二、完型填空（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41—60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。
When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan．Many of our new __16  weren’t very welcoming．Some of the adults said __17   that we should return where we came __18 ．The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from __19 ．
Most of my teachers __20   took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being __21  ,but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean __22   her respect for me by teaching me just like __23   else．Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a __24   to show that I was smart．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me __25? myself．She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult questions．Was Thomas Jefferson __26   to buy Louisiana from France?__27  ?She expected me to have an opinion and to be able to __28   it up．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for yourself was the real key to __29 ．
One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly __30   an eraser at me．Unbelievably, the eraser hit me right on the hand and __31   my pencil flying．The whole class was __32  at first, then started laughing．This incident became famous in the school and,__33   it happened to me, the students wanted to get to __34   me．So that's the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target, and how I became just another __35  in school．
16．A．friends             B．schoolmates       C．teachers            D．neighbors
17．A．kindly       B．surprisingly       C．a(chǎn)ngrily            D．happily
18．A．to                 B．from            C．for               D．in
19．A．school       B．street            C．office             D．downtown
20．A．hardly       B．simply           C．never              D．only
21．A．taught       B．considered              C．welcomed          D．treated
22．A．kept         B．expected          C．showed             D．refused
23．A．a(chǎn)nyone       B．a(chǎn)nywhere         C．someone            D．wherever
24．A．question      B．chance           C．test               D．place
25．A．worry about  B．look about        C．work for           D．think for
26．A．necessary     B．important         C．right              D．known
27．A．How        B．Where           C．When             D．Why
28．A．back         B．set              C．put               D．give
29．A．respect        B．education          C．friendship         D．children
30．A．a(chǎn)imed        B．threw             C．passed            D．found
31．A．sent         B．left               C．made             D．sprang
32．A．excited       B．frightened         C．moved            D．shocked
33．A．so           B．then             C．because            D．whether
34．A．a(chǎn)sk           B．know            C．praise             D．understand
35．A．kid           B．problem          C．friend            D．example

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Honesty may well be the policy, but it often deserts us when no one is watching, psychologists report today. Experiments with an honesty box to collect payments for hot drinks show that people are better at paying up when under the gaze(注視) of a pair of eyes. The surprise was that the eyes were not real, but photographed.
Researchers at Newcastle University set up the experiment in secret. They attached a poster to a cupboard of mugs above an-honesty box alongside a kettle, with tea, coffee and milk. Over 10 weeks, they alternated each week between images of eyes and pictures of flowers.
Dr. Bateson, a behavioral biologist and leader of the study, said that even though the eyes were not real they still seemed to make people behave more honestly. They effect may arise from behavioral characteristics that developed as early humans formed social groups that increased their chances of survival. Individuals had to co-operate for the good of the group, rather than act selfishly.
"If nobody is watching us it is in our interests to behave selfishly. But when we think we're being watched we should behave better, so people see us as co-operative and behave the same way towards us, "Dr. Bateson said.
"We thought we'd get a slight effect with eyes, but it was quite striking how much difference they made. Even at a subconscious(潛意識的) level, it seems people respond to eyes, and that might be because eyes send a strong biological signal we have evolved(進(jìn)化) to respond to."
The finding, which researchers believe sheds light on our evolutionary past, could be turned to practical use. The psychologists say images of eyes could promote ticket sales on public transport and improve monitor systems to prevent antisocial behavior.
45. This passage is mainly about _______________.
A. the policy of honesty            B. an honesty box to collect money
C. evolution on honesty              D. an experiment on honesty
46. The reason for doing the experiment secretly is that the researchers _____________.
A. wanted to get a comparatively more exact result
B. had known they wanted to do something illegally
C. meant to get the co-operation of their colleagues
D. intended to sell the hot drinks at a higher price
47. People behave honestly under watchful gaze of eyes because _____________.
A. they want to leave a good impression   B. they fear to be laughed at by others
C. they've got the nature through evolution D. they take the photo for a real pair of eyes
48. Images of a pair of eyes can be applied to all except _____.
A. tickets sales on public transport        B. cold drink sales in public places
C. places with “No spitting!” signs         D. Christmas decorations in one’s home

