單詞拼寫（共12小題；每小題0.5分，滿分6分）

1.      Last year, he d_____________ $100,000 to help those in need in remote places.

2.      It o______________ to him that it was his wife’s birthday.

3.      Don’t lose heart. All your hardships are b___________ to pay off.

4.      I hope you can accept our invitation if it is c________________ for you.

5.      The horrible scene s___________ fear into her heart.

6.      Why b__________ to walk for such a long way to fetch water at such a late hour? We still have enough for tonight.

7.      As far as I am c________________, Peter is the last person to have stolen the watch.

8.      The bell in the church was out of o________________ and stopped striking the hours.

9.      Many years later, I realized that my unfriendly r____________ （話語）did hurt her deeply.

10.  G______________ speaking, the harder you work, the more likely you will attain your goal.

11.  Xie Lei was o____________ with her studies and failed to spare time for social activities.

12.  A balanced diet and regular exercise will help to r_____________ diseases.

下面短文中有10處語言錯誤，請在有錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（∧），并在其下面寫上該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

          2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

        The day before yesterday, my classmates and me went to the park near my school. Can you guess that what we did there? Not for amusement but to participate in a volunteer labour. They reached the park on nine o'clock. The whole class divided into three groups. Group One planted trees and watered flowers. Group Two was told to pick up litter(垃圾) leaving by the tourists and cleaned all the benches. Group Three wiped all the equipments on the Children's Playground. All of us worked hardly. Before noon we finished working. Each of us feel a little bit tired, so we were happy because we had done a good deed.

A. Live in denial

B. Sell your iPhone

C. Stop making phone calls

D. Purchase a car rather than an iPhone

E. Move to a location with strong carrier signal

F. Return the phone and get one from a different manufacturer（制造商）

Apple’s so-called iPhone 4 “Death Grip” - where holding the phone in the left hand weakens the signal - may rank among the top marketing failures of the 2010s.

Frustrated iPhone 4 owners don’t need to wait around for Apple to handle the problem. They can solve the calling problems on their own. I’ve got five guaranteed solutions, but you probably won’t like them.

58. ________________. In most US states, purchasers can return phones within 14 days - 30 days in states like California. It’s the “buyer’s regret” period, and for some people who can’t make clear calls there surely is some kind of regret. Apple’s newest handset may be the most fashionable phone on the planet, but it is by no means the only choice. Yes, you can use another smart phone and find happiness.

59. ________________. OK, so this might seem like an extreme choice, but, hey, aren’t all those phone calls annoying? I’ve dramatically reduced the number of phone calls and must say it feels good to be free of them. You text, tweet（推特） and Facebook anyway. The iPhone has a touchscreen for a reason. Use it.

But, please, don’t text and drive.

60. ________________. If you must make phone calls, change your location. Repeatedly test for the Death Grip, but don’t let the sellers know the real reason for moving. Surely they’ll think that anyone willing to wait all night in a line to buy a cell phone is some one who is easily tricked or taken in. Don’t let your iPhone 4 enthusiasm drive up the seller’s counter offer.

61. ________________. Hey, why should Apple be the only one who makes money? The iPhone 4 eBay auctions（拍賣）are crazy. There are “buy it now” prices of $1,000 and auctions with bids（出價）starting above $800. While writing this post, I watched one auction count down 7 minutes to zero, where in the final seconds the winning bid was $1,300 for the 32GB black model, unopened.

62. ________________. It’s surprising how effectively some people can just ignore problems like they don’t exist. No matter what the situation, they ignore it. “Hey, Johnny, don’t you know Toyota recalled（召回） a bazillion cars for accelerator pedal defects?” You know his answer: “Toyota is the best company on the planet. There is no problem with my car.” I’ve seen this kind of denial behavior among some Mac enthusiasts, too. About Death Grip, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on record firmly stating: “Just avoid holding it in that way.” Apple claims the problem really isn’t iPhone 4 but you. Hey, you can choose to believe that. Denial will fix your problem, because you’ll never admit to having one.

The dirt road made our car jump as we traveled to the Millennium Village in Sauri, Kenya. We passed the market where women sat on the dusty ground selling bananas. Little kids were wrapped in cloth on their mothers’ backs, or running around in bare feet and torn clothing. When we reached the village, we walked to the Bar Sauri Primary School to meet the people. Welcoming music and singing had almost everyone dancing. We joined the dancing and clapped（鼓掌）along to the joyful, lively music. The year was 2004, the first time I had ever been to Sauri.

