（C）
A Different Roast Every Day
Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really wanted to take a holiday.
He usually went to the seaside, but one day he saw an ad（廣告） in a newspaper. " Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing. Good prices (價格)."
"This sounds like a good idea," he thought. "I'll spend a month at Willow Farm. I'll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside."
Four days later he returned home.
"What's wrong with Willow Farm?" his friend Jack asked him. " Didn't you enjoy country life?"
"Country life was fine," Alan said, "but there was another problem."
"Oh, what?"
"Well, the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton (烤羊肉) for dinner."
"Fresh meat is the best."
"I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner."
"Lucky you!"
"You don't understand," Alan said. "On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner."
"A different roast every day," Jack said.
" Let me finish," Alan said, " on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn't dare to stay for dinner!"
小題1:Where did Alan work? He worked ___.

A．on a farm	B．a(chǎn)t a school
C．in a restaurant	D．in an office in a city

小題2:Where did Alan usually go to spend his holiday?

A．by the seaside	B．in the country
C．in the mountains	D．on an island

小題3:Why did Alan decide to spend his holiday at Willow Farm? Because ___.

A．he lived near there

B．he had a good friend there

C．he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seaside

D．he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the country

小題4:How many days did he stay on the farm?

A．A few days.

B．A week.

C．Three days.

D．Four days.

小題5: What made Alan return so soon?

A．He fell ill.

B．The air there was not fresh.

C．The prices were too high.

D．He was afraid that they would have the dead man for dinner.

A
This is a talk by a London taxi(出租車)driver.
"I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis."
"It's a nice job most of time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."
"I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."
"Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows."
"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.
Luckily the woman came downstairs.She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"
小題1:The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____.

A．make money	B．drive
C．climb in through the window	D．meet a lot of people

小題2:The woman climbed in through the window because _____.

A．she wanted to have a sleep

B．her husband didn't open the door for her

C．she didn't want to pay the driver

D．she couldn't find her key

小題3:The story happened _____.

A．early in the morning	B．late at night
C．20 miles outside London	D．near the police station

小題4:Which of the following is wrong?

A．The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning.

B．The police made a mistake.

C．The woman had no money to pay the driver.

D．The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.

小題5:The driver climbed in through the window to

A．get money from the woman	B．return the dog to the woman
C．phone the police	D．see what was happening in the house

(B)
Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.
We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南針). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”
小題1:The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .

A．bright

B．dirty

C．comfortable

D．dark

小題2:When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____

A．Of course , it loves me , since I love it .

B．If I love it , it should love me.

C．I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it .

D．I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger .

小題3: The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.

A．she thinks it will be very exciting

B．she likes sports and enjoys canoeing

C．she has decided to realize a childhood dream

D．she wants to be still active when she gets old

小題4:What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

A．Someone who does not show what she is feeling .

B．Someone who is very proud and sure of her success .

C．Someone who doesn’t use her head much .

D．Someone who is open , honest and brave .

小題5:The best title for this passage is ____ .

A．Life Begins at Sixty	B．A Round Coast Sail
C．An Old Woman Sailor	D．An Unusual Hobby(愛好)

E
A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?”
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
“All right then,” I said. “Okey, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forest of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, you’ll all get your turn. Once at a time, once at a time!”
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.
小題1:The author took the job to teach writing because ______.

A．he had written some stories	B．he wanted to be expected
C．he wanted to please his father	D．he had dreamed of being a teacher

小題2:Before he started his class, the author asked the students to ______.

A．write down their suggestions on the paper cards

B．cut maple leaves out of the construction paper

C．cut some cards out of the construction paper

D．write down their names on the paper cards

小題3:What did the students do when the author started his class?

A．They began to talk.	B．They stayed silent.
C．They raised their hands.	D．They shouted to be heard.

小題4:The author chose the composition topic probably because ______.

