The disease spread very quickly, but thanks to the soldiers, all the people ________ seriously were sent to big hospitals.

A．infect         B．infecting       C．infected      D．being infected

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind  1  your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only  2  seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts(石膏繃帶)，a black-and -blue face, and a sad expression. “  3  am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I  4  to move to that seat. The girl was named Kathy. She had  5  in a car accident and now was on her way for  6 .

When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to  7  that Kathy would not be able to  8  herself. I considered  9  to feed her but hesitated, ad it seemed too  10  to offer a service to a  11 .But then I realized that Kathy’ s need was more  12  than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and  13  she was uncomfortable about accepting, she  14 .We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip my heart  15 , and the  16  was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached  17  my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love 18   flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us  19 .When we stretch to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more  20  world.

1．A．losing             B．changing           C．taking               D．giving

2．A．comfortable        B．suitable              C．available            D．favorable

3．A．No problem         B．No way          C．No need            D．No doubt

2,4,6

4．A．decided            B．wanted           C．regretted       D．promised

5．A．escaped             B．hurt             C．regretted       D．promised

6．A．treatment             B．travel            C．died                   D．business

7．A．know               B．say               C．realize           D．recognize

8．A．eat                 B．feed           C．choose          D．support

9．A．offering             B．needing          C．stopping         D．trying

10．A．impolite           B．far               C．close          D．fast

11．A．girl               B．neighbor           C．passenger      D．stranger

12．A．unusual           B．direct           C．important         D．shameful

13．A．when            B．although         C．since          D．as

14．A．refused             B．wondered        C．cried              D．did

15．A．warmed          B．jumped          C．broken         D．cheered

16．A．life              B．money           C．time               D．energy

17．A．below           B．through            C．across             D．beyond

18．A．seldom           B．never              C．hardly             D．sometimes

19．A．separate          B．independent       C．silent          D．upset

20．A．developing     B．rewarding            C．changing         D．tiring

Mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The area’ s city councilwoman（女議員）was leading a discussion about how the quality of life wad decreasing. The neighborhood faced many problems. Mark looked at the charts taped to the walls. There are charts for parking problems, crime, and for problems in vacant（空著的）buildings. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman. It was too much for Mark. “The problems are too big,” he thought. He turned to the man next to him and said, “I think this is a waste of my time. Nothing I could do would make a difference here.”

Make thought some more on his way to the bus stop. “People should just take care of themselves,” he decided.“ That’ s enough to do. I can’ t take on all the problems of the world.”

As he neared the bus stop, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and a baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn’t have a free hand. As Mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and the groceries started to fall out. Mark ran to take the boy’ s arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. “Thanks!” she said. “You’ve got great timing!”

Just being neighborly,” Mark said. As he rode home, he glanced at the walls of the bus. On one of them was “Small acts of kindness add up.” Mark smiled and thought, “Maybe that’ s a good place to start.”

1．In Mark’ s opinion,        .

       A．nobody was so able as to solve the problems

       B．he was not in the position to solve such problems

       C．many people were too selfish to solve much problems

       D．he already had more than enough work to do

2．The underlined word “darted” in paragraph 5 can be best replaced by “         ”.

       A．walked            B．marched          C．rushed             D．wandered

3．What is the meaning of the words on the bus wall?

       A．You should be kind to your neighbors and they will treat you the same way.

B．Everyone can play his own part to make things better.

       C．All small acts will add up to kindness.

       D．It’ s small act to help a person in need.

4．The passage is mainly about         .

       A．how individuals（個人）can help make a difference

    B．running a neighborhood meeting to solve its problems

       C．citizens’ reactions to the problems they face

       D．solving problems through action

Can feelings of nostalgia（懷舊）be good for you? Or is it unhealthy to have a strong love for the past?

For years, medical experts have studied nostalgia and the reasons for it. Many experts warn that too much nostalgia is harmful. They say lingering（徘徊）in the past shows that a person is unhappy with his present life. There feelings keep the person from living his life to its fullest.

Dr. Louise Kaplan has written several books about nostalgia. She says these feelings often begin when a young person is between 13 and 19 years old.

“This is the time when you must face the loss of your childhood,” Kaplan says. “You see your new life is easily destroyed. But you think romantically about a golden past. You remember your childhood as a time when life was perfect.”

