Once upon a time all feelings went to an island for a vacation, and each was having a goodtime. Suddenly, a warning of a strong storm was announced, so all rushed to their boats. Yet, Love did not wish to run away quickly. There was so much to do. But as the clouds darkened, Love realized it was time to leave. But there were no boats to use. Love looked around with hope.

Just then Richness was passing by Love in a large boat. Love shouted, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you. ”

Love decided to ask Vanity(虛榮) who was also passing by in a beautiful boat for help, But Vanity said with a cold voice, “No, I can’t take you with me. My boat will get dirty with your mummy feet.”

Sorrow passed by after some time. Again, Love asked for help. But it was useless. “No, I can’t take you with me. I am so sad. I want to be by myself.”

When Happiness passed by a few minutes later, Love again called for help. But Happiness was so happy that it hardly cared about anyone else.

Love was growing worried and hopeless. Just then somebody called out, “Come, Love, I will take you with me.” Love did not know who was being so kind, but jumped onto the boat happily.

After getting off the boat, Love met Knowledge. Love asked, “Knowledge, do you know who was so kind to give me a lift when no one else wished to help?”

Knowledge smiled, “Oh, that was Time.”

“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?” Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how valuable(有價值的) Love is.”

66. According to the passage, which one did not go to an island for a vacation?

A. Love.                  B. Richness.          C. Vanity               D. Knowledge

67. Which word has the same meaning as “Sorrow”?

A. Worry           B. Anger             C. Sadness         D. Smile

68 Other feelings passed by Love in their boats one by one. Which is the right order according to the passage?

A. Richness→ Vanity→ Sorrow→ Happiness→ Time

B. Richness→ Happiness→ Sorrow→ Vanity→ Time

C. Time → Richness→ Vanity→ Sorrow→ Happiness

D. Richness→ Happiness→ Vanity→ Sorrow→ Time

69. Why didn’t Vanity take Love with him in his boat?

A .Because there was no place for Love in his boat.

B. Because he thought Love would make his boat dirty.

C. Because he wanted to stay alone.

D. Because he didn’t care about anyone else.

70. What can we learn from the passage?

A. When we are rich, we may pay more attention to Love.

B. All the feelings are important in our life except Love.

C. As time goes by, we can realize the importance of Love.

D. When we are in happiness and sorrow, we shouldn’t remember Love.

Malls (購物中心) are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.

People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free. And the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.

The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.

The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, and of course, they also eat in food courts (廣場) that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.

In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do almost everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping centers in fact.

61. Those Americans ______ are called mall rats.

　　 A. who eat in food courts at malls 　　　　　 B. who spend so much time at malls

C. who enjoy themselves at malls 　　　　　 D. who do all their shopping at malls

62. The passage gives ______ reasons why American people like malls.

　　 A. 2　　　　 　　　 B. 3 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. 4　　　 　　　　 D. 5

63. According to the passage, Americans like doing shopping ______.

　 　A. in one place　　　 B. in a quiet place　　　 C. in a busy place　 D. in different places

64. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

　　 A. People like to go to the mall. 　　　　　　　 B. The Mall of America is noisy.

　　 C. When America had the first mall. 　　　 D. The Mall of America is very large.

65. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. People can see a doctor in some malls. B. Parking is free in all the malls.

C. The malls are only in big cities. 　　　　　 D. The largest mall is in Hong Kong.

Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger(饑餓). These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings.

60-year-old Park Geun-hye (樸槿惠) was elected (選舉) the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country's first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” She told the cheering people in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.”

Barack Obama (born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichita, Kansas.

56. When Mo Yan was young, his family might be ______.

A. big　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. poor　　 　　　　

C. rich　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. small

57. When was Park Geun-hye born?

A. In 1952.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. In 1955. 　　　　

C. In 1961.　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. In 1987.

58. Where did Barack Obama born?

A. In Kansas.　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. In Kenya.　 　

C. In Columbia. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. In Hawaii.

59. Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?

A. The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize.

B. Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018.

C. Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election.

D. Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest.

