Molly was a peasant girl. Her parents did not have much money and Molly did not have many nice clothes.
One day Molly’s father said to her, “Molly, take this pot of milk to market and sell it. You may keep the money.”
Molly was very happy. She put the pot of milk on her head and started her journey to market. While she was walking alone she began to think. “I will get quite a lot of money for this milk,” she thought. “What will I do with the money? I will buy a lot of eggs. I will take the eggs home with me. One of our hens will sit on them. Then there will be lots of little chickens. I will not sell the chickens. They will grow into hens. Then there will be more eggs. And these eggs will give me still more chickens. Soon I will have hundreds of hens. Then I will sell them all. They will bring me a lot of money. I will be rich. I will buy lots of new clothes. I will always wear nice clothes. Then a rich man will marry me. We will have a beautiful house, a big car and nice children...”
Molly was very happy. She jumped into the air. The pot of milk fell from her head onto the road. And that was the end of all her dreams.
In English there is a proverb. It says: Do not count your chickens before they are hatched(孵化).
小題1:Molly was happy to go to market because ________.

A．she liked to go there	B．she wanted to buy nice clothes
C．she could have the money of her own	D．she wanted to buy some eggs

小題2:On her way to market, Molly began to________.

A．count her eggs	B．have a happy dream
C．think of her happy family life	D．think how to sell the milk

小題3:What was the end of all Molly’s dreams?

A．She jumped up and fell onto the ground.	B．She was happy about her house.
C．She woke and found the milk on the road.	D．She married a rich man.

小題4:The proverb: “Do not count your chicken before they are hatched.” means ____.

A．one must count his chicken after they are hatched

B．it is foolish to make plans

C．one must depend more on what is in real life

D．one must make plans before they begin to work

Bicycles are very popular in China. In our country you can see bicycles almost everywhere. When you walk on the road, you will find a lot of people riding bicycles to schools, shops and anywhere else. Therefore, China is known as “the kingdom of bicycles”. In China, many families have one or two bicycles.
Compared with cars, bicycles have many advantages. First, they are much cheaper than cars. Most Chinese can’t afford cars, but they can afford bicycles. Second, bicycles are small enough to park anywhere, while cars need a larger piece of land to park. What’s more, with lower speed, bicycles are safer than cars.
However, bicycles also bring some problems. Some riders don’t obey the traffic rules and some riders don’t think about others safety. So they ride too fast. During the rush hour, too many bicycles may cause traffic accidents. We still have a long way to solve the problem.
小題1: Where can you see bicycles in China?

A．In the big city	B．In the town
C．Almost everywhere	D．In the countryside

小題2:“The kingdom of bicycles” here is saying    .

A．China has plenty of bicycles	B．China makes bicycles
C．Only China has bicycles	D．All the Chinese have bicycles

小題3: Which of the following is NOT an advantage of bicycles

A．Bicycles are much cheaper than cars.	B．Bicycles are more beautiful than cars
C．Bicycles are easy to park	D．Bicycles are safer than cars.

小題4: What does the last sentence mean?

A．We should drive cars instead of riding bicycles

B．It’s too far to ride bicycles

C．We still need to do much to solve the problem

D．we should walk farther to solve the problem

In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends, who will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品質) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (過錯) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience (經驗) and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor, too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!
小題1: If you have fair-weather friends, _____.

A．they will give you all that they have when you need help

B．you will be refused when you get into trouble

C．you will become rich

D．you can be sure that you get real friends

小題2:Good friends need to ______.

A．always point out each other’s mistakes

B．be helped with money

C．understand each other’s feelings

D．have money or luck.

小題3: This passage mainly discusses ________.

A．the qualities of a friend

B．where to choose friends

C．how to get along with friends

D．the importance of having a friend

Saturday, March 24th
We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand（泰國）. All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.
Tuesday, March 27th
Bangkok is wonderful and surprising. The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.
Friday, March 30th
Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life—no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say“hello”. Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.
小題1:The diaries above show the writer’s __________________ days in Thailand.

A．3

B．7

C．15

D．8

小題2:It seems that visitors ______ in Bangkok.

A．often feel hungry

B．can’t take any photos

C．can have a good time

D．feel a little bored

小題3:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand.

B．The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus.

C．The writer is traveling alone in Thailand.

D．The writer will take a bus to Chiang Mai.

小題4:The people in the village _______________________.

A．are friendly to others

B．like to speak English

C．hope to live in the cities

D．live a very busy life

小題5:What is the best title（標題）for the whole diary?

