When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.
Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
57. The couple have not got a television, because     .
A. they are not rich enough         
B. they are strange people
C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways
D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts
58. Both of them are interested in     .
A. learning languages  B. traveling 
C. staying home alone                D. watching people play games
59.At night when there is no electricity, the couple       .
A. have to stare at the walls B. can do nothing but sit in silence
C. will have many visitors  D. have to go out for candles
60. The best title for this passage is _____.
A. What is the function of television?     B. Candle! But No Electricity!
C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies.   D. We Go Without Televisions!
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第Ⅱ卷 (兩部分共35分)
第四部分任務(wù)型閱讀 (共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)
請認真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個最恰當?shù)膯卧~。
注意：每個空格只填1個單詞。請將答案寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)題號的橫線上。
Some days you wake up and right when you are going to begin your work, you feel a presence within you that stops you from doing so. You don’t want to work today and you don’t feel motivated to do anything but just escape. Without this motivation, you feel a little hopeless, lost, and stuck. But sometimes even if there is no motivation, you can still feel inspired.
Connect the Dots
Steve Jobs has never finished college. After studying in college for 6 months, he couldn’t see the value in it and dropped out. Not knowing where to go in life, he decided to take a class in calligraphy (書法). Ten years later, he designed something that has affected the different types of typography (排版) that we use today. If he hadn’t dropped out in college, he would never have taken that calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography.
Sometimes when you’re trying to reach a goal, it’s impossible to connect the dots where you currently are. Somehow you just have to trust yourself, and have faith that you will reach your dreams, despite not having the slightest clue or perfectly laid-out road to where you are going. Nobody can connect the dots looking forward; you only can connect them when you’re looking backwards. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future; you have to trust in something, whether it’s destiny (天數(shù)，命運) or not, but trusting yourself is the first step towards feeling inspired and having the motivation to move forward.
Perfect Your Environment
Look around your room right now or your workspace. Does it inspire you? Does it give you motivation? Is it noisy or quiet? Sometimes the hardest thing we do to ourselves is try to force ourselves to work in an area that is subconsciously telling us, “I can’t work here.”
And when you are constantly trying to discipline yourself, you will feel worse and be less productive. Instead try to build your ideal workplace and ideal time. Perhaps add a piece of artwork or a quote of your favorite person nearby you on the wall. Maybe add a beautiful plant in the corner to give you inspiration. If you feel more energy and enthusiasm during the night, schedule your day to work at midnight if you can. If you can realize the power of having a productive environment, you will naturally feel inspired and motivated to get work done.
Don’t Work So Hard
If you’re trying to force your way into taking action, it could be a sign that you are working too hard. Most people won’t wake up and waste an hour imagining, thinking further, or confirming, and the first thing they think about is asking “what do I need to do today?” And when they get the answer, they feel miserable, as if their work suddenly weighs them down. But if you spend time focusing on your goals, you’ll receive good feelings—feelings that help you feel inspired and motivated to take real action.
Don’t try to paddle upstream. That just basically equals saying to yourself that you need to force yourself to work hard every day. Instead, paddle along the stream of the river. Trust yourself, let your environment work in your favor, and spend some a little bit of time putting yourself in a state before you work. Inspiration will come to you from different ways—inside and outside—and give you the motivation to guide yourself towards reaching your dreams.
Brief Introduction
Lacking motivation makes you feel (71)   ▲   to do anything and even feel hopeless, lost and stuck. However you can still feel inspired sometimes though you don’t have (72)   ▲    . 
(73)   ▲  
to feel
inspired
Connect
the dots
●Steve Jobs’ success indicates that the dots will somehow connect in the future, (74)   ▲    the fact that you don’t have the slightest clue or perfectly laid-out road to where you go currently.
●Just (75)   ▲   yourself that you will reach your goal, which is the first step towards inspiration and motivation.
Perfect the
environment
●The worst thing is that you’re (76)   ▲    to work in an area where you are unable to work.
●You are supposed to build an ideal workplace and ideal time, and then you will be likely to feel better and (77)  ▲    more.
●A perfect environment will naturally (78)   ▲    you feel inspired and motivated.
Don’t work
so hard
Forcing your way into taking action could be a sign that you are working too hard but (79)   ▲    on your goals could help you feel inspired and motivated to take real action.
Summary
(80)   ▲   of forcing yourself to work hard every day, you need to trust yourself, build a favorable environment, spend time putting yourself in a state and surely you will get inspiration to guide you towards achieving your dreams.

