The old man ___ us interesting stories when we were young.

A. were used to tell    B. used to tell    C. got used to tell    D. used to telling

I bought a dress for you only 10 dollars in a sale; it was a real _____.

A. exchange          B. bargain        C. trade         D. business

    Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless, “he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire. 

    It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

    The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits(成就).Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.

     Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You are completely crazy,’” Saunders says.

     In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

     Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

     This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1,800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

56. The turning point in Saunders’ life came when _____

A. he started to play ball games                                B. he got a mountain bike at age 15

C. he ran his first marathon at age 18                        D. he started to receive Ridgway’s training

57. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.

A. dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy                    B. built up his body together with Saunders

C. hired Saunders for his cold-water experience         

D.won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

58. What do we know about Saunders?

A. He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

D. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

59. The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_____.

A.  Excited                        B. Convinced                      C. Delighted                D. Fascinated

60. It can be inferred that Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ______.

A. was accompanied by his old playmates                  B. set a record in the North Pole expedition

C. was supported by other Arctic explorers                 D. made him well-known in the 1960s

    I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings，pieces of information，ideas，themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a “complicated（復雜的）idea” until he had read at least two thought books，I heard the words without recognizing either its irenic(嘲諷)or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the looks I had ever read. Strict with myself，I in chided only once a title I might have read several times.(How，after all. could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book ?)

    There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the “hundred most important books of Western Civilization.” “More than anything else in my life,” the professor told the reporter with finality, “these books have made me all that I am.” That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore(忽視).I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course , I hardly understood. While reading Plato’s The Republic, for example, I needed to keep booking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition(迷信) of a schoolboy ,I looked at every word of the text. And by the time I reached the last word. pleased. I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

71.On hearing the teacher’s suggestion of reading, the writer thought___________.

A. one must read as many books as possible

B. a student should not have a complicated idea

C. it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

D. students ought to make a list of the books they had read

72. While at high school, the writer ______________.

A. had plans for reading                                           B. learned to educate himself

C. only read book over 100 pages                             D. read only one book several times

73.The underlined please “with finality ”probably means “__________”.

A. firmly                     B. clearly                           C. proudly               D. pleasantly

74.The writer’s purpose in mentioning The Republic is to _____________.

A. explain why it was included in the list            B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D. prove that he understand most of it because he had looked at every word

75. The writer provides two book lists to _______________.

A. show how be developed his point of view      B. tell his reading experience at high school

C. introduce the two persons’ reading methods    D. explain that he read many books at high school

Susan Sontag (1933 — 2004)was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature.For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything — to read every book worth reading ,to see every movie worth seeing .When she was still in her early 30s,publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American culture life ,trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art .With great effort and serious judgment . Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

    Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords(格言),but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious,she argued for a true openness to the pleasures of pop culture.In “Notes on Camp”,the 1964 essay that first made her name ,she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous .“Notes on Camp”,she wrote,represents“a victory of ‘form’over‘content’,‘beauty’over‘morals’”.

     By conviction（信念）she was a sensualist（感覺論者）, but by nature she was a moralist （倫理學者）,and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s , it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor —published in 1978, after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities（被壓抑的性格）, a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact , re-examining old positions was her lifelong lifelong habit.

    In America,her story of a 19th  century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000.But it was as a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame.“Sometimes,”she once said ,“I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending …is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.”And in the end ,she made us take it seriously too.

71.The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means Sontag_________.

A.was a symbol of American cultural life           B.developed world literature,film and art

C.published many essays about world culture

D.kept pace with the newest development of world culture

72.She first won her name through ___________.

A. her story of a Polish actress                          B. her book Illness as Metaphor

C. publishing essays in magazines like partisan Review

D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

73.According to the passage,Susan Sontag__________.

A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist                            B.  looked down upon the pop culture

C. thought content was more important than form      

D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed

74.As for Susan Sontag’s lifelong habit , she __________.

A.  misunderstood the idea of seriousness                  B.  re-examined old positions

C.  argued for an openess to pop culture                    D.  preferred morals to beauty

75.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon___________-.