The Millennium Village project was created to help reach the Millennium Development Goals, which were set by the United Nations in 2000. The plan is to get people out of poverty, assure（確保）them of access to health care and help them stabilize the economy and quality of life in their communities. The goals are supposed to be met by 2015; some other targets are set for 2025. But our first sight of Sauri showed us there was plenty of work to do.

On that day in 2004, we followed the village leaders into Yala Sub-District Hospital. It wasn’t in good shape. The rooms were packed with patients who probably wouldn’t receive treatment, either because the hospital did not have it or the patients could not afford it. There was no running water or electricity in the hospital. It is hard for me to see people sick with preventable diseases who are near death when they shouldn’t have to be. I just get scared and sad.

Malaria（痢疾）is one disease, common in Africa, which is preventable and treatable. Mosquitoes carry malaria, and infect people by biting them. Kids can die from it easily, and adults get very sick. Mosquitoes that carry malaria come at night. A mosquito net, treated with chemicals that last for five years, keeps malarial mosquitoes away from sleeping people. Each net costs $5. There are some cheap medicines to get rid of malaria too. The solutions are simple, yet 20,000 kids die from the disease each day. So sad, and so illogical. Mosquito nets could save millions of lives.

We walked over to see the farmers. Their crops started to die because they could not afford the necessary fertilizer（肥料）and irrigation. Time and again, a family will plant seeds only to have an outcome of poor crops because of lack of fertilizer and water. Each year, the farmers worry: Will they harvest enough food to feed the whole family? Will their kids go hungry and become sick?

Many kids in Sauri didn’t attend school because their parents couldn’t afford school fees. Some kids are needed to help with housework, such as fetching water and wood. In 2004, the schools had minimal supplies like books paper and pencils, but the students wanted to learn. They all worked hard with the few supplies they had. It was hard for them to concentrate, though, as there’s no midday meal.

Great changes have taken place in these years. Today, Yala Sub-District Hospital has medicine, free of charge. Water is connected to the hospital, which also has a generator（發(fā)電機）for electricity. There are no school fees, and the school now serves midday meals for the students. The attendance rate is way up. All this is encouraging supporters of the Millennium Villages project.

There are many solutions to the problems that keep people poor. What it will really take is for the world to work together to change poor areas forever. When my kids are my age, I want this kind of poverty to be a thing of history. It will not be an easy task. But Sauri’s progress shows us all that winning the fight against poverty is achievable in our lifetime.

53. In Paragraph 1, the writer describes the kids’ clothes to show that _________________.

A. local children spent a lot of time outside

B. local parents were not responsible

C. local villagers were very poor

D. local villagers were very friendly

54. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?

A. Medical conditions.                             B. Agriculture.

C. Education.                                                 D. Economy.

55. What does the underlined word “minimal” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Many.                            B. Few.                C. Colorful.                 D. Various.

