Have you ever not wanted to do something so badly that you would rather die than go? Well that’s how I      about joining Madcaps, a mothers and daughters club assisting philanthropies（慈善事業(yè)）.But now I believe that you    open up your mind to things because eventually you might    end up enjoying it.
“It’s a waste of time”, I said when my mom told I had to join Madcaps, and then when she said I had to      at a homeless shelter I thought this just could not be      .
We got there late, of course, and the security guard led us to the kitchen   we ran into 48 other fellow Madcaps members. Since I’m    so socially awkward（糟糕的） I had met only one person at a pool party, earlier this year. I looked around for her but she was not there. Damn, I was    ! When the man in charge came out and asked for 3 mothers to work outside the      to clean up the plates, my mom just happened to volunteer leaving me to      food with others.
Soon the    families started to walk in and a little girl walked up and pointed to the food I was    I gave her the cold sandwich, she nodded in a form of saying      , and then walked to join her family at the large table.
As she walked away I thought of how much I       I get to go the top schools. I have a great house and I have a warm meal every night. It    that little girl to make me realize how lucky I am. After that moment I had a change of    . Now, I love Madcaps and don’t miss one meeting, I have       being socially awkward and now have many friends. And this year I am sure I will do      the required 20 hours of philanthropies.
I believe that if you have an    mind about things you can accomplish more and become a better rounded person. I believe sometimes you can make a difference just    doing one thing you don’t want to do .

小題1:	A．cared B．joked C．felt D．doubted

小題2:	A．should B．would C．may D．can

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)lso B．just C．not D．still

小題4:	A．report B．live C．donate D．volunteer

小題5:	A．better B．sooner C．easier D．worse

小題6:	A．where B．when C．until D．because

小題7:	A．suddenly B．occasionally C．hardly D．normally

小題8:	A．shy B．late C．a(chǎn)lone D．hopeless

小題9:	A．kitchen B．house C．club D．shelter

小題10:

A．pack B．purchase C．serve D．bake

小題11:

A．poor B．homeless C．vluntary D．local

小題12:

A．playing with B．putting away C．looking for D．holding out

小題13:

A．hello B．sorry C．thanks D．okay

小題14:

A．had B．earned C．a(chǎn)chieved D．did

小題15:

A．moved B．took C．helped D．encouraged

小題16:

A．heart B．luck C．identity D．taste

小題17:

A．believed in B．learnt from C．got over D．thought about

小題18:

A．more than B．nothing but C．a(chǎn)nything but D．less than

小題19:

A．intelligent B．a(chǎn)bstract C．empty D．open

小題20:

A．before B．by C．upon D．to

We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.
Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (腫瘤). Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving. By Christmas, she had become very weak. Some days she was so sick she couldn’t watch TV.
Early examination saves time. But ours was not early. By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.
Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.
In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it turns out that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (診斷) is good. We try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.
I’ve picked up my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.
小題1:As a photographer, the author used to ______.

A．leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves

B．express his love for his family in a special way

C．miss a great many important historical moments

D．devote much more to his career than his family

小題2:Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?

A．To cure his own disease.	B．To spend more time with his wife.
C．To seek a better position.	D．To leave the wilderness alone.

小題3:What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?

A．He treasured every bit of time with his family.

B．He has become a stranger to his children.

C．He takes his work more seriously.

D．He focuses more on medical care.

小題4:The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ______.

A．the snowflakes taste very good

B．snowflakes are what they feed on

C．they regard that as a way to enjoy life

D．there is beautiful light in the snowflakes

When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need is a friend indeed. The best friend a man has in the world may    him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has       with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good reputation, may         our faith. A man may        the money he has. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are ready to fall on their knees to do us        when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of hatred when        settles its cloud upon our heads. The one        unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never        him, the one that never proves         or distrusted, is his dog.
A man’s dog stands by him in richness and in        , in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the cold wind blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his        side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to         ; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. He will guard the sleep of his master        he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he        . When wealth and reputation fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, a deserted person in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of         him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his         . And when the last         of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is         in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends         their ways, there by the grave will the          dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.

