Life in 2060
Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. Let’s make believe(假設(shè)；虛構(gòu)) it is about sixty years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air-conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment(娛樂(lè)) of young and old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven’t yet started to take on heir(繼承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.
Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.
People are now largely vegetarians(素食者). You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.
Such would be our life in 2060.
小題1:According to the passage, what will be on the moon in about A.D. 2060?
A. Many tourists.   B. Many other animals.   C. Many plants.     D. A sea.
小題2:What will people eat then according to the passage?

A．Biscuits in pill form.	B．Foods in gas form.
C．Foods in water form.	D．Foods in pill form.

小題3:Why are people largely vegetarians in 2060?

A．Because they don’t eat meat .

B．Because doctors advise them not to eat meat.

C．Because the number of animals decreases.

D．Because all the animals have died of diseases.

Dr. Sylvia Earle wants you to stop eating fish. It’s not because fish are endangered, though wild fish stocks in many oceans are very low. It’s not because they’re bad for you, though fish in many areas are exposed to poisonous substances in the water. It’s because they’re smart.
“Fish are sensitive, they have personalities,” says the marine biologist. For Earle, eating a fish would be like eating a dog or a cat. “I would never eat anyone I know personally.”
There’s a lot more to fish than meets the eye: they talk to each other, they like to be touched, and they engage in behavior that can seem very human. They can remember things and learn from experience. Earle and a growing number of animal rights activists see these as strong arguments against eating fish altogether.
The activists also point out that fish feel pain and fish suffer horribly on their way from the sea to the supermarket. “While it may seem obvious that fish are able to feel pain, like every other animal, some people think of fish as swimming vegetables,” says Dr. Lynne Sneddon. “Really, it’s kind of a moral question. Is the enjoyment you get from fishing (or eating fish) more important than the pain of the fish?”
Fishermen and (fried) fish lovers are doubtful. “I’ve never seen a smart fish,” says Marie Swaringen as she finishes off a plate of fish at a Seattle seafood restaurant. “If they were very smart, they wouldn’t get caught.”
“For years, everyone’s been telling us to eat fish because it’s so good for us,” says another diner. “Now I’ve got to feel guilty while I’m eating my fish? What are they going to think of next? Don’t eat salad because cucumbers have feelings?”
小題1: Dr. Sylvia Earle discourage people from eating fish because _____________.

A．there are not that many wild fish in the ocean

B．fish actually are sensitive and have personalities

C．some ocean fish contain poisonous substances

D．fish are like dogs or cats that people know personally

小題2:We can infer from the passage that _____________.

A．a(chǎn)ll people don’t agree with the idea to stop eating fish

B．people will be persuaded not to eat fish in the future

C．stopping eating fish will lead to people’s not eating vegetables

D．we shouldn’t care too much about the feeling of fish

小題3: By saying “There’s a lot more to fish than meets the eye,” the writer means ____________.

A．there are far more fish than other animals in the world

B．there are more fish in the world than people can see

C．people can see more fish if they pay more attention

D．fish are not that simple as they appear to people’s eyes

完形填空（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(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。   
Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. We were just  36   to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to    37   . Usually I was the first one jumped out of bed. I can still    38   my growing eagerness(渴望) for the    39   every year.
Even now as I    40   the boxes of Christmas decorations(裝飾品) I can see the familiar ones: the presents with our birth years on them, our five stockings, four for the    41   , one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to    42   when to put up the decorations. But now since we all have    43   and social lives, it is usually a hurried activity.
As we get older, the season almost brings a    44   to a little place in our hearts. The worst was year after my grandparents had    45   . We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore.    46   , we just had a get-together in my house. Now when I    47   to it, I miss the special    48   my grandfather gave me for Christmas. I even miss him    49   me “Jessie”, even though I can’t    50   when people call me that.
Things change, not always for the good,    51   not always for the bad either. And the things that don’t    52   have the most important meaning to us, and I am sure they will be there for the    53   of our lives. After all, every time I hear my father’s    54   “All right you guys, come on down, nice and slow” and we go down the stairs, first my brother, then me, then my sister, then my older brother, I still    55   the true Christmas spirit.

