----- I am not good at dancing, you know.

   ---- ______. It’s just for fun.

   A. Come on    B. Don’t say so     C. What a pity    D. Cheer up

Not until his father came back ____________ to bed.

      A. he went                 B. did he go       C. went he        D. he did go

E

Water and its importance to human life are the center of the world’s attention. March 22 is World Water Day, which has the theme “Water and culture ”this year. Ther are more than one billion people in the world who live without safe drinking water. The United Nations hopes to cut this number in half by 2015.

       Solving such a big problem seems like an unreal challenge. But everyone, even teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the U.S. has set an example to others of her age around the world. Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work of collecting deserted batteries which pollute water.

       In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There, she saw an exhibit about how chemicals in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie. Haggerty learnt that recycling the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone uses batteries, and it can make a big difference.”With these words, she began to increase awareness in her area.

       She talked to her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools as well as the public libraries, hospitals, and churches. With the help from her family, friends and local waste-management officials, she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made an educational video.

Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made little progress. When asked if she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite modest. “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”

       Every year the Gloria Barron Prize honors young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in serving the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive ＄2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.

68.According to the passage, how many people probably can’t drink safe drinking water in 2015?

A.About I billion.                                            B.About 2 billion.

C.About 500 million.                                        D.About 5 million.

69.In order to collect used batteries, Rene Haggerty did the following things EXCEPT_______.

A.gather some containers                                  B.arrange the transportation

C.make an educational video                             D.go on a field trip

70.The best title for this passage should be_______ .

A.A girl awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize

B.A girl acts to clean the world’s water

C.We should protect our environment

D.A girl collecting batteries

C

Susan Sontag（1933—2004） was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything—to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s，publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review，she appeared as the symbol of American culture life，trying hard to follow every new development in literature，film and art. With great effort and serious judgment，Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

　　Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords（格言），but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In “Notes Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name，she explained what was then a little—known set of difficult understandings，through which she could not have been more famous.“Notes on Camp”，she wrote，represents “a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’, ‘beauty’ over ‘morals’ ”.

    By conviction（信念）she was a sensualist（感覺論者），but by nature she was a moralist（倫理學者），and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s，it was the latter side of her that came forward. In “Illness as Metaphor”—published in 1978，after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities（被壓抑的性格），a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact，re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

    In America，her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California，won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless，all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame.

    “Sometimes,” she once said，“I feel that，in the end，all I am really defending…is the idea of seriousness，of true seriousness.”And in the end，she made us take it seriously too.

64．The underlined sentence in paragraph l means Sontag ____________.

    A．was a symbol of American cultural life

    B．developed world literature，film and art

    C．published many essays about world culture

    D．kept pace with the newest development of world culture

65．She first won her name through____________.

    A．her story of a Polish actress

    B．her book Illness as Metaphor

    C．publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review

    D．her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

66．Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon____________.

    A．a tireless，all-purpose cultural view

    B．her lifelong watchword: seriousness

    C．publishing books on morals

    D．enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing

67．From the works Susan published in the 1970s and 1980s，we can learn that _____.

    A．she was more a moralist than a sensualist

    B．she was more a sensualist than a moralist

    C．she believed repressed personalities mainly led to illness

    D．she would like to re-examine old positions

第二部分：單句改錯（滿分10分）

91．People love to get together to eat and have a fun with each other．   91．__________

92．He was not going to hold his breathe for her to apologize．       92．__________

93．He could not have Yong Hui getting away to telling people lies．    93．__________

94．It would be better if you were a bit thin．                             94．__________

95．They see a penniless young man wandered on the pavement．      95．__________

96．I saw a man dressed in rag the other day．                      96．__________

97．They gave performances in pubs, for that they were paid in cash．    97．__________

98．Imagine our excitement when we heard it on the radio the first time．      98．__________

99．The carpet raised and at once they were in a thick rainforest．        99．__________

100．The coffee is excellent quality and has been sold very well．       100．__________

You can’t imagine ________ when they heard the news．

       A．how they were excited    B．how excited they were

       C．how excited were they    D．they were how excited

The boy made ____ fun of me, so I became angry ____ him．

       A．a; with     B．/; with     C．a ; about   D．the; about

The father as well as his three children ______ skating on frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter.