小題1:	A．turn to B．submit to C．turn against D．look up

小題2:	A．brought up B．come up C．grown up D．catch up

小題3:	A．restore B．betray C．keep D．strengthen

小題4:	A．gain B．lose C．earn D．donate

小題5:	A．honor B．favor C．credit D．good

小題6:	A．shadow B．success C．failure D．depression

小題7:	A．a(chǎn)ccurately B．deliberately C．equally D．a(chǎn)bsolutely

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)ppreciates B．envies C．a(chǎn)dmires D．deserts

小題9:	A．ungrateful B．unfortunate C．faithful D．considerate

小題10:

A．poverty B．progress C．welfare D．wealth

小題11:

A．host’s B．master’s C．landlord’s D．chief’s

小題12:

A．serve B．fetch C．offer D．order

小題13:

A．only if B．in case C．even if D．a(chǎn)s if

小題14:

A．flees B．remains C．ignores D．persists

小題15:

A．serving B．protecting C．spoiling D．a(chǎn)ccompanying

小題16:

A．enemies B．masters C．friends D．a(chǎn)cquaintances

小題17:

A．sight B．scenery C．scene D．view

小題18:

A．buried B．hung C．thrown D．laid

小題19:

A．force B．lose C．pursue D．find

小題20:

A．mean B．general C．selfish D．Noble

John Smith，an office worker，lives in Washington．He inherited (繼承) a million dollars when he was 23，but he wasn’t happy at all．When his college friends were looking for their jobs，he didn’t have to．Jack decided to living a simple life like everyone else．He gave $l0,000 of his money to a charity (慈善機(jī)構(gòu)) to help poor children live a better life．Today he is 36．He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only，but he is very happy．
Up to now John has helped some children from poor countries all over the world，by sending them each $200 a month．The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing．John receives a report each year on the children’s progress．They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English．
When John first heard about these children，he wanted to help them．“It was nothing special,” he said．“Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping，I didn’t know anything about their life．” Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa．He said that the meeting was very exciting．“When I met her．I felt very ,very happy．"he said．“And I saw that the money was used for a good cause．It brought me happiness．I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”
小題1:John didn’t need to look for a job ___________.

A．before he went to college	B．a(chǎn)fter he went to Africa
C．because he got a lot of money	D．before he received a report

小題2:John has sent them each $200 a month to help some poor children _______．

A．near Washington	B．in European countries
C．only in Africa	D．throughout the world

小題3:John learned about the children’s progress by ________.

A．visiting them each year	B．getting a report every year
C．staying with them	D．talking to them in English

小題4:The underlined words “for a good cause ”means“­­­­­­­­________” in Chinese．

A．施舍

B．行善

C．優(yōu)惠

D．賞賜

小題5:What’s the main idea of the story?

A．Help others，and you will feel happy．

B．It’s necessary to write letters to poor children．

C．Live a simple life，and you can give others help．

D．It’s the most important to help the children in Africa

In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had      and were leaving.
I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road,       a kite spindle(風(fēng)箏線錠) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I       my neck to see how successful he had been in       the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost      0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the        tree in the park.  Obviously,  that was his grandson's kite!  The kite was a replica (復(fù)制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread       0pen. Grandpa had only one      to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa,        wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I     how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the       . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys       my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.

小題1:	A．grown up B．turned up C．picked up D．taken up

小題2:	A．carrying B．grabbing C．keeping D．holding

小題3:	A．raised B．spread C．stretched D．expanded

小題4:	A．reaching B．touching C．getting D．climbing

小題5:	A．scene B．sight C．interest D．control

小題6:	A．thickest B．strongest C．tallest D．largest

小題7:	A．widely B．wide C．tightly D．closely

小題8:	A．method B．hope C．solution D．result

小題9:	A．a(chǎn)nd B．so C．or D．but

小題10:

A．sensed B．glanced C．watched D．found

小題11:

A．car B．sky C．kite D．tree

小題12:

A．within B．in C．beyond D．with

Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Day together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day but I’ve always been with you in my heart.
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.
The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 檔位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the '54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn't have much tolerance for a stub­born 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.
But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
I guess what I'm trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father's Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It's about loving someone more than words can say, and it's wishing that never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
Love,
Jenny
小題1:How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police?

A．Disappointed.

B．Nervous.

C．Guilty.

D．Frightened.

小題2:We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.

A．kept in touch by writing each other

B．a(chǎn)re separated due to the generation gap

C．have been getting along very well

D．had a hard time understanding each other

小題3:Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?.

A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car.

B．She had never realized his being old and weak.

C．She didn't expect to meet with him there.

D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before.

