When studying in a middle school，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’ll most certainly be right. ”It made a deep   36  on me, and since then, for the past 33 years，I have  37  in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，  3 8  I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a  39 ，I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I’ll be  40  soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big  41  in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，  42  only what is truly important.
About a year ago I was  43  with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs   44  order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die. I  45  with that diagnosis all day.   46 ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is  47  with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
48  wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all  49  . No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of  50  . It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to  51  for the new. Right now the new is you. But someday not too  52  from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true.
Your time is  53 ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife. Don’t be  54  by dogma(教條) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner  55  . And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.

小題1:	A．joke B．impression C．curse D．decision

小題2:	A．1ost B．seen C．looked D．found

小題3:	A．could B．would C．should D．might

小題4:	A．row B．hurry C．1ine D．moment

小題5:	A．frustrated B．successful C．rich D．dead

小題6:	A．choices B．a(chǎn)pologies C．fortune D．impressions

小題7:	A．telling B．proving C．leaving D．confirming

小題8:	A．round B．diagnosed C．cured D．treated

小題9:	A．a(chǎn)t B．on C．for D．in

小題10:

A．1ived B．met C．got D．did

小題11:

A．So B．However C．But D．Therefore

小題12:

A．changeable B．incurable C．curable D．fatal

小題13:

A．Everyone B．Anyone C．Someone D．No one

小題14:

A．escape B．want C．a(chǎn)void D．share

小題15:

A．disease B．destination C．1ife D．science

小題16:

A．make way B．make up C．make for D．make our

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)way B．distant C．short D．long

小題18:

A．1ost B．1imited C．rare D．enough

小題19:

A．trapped B．wasted C．cheated D．excited

小題20:

A．confusion B．voice C．love D．direction

Cole Bettles had been rejected by a number of universities when he received an e-mail from the University of California, San Diego, last month, congratulating him on his admission and inviting him to tour the campus. His mother booked a hotel in San Diego, and the 18-year-old Ojai high school senior arranged for his grandfather, uncle and other family members to meet them at the campus for lunch during the Saturday tour.
“They were like ‘Oh my God, that’s so awesome （棒的）’， ” Bettles said. Right before he got in bed, he checked his e-mail one last time and found another message saying the school had made a mistake and his application had been denied.
In fact, all 28, 000 students turned away from UC San Diego, in one of the toughest college entrance seasons on record, had received the same incorrect message. The students’ hopes had been raised and then dashed （破滅） in a cruel twist that shows the danger of instant communications in the Internet age.
UCSD admissions director Mae Brown called it an “administrative error” but refused to say who had made the mistake, or if those responsible would be disciplined （受訓(xùn)）。
The e-mail, which began, “We’re thrilled that you’ve been admitted to UC San Diego, and we’re showcasing （展示） our beautiful campus on Admit Day, ” was sent to the full 46, 000 students who had applied, instead of just the 18, 000 who got in, Brown said.
The error was discovered almost immediately by her staff, who sent an apology within hours.
“It was really thrilling for a few hours; now he’s crushed （壓垮）， ” said Cole’s mother, Tracy Bettles. “It’s really tough on them.”
The admissions director said she was in the office on Monday until midnight answering e-mails and phone calls from disappointed students and their parents. She said she took full responsibility for the error. “We accessed the wrong database. We recognize the incredible pain receiving this false encouragement caused. It was not our intent.”
小題1:How many students received an admission e-mail from the University of California, San Diego （UCSD）？
A. 18, 000     B. 28, 000   C. 46, 000    D. 18
小題2: Which of the following statements is TRUE about the wrong e-mail message?

A．The mistake was made on purpose to cause pain among the applicants.

B．It was UCSD admissions director Mae Brown who made the mistake.

C．UCSD admissions staff got information from the wrong database.

D．Staff did not discover the mistake until next Monday.

小題3:The admissions director Mae Brown did what she could to __________.

A．protect the person who made the mistake

B．punish herself for the mistake

C．make up for the mistake

D．help the disappointed students enter the university

小題4:What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Cole Bettles was admitted to the UCSD.
B. Cole Bettles was rejected y a famous university.
C. USCD admissions office often makes “administration errors”。
D. False admission information raised the students’ hopes and then dashed them.

One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected （可疑的） police killer David Bieber -- and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money.
Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber's bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building.
She said: "I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there.”
The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: "He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact （接觸）." Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.
Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes.
"It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?'. My heart missed a beat."
Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key.
"I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man's room, but I could see the passage. The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed （帶上手銬）。
小題1:The underlined phrase "be in line for" （ paragraph 1 ） means _____.

A．get

B．pay

C．a(chǎn)sk for

D．own

小題2:Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because __________.

