When I wandered along a path through woods in the countryside, a small water pool came into my sight ahead. I changed my direction and took the part of the path that wasn’t covered by water or mud to go around it. When I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked by something several times! It was from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt. The attacker stopped attacking me when I backed up a foot. I couldn’t help laughing when I looked down and found I was being attacked by a butterfly!  
Curiously, I took a step forward to see clearly. My attacker dashed towards me again. He rushed towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but failed. For a second time, I took a stop backwards when the attacker paused. I didn’t know what to do. After all, it’s just uncommon that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That’s when I discovered why the attacker was kept charging me. He had a mate and she was dying.
Sitting tenderly close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could do nothing but admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had attacked me for his mate’s sake, even though she was clearly dying and I was much larger than he. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life. I shouldn’t have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mates’ safety seemed admirable. I was moved and rewarded him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool, leaving them undisturbed. He had truly earned those moments to be with his dear mate.
Since then, I’ve always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers facing me.
小題1:Why did the writer change his direction while walking down a path?

A．To get close to a butterfly.

B．To avoid getting his shoes dirty.

C．To escape a sudden attack.

D．To look over the bad situation.

小題2:What made the man feel funny?

A．Making the attacker pause.

B．Being stepped on by his mate.

C．Being attacked by a butterfly.

D．Discovering the energetic butterfly.

小題3:From this experience the man learned _____.

A．people should protect butterflies

B．how he should deal with attacks

C．people should show sympathy to the weak

D．what he should do when faced with trouble

小題4:Which of the following word can best describe the butterfly?

A．Brave

B．Amusing.

C．Careless.

D．Strong.

One day a mime(啞劇演員) is visiting the zoo and wants to make some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zookeeper drags him into his office. The zookeeper explains that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla(大猩猩), has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla. The mime accepts.
The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He soon discovers he can sleep all as he likes, play and make fun of the people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime — the job he likes but loses.
However, with days going by, he begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience(觀眾), he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition(隔墻), and dangles(懸掛) from the top to the lion’s cage. The lion gets angry at this. The scene is afuel to the crowd.
At the end of the day he is given a pay raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this continues for some time. The crowds grow larger, and the mime’s pay keeps going up.
Then one day when he is dangling over the lion he slips and falls. The mime is terrified(嚇壞). He starts screaming, “Help me!”, but the lion is quick. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, “Shut up you fool! Do you want to get us both fired?”
小題1:How does the mime find the job dressing up as the gorilla?

A．Hard and tiring.

B．Dangerous.

C．Easy and fun.

D．Boring.

小題2:The mime’s first contact with the lion is to __________.

A．find pleasure for himself	B．get the lion’s attention
C．get his pay raised	D．win back his audience

小題3:The underlined works “a fuel” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by __________.

A．frightening

B．common

C．exciting

D．familiar

小題4:From the last paragraph we can know that ___________.

A．the lion will eat the poor mime

B．the lion is also played by a person

C．the animals in the zoo are all played by people

D．animals played by people can attract more visitors

HOLLYWOOD(UPI)—Loni Anderson decided last year it was time to change her career around to play moms and comedy instead of pretty young girls.

So far, most people remember her as Jennifer Marlowe, the role she played in her first film in 1982.
This summer people will see Anderson in A Night as Roxbury, a film produced and directed by Amy Heckerlin.
“In the film I have two sons. One is 26, and the other is 30. Isn’t that interesting? I know I don’t look that old, but that’s what’s so fun about it.”
“My character dresses in clothes too short, too tight. Dan Hedaya plays my husband. We’re a couple with a lot of money and no taste. Our sons are complete idiots(白癡). Their purpose in life is to get into the Rich Young Man Club where everybody is proud of his wealth.”
“As you can tell, I’m doing things I’d never have done at the beginning of my career.”
“But I am who I am. I’ve worked as an actress a long time and now I can be anything I want. It’s a great time for me. I don’t have anything to prove.”
“I hadn’t done comedy in a long time. It’s what I do best and what I like best. At this point in my life I want to look a lit­tle bit foolish. I think that would be something new for me.”
小題1:What had Loni Anderson probably played most in her past film career?

A．Pretty young girls.	B．Old mothers.
C．Foolish persons.	D．Rich women.

小題2:When did she begin to be an actress?

A．Last year.

B．This year.

C．1972.

D．1982.