小題4:Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________

A．tell him about their conflicts	B．say sorry for her being stubborn
C．express her gratitude to him	D．remind him of the early incident

Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I got to know this from a musical soul.
The other day I was feeling quite      , having just been laid off from my job. With so many       to pay, I was wondering what was going to happen to my family.
I got off the bus when I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the      . I walked a bit slower, trying to find out where it was coming from. Through the       I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a box next to her.
She was singing songs about love and her sweet voice       me a bit. Then I stood there watching her playing, thinking that it must take       to perform on her own in front of hundreds of people she didn’t know. 
She might have felt my       for she occasionally looked in my direction.
By now I was telling myself that I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked       and put some money in her box and she expressed her thanks with a smile on her face.
I asked her      , “Why are you playing the piano in the middle of this crowded place?”
She explained to me that she sees so many       people in the world that she is trying to relieve the pain by       motivational(激勵(lì)的)music.
Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been going through a        time lately, but you’ve made me       again.”
“I’m happy that I could be       to you,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
I told her my story and said, “I’m not so       about what to do….”
“You see, here’s the      ,” she responded. “When you were walking, your head was down.” She looked me in the eyes and went on, “Don’t look defeated, because       comes in different ways and if your head is down you might never see it. You should       more … lift your head up.”
I was really       by what she said! I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time.
So       in trouble, just face it bravely and you are sure to overcome your difficulty sooner or later.

小題1:	A．lonely B．relaxed C．a(chǎn)wful D．breathless

小題2:	A．bills B．fees C．fines D．prices

小題3:	A．listeners B．traffic C．instrument D．background

小題4:	A．trees B．street C．buildings D．crowd

小題5:	A．shocked B．comforted C．excited D．a(chǎn)mused

小題6:	A．courage B．energy C．patience D．technique

小題7:	A．mood B．presence C．thought D．a(chǎn)ppreciation

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)side B．down C．off D．over

小題9:	A．quietly B．deliberately C．curiously D．seriously

小題10:

A．negative B．unhealthy C．unconscious D．elderly

小題11:

A．creating B．sharing C．enjoying D．teaching

小題12:

A．tense B．wonderful C．rough D．crazy

小題13:

A．enthusiastic B．emotional C．energetic D．hopeful

小題14:

A．a(chǎn)vailable B．essential C．superior D．helpful

小題15:

A．sure B．a(chǎn)shamed C．particular D．a(chǎn)nxious

小題16:

A．problem B．situation C．conflict D．condition

小題17:

A．success B．opportunity C．a(chǎn)id D．happiness

小題18:

A．concentrate B．look C．smile D．fight

小題19:

A．occupied B．moved C．inspired D．satisfied

小題20:

A．however B．wherever C．whoever D．whenever

I have a cousin who’s a farmer. If you saw him on market day with his old boots and worn hat, you might think he was a tramp (流浪漢). But he’s either buying or selling       for thousands of pounds. He doesn’t have a luxurious lifestyle, but the farmhouse, dozens of acres of land, machinery, cattle, chicken and crops must be worth a fortune. You might describe him as a       man, but he doesn’t look like that.
My father owned a shop selling newspapers, cigarettes, birthday cards, toys, books and magazines. The shop       a comfortable life for us, but we weren’t rich. The only luxury was that my father owned a car when most people in our town couldn’t afford one,      professionals such as doctors and lawyers.
My point is that       can be misleading. You often can’t       the rich from the way they look.
I once met Richard Branson, the Virgin Airlines tycoon (巨頭).He’d       a hot balloon across the Atlantic and landed in the Irish sea. When he was rescued, he was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a sneaker. You’d       have guessed he was a multimillionaire.
Andrew Bruce, the 11th Earl (伯爵) of Elgin,       a group of press people to his luxurious home in Fife, Scotland. His      , the 7th Earl of Elgin was famous for removing and transporting to Britain priceless sculptures from the Parthenon, a very famous temple in Greece. The so-called Elgin Marbles can be seen in the British Museum. The Earl’s castle was       cold, despite a fire burning in the hearth (壁爐). He explained to us,“I’m sorry it’s so cold, but you should know that a gentleman’s house is always cold.”
There you have it:     doesn’t always bring comfort.