A．he got disappointed with his first class	B．he had prepared the topic before class
C．he wanted to calm down the students	D．he thought it was an easy topic

Joe wanted a bike. He asked his parents for the money and they had said he must  1 it.
But how? He thought about this  2 he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask kids to work for
3 . Maybe he could clear away snow for the neighbors. 4 this was summer. He’d have to
5 a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 6 he had no tools to do the work with.
Then Joe saw one of his  7 , Dick, delivering  8 . I could do
that, he  9 . Maybe I could get the bike right  10 . I could pay
for it  
11 each week. He ran to catch up  
12 Dick．Joe asked  13 questions about having a paper route. He learned that  14 was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned  
15 the job took about three  16 each night. Dick gave him the  
17 of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flew home. After he had  18 his plan, his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great idea.” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”
“Wait Mom,” Joe said. “I’ll19 . After all, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Joe’s mother smiled  20.

小題1:	A．buy B．earn C．take D．do

小題2:	A．if B．whether C．since D．a(chǎn)s

小題3:	A．them B．you C．him D．us

小題4:	A．But B．And C．So D．Or

小題5:	A．walk B．wait C．sit D．stand

小題6:	A．because B．so C．a(chǎn)lthough D．but

小題7:	A．classmate B．classmates C．parents D．parent

小題8:	A．newspapers B．news C．cards D．message

小題9:	A．talked B．a(chǎn)greed C．thought D．told

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)long B．a(chǎn)way C．on D．out

小題11:

A．little B．few C．a(chǎn) little D．a(chǎn) few

小題12:

A．with B．on C．a(chǎn)long D．to

小題13:

A．many a B．much C．plenty D．a(chǎn) great many

小題14:

A．this B．it C．that D．which

小題15:

A．that B．what C．why D．when

小題16:

A．days B．minutes C．hours D．hour

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)ddress B．telephone C．phone number D．manager

小題18:

A．explained B．talked C．thought D．changed

小題19:

A．call B．tell C．say D．be

小題20:

A．sadly B．a(chǎn)ngry C．proud D．proudly

When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor   小題1:  me to do so. She said, “Now it is the time for you to travel around the world,   小題2:  your knowledge through actual experiences and have fun?” I   小題3:  her.
Since I started to work for a   小題4:  company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the  小題5:  of many cities on my computer screen. And I have really made business   小題6:, too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got   小題7:  about food in different countries.
Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were   小題8:  necessary when I happened to read a famous chef's (廚師) comment on the Internet. He said, “It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a foreign country, because we enjoy food and the
 小題9:  around us at the same time. So why don't you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian   小題10:? “Those words reminded me of my  小題11: advice. As information technology   小題12: , you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the various   小題13:  you can get from traveling.
Today there are people who   小題14:  direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people 小題15: not with each other but into their micro phones. It seems as if such people are  小題16: by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to  小題17:  and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology. We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily   小題18:  more fruitful. However, we should never let it   小題19:  our time for face to -face communication. Let's make use of information technology more   小題20: , and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.

小題21:

A．promised B．a(chǎn)llowed C．hurried D．encouraged

小題22:

A．build up B．use C．practise D．exchange

小題23:

A．a(chǎn)greed with B．learned from C．followed D．obeyed

小題24:

A．car B．food C．clothing D．machine

小題25:

A．life B．rivers C．sights D．houses

小題26:

A．plans B．bargain C．progress D．trips

小題27:

A．information B．taste C．cooks D．feelings

小題28:

A．even more B．no longer C．much D．a(chǎn)ctually

小題29:

A．people B．drink C．a(chǎn)tmosphere D．environment

小題30:

A．shoes B．dishes C．customers D．situations

小題31:

A．friend's B．parents' C．professor's D．boss's

小題32:

A．produces B．a(chǎn)dvertises C．forms D．a(chǎn)dvances

小題33:

A．news B．pleasures C．troubles D．places

小題34:

A．a(chǎn)void B．keep C．lose D．enjoy

小題35:

A．meeting B．talking C．communicating D．traveling

小題36:

A．stopped B．met C．surrounded D．hurt

小題37:

A．look at B．employ C．travel D．meet

小題38:

A．communication B．study C．work D．a(chǎn)ction

小題39:

A．spare B．increase C．reduce D．make use of

小題40:

A．wisely B．correctly C．or less D．slowly

Dine with General St. Amour
General St. Amour was famous for his bravery, but he was born into the family of a poor peasant. Even when he became a general, he never   小題1:  his humble origin（卑微的出身）. 
While his   小題2:  was stationed in his hometown, he invited some of his principal officers to a dinner party at a   小題3: . They had just sat down at the table when his father   小題4:  to drop in on him. When the guard   小題5:  it to the general, he   小題6:  rose and told his guests that his father had   小題7: .
He said that he knew the   小題8:  he owed to them, but at the same time he hoped they would  excuse him   小題9:  he withdrew (退出) because he would like to   小題10:  with his father in another room.
Hearing what he said, all the guests present   小題11:  that the father should be introduced to them, 小題12:  that they would be very pleased to see one who was so closely   小題13:  to him. But to their 小題14: , General St. Amour replied, “Ah, no, gentleman. You are   小題15:  wrong. I mean my father would find himself so   小題16:  in company with so many people who are unsuited to his rank.   小題17: , it would deprive(剝奪) us both of the only pleasure of the   小題18:  ——the natural intercourse(交流) of a parent and his son.”
He then   小題19:  himself from the table and spent the evening dining with his father.
The moral of the story is: you can’t give people   小題20: , but you can provide the kind of understanding that makes people keep their pride.

小題21:

A．forgot B．knew C．minded D．cared

小題22:

A．family B．a(chǎn)rmy C．company D．organization

小題23:

A．park B．school C．restaurant D．cinema

小題24:

A．a(chǎn)greed B．promised C．decided D．happened

小題25:

A．explained B．whispered C．reported D．shouted

小題26:

A．strongly B．immediately C．simply D．suddenly

小題27:

A．resigned B．started C．left D．a(chǎn)rrived

小題28:

A．respect B．understanding C．support D．love

小題29:

A．before B．until C．if D．unless

小題30:

A．chat B．dine C．walk D．dance

小題31:

A．demanded B．commanded C．stressed D．requested

小題32:

A．saying B．complaining C．a(chǎn)dmitting D．reminding

小題33:

A．used B．opposed C．related D．devoted

小題34:

A．joy B．disappointment C．excitement D．surprise

小題35:

A．terribly B．completely C．slightly D．partly

小題36:

A．embarrassed B．frightened C．disturbed D．disappointed

小題37:

A．Above all B．After all C．In addition D．In time

小題38:

A．party B．interview C．a(chǎn)ppointment D．discussion

小題39:

A．defended B．a(chǎn)llowed C．introduced D．excused

小題40:

A．time B．money C．pride D．confidence

One morning, Charley, a little green frog, was sitting in a pond by the side of the road.
Wanda, the neighborhood witch(女巫), was walking along the road. She was a good witch and dreamt to become a fairy godmother who can save people from trouble with magic powers. Wanda had been learning fairy godmother magic for 103 years. That morning, she decided to try the magic she had learned and bring happiness to others.
Seeing Wanda, Charley cried, “Hi, Wanda.”
“Hi, Charley,” replied Wanda, “I have a surprise for you.”
Then, Wanda waved her wand(魔杖), said a magic word, and Charley turned into a prince!
When Charley-turned-prince looked at himself in the water, he cried, “Hey! You turned me into a prince! It’s a surprise all right, but I don’t want to be a prince! Change me back right now!”
“Oh, dear,” Wanda said. “You shouted so loud that I forgot the way to change you back. But who wouldn’t rather be a prince?”
“I wouldn’t!” cried Charley. “I want to be a frog!” He stuck out his tongue, missing a bug (蟲子)flying by the end of his nose. “Look at that, Wanda! I was a good fly catcher. But now, this tongue is too short! Please change me back!”
“I can’t, Charley. But you’ll learn to be happy as a prince.” She waved her wand, and suddenly a castle appeared. Out of the castle dozens of musicians were playing various instruments. “Charley! You’ll have servants, eat delicious foods, and you can sing and dance and snap fingers(彈響指).”
“No!” Charley interrupted, “I don’t want all these! I want bugs!” Charley cried. “I don’t want to sing and dance! And why would I do something as silly as snapping my fingers?”
“Snapping fingers!” cried out Wanda. “That’s what I forgot!” She snapped her fingers, cried “Upsi-doodle!” and the castle and musicians disappeared and the prince became a little green frog.”
Charley looked at himself in the water. “ You did it, Wanda. Oh, happy day! I’m a frog.”
“I must apologize, Charley,” Wanda said, “You are a happy frog. I should know this a moment ago.”
小題1:Wanda turned Charley from a frog into a prince          .