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)dvising B．starting C．wishing D．forgetting

小題2:	A．come up B．come down C．come on D．come out

小題3:	A．discover B．understand C．receive D．remember

小題4:	A．year B．season C．habit D．result

小題5:	A．throw away B．set down C．look through D．give up

小題6:	A．kids B．girls C．boys D．babies

小題7:	A．wonder B．get C．record D．decide

小題8:	A．toys B．balls C．jobs D．candies

小題9:	A．surprise B．pain C．joy D．disappointment

小題10:

A．died B．failed C．succeeded D．married

小題11:

A．Possibly B．Indeed C．Instead D．Luckily

小題12:

A．move back B．turn back C．step back D．think back

小題13:

A．gifts B．news C．replies D．tools

小題14:

A．bringing B．calling C．telling D．introducing

小題15:

A．follow B．listen C．watch D．stand

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)nd B．so C．but D．thus

小題17:

A．change B．grow C．a(chǎn)ppear D．happen

小題18:

A．beginning B．rest C．truth D．happiness

小題19:

A．letters B．dreams C．promises D．words

小題20:

A．need B．hate C．feel D．doubt

Paula and Rory have fives kids, three dogs, and a rabbit. When the house is very noisy, Megan, one of the children, is quietly inventing. A year ago, the 10-year-old had to design an anti-smoking poster, she came up with the idea of creating something that shows the average amount of tar(尼古丁) a smoker collects from just four packs of cigarettes.
“I like people to play with things more than read and write,” she says. So she researched her idea on the Internet, found a company in China that could make it, saved up her pocket money and got her idea made.
Paula says her daughter “think differently”: Ideas jump into her mind. After she got sunburnt on holiday, Megan invented a small plastic bracelet(手鐲) that changes colors in the sun, telling you when to put on sunscreen(防曬霜). Several sunscreen companies have expressed an interest in the idea. She also came up with an idea to make a ball filled with water to stop the dog from feeling thirsty. “But we didn’t do anything with it,” says Paula.
Then she pulls out a picture of a special fishing rod(釣魚竿) she had designed. “There is a camera on the hook(鉤),” she explains, “and the screen is on the handle, and it shows if you’ve caught a fish or not.”
Megan doesn’t want to go to university. She keeps her pink-and -cream bedroom tidy. Paula is amazed and a bit confused by her daughter. “Everything has to be in a certain order,” Paula says. “Her brothers and sisters go with the flow, but with Megan, it’s ‘What time will that be happening?’ or ‘Where am I being picked up from today?’”
小題1:From Paragraph 2, we can infer that Megan             .

A．is not willing to go to school	B．likes to play with her brothers and sisters
C．prefers making something by herself	D．is good at reading and writing

小題2:What did Megan invent after she got sunburnt on vacation?

A．The anti-smoking poster

B．The ball providing water for thirsty dogs

C．The fishing rod telling whether you’ve caught a fish

D．The bracelet telling when to put on sunscreen

小題3: The underlined phrase “go with the flow” probably means “            .”

A．do what the most people usually do	B．follow the fashion closely
C．set an example to others	D．do something differently from others

小題4:According to the passage, which of the following about Megan is true?

A．She has fives kids, three dogs, and a rabbit.

B．She designed an anti-smoking poster when she was nine.

C．She founded a company in China to get her idea made.

D．She invented a small plastic bracelet to change the color of sunscreen.

小題5:The passage is mainly about             .

A．how Megan helps people give up smoking

B．a(chǎn) little girl’s dream to be a world-famous inventor

C．a(chǎn) 10-year-old inventor’s story

D．Megan’s relationship with her family members

A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet computer web site called a “blog”．The word “blog” is a short way of saying web log, or personal web site．Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like．
There are millions of blogs on the Internet today．They provide news, information and ideas to many people who read them．They contain links to other web sites．And they provide a place for people to write their ideas and react to the ideas of others．
A research company called Perseus has studied more than 3,000 web logs．It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls．They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their life．The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year．
However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas．For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs．And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products．
At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended．Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service, weblogs．com．He says the site became too costly to continue．He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it．
One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket．It involves much useful information for readers．Rebecca Blood created the web site in 1999．She wrote about the history of blogs on the site．That article led to a book called “The Weblog Handbook”．It has been translated into four languages so far．
Ms Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month．She writes about anything and everything----politics, culture and movies．She recently provided medical advice．And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from online bank accounts．
小題1:The text is written mainly to _____

A．introduce an Internet computer web site called “blog”

