閱讀理解。

It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter.

Road politeness is not only good manners, but a good sense. It takes the most cool?headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behavior of politeness is by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.

However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. A typical example is the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to.

An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in a traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can't even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship (公路駕車技能). Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give?and?take (互諒互讓) from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.

1.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A．traffic jams B．good manners

C．road politeness D．modern drivers

2.Troubles on the road are often caused by ________.

A．traffic jams

B．the behavior of the drivers

C．the great speed of modern life

D．terrible road conditions

3.According to the writer, a good driver should ________.

A．encourage children to cross the road whenever they want to

B．beat back when forced to face rude driving

C．be able to recognize politeness when he sees it

D．join in a traffic stream quickly however other people feel

4.It is not always right for drivers to ________.

A．master the roadmanship

B．neglect politeness when they see it

C．give a friendly nod in answer to an act of politeness

D．encourage old ladies to cross the road whenever and wherever they want to

閱讀理解。

What's life like on a deserted island? Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona decided to find out.

The adventurous senator took a vacation from Capitol Hill and went on a four?day Robinson Crusoe style holiday with his two teenage sons to a remote, deserted island in the North Pacific Ocean.

The senator and his sons, 15?year?old Tanner and 13?year?old Dallin, traveled 5,200 miles from Phoenix, Arizona to the island of Biggarenn. They didn't carry any food or water.

The island is part of the Marshall Islands. It offered no basic supplies, so the Flakes had to catch and cook their own food and purify their water. Their diet was made up of coconuts, crabs and fish. They caught the crab and fish themselves and cooked the food over an open fire started with a magnifying glass (放大鏡)．

The Flakes brought along a lobster trap (龍蝦夾) in the hope of having some delicious treats, but lost it within the first few hours after it was attacked by a shark. They also carried two pumps to remove salt from ocean water. It took them hours each night to pump for just a few gallons of fresh water.

One of the most memorable moments of the trip, the father said, was when he and his 15?year?old son were almost caught by sharks after spearing (用叉叉起) a fish in the ocean.

Still, it was quite an enjoyable holiday for them. “For a dad it was a wonderful thing. No video games around, no television, no disturbance, no texting，” Flake recalled.

1.Why did the Flakes go to the island of Biggarenn?

A．To meet Robinson Crusoe.

B．To spear the shark for food.

C．To spend a special vacation.

D．To swim in the North Pacific Ocean.

2.What can we learn from the text?

A．The Flakes could easily find a fire on the island.

B．The Flakes caught lobsters for food on the island.

C．The Flakes found basic things that they needed on the island.

D．The Flakes took much trouble to get drinkable water on the island.

3.According to the text, the Flakes' holiday is ________.

A．a(chǎn)dventurous but interesting

B．exciting but painful

C．meaningless but enjoyable

D．boring but memorable

閱讀理解

The Verizon Innovative App Challenge gives kids a chance to create apps (計算機(jī)應(yīng)用程序) that can solve problems in their community.

Do you want to make a difference in your community? The Verizon Innovative App Challenge can get you started. The first step is to think of a problem in your community. The next step is to create an app that can solve the problem.

Groups of five to seven students in middle school or high school, led by a teacher, can enter the contest. First, teams compete on a local level. Teams that make it to the next round receive D|S5,000 for their schools. Finalists present their app ideas to judges in a live webinar (網(wǎng)絡(luò)研討會)．

Next, the judges pick national winners. The top eight teams receive an additional D|S15,000 for their schools, and each team member receives a Samsung tablet. Plus, the winning teams get the chance to bring their app to life.

A group of six girls from Los Fresnos, Texas, won the second annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge. They came up with the Hello Navi app concept, short for “hello navigation”. The app was designed to help visually?impaired students navigate their school by using an internal compass and voice?over technology. Read more about the team in September 19, 2016 issue of TIME For Kids: Edition 3－4.

