第三部分：閱讀理解(共20小題，每小題2，滿分40分)

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When he thought of the past, my grandfather would sometimes show us photographs of himself at school. They were brown and faded, and it was hard to believe that the blurred figure of the little boy in the short trousers and socks could ever have been Grandfather. Besides, he wore a cap---and the boys in the photographs wore caps pulled so far forward that half of their faces were obscured. When Grandfather asked us to pick him out from the group, we would surely point to the wrong boy.

On one such occasion my younger sister, aged six, burst into tears when Grandfather proudly guided her finger to the right boy. "How could that boy be you?" she cried. "He should have a beard.” We were, of course, all convinced that grandfathers should have beards , preferably white and bushy, like  our own grandfather's.

"I was a good scholar ,”Grandfather would say, wagging his beard over the photographs. " I should have been top of the c1ass if I hadn't had to get up at six every morning to milk the cows and chop the wood, and again when I came home from school.”

"But Saturdays? What did you do on Saturdays?"

"Saturdays, if it was fine, I’d be out all day in the fields with the men," replied Grandfather. "And if it was wet, I’d be helping my mother with odd jobs round the house. There wasn't much time for studying."

We all tried hard to imagine what it would have been like to have been Grandfather getting up at crack of dawn and never, obviously, having a moment for himself. It seemed we had learnt something from what Grandfather had said about his childhood.

56. In the first paragraph of this passage, what the author really tells us is that_______.

A. his grandfather used to wear short trousers, socks and a cap as well

B. it was difficult to tell which of the boys in the photographs was Grandfather

C. he didn't believe Grandfather wore a cap pulled forward when he was at school

D. it was fun to watch boys in the photographs wearing caps pulled forward

57. The author's sister burst into tears because________.

A. she did not get a chance to pick out Grandfather in the photographs

B. she was told which was the right boy before she herself could pick him out

C. other children did not agree with her that Grandfather should have had a beard

D. she found Grandfather in the photographs did not have a beard

58. When Grandfather said, "I should have been top of the class….", he meant________.

A if he had had more time for studying, he would have been the best in his class

B. he should have spent more time studying rather than playing ball games

C. his school days should not have been so hard and miserable

D. he could have never been the best student even if he had studied still harder

59. In the last paragraph the author said, "We all tried hard to imagine…"because________.

A. the figures of the boys in the photographs were small and blurred

B. the children had never experienced life like that of Grandfather

C. the photographs Grandfather showed them were brown and faded

D. Grandfather failed to tell them about his childhood in detail

第二部分

I 完形填空（共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Sea turtles have been on Earth for millions of years, but they may soon die out. The main  11   to them is people who kill them for food, according to Dr. Wallace J. Nichols of the University of California.

But the latest news may    12    turtle hunting: Dr. Nichols has found that sea turtles    13   a lot of pollution from the ocean. This pollution is  14    for both turtles and ___15_____ It can cause __ 16 __ damage to their bodies and lead to death. Research shows that many people get sick and even  17   eating sea turtle meat. 

In the US, most people have    18  eaten turtle. This is because turtles are    19   by the United States law, which makes it   20    to harm or kill these amazing animals. “But many people in other countries still eat them,” explains Nichols. “Our first   21   was to save turtles; now we must save   22    too.”

Davis said he also wants to send out a bigger   23   that we should protect the oceans. “The   24   of the ocean, animals in the ocean, and our own health are all    25   . A clean ocean is really good for us too because of the food we eat from there.”

11 A. doubt              B. stream             C. danger            D. worry

12 A. accelerate          B. slow               C. improve           D. change

13 A. cause              B. expand             C. absorb            D. reduce

14. A. beneficial                   B. unhealthy                  C. unfit                     D. annoying

15. A. animals              B. oceans                    C. seas              D. humans

16.A. accidental          B. occasional           C. unknown          D. serious

17. A. die from                    B. survive from             C. suffer from          D. free from

18. A. often                         B. seldom                     C. never                      D. rarely

19. A. qualified           B. protected           C. restricted          D. produced

20. A. impossible          B. difficult           C. illegal              D. abnormal

21. A. goal               B. impression         C. difficulty           D. cost

22. A. Earth              B. ocean             C. people             D. animals

23. A. advertisement       B. message           C. sign               D. problem

24. A. turtles                   B. depths             C. health                    D. expansion

25. A. concerned          B. disturbed           C. developed         D. connected 

--_____ of the population of the city _____workers?

--About 60 percent.

A. What; is  B. What; are  C. How much; is  D. How much; are

But she had to ___ the company and ____a man in order to get a job.

A. lie to; pretended to be     B. lie; pretended to be

C. lie to; pretended being    D. lie; pretended as

After so long a walk, he was too _____ further.

A. tired for walk     B. tire to walk    C. tiring to go    D. tired to go

What _____ time it is to listen to a speech having nothing to do with you!

A. waste     B. wastes     C. a waste of    D. a waste for

We are just _____ calling you up _____ you come in.

A. about; when      B. on the point of; while

C. on the point of; when      D. on the point of; as

The car factory has produced a new car of high quality; its only        is that it uses a lot of petrol.

A．a(chǎn)dvantage B．drawback  C．mistake     D．profit

Heard the new news, he jumped with joy.

With the help of the guide dog, the blind man found the way go home.