B．introduce a way of reading on blogs．

C．tell readers how to write blogs

D．tell readers about blogs

小題2:From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except ____．
A．different ideas   B．medical advice    C．a(chǎn)ccount codes D advertisements．
小題3:According to this passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs

B．Politicians don’t use blogs at all

C．Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls

D．Dave Winer closed his “weblogs．com” because of money shortage

小題4:The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that_____

A．it provides plenty of useful information and advice

B．it was created by a woman

C．it is about the history of books

D．it has editions in at least four different languages

My husband is a born shopper. He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded. This was his story.
One day I said to him, ” I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “ No,“ said Jimmy. “I won’t forget. You want three oranges , six eggs and a pound of meat.”
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again, “three oranges , six eggs and a pound of meat.”
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “I’m sorry, Mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat. I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”
小題1:The husband likes shopping because _______.

A．he has much money.

B．he likes the shops.

C．he likes to compare the prices between the same items.

D．he has nothing to do but shopping.

小題2:They never go shopping together because_______.

A．their ways of shopping are quite different	B．they hate each other.
C．they needn’t buy anything for the family	D．they don’t have time for it.

小題3:Jimmy can’t do the shopping well because _______.

A．he is young	B．he is absent-minded
C．he often loses his money	D．he doesn’t like shopping

小題4:Jimmy didn’t buy what his mother wanted because_______.

A．the shop was closed that day	B．the policeman stopped him
C．he forgot some of them	D．he gave all the money to the beggar

“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton (骨骼) in the closet (衣櫥)？”Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother paused thoughtfully. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a(chǎn) skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?”“Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.”“Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank into a faint (暈倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.
小題1: According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means         .

A．a(chǎn) family honor	B．a(chǎn) family secret
C．a(chǎn) family story	D．a(chǎn) family treasure

小題2:What can we learn about some Australian’s ancestors from Paragraph 2?

A．They were brought to Australia as prisoners.

B．They were the earliest people living in Australia.

C．They were involved in some crimes in Australia.

D．They were not regarded as criminals in their days.

小題3:Jessica’s mother fell down into a faint because she was          .

A．knocked

B．frightened

C．injured

D．surprised

小題4:Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?

A．She was curious about it.	B．She planned to keep it for fun.
C．She needed it for her school task.	D．She intended to scare her parents.

小題5:Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because        .

A．they were crazy

B．they were overexcited

C．they realized their misunderstanding

D．they both thought they had won the quarrel

“Everybody loves a bargain.” One person’s useless, ugly, or broken object can be another person’s bargain. That is why so many Americans do not throw things away. They put them outside their houses. They put on a “For Sale” sign. And, as simple as that, they have a yard sale.        
The sellers put a paid announcement(付費(fèi)通告)in a local newspaper. It tells when and where the yard sale will take place. These sales are very popular during weekends in spring, summer, and autumn. Early in the morning, all the things to be sold are carried out of the house. Then they sit all day in the sunlight---like tired guests at a party---waiting for someone to take them home.
Just about anything can be sold at a yard sale. Sometimes, there are more clothes than anything else. Cooking equipment is also popular. So are old toys, tools, books, tables and chairs. Then there are objects called “white elephants”. A white elephant is something you think is extremely ugly or useless. It may be an electric light shaped like a fish. You feel a sharp pain whenever you look at it. To someone else, however, it might be a thing of beauty and joy.
Some people go to yard sales to find a special thing that they collect. It may be old toy trains, for example, or painting of dogs. Experts say more Americans are collecting old things now than ever before. Most people who go to yard sales, however, are not looking for anything special. They might buy an object simply because it costs so little. They enjoy negotiating(談判) over prices, even if they really do not need the object. Later, they may hold their own yard to sell all the things they have bought.
小題1:What kind of things will go to a yard sale?

A．Cheap and ugly things.	B．Things people no longer use.
C．Things out of season.	D．Things of great value.

小題2:A white elephant refers to _________.

A．something that can cause a feeling of pain

B．something disliked by the owners while appreciated by others

C．something sold at the lowest prices

D．a(chǎn) toy shaped like a fish

小題3: Most people go to yard sales to________.

A．find valuable paintings	B．look for something special
C．find a bargain	D．kill their time

小題4: Which of the following is NOT true about a yard sale?

A．It may not be held when the weather is very cold.

B．It can last for a whole day.

C．It is usually held with a party.

D．It is held outdoors.

