Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling（賭博）and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was nearly sent away. After he came out of lock-up(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him. It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly a few policemen opened the door and came in.
“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, Daddy” said the boy “So I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
小題1:Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.

A．he was a worker

B．he worked in a factory

C．he was a driver and had a lot of work to do

D．he had worked there for a long time

小題2:Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.

A．she couldn’t find any work

B．she thought her husband was tired

C．her husband spent all time in gambling

D．she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling

小題3:The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A．he didn’t love her any longer

B．he wouldn’t stop gambling

C．he had been put into lockup

D．he was nearly sent away by the factory

小題4:Which of the following is right? _________.

A．The boy hoped his father would be put into lockup again

B．The boy thought his father needed some policemen

C．The boy hoped his father would stop gambling soon

D．The boy hoped his mother would come back to do housework

Dash of Hope
"Dash" is a symbol which represents every day we've spent alive on earth. Therefore, how you spend your "dash" is important.
Recently I   36  about a little girl named Hope. After learning more about her life, I couldn't help but feel it was not by   37  , nor happenstance（意外事件）, that she had been named "Hope". The strong feeling of sympathy and generosity  38  in her young heart made a lasting impression on me and countless others.  39   I never had the opportunity to meet her, I wish I had. It seems as though she was wise beyond her tender years and very, very special.
Hope was a twelve-year-old girl who was   40  a "wish" in early December 2010 by the "Make-A-Wish" Foundation after being   41  that she had a rare type of bone cancer. However, when she found out that more than 150   42  in her area were waiting for their wishes to be achieved , she unselfishly used her wish to   43  that those children have their wishes granted. She also asked that it be done   44  January 16, 2011. Unfortunately, however, the organization informed her that her   45  request could not be granted as the funds were simply   46 . They calculated that they would need to raise more than one   47  dollars in thirty days in order to grant her wish. 48 , but not discouraged, she turned her disappointment into an enthusiasm that inspired caring   49  to take up helping grant the wishes of the other children, and eventually   50   as well. Newspaper columnists and reporters for radio and TV stations 51   the story of this caring young girl who had   52  the hearts of so many and as word spread, the community was challenged. Committees were fanned and schools, corporations and various organizations assisted in  53  money to help make Hope's dream come true.
Her efforts were not in vain as they continue to help others, not only   54  , but spiritually and emotionally as well. At the gathering to celebrate her life, "A Celebration of Hope" on January 16, 2011 , the   55  was made that they had indeed received donations totaling more than one million dollars. Her wish had been granted!

小題1:	A．heard B．thought C．cared D．talked

小題2:	A．coincidence B．independence C．convenience D．intelligence

小題3:	A．lost B．carried C．expected D．housed

小題4:	A．Until B．Unless C．Though D．If

小題5:	A．expressed B．offered C．made D．sent

小題6:	A．recognized B．informed C．reminded D．understood

小題7:	A．children B．citizens C．villagers D．relatives

小題8:	A．suggest B．a(chǎn)sk C．a(chǎn)rrange D．order

小題9:	A．for B．to C．on D．by

小題10:

A．final B．formal C．simple D．noble

小題11:

A．unbearable B．unbelievable C．unavailable D．uncomfortable

小題12:

A．thousand B．hundred C．million D．billion

小題13:

A．Disappointed B．Surprised C．Worried D．Embarrassed

小題14:

A．committees B．individuals C．corporations D．organizations

小題15:

A．theirs B．ours C．hers D．yours

小題16:

A．wrote B．read C．broadcast D．shared

小題17:

A．touched B．examined C．won D．opened

小題18:

A．finding B．spending C．raising D．borrowing

小題19:

A．perfectly B．physically C．healthily D．thankfully

小題20:

A．proposal B．decision C．conclusion D．a(chǎn)nnouncement

Eleven months ago, an act of good sportsmanship（體育精神）changed a girls’ running race into something bigger.