These feelings continue as a person gets older, Kaplan adds. She says many grown persons have a hard time keeping up with changes in the modern world, so they thing back to their younger years. At that time the world seemed simple and more harmless.

Kaplan says these feelings are not always actually existing. The good old days weren’t always good. However, she says nostalgia can be helpful, if used properly.

“Feelings of nostalgia can cause you to remember a time when you had high hopes and dreams.” Kaplan says. “It might give you the strong wish to catch those dreams today, in your present life.” She adds that nostalgia can prevent you from “cutting yourself off from your aim”, “At its best,” Kaplan says, “nostalgia has the ideas for the future.”

1．According to the passage, feelings of nostalgia         .

       A．can cause you to think of your past which was full of hopes and dreams

    B．bring about a love for the past and a hope for the future

       C．can make you succeed in life

       D．fill one with hopes for the future

2．The reason for grown persons to think back to their past is that         .

       A．they can hardly keep up with changes in today’ s world

       B．times are hard, so they can not keep up with changers

       C．they lives in the past, of which they are always proud

       D．many grown persons have little time keeping up with changes in the modern world

3．Which of the following is not talked about in the passage?

       A．Too much nostalgia is harmful

       B．Only women have feelings of nostalgia.

       C．A little nostalgia can make a person’ s lift more colorful.

       D．Nostalgia shows that a person is not satisfied with his present lift.

4．Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

       A．Thoughts on Nostalgia.                  B．The Reasons for Nostalgia

       C．Why Do They Think Back to the Past         D．Nostalgia, Cook or Bad

Thousands of jobs comes into our Job Centre and Employment Office every week, but they get snapped up(搶奪)quickly, So although we will shall do all we can to help you, it’s important for you to do all you can to help yourself. This passage tells you how.

Registered for work

Once you have registered for work we will match you against available(可獲得)vacancies(空缺).You must also register for work at the Job Center in order to claim (demand) unemployment benefit (help).But you actually apply for benefit at the local Unemployment Office.

Getting a job through self—service

Jobs that come in are put on self-service, show as soon as possible. Half the people who find jobs through Job Centres and Employment Office find them through self-service. You can call in at any time to look at the jobs shown.

If you want further help with finding a job

If you want more help or advice, don’t forget that’s what we are here for. Our Employment Advisers can help you with things like:

*thinking about the different sorts of jobs you could do and which are best for you.

*jobs available locally or elsewhere

*your suitability for a TOPS training course with a tax-free allowance(津貼)

*grants(補助金)to help you look for, and move to work in other parts

Even though you have a clear idea of the sort of job and pay you want, you may find that something different will suit you quite well. Keep this in mind when you are talking with the Employment Adviser.

If you don’t find a job on your first visit

Go into self-service as often as you can to look at the jobs on show there. Good vacancies are coming in all the time just because you’ve been registered for employment.

If you can’t get to the office easily, come in whenever you can’t. It’ll help you to find s job faster if you keep in touch.

1．The purpose of the passage is to        .

       A．suggest how to get most benefit possible from a certain employment service

       B．provide general advice about what to do when you have’ t a job

       C．give information about services available for unemployed people

       D．help to reduce the number of unemployed people

2．The people most likely to get jobs are those who        .

       A．make use of job information services at the Job Centre

       B．regularly ask for help and advice at the Job Centre

       C．use their own ideas and common sense in looking for a job

       D．register for work immediately when the need arise

3．Unemployment people can actually claim benefit from        .

    A．the Job Centre

       B．both the Job Centre and the Unemployment Office

       C．all the Unemployment Offices

       D．the local Unemployment Offices

4．When you are talking with the Employment Adviser, you’ d better        .

       A．change your ideas of jobs when necessary

       B．stick to your first idea of jobs

       C．not talk about payment for work

       D．talk about your own interest

A new computer treatment is being used to deal with obesity(肥胖)in children.

Connected to a small dining set, consisting of scales and a plate, a mini computer teaches children how to eat and reminds them when to stop.

“In very fat people, hunger signals from the stomach to the brain stop functioning. But the new computer system teaches the children how to receive these messages again,” says Dr. Julian Hamilton-Shield, the Bristol University senior leading the treatment trials.

The computer called a Mandometer, records and stores the weight loss from the plate when children eat. As the food is leaving the plate, a curve(曲線)is produced on the computer screen suggesting whether the child is eating too quickly.

