Nowadays, any traveler might be treated as a terrorist (恐怖分子) by the immigration (入境) officers in the USA.
We returned from Iraq and landed safely. My heart  16   when I was asked to the back room by the immigration officer. My 17___, with his very American last name, had no trouble at all. In fact, I am 18____ American born and raised, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet. The only reason was 19___ they thought my name looked like the one of  20___ who’s on their wanted list (通緝令) and I had to wait till they checked me out 21___ Washington.
Time passed 22___ . One hour, one hour and a half…I could not wait any longer and 23___ my cellphone out to call the friend I had planned to meet that evening. An officer 24___ over. “No Phone!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling terrorists and giving them 25___.”
Oh, my God! I was just a university professor. I had no  26___ but to put my phone away. My husband and I were getting hungry and  27_____. I wanted to cry, to 28____ onto a chair and shout: “I am nothing but an American professor!”
After two hours in the back room, without explanation and 29____, I was allowed to go after he gave me a piece of paper with a(n)  30_____ on it and told me I could write to the department if I wasn’t 31____ with the treatment. He also  32___ that nothing could stop it from happening again.
I shared my experience with my friends and the  33____ was I should change my name. But name is personal, like the town you were born in.
Even though I had a troublesome experience at the airport, which made me realize being American could ever be so 34_____, like my father, I’ll keep the 35____.

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)ched B．beat C．sank D．rose

小題2:	A．son B．daughter C．friend D．husband

小題3:	A．still B．a(chǎn)lso C．a(chǎn)lready D．never

小題4:	A．that B．because C．why D．whether

小題5:	A．everyone B．a(chǎn)nyone C．someone D．a(chǎn)ll

小題6:	A．with B．to C．through D．of

小題7:	A．quickly B．carefully C．dangerously D．slowly

小題8:	A．put B．pulled C．used D．caught

小題9:	A．went B．came C．cried D．rushed

小題10:

A．news B．truth C．information D．reply

小題11:

A．response B．voice C．choice D．face

小題12:

A．silent B．tired C．comfortable D．clear

小題13:

A．sit B．run C．jump D．lie

小題14:

A．expressions B．words C．thanks D．a(chǎn)pologies

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)ddress B．name C．number D．map

小題16:

A．sad B．disappointed C．happy D．a(chǎn)ngry

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)dded B．spoke C．talked D．a(chǎn)rgued

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)dvice B．result C．way D．a(chǎn)greement

小題19:

A．easy B．long C．hard D．high

小題20:

A．experience B．name C．story D．passport

One day newly wedded Nancy lost her ring while helping to plant potatoes. Friends were called and the field was searched long but in vain(徒勞). Later, when the potatoes were harvested, Everyone looked out for the ring but it remained lost. Another year came round and all the farmers working in the field kept their eyes open. The following year was the same. And year after year, whoever had business in the field always had Nancy’s ring in his mind.
Then the farm changed hands but it went no farther than to cousins. So the memory of the lost ring remained alive until thirty-eight years had passed. Then came a spring day when a man was ploughing the field behind a pair of horses. Even after thirty-eight years he still looked out for the ring, and knew just which part of the field Nancy had lost it in. At this time, when he came there, he found it .He picked it up, put it carefully into his pocket, left his horse, and ran all the way down to the village and placed it into Nancy’s hand.
小題1: How did Nancy come to lose her ring?

A．She lost it while helping to harvest tomatoes in the field

B．She lost it while watering the plants in the field.

C．She lost it while working in the field.

D．She lost it while helping to plant potatoes in the field.

小題2: Why did people keep looking for the ring even after the farm changed hands?

A．It was a very expensive ring	B．They all wanted to solve the mystery.
C．They all loved Nancy.	D．Everybody wanted to have this ring.

小題3: What did the ploughman do after finding the ring?

A．He picked it up and put it in his pocket.

B．He ran back to tell everybody in the village.

C．He placed it in a secret spot.

D．He returned it to the owner.

小題4:. What can you infer from the story?

A．The ring was invaluable.

B．People on the farm were honest and helpful.

C．The ring’s disappearance was the work of supernatural power.

D．Nancy no longer expected that her ring would be found again.