Do you have an app idea that could help solve a local issue? The deadline to register is November 24, 2016. Find more information and register your team at www. verizonfoundation. org/appchallenge.

Here are some tips from the Verizon Foundation to get you started：

•Get your team together for a brainstorming meeting. Write out all the ideas that come to mind.

• Don't ignore challenges. Think of the problems that exist in your community.

•Ask family, friends, and people in your community to share their thoughts about problems that they want to see solved.

1.The Verizon Innovative App Challenge was launched to ________.

A．let students create apps to solve problems

B．call on students to put their ideas into practice

C．inspire students to focus on social problems

D．encourage students to cooperate with teachers

2.In which order should one follow to enter the Verizon Innovative App Challenge?

①You think of a problem in your community.

②Your team compete against others in your city.

③You invent an app with your partners and teachers.

④Winning teams can compete to become national winners.

A．①②③④ B．①③②④

C．①④②③ D．④①③②

3.What does the 5th paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The winning team and their app of the second Verizon Innovative App Challenge.

B．An app designed to help the disabled to work on the computer.

C．An app concept that navigates blind students to explore nature.

D．Six girls from Los Fresnos, Texas who signed up for the contest.

4.What's the purpose of the passage?

A．To tell readers how to solve a local issue.

B．To invite kids to join in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge.

C．To offer readers information about a talent show.

D．To appeal to adults to make contributions to society.

完形填空

A crowd gathered recently to hear a popular jazz band. The music was good, and the _______ were very talented. But everyone had come to see one player _______，the 9?year?old boy, Jose Andre Montano.

Why were so many music?lovers interested in _______ this young man perform? It is because he is a jazz _______， and he is blind.

Jose's life began in Totora, Bolivia, ________ he was born blind. Yet _______ his lack of sight, the boy began playing the drums at the age of 4. He showed a(n) _______ ability, and before long, he was playing the _______， too. By the age of 5 he had formed his own jazz trio (三重奏). His parents, along with everyone else, are _______ surprised by his wonderful talent. “I didn't know ________ before; he got me into it，” said his father, Roberto. “I don't know how to explain how it _______. It's like jazz was _______ inside him.”

Many professional musicians are equally ________ and welcome the chance to ________ with Jose. They have noticed his deep understanding of this unique form of music. Singer Vero Perez says the exceptional thing about Jose isn't his age or even his _______. According to Perez, “He shows other musicians how jazz music really is to be played.”

As Jose's fame _______， he has more chances to tour and perform. He has traveled throughout Bolivia and into Brazil and Peru.

When Jose is at home with his family, he is a _______ little boy. He goes to school and does his homework. _______ when he begins playing the piano or drums, his musical genius becomes obvious. Jose has proved that nothing will keep him from doing what he loves best. His positive _______ towards life encourages others to look past their own obstacles and _______ their dreams.

1.A.singers B．a(chǎn)ctors C．musicians D．dancers

2.A.in person B．in particular C．by mistake D．by chance

3.A.celebrating B．encouraging C．noticing D．watching

4.A.genius B．fool C．inventor D．conductor

5.A.what B．where C．when D．which

6.A.through B．for C．a(chǎn)lthough D．despite

7.A.amusing B．frightening C．a(chǎn)mazing D．interesting

8.A.drum B．computer C．song D．piano

9.A.continuously B．normally C．strangely D．suddenly

10.A.rock B．folk C．jazz D．blues

11.A.came about B．came back C．turned up D．turned off

12.A.only B．a(chǎn)lready C．never D．hardly

13.A.depressed B．confused C．impressed D．worried

14.A.live B．chat C．fight D．perform

15.A.carelessness B．blindness C．deafness D．loneliness

16.A.promises B．a(chǎn)ppears C．lifts D．spreads

17.A.lazy B．happy C．normal D．funny

18.A.But B．So C．Because D．Since

19.．A.success B．a(chǎn)ttitude C．dream D．performance

20.A.reach for B．call for C．a(chǎn)sk for D．send for

語法填空

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg 1. (recent) surprised Chinese students when he spoke to 2. in Chinese. In a talk at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Zuckerberg spoke Chinese for about 30 minutes. 3.his Chinese was far from perfect, students and faculty cheered his effort.

