閱讀理解
     Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely eleven act of stealing or an even
cleverer cheat  Either way , it could be the perfect crime, because the criminals are birds-horning pigeons !
     The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car : if you want the car back,
pay up then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money
to the neck of the pigeon inside . Carrying the money in a tiny bag , the pigeon flies off .
     There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work
of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however , may in face be the work of an even lazier and more
inventive criminal mind-one that avoid not only colleting money but going out to steal the car in the first
place . Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for
things he cannot possibly return . Instead of stealing cars , he lets someone else do it and then waits for
the car-owner to place an ad. in the newspaper asking for help .
     The theory is supported by the fact that , so far , none of the stolen cars have been returned . Also,
the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars -seems too little for a car worth many
times more .
     Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if
they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal . "We have more important things to do, "
he said .

1. The "lazier and more inventive" criminal refers to          .

A. the car thief who stays at home      
B. one of those who put the ads in the paper
C. the owner of the pigeons        
D. one of the policemen in Changwa  

2. After the car owner received a phone call. He         

A. gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park
B. sent some money to the thief by mail
C. told the press about it
D. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried

3 . The writer mentions the fact that "none of the stolen cars have been returned" to show      .

A. how easily people get fooled by criminals        
B. the thief is extremely clever                
C. the money paid is too little                    
D. what Chen thinks might be correct

4. We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because  __  .

A. he lives in the same neighborhood        
B. he has seen the car owners in the park
C. he reads the ads in the newspaper          
D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them

5. The underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refers to          .

A. criminals            
B. pigeons      
C. the stolen cars    
D. demands for money
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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Japanese couples, too busy for a normal social life, are increasingly turning to actors to play their friends on the most important days of their lives．

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A．Because of social and economic changes       B．Because of lifetime employment

C．Because of normal social life                       D．Because of work pressure

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A．weddings                B．funerals                C．work                     D．family gathering

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B．fake friends have good jobs

C．fake friends must look happy and be well dressed

D．fake friends feel uncomfortable

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A．Japanese couples are under pressure to get married

B．The first guest-for-hire company in Japan

C．Japanese couples’ social life

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    閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、c和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

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    It’s wonderful when teenage dreams collie true after a lot of hard work．Ban Ki—Moon，foreign minister of the Republic of Korea，knows this only too well．He dreamt of being a diplomat(外交官)from a young age and now"the 63-year—old has become the world’s top diplomat．

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  Bom into a pool"family in ROK，s Chungju，young Ban showed early talent at languages．In his

 Senior 1 year he wrote an English book to help his classmates study．At 18 Ban WOn the first prize in  an English speaking eompetidon．This allowed him to travel to Washington and meet the former US President John F．Kennedy．“This was the moment when my dream began，”said Ban．

    Ever since then Ban worked hard to keep his dream alive．After graduating from the top—ranking Seoul National University，he joined the foreign ministry and became its most industrious(勤奮的)worker．In 2004 he became the top diplomat in the ROK．

    Ban，s down—to—earth efforts also gave him the ability to get along with everyone．After being  a diplomat for 36 years，he made many friends but no enemies．

    But critics think his gentleness might make him ready to give in．They doubt whether he can take a strong stand on burning issue like the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s(DPRK，朝鮮)nuclear programme．

    As the DPRK ll／mounced a successful nuelefltr test on October 9，2006，experts said the UN’s  new boss would be challenged by his first tough task．But Ban，who played a leading role in past nuclear talks with the DPRK，seems to have his own ideas．

    “I understand the power of Tai Chi(太極)well，”said Ban．He’s ready to travel to Pyongyang

to talk its leaders into giving up nuclear weapons．

“Ban has a typical oriental style，mild but determined”says Yoon Young—Kwan former foreign minister  of  the ROK．“He may look soft from the outside。but inside he has strong views．’’

56.Ban Ki—Moon was allowed t0 meet former US President John F．Kennedy because——．

A.he dreamt of being a diplomat    B．his English was excellent

C. he wrote an English book  D．he was a most industrious worker

57.What does the underhned phrase“my dream”refer to?

A.The UN chief．    B．The foreign minister of POK．

C.A diplomat．      D．The US president．

58.Which of the following is the best sentence to be put into the blank in Para．8 7

 A.1 will think over a s仕ong way to solve the problem．

B.Soft ways are  often the best to deal with intense conflicts．

C.The nuclear programme of DPRK is very demanding．

D．Terrible conflicts should be settled by all the countries．

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A．Ban Ki—Moon has no idea about dealing with the nuclear programme

B. Ban Ki—Moon likes playing Tai Chi in his spare time

C．An Asian took the post of UN chief in 1973

D．Ban Ki—Moon became the world’S top diplomat at the age of 60

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