One night last February, a seventeen-year-old Duffy drove home along a winding road, he saw a strange light thrown against the tree. “I knew it wasn’t the moon”, he said. “I drive this road all the time and I notice little things out of place.”
Duffy stopped his car and got out to examine. Below him far down in the deep valley lay a broken car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes earlier, a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no guardrail. His car fell and rolled end over end, landing on its top more than two hundred feet below.
Duffy rushed to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the injured driver. Snow covered the valley and the temperature was below freezing. After struggling back up the cliff, Duffy took off his jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his car.
Life-saving deeds are starting to become usual action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When he was 12, he saved his ten-year-old brother from drowning. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister ate rat poison, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, make her drink milk to protect her stomach and called doctors.
“We have tried to teach the children good values, and it looks like we have got some reward for it.” His father says.
小題1:.The strange light came from ________.

A．The bright moon.	B．Duffy’s car.
C．The broken car in the valley	D．a(chǎn)n unknown place

小題2:.The phrase” landing on its top” means the car lay_________.

A．on the top of the cliff	B．with its wheels upward
C．with its head upward	D．on the road as usual

小題3:. Duffy wrapped the man because_________.

A．he was badly injured	B．he had lost too much blood
C．he had nothing on	D．it was too cold that day

小題4:. From the above article, we can see Duffy has saved ________ at least.  

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring      36  at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with  37 , beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had   38  the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the   39  side. But now one man was daring to try the   40  route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him   41 . Now they were waiting to see his   42 . If he planned to   43  the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was   44 .
A tiny green light   45 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people      46 .
The next day he   47  his way upward. He was so lonely and so tired! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the   48 light.
In the morning, Bonatti looked up. He could not see the top, but he knew he was   49  there.   50  the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months   51  for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and   52  to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his   53 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern  54 was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the "  55 ", and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
小題1:..

A．up

B．down

C．back

D．forward

小題2:..

A．green trees

B．flowers

C．rocks

D．ice and snow

小題3:. 

A．passed

B．reached

C．climbed

D．watched

小題4:. 

A．eastern

B．western

C．northern

D．southern

小題5:. 

A．different

B．difficult

C．easy

D．same

小題6:. 

A．a(chǎn)nxiously

B．carefully

C．patiently

D．eagerly

小題7:. 

A．signal

B．flag

C．face

D．figure

小題8:. 

A．go down

B．come back

C．go on

D．give up

小題9:. 

A．turning around

B．turning back

C．moving up

D．in danger

小題10:. 

A．raised

B．rose

C．disappeared

D．a(chǎn)ppeared

小題11:. 

A．cheered

B．shouted

C．laughed

D．jumped

小題12:. 

A．stopped

B．a(chǎn)bandoned

C．continued

D．ended

小題13:. 

A．green

B．yellow

C．blue

D．red

小題14:. 

A．a(chǎn)lready

B．surely

C．a(chǎn)lmost

D．no longer

小題15:. 

A．Because

B．Though

C．Since

D．When

小題16:. 

A．a(chǎn)sking

B．planning

C．preparing

D．training

小題17:..

A．money

B．wish

C．effort

D．skill

小題18:.

A．victory

B．climb

C．courage

D．thing

小題19:..

A．pace

B．route

C．path

D．passage

小題20:..

A．necessary

B．great

C．important

D．impossible

He has lived through various dangers but time may be running out for the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat.
On September 11, Israel announced its decision to remove him, following several Palestinian suicide bomb attacks on Israel. “He should be punished for the killings,” an Israeli official said, “He has done nothing to stop the terrorist groups.”
But the decision has angered many other countries. China said that Arafat is the true leader, elected by the Palestinian people, and removing him would harm the peace in the Middle East. Other governments share this idea.
Arafat himself said: “They can kill me, but never get me out of my country.” He has spent most of his life in danger as the most important aim of Israel. But, just like a cat with nine lives, Arafat escaped every time.
For years he has made a practice of sleeping in a different bed each night, thinking a moving person is harder to hit. In 1985, Israel sent fighter planes to kill Arafat. The wild bombing destroyed his office in Tunis but Arafat himself was unhurt. In 1992, the aircraft in which he was flying over North Africa broke in two during a crash landing. The pilot was killed but he managed to remain alive.
What is so unbelievable is that he always remains calm in great danger. Israeli tanks and planes attacked his office building in Ram Allah in December 2001. When they saw the attackers coming, Arafat’s bodyguards took no notice of his orders to stay still and carried him to safety underground. Seconds later, several bombs were dropped nearby. Though safe, his bodyguards were so frightened that they were wet in sweat.
But, Arafat, with Israeli tanks only 200 meters away, showed no fear at all. He stayed in the damaged office, talking by phone with foreign leaders in hope of preventing further attacks from Israel.
All these experiences have made him a beloved leader to his people and an enemy to some others.
But has he used up the last of his nine lives? Only time will tell.
小題1:.   According to the passage, which statement is true?