Clayton Dube is the head of the U．S.?China Institute at the University of Southern California. He praises Zuckerberg's effort and thinks more American CEOs should learn foreign 4. (language)．

“To speak Chinese 5. (mean) you begin to think as Chinese people do. You begin to understand how Chinese speakers have the world _6. (organize), and how they understand things. And that is a vital step if you're going to be culturally qualified.”

Zuckerberg's talk raises a larger question: Is Chinese the language of the future? Could it replace English 7. the world's international language? Chinese already has the most native speakers of any language. And, China may soon pass the United States as the world's 8. (large) economy.

The study of 9. Chinese language is increasing in the United States and around the world. In 2009, about 60,000 _10. (America) college students were studying Chinese. That is three times as many as in 1990.

短文改錯

Beijing has lots of famous tourist attractions. Every year many tourist come here to enjoy its beautiful scenery and rich culture. But several years ago, visitors behave badly. Some talked loudly in public and threw litter everywhere. Some picked flowers, cutting down trees and hurt animals. And even better, some painted on the walls and smoked in the woods.

Luckily, things has changed. Rubbish is always put into dustbins. People are friendly at animals. Everybody smokes in the woods. All these changes make us happily. As student, I think we should know it's our duty to protect the environment. Let's to change our behavior when we travel.

語法填空

I was visiting the Cape Verde Islands with some friends. Although it was a 1. (wind) day, the water was clear and my friends were out on the reef. Going out to snorkel (潛泳), I 2. (notice) that an ocean current had spread to the bay, pushing me towards rocks 3. (cover) in sea urchins (海膽). Since I wasn't close to the shore, 4. would have been a tiring exercise to swim against it, so, using the current, I made it back to shore in about an hour.

5. (lie) on the beach and out of breath, I heard a voice. A man, 6.was one of the guys I had just met, was getting pushed past the rocks and would be quickly carried out to sea. No one else was close, 7. I jumped into the water. Keeping a mark on all of the submerged rocks and sand bars (沙洲), I swam out to him.

“Get hold of my arm and when you reach a sand bar, grip it with your feet，” I said over the roar of the waves.

With one hand, I held onto the man, and with 8. other, I was using all of my remaining 9. (strong) to reach the sand bars. Again, I used the current to get across the bay, towards the shallows. 10. (final), we crawled up the sand and lay there watching the sun.

閱讀理解

Is it possible that the sinking of the Titanic was caused by a ghost? A plot of the story below is true ... but did it really happen quite like this?

Our story begins not in the icy cold waters of the North Atlantic, but rather thousands of miles away in Egypt. It is here, perhaps, that we can find the start of the mystery (謎) of the Titanic, in the year 1910, in the great city of Cairo.

One day, a famous professor of Egyptian history called Douglas Murray was staying in Cairo, when he was contacted by an American adventurer.

The American had something unusual to offer Murray, something that was certain to thrill him: a beautiful ancient Egyptian mummy case, containing the mummy of an Egyptian queen. It was over 3,000 years old, but in beautiful condition — gold, with bright paintings on it. Murray was delighted with both the object and the asking?price. He gave the man a cheque immediately.

The cheque was never cashed. That evening the American adventurer died. For his part, Murray arranged to have the treasure sent back to Britain. However, it was not long before he learnt more about the beautiful mummy case: On the walls of the tomb in which it had been discovered, there were messages which warned of terrible consequences to anyone who broke into the tomb. Murray was disbelieving of these warnings until a few days later, when a gun he was holding exploded in his hand, shattering his arm. The arm had to be cut off.

