24.  _____ any biscuits that morning, we had nothing to eat.

A. Not baking                                  B. Not having baked

C. Not being baked                       D. Not having been baked

六.選擇填空

1. Great changes ______ in China in the past 20 years.

A. took place   B. have taken place   C. were taken place   D. have been taken place

33. —We want to sit at the table near the door.

   —I’m sorry, but it _______ already.

       A. was taken          B. has taken           C. will be taken     D. has been taken

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

A

When I was a child , I remember that my mother decided that we would take a trip to visit my Aunt Sandy who lived in Mammoth Lakes, California. I was about 7 at the time but my memory does not fail me because I can recall my personal details .

We were sitting in the kitchen getting ready to have peanut butter and suddenly without warning the room started shaking. I remember thinking that it was weird(怪異)that construction workers must have been moving the house or something, but that it was weird that they would do it when we were still in it. I had a vivid imagination too. So everything started shaking and my aunt had this horrible look on her face as she dropped the knife of peanut-butter onto the ground and held on to the counter. My mom told me to get under the table, which as I think back was odd because what was happening was from the ground so what good was getting under a table going to do. The kitchen window soon broke out on its own from the force of all the shaking and I started getting pretty scared(害怕). I don’t think my aunt moved the entire time. My mom had gotten under the table with me and was holding me to make sure I was OK I suppose. It seemed strange because no one really knew what to do.

So finally the shaking stopped. The power was out and it took minutes before anyone really even started to move and talk again. My mother decided that we would leave the next morning. I don’t remember if we were only planning to stay for one night or if we were just stopping by on our way to Fresno where my mom had friends.

56．The first paragraph is mainly to tell us that the writer_________.

A．was eager to see Aunt Sandy       B．was too young to do anything

C．doesn’t remember anything at all    D．still remember what happened when young

57．While they were sitting in the kitchen__________.

A．the construction workers moved the house    

B．the kitchen window broke out on its own

C．a(chǎn) terrible earthquake took place suddenly     

D．they were warned to leave the room at once

58．Aunt dropped the knife of peanut-butter onto the ground because_________.

A．she was very busy   B．she was too frightened

C．everything shook hard    D．she didn’t use it any more

59．From the last paragraph we can know that________.

A．everyone began to make the house clean and tidy

B．the writer’s mum decided to leave immediately

C．the electricity was cut off completely at home

D．everyone started to talk about the shaking loudly

D

Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.

By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic (邏輯) behind what you think, feel, or only partly understand. Often, explaining a thought is the process of understanding. In other words, you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power.”

Try this experiment. Explain how you’ll increase your brain power, even if you have no idea how right now. Just start with anything, and create an explanation. For example, start with “I’ll learn chess,” or “I’ll read an article on the mind every week.” Explain how that will help. You’ll be surprised how often this becomes a workable plan, and if you actually do this, you’ll have a better understanding of your brain twenty minutes from now.

Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many, if not most, highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head, but if you keep a journal of your ideas the next time you’re working on a big project, you’ll probably have more success.

Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That’s an extreme example, but if you are learning something new, write a letter to a friend about it, and you will understand it better. Want to invent something? Write an explanation of the problem, why you want to solve it, and why it is worth solving, and you’re half-way there.

Writers don’t always write because they clearly understand something beforehand. Often, they write about something because they want to understand it. You can do the same. Writing will help bring you to an understanding. Give it a try.

71. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. A Way on How to Write

   B. Increase Your Brain Power through Writing

   C. Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing

   D. How to Start Your Writing

72. According to the text, writing can help you a lot in the following ways EXCEPT ______.

   A. the increase of your brain power

   B. the ability to remember

   C. the development of your interest in study

   D. the better understanding of a topic

73. If a writer writes something, it means that he or she _______.

   A. has understood it very well

   B. needs to understand it better

   C. wants to remember it in his or her mind

   D. is exercising his or her “explain power”

74. The underlined sentence “you’re half-way there” in the fifth paragraph implies that ______.

   A. you are already successful

   B. you still need to work hard

   C. writing can help you walk half way

   D. writing is important to solve problems

75. What’s the main purpose of the writer writing the text?

   A. To advise readers to start their writing.

   B. To explain the importance of writing.

   C. To persuade readers to become writers.

   D. To increase readers’ brain power.

I know there is a coin in your left hand, but what’s in your _______ hand?

  A. other    B. another   C. the other  D. others

--- Does _____ of these two buses go to the station?

   --- You can’t get to the station by __________ of them.

  A. both; both          B. neither; neither    C. any; any          D. either; either

The postman comes at 6:30 in the morning, ____ time I am usually fast asleep.

  A. when           B. at which         C. which           D. that

Can you _____ the capitals of all the countries?

  A. call             B. name              C. tell           D. give 

Please tell me the way you thought of ______ the garden.

  A. take care of       B. to take care of      C. taking care       D. how to take care