根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。（每小題1分，共5分）
M：Hi．Jenny．Nice to meet you here! Have you got everything ready for Christmas?
W：61．What about you，Mike?
M：62．By the way，have you read this news in the newspaper? Two men broke into a store near here last night and took more than $4,500 in cash．
W：63．Two young men held up my husband on the street last week in the middle of the afternoon.
M：Really? 64．Where did that take place?  
W：65．Right in front of the cinema．

A．I’m sorry to hear that

B．No．I came here to get some meat and fruit

C．Only a block from here

D．I think I can get everything ready today

E. How much did it cost you?
F. That’s nothing
G. Good luck to you

第三部分完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire. He told his employer of his   41 to leave the house building   42and live a more leisurely life with his wife,  43  time with his extended family. He would   44  the pay, but he needed to retire. They could 45  .
The employer was   46  to see such a good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal  47  . The carpenter said yes, but in time it was   48  to see that his heart was not in his work. He built the house   49  and used poor materials. It was an  50  way to end his career.
When the carpenter   51   his work, the employer handed the front – door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “a   52   to you.”
What a shock! What a  53 ! If he had only known he was building his 54  house, he would have done it all so   55 . Now he had to live in the house he had built none too well.
56  it is with us. We build our   57  in a distracted (心不在焉)way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At   58  points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have   59  and find that we are now living in the house we have built . If we had   60 , we would have done it differently.
(     )41.A.retirement     B. problem                      C. purposes                     D. plans
(     )42.A.business         B. site                             C. teams                         D. workers
(     )43.A.cheering        B. dividing                      C. enjoying                     D. sparing
(     )44.A.consider        B. miss                           C. raise                          D. save
(     )45.A.get by           B. get alone                     C. get back                     D. get around
(     )46.A.ashamed        B. anxious                       C. frightened                  D. sorry
(     )47.A.favor             B. bargain                       C. present                       D. reply
(     )48.A.frank             B. probable                     C. easy                           D. content
(     )49.A.sadly             B. carelessly                  C. slowly                        D. proudly
(     )50.A.unfair            B. unhappy                      C. unfortunate                 D. unusual
(     )51.A.checked         B. discovered                   C. prepared                     D. finished
(     )52.A.gift               B. salary                         C. memory                     D. punishment
(     )53.A.quality          B. prize                           C. shame                        D. surprise
(     )54.A.final              B. best                            C. everlasting                  D. own
(     )55.A.differently     B. quickly                       C. hard                           D. happily
(     )56.A.Then             B. So                              C. But                            D. Whatever
(     )57.A.houses           B. bodies                         C. glories                       D. lives
(     )58.A.difficult         B. main                           C. strong                        D. important
(     )59.A.created          B. faced                          C. improved                   D. avoided
(     )60.A.recognized     B. noticed                       C. realized                      D. previewed

第四部分閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
A
In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened(變平的) wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation(構(gòu)造) like five dots （點）. During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often.
The circles are called “crop circles” because they appear in the fields of grain—usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but is never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it .Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.
At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke ,or farmers were making them to attract tourists .To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmers had found. They couldn’t do it .They couldn’t enter a field of grain without leaving tracks, and they couldn’t flatten the grain without breaking it.
Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circles to communicate（交流）with us from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them.
Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that a downward rush of wind leads to the formation of the circles—the same downward rush of air that sometimes causes an airplane to crash（墜毀）.Other scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles to appear. There is one problem with all these scientific explanations: crop circles often appear in formations, like the five-dot formation. It is hard to believe that any natural force could form those.
61. In the summer of 1978 , an English farmer discovered in his field that______.      
A．some of his wheat had been damaged
B．his grain was growing up in circles
C．his grain was moved into several circles
D．some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground
62. According to the text, the underlined part “hoax” (line 1, para.3 ) probably means       .
A．a(chǎn)n action made to fool people
B．a(chǎn) special way to plant crops
C．a(chǎn) research on the force of winds
D．a(chǎn)n experiment for the protection of crops
63. Which of the following may prove that the crop circles are not made by man？
A．The farmers couldn’t step out of the field.
B．The farmers couldn’t make the circles round.
C．The farmers couldn’t leave without footprints.
D．The farmers couldn’t keep the wheat straight up.
64. That the crop circles are made by       is probably true.
A．a(chǎn)ir movement                               B．a(chǎn)irplane crashes
C．new farming techniques                 D．unknown flying objects