A．In 1992, Arafat’s plane crashed in South Africa.

B．Israeli officers thought Arafat himself sent the terrorist groups to Israel.

C．China is the only country against Israel’s decision of removing Arafat.

D．Being Palestinian leader, Arafat would rather die in his own country than be driven away

from his people.
小題2:.  . What did the author mean by saying “just like a cat has nine lives” when he talked about Arafat?

A．Arafat is as clever as a cat.

B．Arafat can live as long as a cat.

C．Arafat can stay alive after accidents or disasters as if he has nine lives.

D．Arafat should have died for at least 8 times.

小題3:.   The underlined phrase “took no notice of” can be replaced by __________.

A．obeyed

B．ignored

C．disagreed

D．dissatisfied

小題4:.  . What’s the writer’s attitude towards Arafat’s future, judging from the last sentence of the passage?

A．Hopeful.

B．Interesting.

C．Satisfactory.

D．Doubtful.

One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico stopped working for a moment and looked across his fields of corn. Suddenly he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up out of his field, about 200 feet from where he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see what it was, he heard a strange noise. The line of smoke became bigger. It looked as if some great force were pushing it up into the sky.
The farmer rushed home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife to hurry from the house, the earth shook violently. When he stood up after the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field and saw that great flames were rising from his cornfield. A volcano was being born!
They hurried across the shaking earth to the village of Particutin, which was toward their farm. They found the village was seriously destroyed and the road from the village was filled with frightened people hurrying to safety.
Particutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up the sky for miles around. Flames rushed out of the ground. The volcano threw hot stones a thousand feet through the air. Great explosion shook the earth and heavy black ashes fell from the sky, covering the roofs in Mexico city, 180 miles away.
But that was not all. On the third evening a float of lava（火山巖）began to boil up from the centre of the volcano. It came over the edge in a heavy flow, 2,000 feet wide, and travelled slowly across the valley, bringing certain death to everything that could not move from its path.
小題1:.
. From the passage we can conclude EXCEPT that         .

A．the volcano threw out a lot of ashes and hot stones

B．the volcano lasted several days

C．many people had to escape from the village

D．it caused many deaths and great loss

小題2:.
. You can find the passage in a         .

A．newspaper	B．government report
C．leaflet for travellers	D．handbook

小題3:.
. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．At the beginning the farmer heard a strange cry.

B．The farmer was working in the field when the disaster happened.

C．The farmer’s wife was working in the field at that moment.

D．The village was badly damaged.

小題4:.
What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．The damage of a volcano.	B．A terrible volcano.
C．An unforgettable memory.	D．A farmer’s experience.

Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line(排隊(duì)), others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit.
He walked into the station cafe(咖啡館). he looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror(鏡子) on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom’s workmates came in and sat with Tom.
“What time is your bus?” asked Mike.
“There’s plenty of time yet,” answered Tom.
“Well, I’ll get you some more tea then,” said Mike.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! It’s going backward(倒行)!” he cried. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it’s half past eleven.”
“You’re looking at the clock in the mirror.” said Mike. Tom was so sad(難過). The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.
小題1:、Tom went into the station cafe because           .

A．Mike asked him to have a cup of tea

B．it was quite early and he could find a seat there

C．he didn’t like to stay with the schoolgirls

D．he wanted to have a drink with his workmate there

小題2:、What time was it in fact when Tom looked at the clock in the mirror?

A．Half past twelve	B．Twenty to twelve
C．Half past eleven	D．Half past one

小題3:、From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find    
   .

A．the time is right	B．it’s going slower
C．it’s going backward	D．it’s going faster

小題4:、Which of the following is true?

A．Tom arrived in Paris on time

B．The next bus would leave in half an hour

C．After that Tom didn’t like clocks any longer

D．Tom looked at the clock in the mirror only once

小題5:、Which of the following is the title(題目) of the story?

