An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂). “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it ?” “Near forty years.” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This went on all day.
They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country.
At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(議會)and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?” The Englishman answered, “ I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night.”
【小題1】The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around _______ one day.

A．The Tower of London	B．St. Paul’s Cathedral
C．Some famous buildings in the city	D．The whole city of London

【小題2】The visitor said that in his country it would take them ______ to build the Tower of London.

A．less than half a year

B．forty days

C．five hundred years

D．fifty days

【小題3】It took them a few days to see ______.

A．some of the best known buildings in England.	B．several best known places in England
C．many famous houses in the city of London	D．most of the best known buildings in London

【小題4】The Englishman was angry by the end of the day, but he ______.

A．didn’t want to say anything	B．tried to show it to the visitor
C．had no time to tell the visitor	D．tried not to show it to the visitor

【小題5】The Englishman’s answer to the question of the last place showed_____.

A．he was sorry that he hadn’t seen the building before

B．he could say nothing because he didn’t know anything about it

C．he was angry and didn’t want to tell the visitor its name

D．he didn’t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building

It was a morning, about 8:30 am, when an old man in his 80’s reached my hospital to take care of his finger. He said he was in a hurry because he had an appointment at 9 am.
While taking care of his finger I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The old man told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his wife. I asked if she would be unhappy if he was a bit late. He replied that there was something wrong with his wife’s mind and she hadn’t known who he was since five years ago.
I was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?"
He smiled to me and said, "She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is."
【小題1】The old man went to meet his wife ___________.

A．in the evening

B．a(chǎn)t night

C．in the morning

D．on weekends

【小題2】The old man went to the nursing home to _____________ with his wife.

A．play sports

B．have breakfast

C．enjoy music

D．have classes

【小題3】There was something wrong with his wife’s ____________.

A．finger

B．feet

C．heart

D．mind

A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill. He was very worried. He telephoned the vet (獸醫(yī)).
“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.
“My cow is ill.” the farmer said. “I don’t know what’s the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.”
The vet looked over the cow. “She’s certainly ill, ” he said, “and she needs to take some very strong medicine.”
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, “The pills should make her better.”
“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube (管子) and said,“Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it.”
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.
“How’s your cow?” the vet asked.
“No change,” the farmer said. “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said. “Why?”
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first.” the farmer said.
【小題1】The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow ________.

A．couldn’t make any noise	B．didn’t eat the pills
C．was ill	D．couldn’t lie down

【小題2】The vet taught the farmer how ________.

A．to blow the tube	B．to make the cow take the pills
C．to take the medicine	D．to put the tube in his mouth

【小題3】Which of the following is true?

A．The farmer ate the pills himself.

B．The cow got better after taking the medicine.

C．The vet came to help farmer change the cow the next day.

D．The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.

Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter. A man with a walking stick is pictured there. A bird called a California condor(大禿鷲)is flying overhead. Who is this man, and why is he so important that he is featured(處于顯著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir. Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man, he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness. He walked more than a thousand miles across the country, through fields and woods. John Muir liked writing about the places he visited, describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems. In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down. This made Muir unhappy and worried, because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保護(hù))instead of being changed by human beings. He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests. Soon, others began to listen.
Muir wrote letters to important people, such as President Theodore Roosevelt. The president admired Muir’s love for nature. When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(說服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation. Later, President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks. National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park, the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter.
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died, people continue his work today. His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world. John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then, now, and for the future.
【小題1】Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?

A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.

B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.

C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.

D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.

【小題2】Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?

A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.

B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.

C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.

D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.

【小題3】What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.

B．To make us interested in the story about a great man.

C．To tell us something about an important person in history.

D．To give information about how to conserve the environment.

Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company: Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (態(tài)度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失敗) is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services"

Jeremy Lin's excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it. Believe in yourself; Catch the chance when it comes up; Find the system that works for your style; People will love you for being yourself; Stay humble (謙遜).