A．My First Travel

B．The Outside World

C．Traveling in Thailand

D．My Trip to Chiang Mai

On their wedding day, a young farmer decided to give his wife a present.The present was a mirror,and it made his wife very   26  because she had never seen herself before    27  in the waters of a pond or stream. When she looked in the mirror and saw her lovely   28 , the young woman laughed with   29 .The farmer was joyful, too. He knew he was lucky to have such a beautiful   30 .
After a few years,the young wife gave birth to a baby girl. But the birth was 31  and the young woman died. The farmer felt   32 sad that he put all his wife’s things   33  in in a box, including her   34  mirror.
The mirror   35  in the box for many years.
The daughter   36 , and with each year she  37 more and more like her mother. One day, her father took her to a quiet garden and   38 her about her mother and the mirror she so loved. The girl was so __39__ what her father said that she could not control (控制) herself. She took out her mother’s old things and __40_the mirror. She  41 the mirror in front of her face and looked   42 into it:“Father,father,come here,”she  43 ,“It’s mother. Her face is in the mirror.”
The face in the mirror is the girl’s face,   44 her father didn’t say a word.
He could not  45 . Tears were streaming down his face.

小題1:	A．concerned B．proud C．happy D．anxious

小題2:	A．near B．except C．between D．from

小題3:	A．picture B．face C．hands D．legs

小題4:	A．kindness B．excitement C．joy D．sadness

小題5:	A．decision B．present C．mirror D．wife

小題6:	A．difficult B．long C．wonder D．usual

小題7:	A．very B．so C．rather D．such

小題8:	A．up B．away C．down D．off

小題9:	A．favourite B．new C．strange D．broken

小題10:

A．put B．held C．lay D．kept

小題11:

A．thought B．studied C．worked D．grew

小題12:

A．acted B．looked C．laughed D．sounded

小題13:

A．told B．asked C．begged D．persuaded

小題14:

A．amazed at B．frightened by C．tired of D．interested in

小題15:

A．felt B．found C．cleaned D．watched

小題16:

A．lifted B．tried C．dropped D．shook

小題17:

A．carelessly B．clearly C．slowly D．carefully

小題18:

A．answered B．cried C．asked D．smiled

小題19:

A．but B．and C．as D．since

小題20:

A．sit B．believe C．speak D．stand

The First Day at My Senior High School
Today is September1,2012.It is the first day of my senior high school.Everything in the school is new to me.
The school is very modern. The gate of the school is artistic(藝術的). When you go through the main gate,you can see a high stadium (體育場)on the left side of the road, which has a 400-meter runaway and a soccer field with green grass. Buildings are tall and beautiful. The library is the most attractive building on the right side of the main road. There are many green trees and colorful flowers on both sides of the roads. The classrooms are amazing. They are big, clean and bright. In each classroom, there is a computer and a big screen,through which our teachers can show us tests,photos, and so on.
In my class, there are 60 students. We don’t know each other, but we are all friendly.Everyone has a smile on his/her face. When we meet, we always say “Hello”to each other.
Most of our teachers are young. Some students think young teachers cannot teach well, but I do not think so. In my opinion,young teachers are very energetic and easy to make friends with. What’s more, they may have a lot of new teaching methods.
I love my new school very much. I hope, in my new school, I can learn more from my teachers and make progress together with my classmates.
小題1:The writer’s new school is a very _________one.  

A．strange

B．modern

C．artistic

D．amazing

小題2:according to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?　

A．Green trees and colorful flowers are planted on either side of the roads.

B．The library is on the right of the main road, while the stadium is on the left.

C．The soccer field is outside of the school yard.

D．The classrooms are big, clean and bright.

小題3:The writer thinks differently from other students about _________in the school.

A．teaching methods

B．classes

C．young teachers

D．buildings

小題4:From the passage, we can know that _______.

A．The writer’s new school is the best school.

B．All students in this school like old teachers.

C．Students say Hello to each other to introduce themselves.

D．The writer loves his new school at first sight.

There is a small village named Bugu in the mountains of Shanglin County, Guangxi. The place is so small that it can’t be found in the map of the county of Shanglin. However, the place has strongly interested experts(專家) both at home and abroad.
There are altogether 81 families in the village with more than 540 people. Among them as many as 156 villagers have a university education. Take this year’s college entrance examination for example. Six out of nine students from the village who took the examination were taken into universities.
Going to school has been a great thing for the whole village. To encourage children to study hard and become useful people, the village has set up a special group made up of four old villagers. Every day, the four villagers go round the village. If they find any child who is not going to school, the child’s parents will be punished（懲罰）.
When university students come back to the village for the Spring Festival,the old villagers of the special group always ask them to make up test papers and let the children take the special “Village Test”. Those who are taken into university can receive money from the village’s education fund. The whole village also helps the poor families send their children to school.
小題1:The main idea of the news story is __________.

A．how Bugu villagers get education.

B．how Bugu villagers pay attention to education.

C．how many students go to university in Bugu village.

D．how Bugu villagers encourage children to study hard..

小題2:The four old villagers’ job is________.

