A rich man was camping（露營） alone on a hill. One day it began to rain and the rain made the tent（帳篷）wet. At last he 16 make his way home. As he passed(經過)17 beautiful house he  wanted to look  18  rest. A lady walked past him with her 19 holding up（舉起） high. Following her were her two beautiful daughters. They stopped and stared at（瞪著）him  20.
“Who are you? We don’t like tramps（流浪漢） going  21 our home .”one of them shouted.
“Go away at once. ”cried the other.
“But I’m not a  22 . ”said the man, “All I want is food and stay for the night.”
“How  23 you come here? Go away at once!”they  24 , “We don’t like your feet around our house. Go, go!”
The man moved on and reached a  25 house. On entering (進入) it he saw a  26 preparing supper. Though the light was  27 and the furniture（家具） was old , it made him feel warm and comfortable（舒服）.
“Can I have some  28 and rest for the night? he asked.
“Of course,  29 , ”said the woman, giving a little chair for him. “We are going to  30 our supper. Come and  31 us.”
The food was not  32 but they shared（分享） it with the stranger（陌生人）. That night they let him sleep on their bed 33 they themselves used the stable. Early the next morning, the man said good-bye to them. Their  34 left him a memory(記憶) full of thanks.
When he reached home he  35 ordered（命令） a lovely house to be built for the poor but kind family in the woods.
小題1:.

A．had to

B．must

C．should

D．would

小題2:	A．an B．a C． the D．/

小題3:.A.at             B after           C.for               D.in
小題4:.

A．nose

B．head

C．eyes

D．hands

小題5:.

A．curiously (好奇地)

B．eagerly (渴望地)

C．surprisingly

D．angrily

小題6:Afor              B.over              C.to                    D.at

小題7:	A．madam(夫人) B．tramp（流浪漢） C．thief（小偷） D．stranger（陌生人）

小題8:	A．do B．can C．will D．dare（敢）

小題9:	A．explained（解釋） B．continued（繼續(xù)） C．repeated（重復） D．announce（宣布)

小題10:.

A．big

B．small

C．lovely

D．dirty

小題11:

A．woman B．man C．person D．boy

小題12:.

A．weak（微弱）

B．bright

C．dark）

D．strong

小題13:.

A．cloth

B．light

C．food

D．chair

小題14:.A friend          B.tramp（流浪漢）   C. thief（小偷）       D.stranger（陌生人）
小題15:.

A．prepare

B．cook

C．buy

D．have

小題16:.A.join            B.help              C love             D.enjoy
小題17:A. sweet           B enough            C.short            D.delicious
小題18:.A.and         B.while             C.then              D if
小題19:.

A．coldness（冷漠）

B．sickness（疾�。�

C．kindness（善良）

D．thank

小題20:.

A．quickly

B．finally

C．happily

D．quietly（安靜地）

Mr. King lived with six hundred wild（野生）animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos. Ever since he left school, he had traveled all over the word collecting animals for his own zoo. He hoped to collect（收集） two examples of every kind of animal on his island（島嶼）. But he was afraid that people would find him someday.
He wrote books about his travels and about his animals that he collected. The money from the books helped to pay for all the food that these animals ate.
One day, when Mr. King was out looking for drinking water, he found oil（石油）. He needed money for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for what he needed all his life, but he knew that if he told anyone else about it, it would be the end of his zoo and his life’s work. So he decided not to tell anyone else about what he had found, because oil and water couldn’t mix.
小題1:.  . Mr. King traveled all over the world for collecting ______.

A．oil

B．water

C．animals

D．money

小題2:.  . Mr. King was afraid that people would find him someday because ________.

A．he hadn’t got enough money for them	B．that would be the end of his zoo
C．he hadn’t got enough water and oil	D．they would buy his animals

小題3:.  . Mr. King wrote books to _______.

A．tell people about his story	B．tell people how to find oil
C．get enough money for his animals	D．make money for his travels

小題4:.  . In the passage, “oil and water couldn’t mix” means that “_________”.

