In order to deal with the __47__ of not falling, Tammy’s brain had to first imagine falling, and then tell the brain not to do what it just imagined. However, my eight-year-old brain __48__ had an internal image of hanging on tightly.
This “Self-Talk” is especially useful when you are __49__ to break a habit or set a goal. You can’t imagine not doing something in your mind. The only way to accomplish it is to find a word for what you want to do.
I’m now a pretty good football player, because all my internal dialogue is __50__ and encourages me to win. All this I owe to my dad.

小題1:	A．walking B．hanging C．fooling D．playing

小題2:	A．got B．turned C．came D．led

小題3:	A．meet B．admire C．forbid D．find

小題4:	A．trapped B．hurt C．teased D．scolded

小題5:	A．fun B．tense C．scaring D．dizzy

小題6:	A．root B．trunk C．branch D．tree

小題7:	A．warned B．joined C．watched D．noticed

小題8:	A．sound B．voice C．wave D．laughter

小題9:	A．hold B．come C．go D．insist

小題10:

A．whispering B．laughing C．screaming D．singing

小題11:

A．lying B．sitting C．standing D．looking

小題12:

A．anxiety B．safety C．thrill D．sympathy

小題13:

A．Apparently B．Unbearably C．Vividly D．Unbelievably

小題14:

A．move B．jump C．fall D．sway

小題15:

A．apologized B．admitted C．referred D．explained

小題16:

A．difficult B．awesome C．precise D．special

小題17:

A．fear B．command C．reward D．possibility

小題18:

A．deliberately B．constantly C．gradually D．instantly

小題19:

A．failing B．attempting C．managing D．hoping

小題20:

A．negative B．subjective C．positive D．vague

完型填空 （共20小題，每小題1分，滿分20分）
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __26__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __27__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __28__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __29__ with his homework or he was trying to __30__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __31__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __32__.”
The next day I called his teacher to __33__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __34__.
“Basically, most of the fathers had the __35__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __36__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __37__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __38__. It’s something all human beings __39__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __40__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __41__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __42__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __43__ second. And just __44__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”
I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __45__.

小題1:	A．down B．away C．out D．up

小題2:	A．After B．For C．At D．On

小題3:	A．glance B．glare C．stare D．watch

小題4:	A．patience B．time C．help D．paper

小題5:	A．report B．prepare C．answer D．apologize

小題6:.

A．help

B．ask

C．tell

D．make

小題7:.

A．thing

B．experiment

C．word

D．sentence

小題8:	A．search for B．search C．find out D．find

小題9:	A．said B．reacted C．done D．explained

小題10:

A．same B．different C．usual D．ordinary

小題11:

A．allowed B．agreed C．suggested D．planned

小題12:

A．point B．idea C．way D．cause

小題13:

A．body B．health C．life D．study

小題14:

A．have B．know C．take D．require

小題15:

A．bad B．good C．late D．early

小題16:

A．fit B．ready C．nice D．able

小題17:

A．easy B．much C．often D．difficult

小題18:

A．a much B．a full C．an exact D．an extra

小題19:

A．before B．after C．because D．if

小題20: A. answer            B. key                 C. reason              D experiment

I grew up poor---living in the housing projects (住房) with six brothers, three sisters, a varying assortment (各式各樣東西的混合) of foster kids (養(yǎng)子), my father, and a wonderful mother, Scarlette Hunley. We had little money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was  36  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still  37  a dream.
My dream was  38 . By the time I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, and hit anything that moved on the baseball field. I was also  39 : My high school coach Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me how to believe in myself. He  40  me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念). One particular incident with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend  41  me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—cash for dates with girls, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the  42  of savings for a house for my mother. The prospect of a summer job was attractive and interesting, and I wanted to jump at the opportunity. Then I realized I would have to  43  summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was  44  as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work，” he said. “Your  45  days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his  46  to me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He demanded.
“3.5 dollars an hour.” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “Is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That question, the plainness of it, laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I delicated myself to sports that summer and with the year I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was  47  a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1998 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dreams.
小題1:.

A．happy

B．polite

C．shy

D．honest

小題2:	A．live B．afford C．make D．need

小題3:	A．athletics B．music C．business D．money

小題4:	A．right B．popular C．lucky D．confident

小題5:	A．persuaded B．taught C．brought D．asked

小題6:	A．sent B．advised C．gave D．recommended

小題7:	A．aim B．idea C．start D．purpose

小題8:	A．give in B．give up C．give away D．give off

小題9:	A．disappointed B．mad C．frightened D．shameful

小題10:

A．living B．playing C．working D．learning

小題11:

A．sadness B．regret C．hopelessness D．disappointment

小題12:

A．paid B．got C．offered D．presented

I heard many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching (緊握) at one another’s hands for reassurance.
They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up huddled (聚在一起) round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (蠶繭) into a larger cocoon.
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come — with the people who respect you for who you are. That is the only kind of popularity that really counts.
小題1: In this passage, the author wants to tell _______.

