Sometimes smiles around the world _________ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry.

A. can B. would C. should D. must

You’d better not call the manager between 7 and 8 this evening, for he ________ an important meeting then.

A. will be having B. would have

C. will have D. will have had

With the bridge ________next year, it will be easier to come to and go from the village.

A. to build B. to be built C. built D. being built

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were ready to go out for a ride on the motorcycle with my friend Katie and the dog the phone call came, a call that made that bright, beautiful day a cold, dark, one.

I had just put on my suit, shorts, and tank top(無袖緊身背心), and packed my bag with sunscreen and else I would need for the day. I ran into my parents’ room to find Dad. When I saw him on the phone, he was crying. I’d never seen my dad cry before. My heart . what possibly could have happened?

“Max, I’m so sorry,” I heard him say. That’s when it me. I knew that Suzie had died. Max has been my dad’s best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a rare disease that mainly affected her body. Her brain was OK. She knew what was ; she knew that she had problems and was different from other kids. Once she told her dad that she wished she could die and be born in a different body. Yet although she couldn’t live a normal life, she was still happy.

When Suzie and I were little, we spent quite a bit of time together. As we grew up, we grew . She lived in New York, and I lived in the Midwest. When Suzie was ten, she had to live in a in Virginia. About eight months before she died, Max gave us her number at the hospital and we talked on the phone at least twice a week the end. In a way, she lived through me. After we found out about her , we made our plans to go to New York for the funeral. When she was alive, I sent her a Beanie Baby and she sent one back to me. I had her another one but never had the chance to send it to her, so I took it to put in her casket(棺材).

To be honest, I learned so much from her. She gave me far more than I could ever give to her. I will never forget her or the talks we had. I now know that I must never anything for granted, especially my health and the gift of life.

1.A. when B. after C. once D. while

2.A. glaring B. gorgeous C. glamorous D. gloomy

3.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing

4.A. sank B. dropped C. fell D. lowered

5.A. surprised B. hit C. attracted D. beat

6.A. getting on B. going on C. working on D. running on

7.A. tall B. strong C. apart D. pretty

8.A. kindergarten B. nursery C. clinic D. hospital

9.A. until B. in C. since D. by

10.A. condition B. survival C. situation D. death

11.A. borrowed B. made C. bought D. sew

12.A. get B. take C. enjoy D. own

A scientist turns out to be able to see the future by offering each of some four-year-olds a piece of candy and watching how he or she deals with it. Some children reach eagerly for the treat they see. Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait until the last moment.

By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened. A survey found that those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out generally grew up to be more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable. The children who gave in to temptation(誘惑) early were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and inflexible(頑固的)．

Actually, the ability to delay reward is a sign of emotional intelligence which doesn't show up on an IQ test.

The hardware of the brain and the software of the mind have long been scientists' concerns. But brain theory can't explain what we wonder about most, like the question why some people remain upbeat in the face of troubles that would sink a less resistant soul.

Here comes the theory of Daniel Goleman, writer of Emotional Intelligence: when it comes to predicting people's success, brain ability measured by IQ may actually matter less than the qualities of mind once thought of as “character”．

EQ is not the opposite of IQ. What researchers have been trying to understand is how they work together; how one's ability to handle stress, for instance, affects the ability to concentrate and put intelligence to use. Among the ingredients (要素) for success, researchers now generally agree that IQ counts for about 20%; the rest depends on everything from social class to luck.

While many researchers in this relatively new field are glad to see emotional issues finally taken seriously, some few fear EQ causes misuse.

1.The experiment with the four-year-olds makes it clear that ________.

A. the age of 4 is a proper time for scientific experiment

B. emotional intelligence won't show up until adolescence

C. the ability of self-control plays a role in personal success

D. candy can be used to measure a person's emotional intelligence

2.Which of the following is TRUE of EQ and IQ according to the text?

A. There is no link between EQ and IQ.

B. The higher a person's IQ is, the higher his or her EQ is.

C. Some people can be blessed with lots of both, but some with little of either.

D. Scientists are trying to discover the way in which EQ and IQ work together.

3.The underlined word “upbeat” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.

A. kind B. floating

C. excited D. optimistic

4.Why does the author mention the experiment at the beginning of the text?

A. To amuse both the children and readers.

B. To prove the scientist’s wisdom.

C. To introduce the topic of the text.

D. To show us how to do an IQ test.

5.What is most likely to be written in the paragraph that follows?

