A lesson in caring
It was a cold evening. My daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora    36    . She wasn’t even four, but she   37    at my coat and said, “That man’s cold. Daddy, can we take him home?”
I don’t remember my   38    . But I do remember a sudden   39    feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her   40     , whether it was     41    flying or children playing. But now she was noticing   42    and beggary.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and   43     it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I signed us up. Nora was   44    about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how   45    our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to    46    myself to leave the house to fetch the food package. On my way to the school, I fought an urge (強烈愿望) to turn    47    . The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home. Why do this?   48    , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She   49    us right over.
The building was in a bad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed.   50     inside, I saw that the department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged. I walked home    51    .
Professionals call such a(n)   52    “a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities and I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something    53     that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and   54     clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve    55     her grow over these past four years, I still wonder—which of us has benefited more?
小題1:
A．didB．wasC．hasD．had
小題2:
A．pulled　　　　B．replacedC．wavedD．a(chǎn)imed
小題3:
A．debateB．replyC．explanationD．expression
小題4:
A．general　　　　B．funnyC．heavyD．magical
小題5:
A．web　　　　　B．dream　　　　　C．castleD．world
小題6:
A．insectsB．a(chǎn)nimals　　　　C．plantsD．birds
小題7:
A．coldness 　　　B．illness 　　　C．sufferingD．a(chǎn)ppearance
小題8:
A．sent　　B．returned　　　C．devotedD．posted
小題9:
A．concernedB．sorry　　　　C．worriedD．excited
小題10:
A．creative　　　B．valuable　　　C．shockingD．simple
小題11:
A．warn　　　　　B．stop　　　　　C．a(chǎn)llowD．push
小題12:
A．back 　　　　B．a(chǎn)way　　　　C．upD．out
小題13:
A．Therefore　　　B．But　　C．AnyhowD．Also
小題14:
A．requested 　　B．promised　　　C．invitedD．helped
小題15:
A．AlthoughB．Once　　　　　C．BecauseD．Though
小題16:
A．in tearsB．in surpriseC．in realityD．in disappointment
小題17:
A．stayB．visit 　　　　C．receptionD．challenge
小題18:
A．fairB．famous　　　　C．difficultD．enjoyable
小題19:
A．collectB．make　　　　　C．orderD．design
小題20:
A．letB．made　　　　　C．watchedD．a(chǎn)ffected

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C．In The Grapes of Wrath, farmers living in Dust Bowl possess almost nothing.
D．All Steinbeck’s late works are related to his love of his native land.
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B．wrote all his novels in terms of human worth and integrity
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D．showed his love for his native land in The Short Reign of Pippin IV
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小題1:Which of the following is NOT the reason for the writer’s being late for her work?
  1. She got up late in the morning.
  2. She changed her purse and other little things.
  3. One of her shoe heels broke.
  4. She had to wait for her friend for half an hour..
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  1. Her boss was very angry with her.
  2. She often arrived at her office on time.
  3. She left her plan on the bus.
  4. She was nervous at the meeting.
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小題1: A decimum was      .
A．the wife’s inheritance from her father
B．a(chǎn) gift of money to the new husband
C．a(chǎn) written contract
D．the wife’s right to receive one-tenth of her husband’s property
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A．higher than that of her husband B．lower than that of her husband
C．the same as that of her husbandD．higher than that of a single woman
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A．Some of the land Miro had inherited.B．A tenth of Miro’s land.
C．Money for household expenses.D．Money from Miro’s inheritance.
小題4: Which of the following is Not mentioned as an effect of the dowry system?
A．The husband had to share the power of decision in marriage.
B．The wife was protested from desertion.
C．The wife gained a powerful economic position.
D．The husband was given control over his wife’s property.

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