小題3:What was she going to change?

A．Her clothes.	B．Her husband.
C．Her role type.	D．Her living place.

小題4:Where does this article most likely appear?

A．Newspaper.	B．Science magazine.
C．Tourist guide book.	D．Historical record.

A man and his family were in Europe. Once they needed to drive 3 days   36, day and night, to get to Germany. His little daughter had never  37 at night without a break before. She was  38  the first night in the car, with terrible deep darkness outside.
“Where are we going, Daddy?” asked the daughter. “To your uncle’s house in Germany.” Father answered.
“Have you been to his    39  before?” “No.”
“Then, do you know the   40 ?” “Maybe, we can read the map.”
Short pause. “Do you know how to read the map?” “Yes, we will get there  41    . Don’t worry.”
The same dialogue  42  a few times within the first night, and also the second night.   43  on the third night, his daughter was quiet. Father thought that she might have fallen   44 , but when he looked into the mirror, he saw that she was awake and was just   45 calmly. He couldn’t help wondering   46 she was not asking the questions anymore.
“Dear, do you know where we are going?” “Germany, uncle’s house.”
“ Do you know how we are getting there?” “No.”
“ Then why aren’t you asking anymore?” “Because Daddy is   47 .”
Because Daddy is driving. This answer from a 3 years old girl has then become the   48  and help this man for many years whenever he has questions and
  49 on his journey. We may  50 the destination and sometimes we may just know it  51 the little girl-“Germany”, without understanding where or what it  52 is. We do not know the way. We do not know how to read the map. We do not know if we can find   53 along the way to eat in. But the little girl knows the most  54 thing-Daddy is driving-and so she is safe and secure. She knows that her Daddy will 55  all that she needs.

小題1:	A．occasionally B．suddenly C．casually D．continuously

小題2:	A．travelled B．run C．walked D．lived

小題3:	A．happy B．excited C．scared D．bored

小題4:	A．farm B．house C．office D．hospital

小題5:	A．name B．way C．language D．family

小題6:	A．safely B．dangerously C．hurriedly D．slowly

小題7:	A．waited B．broke C．spoke D．repeated

小題8:	A．So B．Because C．But D．When

小題9:	A．awake B．dead C．asleep D．ill

小題10:

A．looking around B．coming about C．getting through D．going out

小題11:

A．when B．why C．how D．where

小題12:

A．crying B．laughing C．helping D．driving

小題13:

A．trouble B．labor C．enjoyment D．strength

小題14:

A．fears B．achievements C．prizes D．successes

小題15:

A．guess B．know C．find D．search

小題16:

A．beyond B．unlike C．like D．despite

小題17:

A．really B．never C．doubtfully D．finally

小題18:

A．stations B．shops C．libraries D．restaurants

小題19:

A．necessary B．important C．general D．normal

小題20:

A．buy B．lend C．provide D．steal

Long long ago, there was a small village. This village had a  36   tradition. At the beginning of every year, any boy who had reached the age of majority (成年) was given land and money to build a home. The boy had to  37  his home before winter. If his home failed to endure the cold weather in winter, the villagers could not  38   him in any way．
One _39_, Paul and Marc reached their majority. They  40  their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes．In each village, they found the nicest  41  and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered  42 ．
After Marc saw several homes, he  43  the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul, _44_, continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to  45  some of them. But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village．
Marc began building his home. He had several false starts,  46   his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc had finished his home. It wasn't perfect, but it was strong and he could  47  it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and 48  with home owners. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time, 49   back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was 50  .The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to  51 ．The villagers mourned for him．
Marc  52  the winter．Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better. He became a leader in the village, 53  a family, and lived a happy, content life．
We all build and improve our own mental homes. It’s  54   and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners, but we only improve our own mental home if we actually  55  the best ideas．

小題1:	A．strange B．hopeful C．literary D．cultural

小題2:	A．find B．make C．complete D．buy

小題3:	A．help B．encourage C．scold D．persuade

小題4:	A．winter B．summer C．autumn D．spring

小題5:	A．exchanged B．received C．recognized D．advice

小題6:	A．girls B．jobs C．houses D．presents

小題7:	A．rooms B．drinks C．attention D．advice

小題8:	A．expected B．gathered C．created D．understood

小題9:	A．similarly B．finally C．however D．furthermore

小題10:

A．forget B．believe C．replace D．doubt

小題11:

