“We’ve been good friends for so many years. And I don’t think you meant to do that ...” I said to myself， looking at Jack， my friend who was running across the 　36　  field.
How I wish I could join them！ But it was impossible because of the pain in my left foot， caused by Jack.
I first met Jack in a football match in the elementary school. When my team looked as if we were 　37　， Jack， who was watching， volunteered to join us. He was so confident and skilled that we won. From then on， Jack and I often played together and became best friends.
But something happened before an important football match between Class Six and my class. My class had so many good players that we had to 　38　  the best ones. Jack and I were in  the same  team. The match was close in the first half. I saw my chance and was ready to score a goal. Suddenly， Jack 　39　  me. He slid to stop the ball， but collided  with my left foot. I knew I had lost the chance to score and was 　40　  the field. But what really hurt me was that Jack didn’t say sorry.  And when some of my teammates said he did it on purpose to 　41　  me from scoring， I felt even 　42　.
Now I stand here， with tears in my eyes. I don’t want to 　43　  those words but I don’t know how to persuade myself they are 　44　 . Then everything changes when Jack scores and wins！ How excited I am！
While I am still 　45　  in excitement， someone pats my shoulder. It is Jack， with a smile on his face. “I’m sorry that you can not join in because of my 　46　  . But you see， Jason， we beat them！ No matter whether you joined in or not， you’ve made a contribution. Come on， let’s celebrate！” Suddenly， I am 　47　  by the players. The sunshine is so bright that I close my eyes. Riding high above my teammates， I feel so happy. And I know the  friendship  between Jack and me will last forever.

小題1:	A．basketball B．volleyball C．badminton D．football

小題2:	A．lost B．winning C．leading D．beaten

小題3:	A．replace B．award C．decide on D．call in

小題4:	A．ran into B．ran to C．ran across D．ran away

小題5:	A．sent away B．carried off C．stuck to D．hold on

小題6:	A．break B．interrupt C．make D．keep

小題7:	A．amused B．comfortable C．depressed D．scared

小題8:	A．believe B．say C．deny D．hear

小題9:	A．right B．false C．true D．bad

小題10:

A．lost B．fallen C．caught D．drawn

小題11:

A．score B．pride C．reason D．carelessness

小題12:

A．raised up B．pulled away C．picked up D．pushed off

The job of raising children is a tough one. Children don’t come with an instruction manual(說明書). And each child is 36 . So parents sometimes pull their hair out in frustration(挫折), not  37
what to do. But in raising children—as in all of life—what we do is  38  by our culture. Naturally then, American parents teach their children basic American  39 . To Americans, the goal of parents is to help children  40  on their own two feet. From  41  each child may get his or her own room. As children grow, they get more  42  to make their own choices.  43  choose their own forms of entertainment, as well as the friends to  44  them with. When they  45  young adulthood, they choose their own jobs and marriage  46  . Of course, many young adults still  47
their parents’ advice and approval for the choices they make. But once they “l(fā)eave the  48  ” at around 18 to 21 years old, they want to be on their own , not  49  to their mother’s apron strings (圍裙帶). The relationship between parents and children in America is very informal. American parents try to  50  their children as individuals—not as extensions of themselves. They allow them to achieve their own  51  . Americans praise and encourage their children to give them the  52  
to succeed. When children become adults, their relationship with their parents becomes more like a (an)  53  among equals.  But  54  to popular belief, most adult Americans don’t make their parents pay for room and board when they come to  55  . Even as adult, they respect and honor their parents.

