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【小題1】 Who is this passage most probably written to?

A．People applying for energy supply.

B．People moving home.

C．Persons in need of help.

D．Energy users of Eastern Energy.

【小題2】 If you have any complaints, what should you do?

A．Make a call or send a mail.	B．Contact Help and Advice.
C．Go to the company directly.	D．Ask for special services.

【小題3】 According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．You are not expected to read your own gas or electricity meters.

B．It is now cheaper to use gas than electricity as a form of heating.

C．You are not charged for the call when you report supply failure.

D．You should inform Eastern Energy of a change of address on arrival at your new home.

How can you find out what is going on inside a person’s body without opening the patient’s body up? Regular X rays can show a lot. CAT scans can show even more. They can give a complete view of body organs.
What is a CAT scan? CAT stands for a kind of machine. It is a special X-ray machine that gets a 360-degree picture of a small area of a patient’s body.
Doctors use X rays to study and determine diseases and injuries within the body, X rays can find a foreign object inside the body or take pictures of some inside organs to be X-rayed.
A CAT scanner, however, uses a group of X rays to give a cross-sectional（橫截面）view of a specific part of the body. A fine group of X rays is scanned across the body and around the patient from many different directions. A computer studies the information from each direction and produces a clear cross-sectional picture on a screen. This picture is then photographed for later use. Several cross sections, taken one after another, can give clear “photos” of the entire body or of any body organs. The latest CAT scanners can even give clear pictures of active, moving organs, just as a fast-action camera can “stop the action”, giving clear pictures of what appears unclear to the eye. And because of the 360-degree pictures, CAT scans show clear and complete views of organs in a manner that was once only shown during operation or examination of a dead patient.
Frequent appearance before X rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body. Yet CAT scans actually don’t cause the patient to more radiation than regular X rays do. CAT scans can also be done without getting something harmful into the patient, so they are less risky than regular X rays.
CAT scans provide exact, detailed information. They can quickly find such a thing as bleeding inside the brain. They are helping to save lives.
【小題1】What is NOT true of a CAT scan?

A．It is safer than regular X rays.

B．It makes use of computer techniques.

C．It can stop the action of an organ for a short time.

D．It gives clear pictures of active, moving body parts.

【小題2】The underlined words “a foreign object”（Para 3）most probably refer to     .

A．a(chǎn) badly injured part inside the body

B．a(chǎn) new thing that is unknown to the doctor

C．a(chǎn) strange organ that has grown in the body

D．a(chǎn)n object that gets inside the body by chance

【小題3】What is the special use of the latest CAT scanners?

A．It provides clear photos of moving organs.

B．It can take 3-dimension（三維）pictures of inside organs.

C．It won’t cause serious skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.

D．It helps to find out what is going on inside a person’s body without opening it up.

【小題4】We can infer from this passage that     .

A．patients in front of CAT may suffer from a bit of radiation

B．doctors need no opening-up of the body with CAT scanners

C．CAT scanners are more expensive than regular X-ray machines

D．CAT scanners can take photos of either the whole body or a part of it

【小題5】The best title of this passage might be        .

A．the Newest Medical Invention

B．New X-ray Machine to Save Lives

C．How to Avoid the Damage of X Rays

D．Advantages and Disadvantages of CAT Scanners

The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (沖動(dòng)) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.
【小題1】 What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

A．The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

B．One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

C．To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

D．If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.

【小題2】 What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad ”in paragraph 2 ?

A．If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.

B．If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.

C．If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.

D．If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

【小題3】 If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.

A．the very backbone and nerve of character

B．the patience and power to control himself

C．strong feelings

D．self-confidence

【小題4】 The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.

A．explain that self-control is the key to success

B．teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

C．distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it

D．a(chǎn)dvise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

【小題5】 The passage is mainly developed by _____.

A．a(chǎn)nalyzing causes	B．making comparisons
C．examining differences	D．listing quotations

Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you are awake because you can control your behavior, but when you are asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their positions. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to displease people. So you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t quite sure of yourself.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You always stick to your own opinions or judgment, but you don’t raise your hope too much. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.
If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to on your own. You’re easily hurt.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well—balanced personality. You know your strengths and weakness. You’re usually careful. You believe in yourself. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get sad. You always say what you think even if it makes people rather angry.
【小題1】According to the passage, a person, who is not willing to change his mind and hard to deal with, probably sleeps ___.

