I don't think I'm going to Scotland for Christmas, It's such a long way.        ,I haven't got much money left．

第二節(jié): 完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，撐握其大意，然后從31—50各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
I believe listening is powerful Medicine.
Studies have shown it takes a(n) __31__ about 18 seconds to __32__ a patient after he begins talking.
It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I __33__ her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an older woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, __34__ to put socks on her swollen feet. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, __35__ her chart noting she was in stable __36__. I was almost in the clear.
I stood against the bed looking down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks. __37__, I started a monologue that went something like this: "How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they're better today. The nurse __38__ you're anxious to see your __39__ who's visiting you today. It's nice to have family visit from far away. I bet you really __40__ forward to seeing him."
She __41__ me with a serious, authoritative voice. "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story."
I was surprised and __42__. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that the stress of this __43__ greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to __44__.
Each __45__ is different. Some are detailed; others are unclear. Some have a beginning, middle and end. Others wander __46__ a clear conclusion. Some are true; others not. __47__ what really matters to the storyteller is that the story is __48__-— without interruption, assumption or __49__.
Listening to someone's story is key to healing and diagnosis. I often thought of what that woman taught me, and I often __50__ myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening.
31. A. physicist            B. physician          C. expert               D. dentist
32. A. understand      B. recognize         C. interrupt           D. know
33. A. entered                 B. passed                     C. left                  D. approached
34. A. continuing      B. learning                  C. pretending               D. struggling
35. A. observed            B. scanned               C. designed           D. evaluated
36. A. level                  B. condition          C. position            D. period
37. A. Therefore           B. Otherwise         C. Instead             D. Moreover
38. A. indicated            B. responded         C. mentioned               D. announced
39. A. son                    B. husband                   C. brother             D. nephew
40. A. look                  B. tolerate                    C. chant         D. clarify
41. A. bothered            B. influenced                      C. stopped            D. puzzled
42. A. disappointed       B. scared                    C. thrilled             D. embarrassed
43. A. attached             B. contributed              C. devoted            D. owed
44. A. sit                        B. wait                        C. listen                D. comfort
45. A. feeling                      B. case                        C. life                  D. story
46. A. without              B. to                           C. for                   D. at
47. A. And                   B. Yet                         C. So                   D. Then
48. A. read                   B. written                    C. repeated           D. heard
49. A. judgment           B. acknowledgement      C. encouragement   D. commitment
50. A. convinced          B. informed                 C. reminded          D. Warned

    All (1)_______ things must fight to stay alive. They have to feed on something and at the same time avoid being (2)_______. Therefore they have to solve this big problem of staying alive in their own way. The danger of being eaten in the sea is great. Those plants and animals that do survive usually (3)_______ very fast and in great numbers.

    (4)_______ sea animals have defensive devices which help them to survive. The jelly fish have (5)_______ tentacles (觸角) which are used for attack and defense. Another method of (6)_______ which sea plants and animals use is disguise. They usually have the same (7)_______ as their surroundings.

    In order to stay alive, animals need to have good senses. Fishes have sharp eyes. Almost all animals are sensitive to (8)_______. Fishes judge movements in the water by (9)_______ of their lines. Fishes and other sea animals can hear well and many of them can (10)_______ different types of warning sound.

1. A. living                    B. alive                         C. lively                        D. live

2. A. taken           B. gotten            C. haven                     D. eaten

3. A. produce         B. reproduce         C. run                       D. swim

4. A. Any             B. Every                     C. Certain            D. Each

5. A. beautiful        B. short             C. poisonous                 D. long

6. A. swimming            B. survival           C. flight                     D. growth

7. A. color                 B. body                    C. width                     D. length

8. A. run away             B. flee                      C. touch                     D. move

9. A. way                 B. means            C. method           D. approach

10. A. make               B. do               C. build             D. produce

He was the last man I wanted to meet, but I      managed to smile at him.

閱讀下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后從1-15各題所給出的A、B、C、D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Once a young man was in deep love with a girl. This man folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes (紙鶴) as a gift to his girl. Although he was a small branch manager in a company, and his __1__ didn’t seem too bright, they were very __2__ together until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and would never come back. She also told him that she couldn’t see any future for both of them, “so let’s go our own __3__ from now on…” The young man was __4__, but he agreed. When he regained his __5__, he worked hard day and night, just to make something out of himself. Finally with all the __6__ work, this man set up his own __7__.
One rainy day, while this man was __8__, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain, walking to somewhere. He __9__ that they were his ex-girlfriend’s (前女友)parents, so he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to find him in his expensive car and to know that he had his own company, car, etc.
To the man’s surprise, the couple were walking towards a cemetery (墓地). He got out of his car and followed them. And there he saw his ex-girlfriend — a photograph of her __10__ as sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone, and those precious paper cranes in a glass bottle! He walked over and asked the couple why this had happened. They explained that __11__ she did not leave for France at all. She fell ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he would __12__ some day. She didn’t not want her __13__ to be his barrier(障礙). Therefore, she chose to leave him. She asked her __14__ to put his paper cranes beside her, because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him.
The man just cried __15__. He was heartbroken once again.