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閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑
It was in New York City to advise large banks on the secret to success in business. Once I started a  36  with my taxi driver, Tony. He had studied be an oceanic biologist, but couldn't get a  37  job in that field. “I like driving a taxi,” he said. “38  I hope to do much better than just get by.”
Like many people, Tony thought that being self-reliant meant  39  asking for help. But we need to develop relationship in order to  40  our goals.
Tony liked chatting with his customers, yet he didn’t want  41  to them. I advised him to give it a  42  . And he did. Not only did his customers take his taxi more often, but they  43  him to their friends. Soon he had a long list of regulars and  44  buy his own car, then a second. He had to  45  a friend to help with the overflow.
We each contain  46  Of greatness. Life is all about finding that seed and nurturing it to its  47  growth. And I know it’s  48  , because I am living proof.
I’m the son of a steelworker. My dad would come home, his hands  49  and dirty, and say, “I don’t want this for you, Keith. You need a great  50  .”
And bravely, he went to the CEO（總裁）of his company to ask for his advise. The CEO admired his  51  and helped get me a scholarship at one of the best schools in the country. I  52  to Yale University and Harvard Business School. 53  I was the youngest chief marketing officer in the Fortune 500. I learned  54  a young age that the secret to success  55  the power of relationship.
36．A．report                  B．conversation               C．suggestion                 D．speech
37．A．hard                    B．correct                        C．suitable                        D．dull
38．A．And                     B．Since                   C．Because                       D．Though
39．A．never          B．a(chǎn)lways                         C．ever                              D．sometimes
40．A．find                      B．fail                                 C．miss                              D．a(chǎn)chieve
41．A．please                  B．excite                           C．bother                          D．worry
42．A．try                       B．drive                   C．talk                               D．hand
43．A．suggested B．recommended            C．mentioned                  D．told
44．A．was able to        B．could                   C．ought to                       D．might
45．A．make                  B．let                                  C．hire                               D．order
46．A．plants                  B．seeds                           C．origins                          D．members
47．A．empty                  B．full                                 C．huge                             D．tiny
48．A．enough                B．necessary           C．strange                        D．possible
49．A．scratched  B．wounded                     C．injured                          D．fixed
50．A．work                   B．career                          C．education          D．university
51．A．honesty               B．feeling                         C．expression                  D．courage
52．A．went on               B．got off                          C．set out                         D．kept up
53．A．So                        B．Meanwhile                  C．Soon                             D．Once
54．A．of                         B．in                                   C．under                            D．a(chǎn)t
55．A．leads to               B．lies in                  C．relies on             D．sticks to

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閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白
處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams．---Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural

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disasters．When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with  21  in spite of the terrible surroundings．The families living here ,who tried to make their living from the land,   22  great losses.

