Forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing. Several new studies, however, say that it could have a lot of health benefits（益處）. When you think of forgiveness, you probably don’t think of it as a healthy or medical problem. Studies from Stanford University, on the other hand, show that something like anger can change your well-being.

　 When cartoon book characters like the Incredible Hulk get angry, they change colours and often get special power. In the real world, anger is less obvious. Stanford Fred Luskin, founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good, says holding on to anger and hatred can harm your physical and mental health. Two new studies seem to show the same idea.

　 The studies find that people who are able to forgive feel less stress, less back pain, and less depression（消沉）. They also have fewer headaches, lower blood pressure, and fewer problems on sleeping.

　 So it doesn’t matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things. Learning to let it go is important. Techniques such as deep breath can help. Or just ask yourself if it’s worth hurting yourself by staying angry with someone else.

　 Forgiveness does not mean that you simply accept what happened and say it’s OK. Instead, it’s a way of making peace with yourself about what happened in the past.

43. The author of the passage tries to make his viewpoint （觀點）clear _________.

　 A. by raising his own examples

　 B. by mentioning（提及） some studies

　 C. based on his own experience

　 D. by mentioning some cartoons

44. The example of the cartoon book characters is taken in the passage to ________.

　 A. let the readers know the different colours of cartoon faces

　 B. make the viewpoint interesting and easy to understand

　 C. explain that anger harms physical and mental health

　 D. show how to control one’s temper

45. The underlined phrase“holding on to”in this passage possible means “__________”.

　 A. removing　 B. learning about　　　　　 C. putting out　　　　 D. keeping up

46. The best title for this passage is probably ________.

　 A. Forgiveness　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. A Secret to Keeping Healthy

C. Forgiveness Is Good for Health　　　 　　　　　　 D. Anger Is Bad for Health

Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don’t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication(交流) is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.

However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of “choice” is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

Who choose your friends?

Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?

39.      Many teenagers think their _______ know them better than their parents do.
  A. friends           B.    teachers        C. brothers and sisters           D.    classmates

40       When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to _________.

A. go to their friends                         B. talk with their parents

C. have a discussion with their family            D. talk with their friends on the phone

41.  Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. Parents should like everything their children enjoy.

B. In all families, children can choose everything they like.

C. Parents should try their best to understand their children better.

D. Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.

  42. The main idea of this passage is that ___________.

A. Teenagers need friends      

B. Friends can give good advice

C. Parents often choose their children’s friends for them  

D. Good friends can communicate with each other               

     The world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you , since nearly 70% of the earth’s surface (表面）is covered with water . But about 97% of that is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% — the fresh water (淡水)from rivers , lakes , underground , and other sources . And we can not even use all of that. Even worse, some of it has been made dirty.

　　 However, as things stand today, this fresh water is still enough for us . But our need for water is becoming larger and larger quickly — almost day by day . We should take steps to do with this problem now and in this way we can get away from a serious world-wide water shortage（缺少）later on .

　   We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing  it .Today in most large cities , water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system（下水道）. From there it returns to sea or runs into underground places.

　　 But even if every large city reused its water, we still would not have enough. All we’d have to do to make use of sea water in the world is to remove (去掉) the salt . If we take these steps we’ll be in no danger of drying up.

36. The world is thirsty for water because _________.

　A. man hasn’t got enough food to eat                    B. we haven’t got enough fresh water

　C. only 70% of the earth’s surface is water            D. little water is sent into sewer systems

37. The best but the most difficult way to solve the water problem of the world is to _______ .

　A. remove the salt from sea water                         B. make the water in cities clean

　C. take water from underground                           D. make the need for water smaller

38. What’s the best title（標題）for this passage ?

　A. The Importance of the Water                                   B. The World’s Water Problem

　C. The Thirsty World                                           D. Fresh Water and Sea Water

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（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。

     Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929. As her family was Jewish, her father found that it was hard for them to continue to live in Germany when the Nazis（納粹）, who  16  the Jews very much, came into power in 1933. So they 17 to Amsterdam, Netherlands when Anne was only four years old. In May, 1940, the Germans occupied（占領(lǐng)） Netherlands and the Jews there were 18 to work in certain places. On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank’s parents gave her a small red-and-white-plaid diary 19 her thirteenth birthday present and on July 6, 1942, her family had to go into hiding. Though they could take very few things with them, Anne brought her 20 to her new home, which she called “Secret Annex.” For two years when Anne lived in the Annex, she 21 down her thoughts and feelings in her diary. 22 of putting down series of facts 23 most people do, she wrote about her life with the seven other people in hiding, as well as the war going on around her and her hopes for the future. She 24 her diary as her best friend and talked to it about whatever she wanted to. But  25 , on August 4, 1944, the Nazis raided（轟炸） the Secret Annex and Anne was arrested（逮捕） and sent to a concentration camp（集中營）, 26 she died in March, 1945. Through thick and thin, Anne’s father 27 her dairy published in June, 1947 by Contact Publishers, a Dutch firm. Today Anne’s Dairy is available in fifty-five languages and over 24 million copies have been sold.

   This page of diary was written on Thursday 15, June, 1944, in which she wrote about her strong love for 28, which she had hardly been able to see face to face since she began to 29 from the Nazis. Afraid of being caught, she 30 go outdoors and had to stay indoors most of the time. On the night of June 15, she stayed awake 31 until half past eleven just in order to take a good look at the moon for once by herself. She remembered another time five months ago when the dark rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds 32 her entirely in their 33 . She was so crazy about everything to 34 with nature that she would like to 35 anything for her freedom, but...... 

16. A. loved                 B. hated           C. disagreed             D. against

17. A. had                   B. came         C. moved               D. settled

18. A. forced                B. allowed       C. promised             D. had

19. A. for                   B. on           C. as            D. like

20. A. dog                 B. toy           C. cat            D. diary

21. A. put                  B. kept           C. went         D. turned

22. A. In place               B. Because        C. In case               D. Instead

23. A. while                B. as             C. so           D. if

24. A. regarded              B. thought          C. had          D. knew

25. A. happily                    B. fortunately      C. unfortunately    D. excitedly

26. A. which                B. there           C. where        D. what

27. A. gave                B. took             C. brought        D. got

28. A. nature                B. war            C. moon          D. wind

29. A. keep away            B. hide away     C.  stay behind          D. hold back

30. A. didn’t dare              B. must not      C. was afraid            D. should not

31. A. for purpose            B. with purpose          C. on purpose    D. in purpose

32. A. kept                  B. held          C. made         D. left

33. A. power               B. force            C. energy               D. strength

34. A. join                  B. connect          C. concern              D. do

35. A. give in                B. give up           C. give away     D. give out

 Many students believe that the choice of their courses and universities should       their own interest.

      A. be based on          B. base on       C. be basing on             D. base at

 Of these two basketball teams，the former comes from the US; the       comes from England.

      A. late                       B. later                  C. lately                     D. latter

 India has a very large number of English speakers. This is       Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947

      A. why                              B. because of         C. because                  D. what

We should consider _____ use can _____such books.

　 A. how; be made of 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. what; be made of

C. what; be made from D. what; be made up

 Personally, I think modern education is         sitting at a desk and looking at the blackboard.

A. more than                B. no more than     C. less than                 D. no less than

 People in ancient times ______ series of important events so that we now have what is called history.

    A. went down            B. kept down      C. set down                D. broke down