 閱讀下列短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項(xiàng)A, B, C,和D中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。
A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions．
　   As they went along, they saw   21  in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had   22  finished his day’s work．
　The student   23  the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a（n）   24 : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes, and wait to see his  25  when he cannot find them.”
　  “My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never  26  ourselves at the expense of the poor．You are   27 , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of helping the poor man．Put a  28  into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the   29  affects him.”
　  The student did so,  30  they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by．
　  The poor man soon finished his work, and came   31  the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes．While   32  his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 33 , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin．
　  Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face．He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again．He then looked around 34  on all sides, but no person was to be seen．He now put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was  35  on finding the other coin．
　  His feelings   36  him; he fell upon his  37 , looked up to heaven and let out a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and  38 , and his children without bread, whom the timely giving, from some unknown hand, would save from dying．
　  The student stood there deeply affected, his eyes filled with tears．“Now,” said the professor,
“Are you not much better pleased than if you had played your  39  trick?” The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget．I feel now the  40 of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
小題1:．

A．hanging

B．lying

C．sitting

D．hiding

小題2:	A．nearly B．seemingly C．closely D．equally

小題3:	A．looked back B．referred to C．turned to D．puzzled over

小題4:	A．fun B．a(chǎn)musement C．entertainment D．trick

小題5:．

A．opinion

B．confusion

C．emotion

D．enthusiasm

小題6:	A．treat B．dedicate C．a(chǎn)muse D．occupy

小題7:．

A．healthy

B．kind

C．mean

D．rich

小題8:	A．coin B．penny C．dollar D．pound

小題9:	A．pleasure B．discovery C．tiredness D．possibility

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)nd B．but C．thus D．therefore

小題11:．

A．a(chǎn)round

B．a(chǎn)cross

C．into

D．toward

小題12:

A．taking on B．looking on C．putting on D．hanging on

小題13:

A．hard B．tight C．soft D．loose

小題14:

A．that B．it C．themselves D．himself

小題15:

A．folded B．a(chǎn)ccelerated C．doubled D．improved

小題16:

A．mastered B．beat C．betrayed D．overcame

小題17:

A．hands B．knees C．feet D．legs

小題18:．

A．beautiful

B．merciless

C．hopeful

D．helpless

小題19:

A．intended B．required C．wanted D．interested

小題20:．

A．faith

B．fact

C．truth

D．reliability

A Tchaikovsky concerto（協(xié)奏曲）is what made Romel Joseph fall in love with the violin.
He learned how to play in Haiti, where he was born, but a Fulbright scholarship brought him to the United States, and he finally earned a master’s degree, reports CBS News reporter Katie Couric. Music had changed his life. He wanted to do the same for the children of Haiti.
Joseph built a school in Port-au-Prince nearly 20 years ago. He was on the third floor when suddenly “It was like boom boom boom and everything just opened,” Joseph said. “And the next thing I knew I was on the ground.”
Blind since birth, Joseph tried to feel his way out, but was pinned（夾）beneath heavy concrete（混凝土）. He remained trapped for 18 hours. He prays that his new wife, seven months pregnant（懷孕的）, will be found.
He is now being treated at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital for two injured legs and an arm.
Joseph wonders if he’ll ever play the violin again. He can feel sensation（知覺）in his fingertips. He said, “If you were to give me a violin and if I didn’t have to fold the fingers, I would be able to play.”
Joseph’s daughter Victoria spent three terrifying days unsure of her father’s fate. For her, having him home is the sweetest music.
“Can you imagine your dad not being able to play the violin?” Couric asked.
“No, I can’t,” Victoria Joseph said. “But I will love him all the same if he can’t.”
Romel doesn’t know how many of his 300 students died in the quake. As he waits for news about his wife, Romel Joseph is already planning a return to Haiti to rebuild the school and continue teaching there.
“We can save two children, 20, 200, 300, 500 through education and music, and these children will make a difference,” Romel Joseph said.
小題1: Romel began to like music ________.

A．because he was blind since birth

B．a(chǎn)fter he had listened to a famous piece of music

C．when he got a scholarship to study in America

D．since he was born in Haiti

小題2:From what Romel said in Paragraph 6, we can infer that he was ________.

A．upset

B．fearful

C．excited

D．optimistic

小題3:To Victoria, the best thing is ________.

A．to see her father recover from the injury quickly

B．to listen to her father playing the sweetest music

C．to play the violin as well as her father

D．to be sure that her father could play the violin

小題4:Why does Romel want to go back to Haiti?