A．on his side

B．on his back

C．curled up

D．on his stomach

【小題2】If a person prefers to sleep curled up rather than on his back, he may be well content to ____.

A．do things personally.

B．stay alone

C．keep things secret

D．trust others easily

【小題3】 Which of the following people, in the author’s opinion, most likely have personalities  opposite to each other ?

A．The people sleeping on their stomach and those sleeping on his backs.

B．The people sleeping on their sides and those sleeping curled up.

C．The people sleeping on their backs and those sleeping on their sides.

D．The people sleeping curled up and those sleeping on their stomach.

【小題4】 What the author mainly intends to tell us is that _______.

A．one’s sleeping position has something to do with （與……聯(lián)系）one’s character.

B．everyone has got both real and secret personalities.

C．the position in which one goes to sleep is the most important one.

D．when awake, one does not show one’s secret personality.

There are three branches of medicine. One is called “doctor medicine” or “scientific medicine”. Scientific doctors try to observe sickness, look for logical pattern, and then find out how the human body works. From there they figure out what treatments may work. This kind of medicine is believed to date from the 4^th century BC. Although nowadays it is successful, in the ancient this approach(方法) probably did not cure many patients.
The second kind of medicine is called “natural cures” or “folk medicine”, in which less educated people try to cure sickness with various herbs. These folk healers also use observation and logic, but they are not so aware of it. They try things until they find something that seems to work, and then they keep doing that. Folk medicine flourished(興起) long before the development of scientific medicine and was more successful in ancient times.
The third kind is called “health spas（水療）” or “faith healing”. Sometimes this may be as simple as touching the holy man and being immediately healed. Other times, a magician may make you a magic charm, or say a spell(咒語), to cure you. Some religious groups organize healing shrines(圣壇) for the sick. In these places people rest, get plenty of sleep, eat healthy food, drink water instead of wine, and exercise in various ways. They also talk to the priests(牧師) and pray to the gods. If you are feeling depressed or you have been working too hard, going to these places may be just the right thing to make you feel better.
【小題1】Doctor medicine _________.

1. has a longer history than folk medicine
2. has been practiced for around 2,400 years
3. bases its treatments on observation and logic
4. was very successful in curing sicknesses in ancient times

【小題2】 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT used in health spas?

A．Magic power

B．Various herbs

C．Religious faith

D．A healthy life style

【小題3】According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

1. Folk healers choose different herbs to cure diseases without any sound basis.
2. People who practice folk medicine need lots of formal education on herbs.
3. The success of folk medicine led to the development of doctor medicine.
4. Natural cures worked better than scientific medicine in ancient times.

【小題4】 The author’s primary purpose in this passage is to_______________.

1. describe different types of medicine
2. argue for the importance of medicine in health care
3. show the important role religion plays in medical treatments
4. compare the educational background of three different types of patients

 

Ellis Island is located in New York Harbor. Ellis Island is open daily year-round from 9:30am to 5:00pm, with extended hours during summer. It is closed on December 25. There is no admission charge to Ellis Island; donations are gratefully accepted.
At Your Fingertips
Park information      (212) 363- 7620
Emergencies         (212 ) 363- 3260
Ferryboat information  (212) 269- 5755
Lost and found       (212) 344- 7620
Dining, gifts, & audio tour  (212) 344- 0996
Transportation
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ferry: Boats leave from Battery Park, Manhattan, and from Liberty State Park, New Jersey. They run about every 30 to 45 minutes beginning at 9: 15 am(ferry schedule subject to change).
Hours: May vary; call the number below
Closed: December 25
Ferry fees (Includes Liberty and Ellis Islands): adults, $ 7; senior citizens, $6; children(age 3 to 17), $ 3. (lower group rates are available for 25 or more adults)
Ticket & schedule information: (212) 269- 5755
【小題1】 In summer, visitors will have ___________ to visit Ellis Island.

A．no enough money

B．a(chǎn) longer time

C．a(chǎn) shorter time

D．a(chǎn) wonderful time

【小題2】Which number would you call if your friends were suddenly ill?

A．(212) 344- 0996

B．(212) 363- 7620

C．(212 ) 363- 3260

D．(212) 269- 5755

【小題3】 Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People can visit Ellis Island free of charge.

B．The boats departure time from Battery Park is at 9:15 a.m. all the year round.

C．Ferry fees for children are cheaper than for adults.

D．Ferry fees for group visitors can be reduced.

【小題4】 We may infer from the passage that _____________.

