14、It is said that her father has worked in the factory       1970．

A．a(chǎn)fter           B．before            C．till           D．since

13、        makes her different from other students is that she likes being alone．

A．Who           B．Whoever          C．What           D．Whatever

12、--- I hope that you can remove the difference between you and Susan and become good friends．

---       If only Susan had the same idea．

A．My pleasure．       B．For what?          C．Why me?          D．By all means．

11、Is this the house       Abraham Lincoln was born?

A．a(chǎn)t where         B．which         C．in which            D．when

10、--- Have you read the book Oliver Twist?

--- Who        it?

A．writes           B．wrote               C．has written            D．had written

9、--- Do you mind my opening the window for a while?

---         

A．No, thanks．     B．No．Good idea．    C．Yes, please．       D．Yes．Better not．

8、I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a figure that really struck terror into my heart．

I   1   it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home．It was the first night of my whole life that I had been outside   2   at such a late time．There were   3  few people on the road at night．Even during the day, the road was used by only some．On that night, it seemed even   4  ．While I was walking, I could hear some   5   made by creatures that love the night world．I moved really fast towards home．It was   6   because I was hungry．More importantly, I was eager to get back home for warmth．All of a sudden, I   7   an old lady in a short distance away．Her   8   was covered with a white cloth．She was   9  to me, I think．

I was a bit   10  ．I wanted to know   11   she was there at that time of the late night．I stopped walking for a while．As I   12  there, stories about ghosts （鬼） began to come to my mind one after   13  ．I was soon   14   fear and started to run as fast as I could．When I reached home I could   15   speak．

The next day, however, I   16   that place again to make sure that the woman was not a ghost but indeed a real person．But I could find no footprints there   17   a banana plant．I realized then that it was the banana plant with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that   18   like a woman waving her hand．I had indeed made a fool of myself; but after the   19  night’s experience, this   20   was small relief to me．

1．A．realized                 B．recognized           C．remembered        D．reminded

2．A．a(chǎn)lone                    B．a(chǎn)sleep                  C．a(chǎn)wake                 D．lonely

3．A．never                    B．often                   C．seldom                D．rarely

4．A．busier                   B．noisier                 C．quieter                D．wider

5．A．noises                   B．quarrels               C．songs                  D．voices

6．A．completely            B．mainly                 C．obviously            D．partly

7．A．made sense of       B．caught sight of     C．got ahead of        D．took hold of

8．A．waist                    B．leg                      C．head                   D．hand

9．A．smiling                  B．waiting                C．whispering          D．waving

10．A．mysterious          B．cautious              C．conscious            D．curious

11．A．why                    B．when                  C．what                   D．how

12．A．lay                      B．sat                      C．stood                  D．walked

13．A．a(chǎn)nother               B．other                   C．others                 D．the other

14．A．a(chǎn)ddicted to          B．filled with            C．far from              D．short of

15．A．clearly                 B．easily                  C．hardly                 D．loudly

16．A．traveled               B．visited                 C．a(chǎn)ppreciated          D．went

17．A．over                    B．without               C．than                    D．except

18．A．felt                     B．looked                 C．smelt                  D．sounded

19．A．previous              B．next                    C．last                     D．following

20．A．invention             B．a(chǎn)chievement         C．contribution         D．discovery

7、Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life．The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle（抽獎(jiǎng)）when he was 25 years old．But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery（彩票） game．To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on．The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X．If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables（變量）is going to be greater．So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money．

Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables．One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours．The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period．This was a tough decision．

Finally, Sam flipped a coin．It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager．He picked right．The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times．Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000．Sam dreamily left the lottery studio．Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car．

Sam is slowly getting better．He was in the hospital for a month．His hospital bill was $110,000．And the insurance company for the little sports car’s owner sued（起訴）Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs．Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings．Sam doesn’t play the state lottery any more．He says it’s better to be unlucky．

1．What can be inferred about Sam from the passage?

      A．He always has bad luck．                     B．He seldom goes to a raffle．

       C．He is a very careful person in life．       D．He used to be crazy about lottery tickets．

2．Which of the following played a vital role in Sam’s winning the big prize?

       A．The cube．         B．The coin．          C．The blanket．      D．The stop sign．

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A．The lottery game was a complete lie．   B．Sam was quite familiar with the boy．

       C．The owner of the car is now in hospital．D．Sam will have none of the prize money left．

4．What could be the best title for the passage?