____that we should look after the three dogs three times, my mother left home.

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，掌握其大意，然后從36—55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。
For much of our life, my mother and I hated each other. I spent most of my childhood   36   with her – or trying to avoid her, as well as her bitterness, unhappiness and endless smoking. I learned how to defend myself with   37   designed to hurt her. In turn, she vowed I would have a    38   who would feel the way about me that I felt about her.
Many years later when my husband and I decided to have a child, I was   39   to have a girl. I couldn’t   40   the though of a daughter who might not love me – or who would want to   41   me. As soon as I became pregnant, I was convinced I was having a boy. In the delivery room, on my doctor putting my baby into my arms, I couldn’t wait to tell my mother I had a   42  , while “he” was a girl. At that moment, I couldn’t imagine wanting anyone but her.
43  I couldn’t forget my mother’s teasing vow, even after she died and I saw her in a more   44   light. As my daughter got older, whenever we argued, I worried we were   45   the same awful path that my mother and I had gone down.
Last summer, my daughter   46   18, the same age when my mother threw me out of her apartment for   47  . However, I was with her, planning for her first year at college. When my husband and I dropped her off at her school in New York, I finally   48   to her my biggest fear that we would end up like me and my mother. “That will never happen.” she   49  me, kissing me goodbye. Six weeks later, my husband and I returned to the campus. I   50   myself arguing with my daughter about her messy room, not  using the library and her mistake of choosing the room near the bathroom. I couldn’t stop myself. And then   51   came: “You’re just like your mother,” my daughter screamed. “I hate you.” And then she   52  .
I finally heard the words I had always dreaded. But maybe that was because I   53   them. I had always worried the bond I shared with my daughter would   54  . later that evening, we picked my daughter up to a restaurant. We ate   55  . But when we separated, I hugged her. The next morning, she called telling she loved me. There wasn’t anything to be afraid of anymore. There was just a relationship we should work on with each other.
36．A．sharing        B．playing        C．communicating   D．fighting
37．A．a(chǎn)ctions        B．a(chǎn)ctivities      C．words            D．weapons
38．A．husband      B．friend          C．child           D．daughter
39．A．a(chǎn)fraid          B．unlucky       C．uncertain       D．willing
40．A．have         B．bear         C．hold           D．a(chǎn)fford
41．A．love         B．escape from     C．obey           D．keep from
42．A．daughter      B．son           C．baby           D．life
43．A．Furthermore    B．But          C．And           D．Or
44．A．bright          B．a(chǎn)nnoying     C．understanding    D．unfriendly
45．A．on            B．in             C．a(chǎn)t               D．a(chǎn)long
46．A． became       B．grew         C．went           D．turned
47．A．good         B．nothing        C．my good        D．a(chǎn)ll
48．A．presented     B．told          C．a(chǎn)dmitted        D．informed
49．A．promised     B．pardoned     C．referred         D．reflected
50．A．wanted        B．a(chǎn)sked         C．forced           D．found
51．A．it             B．she           C．they           D．that
52．A．walked away    B．looked away     C．gave away      D．stormed away
53．A．deserved      B．demanded     C．equaled          D．a(chǎn)ppreciated
54．A．tear          B．break         C．crash           D．last
55．A．in vain        B．in general     C．in silence       D．in brief

It seems that every week someone becomes “the first” or “the youngest” or even “the first married couple” to do something that doesn’t seem to be very useful to the rest of us.
Why do they do it? Don’t they have better things to do with their time and money? And why should I be interested anyway? Human beings have already climbed the highest mountains, sailed across the oceans and flown around the world. Many of these things were done a long, long time ago. There just isn’t anything left to explore nowadays. I suppose there’s still a lot of the universe left, and the bottom of the ocean is still a bit of a mystery, but you need a lot of technology to explore areas like that. So, those people who feel the need for adventure can only do things that have been done before.
In May of this year a British man became the first person to walk alone from Canada to the North Pole. Personally, if I wanted to visit the Arctic, I’d rather go as a tourist on a cruise ship, with a helicopter trip to the North Pole included in the price. But OK, this man decided that he wanted to walk. The problem was that he went in the spring when the ice begins to melt and break up. So he got stuck on a longely piece of ice and a plane had to be sent in to rescue him.
These sorts of rescues are making many Australians angry with these record breakers. People trying to break sailing or rowing records get into trouble in the seas. So the Australian navy has to send ships to save them and this costs the government millions of dollars. I suppose we can’t just leave them to drown but we should give the bill to the people who are rescued.
【小題1】According to the author, the so-called record breakers          .