56. Because there was no midday meal in school, __________________.

A. kids lacked energy to study attentively

B. many kids dropped out of school

C. kids made more efforts to study hard

D. many kids had to go back home for lunch

57. This story is mainly about _____________________________.

       A. the education in an African village

B. the schools and hospitals in an African village

C. the poverty and the progress of an African village

D. the author’s car journey to an African village

This year’s Newsweek list of the top 100 high schools shows that today those with fewer students are rising.
   Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek Top School List based on college-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating classes smaller than 100 students. This year there are 22.
   Fifty years ago, they were the latest thing in educational reform: big, modern high schools outside the cities with thousands of students. Big schools meant economic efficiency, a greater choice of courses, and better football teams. But only years later did we understand that it involved the difficulty of strengthening personal connections between teachers and students. SAT scores began dropping; on average, 30% of students did not complete high school in four years, a figure that rose to 50% in poor city neighborhoods. High schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress.
   Size isn’t everything, but it does matter, and the past decade has seen a noticeable trend toward smaller schools. This has been partly due to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $1.8 billion in American high schools, helping to open about 1,000 small schools — most of them with about 400 kids, each with an average enrollment（招生）of only 150 students per grade. About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and San Diego. And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred.
   Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, California, is one of those ranking No.423 — among the top 2% in the country. In 2003, Hillsdale remade itself into three “houses”. 300 students arriving ninth graders are randomly assigned to one of the houses, where they will keep the same four subject teachers for two years before moving on to another for 11th and 12th grades. Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings a week, for open-ended discussions of everything from homework problems to bad Saturday-night dates. The advisers also meet with students privately and stay in touch with parents. Along with the new structure came the percentage of freshmen taking biology jumped from 17 to 95. “Our kids are coming to school in part because they know there are adults here who know them and care for them.” says Jeff Gilbert.
   But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution.
   Ranking schools is always controversial. Over the years this system has been criticized for its simplicity — list of top U.S. high schools was made merely according to the percentage of students taking college-level exams. This year a group of 38 superintendents (地區(qū)教育主管) from five states wrote to voice their disapproval. “It is impossible to know which high schools are ‘the best’ in the nation,” their letter read. “Determining whether different schools do or don’t offer a high quality of education requires a look at many different measures, including students’ overall academic accomplishments, their later performance in college, and taking into consideration the unique needs of their communities.”

48. What can we learn about the schools sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?

A. They are often located in poor neighborhoods.

B. They are popular with high-achieving students.

C. They are mostly small in size.

D. Another 150 schools invested by the Foundation are planned to be set up.
49. According to Jeff Gilbert, the classes at Hillsdale were set up so that students could ______.

A. enjoy more help and care from the teachers

B. experience a great deal of pleasure in learning

C. maintain closer relations with parents

D. deal with the demanding biology and physics courses

50. Newsweek ranks high schools according to ______.

51. What attitude does the author have towards the present trend in high school education?

52. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

       Most magazines, whether online or print, will include book reviews. However, most editors and staff writers are usually too busy to read books and review them themselves. Therefore, writing book reviews can be a great way to get started with a writing career. How do you write a great book review that will be sure to be noticed? Follow these tips to write a really interesting and unique book review.

       Start with a description of the book. Many people that are reading your review may not know anything about the book you’re reviewing. Instead of making readers go find information on their own by searching for the book title, start out with a little description of the book. Make sure you avoid too long of a summary. Start with a short paragraph or so that hits all the major points but doesn’t give too much away. You don’t want to tell your readers everything about the book, because then they won’t have to read it at all. Just give enough information so your readers are interested in reading the book.

       Be objective. Some magazines like to publish book reviews that are completely impersonal. This means that they want a review of the book that doesn’t share your opinion and that in which your opinion isn’t obvious from reading what you wrote. If you hated a book, it might not be a great book to review. You probably want to review books that you enjoyed. Avoid talking about how much you liked the book, however. You should not include your personal reaction to the book until the very end, where you include a sentence or two about whether or not you would recommend a book and to whom you would recommend it.

       Look through a lens（鏡頭）. A great way to get your review noticed is to look at a book through a specific lens. Read the book as a feminist（男女平等主義者）would, for example, and talk about what a feminist might say to applaud or criticize the book. You can choose any number of lenses, and feminism is just one choice. An economic lens, a family lens, the lens of a different nationality, or the lens of a child could all be interesting ways to look at a book. If you look at a book in this way, instead of just reading it and forming your own opinion, it will be much more interesting and marketable. This is especially the case if you look at a lens that relates to the subject of the magazine to which you are submitting. Feminist magazines love book reviews about books read through a feminist lens, for example, because it is appropriate to their readership.

       Talk about the writer’s style. Another great way to write a book review is to talk about the writer’s style. Anyone can pick up a book and read the story, but it takes an experienced writer to note interesting things about another writer’s style and write about them intelligently. Furthermore, most people want to know if a book is easy or fun to read over whether or not the subject matter will interest them.

44. For what purpose is the passage written?

       A. To offer tips on writing book reviews.

       B. To give advice on reading books.

       C. To introduce writing styles.

       D. To comment on a book.

45. If a writer thinks a book is worth reading, he’d better state it _________________.

       A. in the title         B. in the first paragraph            C. as much as possible        D. at the final part

46. The fourth paragraph is developed mainly by __________________.

       A. analyzing causes                                B. giving examples

       C. drawing comparisons                         D. telling personal experiences

47. Compared with ordinary readers, a skilled writer does better in _____________.

       A. giving an objective description of a book

       B. looking at a book through a specific angle

       C. finding a book and understanding its story easily

       D. paying close attention to another writer’s style

Below is a selection about interesting hotels.