小題1:	A．strange B．different C．new D．unlike

小題2:	A．noticing B．remember C．knowing D．deciding

小題3:	A．influenced B．made C．controlled D．changed

小題4:	A．services B．standards C．rules D．values

小題5:	A．sit B．get C．stand D．rise

小題6:	A．adulthood B．girlhood C．boyhood D．childhood

小題7:	A．freedom B．space C．time D．money

小題8:	A．Adults B．Teenagers C．Americans D．Parents

小題9:	A．help B．join C．share D．provide

小題10:

A．gain B．pass C．become D．reach

小題11:

A．wives B．partners C．husbands D．couples

小題12:

A．seek B．invite C．try D．choose

小題13:

A．room B．house C．nest D．place

小題14:

A．connected B．held C．stuck D．tied

小題15:

A．serve B．treat C．describe D．recognize

小題16:

A．jobs B．plans C．dreams D．hopes

小題17:

A．dependence B．trust C．belief D．confidence

小題18:

A．friendship B．companion C．membership D．association

小題19:

A．known B．similar C．contrary D．due

小題20:

A．travel B．visit C．see D．live

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
In 1883, a creative engineer, John Roebling, was inspired to build a splendid bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However, experts throughout the world thought that this was  16 . Even so, Roebling could not  17  the idea in his mind. After much discussion, he  18  convince his son Washington, an up-and-coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. They hired their  19  and began to build their dream bridge.
Only a few months  20  the project was underway a tragic on-site accident killed John Roebling and  21  injured his son, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to move or  22 . Surely now the project would have to be  23 . Though Washington Roebling lay in his hospital bed, he was not  24  and his mind remained as  25  as it was before the accident. Suddenly an idea  26  him. All he could move was one finger, so he  27  the arm of his wife with that finger,  28  to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. For 13 years Washington tapped out his  29  with one finger until the bridge was  30  completed.
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of never-say-die attitude that  31  a terrible physical disability and achieves an impossible  32 . Often when we face difficulties in our daily lives, our problems seem very small  33  what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that even the most  34  dream can be realized with  35  no matter what the chances are.

小題1:	A．impossible B．unnecessary C．hard D．excellent

小題2:	A．recognize B．accept C．ignore D．believe

小題3:	A．attempted to B．sought to C．failed to D．managed to

小題4:	A．family B．crew C．class D．team

小題5:	A．since B．before C．after D．when

小題6:	A．severely B．slightly C．poorly D．hardly

小題7:	A．work B．say C．eat D．talk

小題8:	A．continued B．abandoned C．interrupted D．accomplished

小題9:	A．defeated B．hurt C．frightened D．destroyed

小題10:

A．sharp B．broad C．noble D．advanced

小題11:

A．beat B．occurred C．happened D．hit

小題12:

A．waved B．felt C．touched D．held

小題13:

A．appealing B．speaking C．indicating D．advising

小題14:

A．orders B．instructions C．suggestions D．movements

小題15:

A．quickly B．partly C．eventually D．slowly

小題16:

A．overcomes B．acquires C．fights D．removes

小題17:

A．award B．fortune C．status D．goal

小題18:

A．combined with B．separated from C．compared to D．concerned about

小題19:

A．primary B．distant C．lifelong D．good

小題20:

A．determination B．knowledge C．confidence D．strength

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant __36_, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”
Thomas Edison replied very __37_, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have _38__ a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot _39__ to make a good light bulb.”
If you learn from your mistakes, then you are _40__. If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines __41__ daily and failure is nothing more than a few small __42_ repeated daily.
How __43_ the above lines are! Success takes __44_. We’ll make mistakes _45__ we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to __46__ new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence __47__ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional __48__, but only a few really _49___ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _50__ life. Do you want to be exceptional?
Success is a fruit which everyone wants to _51__, but it is not found everywhere and no one can __52_ it without serious efforts.
Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) _53__!
Success depends on previous __54__, and without it we will end in failure.
When you are __55__, please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.                  