      A．Curiosity killed the cat                         B．Joy puts heart into a man

       C．Extreme joy ends in sorrow                  D．A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

6、A boy was born to couple after eleven years of marriage．They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eyes． When the boy saw around two years old, the husband saw a medicine bottle open． He was late for work so he asked the wife to cap the bottle and put it in the cupboard．The mother, preoccupied in the kitchen, totally forgot the matter．

The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to it and, fascinated with its color, drank it all．It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages（劑量）．When the child fell down, the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died．The mother was unconscious． She was terrified how to face her husband．

When the distraught （心煩意亂的）father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words．

What do you think those four words were? The husband just said, "I love You Darling"．

The husband's totally unexpected reaction is proactive（積極主動(dòng)的） behavior．The child is dead．He can never be brought back to life．There is no point in finding fault with the mother．Besides, if only he have taken time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened．No point in attaching blame．She had also lost her only child．What she needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy from the husband．That is what he gave her．

Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or who's to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know and miss out on the warmth in human relationships we could receive by giving each other support．After all, shouldn't forgiving someone we love be the easiest thing in the world to do? Treasure what you have．Don't multiply pain, anguish and suffering by holding onto forgiveness．

If everyone could look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be fewer problems in the world．

Take off all your envies, jealousies, unwillingness to forgive, selfishness, and fears and you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think．

1．The meaning of the underlined phrase is         ．

       A．a(chǎn)n adult                                              B．a(chǎn) healthy boy

       C．the love of the parents                          D．a(chǎn) naughty boy

2．Why was the mother terrified to face the husband?

       A．Because she was afraid of her husband．B．Because she thought that was her fault．

       C．Because she poisoned her son herself． D．Because she wanted to kill herself．

3．What does this passage mainly talk about?

       A．Be careful to do everything．                B．Forgive what you shouldn’t forgive．

       C．Treasure what you have now．            D．Envy can mislead the way you go．

4．Which column of a paper can we find this article?

      A．Financial aid to students．                    B．Grand view of science．

       C．Enjoying the countryside view．           D．Life and society．

5、Jean – Gilles was a millionaire．But Tuesday night, he was sleeping in his car．

Jean – Gilles was the owner of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacmel, Haiti, a three – story, 30 – room building in a quiet tropical valley on Haiti’s southern coast, 25 miles from the noises of the capital, Port – au – Prince．Jean – Gilles and his wife, Marie, lived in an apartment on the property, close enough to watch carefully over the guest rooms, conference rooms and restaurant, close enough that they know the first name of every guest．

After the 7．0– earthquake hit at 4:57 pm on Jan．12,2010, they slept in their aging Isuzu, parked in the hotel driveway．

Jean – Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck．He was working in a ground – floor conference room and first heard, then felt the quake．He asked his electrician, Roberne St．Louis,who was working nearby, what was happening．

“Get out．Now ．Get out．Now,” St．Louis said．

Jean – Gilles cleared the falling structure by a mere second, he estimated．His wife, who was working in the couple’s apartment on the second floor, wasn’t able to get clear．People nearby heard her screams after the shaking stopped and removed the building blocks around her by hand．She was shaken and scratched, but walked away from the ruins．

“I am alive．God is good,” she repeated over and over on Saturday．

The Peace of Mind Hotel was a dream which had come true for Jean – Gilles, 57, and Marie, 59．Born in Port – au – Prince, they moved to the United States shortly after meeting 34 years ago．Together, they owned a beauty supply store in jersey City, New Jersey, and invested in real estate．In 2003, they cashed out their US investments, returned to Haiti and began building the Peace of Mind Hotel, looking to make a future for themselves and the people of their homeland．

1．Which of the following statements about Jean – Gilles is TURE?

       A．He lived far from the Peace of Mind Hotel．

       B．He helped St．Louis to manage a hotel．

       C．He was born in Haiti in 1976．

       D．He once owned a store in the US．

2．According to the passage, the Peace of Mind Hotel          ．

       A．offered guests different services            B．was located in the capital city of Haiti

       C．was a building with 30 guest rooms       D．was owned by Marie and St． Louis

3．When the earthquake hit, Marie was         ．

       A．sleeping in the car                                B．working in the conference room

       C．working on the second floor                 D．cooking in the restaurant

4．It can be inferred from the passage that         ．

       A．Haiti is the 51 st state of the US

       B．the earthquake happened quickly and unexpectedly

       C．nobody in the hotel died in the earthquake

       D．Marie was not sad about losing her property in the earthquake