—What an amazing film! It’s the most interesting film I’ve ever seen.

—But I’m sure it won’t interest ____________.

A. somebody         B. anybody            C. nobody             D. everybody

 —What’s your plan for this winter vacation?

—I’ll take an express train to Shanghai for my holiday ___________ school ends.

A. hurriedly           B. soon          C. immediately       D. since

—So you missed the lecture given by the famous professor.

—____________. I got there 10 minutes before it finished.

A. Not at all           B. Not exactly        C. Not really         D. Not likely

（1）第1-4題要求從所給的6個選項中為第2-5段每段選擇1個正確的小標題；（2）第5-8題要求從所給的6個選項中選擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子

How to Argue with Your Boss

    Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss’s secretary, there are keys to timing: don’t approach the boss when he’s on deadline; don’t go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don’t go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.

    If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you.

    Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.

    Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People who frequently present problems without solutions to their boss may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.

    To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work with you to achieve your goals.

1. Paragraph 2 ______

2. Paragraph 3 ______

3. Paragraph 4 ______

4. Paragraph 5 ______

5. If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first _________.

6. It is necessary to make clear to the boss ___________.

7. It is not wise to present the boss with a problem ___________.

8. You must be considerate and think of the troubles ____________.

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Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip（流言蜚語）as soon as they hear it. They will typically tell the secret to at least one other person in 47 hours. Depending on who the gossip is about, their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother is most likely to be the recipients（接受者）of the information.

　 The study of 3,000 women aged between 18 and 65 also found that. four out of ten admitted they were unable to keep a secret—no matter how personal or secret the news was. It was also found that alcohol usually gives us a helping hand to let out secrets—with more than half admitting a glass or two of wine could get them to dish the dirt.

Michael Cox, UK Director of Wines of Chile, said, “It’s official that women can’t keep secrets. We are really eager to find out with this survey how many secrets people are told. What we don’t count on（指望）is how quickly these are passed on by those we trust. No matter how precious the piece of information is, it often comes out within 48 hours.”

　Three quarters say they are able to keep quiet about a secret, and 83 percent consider themselves 100 percent reliable within each group of friends. Yet, four in ten admit to gossiping to a close friend from another friendship group. Nearly half（45 percent）disclose secrets just for the weight to be lifted from their shoulders. More than four in ten think it is acceptable to share a friend’s secret with someone who doesn’t know him or her.

　 Private issues, true cost of purchases and affairs emerged top of the secret-keeping list, with girls most likely to share a secret chatting face-to-face, on the phone or via a text message. Fortunately, over a quarter（27 percent）said they forgot what they were told the following day.

71. Please explain the underlined words “dish the dirt” in English. （No more than 5 words.）

72. What makes women more likely pass on gossip? （No more than 3 word.）

73. What kinds of secrets are women most interested in? （No more than 10 words.）

74. Why do about half women tell secrets to others? （No more than 10 words.）

75. Should women tell secrets to others or keep secrets? Please give your reasons. （No more than 30 words.）

　 Confucius said, “In a group of three people, there is always something I can learn. Choose to follow the strengths of others, and use their shortcomings to reflect upon ourselves.”

　 As you can see from what Confucius said, everyone that we come across can teach us something useful. As long as we reflect on the lessons learnt from and by other people, we can continuously improve ourselves. But take note that when you reflect on these lessons, you apply some wisdom to each lesson because each situation is unique although they share some common principles.

　 We can learn a lot from everyone. We always tend to think that we can only learn from those who are higher in status or have more knowledge than us, but that is not really the case. We learn from those who are lower in status than us as well, because the experience and knowledge of each person is very different.

　 The best thing about this type of learning, reflecting other people’s strengths and shortcomings onto ourselves, is that we do not pay for the mistakes that are made. The only cost to us is the time that is needed to learn about and reflect on these lessons from other people’s lives.

　 As we all know, some mistakes can be ones which people cannot afford to make, for instance, a broken friendship or a financial loss. Thus constantly using other people’s strengths and shortcomings to reflect upon ourselves makes us realize the costs of these mistakes and reduces the possibility that we will make similar mistakes.

What can we do now to learn from others? By keeping our eyes and ears open. Be observant and able to realize what strengths and shortcomings other people have. A lot of people in this world like to complain about their lives. Listen to them and make you own assessment and from your own assessment, reflect upon your life and make improvements where necessary.

66. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

　 A. Confucius thought we should learn from strengths of others.

　 B. Only from those who have more knowledge than us can we learn.

　 C. It is by reflecting on the lessons learnt by others that we can improve ourselves.

　 D. Reflecting upon other people’s strengths and shortcomings can help us make fewer mistakes.

67. The underlined part “this type of learning” in the fourth paragraph probably refers to_______.

　 A. learning from other people’s mistakes

　 B. learning from others’ experiences

　 C. finding what strengths and shortcomings other people have

　 D. reflecting others’ strengths and shortcomings onto ourselves

68. From the fifth paragraph, we learn that _______.

　 A. sometimes we can afford the costs of a broken friendship

　 B. our reflection will necessarily reduce our mistakes

　 C. some reflection will help to improve ourselves

　 D. reflection will stop us from making any mistakes in life

69. The passage is probably taken from __________.

　 A. a magazine about life　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B. a book about travel

　 C. an advertisement　　　　　　　　 　　 D. a research report

70. What does this passage mainly talk about?

　 A. How to improve oneself.

　 B. How to use the shortcomings of others to reflect upon ourselves.

　 C. How to reduce the mistakes in one’s life.

D. How to learn from other people’s strengths and shortcomings.

　 President Coolidge’s statement, “The business of America is business,” still points to an important truth today—that business institutions have more prestige（威望）in American society than any other kind of organization, including the government. Why do business institutions possess this great prestige?