小題1:	A．celebrated B．complained C．explained D．answered

小題2:	A．confidently B．madly C．carelessly D．angrily

小題3:	A．remembered B．refused C．learned D．ordered

小題4:	A．test B．ignore C．invent D．use

小題5:	A．healthy B．enthusiastic C．intelligent D．generous

小題6:	A．shown B．prevented C．recorded D．practiced

小題7:	A．errors B．machines C．jobs D．steps

小題8:	A．common B．strange C．familiar D．true

小題9:	A．effect B．time C．drugs D．roles

小題10:

A．as though B．so that C．unless D．if

小題11:

A．keep B．attempt C．give D．see

小題12:

A．depends on B．sets aside C．turns down D．sets up

小題13:

A．appearance B．experiences C．qualities D．feelings

小題14:

A．own B．realize C．provide D．research

小題15:

A．active B．hard C．rich D．average

小題16:

A．sell B．draw C．eat D．praise

小題17:

A．achieve B．watch C．offer D．recognize

小題18:

A．story B．excuse C．key D．plan

小題19:

A．preparation B．influence C．life D．generation

小題20:

A．powerful B．wonderful C．successful D．hopeful

Getting ready for a big test? Want to get some extra energy for your next sports event? Or do you just need to relax? Match the mood you’re in( or the mood you’d like to be in) to the descriptions below and find out what color may help.
Feeling tired: Red can help you meet the demands of a busy day. If you’ve got a tough day ahead, try wearing a red sweater or painting your fingernails a rich red to boost(增加) your energy.
Feeling tense or depressed: Green may give you a sense of peace. Take a long walk through a tree-filled park or read a book in a grassy area.
Wanting to use your creativity: Violet(紫羅蘭色) helps increase creativity. Think of a creative project you’d like to start and use the color violet as your main theme.
Experiencing lack of interest: Yellow helps to improve thought process and mental sharpness. Start keeping a diary on yellow notepaper, and get some sunlight on your face.
Needing to boost your imagination: Indigo(靛藍色) strengthens dream activity. Put on your favorite pair of jeans and a pair of indigo sunglasses.
Feeling sad, self-conscious, nervous: Orange may help start your emotions and make you more social. Buy yourself an orange book bag or purse and carry it with you on the days when you’re feeling low.
Having trouble sleeping: Blue helps calm your nerves and brings relaxation. Buy some blue sheets for your bed and curl up with your favorite magazines for a relaxing night.
小題1: If you’re trying to calm yourself down, you may ________.

A．wear a red sweater	B．walk through green fields.
C．put on a pair of jeans	D．buy a yellow bag

小題2:Which of the following is most helpful in producing unique artwork?

A．Red

B．Green

C．Violet

D．Orange

小題3:According to the passage, orange____________.

A．helps fire one’s imagination	B．helps you deal with people easily
C．helps have a good rest	D．helps save energy

小題4: If you want to be in high spirits, which colors may help?

A．Red and yellow	B．Yellow and blue
C．Green and violet	D．Blue and green

“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 36  , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January   37  air．
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really   38   thing to do．But then she took it a step   39  ．“Come on, Kolby”, she said, grabbing some treats（犒勞物） and   40  him in front of the open door．“Touch．” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a   41  position．She  42  him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became   43  ．Over the last few days I have been with Kolby．Each time he comes in I bring him back to the  44  door and ask him to close．There have been   45  in the beginning, but lately more and more successes．
However, there remains much work to be done．I have to get him to follow my hand signal again and again  46  he will close the door from a distance．But, I now realize, as long as you keep to the focus , the   47  will be completed, and, with the way things are   48  , completed quickly．
What a  49  treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the  50  I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby．
A wish is just a wish until you decide to take  51 ．Once you   52  the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of  53 ．Once you want to accomplish a goal, and  54  that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done．Just  55   doing it．

小題1:	A．complain B．scream C．worry D．scare

小題2:	A．thin B．fresh C．dirty D．cold

小題3:	A．interesting B．funny C．tough D．possible

小題4:	A．again B．further C．deeper D．backward

小題5:	A．pushing B．catching C．driving D．positioning

小題6:	A．stopped B．fixed C．closed D．checked

小題7:	A．rewarded B．provided C．offered D．thanked

小題8:	A．moved B．convinced C．concerned D．puzzled

小題9:	A．open B．closed C．broken D．perfect

小題10:

A．pleasures B．experiments C．failures D．pauses

小題11:

A．in case B．even if C．as if D．so that

小題12:

A．interest B．task C．profit D．harmony

小題13:

A．changing B．reacting C．progressing D．happening

小題14:

A．wonderful B．small C．different D．simple

小題15:

A．knowledge B．skills C．lessons D．experience

小題16:

A．patience B．part C．delight D．action

小題17:

A．hold on to B．pay attention to C．come up with D．live up to

小題18:

A．date B．touch C．reach D．power

小題19:

A．prove B．decide C．approve D．realize

小題20:

A．imagine B．start C．keep D．enjoy

They huddled （擠在一起） inside the storm door – two children in dirty old coats.
“Any old __36___ , lady?”
I was __37__ with my household budget (預算). I wanted to say no --- until I looked down at their __38__ . Thin little sandals (涼鞋), __39__ through. “Come into the front room and I’ll make you a cup of hot __40__ .” There was no conversation. Their wet sandals left __41__ upon the hearthstone (壁爐的石頭).
I __42__ them cocoa and bread with jam (果醬) to __43__ against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started __44__ on my household budget.
I __45__ the silence in the front room and looked in. The girl held the empty __46__ in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady ... are you rich?”
“Am I rich? No!”
The girl put her cup back in its saucer (碟子) – __47_ . “Your cups __48__ your saucers.” Her voice was old, with a __49__ that was not of the stomach.
They left then, holding their newspapers __50__ the wind. They hadn’t said __51__ . They didn’t need to. They had done more than that. Plain blue pottery cups and saucers. __52__ they matched. I tasted the potatoes and stirred (攪拌) the gravy (肉汁). Potatoes and brown gravy, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job – these things matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were __53__ wet upon my heart. I let them be. I want them there __54__ I ever forget again how very__55__ I am.

小題1:	A．cups B．newspapers C．food D．clothes

小題2:	A．worried B．excited C．sad D．busy

小題3:	A．dress B．faces C．feet D．socks

小題4:	A．wet B．cold C．worn D．broken

小題5:	A．cocoa B．soup C．gravy D．tea

小題6:	A．snow B．water C．raindrops D．marks

小題7:	A．made B．served C．offered D．sent

小題8:	A．protect B．warm C．fight D．beat

小題9:	A．then B．off C．again D．over

小題10:

A．hated B．wondered C．found D．noticed

小題11:

A．spoon B．cup C．bowl D．plate

小題12:

A．carelessly B．carefully C．hurriedly D．heavily

小題13:

A．suit B．fit C．match D．complete

小題14:

A．hunger B．hope C．sound D．anger

小題15:

A．with B．against C．in D．along

小題16:

A．thank you B．goodbye C．nothing D．sorry

小題17:

A．Though B．As C．So D．But

小題18:

A．still B．even C．once D．ever

小題19:

A．because B．even though C．in case D．as if

小題20:

A．kind B．happy C．serious D．rich

Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive(漂亮的) people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants (被告). But in the executive (行政的；管理的) circle, beauty can become
a liability.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered as having more honesty than plain(平常的，不漂亮的) men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes.
Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine and an attractive man more manly than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the "manly" qualities required.
This is true even in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently," says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.
The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.
小題1:The word "liability" most probably means __________.        

A．disadvantage

B．advantage

C．misfortune

D．trouble

小題2:In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness ________.       

A．makes women look more honest and capable	B．strengthens the qualifies required
C．is of no importance to women	D．often enables women to succeed quickly

小題3:Bowman's experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _______.      

A．turns out to be a disadvantage to men

B．is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women

C．affects men and women alike

D．has as little effect on men as on women

小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often _____.      

A．practical

B．supportive

C．old-fashioned

D．one-sided

小題5: The author writes this passage to ________________.

