I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria ,after college graduation. I had been there before my mother became a minister.

    Two weeks later, I told my mother I was bored.She said, “Here’re the car keys.Go and buy some fruit.”  36   ,I jumped into the car and speeded off.

    Seeing me or rather my  37   ,a boy sprang up(跳起來).  38    to sell his bananas and peanuts. “Banana 300 naira.Peanut 200 naira! ”

     Looking at his black-striped bananas,I  39    to 200 total for the fruit and nuts.He  40   .I handed him a 500 naira note.He didn’t have  41   .So I told him not to worry.He was  42   and smiled a row of petfect teeth.

     When, two weeks later, I  43   this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian soeicty.I should  44   this country as the son of a  45   .But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it was so  46   to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.

   “What’s up?”I asked. He answered in  47   English, “I…I no get money to buy book. ”I took out two 500 naira notes.He looked around  48   before sticking his hand into the car   49  the bills.One thousand naira means a lot to a family that  50   only 50,000 each year.

     The next morning,security officers told me, “In this place,when you give a little,people think you’re a fountain of opportunity(機會).”

       51    it’s right,but this happens everywhere in the world.I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for  52   .

     After six months’work in northern Nigeria,I returned and saw him again standing on the road.

     Are you in school now?”

     He nodded.

     A silence fell as we looked at each other, then I  53    what he wanted. I held out a 500 naira note. “ Take this.”

     He shook his head fiercely and stepped back  54    hurt.

    “It’s a gift. ”I said.

     Shaking his head again,he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts, “I’ve been waiting to  55   these to you.”

36.A.Encouraged                 B.Disappointed             C.Delighted          D.Confused

37.A.car                             B.mother                    C.driver                D.keys

38.A.willing                B.afraid                       C.eager                        D.ashamed

39.A.got down            B.bargained down         C.put down           D.took down

40.A.explained            B.promised                         C.agreed               D.admitted

41.A.change                 B.notes                        C.checks               D.bills

42.A.troubled               B.regretful                          C.comfortable       D.grateful

43.A.ran after             B.ran into                           C.ran over            D.ran to

44.A.proteet                 B.enjoy                       C.help                  D.support

45.A.minister               B.headmaster                      C.manager                   D.president

46.A.lucky                   B.amazing                          C.funny               D.common

47.A.old                             B.broken                    C.traditional          D.modern

48.A.proudly               B.madly                      C.curiously             D.nervously

49.A.for                             B.with                         C.at                      D.upon

50.A.spends                 B.pays                         C.makes                      D.affords

51.A.Possibly               B.Actually                          C.Certainly                  D.Fortunately

52.A.joys                            B.nuts                                C.books                D.bananas                      

53.A.asked                   B.imagined                         C.reminded            D.realized

54.A.when                   B.as if                        C.even if             D.after

55.A.send                    B.provide                           C.sell                   D.give

Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to 16 .  Now she was Portia, a strong –willed 17  in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing 18 form her.

19, Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition （選拔試演）. She 20 being in front of other people. She was very 21 at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to 22 much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making 23 friends. She had excellent grades, 24 she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition, Robertsa’s mother had heard about it and 25 her to join in.

“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to 26 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act our for us?”

Her mother wouldn’t let the 27 drop. “You’re just a little scared (害怕) . Everyone gets scared. You know you 28 do it. The trick is to look past the 29 to find the love of what you’re doing. ’’

So Roberta had made an appointment (預約) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the 30 of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part, 31 the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she 32 every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new 33 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition, she 34 two of  Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the 35 was hers. 