小題5:We can infer from the last paragraph that__________.

A．people may find something of great value on a yard sale

B．yard sales only attract those who have a low income

C．things on a yard sale can cost people a lot

D．most people don’t want to go to yard sales.

完形填空(共20小題；每小題I. 5分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空內(nèi)處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had   21 to buy what he needed  22   his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to  23  ,when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was  24   for him. And it would 25  him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it  26  over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all   27  about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door  28  . He could not imagine that a thief would  29   his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry (釆石場(chǎng)).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice   30   anything was different. He  31    his wet coat, and pushed the meat  32   the fire.  33   he was warm again, he began to think about his gold. It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at.  34    he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he  35  the floorboards near the loom (織布機(jī))，and saw the 36   hole ,he did not understand  37  . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was  38   ！ He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He 39   every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth 一 his gold had been   40  ！

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)rrived B．been C．left D．gone

小題2:	A．to B．in C．for D．with

小題3:	A．holiday B．home C．supper-time D．meat

小題4:	A．ordinary B．unusuall C．normal D．common

小題5:A. pay       B.spend    C take       D. cost

小題6:	A．boiling B．cooking C．smoking D．making

小題7:	A．interesting B．worried C．interested D．worrying

小題8:	A．unlocked B．uncovered C．discovered D．locked

小題9:	A．go B．lead C．find D．lose

小題10:

A．whether B．that C．because D．a(chǎn)s

小題11:

A．turned off B．threw into C．threw off D．got off

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)way from B．farther on C．on to D．closer to

小題13:

A．As soon as B．As well as C．As far as D．As long as

小題14:

A．But B．As C．So D．For

小題15:

A．took down B．took off C．took over D．took up

小題16:

A．dark B．empty C．small D．deep

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)t last B．a(chǎn)t once C．a(chǎn)t most D．a(chǎn)t least

小題18:

A．everything B．something C．nothing D．a(chǎn)nything

小題19:

A．searched B．gathered C．researched D．found

小題20:

A．Gone B．missing C．lost D．stolen

Ifhas anyone noticed how, with the passage of time, one’s relationship with one’s grown-up daughters and sons becomes changed? I’ve been aware of this for some time but I’m not quite sure how to deal with it.
Take the kitchen sink for example.
Following a family get-together at my place, I walked into the kitchen to find Kate, my daughter, carefully cleaning the sink.
“Don’t do that; what are you doing that for?” I said, unhappy about the hidden criticism.
“Mum,” she said, “you really ought to put your glasses on when you clean the sink. Behind the tap here was black!”
But it’s not just things like kitchen sinks. Another time Kate arrived to pick me up to lunch. She looked at me and then asked, “Mum, why do you use brown eyebrow pencil when your hair is grey?”
A sudden memory of her, aged 14, going to her first mixed party flooded back. She had come in to say goodbye. For a moment I thought she’d been an accident. Both eyes were black. I remember suggesting that perhaps a little less eye make-up might be more effective.
Now I told her, “My hair used to be brown.”
“It looks absurd.(荒唐)”
“Mrs. Menzies had dark eyebrows with grey hair.”
“Yes, but you’re not Mrs. Menzies, are you?” she said triumphantly, as if that proved her point.
But a recent event made me realize that something really must be done.
She had returned home for a few weeks before getting married. One evening I went out on a dinner date. By the time my companion left me at the front door, it was about 2am. As I stepped in, an angry figure in a white nightgown（睡衣）stopped me.
“Well, what time of night is this to be coming home?” she shouted. “Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick!”
Shades of the past come back to disturb me. But what should I do about all this? Nothing, probably. Maybe, after all, it’s only a stage young people are going through.
小題1:The daughter thought her mother didn’t clean the kitchen sink well because of her       .

A．laziness

B．carelessness

C．unhappiness

D．poor-quality glasses

小題2:From the passage we know the daughter        .

A．didn’t want to help with the sink

B．didn’t like brown eyebrow pencils

C．had an accident when she went to her first party

D．shouted at her mum because she came home late

小題3:How does the mother feel after all these have happened?

A．Shocked.

B．Proud.

C．Envious.（嫉妒）

D．Confused.

小題4:The author writes the stories to prove that ________.

A．their relationship became stronger

B．their roles changed as time passed

C．her daughter very much cared about her

D．her daughter got upset as she grew up