A．give advice to job-seekers who are attractive

B．discuss the disadvantages of women being attractive

C．demand equal rights for women

D．state the importance of appearance

If you dream in color, you’re not alone: the majority of people today claim to have colorful dreams. But it wasn’t always thus. Research conducted in the early part of the last century consistently found that people reported dreaming most often in black and white.
According to Eva Murzyn at the University of Dundee, there are at least two possible explanations for this strange situation.
The first is the methods used in the researches. The early studies tended to use questionnaires（問卷）, while more modern studies use dream diaries (filled in upon rising in the morning) or so-called “REM-awakening”, which involves interrupting people’s dream-filled periods of sleep to find out what they were dreaming about. People’s memories of their dreams are likely to be less accurate by using the questionnaire approach and they are more likely to reflect their beliefs about the form dreams generally take in an unclear way.
The second explanation has to do with black and white television and film. It's possible that the sudden increase in black and white film and television during the first half of the last century either affected the form of people’s dreams at that time, or affected their beliefs about the form dreams generally take.
According to Murzyn’s findings, it’s the explanation based on media exposure that carries more weight. She used both questionnaire and diary methods to study the dreams of 30 older (average age 64) and 30 younger people (average age 21).
The methodological technique made no difference to the type of dreams people reported. However, the extremely important thing was that, across both questionnaires and diaries, the older participants (who had had significant early life exposure to black and white media) reported experiencing significantly more black and white dreams over the last ten days than the younger participants (22 per cent vs. 4 per cent).
Another finding was that older participants reported black and white dreams and colorful dreams to be of equal clearness. By contrast, the younger participants reported that the quality of black and white dreams was poorer. This raises the possibility that the younger participants didn’t really have any black and white dreams at all, but were simply regarding poorly remembered dreams as black and white.
小題1:We learn from the text that ______.

A．people in the first half of the last century never had colorful dreams

B．older people are more likely to have black and white dreams

C．the dreams of younger people are always colorful

D．people today don’t have white and black dreams any more

小題2:What did Murxyn do to find out the explanations for the colors in people’s dreams?

A．She applied both questionnaire and diary methods to study people’s dreams.

B．She used diary methods to record people’s dreams.

C．She chose 60 people to answer her questions about their dreams.

D．She woke people up to record the colors of their dreams.

小題3:What does the underlined expression “carry more weight” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．be heavier

B．be more powerful

C．be more important

D．be more useful

小題4:From Murxyn’s findings we can infer that ______.

A．both older people and younger people could report colorful dreams clearly

B．young people don’t have any black and white dreams in fact

C．the color of a person’s dream is decided by one’s age

D．it is probably the color of media that affects the color of one’s dream

One silly question I simply can’t understand is "How do you feel?" Usually the question I asked of a man’s action－a man on the go, walking along the street or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say," Fine, I’m all right," but you’ve put a bug in his ear. ——Maybe now he’s not sure. If you are a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked(忽略)that morning. It starts him worrying a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else. "How do you feel?"
Every question has its time and place. It’s perfectly acceptable, for example, to ask "How do you feel?" if you’re visiting a close friend in hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying take a train, or sitting at his desk working, it’s no time to ask him that silly question.
When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays, was in his eighties, someone asked him, "How do you feel?" Shaw put him in his place. "When you reach my age," he said, "either you feel all right or you’re dead."
小題1:According to the writer, greetings such as "how do you feel"_______. 

A．show one’s consideration for others.	B．are a good way to make friends
C．are proper to ask a man in action	D．generally make one feel uneasy.

小題2:The question "How do you feel" seems to be correct and suitable when asked of________.

A．a man working at his desk.	B．a person having lost a close friend.
C．a stranger who looks worried.	D．a friend who is ill.

小題3:The writer seems to feel that a busy man should _______.

A．be praised for his efforts.	B．never be asked any question.
C．not be bothered(煩擾).	D．be discouraged from working so hard.

小題4:You’ve put a bug in his ear means that you’ve ________.

A．made him laugh.	B．shown concern for him
C．made fun of him	D． given him some kind of warning.