16. A. sing                          B. dance              C. speak                             D. report

17. A. member             B. actress             C. player                            D. character

18. A. weakly               B. rapidly                    C. smoothly                  D. slowly

19. A. At first               B. In fact                     C. After all                         D. In all

20. A. hated                        B. enjoyed                   C. appreciated                     D. regretted

21. A. honest                B. shy                  C. polite                             D. patient  

22. A. avoid                 B. focus                       C. pay                         D. attract

23. A. few                          B. a few                      C. several                           D. many

24. A. or                             B. so                   C. for                          D. but

25. A. forced               B. requested                  C. encouraged              D. reminded

26. A. accept                B. play                        C. offer                       D. learn

27. A. role                   B. matter                     C. interest                   D. grade

28. A. can                           B. must                       C. may                        D. should

29. A. anger                B. pain                        C. sadness                    D. fear

30. A. purpose              B. way                        C. idea.                              D. importance

31. A. memorizing        B. organizing                C. checking                 D. improving

32. A. disliked             B. loved                      C. expected                         D. bore

33. A. consideration      B. description               C. selection                  D. understanding

34. A. practiced            B. planned           C. performed               D. delivered  

35. A. part                          B. play                 C. speech                            D. position  

In modern times, people have to learn to __________all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.

A. keep with    B. stay with    C. meet with    D. live with

______that he was in great danger, Eric walked deeper into the forest.

A. Not realized     B. Not to realize     C. Not realizing   D. Not to have realized

     At Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, the lights are controlled by sensors that measure sunlight. They dim immediately when it's sunny and brighten when a passing cloud blocks the sun.

     A wall of windows at a University of Pennsylvania engineering building has built-in blinds (百葉窗) controlled by a computer program that follows the sun's path.

    Buildings are getting smarter -- and the next generation of building materials is expected to do even more.

     Windows could catch the sun's energy to heat water. Sensors that measure the carbon dioxide breathed out by people in a room could determine whether the air conditioning needs to be turned up.

     Many new materials and technology have been designed in the last 15 years. They now being used in a wave of buildings designed to save as much energy as possible. They include old ideas, like "green roofs," where a belt of plants on a roof helps the building keep heat in winter and stay cool in summer, and new ideas, like special coating for windows that lets light in, but keeps heat out.

     As technologies such as sensors become cheaper, their uses spread.

     The elevators (電梯) at Seven World Trade Center, which is under construction in New York, use a system that groups people traveling to nearby floor into the same elevator, thus saving elevator stops. People who work in the building will enter it by swiping (刷) ID cards that will tell the elevators their floor; readouts will then tell them which elevator to use. The building also has windows with a coating that blocks heat while letting in light.

    More new building materials and technology are in development. A Philadelphia building firm is now working on "smart wrap" that uses tiny solar collectors to catch the sun's energy and transmitters (傳輸器) the width of a human hair to move it. They are expected to change the face of the construction industry in the next ten years or so.

72. ______ will be developed and used in the construction industry.

     A. "Green roofs" that cool or heat buildings

     B. "Smart wrap" that catches the sun's energy

     C. Sunlight-measuring sensors that control lights

     D. Window coating that lets light in, but keeps heat out      

73. The elevators at Seven World Trade Center are special because they can ___

     A. send people to floors with fewer stops

     B. teach people how to use their ID cards

     C. make people stay very cool in summer

     D. help people go traveling in the building               

74. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to _____.

     A. a human hair                   B. smart wrap

     C. the sun's energy             D. a transmitter          

75. What might be the most suitable title for the text?

     A. Buildings Are Becoming Smarter

     B. Buildings Are Getting More Sunlight

     C. Buildings Are Lacking in Much Energy

     D. Buildings Are Using Cheaper Materials

      Unlike modern animal scientists, dinosaur scientists cannot sit on a hillside and use telescopes to watch dinosaurs in order to know how they lived and whether they were good parents. Instead, they have to search hard for information from dinosaurs’fossils(恐龍化石) because dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.

       It’s very difficult for the scientists to reach an agreement because different results can be got from the same fossils, Many fossils of the same kind of dinosaurs have been dug out from one place. They might have formed when an entire group of dinosaurs got stuck(陷入)all at once, or they might have been the result of dinosaurs getting stuck one after another over a course of a few centuries. Thus we can say that dinosaurs might have in the first case lived in big groups and in the second lived alone.