A．the police called her

B．he looked very strange

C．he came to the hotel with little luggage

D．he came to the hotel the day before New Year's Eve

小題3: Vicki’s heart missed a beat because _________.

A．the phone went again	B．she would be famous
C．the policemen had already arrived	D．she saw 20 policemen in the car park

小題4: The whole event probably lasted about _______ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers.

A．6

B．8

C．11

D．14

My best friend, Tom, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment in a lovely small town. Tom is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady .
Years ago, I __36__  when I retired I would get a dog to __37__  my golden years. From the very beginning, Tom has always been __38_ and I never have to tell him anything more than once. He is extremely __39___ and always puts back the toys where they were after __40__.He is a wonderful companion. We sometimes play a ___41___together. He does many amusing things that make me laugh. As a result, I enjoy his__42___.
One afternoon, Tom started acting ___43__. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, __44___he started sniffing at the right side of my chest. He had never done anything like this before, suddenly he threw his entire__45__at the right side of my chest, and I cried in___46___.
Soon after this, I felt a lump(腫塊). After X-rays and tests, doctors told me I __47__cancer. When cancer started, for an unknown __48___, a wall of calcium(鈣化壁) built. Then the lump or cancer _49__ itself to the wall. When Tom __50__on me, the force broke the lump away from the calcium wall, which made me ___ 51__the lump. Before that, I couldn’t see or feel it, so there was no way for me to know it was there.
I had a complete __ 52___ and the cancer did not spread. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone unfound even six more months, it would have been too late.
Was Tom ___53__ of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do
know is that I’ m glad I made a promise to_ 54 __my golden years with this wonderful creature---- for Tom not only shares his life with me; he has made sure that I will be ___55___to share my life with him.

小題1:	A．suggested B．insisted C．told D．promised

小題2:	A．take B．bring C．share D．carry

小題3:	A．well-behaved B．well-built C．well-dressed D．well-known

小題4:	A．dirty B．neat C．lazy D．sad

小題5:	A．working B．sleeping C．eating D．playing

小題6:	A．joke B．fun C．game D．face

小題7:	A．company B．kindness C．care D．comfort

小題8:	A．happily B．luckily C．strangely D．sadly

小題9:	A．while B．when C．a(chǎn)s D．before

小題10:

A．power B．energy C．devotion D．weight

小題11:

A．joy B．surprise C．pain D．relief

小題12:

A．enjoyed B．had C．lived D．treated

小題13:

A．cause B．excuse C．reason D．idea

小題14:

A．a(chǎn)ttached B．devoted C．fell D．dropped

小題15:

A．jumped B．sat C．stood D．put

小題16:

A．watch B．witness C．observe D．notice

小題17:

A．task B．work C．operation D．job

小題18:

A．fond B．a(chǎn)ware C．a(chǎn)shamed D．a(chǎn)fraid

小題19:

A．waste B．spend C．cost D．make

小題20:

A．in B．a(chǎn)round C．out D．outside

Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine（脊椎）. She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph（親筆簽名）, says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
小題1:What made Jean take part in sports?

A．She was brave.	B．She was competitive.
C．She was strong.	D．She was disabled.

小題2:What does the underlined word “coach” mean?

A．to train or give instruction and advice	B．to experiment
C．to get hold of and stop	D．to repeat

小題3:What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?

A．Work hard.	B．Hope for the best.
C．Dream a lot.	D．Have great wishes and work hard.

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Michael, a typical American, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal in order to connect with the office. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Michael doesn’t talk to any other human beings, and he doesn’t see any people except the ones on television. Michael is imaginary, but his life style is very possible. The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.
The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating us. Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people they’re dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers’ salaries will be automatically paid into their
bank accounts, making paper checks unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their check. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their accounts. Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing, too. Movies used to be social events. Now fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living rooms.
小題1:After work, Michael likes to ________.

A．listen to music at the concert hall

B．watch a movie in his living room

C．run a program on his computer in his office

D．play baseball with his workmates

小題2:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Clerks will be able to work at home.

B．One can play baseball on the computer.

C．One can listen to music without disturbing others.

D．One can borrow books from libraries at home.

小題3:The sentence “Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible” means ________.

A．Michael is a person full of imagination and he can make his dreams come true

B．Michael is not a real person but the lifestyle does exist

C．Michael has ambitions but he can’t make his dreams come true

D．Michael is a person full of imagination and his lifestyle is common nowadays

小題4:What will the author most probably discuss after the last paragraph?

A．Games and sports.	B．Personal banking.
C．Music and films.	D．International business.

