Diana Velex does everything with maximum effort — and at maximum speed. That  41 learning a new language, completing two certificates and opening a store.
When arriving in Canada in 2008, she had one  42 : to have what she had back home in Colombia. “I didn’t want to  43 what I do, like so many who come to a new country.” she said. “I  44  to open a store here in Canada but knew I had to 45  myself properly.”
Diana quickly realize that making her dream of shop ownership in Canada a  46    meant going to school to get the  47  education and certification. “My experience of owning a shop and working as a designer in Colombia gave me  48  in my abilities. But I couldn’t speak the language and I had to  49  how to do things in Canada. It was like having to   50  all over again,” said Diana.
51 , she found just the help she needed for relaunch（重新開張） 52  continuing education at George Brown College. She began taking  53  for both the Essential Skills in Fashion Certificate and the image Consulting Certificate in May 2009.   54  Diana met with the language barrier, she was always going  55  while at college.
By the end of October 2009, she had completed all certificate requirements. Within two years after her  56  in Canada, Diana at last achieved her  57  goal when her new store opened its doors in Toronto’s Sheppard Center．She was on the fast-track to  58 .
Looking back, Diana, a fashion designer,  59  her achievements to the goal she set, the education she received from the college, and   60  the efforts she made. Now Diana is very happy doing what she is doing.

小題1:	A．requires B．encourages C．includes D．a(chǎn)dvises

小題2:	A．goal B．memory C．choice D．problem

小題3:	A．continue B．choose C．change D．lose

小題4:	A．demanded B．decided C．a(chǎn)greed D．hesitated

小題5:	A．teach B．prepare C．enjoy D．persuade

小題6:	A．reality B．fact C．challenge D．wonder

小題7:	A．physical B．private C．primary D．necessary

小題8:	A．pressure B．judgement C．influence D．confidence

小題9:	A．put away B．depend on C．learn about D．look into

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)dvance B．start C．suffer D．work

小題11:

A．Naturally B．Gradually C．Luckily D．Clearly

小題12:

A．through B．for C．before D．with

小題13:

A．notes B．responsibilities C．chances D．courses

小題14:

A．Though B．As C．Since D．Once

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)round B．back C．a(chǎn)head D．out

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)dventure B．a(chǎn)rrival C．performance D．journey

小題17:

A．original B．common C．a(chǎn)nother D．distant

小題18:

A．success B．wealth C．glory D．happiness

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)dds B．connects C．devotes D．owes

小題20:

A．a(chǎn)fter all B．a(chǎn)bove all C．a(chǎn)t least D．a(chǎn)t first

Einstein was the greatest scientist of his age. But he was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.
Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he had been given too much change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it back to Einstein, saying “The trouble with you is you don’t know your figures.”
He had nothing and thought little of the things most people set their hearts on— fame and money. He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life.
He led a very simple sort of life, went around in old clothes that needed pressing, seldom wore a hat, He shaved （刮胡子）with the same soap that he used for his bath. The man who was trying to solve the most difficult problems of the universe said that using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated（復(fù)雜的）.
小題1:From the second paragraph we know Einstein _____.

A．wasn’t good at maths

B．enjoyed playing jokes

C．had some trouble with figures

D．didn’t care about money at all

小題2:Einstein was most interested in ______ in life.

A．sailing his boat	B．fame and money
C．playing the violin	D．work

小題3:“…using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated” in the last paragraph suggests that Einstein ______.

