In most towns today, you can see teenagers standing over electronic machines with flashing lights, shooting at spaceships from other planets and dropping bombs on strange monsters（惡魔）.The machines have names like Space Warrior, Dark Invader and so on. It used to be believed that damage was done only to those strange visitors from outer space, but now it seems that they are striking back.?

Many teenagers like electronic games so much that they can't stop playing. They spend hours tightly holding the joystick controls and constantly pressing buttons marked “fire”.They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant pressure. They play and play so that the pains have no chance to cure properly. The rapid wrist movement required to guide the spaceship across the screen causes another problem: The muscles of the wrist and arm become so inflamed and swollen(充血紅腫)that they press against the bones. This condition is what doctors now call “Space Warriar's Wrist”.Other strange aches and pains also are likely to affect（影響）the elbows and shoulders.?

Another even more alarming problem is shown by the case of a 17-year-old girl which was recently in the British Medical Journal. She had been playing all kinds of electronic games for more than two hours a day. Her father repaired games and machines and she could use the cassettes and systems in his workshop as often as she liked. One day, after playing a game called Dark Invader, she lost consciousness(暈倒)and fell to the floor.?

Doctors who examined her found she was suffering from an unusual illness caused by lights flashing at a particular frequency.?

“Space Warrior's Wrist”is caused by_______.?

A. constantly pressing the buttons?

B. rapidly moving across the screen ?

C. tightly holding the joystick controls?

D. inflamed and swollen muscles of the wrist?

The case of a 17-year-old girl by the writer shows that the writer_______.

A. supports playing electronic games?

B. feels very sorry for the girl?

C. disagrees with young people's playing electronic games?

D. feels worried about young people's poor health?

From the passage we can conclude that playing electronic games is _______.

A. enjoyable and helpful to the study?

B. exciting but harmful to the health and study ?

C. interesting but harmless to the eyes?

D. amusing and satisfying

I met the guy who told me an amazing story．He was  21  Scotland on a motorbike by himself．One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin．He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really  22   girl standing by the road, hitchhiking (搭便車).Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a  23   to Elgin．She got and drove off．He said he  24  having her on the back,  as it was nice   25．But after a time he forgot that she was there．Suddenly he  26  but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees  27  against him ! He  28  behind him but …she wasn’t there.

He said he felt frightened  29  his life ! He felt cold all over．He thought she must have 30  off the back．So he turned round and 31  back along the road．He didn’t find her．So he began to think that she might have been 32 by someone else.

Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn’t see anyone  33  he came to a pub．He decided to  34  so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell  35  ．He went into the pub and talked to the barman．He told the barman what had happened．He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all  36 ．He just carried on  37  the glasses.

Then the barman said, “you are not the  38  person to come in here and tell the same  39 ．That girl you think you picked up  40  seven years ago… in a motorbike accident.”

21．A．touring                 B．searching                   C．defending        D．circling

22．A．poor               B．a(chǎn)ttractive           C．tall               D．terrible  

23．A．help                       B．lift                C．service            D．trip 

24．A．chose               B．came               C．meant             D．liked 

25．A．business            B．event              C．company           D．a(chǎn)ction

26．A．thought            B．considered          C．remembered        D．called

27．A．pressing            B．turning            C．going             D．running

28．A．looked              B．took               C．felt               D．seized

29．A．out of              B．in case of           C．in place of        D．to the best of

30．A．jumped             B．kept               C．kicked             D．fallen

31．A．raced               B．walked             C．got               D．watched

32．A．picked up           B．searched for        C．taken away        D．brought back

33．A．when               B．until               C．a(chǎn)lthough         D．since

34．A．wait                B．enter              C．stop               D．march

35．A．someone            B．nobody            C．the father           D．the police

36．A．worried            B．surprised           C．moving             D．satisfied

37．A．breaking            B．waving            C．knocking           D．drying

38．A．first                B．last                C．right              D．honest

39．A．story               B．message            C．lie                D．truth

40．A．was saved           B．ran away           C．died               D．left

In most towns today, you can see teenagers standing over electronic machines with flashing lights, shooting at spaceships from other planets and dropping bombs on strange monsters(惡魔). The machines have names like Space Warrior, Dark Invader and so on. It used to be believed that damage was done only to those strange visitors from outer space, but now it seems that they are striking back.

Many teenagers like electronic games so much that they can't stop playing. They spend hours tightly holding the joystick controls and constantly pressing buttons marked "fire". They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant pressure. They play and play that the pains have no chance to cure properly. The rapid wrist movement required to guide the spaceship across the screen causes another problem: the muscles of the wrist and arm become so inflamed and swollen(充血紅腫) that they press against the bones. This condition is what doctors now call "Space Warrior's Wrist". Other strange aches and pains are also likely to affect the elbows and shoulders.