【小題1】Attitude Is Attitude is _______.

A．the title of Nick's speech	B．Nick's company
C．a(chǎn)n international organization	D．a(chǎn) machine that can speak

【小題2】Which of the following about Nick is wrong?

A．Nick had no arms or legs when he was born

B．He says people can learn from their failures

C．He tells his audience to dream big and have vision

D．He has never traveled around the world so far

【小題3】Facebook is _______.

A．a(chǎn) world-wide network

B．Zuck's workmate

C．a(chǎn) popular book

D．Zuck's boss

【小題4】From what Zuck wrote, We can learn  _______.

A．Facebook doesn't build services

B．Facebook doesn't make money

C．offering better services is more important than making money

D．building services doesn't make money

【小題5】From Jeremy Lin's success, we can find _______.

A．one must have self-confidence	B．catching the chance is the most important
C．one should try his best to follow others	D．one must keep the rules all the time

Amy Chua, well-known as the Tiger Mother, has held the attention of parents all across the US. She told Reader’s Digest that she’s a little strange about how her book struck so many nerves in the US. The reporter of the magazine is sharing the interview with us.
Reader’s Digest: Did you want your book to be controversial (有爭議的)?
Amy: I don’t think it would have been controversial at all if it wasn’t for the Wall Street Journal headline that was called, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”.
Reader’s Digest: What’s your view on your parenting?
Amy: My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn’t believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don’t spank (打小孩). They were really raised in a half Asian family. My book’s message is that we should try to find the balance. I believe that when children are little, you should restrict (限制) their choices. I like the traditional Chinese way. Respect authority (尊重權(quán)利) and don’t just let them watch TV all the time. I don’t think kids under the age of ten can make good choices. But once they start to get older, the lesson I learnt with Lulu (Amy’s second daughter) is that you have to start listening to them. You have to start giving them more choices and more freedom. I really think it’s important to find a balance.
I like the strict Chinese way of discipline (行為準(zhǔn)則) and hard work when children are young. But when they’re older, you have to send love to your child, you have to listen to your child and really achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom on the one hand, which the west is very good at, and on the other hand, hard work and self discipline, which I think traditional Chinese parenting is very good at.
【小題1】Where can we find the passage?

A．In a novel.

B．In a magazine.

C．In a comic book.

D．In a history book.

【小題2】The Tiger Mother thinks the reason her book became controversial is that ______.

A．she is very famous

B．parenting is such a common topic

C．traditional Chinese parenting is too strict

D．the Wall Street Journal headline was called “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”

【小題3】Which of the following is TRUE according to Amy’s view on parenting?

A．We should control all of the children’s choices.

B．Spanking is necessary during children’s growth.

C．Children should be raised in half Asian families.

D．When children get older, parents should listen to them.

【小題4】According to the passage, we can see ______ in the west.

A．children respect their parents because of authority

B．a(chǎn)ll kids under the age of ten can make good choices

C．some parents don’t believe in raising their voice with the kids

D．children do all of the things according to their parents’ orders

【小題5】What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The book that the Tiger Mother wrote is very controversial.

B．Traditional Chinese parenting is much better than that in the west.

C．The Tiger Mother shows some of her ideas about her book and parenting.

D．Parents should achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom.

Li Shizhen was born in 1518. His father was a poor doctor. Li Shizhen often saw that people fell ill. He decided to study medicine so that he could be able to help people.
Li Shizhen read many books about medicine. He found many of the old medical books to be full of mistakes. So his wish was to write a new one.
He did his best to study medical science. He studied not only the herbs（草藥）in his own garden, but also the wild ones. He set out many times on long journeys to collect herbs and talk with old peasants. He learned a lot from the working people.
After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen finished his great work “Ben Cao Gang Mu”（本草綱目）. At that time he was sixty. His book is now one of the greatest contributions（貢獻(xiàn)）of the Chinese people to the medical science of the world.
【小題1】Li Shizhen’s father was _________ 