During my high school years, the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night dance and who I was taking．Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worries．
When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my elder brother was graduating twelfth grade and going onto college．For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, “Enjoy your four years…they go by fast．” I remember not believing him then, but looking back…h(huán)e was right．Those four years shaped who I was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult．
However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when someone spoke of college I brushed it off．I wasn't ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like．Studying was something I did only AFTER I nailed my half-time dance performance．I knew my parents wanted me to go to college, so I told them I would go to community college (社區(qū)學(xué)院) and I didn’t worry about my SAT（美國大學(xué)入學(xué)考試）scores．
When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own college, I started to wish I had done the same．My friends were living away, meeting new people, discovering new places, and I was living at home and driving to and from class every day．It seemed exactly like high school．I hated it! I thought college was supposed to be different! Why didn’t I take more time to research colleges and do the same? I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus atmosphere instead of two．
My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into all of your choices well ahead of time．Now I have graduate and I am working full time and I would do anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance!
小題1:Why didn’t the author worry about his SAT scores?

A．He wanted to go to community college．

B．He had been admitted for his gift in dance．

C．He was well prepared for the exam．

D．He believed his brother would help him．

小題2:When in high school, the author          

A．drove to and from class every day．

B．buried himself in his study all the time．

C．enjoyed talking about future college life．

D．lived in the school except on holidays．

小題3:What did the author’s brother mean by “Enjoy your four years…they go by fast”?

A．He wished the author to have more dance．

B．He advised the author to value the years．

C．He encouraged the author to leave his comfort zone．

D．He suggested the author aim at a community college．

小題4:Talking of his high school years, the author feels     ．

A．regretful

B．lonely

C．a(chǎn)ngry

D．pleased

Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, stood strong winds and rain to climb the world's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, Saturday．
Robert, dressed in red rain jacket, tights and climbing shoes, climbed up ropes hung down the side of the 101 storey, 1,667-foot office tower, reaching the top in around four hours．"It was a very big moment and I felt a lot of satisfaction though I was so tired and nearly all of my muscles were painful．I felt completely eased．" said Robert after taking the ride down in one of the tower's lifts, the world's fastest．
Several hundred on-lookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering Robert's progress through live pictures on a large television screen．At times he disappeared from view as clouds passed by the top of the tower surrounding the upper stories．
The 42-year-old Frenchman has covered scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower——without permission or any safety equipment or ropes．
This time Robert was wearing a harness (背帶) fastened to safety ropes for the entire climb．He used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections．He said that the management had requested he wear the ropes and safety equipment, which had also become necessary due to the rain making the windows and frames very slippery．Robert said he would not carry his pity the next time．
小題1:The text mainly tells us that _________．

A．a(chǎn)nother world record was broken by a Frenchman

B．The French Spiderman climbed the world's tallest building

C．How Alain Robert got the name" Daredevil"

D．Alain Robert was praised for his great success

小題2:During his climbing up Taipei 101, Alain Robert ________．

A．never felt tired all the time

B．never used his hands and feet

C．stayed somewhere for a short rest

D．was not seen on the television screen now and then

小題3:When Alain Robert climbed the Empire State Building, he was likely to ________．

A．use only his hands and feet	B．be 42 years old
C．carry some safety equipment	D．get permission of someone

小題4:According to the text, we can infer that Alain Robert ________．

A．spent three hours climbing Taipei 101	B．chose a rainy day on purpose
C．will climb Taipei 101 a second time	D．got lots of help from on-lookers