A. Information about famous people with high EQ.

B. Examples showing the opposite voice about EQ.

C. Some reasons why EQ is relatively new field.

D. Strong demands for basic emotional education.

— Hurry up！ Alice and Sueare waiting for you at the school gate.

— Oh！ I thought they without me.

A. had gone B. are going

C. have gone D. went

Apart from the urgent problems caused by wars and conflicts， the UN helps countries with other problems such as education， starvation， disasters， AIDs and other diseases.

A. lack for B. lack in

C. lack D. lack of

Happiness often comes to those try to help others and do something worthwhile.

A whom B. who

C. what D. which

Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software program that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. Britain played an important part in developing the first generation of computers. The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial (商業(yè)的) computers and talked about their work at home. As a child he would build models of computers from packing material. After graduating from Oxford University he went on to the real thing. In the 1980s， scientists were already communicating using a primitive version of e-mail. While working at a laboratory in Switzerland， Tim Berners-Lee wrote a program， which let him store these messages. This gave him another idea： write a program that will let academics(學術界人士) from across the world share information on a single place. In 1990 he wrote the HTTP and HTML programs which form the basis of the World Wide Web.

The next year his programs were placed on to the Internet. Everyone was welcome to use them and improve them if they could. Programmers used this codes(密碼) to work with different operating systems. New things like web browsers(瀏覽器) and search engines were developed. Between 1991 and 1994 the number of web pages rose from 10 to 100,000.

In 1994 Tim Berners-Lee formed the newly formed World Wide Web consortium(協(xié)會)， or W3C. More than 200 leading companies and laboratories are represented by W3C. Together they make sure that everyone can share equally on the web. “The Web can help people to understand the way that others live and love. It helps us understand the humanity of people.” he says.

1.From the passage， we can infer that Tim Berners-Lee is .

A. British B. American

C. Swiss D. French

2.Scientists began to communicate using e-mail .

A. in 1980 B. after the 1980s

C. before 1990 D. in the 1960s

3.Tim Berners-Lee decided to write a program that would let academics from across the world share information on a single place when .

A. he was a child

B. he studied in Oxford University

C. he formed W3C

D. he worked at a lab in Switzerland

4.Which of the following is NOT true？

A. The number of web pages rose rapidly in the 1990s.

B. Tim’s programs were placed on to the Internet in 1990.

C. The World Wide Web will have an effect on the social development.

D. Tim Berners-Lee made a great contribution to the computer science.

5.The passage is mainly about .

A. when the Internet came into being

B. who Tim Berners-Lee is

C. why computers develop so rapidly

D. how the World Wide Web started

Section C (8 marks)

Directions： Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

If there were a literary award bigger than the Nobel Prize， Alice Munro would probably win that， too. Munro,82， was awarded literature’s highest honor， respected by the Nobel committee as a thorough but forgiving chronicler(事件的記錄者) of the human spirit.

Among her best-known is The Bear Came Over the Mountain， about a woman who agrees with her husband that she should be put in a nursing home. The narrative begins in a relatively tender， traditional mood. But we soon learn that the husband has been unfaithful and doesn’t always regret it. The wife， meanwhile， has fallen for a man at the nursing home. Munro won a National Book Critics Circle prize in 1998 for The Love of a Good Woman and she is also a three-time winner of the Governor General’s prize， Canada’s highest literary honor.

She received a scholarship to study at the University of Western Ontario， majoring in journalism， and was still an undergraduate when she sold a story to CBC radio in Canada. She dropped out to marry a fellow student， James Munro， had three children and became a full-time housewife. By her early 30s， she was so frightened and depressed that she could barely write a full sentence.

Her good fortune was to open a bookstore， in 1963. Inspired by everything from the conversation of adults to simply filling out invoices(發(fā)票)， she saw her narrative talents resurface. Her first collection， Dance of the Happy Shades， came out in 1968 and won the Governor General’s prize.

Her books having been sold more than 1 million copies in the U.S. alone， she has long been an international ambassador for the short story. Critics and peers have praised her in every way a writer can be praised： the precision of her language； the perfection of detail； the surprise and logic of her storytelling； the graceful shifts of moods. So， she is the kind of writer about whom it is often said－no matter how well known she becomes—that she ought to be better known.

1.What do we know about the woman’s husband in The Bear Came Over the Mountain？ (No more than 10 words) (2 marks)

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2.Why did Munro stop her study at the University of Western Ontario？ (No more than 4 words) (2 marks)

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3. What happened to Munro in 1963？ (No more than 10 words) (2 marks)

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4.What is the main idea of the passage？ (No more than 10 words) (2 marks)

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