A．The Mirror of the Station

B．Not A Careful Man

C．Missing A Bus

D．The Clock In The Mirror

Sheep Smarter than Thought
London—Sheep, like turkeys and ostriches, are not considered the most clever animals. British scientists said last Wednesday humans may have underestimated the woolly creature. They could be much smarter than we think.
Researchers at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, southern England, have shown that the animals have a good memory system and are extremely good at recognizing faces—which they think is a sure sign of intelligence.
Behavioral scientist Keith Kendrick and his friends trained 20 sheep to recognize and distinguish 25 pairs of sheep faces and used electrodes (電極) to measure their brain activity , which showed they could remember 50 faces for up to two years .
“If they can do that with faces, they have to have reasonable intelligence; otherwise, what is the point of having a system for remembering faces and not remembering anything else?” Kendrick said in an interview.
So hours of seemingly mindless eating grass may not be so mindless after all.
Kendrick believes sheep got their reputation as dumb (unable to speak, unintelligent) animals because they live in large groups and do not appear to have much individuality and are frightened of just about everything.
“All animals, including humans, once they are frightened, don’t tend to show signs of intelligent action,” he explained.
In research reported in the science journal Nature, Kendrick and his team showed that sheep, like humans, have a specialized system in the brain which allows them to distinguish between many different faces which look extremely similar.
“The most important finding (of the study) is that they are able , both from a behavioral point of view and from looking at the way the brain is organized , to remember a large number of individuals for a very long time,” said Kendrick. “It is a very strange system. They are showing similar abilities in many ways to humans.”
小題1:From the first paragraph we can find that______.         .

A．people used to think sheep are smarter than the other animals

B．people used to raise sheep in a wrong way

C．people don’t consider sheep as clever animals

D．people have done a lot of research on sheep

小題2:From what Kendrick said in the interview we learn that_____.         .

A．scientists have learned everything about sheep’s intelligence

B．scientists have learned a little about sheep’s intelligence

C．scientists can’t do anything more about sheep’s memory

D．scientists do not have to research animals’ memory

小題3:As is known in the passage,__________.

A．sheep are among the week animals

B．it is not right for people to raise sheep in groups

C．when sheep eat grass in the field their minds may be active

D．if people feel frightened, they may become braver

Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. My home is on the Big Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I   36  my car and was about to drive off, I
  37  at the roadside. A piece of paper   38  my eye. I picked it up and read it   39 . Instantly, I was grateful that I had done that.
The form turned out to be a receipt from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’   40  of their Vehicle’s Registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their shoes and  __41 : no one would throw this away, especially   42  it was current. I also looked over the form for contact or any personal   43 , perhaps a license tag or telephone number. But that seemed __44 . The form had been blown by the wind, so   45  would I find the owners? Had it been lying there for a few minutes or a week? So I checked the date and   46  the names of the owners , who must  47  in our town. I believed that the best and easiest step to take was to put the form in a（n）  48  addressed to the couple and mail it by post. Further, I imagined that if I had posted the receipt to a wrong   49  , how frantic（慌亂的）I’d be. But it was much   __50_  to attempt to return it than to leave them angry, upset , etc. over the   51  , so I did as I thought. My hunch（預(yù)感） was right. On the weekend, a happy couple   52  my house and brought me a big gift. They said they had panicked（恐慌）and   53  the receipt madly everywhere before giving up. Without it they would have to   54  another 8,000. It felt great to know I’d helped someone avoid a major trouble by doing   55  that at first glance seemed minor.

小題1:	A．found B．started C．bought D．parked

小題2:.

A．lay down

B．flew down

C．glanced down

D．jumped down

小題3:.

A．caught

B．blocked

C．kept

D．covered

小題4:.

A．suddenly

B．gladly

C．formally

D．carefully

小題5:.

A．a(chǎn)pplication

B．payment

C．permission

D．a(chǎn)chievement

小題6:	A．decided B．planned C．calculated D．thought

小題7:	A．if B．because C．when D．though

小題8:	A．opinions B．news C．data D．matters

小題9:.

A．possible

B．important

C．useful

D．unlikely

小題10:

A．why B．how C．what D．which

小題11:

A．noted B．recalled C．called D．changed

小題12:.

A．wait

B．live

C．stop

D．study

小題13:.

A．bag

B．pocket

C．envelope

D．dustbin

小題14:

A．place B．country C．way D．station

小題15:.

A．sadder

B．better

C．worse

D．faster

小題16:

A．luck B．pain C．mistake D．loss

小題17:.

A．called at

B．toured around

C．ran towards

D．returned to

小題18:

A．took away B．searched for C．looked at D．a(chǎn)sked about

小題19:

A．earn B．save C．borrow D．spend

小題20:.