A．Mr. King needed not only water but also oil

B．oil and water were rather difficult to be mixed together

C．Mr. King’s animals only needed water, not oil

D．if he told the others he found oil, his life’s work would be stopped

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs（爬樓梯）. She was soon out of breath.（氣喘吁吁）
“I think I had better go to the doctor, ” she thought.
She went to the doctor and told him her problem.
“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s obvious （明顯的）what your problem is.”
He examined her and then gave her some advice.“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said. “You will have a heart attack（心臟�。�. It could kill you.”
Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that would not be easy and it would take time.
The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop（肉店）.
“I’d like ten pounds of steak (大塊肉片), please,” she said.
“Certainly, madam,” the butcher(屠夫) answered and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale(秤).
“That’s just ten pounds,” he said.
“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.
The butcher worked out(計算) the price.
“At $ 4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it into small pieces for you?”
“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.
“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher said angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”
“My doctor told me that I am overweight (超重的)and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked liked.”
小題1:. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

A．She had a heart attack.	B．She had a problem with her health.
C．She was unhappy about her weight.	D．She could not sleep well.

小題2:. Why did she ask for ten pounds of steak?

A．she wanted to buy some for dinner.	B．She wanted to lose weight
C．Her doctor had told her to eat steak.
D．She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

小題3:.. What was her real problem?

A．She ate too much steak.	B．She weighed too much.
C．The doctor didn’t know.	D．She could not walk very quickly.

小題4:. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?

A．she might put more on weight.	B．She might stop eating too much.
C．She might have a heart attack.	D．She might go to another doctor.

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the class on two sheets of paper，leaving a space between each name．
Then she told them to think of the 36  thing they could say about each of their  37 and write it down．
It took the remainder of the class period to finish their  38 ，and as the students left the room，each one handed in the papers．
That Saturday the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a 39 sheet of paper，and  40  what everyone else had said about that  41 ．
On Monday she gave each student his or her list．Before long，the entire class was 42 ．“Really?”
she heard whispers．“I  43  knew I meant anything to anyone!” and “I didn’t know 44  liked me so much!” were most of the  45 .
That group of students   46on. Several years later, one of the students, Mark, was killed in Vietnam and the teacher attended the funeral of that special student.
The church was 47  his friends．After the funeral，Mark’s parents met the teacher．“We want to  48 you something，” Mark’s father said，taking a wallet out of his pocket．“They 49  this on Mark when he was killed．We thought you might  50  it．
Opening the wallet，he  51  removed two  52  pieces of notebook paper that had been folded and unfolded many times.
The teacher knew without looking  53  the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had  54  about him.
“Thank you so much for doing that,” Mark’s mother said.” As you can see, Mark  55  it.”
小題1:．

A．worst

B．most unforgettable

C．most common

D．nicest

小題2:．

A．classmates

B．teachers

C．parents

D．relations

小題3:．

A．preparation

B．test

C．assignment

D．discussion

小題4:．

A．large

B．separate

C．red

D．clean

小題5:．

A．1isted

B．read

C．selected

D．erased

小題6:．

A．event

B．class

C．individual

D．homework

小題7:.