A．a(chǎn) soldier

B．a(chǎn) doctor

C．a(chǎn) teacher

D．a(chǎn) peasant

【小題2】Li Shizhen decided to study medicine because he wanted to _________ 

A．making a living

B．become famous

C．help the people who fell ill

D．get more money

【小題3】Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medical book because _________ 

A．he was a doctor	B．he liked writing books
C．many medical books were full of mistakes.	D．he was a writer

【小題4】“Ben Cao Gang Mu” is

A．a(chǎn) medical book

B．a(chǎn) medical worker

C．a(chǎn) herb

D．a(chǎn) dictionary

【小題5】Li Shizhen collected a lot of       on his long journeys.

A．flowers

B．living things

C．plants

D．herbs

Little Tom likes cartoons (動畫片) very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’ re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.
Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (廚房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.
“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”
“Well, let’s have supper right now!”
【小題1】Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .

A．he’s late for school	B．he goes to school by bus
C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning	D．he has to go to school without breakfast

【小題2】Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.

A．playing football	B．watching football matches on TV
C．doing his homework	D．watching cartoons on TV

【小題3】Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .

A．thought he had some time left	B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin
C．wanted to know the important news	D．hoped to watch TV play

【小題4】Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.

A．to miss the interesting cartoon	B．to miss the last bus
C．he would be hungry	D．he had little time to finish his homework

【小題5】Tom thought _____.

A．supper should be ready	B．his mother’s watch was slow
C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper	D．his mother cooked super too late

An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂). “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it ?” “Near forty years.” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This went on all day.
They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country.
At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(議會)and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?” The Englishman answered, “ I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night.”
【小題1】The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around _______ one day.

A．The Tower of London	B．St. Paul’s Cathedral
C．Some famous buildings in the city	D．The whole city of London

【小題2】The visitor said that in his country it would take them ______ to build the Tower of London.

A．less than half a year

B．forty days

C．five hundred years

D．fifty days

【小題3】It took them a few days to see ______.

A．some of the best known buildings in England.	B．several best known places in England
C．many famous houses in the city of London	D．most of the best known buildings in London

【小題4】The Englishman was angry by the end of the day, but he ______.

A．didn’t want to say anything	B．tried to show it to the visitor
C．had no time to tell the visitor	D．tried not to show it to the visitor

【小題5】The Englishman’s answer to the question of the last place showed_____.

A．he was sorry that he hadn’t seen the building before

B．he could say nothing because he didn’t know anything about it

C．he was angry and didn’t want to tell the visitor its name

D．he didn’t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building

“The zoo has money problem,” Grandmother Sandy said.
Angel listened. She heard that Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo didn’t have enough money to take care of its animals.
Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel’s family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water.
Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. While the others in the family were cooking dinner, Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.” She sent the letter and a dollar to The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper.
A few days after that, Angel’s letter was published. Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel’s letter was having effect!
At school, Angel went to each classroom to read the letter that appeared on the newspaper. She asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. Next, Angel was asked to appear on television. She was invited to be on a popular talk show.
The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray Navarro is the person most responsible(有責(zé)任的)for the animals. “Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”
【小題1】By saying “Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals”, the writer means ___________

A．Angel wanted to cook the animals for food

B．Angel was cooking a meal for the animals

C．Angel wanted to help the animals to run away

D．Angel was thinking of an idea to help the animals

【小題2】Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. Angel appeared on television.            b. People began sending in money.
c. Angel’s letter was published.            d. Angel asked her schoolmates to give money.
e. Angel wrote the letter to a local newspaper.

A．c-a-b-e-d

B．e-a-b-d-c

C．e-c-b-d-a

D．b-d-e-c-a

【小題3】Ray Navarro thought that Angel _________.

A．was most responsible for the animals	B．was good at making animals happy
C．helped the people in Fresno	D．could cure blind people