The majority of your readers must have been surprised and shocked to read a letter from Mr. Hogg, published in last Wednesday’s Herald. Mr. Hogg seems to think that his own convenience and that of motorists in general are the only things that matter in our city.

I would have more sympathy with Mr. Hogg if he limited himself to making constructive suggestions to improve the situation. No doubt his problems would be partly solved if the local authorities built a multi-storey car park in the park in the city centre, instead of encouraging motorists to use public transport. All the same, judging from the tone of Mr. Hogg’s letter, I suspect that motorists who are so careless of pedestrians’（行人）safety that they would rather park their cars on the pavement than hold up the traffic would probably be too lazy to use a multi-storey car park if they had to walk a few hundred yards to their destination afterwards.

My main reason for writing, however, is much more important. Is Mr. Hogg aware that according to figures issued by the Department of Transport, 13, 000 people were knocked down in Britain last year because of cars being illegally parked either on the pavement or on crossings? In fact, although the total pedestrian casualty（傷亡事故）rate has fallen over the last ten years, there has been an increase in accidents caused when pedestrians have to step out into the road to avoid parked cars on the pavement and cannot see coming traffic.

I, for one, cannot share Mr. Hogg’s view that the authorities are prejudiced against “l(fā)ong-suffering motorists”. On the contrary, I think the penalties（處罰）for the dangerous parking should be made severe enough to prevent all motorists from breaking the law in this way.

79. From this letter we can infer that Mr. Hogg thinks ______.

A. motorists should be encouraged to use public transport.

B. a multi-storey car park should be built in the city center.

C. the authorities should try their best to prevent traffic accidents.

D. pedestrians are too careless when they walk across the street.

80. The writer of this letter thinks that ______.

A. to build a car park in the city is of no use.

B. motorists should not neglect pedestrians’ safety.

C. most motorists are lazy, careless and selfish.

D. regulations should be made to punish motorists in general.

81. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. 13,000 people were killed in traffic accidents in Britain last year.

B. Traffic accidents rate has fallen in the past ten years.

C. A lot of pedestrians were knocked down due to motorists' illegal parking.

D. Accidents involving pedestrians has increased sharply over the last years.

82. Which of the following things can Mr. Hogg have done?

A. Parking his car on the pavement or on crossing.

B. Having trouble in finding a car park in the city centre.

C. Having been fined for illegal parking.

D. a, b and c

When I was a schoolboy sixty years ago, we had two prizes in our school. One for good spelling, and the other for amiability（友好）. These prizes were thin, smooth, silver disks about the size of a dollar. On one were the words “Good Spelling”, and on the other, “Amiability”.

The holders of these prizes hung them about the neck with a string. Those holders were the envy of the whole school. There wasn’t a pupil that wouldn’t have given a leg to be allowed to wear one of them for a week. But no pupil ever got a chance except John RoBards and me. Good spelling was my one accomplishment. John RoBards was extremely amiable. He always wore the other medal.

That word “always” is a bit strong. We lost the medals several times. It was because they became so monotonous（單調(diào)）. We needed a change―therefore several times we traded medals. It was a satisfaction to John RoBards to seem to be a good speller―which he wasn’t. And it was a satisfaction to me to be amiable, for a change. Of course these changes would not last long. Some schoolmate or other would presently notice that we had traded and would report this to the teacher.

The teacher took the medals away from us at once, of course. But we always had them back again before Friday afternoon when the teacher came to look over the week’s record.

Friday afternoon always closed with a “spelling down”. Being in disgrace, I necessarily started at the foot of my division of spellers. But I always stood with the medal around my neck when the contest was finished.

76. The prizes mentioned in the passage______.

A. were computer disks                       B. bore both: Good Spelling” and “Amiability”.

C. were coin-shape medals                  D. were each worth one dollar

77. The teacher took away the prizes from the author and John RoBards because _____.

A. they wanted to sell the prizes          B. they exchanged the prizes

C. they behaved badly                        D. they came to be over proud

78. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. the teacher did not like whether John or the author

B. John and the author were good friends

C. John and the author both cheated in winning the prizes

D. John and the author were often a focus of attention in the school

I have never met a successful person who wasn’t 100% prepared. Once you realize the advantage that exceptional __66___ gives, it becomes a lifelong habit.

Ivan Lendl is a typical example. He has thought about every side to his game, _67___ it is playing plan against an opponent, or his diet, or fitness program. But what really __68____ me was when he told me he also knew the airline and flight number he was taking to the city in question. That is the way he __69___ everything. It is one element that has made him a champion.

One reason many of us aren’t prepared is that we rarely appreciate it. And if anyone does find out we have prepared carefully to make certain we __70___ our goal, we may well be laughed at. In fact, many people are afraid to be prepared: if they are, they lose an excellent _71____when they fail.

In sport, you meet athletes who let it be known they are not in top condition for a competition. It __72___ the pressure. If they lose, they were not at their best. If they win, they go beyond everyone’s __73___. This is a classic 50% solution: you win some, you lose some. Then there are the people who do their preparation in public. They constantly tell you how hard they are working. That way, if they fail, it is not because they did not try. This is the 75% solution: prepare well, give it your best, let things turn out as they will.

The very best performers, __74___, spend hidden hours to make sure that they are No. 1. They don’t need or want the world to see them sweat. This is the 110% solution: First determine the __75.__ result. Then calculate your effort.

Everything lives with opposite forces. The same can be said about modern technology, such as __51___.

At first glance, Internet _52____ us excitement and a world of promise. Frankly speaking, people who have some ideas of it ___53__ deny the merits（優(yōu)點(diǎn)）born with the system. For instance, it can improve efficiency in scientific research, for __54___ it scientists and researchers can get a global look at the __55___ development in the field concerned and accordingly they need to spend __56__ time doing what has already been done. In view of personal communication, the most __57___ means could be peculiar to Internet, too.

While people speak _58____ of Internet, its drawbacks（弊端）shouldn’t be neglected. Sometimes, a __59___ fatal breakdown of the system, or a disastrous ___60__ could bring us an enormous amount of damage and loss. Meanwhile, __61___ Internet’s replacement of books or the written work as the main __62___ of information, human’s writing abilities are __63___. However, every country on this planet should work hard to develop the system to serve us __64__ efficiently and comfortably, __65__in the net all countries are interrelated.

The young man is always energetic, and loves life, who has a _____ personality

A. lovely                      B. lively                C. alive                 D. living

He is shy in the presence of strangers and he does all he can ______.

A. get it over                                                   B. to get it over

C. get over it                                                   D. to get over it

The house he now lives in is a（n）______ contrast to the one he lived in six years ago.

A. bright                      B. fresh                 C. sharp                D. extreme

Taking the advantage as a journalist, she was admitted to the watchtower and had a particular _______ of the mountain ranges.

A. scene                   B. sight                 C. view                 D. scenery

To our relief, the friends that got separated in the floods came back home ______.

A. safely                      B. safe                  C. surprised           D. surprisedly

The boss of the company felt worried when he found the profit couldn’t _____ the expenses.

A. pay              B. cover                C. charge               D. keep