He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windscreen to get his attention.
“Is your taxi____?” I asked when he finally looked____at me. He nodded, then said____as I settled into the back seat, “I'm sorry, but I was reading a____.” He sounded as if he had a____.
“I am not in a hurry, ” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter. ” He____his head. “I've read it several times already. I guess I____ know it by heart. ”
“Letters from home always mean a lot, ” I said. “From a child?”
“This isn't____,” he replied. “Although it ____ just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other ‘Old Friend’ when we'd meet. I'm not much good at ____.”
“I don't think any of us keep____our letters too well,” I said. “I know I don't. But I____ he's someone you've known quite a while?”
“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the ____ through high school. ”
“There are not too many people who've had such a long friendship,” I said.
“____,” the driver went on, “I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I____away from the old neighbourhood and you slightly lose touch ____ you never forget. He was a great guy.”
“You said ‘was’. Does that mean...?”
He nodded. “____a couple of weeks ago.”
“I'm sorry, ” I said. “It's no fun to lose any friend and losing a real old one is____ tougher. ”
He didn't ____ to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: “I should have kept in touch. ”
“Well, ” I agreed, “we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things____ and we just don't seem to find the time. ”
...
When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away. First I had to write a letter and mail it.
小題1:
A．availableB．acceptableC．beneficialD．occupied
小題2:
A．downB．upC．ToD．off
小題3:
A．unexpectedlyB．curiouslyC．apologeticallyD．definitely
小題4:
A．bookletB．novelC．book D．letter
小題5:
A．coldB．fever C．secretD．story
小題6:
A．hungB．noddedC．shookD．kept
小題7:
A．anyhowB．hardly C．almostD．really
小題8:
A．friendshipB．family C．leadershipD．colleague
小題9:
A．couldB．mightC．maybeD．would
小題10:
A．writingB．readingC．talkingD．Learning
小題11:
A．upB．withC．onD．in
小題12:
A．speakB．makeC．thinkD．assure
小題13:
A．curriculumB．coincidenceC．lifeD．way
小題14:
A．EventuallyB．ActuallyC．AdditionallyD．Besides
小題15:
A．removedB．leftC．headedD．moved
小題16:
A．even thoughB．as thoughC．when D．whereas
小題17:
A．DiedB．Suffered C．ChokedD．Survived
小題18:
A．everB．evenC．fairlyD．quite
小題19:
A．answerB．replyC．questionD．talk
小題20:
A．take upB．pick upC．come upD．break up

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:C
小題7:C
小題8:B
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:B
小題15:D
小題16:A
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:B
小題20:C