A．of her own will	B．to play a joke on him
C．a(chǎn)t the request of charley	D．to teach Charley a lesson

小題2:After the little green frog became a prince, he        .         .

A．was grateful to Wanda	B．wanted a great palace
C．couldn’t recognize Wanda	D．became angry with Wanda

小題3:At the end of the story, Wanda probably felt        .       .

A．satisfied

B．a(chǎn)shamed

C．worried

D．excited

小題4:According to the passage, which of the following conclusions can we get?

A．Just be yourself	B．Do nothing by halves
C．Helping others is a virtue	D．Where there is a will, there is a way

He’s an old cobbler(修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me, “I haven’t time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street. He’ll fix them for you right away.”
But I had my eyes on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman(手藝人). “No.” I replied, “The other fellow can’t do it well.”
“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys — without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap(鞋帶), you might as well just throw away the pair.
My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped hands on his blue apron(圍裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”
I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.
“See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.”
When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange dusty felt hat, his funny accent and his pride in his craft.
These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption rather than a way to realize their abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.
小題1:Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?

A．He was equipped with the best repairing tools.

B．He was the only cobbler in the Marais.

C．He was proud of his skills.

D．He was a native Parisian.

小題2:The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend” implies that ______.

A．nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him

B．it was difficult to communicate with this man

C．the man was very strange

D．the man was too old

小題3:According to the author, many people work just to ______.

A．realize their abilities	B．gain happiness
C．make money	D．gain respect

小題4:This story wants to tell us that ______.

A．craftsmen make a lot of money	B．whatever you do, do it well
C．craftsmen need self-respect	D．people are born equal

Very far away from the city lived a poor farmer and his wife. In front of their house was a small dirt road. Very few cars drove on this road because it was so far from the city. On the dirt road, there was a big hole filled with water. The hole was very deep, but drivers on the road didn't know just how deep. Drivers always drove into the hole, but they never drove out.
One day, a man in a new car was driving down the road. He saw the hole with the water, but he didn't think it was very deep. He drove into the hole, but he couldn't drive out. The man saw the farmer on his tractor working in the field, and he signaled to the farmer. The farmer drove over to the man in the new car.
“Is there a problem?”asked the farmer.
“Yes,”said the man.“My car is stuck in this hole. Can you help me?”
“Maybe,”said the farmer.“But I'm very busy.”
“l(fā)f you help me, I'll pay you,” said the man.
“OK,”said the farmer. The farmer pulled the car out of the hole with his tractor, and the man paid him a lot of money. The man looked at the farmer and said,“You must. make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole day and night.”
“Actually, no,”said the farmer.
“Why not?”asked the man.
“The hole is very deep, and a lot of people get stuck and ask for help. But I don't make money day and night because I don't pull cars out at night.”
“At night I'm busy filling the hole with water,” answered the farmer.
小題1:The reason why few cars drove on the small dirt road was that __________ .

A．there was a big and deep hole	B．the couple was not polite enough
C．it had a long distance from the city	D．drivers were afraid of being in the hole

小題2:According to paragraph 2, we can know about the man in a new car __________ .

A．he just learned to drive a car	B．it was the first time that he passed there
C．he knew how deep the hole was	D．he knew the farmer in the field

小題3:What did the farmer usually do at night?

A．He helped pull out cars.	B．He made money.
C．He filled water to the hole	D．He slept at home.