　 One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society. Since competition is seen as the major source of progress and prosperity by most Americans, competitive business institutions are respected. Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by which other basic American values such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected.

　 Competition protects the freedom of the individual by ensuring that there is no monopoly（壟斷）of power. In contrast to one all-powerful government, many businesses compete against each other for profits. Theoretically, if one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to competing business which treats its customers more fairly. Where many businesses compete for the customers’ dollars, they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves.

　 A contrast is often made between business, which is competitive, and government, which is a monopoly. Because business is competitive, many Americans believe that it is more supportive of freedom than government, even though government leaders are elected by the people and business leaders are not. Many Americans believe, then, that competition is as important, or even more important, than democracy（民主）in preserving freedom.

　 Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the ideal of equality of opportunity. Competition is seen as an open and fair race where success goes to the swiftest person regardless of his or her social class background. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American alternative to social rank based on family background. Business is therefore viewed as an expression of the idea of equality of opportunity rather than the aristocratic（貴族的）idea of inherited privilege.

61. The statement “The business of America is business” probably means ________.

　 A. America is a great power in world business

　B. Business is of primary concern to Americans

　 C. The business institutions in America are concerned with commerce

　 D. Business problems are of great importance to the American government

62. Americans believe that they can realize their personal values only _______.

　A. by protecting their individual freedom

　B. when given equality of opportunity

C. by way of competition

　 D. through doing business

63. Who can benefit from business competition?

　A. People with ideals of equality and freedom.

　B. Both business institutions and government.

　C. Honest businessmen.

　D. Both businessmen and their customers.

64. Government is believed to differ strikingly from business in that government is characterized by ________.

　A. its role in protecting basic American values

　B. its absolute control of power

　C. its democratic way of exercising leadership

　D. its function in preserving personal freedom

65. It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes ___________.

　A. in many countries success often depends on one’s social status

　 B. businesses in other countries are not as competitive as those in America

　C. American businesses are more democratic than those in other countries

　D. Americans are more ambitious than people in other countries

    Monitoring global warming usually requires a Ph. D. and enough maths to glaze your eyes. But that Francisco Lopez and Ruby Nostrant track（記錄）what climate change is doing to five different plants in Tucson, Arizona and they are only in the second grade.

    “We are collecting data because the weather is changing and the plants are blooming,” Ruby explained.

    Scores of other students at Borton Primary Magnet School and Sunnyside High School in Tucson are heading outdoors to be part of a new scientific push to figure out how the biological timing of the earth is changing. It’s a research project that the average person, even a kindergartner, can join in.

    The National Phenology（生物氣候?qū)W）Network is calling on volunteers to help track early spring blooms and eventually changes in animals caused by global warming. It’s called Project Budburst. When it was first open to the public last year, thousands of people participated in 26 states.

    “All people can contribute to it by tracking the timing of flowering events or leaf-out events for plants and animals in their backyard,” said Phenology Network director Jake Weltzin. He calls the volunteers “citizen-scientists.”

    The idea is that tracking flowers blooming—especially lilacs（丁香）; which everyday people have helped track for decades—is fairly simple. The Website http://www.Windows.ucar.edu/ citizen_science/budburst/index.html gives directions on what to look for in different parts of the country.

    University of Maryland professor David Inouye said it’s so easy to figure out what’s blooming that a lack of special knowledge isn’t a problem.

    University of Arizona ecology graduate student Lisa Benton coordinated（協(xié)調(diào)）the Tucson high school students as they looked at plants five minutes from their high school. Each student has specific guidelines and she’s been happy so far with the data she is getting. For his part, second-grader Francisco said he had fun helping out.

    “I like going out in the desert,” he said. “I want to be an Einstein.”

56. Francisco Lopez and Ruby Nostrant are monitoring global warming by __________.

    A. watching early spring blooms and changes in animals

    B. studying the biological timing of earth

    C. collecting data of the local weather

    D. tracking the early spring blooms of some local plants

57. Those who participate in Project Budburst are mostly ___________.

    A. ecology college graduates                B. high school students

    C. common people                D. experts

58. What David Inouye says suggests that ____________.

    A. the study carried out by students is convincing

    B. the students still need special training to study climate change

    C. it is difficult to study climate change

    D. to figure out what’s blooming needs special knowledge

59. Who is primary school student joining in the Project Budburst?

    A. Lisa Benton.      B. David Inouye.    C. Francisco Lopez.    D. Jake Weltzin.

60. We can conclude from the passage that _______.

A. changes in animals caused by global warming happen earlier than those in plants

    B. the biological timing of earth is changing because of climate change

    C. the effect of climate change in Tucson, Arizona can be hardly noticed

    D. all the plants in Tucson, Arizona are blooming earlier because of climate change

    Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can’t peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”

    Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

    In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.

    That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “we’ll see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.

    “Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every, rung I reached. I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.

    One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”

    For a long time, I didn’t hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday you’ll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.

51. Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom’s attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?

    A. Cruel.         B. Serious.          C. Strict.            D. Cold.

52. From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train _________.

    A. the skill to throw and catch things            B. the speed of one’s hand movement

    C. the strength and skill to hang and sway        D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar

53. What does the sentence “I saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” imply?

    A. Mom believe every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.

    B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.

    C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.

    D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.

54. When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because              

                  .

    A. they felt sorry for what they had done before

    B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt

    C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars

    D. they were astonished to find the author’s progress

55. The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is _________.

    A. the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep

    B. the child’s experience reminded Mom of that of her own

    C. Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

    D. in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child’s growth