小題1:	A．eggs B．foods C．cattle D．fruits

小題2:	A．wealthy B．poor C．good D．successful

小題3:	A．offered B．provided C．supplied D．gave

小題4:	A．besides B．including C．a(chǎn)s well as D．a(chǎn)part from

小題5:	A．things B．facts C．a(chǎn)ppearances D．faces

小題6:	A．say B．tell C．recognize D．judge

小題7:	A．made B．driven C．bought D．flown

小題8:	A．perhaps B．neither C．never D．rather

小題9:	A．a(chǎn)llowed B．permitted C．demanded D．invited

小題10:

A．forefather B．father C．grandfather D．father-in-law

小題11:

A．frozen B．freezing C．surprising D．surprised

小題12:

A．health B．wealth C．luck D．poverty

My grandmother often said to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was true. However, I’ve now discovered my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different types. Let me tell you about a few of them.
One type of friends is the type I call the “football mom friend”. My neighbor Sally is a good example. We both have kids who play football in a football club, and someone has to take them to practice and pick them up. Sally and I and two other mothers take turns to do this. We meet sometimes and have tea and talk about what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we meet each other. I enjoy being with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.
Another type is called the “hobby friend”. That’s the person you share an interest or a hobby with. Michael and Cater, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. We’re all in a bird watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on a trip to watch different kinds of birds. There’s nothing romantic（浪漫的）about my relationship with Michael and Cater, of course. We just share interest in birds.
Then there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Jim is married to Rose, a friend that I’ve known since college. When Rose married Jim, I realized that I would have to be Jim’s friend if I want to continue to be Rose’s. Jim and I don’t share so many interests, but we do have a friendly relationship.
小題1:What does the first paragraph tell us about?

A．We need true friends in our lifetime.

B．We have few best friends in our lifetime.

C．We should make new friends.

D．We must be friendly to all our friends.

小題2:Many people are mentioned in this passage. Who is the writer’s true friend?

A．Sally.

B． Michael.

C． Jim.

D． Rose.

小題3:Which of the following statements is RIGHT?

A．Finally the writer agrees with her grandmother.

B．Michael and Cater both fall in love with the writer.

C．The writer herself sometimes takes her kid to the football club.

D．Sally and the writer are close friends.

小題4:How many types of friends are mentioned in the passage?

A．2.

B． 3.

C． 4.

D．5

小題5:From the last paragraph we learn that ________.

A．the writer made friends with Jim only because of Rose

B．Jim was the writer’s good friend at college

C．Rose didn’t want the writer to be a friend of her husband

D．the writer made friends with Rose because of Jim

A man found the cocoon(繭) of a butterfly, One day a small          appeared , He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it        to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any         . It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go         further.
So the man decided to        the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly came out      .  But it then had a swollen（腫脹的）body and small, shriveled (褶皺的)         .
The man          to watch the butterfly because he’d expected that , at any moment, the wings would enlarge to be able to          the body , which would contract (縮小) in time . So he waited patiently.
        happened! In fact, the butterfly         _the rest of its life crawling (爬行)around with a swollen body and shriveled wings , It was never able to         .What a shame!
The man, in his kindness and fast action, made a         . He did not understand that the suffering and the struggle         for the butterfly to get through the tiny hole were nature’s way of          fluid (體液) from the body of the butterfly into its wings          it would be ready for flight once it achieved its          from the cocoon.
　 Sometimes struggles are         what we need in our lives. If nature allowed us to go through our lives          any difficulties , it would weaken or even disable us. We would not be as          as what we could have been . We could never fly !

小題1:	A．mark B．insect C．sign D．opening

小題2:	A．learned B．struggled C．pretended D．expected

小題3:	A．progress B．decision C．choice D．noise

小題4:	A．a(chǎn)ny B．still C．no D．much

小題5:	A．study B．help C．trouble D．leave

小題6:	A．silently B．naturally C．easily D．excitedly

小題7:	A．wings B．legs C．feet D．head

小題8:	A．waited B．stopped C．hoped D．continued

小題9:	A．examine B．cover C．trust D．support

小題10:

A．Neither B．All C．Either D．Both

小題11:

A．devoted B．spent C．put aside D．gave up

小題12:

A．walk B．fly C．get through D．get up

小題13:

A．mistake B．discovery C．face D．fortune

小題14:

A．wasted B．watched C．required D．searched

小題15:

A．forcing B．making C．producing D．letting

小題16:

A．even though B．a(chǎn)s if C．so that D．in case

小題17:

A．energy B．freedom C．progress D．life

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)lmost B．probably C．hardly D．exactly

小題19:

A．with B．by C．from D．without

小題20:

A．wise B．satisfied C．strong D．patient