A．a(chǎn)nything

B．nothing

C．something

D．everything

Laura was married for 6 months. Her husband was using drugs. She didn’t want her son or her unborn baby to live that way, but she was afraid to ask her husband to leave. She left him a note instead. After reading the note, Laura’s husband waited for her to come home and then beat her and
her son.
He smashed（使……碎）dishes, pictures and toys and left the house in a terrible mess（混雜）. He said it was all her fault. After Laura cleaned up the mess she went to the hospital. She was badly hurt all over her body, but the baby was fine.
Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job. She was ashamed to ask for help from the police, courts or women’s shelters. Laura wanted her marriage and family to work. Sometimes her husband was very nice to her. She decided to try harder se her children could have a home and a father. Laura joined a church and told a priest（牧師）about her problem.
But her husband kept using drugs and hurting the family. Finally, she told her husband she loved him, but they should live apart for a while. He beat her again. The priest had called and could tell Laura was in trouble. He came over to talk to her, He asked the husband to go out for a while. Laura packed up her kids and left. Her husband went to jail. Laura got a lot of help from groups that help women who have been beaten. Now she is in college, has her own apartment and works on special projects at a women’s shelter. “We got out , and it changed the life for me and my children. You can do it. You can break the cycle.” Laura said.
小題1: Laura’s husband treated her ________.

A．carefully

B．badly

C．coldly

D．carelessly

小題2:. Why did Laura not leave her husband in the beginning?

A．Because she loved him very much.

B．Because he could make her live a rich life.

C．Because he was her son’s father.

D．Because she hoped to keep the family.

小題3:. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Now Laura works on a special project at a women’s shelter.
B. Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job.
C. After Laura cleaned up the mess, she went to the church.
D. Laura was ashamed to ask for help from organizations.
小題4:. Which do you think is this passage about?

A．Educational and social problems.	B．Working and housing.
C．Family violence（暴力）.	D．Relationship between husband and wife.

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從41～60各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A.B.C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上將該選項(xiàng)標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。
Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  41  in a cotton mill (紗廠), but he was often  42  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  43  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  44 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  45  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 46 .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  47 in scrap metal(廢棄金屬). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  48  plenty of money. Jack  49  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  50  the ￡100.
　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  51  his first million, and he wanted to  52  this achievement by doing something “ 53 ”. With all his money it was  54  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  55  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  56  Jack still can’t get used to  57  the good life. He can  58  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.
“I remember being very  59  as a child, but never  60  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

小題1: A．job B．work C．company D．house

小題2: A．a(chǎn)ble B．glad C．unable D．eager

小題3: A．offer B．like C．expect D．a(chǎn)fford

小題4: A．wrong B．hungry C．ill D．bad

小題5: A．seeing B．wondering C．doubting D．preparing

小題6: A．school B．farm C．business D．store

小題7: A．problem B．purpose C．future D．principle

小題8: A．spent B．borrowed C．wasted D．earned

小題9: A．enjoyed B．preferred C．promised D．hated

小題10: A．developing B．saving C．repaying D．paying

小題11: A．given B．made C．taken D．lost

小題12: A．remember B．honor C．celebrate D．recognize

小題13: A．common B．simple C．interesting D．great

小題14: A．impossible B．possible C．obvious D．basic

小題15: A．ground B．front C．spot D．heart

小題16: A．so B．a(chǎn)nd C．or D．but

小題17: A．using B．sparing C．living D．keeping

小題18: A．often B．never C．sometimes D．seldom

小題19: A．rich B．poor C．healthy D．well

小題20: A．proud B．satisfied C．unhappy D．happy

 

It was a Sunday morning and I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn’t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in and said, “Want to go for a ride, today, Beck?”
“No ! Leave me alone!” Those were the last words I said to him that morning.
My friends invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and went. I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it.    “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital.”
When I reached the hospital，my mother came out and told me my father’s injuries were extensive. “Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911，thank God! If he had moved Daddy，there’s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib（肋骨）might have pieced（穿透）a lung…” My mother might have said more, but I didn’t hear anything except those terrible words: leave me alone.
It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him. “Daddy…I am so sorry…” “It’s okay, sweetheart.” “No,”I said, “I mean about what I said to you that day.”
My father never tells lies but he looked at me and said, “I don’t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though.” I regretted for my thoughtless words.
My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words.
小題1:Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital?

A．Because he was rude to his father that morning.

B．Because he didn’t go along with his father.

C．Because he failed to come earlier after the accident.

D．Because he couldn’t look after his father in the hospital

小題2:The reason why the author’s father said he forgot everything about that day is that________.       .

A．he had a poor memory	B．he just wanted to comfort his son
C．he didn’t wanted to comfort his son	D．he lost his memory after the accident

小題3:We know from the passage that when the accident happened,_______________.

A．the author’s father called the hospital immediately.

B．the author’s father was on his way to the mall.

C．the author was watching a film with two of his friends.

D．the author’s father told the driver not to move him.

小題4: What lesson did Beck learn from the matter?

A．Don’t treat your parents badly.	B．Don’t hurt others with rude words
C．Don’t move the injured in an accident.	D．Don’t be angry with friends at small things.