A．preferred to live a simple life

B．was a man of humor

C．was too poor to buy more soaps

D．liked to do something different

I bent down in the shade under a sixty-foot-tall cactus（仙人掌）, waiting for them to appear. The time was eight thirty in the morning. For seven mornings I had come to the same distant spot in the Sonoran Desert, in southern Arizona. I was here to watch the roadrunner, a small fast-running bird.
I spotted two birds under a bush with red flowers. The roadrunners rushed out from under it. The birds moved rapidly on long skinny legs. Their feathers were brown and black. Their tails were seven inches long. Roadrunners use the tail for balance when running.
That day, the roadrunners performed a courtship（求婚）dance. They ran in wild circles. Suddenly, one stopped and stood still, its round eyes full of light. The second bird took hold of a small stick off the ground and presented it to the first, a gift serving as a symbol of their partnership.
I returned to the spot each day, leaving bits of boiled chicken hoping they would return. Roadrunners eat snakes, lizards, mice, beetles, and spiders. Food is in short supply in the desert, so my offerings were welcome. The pair grew used to me.
Soon after the pair finished building their nest six white eggs appeared in the nest bowl. In about three weeks, six roadrunner chicks, skin as black as coal, cried for food. Their parents brought food such as fence lizards and stink bugs. They fed their young until they were a month and a half old.
Early one morning, a coyote（叢林狼）came around, nose to the ground, for fresh bird meat. The roadrunners fearlessly drove the coyote away, but it was soon back. After three attacks the coyote went away for good, tail between its legs.
I stopped watching the nest when the little roadrunners, at two months of age, were ready to live on their own. It was hard to break away from “my roadrunner family.” Whenever I see a roadrunner now, rushing over the ground, I say hello to it as an old friend.
小題1:The author went to the Sonoran Desert to       .

A．go on a tour of the desert

B．carry out research into some animals in the desert

C．make an observation about a kind of bird

D．enjoy an adventure in southern Arizona

小題2:What can we learn about roadrunners from the text?

A．They have short tails and legs.

B．They move at a fast pace.

C．Their feathers are red and brown.

D．They don’t like boiled chicken.

小題3:We can learn from the last but one paragraph that the roadrunners were        .

A．brave

B．clever

C．easily-frightened

D．lazy

小題4:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．How do roadrunners seek a partner?

B．My close friendship with roadrunners.

C．Roadrunner family in the Sonoran Desert.

D．How did I find roadrunners in Arizona?

Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute（分發(fā)）his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales（童話）.
The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained ?10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschweiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain white anonymous（匿名）envelopes, each containing ?10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.
The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least ?190,000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of ?500 inside, with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.
“I was driving when I heard the news,” Claudia Neumann, the boy’s mother, told Der Spiegel magazine. “I had to park on the side of the road; I was speechless.”
The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.
“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing,” Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said: “Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know.” However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city’s hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.
小題1:The Braunschweiger Zeitung is name of _____.

A．a(chǎn) church

B．a(chǎn) bank

C．a(chǎn) magazine

D．a(chǎn) newspaper

小題2:Which of the following is TURE about the donation to Tom?

A．The donation amounted to ?190,000.

B．The donation was sent directly to his house.

C．His mother felt greatly surprised at the donation.

D．All the money will be used for his treatment.

小題3:It can be inferred from the passage that      .

A．the donation will continue to come

B．the donator is a rich old man

C．the donation comes from the newspaper

D．the donator will soon be found out

小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Money Is Raised by the Newspaper.

B．Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes.

C．Newspaper Distributes Money to the Needy.

D．Robin Hood Returns to the city.

At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it.
“You may wonder, Sir Percival,” said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released（免除）from my promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father’s wishes too much.”
His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.
“No, if we are going to withdraw（退出）from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine. ”
“Mine?” he said in great surprise. “What reason could I have for withdrawing?”
“A reason that is very hard to tell you,” she answered. “There is a change in me.”
His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.
“What change?” he asked, trying to appear calm.
“When the promise was made two years ago”, she said, “my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?”
“I wish you to understand”, Laura continued, “that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret.”
“I will do both those things,” he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.
“I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage,” she added quietly.
“No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you,” he said.
小題1:How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?

A．Angry.

B．Calm.

C．Excited.

D．Nervous.

小題2:We can learn from the passage that ______.

A．Laura’s father wished to end her marriage

B．Laura had once promised to marry Percival

C．Percival had been married to Laura for two years

D．Percival asked to be released from the marriage

小題3:What do you think is the ending of the story?

A．Laura was married to Percival.

B．Laura was married to another man.

C．Percival was married to another woman.

D．Both Percival and Laura remained single for the rest of their lives.