A．because B．although C．but D．so

小題12:

A．repair B．rebuild C．sell D．improve

小題13:

A．conversations B．achievements C．struggles D．arguments

小題14:

A．drove B．rushed C．flew D．moved

小題15:

A．weak B．funny C．small D．amazing

小題16:

A．blindness B．death C．sadness D．illness

小題17:

A．experienced B．loved C．survived D．spent

小題18:

A．brought B．earned C．contacted D．raised

小題19:

A．slow B．easy C．dangerous D．special

小題20:

A．realize B．bring C．collect D．apply

One day a heavy storm hit a village. Nothing was ____41____ but a rock fell from the nearby mountain. The rock rolled down from the mountain and __42_____ in the middle of the main oad in the village. It was very big and shaped more or less __43__ a ball. The villagers decided to move it away since it was blocking the street. Several of the ___44___ men came to try to lift it out of the road. No matter _____45____ they tried, they couldn’t move it.
All of this time a young boy was ___46_____ the men trying to move the rock.. “Excuse me,” he said, “but I think I could move it.” “You,” they shouted, “____47___ are you talking about? All of us have just tried and can’t ___48_____ move it a little.” They all ____49______ the boy.
The next ___50_____ some villagers came to the street. To their great __51____, the rock was gone. More people ran out to see for themselves. It was true the rock was not in the road any more. The little boy stood in the street, smiling, “ I told you I could move it. I did it last night.” ___52_____ he walked over to ___53____ the rock had been and ____54_____ some dirt with a shovel( 鏟 ) “You see,” he said, “ I dug a hole __55____ the rock and it rolled down into the hole by itself. Then I covered it with dirt.”

小題1:	A．hurt B．found C．destroyed D．broken

小題2:	A．lay B．stopped C．stood D．placed

小題3:	A．as B．for C．alike D．like

小題4:	A．happiest B．biggest C．weakest D．strongest

小題5:	A．what B．how hard C．how many D．how long

小題6:	A．seeing B．hearing C．watching D．staring

小題7:	A．whom B．how C．where D．what

小題8:	A．still not B．already C．even D．will

小題9:	A．smiled at B．praised C．joked with D．laughed at

小題10:

A．night B．evening C．afternoon D．morning

小題11:

A．joy B．interest C．satisfaction D．surprise

小題12:

A．At last B．Then C．Finally D．So

小題13:

A．where B．in which C．there D．place

小題14:

A．gave B．covered C．uncovered D．put

小題15:

A．around B．below C．next to D．away from

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of five children in his family. His father was a wool weaver. He helped his father with the weaving, but he always wanted to sail the seas.
He didn’t get to school very much, but he learned to read and write Spanish during his travels. He also taught himself Latin because all the geography books were written in Latin. Some people thought he was trying to prove the world was round, but this is not true. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship.
He was a Christian and wanted to tell the story of Christ to the people he would find in the far-away lands. He also wanted wealth for himself and for Spain, and he wanted to be famous. He tried for eight years to get King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to supply him with ships and money.
They left Spain on August 3, 1492 and sailed toward the west. After many days, the sailors had covered a long distance on the sea and were ready to turn around for home when they saw land, an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there “Indians”. When they got to Cuba, he thought he was in Japan. The world was a lot larger than he thought.
On Christmas Eve, the Santa Maria was wrecked near Haiti. Columbus built a fort(城堡) and left 40 men to hunt for gold. Then he returned to Spain on the Nina. The people of Spain welcomed him as a hero. He made three more voyages across the ocean. His 13-year-old son, Ferdinand, went with him on the fourth voyage.
Columbus did not become rich as he had hoped. At the end of his life he only had a pension the king and the queen had given him because he was the first to reach the New World. He spent the last few months of his life in bed because of the pain of arthritis(關節(jié)炎). Columbus not only discovered a New World, but he led the way for other explorers.
小題1:Columbus taught himself Latin because _______.

A． he wanted to prove the earth was round.

B．he wanted to find a short way to the Indies by sea.

C．he found Latin was very useful at that time.

D．he wanted to travel around the world.

小題2:How was Columbus able to make his voyage to the west?

A．He was supported by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.

B．He worked hard for eight for to save enough money for his voyage.

C．The king and the queen helped him with money and ships.

D．Many people supported him with money and food for his voyage.

小題3:Why did Columbus call the local people in Salvador “Indians”?