試題分析：文章主要講述的是友情的珍貴。作者乘出租去賓館，司機跟作者講述了他和老朋友的故事。司機和Old Ed是從小一起長大的好朋友，由于司機后來搬了家，他和Old Ed的聯(lián)系就變得很少了。就在幾周前，Old Ed去世了，這讓司機很難過，他舍不得他的老朋友。
小題1:考查。A可用的；B可接受的；C有益的；D在使用的，已占用的。Is your taxi____?你的車可以乘坐嗎？根據(jù)第一段“He must have been completely lost in something he was reading”可知，出租車是停著的，排除D，故選A。
小題2:考查介詞辨析。he finally looked____at me.司機坐在車里，是向上看，A向下；B向上；C朝，向；D離開。故選B。
小題3:考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)“I'm sorry, but I was reading a____.”可知，司機向作者道歉，A出乎意料地；B好奇地；C抱歉地；D肯定地，當然。故選C。
小題4:考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)下一段的“Go ahead and finish your letter.”可知，司機在看一封信，A小冊子；B小說；C書籍；D信件。故選D。
小題5:考查名詞辨析。He sounded as if he had a____.司機說話的語氣聽起來像是感冒了一樣，A感冒；B發(fā)燒；C秘密；D故事。故選A。
小題6:考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)“I've read it several times already.”可知，司機搖搖頭，意思是不看了，A懸掛；B點頭；C搖晃；D保持。故選C。
小題7:考查副詞辨析。I guess I____ know it by heart.司機看了幾遍了，他認為自己都能背下來了，A無論怎樣；B幾乎不；C幾乎；D確實。故選C。
小題8:考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)“Letters from home always mean a lot”可知，這封信不是來自家人的，A友誼；B家人；C領導；D同事。故選B。
小題9:考查情態(tài)動詞。may as well是固定短語，意為“不妨”，A能夠；B可能；C也許；D將會，愿意。故選B。
小題10:考查動詞辨析。I'm not much good at ____.這里談論的是信，由此可知，司機說自己不擅長寫信，A寫；B看，讀；C談話；D學習。故選A。
小題11:考查介詞辨析。作者說沒有人能夠做到經(jīng)常給朋友寫信。keep up繼續(xù)做......。A向上；B和，帶有；C在......上；D在......里。故選A。
小題12:考查動詞辨析。作者認為，司機和Old Ed認識很久了。A說，演講；B制作；C認為；D保證，使確信。故選C。
小題13:考查名詞辨析。and all the ____ through high school他們是從小玩到大的朋友，all the way一直，A全部課程；B巧合；C生命；D方法，道路。故選D。
小題14:考查副詞辨析�！癬___,” the driver went on, “I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years 司機說，事實上，他們在過去的二三十年里，一年只見過一兩次。A最終；B實際上；C另外；D而且。故選B。
小題15:考查動詞辨析。because I____away from the old neighbourhood司機搬離了那個社區(qū)，A移除；B離開，遺留；C前往；D移動，搬家。故選D。
小題16:考查連接詞辨析。you slightly lose touch ____ you never forget即使不會忘記，但還是會慢慢失去聯(lián)系，A即使；B似乎；C當，既然；D鑒于。故選A。
小題17:考查動詞辨析。He nodded. “____a couple of weeks ago.”司機說，Old Ed幾周前去世了。A死亡；B遭受；C噎住，窒息；D幸存。故選A。
小題18:考查副詞辨析。losing a real old one is____ tougher失去一個老朋友更難過，even可以修飾比較級。A曾經(jīng)；B甚至；C相當；D很，十分。故選B。
小題19:考查名詞辨析。He didn't ____ to that, and we rode on in silence...司機沒有回應作者的話，reply to回答，答復，A答案；B答復；C問題；D談話。故選B。
小題20:考查短語辨析。But things____ and we just don't seem to find the time.但是（生活中）總會出現(xiàn)很多事情，我們似乎沒有時間相互聯(lián)系。A占據(jù)，從事；B撿起，學會，車接；C走近，被提及，發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)；D爆發(fā)。故選C。
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Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island of Inventions was like. It was a secret place, where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and invent together. Access to the island was totally restricted. To join, you had to have created some great invention for humanity. Only then could you receive the special invitation — which came with directions to the island.
So Luca spent his youth studying and inventing. Every new idea he got, he made it into an invention, and if there were something he didn't understand, he’d seek others to help him. Soon he met other young inventors and he told them about the Island of Inventions. They too dreamed of one day receiving an invitation letter. 
As years passed, the disappointment of not receiving their invitation made Luca and his friends work harder and co-operate more. They would meet in Luca's house, share their ideas and build new machines. Their inventions became known throughout the world, and improved the lives of millions. 
But still, no invitation came.
They didn’t lose heart. They continued learning and inventing every day, trying to come up with more and better ideas. Fresh young talent joined their group, as more inventors dreamed of getting to the island.
One day many years later, Luca, already very old, was speaking with a brilliant young man named Roberts, who had written to him, asking him to join the group. Luca started telling the man of the wonderful Island of Inventions, and of how he was sure that some day they would receive an invitation. Surprised, the young inventor interrupted: “You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions? Isn't the letter you sent me the real invitation?”
It was only then that Luca realised that his dream had become true in his very own house. No island could exist which would be better than where he was now. No place of invention would be better than what he and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and that his life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.
小題1:Why did Luca and his colleagues probably never receive an invitation to the island?
A．Their ideas were not considered worthy enough.
B．They were too concerned with acquiring fame.
C．The organization had already broken up.
D．The island was not a real place.
小題2:What did Luca learn at the end of the story?
A．The island of inventions did not exist.
B．He had wasted most of his life.
C．He had unknowingly built his own dreamland.
D．He finally would receive his invitation.
小題3:Which of the following best describes Luca?
A．Aggressive.B．Trusting. C．Creative.D．Easy-going.