A．to collect the children together in the village.

B．to go around the village to keep it safe.

C．to take care of children’s education.

D．to solve family problems in the village.

小題3:If a child who is not going to school is found by the four villagers,________.

A．his parents are punished

B．the child is punished

C．the four old villagers are punished

D．the child’s whole family members are punished.

小題4:We can infer from the last paragraph that _______.

A．The villagers respect those with knowledge

B．The villagers are rich enough in this village.

C．All the children prefer to go to university

D．Poor families are supported by the other villagers.

Most of us are the only child in our family. We have no brothers or sisters. Our family mainly consists of our mom,our dad and us. We are growing up in a world differently from our parents’. And we will be the future leaders of China. Some day we have to work hand in hand with each other and make China more and more beautiful. So we must learn to love each other like brothers and sisters.
It’s hard to think how difficult life would be if we had a sibling(同胞，手足).We never have to share anything at home. Of course, we might have cousins, but we don’t have to live with them! Our parents try to give us the best, and the best doesn’t need sharing between two or three children. Do we ever ask ourselves if we are (寵壞) spoiled?
A recent study has found that many children don’t know how to love others! We don’r know the value of money. We don’t know how hard our parents are to support us. We don’t want others to regard us as spoiled, do we? Well, why not start now to help our parents at home, share a game with one of our friends or value the opinions of our classmates, even if we don’t always agree? In a word, we must learn to love each other!
小題1:The underlined phrase “consists of ” means ____________in Chinese.

A．由...組成

B．由...反映

C．由...提示

D．由...覆蓋

小題2:As Chinese teenagers, what’s our duty in the future?

A．To save money

B．To learn to love each other

C．To look after our brothers and sisters

D．To make China more and more beautiful

小題3:Why do some people think we are spoiled?

A．We don’t know how to love each other

B．We only share games with our friends

C．We don’t know how to use money

D．Our parents work hard to support us.

When I settled in Chicago，my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a ___1___ problem and had to go to hospital for a ___2___ examination.
It seemed a small ___3___ compared to the one I was about to face, but things started to go  ___4___ right from the beginning. Not having a car for ___5___ the city, I was depending on a couple  of buses to get me from A to B. ___6___ I’d left myself plenty of time, soon it was ___7___ that I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the ___8___ direction.
I ___9___ the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I look into the eyes of a ___10___ who  was trying to get past me. __11____ instead of moving on, she stopped to ask if I was ___12___. After I explained my ___13___ to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, where a bus would take me back into the city to my ___14___. Sitting there waiting, I felt ___15___ that someone had been willing to help. ___16___, hearing a horn (喇叭) nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend ___17___ at me to get in. She had returned to offer me a ___18___ to the hospital.
Such unexpected ___19___ from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose ___20___, for all things are possible.

小題1:	A．physical B．traveling C．social D．housing

小題2:	A．scientific B．final C．previous D．thorough

小題3:	A．chance B．challenge C．success D．error

小題4:	A．wrong B．easy C．fast D．ahead

小題5:	A．leaving B．visiting C．knowing D．appreciating

小題6:	A．Although B．Since C．Unless D．Once

小題7:	A．strange B．necessary C．clear D．important

小題8:	A．same B．right C．general D．opposite

小題9:	A．looked at B．waited for C．got off D．ran into

小題10:

A．driver B．friend C．stranger D．gentleman

小題11:

A．Especially B．Surprisingly C．Probably D．Normally

小題12:

A．nervous B．excited C．OK D．dangerous

小題13:

A．idea B．motivation C．excuse D．situation

小題14:

A．appointment B．apartment C．direction D．station

小題15:

A．afraid B．grateful C．certain D．disappointed

小題16:

A．Thus B．Then C．Perhaps D．Surely

小題17:

A．staring B．laughing C．waving D．shouting

小題18:

A．ride B．suggestion C．bike D．guidebook

小題19:

A．results B．news C．kindness D．appearance

小題20:

A．power B．faith C．touch D．support

I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development, I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby’s point of view.
Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby’s blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.
It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn’t follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.
Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample（樣本）of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s, taking account of parental education, family income, a child’s sex and age, the mother’s health and feeding style. These results don’t surprise me. Feeding according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.
I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeding practices.
小題1:What does the author think about Dr King?

A．He is strict	B．He is unkind
C．He has the wrong idea.	D．He sets a timetable for mothers

小題2:The word copper-bottomed in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to __________.

A．basic

B．reliable

C．surprising

D．interesting

小題3:What does the research tell us about feeding a baby on demand?

A．The baby will sleep well.

B．The baby will have its brain harmed.

C．The baby will have a low blood sugar level.

D．The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8.

小題4:The author supports feeding the baby __________.

A．in the night	B．every four hours
C．whenever it wants food	D．according to its blood sugar level