I felt sorry especially for the  23  , but I   24   to be hopeless .I decided that where I was, I could do   25   to help them．I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who 26  my knock, “I know that you are   27  and give the birds that come to your yard a little 28 ．Please consider me your bird．Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your 29  ．I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the  30  children.”
No one seemed to  31  giving me a handful of rice ,even  32  they had little themselves .On Sunday ,I would go to the   33   and give my handfuls of rice  to the monks to  34 to the children．
One day ,I came to a house that had  35  to give．I told my story and asked if I could be their bird．The woman called her daughters, and  36  gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for  37  and rice from the other “ bird feeders”, and they gave them to me．Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even  38  only this small way．The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My  39  idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was  40  some peace．                         
21．A．sorrow           B．hope             C．comfort      D．happiness
22．A．suffered               B．survived           C．covered      D．made
23．A．peasants           B．citizens             C．villagers      D．children
24．A．wanted            B．failed              C．refused       D．stopped
25．A．something          B．everything          C．a(chǎn)nything     D．nothing
26．A．said               B．replied            C．a(chǎn)nswered     D．spoke
27．A．glad               B．kind                  C．rich         D．friendly
28．A．water              B．money            C．nest         D．rice
29．A．temple             B．room              C．door         D．garden
30．A．brave              B．hungry             C．promising    D．nervous
31．A．mind              B．escape             C．practice       D．enjoy
32．A．where             B．that               C．so           D．when
33．A．village             B．hometown          C．temple       D．house
34．A．give in            B．give up            C．give away    D．give out
35．A．much              B．little               C．many        D．few
36．A．every              B．each               C．neither       D．none
37．A．help               B．clothing            C．food         D．change
38．A．by                B．with              C．on           D．in
39．A．foolish            B．childish            C．clever        D．useful
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Do you have any of these bad habits ? Check yourself by answering  “yes”or“no” to these questions.
a)      Do you move your lips when reading silently ?
b)     Do you point to words with your fingers as you read ?
c)      Do you move your head from side to side as you read ?
d)     Do you read one word at a time ?
If your answer “yes”  to any of these questions , start at once to break the habits. If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then when your lips move, you will know it and stop them. If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you won’t have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin in one hand, and hold your head still.
If you read no more than one word at a time, you need to work in learning to take in more words at each glance as your eyes travel across the lines of words. Even if you read fairly fast now, you can learn to even faster. As you probably have been told, the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words at each glance. Read in several groups and force your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can make them go. Anyone who practices doing these two things will be able to read faster.                                       
56. What do you think of those habits talked about in the text _________.
A. we should remember those habits
B. they should be got rid of
C. they are difficult to get rid of
D. they are good for our studies
57. You may hold your finger over your lips while reading so as to __________.
A. hold a piece of paper between your lips
B. keep yourself from talking to others
C. tell others to be silent
D. feel whether your lips move or not
58. When your eyes travel across the lines of words, you need to __________.
A. read the words out       
B. look at every word carefully
C. read several words at a time
D. remember every word
59. If you can read fairly fast now, __________.
A. you don’t need to learn to read faster
B. you can go on reading like that
C. you can learn to read even faster
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第三部分：閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C 和D）中，選出最佳選項。
Having divorced (離婚) my dad, my mom had to move frequently in order to find a job that would provide her with enough money to support the big family. For three years, we lived in the town of Parkersburg. On the first Christmas there, my brothers and I had been well prepared for a holiday without presents. But we had a surprise on Christmas Eve.
At midnight, we were woken up by someone shouting at our front door, “Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!” We jumped up and ran to the door to find no one there, but several boxes and bags! Not only were there gifts, which were our favorite, but there were also clothes and food. Each of us kids, as well as Mom, had gifts with our names on them. And the clothes all fit us!
Another year went by and on Christmas Eve, we again got boxes and bags full of goodies. The next year we moved. We were in the same town but across the other side. Mom was beginning to get on her feet. Since we had moved and Mom had a better job, we were quite certain that “Santa” wouldn’t visit us that year. But we were wrong!
Those “Santa” visits restored in me the belief in the goodness of mankind, though to this day we don’t know who our helper was.
When we grew up, Mom moved to Virginia. She had some extra money one Christmas. She sent it to me and let us know her decision. We then took action. My husband and children had so much fun buying and wrapping presents for the needy family we had chosen. On Christmas Eve, we allowed the excited kids to stay up late to be part of our secret “Santa” project.
Such satisfaction there was in being able to pass on the gift of love to others who needed it. And the gift goes on!
56. From the first paragraph, we can learn that ______.
A. the writer’s family didn’t like to celebrate Christmas
B. the writer felt sorry about not having Christmas presents
C. the writer’s mother couldn’t afford any Christmas presents
D. the writer knew that something surprising would happen
57. The presents that the writer’s family received must be from _______.
A. someone who has no children        B. someone who knew them well
C. the church in the neighborhood       D. the richest family in the town 
58. What decision did the writer’s mom make in the fifth paragraph?
A. To give her extra money to a poor family.   
B. To thank the person who once helped her family.
C. To give some Christmas presents to a poor family in secret.  
D. To invite a poor family to spend Christmas with her family.  
59. This passage is written to ______.
A. show pity to the poor people        B. show human kindness  
C. thank the helper                 D. show the advantages of being rich

