--- Mrs. Stanley looks gorgeous tonight.

--- The dark dress ______ her hidden beauty.

   A. brings out                 B. picks up                  C. gives away               D. leaves over

Have you ever stayed up late? If so, you know that not getting enough sleep can make you tried and grumpy. Not sleeping enough sleep can also make it harder to think clearly the next day.

   Sleep scientists have long known that getting a good night’s sleep is very important. It helps kids be able to do their best during the day.

A recent study shows that sleep helps improve problem-solving skills and creative(創(chuàng)造性的) thinking. For the study, two groups of students answered a math problem. The group that slept for eight hours solved the problem correctly more often than the group that did not get enough sleep.

   While you sleep at night, your brain is busy doing its “homework”. It sorts out(整理) all the information that you get in the day. Getting enough sleep each night can improve your thinking ability. That will surely help you do your best at school. Experts say that, in return, can lead to better grades.

The underlined word grumpy in the first paragraph means_______.

     A. excited and happy                  B. active and creative

     C. impatient and angry                 D. bored and weak

Choose the best title for this passage.

     A. Sleep to Success                    B. A Recent Study

     C. Do Sleep Well                      D. The More Sleep, the Better

I’d like to go ________ to help people, ________ when they are in trouble.

  A. straight; especially          B. straight; specially

  C. straightly; specially          D. straightly; especially

One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living ________.

A. bills                  B. expenses               C. prices                   D. charges

補全對話

—Debbie! S can't believe it! I haven't seen you for years．

—Dorothy! It's really a nice surprise!  61  

—Pretty good．

—  62 

—I wish ! could, but I'm on my way out．I have to be in the city in an hour．

—  63 

—There's a lot of traffic and I really have to get going．You know where I live—Why don't you drop in one evening?

—I'll do that．__64__ Let's keep in touch．

—I'd really like to．I'll talk to you soon, Debbie．I'm glad I ran into you．

—  65  ．

       A．Take care．

       B．How are you?

       C．Where have you been?

       D．Can you join me?

       E．Come on, just for, a minute．

       F．And you should feel free to call or visit me．

       G．It's been a whole year since we saw each other last time．

The shopkeeper did not want to sell for          he thought was not enough.

       A．where      B．how  C．what D．which

Under no circumstances         my bike tomorrow.

       A．he is borrowing              B．is he to borrow

       C．he will borrow        D．could he be borrowing

Pupils are ordered not to wade into ankle-deep water unless teachers first carry out a full risk assessment and put“proper measures in place”.

Staff are expected to check rivers, ponds and the sea for currents and rocks before allowing children to dip their feet.

Guidance issued to schools warns that any“impromptu (事先無準備的) water-based activities”could pose dangers to children.

The recommendations were outlined in a document-available to all 21,000 schools in England — to help teachers organize more school trips. Advice from the Department for Children, Schools and Families is intended to cut red tape (官樣文章) and give staff practical tips.

But the guidance caused argument after teachers were presented with a series of orders surrounding swimming and the use of minibuses.

It said:“Swimming and padding or otherwise entering the waters of river, canal, sea or lake should never be allowed as an impromptu activity. The pleas of young people to bathe — because it is hot weather, for example, should be resisted where bathing has not been prepared for.”

“In-water activities should take place only when a proper risk assessment has been completed and proper measures put in place to control the risks.”

Teachers are urged to check the weather, currents, weeds, rip tides, river or sea beds and breakwaters before allowing children into the water. No child should be able to swim deeper than waist height, the guidance added.

Margaret Morrissey, from campaign group Parents Outloud, said:“Wading out into the ocean is one thing but there’s nothing wrong with padding where the waves break.”

“Part of children’s learning is to walk along the water’s edge and get your feet wet. There are dangerous currents further out and you stay at the edge.”

She added:“I want to see schools and youth groups taking advantage of opportunities that learning outside the classroom can provide.”

But the Department for Children, Schools and Families said teachers had to plan activities carefully.

“We are not banning padding,”said a spokeswoman.“We have seen cases in the past where things have not been planned and assessed for the risk. Unplanned activities around water can be dangerous.”

67．Guidance issued to schools in England gives the information that _________.

       A．school trips to oceans are forbidden in the country

       B．school swimming pools should be surrounded with fence

       C．school staff must plan water-based activities carefully

       D．school children shouldn’t have a walk along river banks

68．Advice from the Department for Children, Schools and Families shows us that _________.

       A．they are strongly against the guidance

       B．they are fond of the outline of the guidance

       C．they don’t understand the aim of the guidance

       D．they want the guidance to become more useful

69．To the guidance, Margaret Morrissey holds the opinion that _________.