A．crying

B．smiling

C．disappointed

D．exhausted

小題8:．

A．never

B．always

C．sometimes

D．certainly

小題9:．

A．others

B．girls

C．boys

D．some

小題10:．

A．complaints

B．thoughts

C．excuses

D．comments

小題11:．

A．held

B．took

C．moved

D．looked

小題12:．A．packed with   B．frightening to   C prepared for  D．built by
小題13:．

A．tell

B．show

C．write

D．inform

小題14:．

A．put

B．found

C．hid

D．wrapped

小題15:．

A．need

B．expect

C．miss

D．recognize

小題16:．

A．carefully

B．hurriedly

C．quickly

D．happily

小題17:．

A．new

B．beautiful

C．worn

D．tough

小題18:．

A．that

B．for

C．at

D．whether

小題19:．

A．talked

B．said

C．missed

D．explained

小題20:．

A．1ost

B．forgot

C．described

D．Treasured

When he was driving home one evening on a country road，he saw an old lady，stranded(拋錨的)on the side of the road．He stopped in front of her car and got out．Even with the smile on his face，she was worried．He looked poor and hungry．He knew how she felt．He said，“I am here to help you，madam．Why
don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Joe．”
She had a flat tire．Joe crawled under the car，changed the tire．But he got dirty and his hands hurt．She could not thank him enough and asked him how much she owed him．He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back，the next time she saw someone who needed help，she could give that person the  assistance they needed，and Joe added，“And think of me．”
She drove off．A few miles down the road the lady saw a small restaurant．She went in．The waitress had a sweet smile，and was nearly eight months pregnant(懷孕的)．The old lady wondered how someone like her who seemed poor could be so kind to a stranger．Then she remembered Joe．After the lady finished her meal，the waitress went to get her change from a hundred—dollar bill．But she stepped right out the door．
When the waitress came back，she noticed something written on a napkin，“I am helping you because someone once helped me．If you really want to pay me back，here’s what you do---Do not let the chain of love end with you．”
That night when she got home，she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written．She and her husband needed money with the baby due(預期的)next month．She knew how worried her husband was，and as he lay sleeping next to her，she whispered，“Everything’s going to be all right．I love you，Joe．”
小題1:.．When Joe stopped to help the lady，she          

A．became excited	B．was afraid to be hurt
C．refused his offer	D．thanked him

小題2:.．At the restaurant, the lady          

A．received good service	B．had an expensive meal
C．told the waitress Joe’s story	D．met another poor guest

小題3:.．Why did the lady leave the restaurant without getting her change?

A．She forgot it．	B．She wanted to help Joe
C．She wanted to tip the waitress．
D．She wanted to give the waitress some help

小題4:.．Which of the following statements is true?

A．Joe’s boss fired him．	B．Joe worked as a driver．
C．Joe’s wife was a waitress．	D．Joe had an unhappy marriage．

William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation．the  worldwide  leader in software  services  and  internet technologies for personal and business computing．
Bill Gates was born on October 28．1 955 in a family having rich business，political and community service background．His great—grandfather was a state legislator(立法者)and a mayor，his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his father was a lawyer．
Bill strongly believes in hard work. He believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence，you can achieve anything．From childhood Bill was ambitious, intelligent and competitive．These qualities helped him to attain top position in the profession he chose．1n school，he had an excellent record in mathematics and science．Bill’s parents came to know their son’s  intelligence and decided to send him to a private school，known for its good academic environment．It was a very important decision in Bill Gates’ life where he was first introduced to a computer．Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in computer and formed “programmer’s Group” in late l968．
Later，Bill Gates and his close friend Allen started a new company of their own，Traf-O-Data．They developed a small computer to measure traffic flow．From this project they earned around$20，000．In 1973．he left home for Harvard University．He did well over there，but he couldn’t find it interesting．He spent many long nights in front of the school’s computer and the next day asleep in class．
Within a year．Bill Gates dropped out from Harvard．Then he formed Microsoft．Microsoft’s vision is“ A computer on every desk and Microsoft software on every computer”．His belief in high intelligence and hard work has put him where he is today．He does not believe in mere(純粹的)luck，but just hard work and competitiveness．
Bill Gates is not a greedy person．In fact，he is quite a giving person when it comes to computers，internet and any kind of funding．Several years ago, he visited Chicago’s Einstein Elementary School and announced grants benefiting Chicago’s schools and museums where he donated(捐款)a total of $1 1 0，000，a bunch of computers，and provided internet connectivity to a number of schools．Secondly，Bill Gates donated 38 million dollars for the building of a computer institute at Stanford University．Gates has decided to give away 95％of all his earnings when he retires．
小題1:．How old was Bill Gates when he retired from Microsoft in late June of 2008?

A．52．

B．55．

C．60．

D．62．

小題2:．What does Bill Gates believe are most important in achieving success?

A．Intelligence and luck．	B．Hard work and intelligence．
C．Money and interest．	D．Good education and ambition．

小題3:．What is the most important turning point in Bill Gates’ life?

A．He left home for Harvard University．

B．He dropped out from Harvard University．

C．He and his friend Allen started a new company．

D．He was sent to a private school where he first studied computer．

小題4:．What kind of person can we say about Bill Gates?