A．visitors prefer to go to Ellis Island by boat	B．there are more visitors in winter
C．Ellis Island is open every day	D．Boat is the only transportation to Ellis Island

On the outside Betsy Lueth’s school looks like any other in Minneapolis. Yet inside, it is
Yinghua Academy, a public school where elementary（小學(xué)）students study subjects ranging from
math to American history in Chinese.
Yinghua, the first such immersion（沉浸式）program in the Midwest is on the leading edge (前沿) of a movement that in recent years has seen Chinese language programs spread rapidly throughout the U.S.
The idea behind Yinghua is to introduce kids to the language and culture as early as possible —ideally, before age 12. Kindergarteners and first graders are taught in Chinese and a single period of English is introduced in second grade. By sixth grade, kids are learning half in English and half in Chinese, with the expectation of fluency in both. In Yinghua’s classrooms, the walls are covered not with ABCs but with pictures and Chinese characters.
There are many challenges at Yinghua. Most teachers come from Taiwan or mainland China, and cultural misunderstandings are very common. Lueth’s teachers are learning to be tolerant of local customs — as well as a lot more parental input (家長看法) than they are used to. “In China, teachers are respected. They are not questioned,” says Luyi Lien, Yinghua’s Taiwan-born director. “In America, parents are more expressive of their opinions.”
Research has shown that in the long run, immersion programs can provide benefits, including more flexible, creative thinking. Though students from the programs fall behind for a few years in English, by fifth grade they perform as well as or better than their monolingual（單語言）peers on standardized reading and math tests. For multicultural families, the psychological (心理上的) help can also be important. Lueth, a former teacher, co-founded the school as a way to expose her adopted Chinese daughter Lucy to her native culture. Lucy used to be annoyed when cousins asked why her skin color was different from theirs; before she started at Yinghua, she resisted exploring anything related to China. Now, Lueth says, Lucy proudly answers her cousins, “Yeah, I was born in China.”
【小題1】Yinghua is different from other schools in Minneapolis in the way that_________.

A．it offers subjects to students mostly in Chinese

B．its language program is popular in the U.S.A

C．kids there begin to learn Chinese at the age of 12

D．its students learn subjects half in English and half in Chinese

【小題2】．One of the challenges at Yinghua is that_________.

A．most parents do not respect its teachers

B．teachers need to get used to the local culture

C．its students are mostly from nontraditional families

D．there is misunderstanding between teachers and students

【小題3】We can learn from the last paragraph that immersion program _________.

A．enables students pass tests more easily

B．benefits students in learning psychology

C．helps some students accept the local customs

D．contributes to the better development of students

【小題4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Teachers in Yinghua have difficulty in understanding the local culture.

B．Parents are discouraged to speak out their opinions of the school in Yinghua.

C．The students in Yinghua are expected to speak English and Chinese fluently.

D．Yinghua is the first school in the USA to introduce Chinese culture to students.

Vans, Keds, Dollies—they sound like the names of rock bands, but if you have teenagers, you'll know they're actually the latest in teenage footwear.
But experts are now warning that the current shoe fashions will be causing teenagers discomfort in the short term and storing up years of foot, knee and back pain in the future.
Here, the experts identify the problems caused by teenagers' shoe choice.
KEDS/VANS
Slip-on shoes with elastic (彈性的）sides are particularly popular among teenage boys - with Keds and Vans the most sought-after brands.
The main problem is that they are just too flat—so flat that the heel, which strikes the ground first, also becomes damaged and painful.
BALLET PUMPS
The worst shoes of all are such light and thin dolly shoes. The problem is partly their flatness, as with Keds and Vans. However ballet pumps, which have no string or heel, have other specific problems.
“As the shoe has no fastening device, it relies on the toes to keep the shoe on, causing an awkward gait（步法）, this leads to short- and long-term problems such as calluses（繭子）, heel and knee pain.”
WEDGES AND STILETTOS
These shoes can also cause problems with gait. They may look good, but the heels on these are so high they can force the wearer's body weight forward, making them very unstable.
Teens who wear these shoes regularly are also in danger of joining those millions of women with constant back pain.
SCHOOL SHOES
So what do podiatrists（足科醫(yī)生）have on their wish list, especially for everyday wear?
Something in a natural, breathable fabric, with a string to hold it on, with a small heel and a deep toe-box that does not press the toes, such as Clark's, Marks & Spencer or Rhino.
If your teen insists on wearing 'bad' shoes, get them some simple foot orthotics(矯形器) in the shoes. These support and correct the movement of the foot and, properly fitted by a podiatrist, can often transform their walk and halt the damage.
【小題1】 Of all the shoes mentioned in the passage, which can cause the worst problems?