Another even more alarming problem is shown by the case of a 17-year-old girl which was recently reported in the British Medical Journal. She had been playing various kinds of electronic games for more than two hours a day. Her father repaired games and machines and she could use the cassettes and systems in his workshop as often as she liked. One day, after playing a game called Dark Invader, she lost consciousness(知覺) and fell to the floor. Doctors who examined her found she was suffering from an unusual illness caused by lights flashing at a particular frequency.

Electronic games are found very popular with __________.

A. people living in towns                   B. students studying in high schools

C. girls working in their father's workshops     D. young people age about 13-19

"Space Warrior's Wrist" is caused by __________.

A. constantly pressing the buttons            B. rapidly moving across the screen

C. tightly holding the joystick controls        D. inflamed and swollen muscles of the wrist

The case of a 17-year-old girl given by the writer shows that the writer __________.

A. supports playing electronic games        B. feels very sorry for the girl

C. disagreed with young people's playing electronic games

D. feels happy about young people's poor health

From the passage we can conclude that playing electronic games is __________.

A. enjoyable and helpful to the study

B. exciting but harmful to the health and study

C. interesting but harmless to the eyes

D. amusing and satisfying

In most towns today, you can see teenagers standing over electronic machines with flashing lights, shooting at spaceships from other planets and dropping bombs on strange monsters（惡魔）.The machines have names like Space Warrior, Dark Invader and so on. It used to be believed that damage was done only to those strange visitors from outer space, but now it seems that they are striking back.?

Many teenagers like electronic games so much that they can't stop playing. They spend hours tightly holding the joystick controls and constantly pressing buttons marked “fire”.They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant pressure. They play and play so that the pains have no chance to cure properly. The rapid wrist movement required to guide the spaceship across the screen causes another problem: The muscles of the wrist and arm become so inflamed and swollen(充血紅腫)that they press against the bones. This condition is what doctors now call “Space Warriar's Wrist”.Other strange aches and pains also are likely to affect（影響）the elbows and shoulders.?

Another even more alarming problem is shown by the case of a 17-year-old girl which was recently in the British Medical Journal. She had been playing all kinds of electronic games for more than two hours a day. Her father repaired games and machines and she could use the cassettes and systems in his workshop as often as she liked. One day, after playing a game called Dark Invader, she lost consciousness(暈倒)and fell to the floor.?

Doctors who examined her found she was suffering from an unusual illness caused by lights flashing at a particular frequency.?

“Space Warrior's Wrist”is caused by_______.?

A. constantly pressing the buttons?

B. rapidly moving across the screen ?

C. tightly holding the joystick controls?

D. inflamed and swollen muscles of the wrist?

The case of a 17-year-old girl by the writer shows that the writer_______.

A. supports playing electronic games?

B. feels very sorry for the girl?

C. disagrees with young people's playing electronic games?

D. feels worried about young people's poor health?

From the passage we can conclude that playing electronic games is _______.

A. enjoyable and helpful to the study?

B. exciting but harmful to the health and study ?

C. interesting but harmless to the eyes?

D. amusing and satisfying

III．閱讀理解：（共20 小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)：（共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分）

         閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項A、B、C、D中選出最佳選項。

         For her first twenty-four year, she’d been known as Debbie---a name that didn’t suit her good looks and elegant manner．” My name has always made me think I should be a cheerleader, ”She complained．”I just don’t feel like a Debbie!”

         One day ,while filling out an application form for publishing job, the young woman suddenly changed middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie．“That was the smartest thing I ever did,” She says now．“ As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie．I felt more comfortable with myself… and other people started to take me more seriously”．Two years after her successful magazine editor--- friends and associates call her Lynne．

         Naturally, the name change didn’t cause Debbie/Lynne’s professional achievement--- but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents．Social scientists say that what you are called can affect your life．Through history, names have not only identified people but also described them．”… As his name is, so is he …? says the Bible．For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserves, simpleness or charm may be suggested by your name and encourage other people before they even meet you．

         Of course , names with a good sense can work for you ---even encouraging new acquaintances．A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the attractive female name, while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive to men．One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because “he sounded dull．” Several evenings later she came up to me at a party, pressing for an introduction to a very nice man with whom they looked at each other all evening．“Oh, “ I said．” You mean Harry?” She was ill at ease．

1．Debbie’s changing her name ____．

         A．had actually little to do with her career．

         B．was what she happened to do when filling out the form

         C．did have an effect on her success

         D．entirely contributed to her luck

2．The author introduced Harry to the woman___

         A．a(chǎn)t the request of the woman herself

         B．to tell her that names didn’t matter really

         C．to make her feel uneasy in mind

         D．the person is more important than his /her name

3．The name Debbie may be connected with something ____

         A．huge           B．quiet            C．dull               D．a(chǎn)ttractive

4．The best possible title for the passage may be ____

         A．Names are the most important         B．Your name is your fortune

         C．Don’t care much for names       D．Names and making friends