It was 4 o'clock in the morning when I received the phone call．
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just  41 in with severe burns on his face，neck and arms．We have called for a（n）  42  and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle．” Seattle was 350 miles from his college，so we knew immediately this was  43 ．
The doctor described the  44 ，which caused the burns．At 6 am，our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment．When they   45  the charcoal（木炭），it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline（petrol）．The flames  46 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head．
  47 ，one of the boys was quick-minded，grasped my son，and  48 him on the grass．While it saved his life，it was not in  49  to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars（傷疤）．
After he  50 from the treatments，the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery（整容）for 6 months  51 it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling．So，he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns．
When I was a child, my mother told my sister，who had a 10-inch, very  52__ scar on her arm，“Nancy，if you ignore the scar，other people will ignore it．It does not mean they will not  53 it，but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you．’’
I  54  this wisdom on to my son．He took my advice to  55 and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive．
By the end of the six-month waiting period，he decided that the scars did not  56 , so he made the  57 to give up any plastic surgery．
We all have “scars” that we believe  58 people to keep away from us．And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked different，or dressed differently，people would like us better． 
But you see，people will only judge you by your looks，or your clothes，if you are judging yourself by these same  59 standards．Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value  60 yourself，and your beauty will shine through．

小題1:	A．brought B．given C．turned D．showed

小題2:	A．doctor B．hospital C．a(chǎn)ircraft D．a(chǎn)mbulance

小題3:	A．serious B．terrible C．painful D．important

小題4:	A．event B．process C．reason D．a(chǎn)ccident

小題5:	A．got B．lit C．burned D．moved

小題6:	A．took B．held C．caught D．a(chǎn)ttracted

小題7:	A．Fortunately B．Surprisingly C．Happily D．Slowly

小題8:	A．pushed B．threw C．dropped D．rolled

小題9:	A．shape B．place C．fact D．time

小題10:

A．benefited B．recovered C．suffered D．relaxed

小題11:

A．if B．while C．because D．a(chǎn)lthough

小題12:

A．normal B．violent C．obvious D．popular

小題13:

A．mention B．notice C．laugh D．hide

小題14:

A．sent B．kept C．handed D．passed

小題15:

A．heart B．life C．practice D．consideration

小題16:

A．grow B．matter C．exist D．a(chǎn)ppear

小題17:

A．mistake B．effort C．decision D．request

小題18:

A．invite B．cause C．a(chǎn)llow D．remind

小題19:

A．false B．strict C．moral D．general

小題20:

A．by B．over C．beyond D．within

Once there was a man who had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.
One day they found a mirror for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister, "How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!"
The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push.
"Go away!" she said.
Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy,
"You must always BE good as well as LOOK good."
Then to the girl he said, "My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to please him, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother."
小題1: Once a man had ____.

A．a(chǎn) good-looking boy	B．a(chǎn)n ugly girl
C．two good-looking children	D．a(chǎn) boy and a girl

小題2: The boy saw what he looked like in the mirror and was pleased because he ____.

A．found a mirror	B．knew he looked as nice as his sister
C．a(chǎn)nd his sister were good-looking	D．was handsome

小題3:The girl gave the boy a hard push because ____.

A．she was stronger	B．what he said was wrong
C．she was not pleased with what he said	D．her father loved her

小題4:Father told the girl that ____.

A．it was important to be good-looking

B．it was a good thing to be ugly

C．if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people's love

D．she was as good-looking as her brother

小題5:What can we learn from this story?

A．To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking.

B．To be good-looking is very important.

C．If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.

D．If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.

Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes reading stories about dogs.
I have a friend. The friend has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Police dogs are often very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention. He continued talking. Finally Jack couldn't stand it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth and ran out of the room.
小題1:Jack is the name of ____.

A．a(chǎn) young man

B．a(chǎn) policeman

C．a(chǎn) police dog

D．a(chǎn) good friend

小題2: In this story the word "visitor" means ____.

A．the young man	B．the writer of this story
C．the police dog	D．the friend

小題3:The visitor paid no attention to the dog because ____.

A．he didn't see the dog	B．he didn't like the dog
C．he was afraid of the dog	D．he didn't understand what the dog meant

小題4:The dog held the visitor's hat in his mouth to show that ____.

A．he liked the hat very much	B．he wanted the visitor to leave immediately
C．he wanted to throw the hat away	D．he wanted to put on the hat

小題5:Which one is right according to the passage? 

A．Everyone must like dogs.	B．My friend” name is JACK
C．The visitor paid no attention to my friend’s behavior.	D．JACK is clever..

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(臨終醫(yī)院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(計(jì)價(jià)器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
小題1: The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A．show she was familiar with the city	B．see some places for the last time
C．let the driver earn more money	D．reach the destination on time

小題2:The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.

A．wanted to do her a favor

B．shut off the meter by mistake

C．had received her payment in advance

D．was in a hurry to take other passengers

小題3:What can we learn from the story?

A．Giving is always a pleasure.

B．People should respect each other.

C．An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D．People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.