A．To save his students from the earthquake.

B．To change the life of children by teaching music.

C．To find out how seriously his school was damaged.

D．To look for his wife who is pregnant.

小題5: Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Music education: keep your creativity alive

B．A great blind musician and his students

C．Haiti earthquake: a story of a music teacher

D．How did some Haiti earthquake victims survive

Oprah Winfrey, the queen of American daytime talk TV, is considered one of the most powerful women in the world．Now, after 25 years’ hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show, the star has announced she is calling it quits．
According to the Los Angeles Times, the move “signals the beginning of the decline for the daytime talk show．” More women are working full-time jobs, and people are turning to cable (有線電視) and pre-recorded shows for their entertainment．
It may be that Oprah isn’t quitting so much as moving on．She has created the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and will most likely move her show to the network．If audiences around the world need Oprah, they well know where to look．
Oprah Winfrey was born to a single teenage mother in a small town in rural Mississippi, US．As a child, she lived with poverty and abuse．But she got a job at a local radio station, where her honesty, emotional style won her many fans．She quickly rose through the ranks of radio and television before launching her own production company and starting her own show．
Oprah’s talk show was not the first of its kind, but it quickly became the best and most popular．It made talk shows popular, and others jumped in to start similar shows．But while other talk shows turned ugly, featuring guests who argued and attacked each other with chairs, Oprah rose above the mess．
“Part of her power lies in the fact that her life story resonates (產(chǎn)生共鳴) with her audience, as a kind of version of the American dream,” writes Kevin Connolly, a reporter with the BBC．
She became a star because of the way she opened up about her problems to her audience．She shared her own struggles with relationships and weight．She focused on self-help．Connolly believes “something in her honesty and her sometimes painfully emotional directness struck home with a certain type of American”．
小題1:Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The stop of Oprah’s show reflects the decrease of audience．

B．Oprah hosted her show for about 25 years．

C．American talk show was pioneered by Oprah．

D．Oprah used to be a radio presenter．

小題2:What does the underlined sentence mean?

A．Oprah could deal with the guests fighting very well．

B．Oprah’s show stood out with her unique style．

C．Oprah turned a deaf ear to other people’s quarrel．

D．Oprah’s fame rose because lots of people watch her show．

小題3:From Kevin Connolly, we know people like Oprah’s show for all the reasons EXCEPT ________．

A．Oprah always shares people’s life stories in her show

B．the audiences are touched by Oprah’s honesty and frankness

C．Oprah’s life story reflects the truth of American dream

D．some audiences are inspired by Oprah’s show

小題4:According to the text, Oprah ________．

A．a(chǎn)lways volunteers to help those who need help

B．has practiced presentational skills since she was young

C．believes that one should rely on himself to solve problems

D．calls on women to work full-time jobs

A nobleman and a merchant once met in an inn. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes, The merchant asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit that he had burned his mouth and answered, “Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime , for which he was hanged. I was thinking of his death, and that made me weep.” The merchant believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too burned his mouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the merchant, “Sir, why do you weep?” The merchant, who now saw that the nobleman had deceived (欺騙) him, answered, “My lord(="master)," I am weeping because you were not hanged together with your brother.”
小題1:This story teaches us ______.

A．not to eat in inns	B．not to eat soup that is too hot
C．to cry when we burn our mouth	D．not to believe everything you hear

小題2:The nobleman did not tell the truth because he ______.

A．was a nobleman

B．felt ashamed

C．was in an inn

D．was angry

小題3:It is probable that the nobleman ______.

A．had no brother who was hanged	B．had a very good brother
C．knew the soup was too hot	D．had never eaten soup

小題4: The merchant’s answer showed that he ______.

A．was very happy	B．believed the nobleman
C．was angry with the nobleman	D．had kind heart