After the accident, Murray decided to return to his homeland. On the return journey, two of his companions died mysteriously, and two servants who had handled the mummy also passed away. The now?terrified Murray decided he would get rid of the cursed case as soon as he arrived in London. A lady he knew named Janet Jones said she would like it, so he gave it to her. Shortly afterwards, Jones' mother died, and she herself caught a strange disease. She tried returning the mummy, but naturally Murray refused it. In the end, it was presented to the British Museum.

Even in the museum, the mummy apparently continued to cause strange events. A museum photographer died shortly after taking pictures of the new exhibit, and a manager also died for no apparent reason. In the end, the British Museum decided to get rid of the mummy too. They sold it to a collector in New York.

At the start of April 1912, arrangements for the transfer were complete, and the mummy began the journey to its new home. But the New Yorker never received the mummy or its case. For when the Titanic sank, one of the objects in its strong?room was the mummy case. Or so they say.

1.In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “cursed” is closest in meaning to ________.

A．forgotten B．uncommon

C．expensive D．unlucky

2.In what order did the following events occur?

a．The case was given to the British Museum.

b．Janet Jones caught a mysterious illness.

c．Murray's arm was cut off.

d．The mummy case was sold to an American.

e．A man who took a picture of the case died.

f．Warnings were written on the tomb's walls.

A．f，c，b，a，e，d B．c，f，b，a，e，d

C．d，f，b，c，a，e D．f，a，c，b，e，d

3.According to the passage, where is the Egyptian mummy now?

A．At the British Museum. B．In New York.

C．In Egypt. D．Under the sea.

4.What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To entertain readers with a story of mystery.

B．To introduce an important historical event to readers.

C．To warn readers about the dangers of mummies' curses.

D．To inform readers about the true cause of the Titanic's sinking.

完形填空

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the _______ topic — happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about _______ in work and life.

To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and _______ with a large pot of coffee and a variety of _______ — plastic, glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plain?looking, some very _______. The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in _______， the professor said, “If you have noticed, all the nice?looking _______ cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is _______ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the _______ of your problems and stress.” The professor continued, “Believe that the cup itself adds no_______ to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even _______ what we drink. What all of you _________ wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went _______ the best cups. Now _______ this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and _______ in society are the cups which are just tools to hold and _______ life, and the different types of cups we have don't decide, nor ________ the quality of life. If we concentrate only on the cups, we will _______ to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups _______ you ... enjoy the coffee instead.”

At these words, the graduates looked at each other in _______ embarrassment.

1.A.hot B．sensitive C．famous D．easy

2.A.pay `B．joy C．experience D．stress

3.A.cooked B．took C．returned D．met

4.A.cups B．gifts C．plates D．drinks

5.A.common B．special C．rare D．delicate

6.A.order B．time C．hand D．place

7.A.pretty B．different C．colorful D．expensive

8.A.necessary B．normal C．good D．possible

9.A.situation B．a(chǎn)nswer C．result D．source

10.A.quality B．energy C．weight D．color

11.A.makes B．gives C．hides D．includes

12.A.finally B．really C．especially D．nearly

13.A.for B．with C．into D．to

14.A.determine B．discuss C．try D．consider

15.A.position B．relation C．workmates D．friends

16.A.create B．support C．contain D．own

17.A.damage B．determine C．change D．increase

18.A.come B．stop C．have D．fail

19.A.drive B．hold C．take D．a(chǎn)rrange

20.A.quiet B．speechless C．a(chǎn)mazing D．reasonable

短文改錯

I threw my magazines into a waste basket and decide to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. I stared at everything as if I were looking at it the first time. The day passed fast. I looked at my watch but was surprised that it was 3 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautifully. When my uncle arrived at with a smile, I threw my arm around him to give him a warm hug. I had never done this ago. He seemed surprising and then his weather?beaten face warmed up with the huge smile. We walked arm in arm to her car.