選編（十九）

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to   1   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

 “Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t   2  , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine.

My   4   raced back more than thirty years to the   5   days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

   7   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8   each other very well. Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10  , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has. His “  12  ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13   more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14   on her entirely. He needed all the   15   of a baby.

One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She   16   nearly everything she owned.

When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17   ones. So before we   18   that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19   my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his   20   to me was always the same.

(   )1. A. work               B. stay        C. live             D. expect

(   )2. A. answer       B. speak      C. smile           D. laugh

(   )3. A. covering           B. moving      C. fighting          D. pressing

(   )4. A. minds        B. memories   C. thoughts         D. brains

(   )5. A. better        B. dark        C. younger            D. old

(   )6. A. cave                B. place       C. sight                  D. scene

(   )7. A. Discussing           B. Solving      C. Sharing                D. Suffering

(   )8. A. learn from           B. talk to     C. help              D. know

(   )9. A. needed         B. recognized  C. interested          D. encouraged

(   )10. A. normal       B. common     C. unusual           D. quick

(   )11. A. more          B. worse      C. fewer            D. less

(   )12. A. word          B. speech     C . sentence          D. language

(   )13. A. not                B. no          C. something         D. nothing

(   )14. A. fed                B. kept        C. lived            D. depended

(   )15. A. attention    B. control           C. treatment          D. management

(   )16. A. lost                B. needed           C. destroyed          D. left

(   )17. A. troublesome  B. unlucky    C. angry                 D. unpopular

(   )18. A. separated           B. went       C. reunited                D. returned

(   )19. A. pushed       B. tried       C. showed          D. measured

(   )20. A. nodding            B. greeting     C. meeting            D. acting

IV   單詞拼寫（共25小題，每小題1分，共25分）

61.Dear Rosemary, thanks for your letter, which took a _____________(兩個星期) to arrive.

62.When I was teaching the boys, I sometimes wondered how _____________(相關的) chemistry is to these students after they left school.

63.It was my first visit to a r___________(偏遠的) village, a village as far away as you can imagine.

64.The hut was dark so it took time for our eyes to __________(適應).

65.Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a newly made ____________(平臺) for Jenny and I to sleep on.

66.I loved listening to the family talking softly to each other in their language, even though I could not p______________(參加) in their conversation.

67.I can’t understand their language, so I need an ___________(口譯人員).

68.I’ve enjoyed my stay here in your country and I’m happy with your ______________(安排).

69.It was such a _____________(特別優(yōu)待) to have spent a day with Tombe’s family.

70.Great ceremonies were held to celebrate the 60th_____(周年紀念) of the People’s Republic of China.

71.Two guards are standing there to look after the ______ (安全) of those personal possessions.

72.You have to make sure about the _____________(分配；分發(fā)) of these goods to each house.

73.This project is _______(運作) very well—more and more children are getting what they need.

74. We’re concerned about the fate of the _________ (代替) teachers.

75. Don’t worry. It's just a r_______(例行的) medical examination.

76. He has enough money so that he can live ______（舒適）.

77. There is a________（充分的）evidence on both sides.

78. We _________（感謝） the wonderful work of you.

79. I have a certificate of tourist _______（資格）.

80. Many representatives opened blogs to make r___（建議）during the NPC and CPPCC sessions.

81. Book 1 is compulsory while Book 7 is ________（選修的）.

82. Your actions _________ （與…矛盾）your declared moral principles.

83. I was elected an excellent League member for three ______（學校的） years.

84. ________（修改）the compositions is really a difficult job for me.

85. You’d better familiarize yourself with the laws and customs of your _______（目的地）country.

17. It’s known that taking exercise______your health.

A. do good to       B. does good to   C. is good to     D. are good for

35. I think I can fix the car on Wednesday.  ______, you’ll have to wait till Friday.

   A. If ever     B. If possible   C. If so    D. If not

PART THREE   READING COMPREHENSION

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

Prague

Prague is an ancient European city, featuring one of the most magnificent Old Towns in Europe, along with delicious food, inexpensive shopping and friendly people. Prague is also famous as being home to one of the most famous 20th century writers, Franz Kafka. The famous Czech beer is also one of the reasons to visit Prague.