Jenna Huff received a national sportsmanship award from the US Olympic Committee for what she did for Deb Guthmann.
In the race, Jenna was behind Deb until the final few meters of the 5-kilometer race.
Then something awful happened. Deb’s right hip（髖部）broke. She screamed in pain and stopped.
Jenna had never met Deb and had been taught to pass every runner she could to win.
Instead, Jenna stopped with no hesitation.
“Come on.” Jenna told Deb. “We’re going to run.”
Jenna took Deb’s left elbow with her right hand. She helped her jog the last few meters. At the finishing line, she pushed Deb in front of her, reasoning Deb would have beaten her anyway if not for the injury. That act helped Deb’s team win the regional race and advance to the state meet.
Both girls are now 17.
Jenna is still an athlete for her school.
She and her parents went to Colorado to accept an award for the national sportsmanship award. Jenna had to give a five-minute speech to the crowd, a crowd which included a number of former Olympians. “I’m pretty scared about my speech,” Jenna said the other night when we talked on the phone. “You want to hear part of it?” She read me one part including the words from Albert Einstein: “Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine（神圣的）purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know：That we are here for the sake of（為了）others.”
Deb is also still running. She received a full scholarship to Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The award was because of her excellent academic record and great sports potential.
But she recently got hurt again and was unable to run for weeks.
Even so, I am confident Deb will write a happier ending for herself one day. Both of these young women make you feel confident about the future. They are strong, compassionate（富于同情心的）and smart.
As Einstein said-and as Jenna showed 11 months ago— “we are here for the sake of others”.
小題1:The story is intended to __________.

A．tell us an unexpected story in the girls’ running race

B．introduce a famous sportswoman

C．show the beauty of good sportsmanship

D．remind athletes to pay attention to their safety during the race

小題2:The reason why Jenna pushed Deb in front of her at the finishing line is that __________.

A．she wanted to get the prize

B．she thought she didn’t match Deb in reality

C．she helped Deb’s team to win the regional race

D．Deb had been injured

小題3:Deb received a full scholarship to Emmanuel College because __________.

A．she is still running

B．she was good at her academy and sports

C．she showed the good sportsmanship in the race

D．she never gave up even though she had been injured

小題4:What can we know from the passage?

A．Jenna was the last one to reach the finishing line.

B．Deb went to Colorado to accept the prize with her parents.

C．The author had a face-to-face interview with Jenna the other night.

D．Helping each other can make a big difference to people’s lives.

Cure for Sorrow
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her   31 , she went to the wise man that is always   32  for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what   33  ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will   34  you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or   35  with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never   36  sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in  37  of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment,  38  at the door, and said in a  39  voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n)   40  that I want? It is very important to me.”
  41 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of   42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to   43  all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,    44  people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She   45  to comfort them till they   46 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But   47  she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one  48  after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so  49  in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never   50  that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.

小題1:	A．joy B．danger C．belief D．sorrow

小題2:	A．envied B．considered C．respected D．treated

小題3:	A．strange B．magical C．valuable D．important

小題4:	A．reward B．supply C．provide D．a(chǎn)ward

小題5:	A．quarreling B．discussing C．reasoning D．a(chǎn)rguing

小題6:	A．suffered B．known C．obtained D．forgotten

小題7:	A．honor B．favor C．need D．search

小題8:	A．knocked B．broke C．stood D．pointed

小題9:	A．excited B．confident C．sad D．urgent

小題10:

A．place B．a(chǎn)nswer C．a(chǎn)partment D．person

小題11:

A．Luckily B．Immediately C．Gradually D．Unfortunately

小題12:

A．praise B．Respect C．comfort D．encouragement

小題13:

A．exchange B．describe C．simplify D．decorate

小題14:

A．unfortunate B．unfriendly C．unimportant D．unfamiliar

小題15:

A．planned B．managed C．continued D．stayed

小題16:

A．settle down B．break down C．calm down D．get down

小題17:

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

小題18:

A．excuse B．tale C．lie D．reason

小題19:

A．curious B．puzzled C．worried D．involved

小題20:

A．recognizing B．realizing C．remembering D．wondering

On the way to school, a little boy found a cocoon(繭) of a butterfly and watched it everyday. One day, it started to break through a small hole in the cocoon, but it  26 greatly. Finally, it seemed it couldn’t succeed.
The boy felt  27  for the butterfly because he knew it was going to die if it didn’t get out. So he ran into the house and got a pair of  28  and cut the cocoon a little. The butterfly came out and was free.
The only strange thing was that the butterfly has a swollen(腫脹的) body and dry  29  . The boy kept waiting for the swelling to go down and for the wings to grow, but  30 didn’t. The butterfly crawled（爬）around and unable to  31  and then it died an early death.
Therefore, he learnt that the butterfly was supposed to struggle to get out of the cocoon. In fact, the struggle to get out of the cocoon  32 the fluid(液) out of the body and it its wings.  33 the struggle, the butterfly couldn’t grow, and would   34  fly. By trying to help the butterfly, the boy  35  hurt it.

小題1:	A．shouted B．struggled C．changed D．waved

小題2:	A．a(chǎn)shamed B．satisfied C．happy D．sad

小題3:	A．knives B．trousers C．scissors D．shoes

小題4:	A．wings B．feather C．stomach D．legs

小題5:	A．it B．you C．they D．he

小題6:	A．walk B．fly C．move D．run

小題7:	A．pulled B．dropped C．pushed D．flowed

小題8:	A．without B．by C．with D．for

小題9:	A．seldom B．hardly C．ever D．never

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)ctually B．gradually C．slowly D．generally

I still clearly remember that day. I was on the side of the road for close to four hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows that said, “NEED A JACK（千斤頂）”.
Right as I was about to give up, a truck stopped and a man got off. He sized up the situation and went back to take a jack. After about two hours, we finished the job with sweats. We were both dirty. His wife produced a large water jug for us to wash our hands in.
I tried to put $20 in the man’s hand, but he wouldn’t take it, so instead I went up and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I thanked them up one side and down the other. I asked the little girl, their daughter, where they lived, thinking maybe I’d send them a gift. She said they lived in Mexico. They were in Oregon now so Mommy and Daddy could pick cherries for the next few weeks. After that, they were going to pick peaches, and then go back home.
After I said my goodbyes and started walking back to the Jeep, the girl called out and asked if I’d had lunch. When I told her no, she ran up and handed me a tamale（玉米粽子）. I thanked them again and walked back to my car. When I opened the tamale, what did I find inside? My $20 bill! I ran to the van and the guy rolled down his window. He saw the $20 in my hand, started shaking his head smiling, and with what looked like great concentration said in English: “Today you, tomorrow me.” Then he rolled up his window and drove away, with his daughter waving to me from the back.
This family, working on a seasonal basis where time is money, took a couple of hours to help a stranger while others passed by quietly.
Since then I’ve helped many people like the Mexican family. I didn’t accept money. But every time I was able to help, I felt as if I was putting something in the bank.
小題1:From the passage we know that __________.

A．the Mexican man couldn’t speak English

B．the author’s car broke down on the road

C．the Mexican family came to Oregon for a visit

D．$20 was a small amount for the Mexican family

小題2:Why did the author give the money quietly to the man’s wife?

A．Because the man had refused to accept it.

B．Because the man’s wife needn’t wash her hands.

C．Because the author thought the Mexican family was poor.

D．Because the author thought the man’s wife would take it.

小題3:The Mexican man helped the author because he tended to think that ___________.

A．it was completely wrong for others to pass by quietly

B．it was quite easy to help the author mend the jeep

C．it was possible that everyone might get into trouble

D．the author was a polite stranger and deserved the help

小題4:Which of the following is TRUE about the author?

A．He hated those who didn’t offer help.

B．He would send a present to the family soon.

C．He wondered why they didn’t take the money.

D．He considered helping others as saving money in the bank.

小題5:What can we infer from the passage?

A．The Mexican family lived a richer life than the author.

B．The Mexican family did seasonal work in Oregon each year.