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When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn’t work out, you’ll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, “the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,” she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom. “I don’t know how to use a computer,” she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an　award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says. “I didn’t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we’re self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”
But she hasn’t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up－again－and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, ‘why me?’ about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn’t do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”
小題1:Why did Mary feel regretful?
A．She didn’t achieve her ambition.
B．She didn’t take care of her mother.
C．She didn’t complete her high school.
D．She didn’t follow her mother’s advice.
小題2:We can know that before 1995 Mary      .
A．had two books published
B．received many career awards
C．knew how to use a computer
D．supported the JDRF by writing
小題3:Mary’s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her      .
A．living with diabetesB．successful show business
C．service for an organizationD．remembrance of her mother
小題4:When Mary received the life-changing news, she      .
A．lost control of herselfB．began a balanced diet
C．tried to get a treatment D．behaved in an adult way
小題5:What can we know from the last paragraph?
A．Mary feels pity for herself.
B．Mary has recovered from her disease.
C．Mary wants to help others as much as possible.
D．Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

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Matthew Ames returned to Brisbane from Melbourne at the weekend after experiencing one of many rounds of surgery，becoming Australia’s first bionic（仿生學的）man. Matthew Ames was at home on Monday morning，adjusting to national media attention and life with titanium rods（欽桿）in what remains of his arms and legs．If all goes to plan，later in the year he will have more surgery to fix bionic prosthetics（假肢）．
It all started 15 months ago，when the Origin Energy engineer一who lives with his wife Diane and four children in Camp Hill in Brisbane’s east一began feeling like he was coming down with the“man flu”，A week later he was in hospital，senseless and on life support，which was caused by a deadly form of bacteria．
“He had a. 99％chance of dying，”Matthew’s son Luke，9，said in a program，Sunday Night which drew more than 2．12 million viewers nationally．
Matthew’s younger sons Ben，8，and Will，7，added：“And only 1％of living.”
Proudly Will concluded：“And the 1％ won against the 99．”
Matthew’s families were told Matthew’s only chance of survival was to have his four limbs removed．For Diane，the choice was easy．She could not allow their children to grow up without a father．Eventually，Matthew came to，only to find he had no arms and legs．
On Monday，he is attending a Pride of Australia Medal ceremony for which he has been nominated（被提名）In the courage category．“The 40-year-old is slowly getting used to a few more people knowing about his story，”his sister Kate told Fairfax Media．“We told his story so that he was known to the kids，and thus people wouldn’t stop and stare，”Kate continued．“We’re not sure what to expect now that his story has aired across Australia．The effect it would have in a positive way on people is beyond our expectation．”
小題1:From the first two paragraphs we can learn that Matthew Ames
A．has finished all of his operations
B．is the first bionic man in the world
C．is becoming the focus of the public
D．had his arms and legs cut completely
小題2:From what Matthew Ames’sons say，we can conclude that
A．it was a wonder for their father to escape from death
B．most doctors refused to operate on their father
C．the sons’love is the cure of their father，s disease
D．the sons’pray moved God and saved their father
小題3:What was the attitude of Matthew’s wife when he was advised to cut his legs and arms？
A．Doubtful.B．Supportive.C．Cautious.D．Casual.
小題4:What would be the best title for the passage？
A. A Lucky Father B. A Bionic Man
C．A National Hero D'. A Reliable Husband

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