      Though there are two different results, dinosaur scientists now generally agree that at least some kinds of dinosaurs lived in big groups. “That’s pretty much settled at this point.” Says Paul Sereno, A kind of dinosaurs called Sauropods left behind tracks in the western United States that appear to run north and south, suggesting that they even moved long distances together.

      As to whether dinosaurs cared for their young, dinosaur scientists have turned to the closest living relatives of dinosaurs ― birds and crocodiles ― for possible models. Birds give a lot of care to their young, while crocodiles just help their young to the water. The discovered fossils of dinosaurs sitting on their eggs and staying with their young suggest the parents were taking care of their babies, but we still cannot say that all dinosaurs did the same.

       There is still a long way to go before the above questions could be answered. Dinosaur scientists will have to find more proof to reach an agreement.

60.Dinosaur scientists can get information directly by           .

A.  studying dinosaur fossils                B. examining modern animals

C. watching dinosaurs                         D. using telescopes

61.What is pretty much settled according to Paul Sereno?

A. Half of the dinosaurs lived alone.    B. Most dinosaurs moved long distances.

C. Many dinosaurs settled in the north. D.Some dinosaurs lived in big groups.

62.Dinosaur scientists can probably know whether dinosaurs were good parents by              .

A. watching many kinds of animals      B. studying dinosaurs’living relatives

C. following the tracks left behind              D. working on dug-out dinosaur eggs

63.Which of the following the according to the paragraph?

A. Birds hardly ay attention to their young.  B. Baby crocodiles can look after themselves well.

C. Some dinosaurs took care of their young.       D. Birds and crocodiles take good care of their young.

The beauty of the place ______ them to pause in their hike and rest a while.

A. allowed                      B. switched                  C. invited               D. addicted

       Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. These mountains are a splendid sight when viewed form the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructure (基礎設施) that must be maintained.

       Unfortunately, these systems are starting to break down. It’s not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation.

       Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The Park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the park to deal with.

       Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while.

       Why hasn’t the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needed for repairs.

       Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park.

       A sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemite. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park.

65. According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they are appreciated from ______.

A. the bottom of the valleys                               B. the top of the mountains

C. the side of the mountains                              D. the edge of the valleys

66.National parks like Yosemite in the U.S. find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of

visitors because ______.

A. their transport management needs improving

B. they spend too much on their service systems

C. their service systems frequently go out of order

D. they need help from environmental organizations

67.The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its ______.

A. rundown water pipes                                    B. overcrowdedness

C. lack of money                                              D. narrow roads

68.   According to the text, the Sierra Club is most likely to be ______.

A. an environmental group                                 B. an information center

C. a travel service                                               D. a law firm

      Everyone’s at it , even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn't done an eBay deal. So, I decided to try my hand at online auction(網(wǎng)上拍賣).

      Buying for beginners: Sign up on www. ebay. co. uk. Most items ( e. g. tables, computers, and books) ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with "Buy It Now" and have a fixed price. You can buy these right away.

     If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids (出價) for you. The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10 days and when they finish you get an email telling you whether you have won the item.

    How to pay: Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a cheque or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card (信用卡).

      Selling made simple: If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. I followed my friends' advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starring on a Thursday. This way buyers had two weekends to bid.

     The big things in life: It' s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be collected or sent by deliverymen. Cheek the ways of delivery before you bid.

36. What is the passage mainly about?

    A. How to make payment online.                  B. Ways of making delivery online

    C. Advantages of an online-auction system.    D. How to use an online-auction system.

37. After bidding for an item, a buyer                .

    A. will get what he wants in ten days                 B. should make payment immediately

    C. has chances to make higher bids                      D. may check its picture and description

38. The easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is             .

    A. through an online payment system            B. through a local banking system

    C. by sending the money to the seller             D. by paying the deliveryman directly

To save some of the human languages before they are forgotten, the students in our school started a discussion “Save Our  ________”

A. Sky                            B. Life                           C. Arts                          D. Voices