C．The author was inspired to help others by the Mexican family.

D．What made the writer moved was the tamale given by the girl.

When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail，I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming（發(fā)送垃圾郵件）a crime.
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products，individual e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?
This problem is troubling individuals and companies as well. Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passed on to the consumer.
For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate（立法）against spare. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.
小題1:What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph l probably mean?

A．messages

B．ideas

C．connections

D．programs

小題2:According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?

A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications.

B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail.

C．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail.

D．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam.

小題3:According to Paragraph 3, who is the final victim of spam?

A．The business.

B．The advertiser.

C．The employee.

D．The consumer.

小題4:What is the purpose of the text?

A．To inform.

B．To educate.

C．To persuade.

D．To instruct.

Last week I went to a supermarket. After I   36  the bill and was passing through the door, the alarm suddenly started to ring. Suddenly, a young guard ran toward me and ordered me to   37  him. I felt so upset and   38 . He took me to a small room, but I was   39  frightened that I stopped at the door. Finding me   40  to enter the room, he shouted that I had to go into the room.
He closed the door. I thought he was going to hurt me. Suddenly, a   41  voice said in my ear, “Take out the things you've stolen!” “I stole nothing.” I said. “Do as I tell you. If we find them, you’ll be in trouble.” “There is nothing.” I answered. “I didn't take anything.” I said, taking everything out of my pockets and bag.
  42  this point, a guard came in and asked a salesgirl to   43  me.   44 , they found nothing.
But they didn't believe that I hadn't stolen anything. So the young guard ordered me to pass through the door alarm again.
I was   45  when it rang again. I felt   46  and burst into tears. I didn't know how to prove   47  I was innocent.
They made me go into the small room again.
“Take out the stolen things quickly,   48  we will dial 110.” They said.
“OK, call the police. I’ m not afraid.” I said   49  .
Suddenly, they   50  their tone. After a while, a salesgirl asked me to raise my feet. I did   51   she had told me. There was a label (標(biāo)簽) on the bottom of my shoe. That was it! That was the   52  thing that had brought me such great trouble. But it  53  my innocence.
After that, they   54  to me in the small room. But they should have apologized   55  , shouldn't they? A lot of people were there when I was taken away. What did they think of me?

小題1:	A．buy B．paid C．passed D．spent

小題2:	A．obey B．beg C．follow D．listen to

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)ngry B．excited C．happy D．puzzled

小題4:	A．very B．much C．such D．so

小題5:	A．disagree B．unwilling C．voluntarily D．willingly

小題6:	A．gentle B．cold C．sound D．polite

小題7:	A．Of B．In C．At D．From

小題8:	A．look at B．watch C．examine D．keep

小題9:	A．Needless to say B．So far C．On one hand D．As a result of

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)fraid B．frightened C．shocked D．sad

小題11:

A．wronged B．a(chǎn)nnoying C．confused D．unpleasant

小題12:

A．what B．whether C．that D．how

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)nd B．but C．or D．so

小題14:

A．unhappily B．forcefully C．terribly D．widely

小題15:

A．changed B．raised C．increased D．closed

小題16:

A．like B．a(chǎn)s C．a(chǎn)ccording to D．a(chǎn)s if

小題17:

A．only B．last C．very D．just

小題18:

A．tested B．showed C．proved D．gave

小題19:

A．said B．a(chǎn)pologized C．a(chǎn)greed D．promised

小題20:

A．loudly B．together C．politely D．in public

Doing community service work, I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a   16  shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to   17  . She wanted to help,    18  she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to    19   and hand out to people. When getting to the homeless shelter I passed out the remaining meals. I had the containers with my   20  cookies in them and began to   21  , offering them to anyone near me.
I    22   an old gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me    23  in the eye and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I had, and his eyes    24   a little bit and he said, “No one has    25   called me sir.” He was completely taken aback.
It struck me. 
I explained I had been raised that    26   color and social status, everyone deserved     27   . It made me    28   to think that just because he was homeless, no one    29  him the honor. It broke my   30  , and I couldn’t help   31  cry. I just didn’t understand    32  no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every    33  person deserves to be treated with dignity. Years later, I still carry that memory and the    34  it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can    35  make a difference in someone’s life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?

