Dear Kind-Trustee-Who-Sends-Orphans-to-College,
Here I am! I traveled yesterday for four hours in a train．It’s a funny feeling, isn’t it? I never rode in one before．
College is the biggest, most puzzling place—I get lost whenever I leave my room. I will write you a description later when I'm feeling less confused; also I will tell you about my lessons. Classes don't begin until Monday morning, and this is Saturday night. But I wanted to write a letter first just to get acquainted.
It seems strange to be writing letters to somebody you don't know. It seems strange for me to be writing letters at all—I've never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if these are not a model kind.
Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk. She told me how to behave all the rest of my life, and especially how to behave towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be very respectful.
But how can one be very respectful to a person who wishes to be called John Smith? Why couldn't you have picked out a name with a little personality? I might as well write letters to Dear Flagpole or Dear Clothes-line.
I have been thinking about you a great deal this summer; having somebody take an interest in me after all these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as though I belonged to somebody now, and it's a very comfortable feeling. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon. There are just three things that I know: I, You are tall. Ⅱ. You are rich. Ⅲ. You hate girls.
I suppose I might call you Dear Mr. Girl-Hater. Only that's rather rude to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich-Man, but that's rude to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Besides, being rich is such a very external quality. Maybe you won't stay rich all your life; lots of very clever men get broke in Wall Street. But at least you will stay tall all your life! So I've decided to call you Dear Daddy-Long-Legs. I hope you won't mind. It's just a private pet name we won't tell Mrs. Lippett.
The ten o'clock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided into sections by bells. We eat and sleep and study by bells. It's very lifeful. There it goes! Lights out. Good night.
Observe how precisely I obey rules--due to my training in the John Grier Home.
Yours most respectfully,
Jerusha Abbott
to Mr. Daddy-Long-Legs Smith
【小題1】Jerusha felt “confused” because ______.

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，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（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。

It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 26  my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps around the ring. The  27  cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I  28  it. You could hear the faint  29  of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was  30  because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the  31  and I was able to  32  what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it  33  . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step  34   the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be  35  to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit.

She tried to  36  but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run.  37  , miraculously(奇跡般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he  38 . It really made the  39  seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was  40 . I had  41  in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have  42  her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot  43 . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (變形) through many different  44 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.

As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life  45  he saved my sister’s.

26.A. picking     B. warming                 C. catching                   D. setting

27.A. bitterly     B. hardly                    C. gently                  D. perfectly

28.A. challenged    B. witnessed        C. enjoyed                    D. hated

29.A. ceremony     B. tradition         C. victory                        D. laughter

30.A. windy          B. bright                     C. dark                         D. cloudy

31.A. quiet            B. quality                   C. impression            D.significance

32.A. rely on     B. focus on                 C. insist on                   D. put on

33.A. let out       B. held on               C. participated in           D.took place

34.A. close to      B. out of                 C. into                         D. towards

35.A. able          B. frightened        C. content                     D. proud

36.A. evaluate     B. worry                     C. scream                        D. escape

37.A. Accidentally  B. Normally           C. Generally                 D. Somehow

38.A. sped up     B. rose up                   C. broke down                 D. wore out

39.A. moment     B. contest                  C. comment                  D.technique

40.A. advancing     B. breathing            C. concluding           D. dreaming

41.A. that                 B. none                  C. neither                        D. it

42.A. hit           B. recognized              C. missed                    D. acknowledged

43.A. how             B. what                  C. when                       D. why

44.A. actions     B. emotions            C. attitudes                   D. thoughts

45.A. if                  B. because             C. as if                         D. so that

Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading. More and more 26  and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which came from the printed papers  27  on streets.

These printed things 28    newspapers but have hardly anything to do with  29  , you can only find reading materials badly made up these—— some are too strange for anyone to 30  ; others are frightening stories of something still worse. However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such   31   reading, which 32   them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares(惡夢)and immoral(邪惡的)ideas in return. Homework was left   33  ; daily games lost.