A．Wealthy，greedy and successful．

B．Ambitious，Intelligent and selfish．

C．Intelligent．successful and generous．

D．Lazy，intelligent and competitive．

Are dreams of any use to the dreamer or to anybody else?  We  may  remember the traveler who __36__ the ship Waratah at Durban  because of his terrible _37__. The Waratah later disappeared entirely, with everyone on _38_. The traveler’s dreams  helped him  and  saved  him  from  39_, but they didn’t help the other people. Why was this man treated _40__ from everyone  else? Another man _41__ had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany.     In his dream  he  was  walking  in the  forest _42__ two men ran out  and  tried to  throw him to the _43___. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed.  He reached a  place _44__he saw two _45__ roads in front of him,  one to the  right  and  the other to the left. Which road ought he to _46__ ? He heard the two men _47____ him, getting nearer and  at  the  same time  he  heard a voice in his ear.  It told him to go to the _48__ , and he did so.   He  ran on  and soon came to  a small hotel.   He was _49___ here   kindly  and  given  a  room, and so he was _50__ from the  two men.   
That was the dream. Twenty years later he was _51___  in the Black Forest and  as  it  _52___  in  the dream long before,  two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a  place  with two roads as in  the dream.He_53___ the dream  and  took  the  road to  the right. He soon _54___a small hotel, was taken in, and so  was  safe.   His  dream  of twenty years _55__ had  Saved his life.
小題1:.  

A．left

B．got

C．drove

D．enter

小題2:.  

A．ideas

B．suggestions

C．dreams

D．words

小題3:.  

A．board

B．ship

C．sea

D．deck

小題4:.  

A．life

B．death

C．illness

D．disease

小題5:.  

A．similarly

B．differently

C．strangely

D．unfortunately

小題6:.  

A．alone

B．once

C．still

D．even

小題7:.  

A．while

B．as

C．before

D．when

小題8:.  

A．floor

B．earth

C．soil

D．ground

小題9:.  

A．which

B．that

C．where

D．who

小題10: 

A．same

B．separate

C．divided

D．crossed

小題11:.  

A．take

B．bring

C．carry

D．go

小題12:.  

A．next to

B．in front of

C．beside

D．behind

小題13:.  

A．house

B．hotel

C．left

D．right

小題14:.  

A．accepted

B．received

C．refused

D．closed

小題15:.  

A．killed

B．murdered

C．saved

D．robbed

小題16:.  

A．exactly

B．really

C．sincerely

D．actually

小題17:.  

A．happened

B．performed

C．acted

D．chose

小題18:.  

A． forgot

B．remembered

C．missed

D．noticed

小題19:.  

A．arrived

B．left

C．reached

D．got

小題20:.  

A．front

B．before

C．later

D．after

Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday．The day after her birthday Mrs. Smith went shopping．She got on    36   and sat down next to an old lady．  37    she noticed that the old lady’s handbag was   38   ．Inside it, she found a wad（沓）of pound notes   39   the one her husband had given her. She quickly   40   her own bag—the notes were    41   .Mrs. Smith was now sure that the old lady sitting   42   her must have stolen them．She thought    43   not have to call the    44   as she didn’t like getting people    45  ． 
So she decided to take back the money   46   the lady’s handbag and say   47  about it．She looked around the bus to make sure   48  was watching, then she carefully put her hand into   49   handbag, took out the notes and   50   her own handbag． 
When she got home that evening, she showed   51  the beautiful hat she had bought．“How did you   52   it?” he asked．“  53  you gave me for my birthday, of course．”“Oh,   54  then?” he asked, as he   55   a wad of pound notes on the table． 
小題1:.．

A．a bus

B．a train

C．an old ship

D．a plane

小題2:.．

A．In a minute

B．After a while

C．For a second

D．On the moment

小題3:.．

A．good

B．old

C．open

D．shut

小題4:.．

A．the same that

B．perhaps was

C．probably as

D．exactly like

小題5:.．

A．looked at

B．watched carefully

C．saw to

D．looked into

小題6:.．

A．gone

B．missed

C．disappear

D．found

小題7:.．

A．close

B．next to

C．before

D．behind

小題8:. 