Tayka Hotel de Sal

Where: Tahua, Bolivia

How much: About $95 a night

Why it’s cool: You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That’s something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt – including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses（床墊）and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake, which is the world’s biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste（糊）of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When there is big rain, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where: Vythiri, India

How much: About $240 a night

Why it’s cool: Taking a pulley（滑輪）-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window – there is no glass! – you watch monkey and birds in the rain forest canopy（罩棚）. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don’t even have to come down for breakfast – the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where: Cottonwood, Idaho

How much: $92 a night

Why it’s cool: This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft（閣樓）in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant（消防栓）outside.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where: Ayvali, Turkey

How much: Between $130 and $475 a night

Why it’s cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65·F in summer. (Don’t worry – there is heat in winter.)

41. What is the similarity of the four hotels?

       A. Being expensive.                                       B. Being comfortable.

       C. Being natural.                                            D. Being unique.

42. What does the underlined words “Sweet Willy” refer to?

       A. The name of a doghouse.                        

       B. The name of the hotel owner.

       C. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B    

       D. The name of the hotel owner’s pet dog.

43. Which of the hotels gives you a feeling of living in the far past?

       A. Tayka Hotel de Sal.                                   B. Green Magic Nature Resort.

       C. Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.                            D. Gamirasu Cave Hotel.

 Today we spent the morning going through our personal belongings .We were looking for items to __  21   for free at a local park. Not just any items but things people really   22  . Our aim was not to find things we no longer   23   but things we use every day that would be   24   to others.

We packed these things   25   boxes and added some small toys. We added a list of local addresses and phone numbers of local   26   agencies. Inside the boxes a simple letter was placed. It   27  : “Please take these items and know that your life is important.  28   are difficult but these days will pass. We share what we have believing that it will matter. Use the food to nurture your     29  ; use the blankets to stay warm. Be safe and know that the human   30   can overcome anything. Do not hold your head   31   for having a need to stay warm. Someday please do the same when you can.”

This kind   32   was not because the phone rang or for any reason. It was   33   because it was the right to do. We have often seen   34   people at the park where we left the belongings. I   35   that my wife had put her favorite green coat into one of the boxes. I asked if she was   36   about it and she just replied that it had a hood (兜帽) . Her answer told me why it is I who love her. She liked the coat but knew the hood could   37   someone from the rain.

Who knows where these gifts of sympathy will   38  ? How many uses can a blanket serve   39   what it was designed to do? We never go back and see what happens. It is unimportant. The right things will find the right people and that is all that   40  .

21. A. put off                                             B. put up                     C. give away D. give up

22. A. needed                                           B. collected                 C. produced  D. searched

23. A. accepted                                           B. wanted                    C. carried      D. bought

24. A. wonderful             B. beautiful                 C. hopeful                   D. useful

25. A. around                 B. upon                       C. into                         D. above

26. A working                 B. parking               C. delivering               D. helping

27. A. spoke                   B. read                 C. marked                   D. indicated

28. A. Ways                    B. Problems              C. Times                     D. Situations

29. A. body                     B. mind                       C. brain                       D. figure

30. A. imagination          B. spirit                       C. health                     D. wisdom

31. A. forward                 B. aside                      C. around                   D. down

32. A. attempt                 B. manner                  C. act                          D. habit

33. A. suddenly              B. simply                    C. strangely                D. usually

34. A. aimless                 B. homeless               C. childless                 D. friendless

35. A. believed               B. dreamed                C. approved                D. noticed

36. A. sure                     B. sad                         C. worried                   D. anxious

37. A. separate              B. prevent                  C. shelter                    D. hold

38. A. affect                    B. go                           C. use                         D. help

39. A. other than            B. rather than             C. more than               D. better than

40. A. attains                  B. counts                    C. moves                    D. contains

 I’ve just read an excellent book of Moyan’s, ___________ you cannot afford to miss.

  A. that                              B. what                 C. one                D. whom

 I had just settled in the new place and didn’t know ____________________.

  A. what to expect                                         B. what to be expected 

  C. how to expect                                           D. how to be expected