One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk．She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods before she realized that she was lost．
Sitting on a rock and __41 what to do, she began crying．After a while, she__42__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes．When it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house．She opened the door and __43__ stepped in．Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the __44__．Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __45_．
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home．Laddy __46__ that his mistrees（女主人）was in danger．He jumped through a window, breaking the glass．He looked in the fields．But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere．However, from the ground came a __47__ scent (氣味) as he lowered his head．He __48__ the scent and walked across the grassland．Barking loudly into the air, the dog _49__ through the woods until he found the __50_．But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods．Much to his __51__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance．He jumped over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__．
When she opened her eyes and  53   her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 54  me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times．Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of  55 ．That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak

小題1:	A．forgetting B．wondering C．remembering D．regretting

小題2:	A．preferred B．expected C．failed D．decided

小題3:	A．cautiously B．carelessly C．hopelessly D．unwillingly

小題4:	A．trees B．bushes C．woods D．grasses

小題5:	A．stream B．rock C．tree D．house

小題6:	A．found B．heard C．sensed D．smelt

小題7:	A．terrible B．strange C．pleasant D．familiar

小題8:	A．missed B．discovered C．followed D．ignored

小題9:	A．searched B．wandered C．looked D．travelled

小題10:

A．window B．girl C．house D．hero

小題11:

A．satisfaction B．delight C．disappointment D．embarrassment

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)wake B．a(chǎn)bandoned C．a(chǎn)vailable D．a(chǎn)sleep

小題13:

A．spotted B．watched C．observed D．saw

小題14:

A．rescued B．disturbed C．comforted D．scared

小題15:

A．pain B．shock C．relief D．sorrow

Barditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion．Over 450 people came to the event．There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park．Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days．Ms．Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park．
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔聲)when Ms．Yates was about to speak．Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined．
Then Ms．Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here．I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies．I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students．Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination．”
Ms．Yates paused and started crying a bit．Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me．Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path．”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work．You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart．”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping．The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊)．Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown．
小題1:What activity was organized for the school reunion?

A．Telling stories about past events．

B．A picnic on the school playground．

C．Sightseeing in the park．

D．Graduates’ reports in the old building．

小題2:What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms．Yates’ speech．

B．Some people got tired from the reunion activities．

C．Many graduates disliked Ms．Yates’ ways of teaching．

D．Most people had little interest in the reunion．

小題3:We can learn from Ms．Yates’ speech that she _____________．

A．a(chǎn)ttended her students’ college graduations

B．gave her students advice on their careers

C．kept track of her students’ progress

D．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies

小題4:What was Ms．Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?

A．Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed．

B．Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced．

C．Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’achievements．

D．Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers．

小題5:Which of the following can best describe Ms．Yates?__________．

A．Reliable and devoted．

B．Strict but caring．

C．Proud but patient．

D．Tough and generous．

John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the ___36___and found himself interested in the notes in the margin. The soft handwriting ___37___a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.
In front of the book, he ___38___the previous owner’s name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he ___39___her address. He wrote her a letter ___40___himself and inviting her to correspond.
During the next year and one-month the two grew to know each other ___41___the mail. A Romance was budding. John requested a（an） ___42___, but she refused. She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what she looked like. Later they ___43___their first meeting—7：00 pm at Grand Central Station in New York
“You’ll ___44___me, ”she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing on my lapel. ”So at 7：00 he was in the ___45___looking for the girl with the red rose.
A young woman in a green suit was coming toward him, her ___46___long and slim and her eyes were blue as flowers. Almost ___47___he made one step closer to her, and just at this moment he saw Hollis Maynell—a woman well past 40. The girl was walking quickly away. He felt as though he split in two, so keen was his ___48___to follow her, and yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose ___49___had truly companioned him and upheld his own.
He did not ___50___. He squared his shoulders and said, “I’m John, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me；may I take you to ___51___?”
The woman smiled. “I don’t know what this is about, son, ”she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit ___52___me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I ___53___tell you that she is waiting for you in the ___54___across the street. She said it was some kind of ___55___!”
It’s not difficult to admire Miss Maynell’s wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in it’s response to the unattractive.