A．she would

B．he could

C．she must

D．he might

小題9:.．

A．driver

B．old lady

C．police

D．husband

小題10:.．

A．to difficulty

B．into trouble

C．out of work

D．seeing her

小題11:. 

A．into

B．out

C．away

D．from

小題12:.．

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

小題13:. 

A．nothing

B．somebody

C．nobody

D．neither

小題14:.．

A．the old lady’s

B．her husband’s

C．the police’s

D．her own

小題15:.．

A．gave it away

B．put them into

C．brought them out

D．took it to

小題16:.．

A．the driver

B．the police

C．the old lady

D．her husband

小題17:.．

A．pay for

B．spend on

C．cost in

D．take to

小題18:.．

A．Use them

B．With the money

C．With that

D．Using it

小題19:.．

A．how is it

B．what’s that

C．where is it

D．why is this

小題20:.．

A．put up

B．held out

C．pointed to

D．handed up

When Mr. David retired（退休）,he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.
But to his great surprise, many tourists（游客）came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity（好奇心）, came in and look round. Price（價格）: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide（導游）.” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
小題1:.
、Mr. David’s house was            that many tourists came to see it.

A．so small

B．so quiet

C．so interesting

D．such interesting

小題2:.
、Mr. David put a notice on the window in order            .

A．to drive the visitors away

B．to satisfy the visitor’s curiosity

C．to let visitors come in and look round

D．to get some money out of the visitors

小題3:.
、The notice made the visitors         .

A．more interested in his house

B．lost interest in his house

C．angry at the unfair price

D．feel happy about the price

小題4:.
、After Mr. David put up the notice                .

A．the visitors didn’t come any longer

B．fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

C．more and more tourists came for a visit

D．no tourist would pay the money for a visit

小題5:.
、At last he had to sell his house and move away because               .

A．he did not like it at all

B．he could not work as a guide

C．he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house

D．he could not live a quiet life in it

John had to go to work. So he set off half an hour 36 than usual and arrived at the library before anybody else. The 37 to come was Mr. Steele, who thought, “This must be a wonder. John is 38 the first here. If he came as 39 as this every morning, he would get a lot more 40 done.” John began to get on with his work and by half past nine he had 41 all the postcards he had to write. It was a quarter to ten, and Mary had not arrived 42. He wondered 43 she was ill or if she had taken the day 44. But Mr. Steele came and 45 him if he knew where Mary was. If she were ill, she would 46, he said. It’s not like her. She’s usually 47. John said that he had no 48 where Mary was. But 49 the door opened and there was Mary. She was looking very 50 and tired. She apologized to Mr. Steele and explained that she had been 51 most of the night. She hadn’t 52 to sleep until five in the morning and had overslept. Mr. Steele was very 53 and suggested that she take the day off. She 54 him and said she would stay, but she 55 said a word for the rest of the morning. John, on the other hand, was feeling happy so at one o’clock he suggested to Mary that they go and have lunch together, and she agreed.
小題1:..

A．later

B．faster

C．slower

D．earlier

小題2:..

A．next

B．last

C．third

D．first

小題3:..

A．almost

B．about

C．actually

D．finally

小題4:.

A．soon

B．early

C．late

D．quick

小題5:.

A．job

B．book

C．work

D．thing

小題6:..

A．taken

B．sold

C．finished

D．ended

小題7:.

A．too

B．yet

C．still

D．already

小題8:..

A．whether

B．why

C．when

D．either

小題9:.

A．on

B．over

C．off

D．up

小題10:..

A．told

B．warned

C．answered

D．asked

小題11:..

A．telephone

B．drive

C．ride

D．stay

小題12:..

A．later for work

B．absent

C．ill

D．the first to come

小題13:..

A．question

B．idea

C．thought

D．mind

小題14:.

A．at that moment

B．for a moment

C．long before

D．after work

小題15:.

A．happy

B．pale

C．red

D．excited

小題16:..

A．asleep

B．away

C．alone

D．awake

小題17:.

A．got

B．wanted

C．hoped

D．begun

小題18:.

A．cruel

B．kind

C．angry

D．glad

小題19:..

A．taught

B．told

C．laughed at

D．thanked

小題20:..

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．mostly

D．immediately