根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項中選出能填在空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。(AB="E," AC="F," AD=G)
—When is your vocation going to start?
—I'll be leaving on the fifth of August
—   61    How many weeks are you going to be taking?
—I'm taking two weeks now, but l want to save the other week and take it sometime during winter．
—That sounds good．62
—To the beach．
—Have you made your hotel reservation yet?
— 63 I'll be staying with friends．
—You're lucky．    64   
—What about you? When are you planning to take your vocation?
—_  65    I should be thinking about it, I guess．

A．Oh, I don't need to do that．

B．No, not really !

C．That's only a few days from now

D．It’s hard to find a hotel in August．

E． That depends．
F． I don't know．
G． Where are you going?

B
When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.
Certainly, most of the world’s great religions (宗教) order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally (道德方面) right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil (惡行). Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.
Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.
It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the giver.
59. What is mainly discussed in the passage?
A. Moral deeds of people.         B. Religious activities of the church.
C. Moral goodness of the giver.     D. Arguments on giving to beggars.
60. What can we infer from the sentence “But has the world changed?” in the second paragraph?
A. People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village.
B. Some people will not do what was morally right in the past .
C. We don’t meet with those who need help any more.
D. Now it is the government’s duty to help the beggars.
61. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars.
B. Some beggars want money to help their children go to school.
C. Some beggars use the money to buy drugs.
D. Some beggars have no excuse for begging.
62. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion, because______.
A. the cases can be so different
B. there are so many beggars
C. there is so much money wasted
D. there are so many different arguments

第二節(jié)：完形填空 (共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town, saying that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole world. A large crowd   36   and they all admired his heart, for it was   37 .There was not a mark or a flaw (瑕疵) in it. They all agreed it was  38   the most beautiful heart they had   39   seen. The young man was very   40   and boasted (自夸) more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man   41   at the front of the   42   and said, “Your heart is not as beautiful as mine.” The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart. It was beating  43 , but it was full of   44  . It had places where pieces had been   45   and other pieces put in, but they didn’t  46   quite right and there were several rough and pointed edges.
The people stared. “How can he say his heart is more beautiful?” they thought. The young man looked at the old man’s heart and laughed. “You must be   47  ,” he said. “Compare your heart with mine. Mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes, yours   48   perfect, but I would never trade with you,” said the old man. “Every scar   49   a person to whom I have given my love. I  50   a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the   51   place in my heart, but because the pieces aren’t   52   in shape, I have some rough edges, which I  53 .They remind me of the love we shared. So now do you see what true   54   is?”
The young man was moved. He stood there silently with   55   running down his cheeks.
36. A. stopped      B. came       C. agreed       D. gathered
37. A. clean        B. exciting    C. happy        D. perfect
38. A. probably       B. truly      C. likely       D. luckily
39. A. never         B. seldom      C. ever         D. sometimes
40. A. proud        B. regretful   C. happy        D. angry
41. A. appeared      B. cried      C. showed        D. listened
42. A. man          B. crowd        C. street       D. town
43. A. quickly      B. strongly    C. slowly         D. heavily
44. A. tears        B. water      C. scars        D. love
45. A. burnt        B. changed     C. removed      D. cut
46. A. place        B. fit        C. jump         D. see
47. A. joking       B. tricking     C. dreaming       D. playing
48. A. looks        B. smells      C. sounds        D. feels
49. A. explains     B. helps      C. presents      D. represents
50. A. tear down     B. turn down    C. tear out       D. throw out
51. A. clean        B. scary      C. empty        D. painful
52. A. normal         B. big        C. fine           D. exact
53. A. want         B. dislike    C. fear          D. value 
54. A. kindness     B. happiness    C. beauty         D. love
55. A. water        B. sweat      C. tears        D. Blood

