If you feel at present that you don’t have enough friends in your life, one reason may be that you have let yourself become too busy to make time for the relationships you already have. Starting and keeping friendship requires effort and commitment.

Many of us let our lives become so busy with work and other commitments that we don’t get around to scheduling time for pleasure and renewal（敘舊）with the friends, relatives and acquaintances we already have.

Making the effort to call your friends more regularly and to accept more of the invitations you receive from others can improve your social life in a hurry!

Are there any people you could call right now and be assured of a pleasant welcome? Are there people that you could count on to help you in time of difficulty? Can you have close talks with them? Do you have fun when you are together? Are you happy to have them in your life?

If you haven’t seen much of them lately, is it because you have become too busy? Have you grown apart? Was there an argument?

If the main reason you haven’t been getting together with the people you already know is that you have gotten too busy, take a good look at how you spend your time. Compare it with your real values and priorities（優(yōu)先考慮的事）in life. Is your busy lifestyle really bringing you the quality of life that you want?

If you have become too busy for friends, why has this happened? Are you seeking material toys in your life at the expense of relationships with other human beings? Have you allowed your time to be over-committed because you never say “No” to anyone? Do you insist on doing things yourself that could be delegated to others? If so, why? Do you believe that everything depends on you?

Examine whether the way you are now spending your time accurately reflects your deepest values and priorities. Make sure that you schedule adequate time for the things that are truly most important to you.

If you really want to keep friends in your life, make a space in your schedule, and a space in your heart for them.

60．The author mainly discusses ______in this passage.

         A．how to spend our spare time

         B．how to balance friendship and work

         C．whether we should keep friendship

         D．whether we should invite friends to dinner

61．Which of the following doesn’t indicate a good relationship?

         A．You have someone to count on when you are in trouble.

         B．You have someone to have close talks with.

         C．You have fun when you are with someone.

         D．You feel depressed with others in life.

62．What does the underlined word “delegated”（para.7）probably mean?

         A．replaced              B．appointed

C．defeated             D．handled

63．The reason why you have become too busy for friends may be the following EXCEPT that_____.

         A．you feel it difficult to keep friendship

         B．you spend too much time seeking material toys in your life

         C．you stick to doing everything all by yourself

         D．you never refuse whatever other people ask you to do

單詞拼寫 (共10小題；每小題1分，共10分)

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋提示，在句子右邊的橫線上寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。(每空一詞)

76. Nowadays women are still struggling for true _________ (平等) with men.

77. He is strongly _______ (反對的) to your going abroad.

78. I am very proud of this plan and I _______ (真誠地) hope it will succeed.

79. Sorry, sir. We only say that this medicine can only make _______   (暫時的) relief from pain.

80. Please keep me ______ (通知) of the latest news.

81. The boy’s _____ (缺席) from school made his head teacher very angry.

82. Every citizen in our country should obey the law _________(無條件地).

83. If offered red or white wine, I’d choose the ______ (后者).

84. Many people came to the hospital to ____ (捐獻) blood when the patient needed an operation.

85. The newly-built laboratory has been ______ (配備) with the most advanced instruments.

The problem was raised _____ we should get all the machines _____.

A. that; to repair            B. which; repaired

 where; to be repaired      D. when; repaired

We are all interested in equality,  but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it.

Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity（機會）and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. The standards may be changed — no examination is perfect — but to have no external(外部的)tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in external examinations or in any controls in schools or on teachers. This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency（實力）,the ideal and the purpose of each teacher.

Without external examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them — a form of favoritism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates（證書）to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of a certificate shows the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected school. This defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if external examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s fame（名譽）,unable to compete for employment with the child from the favored school.

The opponents（對手）of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.

These people are not just against school organization, but are at war with the whole idea of modem competitive society and they are using children in schools for their destructive（破壞性的）purposes. There is no reason why we should allow such people to determine the way our schools are organized when it is to the obvious disadvantage of the pupils, of the schools and of our society as a whole.

