That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(搶劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾車) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
小題1:How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?
A．Cold and sickB．Lucky and hopeful
C．Satisfied and cheerfulD．Disappointed and helpless
小題2:From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.
A．solving her problem at the bank
B．taking part in various city activities
C．learning acting in an evening school
D．preparing for the first night show
小題3:On her way home the writer_____.
A．lost her wallet unknowingly
B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver
C．was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife
D．found some homeless people following her

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:A
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“ well, it was quite easy really,” he answered. “ I began by 45 some Indian corn. 46, they would not touch it, but after a few weeks, some of the younger pigs 47 to run out of the bushes, take some of the corn quickly, and then run back. Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I 48 out there. Then I began to build a fence round the corn. At first it was very 49, but little by little I built it higher and higher without 50 the pigs away. When I saw that they were 51 me to bring the corn each day 52 going and searching for their own food  53 they had done in the past, I can 54 one day while they were all eating inside the enclosure. I can catch any animal in the world in the same way if I can get it into the habit of 55 me for its food.
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A．money
B．food
C．tools
D．guns
小題2:
A．understood
B．surprised
C．wondered
D．knew
小題3:
A．say
B．do
C．treat
D．fight
小題4:
A．bought
B．found
C．seen
D．caught
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)nd
B．so
C．then
D．when
小題6:
A．a(chǎn) story
B．the truth
C．a(chǎn) joke
D．a(chǎn) bad word
小題7:
A．that
B．what
C．who
D．how
小題8:
A．gun
B．hole
C．gate
D．window
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A．How
B．Why
C．When
D．Where
小題10:
A．looking
B．growing
C．getting in
D．putting out
小題11:
A．After all
B．At first
C．By and by
D．Above all
小題12:
A．began
B．risked
C．tried
D．decided
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A．had taken
B．had lain
C．had laid
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A．low
B．slow
C．shabby
D．small
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A．driving
B．frightening
C．sending
D．shooting
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A．looking at
B．interesting in
C．searching for
D．waiting for
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A．besides
B．except
C．instead of
D．because of
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A．a(chǎn)s
B．though
C．since
D．it
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A．shoot it
B．shoot them
C．shut them
D．shut it
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Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
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She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
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B．People should respect each other.
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Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for example, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living-rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing as well. Movies used to be social events. Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living-rooms.
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B．Daniel is not a real person but the lifestyle of his kind does exist.
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D．Daniel is a model who makes full use of modern technology in life.
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C．Music and filmsD．International business
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B．Modern technology seems to be separating human beings.
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Robert Frost was at heart a mean-spirited human being, not the kind of man one would expect to write poetry. He was born in San Francisco. Frost entered Dartmouth University in 1893, but dropped out, and switched to Harvard, which he attended for two years. He started a brief teaching career, where he was inspired to become a poet by some of his students’ work. Frost stopped teaching and became a farmer. During this time he wrote numerous poems, and a couple of short stories. While he was a farmer he started to think seriously about becoming a famous poet.
In almost all of his poems, Frost wrote in the first person. The first widely-read poem that he published was called My Butterfly. At first his audience was very small, but with his Collected Poems he became famous. Robert Frost received almost all the awards that there were for poetry. His poetry describes the forces of nature, and the violence and deep emotional(情感的) needs of human beings, which reflect the experiences of his childhood.
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A．Robert Frost had been a famous writer before he started teaching
B．Robert Frost wrote his poems mostly in the first person
C．Robert Frost was very famous at the beginning of his writing career
D．Robert Frost began to write poems when he was a teacher
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B．why Robert Frost was so famous
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A．Robert Frost’s most famous poem is My Butterfly
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In this century the traditional American family is constantly faced with the threat of breakdown. Some people suggest that one little – noticed cause may be the introduction of the TV dinner.
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B．eat more food than they have today
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　　In a radio interview, Dom expressed his disappointment and explained how the accident took place.
　　“A fishing ship came towards us with nobody on the bridge and ran us down. It all happened so quickly. I managed to dive into the water. Tim felt it would be safer to stay on board. He was trapped inside as the boat was driven under the water. Finally some people appeared on the ship and saw me in the water. I shouted at them to stop the ship and to get Tim out. When the ship stopped, I eventually saw Tim, and I was very, very happy that we were still alive. We were very disappointed that we couldn’t reach San Francisco. But we are alive. That above everything is the most important. ”
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C．For three months.　　D．For four months.
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B．the speed of the fishing ship was too fast
C．nobody on the fishing ship saw them
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A．their rowboat was not damaged
B．both of them existed after a dangerous time
C．they enjoyed this journey
D．they failed to reach San Francisco
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A．Some people on the fishing ship saved them.
B．Tim and Dom were going to San Francisco in the rowboat because they had no money to buy airplane tickets.
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“A child in the street is a child that has been exposed（暴露）to a lot of bad things. And this child has no love at all. This child has no respect（尊重）for himself or herself. He sees everybody as an enemy, and he can’t trust anyone.”
Who is Moses Zulu talking about? Are there even people who live like that? Sadly, in truth, there are. They happen to be the Zambian children that Moses Zulu helps to improve their lives. Zulu does his best to give many children the hope to live even though they might have AIDS. Without his continuous work through his organization called Children’s Town, many Zambian children would have been forced to survive（生存）in an African city by getting a job as a street vendor（街頭小販）, or hurting other people.
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As we all know, a hero is any person who is respected for their qualities and achievements. There are not many people who are willing to help others in need. Zulu’s contribution to today’s modern society teaches us to lend a helping hand to others who are not as lucky as we are. He teaches us to make a difference in the world by helping others.
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68. 小題1: Which of the following CANNOT describe Moses Zulu according to the passage?
A．DevotedB．Easy-going
C．DeterminedD．Kind-hearted
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B．how to get a job as a street vendor
C．how to survive by themselves
D．how to avoid fighting in the street
70. 小題3:In the opinion of the author, he considers Moses Zulu ______.
A．a(chǎn) teacherB．a(chǎn) doctorC．a(chǎn) heroD．a(chǎn) fighter
71. 小題4: In the last paragraph, the author advises us to ______.
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