A．Marks & Spencer.	B．Wedges & Stilettos.
C．Keds and Vans.	D．Ballet Pumps.

【小題2】 Which pair of shoes may not be found on the podiatrists’ wish list?

【小題3】 The underlined word “halt” in the last paragraph probably means _______.

A．increase

B．worsen

C．stop

D．cure

【小題4】 From this passage we can infer _______.

A．trendy shoes may ruin teenagers’ health

B．fashionable shoes all have orthotics in them

C．experts are strongly against wearing popular shoes

D．podiatrists are expert at producing branded shoes

【小題5】 In which column of Mail Online can you find this passage?

A．Sports.

B．Science.

C．Health.

D．Shopping.

Britain’s seed bank, the only one in the world aiming to collect all of the planet’s wild plant species, has reached its goal of banking 10 percent by 2010.
The Millennium Seed Bank Project, run by Kew Gardens—one of the oldest botanical gardens—will officially deposit the 24,200th species on Thursday, a pink, wild banana from China.
More than 50 countries are now on board with Kew's giant task but vast places of the globe, including India and Brazil, still need to join in and donate seeds, director Paul Smith said.                                                                                                                                                            
The seed bank is one of the largest and most diverse in the world with more than 1.5 billion seeds. Its goal is to help protect the planet’s bio-diversity during a time of climate change.
The wild banana seed is under threat of extinction(滅絕) in southwest China from agricultural development. It is a vital food source for Asian elephants and important for growing bananas for human consumption.
Stored at minus-20 degrees centigrade, so they can last for thousands of years, the seeds await the day that scientists hope never comes—when the species no longer exist in the wild.
It is a race against time, Smith said, because in the last decade alone, 20 plants held in the bank have already been wiped out in the wild. He estimates that between a third and a quarter will become extinct this century.
"It is urgent and it is happening now. An area, the size of England, is cleared of primary vegetation（植被）every year." Smith said.
Because most of the world's food and medicines come from nature, protecting wild plant species is quite important, scientists say. There are already many other seed banks safeguarding food crops, which only account for 0.6 percent of plant diversity.
For Kew's next goal—to collect a quarter of wild varieties by 2020—the botanists need 10 million pounds a year, or a further 100 million pounds on top of the 40 million they have already been granted.
【小題1】What’s the final purpose of the Britain’s seed bank?

A．To collect enough money for the project.	B．To safeguard food crops.
C．To protect wild plants from extinction.	D．To help scientists study wild plants.

【小題2】The wild banana seed in China is in danger because of _______.

A．the expanding of farming work	B．the climate change in this area
C．the large number of Asian elephants	D．human’s large consumption

【小題3】 We can learn from the passage that _______.

A．the seeds in the bank can be used now and then all over the world

B．India and Brazil haven’t joined in the Seed Bank Project at present

C．there is only one seed bank in the world at present

D．the wild plants in places like India and China will never die out

【小題4】 What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 7 refer to?

A．The extinction of plant species.	B．The Millennium Seed Bank Project.
C．Britain’s seed bank.	D．Kew Gardens’ next goal.

【小題5】Which of the following information isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A．The global partnership of collecting wild plant species.

B．The temperature condition of the conservative wild plant species.

C．The government’s financial support for the seed bank project.

D．Scientists’ concern on the extinct wild plant species.

Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea．People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea．Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added．She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o’clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.
【小題1】Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?

A．The Britons got expensive tea from India.

B．Tea reached Britain from Holland.

C．The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea.

D．It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea.

【小題2】This passage mainly discusses_____________.

A．the history of tea drinking in Britain

B．how tea became a popular drink in Britain

C．how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea

D．how tea-time was born

【小題3】Tea became a popular drink in Britain.

A．in eighteenth century	B．in sixteenth century
C．in seventeenth century	D．in the late seventeenth century

【小題4】People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because.
A．it tasted like milk               
B．it tasted more pleasant
C．it became a popular drink
D．people tried to copy the way Madame de Servinge drank tea
60．We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain mostly resulted from the influence of　________.
A．a(chǎn) famous French lady    B．the ancient Chinese
C．the upper social class  D．people in Holland