2. I think it's much more difficult to get the (飛行員) licence than a driving licence.

四、 單詞拼寫(12分)

1. I received the (命令) not to let anybody in.

(B) Two children stood outside the door with old coats. “Any old papers,Lady?” asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say no,but I saw that their shoes were broken and wet. Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot tea.^,J They came in,saying nothing. Their shoes left snow on the floor.

I gave them tea and bread to protect them against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.

The silence in the front room surprised me. I looked in.

The girl held the empty cup in her hands,looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice ,“Lady,are you rich?”

Am I rich? Oh,no!I looked at my old things in my room.

The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟) carefully. “Your cups match your saucers.

They left then,holding their papers against the wind. They hadn’t said thank you. They didn t  need to. They had done more than that. The blue cups and saucers were simple. But they said that they matched. The potatoes and meat before me,a roof over my head,my husband with a job—these things matched,too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.

() 6. The writer let the two children in .

   A. to offer them some warm clothes   B. to serve them tea and food   C. to sell them some old papers   D. to show them how rich she was

() 7. We can learn from the passage that .

   A. the writer was in fact not very rich

   B. the children took away many old papers

   C. the writer's husband was out of work

   D. the two children were looking for a job

() 8. It can be inferred (推斷) from the passage that .

   A. the two children were not polite to the writer

   B. the two children thanked the writer and then left

   C. it was snowing outside when the story happened

   D. the writer had a set of new furniture in her house

() 9. The underlined sentence “I let them be” means “ ”.

   A. I dislike them   B. I didn't want to see them

   C. I cleaned them   D. I left them there

() 10. What's the best title of the passage?

   A. Any Old Papers? B. Matching Cups and Saucers

   C. Are You Rich? D. Two Poor Children 

三、 閱讀理解(20分)

(A) Martin Luther King was born in Georgia,U. S. A. When he was a boy,he sang with other children in the church (教堂) . Little Martin knew that it was very important to love and be kind to others.

Although the church was very important to Martin,he was interested in other things,too. He liked sports very much. He was not tall,but he was very strong. The boys in his town often met at Martin's house for a game of football or basketball. Martin liked school and was a very good student. He went to college at fifteen. At first,he didn't know what he wanted to study. He knew the black people didn't have the same rights as the white people,and he also knew that the black people were not as happy as the white people. He wanted to work for the black people. He wanted to help the poor black people.

Later he really became a famous man. He was fighting for the men's rights all his life.

At the age of thirty-five,Martin Luther King was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was murdered on the evening of April 4 ,1968.

() 1. Martin was from .

   A. America   B. England   C. Japan   D. Australia

() 2. When Martin was a boy,   .

   A. he didn't like singing   B. he was not strong

   C. he liked playing jokes on others   D. he liked football and basketball

() 3. When Martin was a little boy,he knew that it was very important .

   A. to like sports   B. to go to the church

   C. to love and be kind to others   D. to play tricks on others

() 4. Marin knew that .

   A. he would not study again

   B. he would work for the black people

   C. all people were equally (平等地) treated

   D. the black lived a happy life

() 5. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. Martin went to college at a young age.

   B. Martin was a tall and strong man.

   C. Martin has lots of different interests.

   D. Martin wanted to help the black people live a better life.

二、 完形填空(10分)

A spring (泉水) keeper lived high above an Austrian village along the eastern part of the Alps in Central Europe.

The keeper of the spring has been 1 a job many years earlier by a young town councilman (議員) . His job was to 2 away the leaves from the pool^s in the mountain. He wiped away tAe silt (淤泥) that would otherwise have choked (堵塞) and polluted the 3 flow of water. The village soon became a  (an) 4 attraction for visitors. Swans floated along the clear spring,and the view from the top of the Alps was beyond 5 .

Years passed. One evening the town council met for its meeting. One man's eye caught the salary figure being paid to the keeper of the spring. He said, ⁴⁴Who is the old man? Why do we keep him year after year? No one ever sees him. For all we know,he is doing us no 6 .”Then,they fired (解雇) the old man.

For several weeks,7 changed. By early autumn,however,the tree leaves began to fall and fell into the pools,8 the rushing flow of water. The spring water turn yellowish.

A few days later,swans left,and so did the tourists.

Quickly,the councilmen held a special meeting. Realizing their 9 ,they rehired the old keeper of the spring. And within a few weeks,the river of life began to clear up.

Never look down on the seeming smallness of one^ task,job,or life!Even though it Ls rather small,it does make a 10 .

() 1. A. brought   B. offered   C. found   D. worked

() 2. A. clear   B. put   C. run   D. give

() 3. A. dirty   B. grey   C. fresh   D. dried

() 4. A. expensive   B. popular   C. unwelcome   D. cheap

() 5. A. ways   B. steps   C. words   D. colours

() 6. A. attention   B. good C matter   D. power

() 7. A. nothing   B. somebody   C. anybody   D. everything

() 8. A. protecting   B. preventing   C. providing   D. producing

() 9. A. feelings   B. diseases   C. abilities   D. mistakes

() 10. A. wish   B. day   C. meaning   D. difference

() 20. Tm sorry to have caused so much trouble. — .

   A. You're welcome   B. That's all right

   C. You’re too kind   D. Please don't say so

   A. what's wrong with Tom today

   B. how long has Obama been the President of the USA

   C. when did the terrible earthquake happen in Sichuan

   D. why couldn't many college students find jobs

() 18. Mr Black Shanghai this afternoon. Do you know when the earliest plane to Shanghai ?

   A. is leaving for;takes off   B. will leave;takes off

   C. is leaving for;is taking off   D. will leave;is taking off

() 17. 一Visitors need to know all the details about the tour plan,   ?

—Sure.

   A. do they   B. need they   C. don't they   D. needn’t they

() 16. This is one of the most interesting books I have read.

   A. that;never   B. which;never   C. that;ever   D. which;ever