A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view        B. her lifelong watchword ：seriousness

C. publishing books on morals             D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing

For all the dinner table, a glass of milk seems to be a constant , at least it was when I was growing up．It was widely believed that milk was integral in building strong bones and teeth. There’s no doubt that dairy products(乳制品), and milk in particular, are high in protein and calcium, and most milk products are supplemented with Vitamin D and A．

While it’s well known that our bones need calcium, some studies suggest that high calcium intake doesn’t necessarily lower a person’s risk for fractures（骨折）． A Harvard study found that people who drank two or more glasses of milk had no greater protection from breaking a bone than those who drank a glass or less a week．

There’s no doubt that we need calcium, Some anti-dairy supporters claim that dairy can lead to heart disease． Much of this claim is based on high fat and high dairy products, like cheeses and creams, which may indeed contribute to cardiovascular problems． Some studies have linked high milk intakes with a risk of prostate cancer; this seems to be caused by high-fat dairy products, not dairy in general．

Although milk was always regarded as one of the most important thing we need for our bones, yet least promoted, factors involved in strengthening bones. Perhaps we should think of dairy as less like a nutrient and more like a food. If you like it, eat it．If not, find some others． Because some claims may not be completely true, when I eat a cream, I’m not thinking about calcium, protein, or any such thing. I’m thinking delicious．

61．Which of the following is TRUE on the milk?

A．The more milk you drink, the more risk for fractures you might be．

B．The more milk you drink, the less risk for fractures you might be．

C．The less milk you drink, the less risk for fractures you might be．

D．There is no link between them．

62．Some anti-dairy supporters claim that dairy can lead to except______．

A．cardiovascular problems                      B．heart disease

C．prostate cancer                             D．stomach cancer

63．The underlined words “some others” in the last paragraph refer to_____．

A．dairy products               B．milk               C．food               D．cream

64．What’s the author’s attitude towards milk?

A．He doesn’t like milk any more

B．He used to drink milk as a child．

C．He regards milk as a nutrient．

D．He always cares about calcium, protein when he eats something．

65．We can learn from the text that_____

A．All the claims are not completely true ．

B．High milk intakes can lead to cancer．

C．It’s necessary for you to reduce milk intakes．

D．Give up milk for your health．

The new model is the highly interactive（互動的）learning model. We could also call it the conversational model, or the tutorial model. It is computer based, with the interaction between the student, or a small group of students, and learning programs are like the conversation between a student and a skilled tutor. Distance learning will be the main delivery method.

Student interaction with the learning material on the computer will use the student's natural language; it will seem like a conversation between a student and a human tutor. This is the key point of highly interactive, or conversational, learning units. Programs will ask questions in the student’s native language, and respond reasonably to free-form student input. Multiple choice and pointing will seldom be used; they often do not allow individualization (個體化) of education.

An important aspect of this model is that the computer will frequently store information about the student, about problems and about how far individual students have progressed. These records will be used often within the programs. Thus when a student returns to the learning activity, the computer knows about that student and knows where to begin the new part.

Global education is critical for the future, to get rid of poverty, corruption (腐敗), violence and war, to solve major problems such as the lack of drinkable water, and to insure a happy life for all. Education should no longer be limited to the wealthy of the world, but should be available to everyone.

In the new distance learning environment learning can take place in markets, libraries, public buildings, learning centers, and the home. Gradually schools and universities will play a smaller role in learning, both because better learning can be delivered through such highly interactive material, and because such learning will be less costly for the individual student. Motivation (動機)is particularly important in a mastery-based distance learning, as the usual threats of traditional classrooms such as that of low grades are no longer possible.

Voice input will probably be the mode(模式) for this interaction. The new voice input systems from several companies are useful, cheap, and speaker independent in highly interactive learning. Keyboards may not be needed. Speech is a natural way for humans to communicate.

Students will work in small peer groups, about four. Other contacts with people, learning circles, will be possible, directly or electronically.

68. What is not the new model also called?

A. interactive model       B. conversational model  

C. tutorial model          D. linguistic model

69. What does the model often use?

A. individualization of education            B. multiple choice and pointing

  C. questions in students’ native language      D. fixed-form student input

70. What do computers detect(檢查) students about?

  A. Their future achievements      B. Their intelligences  

  C. Their problems               D. Their families

71. According to the passage, distance learning ____________ .

  A. is still expensive for ordinary students   

  B. will take place mainly in classrooms.

  C. will play a more important role in students’ learning.   

D. will still affect badly on the low-graded students

We were in _____ when we left that we forgot the airline tickets.