The narrow streets of the older parts of the town are appealing the visitors to take nice long walk and settle in some of the many restaurants, which offer top-quality foods at a low price. The buildings there are mostly tower-shaped，and so Prague is called “city of a hundred spires.”

Mauritius

Also known as the Paradise on Earth, Mauritius lies about 560 miles (900 km) east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It is a place of magnificent natural beauty coupled with excellent customer service, which makes for an unforgettable romantic experience at the edge of the world’s warmest ocean.

There are lots to see and do in Mauritius: the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) surrounding the island offer stunning beauty and great underwater adventures to those who want to dive into the precious waters. The nature of Mauritius mostly resembles that of Paradise, allowing every couple visiting this island to feel like Adam and Eve. That is an experience nobody would want to miss!

Cyprus

The very name Cyprus, it has been said, glitters with an age-old myth. Today, history and hedonism (快樂論) are comfortably mixed on the island. Some five-star resorts within walking distance of well-preserved Greek and Roman ruins offer the convenience the modern traveler has come to expect.

Cyprus features a romantic history, as it was Anthony’s gift to his beloved Cleopatra during the glorious days of the Roman Empire. Maybe that is why you feel always a little special once you set foot on Cyprus.

For more information about many other most romantic places in the world, just log on at http://www.jurgita.com.

56. The underlined word “spires” in Paragraph 2 means         .

   A. narrow streets                                                B. inexpensive restaurants

   C. top-quality foods                                           D. tower-shaped buildings    

57. We learn from the text that Mauritius         .

   A. is part of Madagascar                                     B. is an ideal destination for couples

   C. is in central Indian Ocean                               D. is most famous for its good service

58. What makes Cyprus different from the other two places?

   A. It is located on an island.                                B. It offers charming resorts.

   C. It was given as a present.                                D. It has a very long history.

59. A common feature of Mauritius and Cyprus is that they are         .

   A. old                     B. romantic             C. rich              D. mysterious

60. What is the main purpose of the author?

A. To attract more visitors.                                    B. To tell traveling experiences.

C. To sell information on line.                                 D. To introduce historical places.

PART FOUR WRITING

Section A

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage.  Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Losing weight is difficult, and keeping it off may be even harder. So Harvard researchers set out to determine exactly how much physical activity women need in midlife to avoid gaining weight as they age.

The researchers found that an hour of moderate activity a day — including such recreational activities as brisk walking, leisurely bicycling, ballroom dancing and playing with children — prevented women of normal weight from gaining more than five pounds over any three-year period. Half that amount of vigorous activity, like running, jogging or fast biking, will do the trick as well, they said.

Women who got the same amount of exercise but were heavier to start with were not able to avoid gaining weight, however. Neither were women of normal weight who got less than seven hours a week of moderate activity, according to the study, published in the March 24 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

The average weight gain over the course of the 15-year study, which followed 34,079 healthy women with an average age of 54 at the beginning, was just over five pounds. The researchers did not take diet into account.

“It’s so hard to lose weight and maintain the loss, so whatever weight you are, you should try to stay that weight — that is a success,” said the paper’s lead author, Dr. I-Min Lee, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.

But any amount of exercise is beneficial, she emphasized. “People shouldn’t just throw up their hands and say, ‘Sixty minutes? I can’t do that,’ and give up. Health is more than weight.”

Title: A research on how to     71   

PART TWO: LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE 

Section A 

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. Trees are useful to man mainly in three ways, the most important of which is that they can protect ______ from droughts (干旱) and floods.

A. it         B. itself           C. himself          D. Him

23．Today，we take washing machines for granted，but there was          before 1869．

A．a(chǎn)ny              B．no                C．nothing                  D．None

26．—May I ask a question after class，sir?

    —____，but not during my lunch break．

A.Take it easy    B．No way               C．Certainly                D．Go ahead

29.   As far as I’m concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, ______.

A.    the more for life are you equipped   B.      the more equipped for life you are

C.    the more life you are equipped for   D.      you are equipped the more for life