(B)
Make sure you don’t miss Australia’s largest and most exciting kite-flying festival this year, which promises to be a great day out for the whole family. The skies will come alive with hundreds of kites of all shapes and sizes from local and international kite makers and fliers.
It’s not just the experts who can fly their kites — come down and fly your own. If you don’t have a kite, you can buy one from one of the stalls in the park, or better still, make one at one of our kite-making workshops.
Then there’s the multicultural entertainment program in the Pavilion Courtyard Amphitheatre of great music, dance and performance. The headline act this year is Rastawookie. Their music is a fusion (結(jié)合) of many different styles from South America, the Caribbean and western countries. There will also be free music and dance workshops, so why not try your hand at one of these? For the children there will be additional rides, face painting, jugglers (變戲法者), stilt walkers, and clowns. After all these activities, you probably can’t wait to eat. Choose from one of our fabulous multicultural food stalls offering food and drinks from all over the world or for something simpler — nothing could be better than a good old-fashioned sausage!
There’s so much to do and so much to see, so if you’re up for a great day, then the only place to be on Sunday, September 9th is down at Bondi Beach for Sydney’s most exciting, fun and family-friendly festival.
60. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The kite-flying festival is the largest festival in the world.
B. The majority of visitors are people out of Australia.
C. The kite-flying festival only reflects（反映）the culture of Australia.
D. Not only professional kite makers and fliers attend this festival.
61. What is the most important part of the entertainment program during the festival this year?
A. Tricks for children.             B. Various styles of dance.
C. Rastawokie’s music.            D. Shows preformed by visitors.
62. During the festival, the author recommends all the following places to go EXCEPT _______.
A. music and dance workshops      B. parks for children
C. kite-making workshops          D. food stalls
63. According to the passage, the kite-flying festival is suitable for ______.
A. the whole family who want to spend a day out
B. lovers who want to have a quiet day of their own
C. the elderly who want to take a walk       
D. travelers who like adventure

(C)
When I decided to apply for a summer job, I was a freshman. After several attempts（嘗試）, I got an interview with Dave Hensley, a manager in the games department at Cedar Point Amusement Park. I was a very shy and quiet boy, but I put aside my shy nature for the interview, and was as outgoing（外向的） as I knew how to be. Apparently（明顯地）it worked. I was informed (通知) to go to the park the next day. However, when I arrived, Dave told me he was assigning (分派) me to be a guesser. That position required standing all alone, speaking to thousands of people over a microphone. I never dreamed Dave would assign me to that position.
Dave must have sensed my fear as he said, “Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll do fine.” Then he took me to the Guessing Game location in an area of the park. Along the way, Dave talked to me, trying to improve my confidence. He told me to just relax and be myself, and then the microphone was put into my hand.
My mind was disorderly, but I knew I wanted to work at Cedar Point, and that desire meant I had to make it. After thirty minutes, Dave took the microphone and gave it to another guesser. He turned to me and said, “Well, at least you’re not afraid of the microphone!” Thanks to Dave’s trust and encouragement, I went on to become a very successful guesser. His support in helping me overcome that fear improved my life in more ways than Dave could ever imagine. In that same spirit, I successfully completed my Master’s degree in electrical engineering which I had once wanted to give up.
64. In order to get the job, the author _______.
A. had to have several interviews with Dave Hensley
B. often went to the amusement park at Cedar Point
C. let the manager know he was a very shy and quiet person
D. made the manager believe he was good at dealing with strangers
65. Right after the author heard that his position was a guesser, he was ____.
A. excited       B. afraid     C. happy       D. regretful
66. After reading the whole passage, we can infer that the author _______.
A. didn’t do well in electrical engineering at first
B. wanted to be a guesser all his life
C. could learn new things very quickly
D. wanted to be a person like Dave Hensley
67. By writing about his own experience, the author wants to tell us _______.
A. how to be a successful guesser as a freshman
B. how to be a popular person in a company
C. the importance of trust（信任）and encouragement
D. the importance of having a good manager