A．readers to try to be popular with people around

B．teenagers to try to pursue their real selves

C．parents to try to control and guide their children

D．people to try to understand and respect each other

小題2:The author disapproves of rebelling teenagers _______.

A．growing away from their parents	B．turning to their friends for help
C．walking a new way on their own	D．following the popularity trend

小題3:The phrase “a larger cocoon” at the end of the second paragraph refers to _______.

A．the distractive and variable society	B．the popularity wave in the society
C．the parental care and love	D．the dazzling music world

小題4:What does the author think of advertisements?

A．Convincing.

B．Instructive.

C．Influential.

D．Authoritative.

小題5:According to the author, what might happen when a teenager stands up against the popularity wave and follows his/her own path?

A．He/She gains valuable popularity.	B．He/She loses good friends.
C．He/She faces all kinds of criticism.	D．He/She falls behind the time.

Driving to a friend's house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people? Myself included? Usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires(篝火) outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.　　  
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.
小題1:The best title for the passage would be______.

A．Touched by the moon

B．The pleasures of modern life

C．A bottomless well of silence

D．Break away from modern life

小題2: The writer felt sorry for himself because________.

A．there was too much pollution

B．he seldom enjoyed the fullest moon outsides

C．he didn’t adapt to modern inventions

D．there were too many accidents on the road

小題3:What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?

A．No modern equipment	B．Complete silence.
C．The nice moonlight	D．The high mountains

小題4: Modern things (Paragraph 4) are mentioned mainly to______.

A．show that the writer likes city life very much

B．tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life

C．explain that people have fewer chances to enjoy nature

D．show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them

小題5: The author wrote the passage to_______.  

A．express the feeling of returning to nature

B．show the love for the moonlight

C．advise modern people to learn to live

D．want to share the idea of longing for modern life

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
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。
It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to a quiet evening. My __36__ would not be back until late and I had __37__ to sit comfortably in a chair in the _38___ room and read a good book. I put the children to bed _39__ and prepared a cup of coffee for myself. Soon I was seated comfortably with my__40___ in front of me and the sandwich and the cup of coffee on a small table beside me.
I was just beginning to __41__ the food when the telephone rang. I put down my book and hurried to __42___ it. By the time I got back to the living room, my coffee was__43__. I ate the sandwich and begin__44___ cold coffee with the book _45___ open to the front page. _46___ there was a loud knock at the front_47___. It surprised me so much that I spilled (灑)some coffee on my skirt. The man at the door was looking __48___ a certain address and __49___ me to  give him some information. It _50___ me a long time to explain something to him. After that , I sat down again and __51__ to read a whole page without further interruption(打擾) --- until the baby woke up. He started __52__ at the top of his voice, __53__ I run upstairs quickly. He was still awake at 11 o’clock when my husband came back. I really wanted to throw something __54____ him when he asked me if I had spent a ___55____ evening.

小題1:	A．mother B．husband C．children D．sister

小題2:	A．said B．told C．decided D．considered

小題3:	A．living B．bed C．reading D．waiting

小題4:	A．late B．early C．quickly D．slowly

小題5:	A．baby B．dog C．TV D．book

小題6:	A．watch B．see C．eat D．listen

小題7:	A．receive B．take C．hold D．answer

小題8:	A．cold B．hot C．gone D．missing

小題9:	A．finding B．drinking C．changing D．throwing

小題10:

A．yet B．already C．still D．was

小題11:

A．Heavily B．Angrily C．Certainly D．Suddenly

小題12:

A．door B．window C．street D．room

小題13:

A．at B．for C．up D．after

小題14:

A．wanted B．liked C．suggested D．hoped

小題15:

A．spent B．cost C．took D．used

小題16:

A．finished B．allowed C．began D．managed

小題17:

A．crying B．shouting C．singing D．talking

小題18:

A．and B．so C．as D．till

小題19:

A．to B．on C．at D．for

小題20:

A．troubling B．busy C．sad D．happy

  I still remember the days when l was a youthful student in an engineering school．I lived a casual life，without caring about the future．I smoked，drank with friends and made girl friends．Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss．
Two years had passed and l was staring down a report card that highlighted FAII in more than half the subjects．I didn’t care，at least not till my dad found out about it．You see．I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education，my dad financed me．
Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking．He lost his temper but he just told me，“Son，your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”．It hit me like a roundhouse kick（回旋踢） from Bruce Lee．I was jolted（震搖）out of my bones！I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college．I owed everybody money：the grocery store，the bars．the restaurants，my friends，etc．I was living a life filled with credit．
When I went back to college，I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off．So I decided to make some changes．drastic changes．I quit smoking，cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road，starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books．
One year later，I went from a miserable failure to a magna curn laude（優(yōu)等成績）．Life was never the same again．This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it，however small or large．Even today it still motivates me when I feel that l’m about to lose or give up．It reminds me that I can do it！
小題1:The author wrote this text with the purpose of       ．