These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, whoever they are, we never know, are  34 their silent money.

The sheep - skinned wolf's story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not 35  this kind of thing. Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers.   36    , the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. Sometimes you may even find out several children, driven by the curious natures,   37  one patched paper, which has traveled from hand to hand.

It really does   38   to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The  39  teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young readers need more interesting books to help them   40   those ugly papers.

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21 – 40 各題所給的四個選項（A, B, C, 和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該選項標(biāo)號涂黑。
It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 21 my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps(跑道的圈) around the ring. The  22  cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I  23  it. You could hear the faint  24  of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was  25  because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the 26  and I was able to  27  what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it  28 . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step  29   the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be  30  to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit.
She tried to  31  but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run.  32 , miraculously(奇跡般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he  33 . It really made the  34  seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was  35 . I had  36  in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have  37  her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot  38 . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (變形) through many different  39 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.
As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life  40  he saved my sister’s.
21.A. picking                B. warming                  C. catching                   D. setting
22.A. bitterly                B. hardly                      C. gently                      D. perfectly
23.A. challenged                  B. witnessed                 C. enjoyed                    D. hated
24.A. ceremony                   B. tradition                   C. victory                            D. laughter
25.A. windy                        B. bright                      C. dark                         D. cloudy
26.A. quiet                          B. quality                            C. impression                D. significance
27.A. rely on                   B. focus on                   C. insist on                   D. put on
28.A. let out                 B. held on                    C. participated in               D. took place
29.A. close to               B. out of                      C. into                         D. towards
30.A. able                 B. frightened          C. content                     D. proud
31.A. evaluate               B. worry                      C. scream                            D. escape
32.A. Accidentally         B. Normally                 C. Generally                 D. Somehow
33.A. sped up               B. rose up                        C. broke down                     D. wore out
34.A. moment               B. contest                            C. comment                  D. technique
35.A. advancing                   B. breathing                  C. concluding               D. dreaming
36.A. that                            B. none                        C. neither                            D. it
37.A. hit                      B. recognized                C. missed                            D. acknowledged
38.A. how                           B. what                        C. when                       D. why
39.A. actions                B. emotions                  C. attitudes                   D. thoughts
40.A. if                               B. because                    C. as if                         D. so that

In the US and Britain, the slogan around colleges was “Save water. Shower with a friend.” Now, Wuhan University has come up with another system for the campus bathhouse. It charges students for the amount of time in a shower. Before entering the bathhouse, students pay for the amount of time they want in the shower with cash or their student ID card. The clock starts ticking the minute the tape is turned on. It pauses when a button is pressed for soap. An integrated circuit (IC) card reader at each tap shows the time. No money, no water. The benefits of the new system can be seen with the old system, which charged 1 Yuan for each person regardless of time in the shower. The university used about 320 tons of water daily under the old system, but only 160 tons now.

Many students use the new system but opinions on it are divided. Some students say it is bad because bathing had become a sort of race. Many people using it for the first time are not sure how long they need to shower. Some might be embarrassed if their time is up and they’re still covered in soap. They have to ask the bathhouse worker to help them buy extra time.

“It’s a flaw in the system that you can not buy extra time on the ID card,” said Ren, a freshman in Wuhan University. The university is also considering some students’ suggestions that they be allowed to pay after they’ve finished the shower. Not surprisingly, some are complaining about losing the hour shower. But many students say the move helps them develop a water-saving sense.

Without the time limits, most students tended to shower for 30 to an hour in the bathhouse.

Some even used the hot water to wash their clothes. “In my experience, 10—20 minutes is enough,” said Dai Zhihua, a third-year student who usually takes 8 minutes.

A similar system has been installed in other universities. Shanghai Normal University introduced it at its Fengxiang Campus in September. The bathing fee there is 0.2 Yuan per minute. One male student responded by setting a record with a two-minute shower.

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

2. The underline word “flaw” (Paragraph 3) most probably means __________.

3. Since the new system has performed, __________ of water can be saved.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.

5.In which column can you find this passage?