小題1:	A．useless B．careless C．homeless D．hopeless

小題2:	A．participate B．involve C．choose D．go

小題3:	A．however B．but C．yet D．so

小題4:	A．bring B．fetch C．collect D．take

小題5:	A．classmate’s B．schoolmate’s C．sister’s D．family’s

小題6:	A．walk around B．knock around C．come around D．stand around

小題7:	A．went B．came C．a(chǎn)pproached D．met

小題8:	A．right B．even C．still D．just

小題9:	A．watered B．cried C．tore D．dropped

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)lready B．ever C．still D．yet

小題11:

A．in spite B．regardless of C．concerned about D．for fear of

小題12:

A．happiness B．truth C．respect D．help

小題13:

A．strong-minded B．sad C．frightened D．pleased

小題14:

A．handed B．a(chǎn)fforded C．provided D．supplied

小題15:

A．eyes B．mind C．opinions D．heart

小題16:

A．but B．a(chǎn)nd C．until D．or

小題17:

A．what B．when C．whether D．why

小題18:

A．single B．poor C．ordinary D．normal

小題19:

A．stories B．lessons C．experiences D．tears

小題20:

A．equally B．hardly C．really D．finally

I wandered in the park. The park bench was___21___ as I sat down to read beneath the long, straggly (蔓延的) branches of an old willow tree. I was disappointed by life with ___22___ reason to frown, for the world was intent on dragging me down.
___23___ that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of ___24___ approached me, all tired from play. He stood right before me and said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"
In his hand was a flower, and what a ___25___ sight, with its petals(花瓣) all worn --- not enough rain, or too little light. I faked a small ___26___, wanting him to take his dead flower and leave, and then ___27___.
But instead of leaving he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, "It surely smells pretty and it's beautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you."
The weed before me was dying or dead. Not brilliant colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must ___28___ it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what Ineed."
But ___29___ him placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without ___30___ or plan. It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that young boy could not see: he was blind.
My ___31___ trembled, and tears shone like the sun as I ___32___ him for picking the very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, not ___33___ of the impact he'd had on my day.
I sat there and wondered how he ___34___ to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he ___35___ my difficult situation? ___36___ from his heart, he'd been blessed with true ___37___.
At last I could see, ___38___ the eyes of a blind child, the problem was not with the ___39___; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been ___40___, I vowed(發(fā)誓) to see beauty, and appreciate every second that's mine.
I held that wilted(枯萎) flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose and smiled as that young boy.

小題1:	A．equipped B．painted C．deserted D．taken

小題2:	A．good B．temporary C．opposite D．mistaken

小題3:	A．For fear B．As if C．Even though D．Now that

小題4:	A．happiness B．fortune C．question D．breath

小題5:	A．negative B．serious C．ridiculous D．pitiful

小題6:	A．gift B．preference C．discussion D．smile

小題7:	A．turned away B．wandered off C．stood up D．set out

小題8:	A．take B．a(chǎn)djust C．comfort D．submit

小題9:	A．in spite of B．instead of C．in case of D．because of

小題10:

A．connection B．delay C．hesitation D．reason

小題11:

A．heart B．hands C．voice D．legs

小題12:

A．praised B．thanked C．a(chǎn)pproved D．delighted

小題13:

A．hopeful B．content C．a(chǎn)ware D．successful

小題14:

A．managed B．promised C．desired D．a(chǎn)ccomplished

小題15:

A．get across B．know of C．care about D．deal with

小題16:

A．Actually B．Somehow C．Obviously D．Perhaps

小題17:

A．love B．experience C．sight D．power

小題18:

A．With B．Across C．Around D．Through

小題19:

A．world B．flower C．complaint D．a(chǎn)ppearance

小題20:

A．particular B．unforgettable C．blind D．sensitive