       A．a rush so anxious            B．a such anxious rush 

       C．so an anxious rush   D．such an anxious rush

As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___1___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___2___. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___3___ up late so that they will not ___4___ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___5___ for a long time, hoping to get a short ___6___ at Father Christmas.

Last Christmas, my wife and I ___7___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___8___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ___9___ me where that new bike had come from, but ___10___ he did not see it.

On Christmas Eve, ___11___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly ___12___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___13___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___14___ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___15___ to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were ___16___ by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly! ___17___ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ___18___ the baby arrived. He moved ___19___ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___20___. The day had really begun with a band(巨響) !

1. A. faced             B. met                 C. filled             D. pleased

2. A. question           B. matter             C. problem            D. business

3. A. get               B. stay                C. stand              D. wake

4. A. lose              B. break               C. miss              D. leave

5. A. awake            B. wake               C. asleep             D. sleep

6. A. look              B. stare                C. glare              D. watch

7. A. hopefully          B. busily              C. gladly              D. successfully

8. A. liked             B. feared             C. surprised              D. hated

9. A. answer           B. tell                  C. ask                D. search

10. A. sadly            B. unluckily          C. possibly             D. fortunately

11. A. it               B. they                C. I                  D. we

12. A. morning        B. midnight          C. evening              D. daybreak

13. A. filling           B. sewing            C. mending             D. preparing

14. A. present          B. stocking          C. bike                   D. tree

15. A. going           B. sure                C. glad                 D. excited

16. A. troubled         B. frightened        C. woken                  D. shocked

17. A. Before          B. After               C. Until                 D. Since

18. A. Even           B. And                 C. Soon                D. Then

19. A. with            B. on                   C. over                 D. by

20. A. all             B. nearly              C. happily                D. completely

A newly trained teacher named Mary went to teach at a Navajo Indian reservation. Every day, she would ask five of the young Navajo students to __1__ the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from   2   homework.

They would stand there, silently,  3   to complete the task. Mary couldn’t figure it out.   4   she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she   5   hadn’t seen anything like it in her student-teaching days back in Phoenix.

What am I doing wrong? Could I have chosen five students who can’t do the  6  ? Mary would wonder. No,  7  couldn’t be that. Finally she   8   the students what was wrong. And in their answers, she learned a   9   lesson from her young   10   pupils about self-image and a(n)   11   of self-worth.

It seemed that the students  12  each other’s individuality and knew that  13  of them were capable of doing the problems.   14  at their early age, they understood the senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. They believed no one would  15  if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the  16  . So they   17   to compete with each other in public.

Once she understood, Mary changed the system   18   she could check each child’s math problem individually, but not at any child’s expense  19  his classmates. They all wanted to learn,  20  not at someone else’s expense.

1．  A．go to        B．come to         C．get close to    D．bring

2．  A．his           B．their           C．his own         D．her

3．  A．happy          B．willingly         C．readily        D．unwilling

4．  A．Anything      B．Nothing         C．Everything     D．Neither

5．  A．almost         B．certainly        C．hardly           D．never

6．  A．question       B．chalkboard     C．problem         D．homework

7．  A．they         B．it             C．everything     D．each

8．  A．asked              B．questioned     C．told            D．understood

9．  A．outstanding  B．surprising       C．annoying       D．frightening

10．A．sunburned    B．tender         C．Indian        D．naughty

11．A．sense        B．image         C．way           D．aspect

12．A．had          B．ignored          C．respected       D．cared

13．A．none           B．no one        C．each           D．not all

14．A．Especially    B．Even though       C．Even so       D．Even

15．A．lose          B．win            C．achieve          D．answer

16．A．time         B．situation         C．chalkboard     D．condition

17．A．refused        B．rejected         C．tried           D．promised

18．A．if             B．so that        C．unless        D．in case

19．A．in favour of  B．of            C．by means of   D．in front of

20．A．and          B．but             C．so              D．or