5、Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent. I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.

By chance, I won some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She told me that I had won a national poetry award. I stared at her in astonishment and disbelief. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said: “No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real excuse. I was just frightened. In the end she persuaded me that I should do it the following day.

So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly told my parents that I wanted to return to school. They were greatly surprised and, I think, a little afraid but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me ,and they asked about the matter no further.

1．Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraphs above this passage?

      A．The writer’s unhappy childhood.

      B．The poor teaching quality of the writer’s school.

      C．The writer’s leaving school against his teacher’s advice.

      D．Whether it was worth leaving school for job training.

2．After he won some prizes and awards for literature, a young woman from a TV company    .

A．wanted to make his success known to the public

B．come to make friends with him

C．invited him to make a speech

       D．came to tell him that he had become a very important person

4、“It hurts me more than you”, and “This is for your own good” These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.

That was before we entered the permissive period in education when we decided it was all right not to push our children to do their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They thought that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left them to the teachers and went on holidays.

Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-so passive-and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity. “"We’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying “go look it up”, you tell them the answer. It takes great energy to say no to  kids.”

Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their holidays and come back to work. It’s time to take the car away, to turn TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it’s for their own good. It’s s time to start telling them no again.

1．We learn from the passage that the author’s mother used to pay much attention to         .

       A．learning Latin                                      B．teaching her child by punishment

       C．avoiding spoiling her child                     D．school education

2．By “permissive period in education” the author means a time         .

       A．when children are allowed to do what they wish to

       B．when calculators are left to the teachers

       C．when it is easy for us to be parents

       D．when it is hard for children to do their best in school.

3．Children are now becoming more inactive in study because         .

       A．they watch too much TV                      B．they have done too much homework

       C．they’ve to do too many duties               D．teachers are too strict with them

4．To such children as told in the passage         .

       A．it is easier to say no than to say yes

       B．neither to say yes or to say no is easy

       C．it is easier to say yes than to say no

       D．neither to say yes or to say no is difficult

5．What is the author’s attitude towards the let-alone policy?

       A．The author is for is

       B．We don’t know yet from the present passage

       C．The author is against it

       D．The author is neither against or for it

3、Scientists have long believed one way to stop the Earth’s atmosphere from warming is by planting more trees. The idea is that more trees take in or absorb some of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is a gas released by cars, factories and other human activities. The gas traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, which warms the planet. However, two new studies have found that trees may not be as helpful in reducing carbon dioxide as had been thought.

The first study was done at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Researchers pumped extra carbon dioxide into a test area where pine trees were growing. The trees grew thirty-four percent faster during the first three years. However, in time, the trees slowed to about their normal growth rate. The scientists say this is because trees need other nutrients, such as nitrogen.

In the second study, researchers from Duke and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine examined the soil around trees. They discovered that as the leaves broke down into the soil, all the carbon was not trapped in the soil. Much of it was released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

Forest planting has been a part of negotiations on a world agreement to reduce greenhouse gases that scientists believe cause global warming. The United States, Canada, Japan and some other industrial countries have supported the idea. But this new research suggests the idea is not as effective as environmental activists had thought. Scientist Ram Oren of Duke University led the study on tree growth. He says that earlier estimates on the ability of forests to absorb carbon dioxide were overly hopeful.　　

Some scientists not involved in the studies say the research provides some of the first evidence on how trees react to carbon dioxide. Other scientists say the research disputes（對……質疑） a belief among some coal and power companies. The companies say that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will not create harmful global warming. Instead, they say it will increase forests and other plants.

1．What is the purpose of this passage？

A．Introduce some new ideas about the relationship between trees and carbon dioxide.

      B．Introduce recent condition of global industrial pollution.

      C．Call on people to plant more trees to reduce greenhouse gases.

   D．Point out that power companies should be responsible for the rising levels of carbon

dioxide.

2．Why did the researchers do the TWO studies?

A．To prove that trees may not be as helpful in reducing carbon dioxide as had been thought.

B．To get more oxygen from these trees.

C．To evaluate（評價，評估）the maximum carbon dioxide the trees can absorb

D．To see the growth rate of these trees.

3．What happened to the leaves falling from the trees in the second study？

A．They broke down and the main parts turned into oxygen.

      B．They broke down and the carbon content had mainly turned into carbon dioxide.?

C．They broke down and the carbon dioxide content was mainly absorbed in the soil.

      D．They absorbed more carbon dioxide.?

4．Scientist Ram Oren is for the opinion that common beliefs of the tree’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide are             .

       A．based                  B．insightful             C．overoptimistic      D．totally wrong

5．The word “it” in the last paragraph probably refers to           .

       A．carbon dioxide     B．nitrogen               C．atmosphere          D．coal

2、此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤.對標題號的每一行做出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊的橫線上劃（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。

Last Sunday we went to see a AIDS patient in hospital.                1．          

We bought her some flower and fruit. She was glad to see                   2．          

us. Many people began to avoid see her after she                                                        3．          

was infected to HIV virus. A doctor told us that the                            4．          

HIV virus mustn’t be infected through daily communication                5．          

and those suffering from AIDS shouldn’t be looked down upon.          6．          

We had a talk with the woman and gave her some                       

CDs as gifts. She was moved to tears and promise to be                  7．          

optimistic and confident in overcoming the disease. We                   8．          

promised to see her again before left.                                             9．          

In my opinion, the world will become more beautiful

if all of us love each other and help those in the trouble.                       10．          

1、用100左右字，根據你掌握的情況介紹中國的九年義務教育（compulsory education）

22、      no possibility      he would win the first prize in the maths contest.

A．It was, that                                  B．There was, but

C．Here was, when                           D．There was , that

21、In my opinion, what he told us just now about the affair simply doesn’t make any ______.

A．idea                 B．meaning               C．sense               D．point

20、_______ I admit that there are problems; I don’t agree that they can’t be solved.

A．Since               B．Unless             C．While              D．If

19、Hamburgers are         through a window in the restaurant and then they are handed out through the window to the waiting customer.

A．booked              B．ordered             C．demanded               D．told