60. The three passages may be from ______.

A. an email　　 　　　 B. a letter　　 　 C. news　　 　　　 D. an ad

My Favorite Sweater

by Bonnie Highsmith Taylor

     My favorite sweater grew too small.

     I love that sweater best of all.

     My grandma made it when I was three.

     She made that sweater just for me.

     I picked the yarn (紗線), a special blue.

     The color of bluebells, wet with dew(露珠).

     When I was three I was very small.

     But now I’m five and much too tall.

     I have a new jacket now that’s green.

     So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.

     Queen just had kittens out in the shed (小屋).

     My favorite sweater is now their bed.

51.   Who is the writer of the poem?

       A. The grandma.    B. Miss Taylor.      C. Mrs. Taylor.      D. Queen

52.   The girl in this poem is 　　　 years old now.

       A. 3                      B. 4                    C. 5                   D. 6

53.   Whose name is Queen?

       A. The girl’s       B. Her grandma’s   C. Her mother’s   D. The cat’s

54.   What color is the girl’s new jacket?

       A. Green.                     B. Blue.                 C. Red.                 D. Purple.

55.   The word “kitten” in this poem most probably means 　　　.

       A. a kind of food    B. a baby cat          C. a kind of drink   D. a bed for a baby

It was my first day at Grade 6. And the first lesson was 　41　 English. When I was doing nothing, Mr. Gough, our new English teacher, 　42　 into the classroom.

To my surprise, he held up a book, The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe, and asked if anyone 　43　 it. I put my hand up, because Poe was my favorite writer. Mr. Gough asked if I really understood 　44　 the author tried to say in his book. My reply made him smile, and he asked me 　45　 an essay on that subject.

After that, English classes became a new interest for me. Mr. Gough thought that students hadto　　46　 a play to understand it. “Don’t just read it,” he said.

As time passed, we developed a real friendship. He encouraged me to be a 　47　 in the future. When I left school, he said to me, “You have a gift for writing, Tony, and one day you’ll come to realize how 　48　 it is. Make use of it if you want your life to be complete.”

　49　 have passed. Now, every time I sit down to write 　50　, I think of Mr. Gough. He was more than just an English teacher, because he also taught me useful lessons in life.

41. A. boring                      B. bored                    C. interesting                 D. interested

42. A. walks                       B. walked                   C. was walking              D. is walking

43. A. reads                        B. read                       C. has read                   D. had read

44. A. if                             B. when                     C. what                         D. how

45. A. wrote                       B. writing                  C. to write                    D. written

46. A. work out                  B. act out                   C. put out                      D. come out

47. A. teacher                     B. actor                      C. waiter                      D. writer 

48. A. useful                       B. beautiful                 C. careful                      D. thankful

49. A. A year                      B. Some year              C. Years                        D. Every year

50. A. anything new            B. something new        C. new anything             D. new something

閱讀下面對話，從方框中選擇適當?shù)木渥友a全對話（其中有兩項是多余的）。

A: It’s very late. Are you still on the computer?

B: Well, yes.   36   

A: What kind of e-mails?

B: Some are messages from my friends and some are from the relatives.

A: Do you have to write them back right away?

B:   37   Usually people want a quick reply.

A:   38 

B: I’ve already had 40 people’s addresses in my address book!   39   

A:   40   E-mail is really very convenient(方便的).

— Would you like to tell me __________________________?

— Sure. Practice makes perfect.

　 A. how can I study English well　　　　　 B. why do you learn English well

C. how I can study English well　 　　 D. why I learn English well

— Li Lei, hurry up! The bus is coming!　

— Oh, no. We __________ cross the street until the traffic lights turn green.

　　　 A. mustn’t　　　　　　 B. may not　　　　　　 C. needn’t　　　　　　 D. have to

一 Would you mind ________ in the dining hall?

一 Of course not.

A. not to smoke　　 B. not smoking　　　 C. smoke　　　　　　　 D. not smoke

— “Food Safety” has become one of the hottest topics recently.

— Yeah, it receives __________ Internet hits(點擊) a day.

　　　 A. thousands　　　　 B. thousand of 　　 C. thousands of 　 D. ten thousands