       A．oceans are dangerous place for children to visit

       B．young people should be encouraged to learn outside

       C．children should learn padding in rough ocean alone

       D．schools should stop students from walking along beaches

70．Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

       A．No padding on school trips, children told.           

       B．No walking along the rivers, teachers told.

       C．No swimming after school, parents told.

       D．No learning out of school, students told.

Self—employed private doctors who charge a fee each patient’s visit are the foundation of medical practice in the United States. Most doctors have contract relationship with one or more hospitals in the community. They send their patients to this hospital，which usually charges patients according to the number of days they stay and the facilities (operation room, tests, medicines that they use). Some hospitals belong to a city, a state or a government agency. Others are operated by religious orders (教會)or other non—profit groups.

Some medical doctors are on salary. Salaried doctors may work as hospital staff (員工)members, or residents, who are often still in training . They may teach in medical schools, or be hired by corporations to care for their workers to work for the government’s Public Health Service.

Doctors are among the best paid professionals in the United States. In the 1980s, it was not uncommon for medical doctors to earn incomes of more than $100,000 a year. Specialists, particularly surgeons, might earn several times that amount. Doctors list many reasons why they deserve to be so well rewarded for their work. One reason is the long and expensive preparation required to become a doctor in the United States. Most would—be doctors first attend college for four years, which can cost nearly $20,000 a year at one of the best private institutions. Then they attend medical school for four years. Tuition(學費)alone can more than $10,000 a year. By the time they have obtained their medical degrees, many young doctors are deeply in debt. They still face three to five years of residency(實習階段) in hospital, the first year as an assistant. The hours are long and the pay is relatively low.

Setting up a medical practice is expensive, too. Sometimes several doctors will decide to establish a group practice, so they can share the expense of maintaining an office and buying equipment. These doctors also take care of each other’s patients in emergencies.

Doctors work long hours and must accept a great deal of responsibility. Many medical procedures, even quite practiced many times, still involve risk. It is understandable that doctors want to be well—paid for making decisions which can mean the difference between life and death.

According to the passage, it is very unlikely that an American hospital is owned by         .

       A．a(chǎn) church .com  B．a(chǎn) corporation    C．a(chǎn) city D．a(chǎn) state 

The expenses for becoming a doctor are mainly spent on           .

       A．schooling and retraining  B．practice in a hospital

       C．facilities he or she uses    D．education he or she receives

Sometimes several doctors set up a group medical practice mainly because       .

       A．it’s difficult for one doctor to take care of too many patients

       B．they can take turns to work for long hours

       C．facilities may be too much of burden for one doctor to shoulder

       D．no one wants to take too much responsibility

The statement that fully expresses the author’s view towards US doctors’ payment is that     .

       A．they deserve a very good payment for their expensive education and their responsibility

       B．it is reasonable for doctors to have a large income because their work is dangerous

       C．doctors should be better paid because they work long hours in bad conditions

       D．doctors have great responsibility, so it is understandable that they should be well paid

Attention deficit（不足）hyperactivity（活動過度）disorder is known by the letters A．D．H D．Children with A．D．H．D．might have trouble paying attention．They might not seem to listen and might forget things．They might not be able to stay seated or play quietly．They might talk too much and act and speak without thinking about the results of their behavior．These are among the signs named on the web site of America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention．

Doctors usually identify the disorder in children．But experts say the behaviors often last into adulthood．Researchers have been looking for the cause or causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder．Now, a brain-imaging study offers more evidence that could lead to new ways to treat it．Researchers say they observed shortages in the brain's reward system in patients with A．D．H．D．The study found that levels of some proteins were lower than normal．Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says the lack of attention and self –control that mark A.B.H.D. could be caused by problem in the flow of dopamine（多巴胺）. She says people might have difficulty completing an activity if they cannot expect some kind of reward in return. Researchers studied the pathways on which dopamine travels and A.D.H.D. Doctor Volkow says the researchers then compared the pathways to those of 44 adults without the disorder. “There was a lower concentration of dopamine markers in the brain of individuals with A.D.H.D., specifically in the areas of the brain that are involved with reward and motivation. And the dopamine levels were directly linked to the severity, of the patient’s inattention she says.”

The study used brain images taken at Brookhaven National Laboratory in new York State. Gene-Jack Wang is chairman of the Brookdhaven medical department. He says the finding might also help explain why people with A.D.H.D.

are more likely to abuse drugs or overeat. He says they might be attempting to increase their dopamine levels to make up for the deficits in their reward system.