A．Because he thought he had arrived in Japan.

B．Because he thought he looked like in the Indies.

C．Because he thought it was a wealthy place.

D．Because he thought he had arrived in the Indies.

小題4:From the fifth paragraph we can infer that “Santa Maria” and “Nina” must be the names of_________.

A．trains

B．ships

C．cities

D．women

小題5:From the text we know that ________.

A．Columbus lived a difficult life in his later life.

B．Columbus was considered as a hero all his life.

C．Columbus didn’t get the wealth as he had hoped for.

D．Columbus was the first person to travel round the world.

Long long ago people made fires from lightning(閃電)。 But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two piece of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Them people also learned to make a fire by rubbing. They made a hole on a big piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.
As years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from sun. they held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.
About two centuries ago, people began to make matches (火柴). Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fire. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is more useful.
小題1:A spark can _________.

A．fire any leaves

B．burn anything

C．burn dry leaves

D．keep fires burning

小題2:We can also get a fire by _________.

A．making a hole on a big piece of wood

B．putting a smaller stick into the hole

C．turning the stick hard for a while

D．doing all the above together

小題3:Matches have been used _________.

A．for about two thousand years

B．for about two hundred years

C．since people began to use fire for cooking

D．since people used the heat from the sun.

小題4:From this passage we know _______.

A．using matches is the easiest and most useful way to make fires

B．people don’t use matches any more since they had electric fire starters

C．today there are only two ways to make fires

D．some forest fires happen from lightning

小題5:Choose the right order of the ways to make fires people got to know _________.
a. with a match   b. from the sun   c. from lightning 
d. by rubbing   e. with an electric fire starter.

A．d ,b, c, a,e

B．d, c, b, a, e

C．c, d, b, a, e

D．c, b, d, a ,e

People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. In this sense they mean that the home is very important and  21 . Most people in Britain live in houses  22  flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual(個人的); they can 23 them and change them in any way they 24 . In a crowded city the individual knows that he or she has a private space which is  25  for himself or herself and for invited friends.
People usually like to  26  their space. Are you sitting now in your home or in a beach or a train? If you are on the beach you may have spread your 27  around you; on the train you may have 28 your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one corner or chair which is your own.
Once I was traveling on a  29  to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the opposite side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no  30 on my side of the table at all. I was made rather  31 . I thought he thought that he owned the  32  table. I took various papers out of my bag and put them on  33 ! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had  34  his space ! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He  35 moved his case to his side of the table. ( Of course , it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me !

小題1:	A．helpful B．personal C．necessary D．useful

小題2:	A．rather than B．as well as C．as a result of D．or rather

小題3:	A．buy B．leave C．paint D．offer

小題4:	A．make B．clear C．like D．prepare

小題5:	A．only B．already C．ever D．even

小題6:	A．marked B．decide C．choose D．keep

小題7:	A．towels B．sands C．papers D．flags

小題8:	A．found B．given C．put D．stored

小題9:	A．plane B．train C．way D．street

小題10:

A．matter B．weight C．light D．space

小題11:

A．angry B．hurt C．fearful D．busy

小題12:

A．right B．only C．small D．whole

小題13:

A．the table B．his case C．the seat D．his side

小題14:

A．invaded B．shut C．separated D．shared

小題15:

A．hesitatingly B．immediately C．slowly D．calmly

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century English novelist, was born near Portsmouth. His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. He worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyer's office. After that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for London newspapers. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England.
　　He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of England society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity（不人道） of the bourgeoisie（布爾喬亞階級）.
　　Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in England over a hundred years ago.
　　Dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.
小題1:Dickens only received a little formal education because______.

A．he wanted to teach himself

B．he wanted to work and made a lot of money

C．he was too poor to afford any more formal education

D．he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist

小題2:According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was________.

A．just

B．poor

C．comfortable

D．unsatisfying

小題3:Which of the following novel made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England?

A．Oliver Twist	B．The Pickwick Papers
C．A Tale of Two Cities	D．Great Expectations

小題4:According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is true?

A．He didn't go to school at all.

B．He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them.

C．He began to write fictions when he was 21 years old.

D．He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor.

小題5:It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．Dickens had a miserable childhood

B．Dickens tried many different jobs before he became a professional writer

C．Dickens wrote many novels but only some of them are popular

D．Dickens criticized capitalist society and helped to improve the living conditions of the poor