小題1:	A．exhibition B．shelf C．figure D．diagram

小題2:	A．represented B．refreshed C．replaced D．rejected

小題3:	A．transformed B．conveyed C．observed D．discovered

小題4:	A．located B．expressed C．settled D．evaluated

小題5:	A．explaining B．introducing C．a(chǎn)ppointing D．predicting

小題6:	A．by B．on C．beyond D．through

小題7:	A．photograph B．E-mail C．measurement D．document

小題8:	A．separate B．scheduled C．strengthen D．possessed

小題9:	A．recognize B．witness C．a(chǎn)dvocate D．tolerate

小題10:

A．library B．station C．downtown D．square

小題11:

A．shadow B．shoulder C．a(chǎn)ppearance D．figure

小題12:

A．randomly B．mentally C．uncontrollably D．ridiculously

小題13:

A．desire B．dream C．a(chǎn)ttempt D．determination

小題14:

A．carefulness B．wealth C．expectation D．spirit

小題15:

A．hesitate B．guarantee C．submit D．hurry

小題16:

A．theatre B．dinner C．shopping D．service

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)dvised B．a(chǎn)pplied C．begged D．required

小題18:

A．should B．would C．may D．must

小題19:

A．balcony B．restaurant C．corner D．department

小題20:

A．patience B．experiment C．test D．decision

When I was eight, I saw a movie about an island that had an erupting volcano and jungles filled with wild animals. The island was ruled by a beautiful woman called Tondalaya, the Fire Goddess of the Volcano. It was a low budget movie, but to me, it represented the perfect life. But through the years, Tondalaya was forgotten.
The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end. My house, furniture and everything I’d owned was sold to pay debts that I didn’t even know existed. In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to accept a divorce in the family. I’d lost everything except my four teenage children. I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was crazy to think I could just run off to an island and survive. I was afraid they were right.
I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One night as I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange lava（火山巖）pouring out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live my imagination!
The next day, I quit my job, bought some art supplies and began doing what I loved. I hadn't painted a picture in 15 years. I wondered if I could still paint. My hands trembled the first time I picked up a brush. But before an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas（畫布）in front of me. And as soon as I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too. The first painting sold for $ 1500.
The past six years have been filled with adventures. My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater rim（火山口邊緣）of the volcano. We wake up every morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us. The dream I had more than 40 years ago is now reality. I’m living freely and happily ever after.
小題1:Why did the writer go to Hawaii?

A．To free herself from trouble.

B．To make a living.

C．To spend her holiday.

D．To realize her childhood dream.

小題2:Which of the following is the writer’s dream?   

A．Become a successful painter.

B．Live in nature with animals.

C．Get close to wildlife.

D．Live a free and happy life.

小題3:We can infer from the passage that __________.

A．the writer wasn’t sure whether she could survive in Hawaii at first

B．the writer’s parents encouraged her to divorce

C．the writer’s husband took away most of her money

D．the writer had never done painting before

John Fisher, a builder, and his wife Elizabeth wanted more living space, so they left their small flat for an old 40-meter-high castle tower. They have spent five years turning it into a beautiful home with six floors, winning three architectural prizes.
“I love the space, and being private,” Elizabeth says. “You feel separated from the world. If I am in the kitchen, which is 25 meters above the ground floor, and the doorbell rings, I don’t have to answer it because visitors can’t see I am in!”
There are 142 steps to the top so if I go up and down five or six times a day, it’s very good exercise! But having to carry heavy things to the top is terrible, so I never buy more than two bags of shopping from the supermarket at a time. Except for that, it’s a brilliant place to live.
“When we first saw the place, I asked my father’s advice about buying it, because we couldn’t decide. After paying for it, we were a bit worried because it looked awful. But we really loved it, and knew how we wanted it to look.”
“Living here can be difficult—yesterday I climbed a four-meter ladder to clean the windows. But when you stand on the roof you can see all the way out to the sea on a clear day, and that’s a wonderful experience. I am really glad we moved. ”
小題1:What is the writer trying to do in the text?

A．describe how to turn an old tower into a house

B．recommend(推薦) a particular builder

C．describe what it is like to live in a tower

D．explain how to win prizes for building work

小題2:Which of the following best describes Elizabeth’s feelings about the tower?

A．She wanted it as soon as she saw it.

B．She likes most things about it.

C．She has been worried since they paid for it.

D．She finds it unsuitable to live in.

小題3:What problem does Elizabeth have with living in such a tall building?

A．Her visitors find it hard to see if she is at home.

B．She feels separated from others.

C．She cannot bring home lots of shopping at once.

D．It is impossible to clean any of the windows.

小題4:How will John and Elizabeth advertise their tower if they sell it?

A．

B．

C．

D．