I’m a pig, and my son is a rabbit. I have snakes for daughters, and my wife, believe it or not, is a dragon! Do I live in a zoo? No, of course not! I am talking about Chinese zodiac signs（十二生肖）. Depending on the year of your birth, each person has an animal for a sign. That’s why I am a pig and my wife is a dragon. If you, like me, were born in the year of the pig, then you are brave, thoughtful and loyal. The year of the pig is filled with good fortune.
　　 Now let’s take a closer look at this interesting animal.
　　 Pigs were first raised by man about 9,000 years ago, and are still a very common farm animal in many parts of the world. We don’t just use pigs for their meat — almost every part of the animal is used. The hair is used for artists’ brushes. The fat is used to make floor wax, rubber and plastics.
　   Pigs have also been important in the world of entertainment. In 1995 the film ‘Babe’ starred a loveable talking pig as its main character. The film won an Oscar and was nominated （提名）for 6 more. In England you can even go to watch pig racing. A farmer, Rob Shepherd, has been raising money for charity by holding pig races on his farm. The events have been very successful. People don’t just want to eat pigs, it seems!
　   Pigs also play an important role in the English language. For example, if someone says that he will travel to the sun one day, you can say “pigs might fly!” to him. Hungry? Well then, you can “pig out” and eat lots of food. And what if someone rescues you? Well, you can say that they “saved your bacon”.
小題1: The writer wrote the first paragraph in a ______ tone.
A．sadB．confusedC．seriousD．humorous
小題2: We may know from the passage that ______.
A．people in England like pigs more than other animals
B．pigs are more useful than ordinary people imagine
C．pigs are the first animals raised by man
D．more people don’t want to eat pigs now
小題3:The underlined sentence “pigs might fly!” in the fifth paragraph means “______”.
A．What you have just said is impossible
B．Pigs are great animals
C．I don’t understand your words
D．I can’t agree with you more
小題4:Which diagram shows the structure（結(jié)構(gòu)） of the passage?
　　　 　　 　　
　　　　　A 　　　　　　　　B 　　　　　　　C　　　　　　　　　 D