A．introducing his university life to the teenage readers

B．showing you can overcome any difficulty if you take action

C．calling on the readers not to develop bad habits in college

D．introducing his university life to the teenage readers

小題2:The author didn’t care about his study until     ．

A．he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bear	B．he decided to give up smoking
C．his allowance was cut in half	D．he entered the engineering school

小題3:The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that the author     ．

A．removed his bad habits and didn’t lead a casual life

B．never hung out with his friends but studied all day

C．began to live a happy life due to his good grades

D．paid off his debt and life wasn’t hard for him any more

小題4:Which of the following statements is TRUE？

A．The author did well in making good friends in the school．

B．The author made great progress with the help of his friends．

C．Students were encouraged to do part-time jobs in Indian schools．

D．Students tended to earn money for college expenses in America．

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 dripping 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.

完形填空（15小題，共30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的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。
More good things come from small things
About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any   36 from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.
We   37 often in the hallways when we were coming or going. I  38 spoke, but the only   39 I ever got was a hello from the four – year – old girl.
I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I   40 they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door   41 for the others. I  42 in the car doing unnecessary things because I didn’t like to be snubbed（冷落）. The parents were   43 her to hurry and get in the car, I looked up and saw the little girl was   44 holding the door open,  45 for me.
I hurried as much as I could and   46  her. She was smiling from ear to ear. That afternoon I saw a white toy bear, I   47  the little girl and said to myself, “I   48  she would like that” so I bought it. I wrote a note   49  how much her act of kindness had touched a soft spot in an old man’s   50 .
The next day there was a   51   on the door and   52 was the little girl and her father. She was so proud of her bear and thanked me. Then I   53  her mother and the other children were there in the hall too. The mother and father both thanked me.
Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a   54  manner, I might add.  55  time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. In fact, hardly at all.

小題1: A．sound B．noise C．conversation D．crying
小題2: A．met B．saw C．visited D．gathered
小題3: A．never B．sometimes C．seldom D．always
小題4: A．reward B．action C．answer D．prize
小題5: A．moved B．returned C．started D．drove
小題6: A．open B．closed C．fit D．active
小題7: A．stopped B．kept C．worked D．remained
小題8: A．suggesting B．telling C．forcing D．making
小題9: A．ever B．even C．still D．yet
小題10: A．waiting B．calling C．leaving D．asking21
小題11: A．replaced B．encouraged C．ignored D．thanked
小題12:A thought about	B．thought of	C．thought over	D．thought out
小題13: A．decide B．am lucky C．am sure D．doubt
小題14: A．saying B．stating C．reporting D．writting
小題15: A．mind B．body C．thought D．heart
小題16: A．hit B．knock C．drop D．beat
小題17: A．she B．it C．they D．he
小題18: A．noticed B．watched C．recognized D．felt
小題19: A．kindly B．politely C．coldly D．friendly
小題20:When	B．Since	C．As	D．While

 

完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
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，并在答題卡上涂黑。
The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good   36  in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I   37  to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be   38  ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was   39  . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to  40  that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But,  41  , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very   42  city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he   43   to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main  44  in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he  45  had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming  46  , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several   47  like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He    48  that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he   49  but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me   50  my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a   52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I  said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had   53  the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He   54  and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my  55   to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
小題1:．

A．brother

B．teacher

C．neighbour

D．friend

小題2:	A．managed B．happened C．tried D．wanted

小題3:	A．expecting B．lying C．joking D．talking

小題4:	A．funny B．serious C．careful D．disappointed

小題5:	A．think B．find C．realize D．see

小題6:	A．indeed B．actually C．instead D．exactly

小題7:	A．famous B．interesting C．noisy D．big

小題8:	A．began B．stopped C．refused D．failed

小題9:	A．problem B．interest C．choice D．work

小題10:

A．just B．ever C．even D．surely

小題11:

A．suit B．habit C．pools D．river

小題12:

A．people B．players C．strangers D．friends

小題13:

A．advised B．argued C．admitted D．announced

小題14:

A．recognized B．realized C．visited D．found

小題15:

A．how B．whether C．when D．where

小題16:

A．because B．if C．then D．though

小題17:

A．doctor B．friend C．neighbour D．player

小題18:

A．hired B．visited C．designed D．sold

小題19:

A．smiled B．laughed C．cried D．nodded

小題20:

A．chance B．pleasure C．time D．turn