There was great interest when a big hole mysteriously appeared in the middle of a field. Engineers were called in to explain how it had got there. They offered various explanations but were not at all sure how the hole had been caused, it was thought that a large bomb which came suddenly exploded, but it was not possible to prove this. A simple, but highly improbable explanation was offered by a man who declares to know well about “flying saucers”; the strange objects which are round in shape and are said to visit the earth from outer space. The man’s explanation may have been nonsense (胡說八道), but at least it was imaginative. At any rate, it was far more interesting than the one given by the army.
After examining the ground carefully the man declared to have seen special marks on the soil quite near the hole, these, he said, could only have been caused by a flying saucer. Moreover the leaves on some bushes nearby had turned yellow because of a strange hot gas which had come from the saucer just before it landed. Even a small tree some way off appeared to have been burnt slightly. A small piece of metal found in the hole itself gave further proof that a strange object had been there. According to the man, it was quite clear that people from another world had been going around the earth trying to pick up information, when something had gone wrong. Because of this they had been forced to land in a field so that the damage could be repaired. The hole had been caused when the saucer struck the earth, while the strange marks nearby were made when it took off again. This, said the man, was the simplest explanation of how the hole had appeared. Judging from the interest the public took in the matter, there must be quite a few people who secretly believe or hope that this simple explanation is the true one.
小題1:What aroused public interest?

A．A mysterious hole in a field.	B．Various explanations offered by experts.
C．A simple explanation given by a man.	D．The shape of the flying saucers.

小題2:The author thought the man’s explanation was________. 

A．boring but imaginative	B．reasonable and interesting
C．meaningless but interesting	D．mysterious and unbelievable

小題3:The man found a lot of proofs except ____. 

A．special marks on soil near the hole	B．yellow leaves on some bushes nearby
C．a(chǎn) small piece of meal in the hole	D．the remains of the flying saucer

小題4:It’s said the outer-space people were circling the earth _______.

A．to repair their saucer	B．to strike the earth
C．to. collect information	D．to make strange marks

Two traveling angles stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the mansion’s guestroom. Instead the angles were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed in the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angle asked why, the older angle replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing the little food they had the couple let the angles sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angles found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angle was infuriated and asked the older angle how he could have let this happen. “The first man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die”.
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angle replied. “when we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”
“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angle of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
小題1:What's the best title of the passage?

A．Two Angles Spread Love

B．Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

C．The Rich And The Poor

D．Tales of Angles

小題2:In paragraph 2, the underlined word “infuriated” most probably means ___________.

A．a(chǎn)mused

B．a(chǎn)ngry

C．puzzled

D．disappointed

小題3:According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?

A．In the home of the wealthy family, the older angle put some gold into a hole in the wall.

B．In the home of the poor family, the older angle killed their cow.

C．The younger angle agreed with what the older angle did at first.

D．The angle of death is in charge of humans’ death.

A man in a very splendid restaurant started to take off his jacket. Seeing this, the head waiter dashed to his table and said, “I’m afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, for it is not good manners to do it in such a smart restaurant.”
“Now listen”, said the man, “I’ll let you know that the Queen of England gave me permission to remove my jacket here.”
“The Queen of England?” said the waiter in great surprise.
“Sure,” replied the man, “When I was in England last month, a friend of mine who had a very important position in high society took me to see the Queen. It was rather hot, so I started taking my coat off. The Queen looked over and said, “You may do that in the United States, but you may not do it here.” So I got the Queen’s permission, right?”
小題1:

小題2:

小題3:

小題4:

D. the English and the Americans enjoyed different ways of life
小題5: From the story, you can see the man was _______.

A．humorous and careless

B．such a man as used to make trouble

C．a(chǎn)lways ready to do what the Queen told him to

D．one who didn’t have good understanding

After the terrible car accident, the whole world had been completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years, for he became both blind and deaf after the doctor had saved him. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such a sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family especially his wife did their best to tend and comfort him. By and by he finally regained the courage to live on.
On a hot summer afternoon he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree in order not to get himself wet. Unfortunately he was struck down to the ground by a lightning. The witnesses thought him dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water below the tree. He felt that he was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes ,he didn’t dare to believe that he saw a plough (梨子) lying near the wall. When Mrs Edwards came running up to him, she shouted their neighbours for help. And he saw her and heard her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.
The news of Robert’s regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread in his area. And many doctors came to prove the truth of the news. Most of them said that he gained sight and hearing again obviously from the knock of lightning; none of them could give convincing reasons,
小題1:

小題2:

小題3:

小題4: How did Edwards get his sight and hearing once more according to the doctor?

A．He regained them from head injury when he fell from a tree.

B．His wife’s first visit after almost ten years made him so happy that he regained them.

C．The lightning took the feeling from his legs and gave the senses of sight and hearing to his head.

D．The blow that caused him blind and deaf was very severe, so it took another severe blow to regain them.