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
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We four did not go to school the next three days, for we all _55_ a bad cold． We missed the lessons, but we got this unforgettable experience．
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A．topicB．objectC．centerD．opinion
小題2:
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小題3:
A．howB．whatC．whyD．that
小題4:
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A．pastB．laterC．beforeD．since
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A．meetingB．a(chǎn)skingC．lookingD．waiting
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A．sandsB．poolC．riverD．lake
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A．ThoughB．OnlyC．SinceD．Even
小題9:
A．warmB．coldC．coolD．hot
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A．a(chǎn)nnouncedB．promisedC．suggestedD．told
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A．forgetB．rememberC．tellD．believe
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A．obtainedB．developedC．curedD．recovered
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A．a(chǎn)ngryB．sharpC．a(chǎn)ctualD．proper
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A．handsomeB．richC．caringD．ordinary
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A．flowB．riseC．flyD．move
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A．outB．fromC．upD．down
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A．confidenceB．courageC．beliefD．strength
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A．feedB．loveC．careD．raise
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A．HowB．WhatC．WhyD．Which
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A．earliestB．nearestC．bestD．hardest
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A．down belowB．just aroundC．next toD．a(chǎn)bove
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A．waterB．treesC．dustD．mud
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A．justB．a(chǎn)lreadyC．yetD．still
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A．worriedB．disappointedC．puzzledD．impressed
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A．a(chǎn)ctuallyB．thenC．beforeD．later
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A．had killedB．might be killedC．had been killedD．killed
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A．forB．a(chǎn)sC．likeD．that
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A．youB．usC．ChristmasD．your birthday
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A．getB．sendC．buyD．make
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A．forB．fromC．likeD．with
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Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece worth $250！He was very happy about his purchase (buying) and thought the price was reasonable. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are extremely valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
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A．differentB．strangeC．secretD．one’s own
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C．free to take part in sports gamesD．busy watching TV and going to the cinema
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On November18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the world famous violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Lincoln Centre in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is not easy for him. He got polio（小兒麻痹癥）as a child, and has to walk with the aid of two crutches（拐杖）now.
That night Perlman walked slowly to his chair. Then he sat down and began to play. But, suddenly, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it break---it broke with a loud noise.
People thought to themselves, “He would have to get up to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”
But he didn’t. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra（管弦樂隊）began, and he played from where he had stopped. He played with such passion and such power.
Of course, everyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him changing and recomposing（重新作曲）the piece in his head.
When he finished, there was a silence in the room. Then people rose and cheered. We were all on our feet, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done.
He smiled and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can make with what you have left.”
His words have stayed in my mind ever since I heard them. That is also the way of life. Perhaps our task in this quickly changing world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
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A．he is just a world famous violinist
B．he has never performed on stage before
C．he is physically disabled as a result of a disease
D．he has difficulty in moving his body
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A．there was something wrong with the violin
B．he fell ill suddenly
C．a(chǎn)n accident happened and caused a disturbance
D．a(chǎn) very loud noise arose from the audience
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A．He would cancel the concert.B．He would play another violin.
C．Another performer would play instead.D．The concert would be put off.
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A．to show they are satisfied with Perlman’s performance
B．to thank the orchestra for their passionate performance
C．to ask Perlman for another performance
D．to express their appreciation of Perlman’s creative mind
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A．we should make the best of what we have
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The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happened, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother’s brother Bill. She taught in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey.
During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to develop every aspect of my potential, without regard for what was considered practical or possible for black females. I liked to sing; she listened to my voice and pronounced it good. I couldn’t dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. She took me to the theatre ---- not just children’s theatre but adult comedies and dramas—and her faith that I could appreciate adult plays was not disappointed.
My aunt also took down books from her extensive library and shared them with me. I had books at home, but they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humor, and I’ll never forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis’s Archy & Mehitabel through her.
Most important, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. A writer herself for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a “youth columnist”. My column, begun when I was fourteen, was supposed to cover teenage social activities—and it did—but it also gave me the freedom to write on many other subjects as well as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of meeting deadlines, and, after graduation from college six years later, a solid collection of published material that carried my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs.
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A．She lent her some serious classics.B．She cultivated her taste for music.
C．She discovered her talent for dancing.D．She introduced her to adult plays.
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A．involve her in teenage social activitiesB．give her a chance to collect material
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It was 3:12 a. m. when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the crackling（爆裂聲）of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two-storey house at Baldwin, Long Island. With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, 14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, collapsed on the lawn.
The nine-year-old raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother’s room. He found it impossible to waked her up. Mrs. Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious, and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy remained calm and , as a fireman said later, “acted with all the self-control of a trained adult.”
On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service, got on with the task of saving his mother.
First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.
He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?
Grasping firmly a ball of string（線繩） from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed upstairs to his mother’s room. Tying one end of the string to her hand， he ran back, laying out the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.
Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan: “The string will lead you to mother.” Mrs. Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.
小題1:Why did Glenn run downstairs first?
A．He wanted to find out what was happening.
B．He was worried about his mother’s safety.
C．He wanted to save his sister and brother.
D．He went to see if his father had come back from work.
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A．By throwing water all over her and her bed.
B．By carrying her to safety with his brother.
C．By pushing and pulling at her.
D．By tying a string to her hand.
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A．He put a wet cloth around his head.
B．He threw water all over himself.
C．He hid himself in the bathroom.
D．He rushed out to the lawn.
小題4:Glenn saved his family because___________.
A．his father had taught him to do so on the phone
B．he had learned something about first aid
C．he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wisely
D．he had followed his mother’s instruction

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“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton（骨骼）in the closet（衣櫥）?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother paused thoughtfully. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a(chǎn) skeleton in his family’s closet. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank in a faint（暈倒）, waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.
小題1:
According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ______.
A． a family honorB． a family secret
C． a family storyD． a family treasure
小題2:
What can we learn about some Australians’ ancestors from Paragraph 2?
A． They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B． They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C． They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D． They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
小題3:
Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?
A． She was curious about it.B． She planned to keep it for fun.
C． She needed it for her school task.D． She intended to scare her parents.
小題4:
.   Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ______.
A． they were crazy
B． they were over excited
C． they realized their misunderstanding
D． they both thought they had won the quarrel

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