He would never have got the job, _____ for the fact that his father had great influence over the company．

       A．had it not been       B．it had not been       C．it were no       D．were it not

The good service at the hotel       the poor food to some degree．

       A．got rid of  B．got on with      C．made up for     D．made up of

 How long do you think??????_________Obama officially takes office in the White House?

A. it will be that       B. will it be until 

C. will it be when      D. it will be before 

When someone gives you advice, listen without judgment, try to find value in what you’re hearing, and say: “Thank you”. This wise advice is easy to understand yet hard to practice. I’ll give you an example from my life when I totally blew it in terms of practising what I teach.

In my work I travel constantly. I always put off going to the airport until the last second. My wife, Lyda, was sitting next to me in the front seat. I was racing along and not paying much attention. Lyda cried out! “Look out! There is a red light up ahead.”

Being a trained behavioral science professional—who teaches others the value of encouraging advice—I naturally screamed at her: “I know there is a red light up ahead! Don’t you think I can see?” When we arrived at the airport, Lyda didn’t speak to me. I wondered why she seemed mad at me.

During the flight to New York, I did a cost-benefit analysis. I asked myself: “What was the cost of just listening when Lyda called out the warning? Zero.” I then reasoned: “What was the potential benefit? What could have been saved?” Several potential benefits came to mind, including her life, my life, and the lives of other people.

I landed in New York feeling ashamed of myself. I immediately called Lyda and told her my cost-benefit story. I convinced her: “The next time you help me with my driving, I am just going to say, ‘Thank you.”

A few months passed, and I had long forgotten the incident. Again, I was racing off to the airport, when Lyda cried out: “Look out for the red light!” I was embarrassed, and then shouted: “Thank you!”

I’m a long way from perfect, but I’m getting better. My suggestion is that you get in the habit of asking the important people in your life how you can do things better. And be ready for an answer. Some people may tell you things like “Look out for the red light.” When this happens, remember that there is possibly some potential benefit. Then just say: “Thank you.”

45. What do we know about the author?                                                                           

A. He is expert at behavioral science.           B. He is gifted in cost-benefit analysis.

C. He seldom takes his wife’s advice.          D. He often runs the red traffic light.

46. The underlined part “blew it” in Paragraph 1 probably means “        ”.                      

A. became annoyed with the adviser         B. forgot the practical method

C. failed to say “Thank you”                       D. lost personal judgment

47. It can be inferred from the passage that people        .                                              

A. tend to be defensive when given advice                             

B. intend to follow others’ suggestions

C. had better study behavioral science        

D. should give their opinions patiently

48. The purpose of the passage is to advise people to      .                                              

A. do a cost-benefit analysis in daily life      B. treasure others’ suggestions

C. learn from the author’s experiences        D. discover potential benefits

第二卷(共35分)

第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

 One Sunday morning, Li Ming and his grandpa were

 feeding their bird in its cage. They provide the bird with          76.______________

 enough food and water. What puzzled us was that the              77._____________

 bird did not seem happy. On his , say school the next              78.______________

 morning, Li Ming saw some birds flying in the sky, it                 79.____________

reminded him of the alone bird in the cage, Suddenly he           80._____________

realized that why the bird was unhappy. After school he            81._____________

tried to persuade his grandpa to set the bird free. He said          82._____________

to his grandpa, "Birds need freedoms as well!" Much to              83.____________

his delighted, his grandpa agreed. The bird was set free.           84._____________

Seeing the bird fly happily in the sky, both Li Ming                 85._____________

and his grandpa smiled.

 He was a teacher before he left his hometown

   What has________ him since then?

  A. made of      B．become of    C. brought up    D. happened on

The countryside gives us peace and quiet, which is ___ we can’t enjoy living in the city.

  A. that              B. what         C. why          D. where

Most of us still wonder _______ it is _______ makes those honest peasant workers, without being paid at all, resign themselves to the bosses.

A. what; that       B. /; what             C. that; what             D. /; that

In our hometown, a private school was closed down as a _______ of its terribly bad management.

   A. matter           B. consequence         C. whole       D. total

China won 100 medals in the Beijing Olympic Games, which are almost ________ those of the Sydney Olympic Games. 

A. twice as many as       B. as many as twice       C. as much as twice D. twice as much as