A. is going        B. go         C. goes        D. are going

第二節(jié) 完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上涂黑。

A successful business man was growing old and wanted to choose a successor to take over the business. He called all the young executives together and said, "I have to __36__ and choose the next CEO from you."

They were __37__, but the boss continued. "I am going to give you a very __38__ seed. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back one year from today with __39__ you have grown from the seed. I will then __40__ the plants, and choose the next CEO."

Jim went home __41__. Everyday, he would water the seed and see __42__ it had grown. Although he kept __43__ his seed, nothing ever grew. Many weeks went __44__, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a __45__.

A year later, they brought their plants to the CEO for __46__. When Jim arrived, he was __47__ at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful.

The CEO greeted them. "What great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be__48__ the next CEO!"

All of a sudden, the CEO __49__ Jim at the back with his empty pot. The CEO asked him what had happened - Jim told him the story. He looked at Jim, and then __50__, "The next CEO is Jim!"

Jim couldn't believe __51__. Jim couldn't even grow his seed. "How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.

Then the CEO said, "The seeds I gave you were boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not __52__ for them to grow. Jim was the only one with the courage and __53__ to bring me a pot with my seed in it. __54__, he is the one who will be the new CEO!"

If you plant honesty, you will reap __55__. So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later. 

36. A. step down           B. sit down            C. settle down        D. hand down

37. A. exhausted           B. shocked             C. annoyed            D. embarrassed

38. A. special                B. valuable            C. common            D. expensive

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

40. A. compare             B. observe             C. judge                D. examine

41. A. heatedly             B. excitedly           C. desperately        D. disappointingly

42. A. if                       B. unless               C. until                 D. though

43. A. checking             B. planting            C. appreciating       D. counting

44. A. down                 B. away                 C. by                    D. back

45. A. fool                   B. failure               C. successor           D. onlooker

46. A. direction             B. application        C. instruction         D. inspection 

47. A. amazed               B. discouraged              C. amused             D. puzzled

48. A. performed          B. voted                C. considered         D. appointed

49. A. spotted               B. glanced             C. stared                D. noticed

50. A. announced          B. stated                C. confirmed         D. whispered

51. A. it                       B. those                 C. themselves         D. him

52. A. likely                 B. sure                  C. necessary           D. possible

53. A. confidence          B. honesty             C. optimism           D. diligence

54. A. Moreover           B. However           C. Therefore          D. Besides

55. A. trust                   B. success              C. power               D. reputation 

C

Business Week ( Oct. 8,2008 )

Introducing Business Week's Power 100, our ranking of the most influential people in the world of sports.

Prospect(展望) ( Oct. 20,2008)

     In July, Gordon Brown published a green paper called "The Governance of Britain.” The final section said that we need to be clearer about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and what it means to be British. It proposed(倡議) "to work with the public to develop a British statement of values. "  We asked 50 writers and intellectuals to give us their thoughts on this statement and what should inform it.

Science( Sep. 28,2008)

     In the journal's 28 September 2008 issue, Science, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, is pleased to present the winners and honorable mentions in the fifth annual Science and Engineering Visualization(視覺) Challenge.

Time( Sep. 1,2008 )

     From the phone that has changed phones forever, to futuristic cars, to a building made of water, to a remote controlled dragonfly(蜻蜓)—a dazzling display of ingenuity(獨創(chuàng)性).

Guardian( Oct. 17,2008)

     Against all the odds, and seeing off competition from favourite to win Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones, rank outsider Anne Enright,45, has been awarded the Man Booker prize for what the judges called a "powerful, uncomfortable and even at times angry book," The Gathering.

64．What do these five books have in common?

    A．Each of the articles in each book is introduced in detail.

    B．They are all published in the year and have one article digest.

    C．Each of them is commented by a great man in the world.

    D．They all introduce the most influential people.

65．What would be the best title for the article from Prospect?

    A．In Search of British Values.

    B．The Final Section.

    C．The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship.

    D．50 Writers and Intellectuals.

66．Who wins the Man Booker prize according to the passage?

    A．Gordon Brown.   B．Ian McEwan.    C．Lloyd Jones.   D．Anne Enright.

67．The passage probably appears in a _______.

    A． report         B． magazine      C． text book          D． science book