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“We started as a group of friends with the same problem: difficulty in our personal life to manage our time, being always in a hurry.” This thought was recently offered by Bruno to explain the origin of The Art of Living Slowly, an organization that he founded two years ago, with his wife, Ella.

Bruno and Ella said they decided to draw more people’s attention to the overlooked idea that “time is wealth.” On February 19th last year, they created a new holiday, the first Global Day of Slow Living. Despite its ambitious name, the event was limited almost entirely to Italy, where the couple arranged a number of events: a reverse bicycle race in which the last rider was declared the winner; an afternoon of grandfathers reading poetry to children etc.
One Monday in late February, 2008, the couple staged a New York version (版本) of the Day of Slow Living. “It has to be a Monday, the worst day to try to slow down.” Bruno explained. Bruno was wearing a police cap, mirrored sunglasses, and a sandwich board stating, “Watch out! Speed-walking camera is in action!” He flagged down passers-by and handed them postcards printed with fourteen “slowmandments.” For example, No. 4: Write your text message on your cell phone with no symbols and get in the habit of starting with “Dear …” No 7: Avoid being so busy that you don’t have time for yourself. Bruno told the passers-by to read them once a day and keep the doctor away.
Many said, “I can’t do this. New York is too fast.” Bruno admitted. But many stopped, they read and said. “This one is good for me, because trying to slow down is like trying to stop smoking.”
When asked about their plans for the future. Bruno and Ella looked at each other and chanted the name of the city they have chosen for next year’s Global Day of Slow Living, “Tokyo!”
68. The Art of Living Slowly was founded to help people         .
A．understand the truth of life.    B．know the difficulty in managing time
C．a(chǎn)void being in a hurry all the time  D．make friends with the same problem
69. What did Bruno do in New York?
A．He advertised his idea on a sandwich board.
B．He stopped passers-by and delivered postcards.
C．He served as a policeman to prevent accidents.
D．He took photos for the people who walked fast.
70. Which statement may be included in the fourteen “slowmandments” in paragraph 3?
A．Wake up five minutes earlier.  B．Do two things at the same time.
C．Make a habit of writing letters.      D．Don’t work on weekends and relax.
71. What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The new holiday is usually celebrated on a fixed day.
B．Italian grandfathers enjoy reading poetry to children.
C．The couple tend to choose busy cities to promote the idea.
D．New Yorkers have a negative attitude towards slow living.