1. According to the passage, the writer thinks that ________________.

A. changing the standards could mean the end of equality

B. standards must keep changing in order to achieve equality

C. there would be no standards without external examinations

D. we cannot have standards because examinations are not perfect

2. In the writer’s opinion, what would happen if external examinations were taken away?

A. There would be no more opportunities and no more excellence.

B. Children from poor families would not be able to change schools.

C. Going to a favored school should be the only way to get a good job.

D. Schools for bright children would lose their fame.

3. The situation at the moment is that ________________.

A. many children who are suitable for a job have no proof of their suitability

B. a school's fame is not important, as long as a child has a certificate.

C. children attending well-respected schools need not get certificates.

D. a bright child doesn’t need a certificate a t all to get a good job.

4. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. Most students from poor families can't get a good job.

B. Some people are using students to destroy our society.

C. The writer thinks it a good way to choose a job by computer.

D. The opponents of the examination want to reorganize schools.

5. The opponents would agree that _________________.

A. computers should be selected to take over many jobs

B. particular people should not be chosen for particular jobs

C. well - respected schools should be got rid of as soon as possible

D. the students are not equally treated if they take external examinations

—I have to be at the office by noon tomorrow. My co-workers are taking me out for a final good-bye lunch.

    — ________ Where are you going to eat?

    —I don't know. They want to treat me.

    A. I don't know.                       B. How nice!

    C. It's my pleasure.                   D. It's none of my business.

　　More than four out of five people admit to telling little white lies at least once a day and the preferred way of “being economical with the truth” is to use technology such as cell phones, texts and e-mails, a survey last Thursday said.

　　The research by UK pollsters 72 Point found that “techno-treachery(高科技說謊)” was wide-spread with nearly 75 percent of people saying gadgets made it easier to fib(撒小謊).

　　Just over half of respondents(被調查者) said using gadgets made them feel less guilty when telling a lie than doing it face to face.

　　The workplace was a favorite location for fibbing with 67 percent of the 1,487 respondents admitting they had lied at work.

　　The top lie was pretending to be ill (43 percent) followed by saying work had been completed when it hadn’t (23 percent). Worryingly for bosses 18 percent said they lied to hide a big mistake.

　　But, employers were not the only ones on the receiving end of dishonest statements. Just over 40 percent of the respondents said they had lied to their families or partners.

　　Key topics to lie about were: buying new clothes or the cost of them (37 percent), how good someone looked in something (35 percent), how much they had eaten (35 percent) and drunk (31 percent) and how much they weighed (32 percent).

1. The underlined phrase “being economical with the truth” probably means ________.

   A. telling lies           B. making apologies      C. feeling guilty     D.admitting mistakes

2. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.

   A. employers sometimes lie to their employees, too

   B. 75% of people have ever lied to someone

   C. without gadgets, people may feel more pressure when telling white lies

   D. more people lie to their family than to their bosses

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Cell phones make people more likely to lie.

   B. Some people might lie to their bosses when they are not doing their work well.

   C. 40% of employers admit that they have lied to their families or partners.

   D. Nearly 1,500 people were questioned in the survey.

4. According to the passage, in which of the following situations are you most likely to lie?

   A. You are going to spend the night at your friend’s, which your parents won’t allow.

   B. Your friend is wearing a new dress and asks you how you find it.

   C. You are a little too fat, and you’re trying to tell your friend how heavy you are.

   D. You want to ask your boss for a sick leave, although you are not ill.

5. The main idea of the passage is that __________.

   A. people are getting more likely to lie

   B. gadgets are seen as the best way to tell white lies

   C. most people tell white lies at the workplace

   D. 18% of people lie to their bosses

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You might wonder how this kind of animal ____ to live without eating for so many months. A．keeps       B．succeeds        C．manages         D．tries

A. notice was     in order to remind the students of the changed lecture time.                   

A. sent up        B. given up         C. set up       D. put up