“Children with weight problems often eat too quickly. We want them to eat steadily and slowly and the system teaches them to slow down. It’s a bit like retraining,” says Hamilton-Shield.

Obesity now represents one of the major threats to the future health of children. About one in five boys and one in four girls aged two to fifteen in English are overweight. But so far no treatments have proven effective in treating children.

The Mandometer was developed in Sweden, but at present is experiencing further development at the University of Bristol, with＄224,400 in funds from BUPA—a global health and care organization, The system could be on the market in two year’s time. At first, it would be managed by medical clinics.

1．The text is mainly written to explain        .

       A．why child obesity becomes a topic people

       B．how to lose weight with the help of computers

       C．why a computer is effective in dealing with child obesity

       D．how a new computer treatment dealing with obesity works

2．The word “functioning” in paragraph 3 probably means        

       A．eating               B．working           C．lasting             D．losing

3．Obesity threats the health of children, which_________.

       A．people have not cared about             B．is very serious

       C．has led to many deaths                  D．is nothing compared with other diseases

4．What can we learn from the text?

A．The Mandometer will be put into market once it proves effective.

       B．The Mandometer is cheap enough for every family to afford

       C．The Mandometer is still not perfect

      D．Slow eating is sure to make people lost weight

About a hundred foreign teachers were visiting a Chinese school for the deaf to see a performance put on by the youngsters. It was entertaining and the students were charming, After the show, the schoolmaster came on stage, thanked us for coming and showing support even though “the students had not done very well”.

There was a surprise from the foreign community. How could he possibly denigrate(中傷)the effort and ability of these young deaf students? Well, soon enough everyone realized that he was just showing modesty that he really didn’t think that his students had done a poor job.

I can’t be sure exactly what the cultural backgrounds are that lead to differences in speaking manners. American culture values over politeness to degree, whereas in China I have seen a number of occasions politeness valued over candor(直率).Saying exactly what you think and feel is less important than being polite at times in China.

Another example：Recently I was asked to host a movie for English learning and cultural purposes. After about fifteen minutes, something approached me and said, “I think this is a most wonderful movie, but I’ m sorry, I have something else to do and must leave.” Then she left the hall. In America, it’s highly unlikely someone would say “wonderful movie” after fifteen minutes. It’ s not enough time to decide, and such a point would be regarded as dishonest flattery(奉承), After A little further reflection I’m thinking she was just being police. That is a nice person, talking the time for praise before she had to leave. This whole process takes about two minutes. After all that thinking, I fall asleep from overworking my brain.

1．It can inferred from the passage that the author considers Chinese culture        .

       A．reasonable          B．understandable    C．puzzling           D．a pleasure

2．Why were the foreigners surprised at the schoolmaster’ s statement?

       A．What the schoolmaster said discouraged the foreigners greatly。

       B．The schoolmasters’ s words might not hurt the feelings of the students。

       C．They thought the schoolmaster evaluated the students’ s performances unfairly.

       D．The schoolmaster didn’t have the right to blame the students before foreigners.

3．What did the schoolmaster really mean by saying his words?

       A．He wanted to show his modesty to the foreigners.

       B．He wanted to get sympathy from the foreigners.

       C．He wanted to get along well with the foreigners.

       D．He wanted to make a deep impression on the foreigners.

4．What’s the character of American culture, compared with Chinese culture?

       A．American people regard politeness to be more important.

       B．American people tend to express their opinions directly

       C．American people think of honesty more important.

       D．American people are more practical.

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤.對標題號的每一行做出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊的橫線上劃（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。

One day the poor old man lost his way and                                  1．     

telephoned the police station of help. A policeman                               2．     

received the phone. “This is the police station. What’s                         3．     

your trouble?” “I have lost my way and can’ t find                             4．     

house, Could you help me home?” “stay where                                  5．     

you were and we’ll send a car to take you home.” When                     6．     

the car arrived the old man’s house, his wife opened                           7．     

the door, and came out, and thanked the policeman. After the               8．     

policeman drove off, his wife asked him how he                                                         9．     

lost his way here. “I was tired and I didn’t want to                              10．     

walk home, so I had a clever idea……”      

Many people like white color as it is a ______ of purity.

A．sign        B．symbol     C．signal       D．symptom

Extra lessons on Sundays put ______ pressure on students, who already have ______ homework.

A．many; much of       B．more; many of        C．more; piles of   D．many; plenty of