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第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，共40分）
第一節(jié)（共15題, 每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A,B,C和D）中，選出最佳選項。                              
A
What secret force drives us into the arms of one person, while pushing us away from another who might appear equally desirable to any fair observer? Of the many factors influencing our idea of the perfect mate, one of the most telling is our “l(fā)ovemap” ---- a group of messages formed in our brains that describes our likes and dislikes．It shows our preferences in hair and eye color, in voice, smell, body build．It also records the kind of personality that attracts us, whether it’s the warm and friendly type or the strong silent type．In short, we fall for and go after those people who most clearly fit our lovemap．And this lovemap is determined in childhood．By age eight, the pattern for our ideal mate has already begun to float around in our brains．
The mother has special influence on her sons: she not only gives them clues to what they will find attractive in a mate, but also influences how they feel about women in general．So if she is warm and nice, her sons are going to think that’s the way women are．They will likely grow up warm and responsive lovers and also be helpful around the house．
Just as mothers influence their son’s general feelings toward women, fathers influence their daughter’s general feelings about men．If a father lavishes praise on his daughter and shows that she is a worthwhile person, she’ll feel very good about herself in relation to men．But if the father is cold, critical or absent, the daughter will tend to feel she’s not very lovable or attractive．
While the mother determines in large part what qualities attract us in a mate, it’s the father ----- the first male in our lives ----- who influences how we relate to the opposite sex．Fathers have a great effect on their children’s personalities and chances or marriage happiness．
56．What is the proper title for this passage?
A．Why we love who we love           B．What is a lovemap
C．Different influence from parents        D．Ideal mate in the mind
57．A perfect mate is a person who ____．
A．is fair to everyone               B．is the most desirable
C．fits one’s lovemap               D．is perfect in everything
58．If the husband hardly does any housework, ____．
A．his mother must be warm             B．his father must be critical
C．his mother must be cold               D．his wife can’t be attractive
59．The passage leads to a belief that ____．
A．parents’ personalities decides the children’s lovemap
B．mothers have no influence on daughters’ marriage life
C．fathers care more about children’s marriage happiness
D．mothers influence children’s choices of perfect mates

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 When he thought of the past, my grandfather would sometimes show us photographs of himself at school. They were brown and faded, and it was hard to believe that the blurred(模糊) figure of the little boy in the short trousers and socks could ever have been Grandfather. Besides, he wore a cap --- all the boys in the photographs wore caps pulled so far forward that half of their faces were obscured. When Grandfather asked us to pick him out from the group, we would surely point to the wrong boy.
On one such occasion my younger sister, aged six, burst into tears when Grandfather proudly guided her finger to the right boy. "How could that boy be you?" she cried. "He should have a beard." We were, of course, all convinced that grandfathers should have beards, preferably white and bushy, like our own grandfather's.
"I was a good scholar," Grandfather would say, wagging his beard over the photographs. "I should have been top of the class if I hadn't had to get up at six every morning to milk the cows and chop the wood, and again when I came home from school."
"But Saturdays? What did you do on Saturdays?"
"Saturdays, if it was fine, I'd be out all day in the fields with the men," replied Grandfather. "And if it was wet, I'd be helping my mother with odd jobs round the house. There wasn't much time for studying."
We all tried hard to imagine what it would have been like to have seen Grandfather getting up at crack of dawn and never, obviously, having a moment for himself. It seemed we had learnt something from what Grandfather had said about his childhood.
41. In the first paragraph of this passage, what the author really tells us is that ________ .
A. his grandfather used to wear short trousers, socks and a cap as well
B. it was difficult to tell which of the boys in the photographs was Grandfather
C. he didn't believe Grandfather wore a cap pulled forward when he was at school
D. it was fun to watch boys in the photographs wearing caps pulled forward
42. The author's sister burst into tears because________.
A. she did not get a chance to pick out Grandfather in the photographs
B. she was told which was the right boy before she herself could pick him out
C. other children did not agree with her that Grandfather should have had a beard
D. she found Grandfather in the photographs did not have a beard
43. When Grandfather said, "I should have been top of the class...", he meant ________ .
A. if he had had more time for studying, he would have been the best in his class
B. he should have spent more time studying rather than playing ball games
C. his school days should not have been so hard and miserable
D. he could have never been the best student even if he had studied still harder
44. In the last paragraph the author said, "We all tried hard to imagine..." because ________ .
A. the figures of the boys in the photographs were small and blurred
B. the children had never experienced life like that of Grandfather
C. the photographs Grandfather showed them were brown and faded
D. Grandfather failed to tell them about his childhood in detail

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