Normally a student must attend a certain number of courses in order to graduate, and each course which he attends gives him a credit (學分) which he may count towards a degree. In many American universities the total work for a degree consists of thirty-six courses each lasting for one semester (學期). A typical course consists of three classes per week for fifteen weeks; while attending a university a student will probably take four or five courses during each semester. Normally a student would expect to take four years attending two semesters each year. It is possible to spread the period of work for the degree over a longer period. It is also possible for a student to move between one university and another during his degree course, though this is not in fact done as a regular practice.
For every course that he follows, a student is given a grade, which is recorded, and the record is available for the student to show to prospective(預期的) employers. All this imposes a constant pressure and strain of work, but in spite of this some students still find time for great activity in student affairs. Elections to positions in student organizations arouse much enthusiasm (熱情). The effective work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities (權(quán)威). Any student who is thought to have broken rules, for example, by cheating has to appear before a student court. With the enormous numbers of students, the operation of the system does involve a certain amount of activity. A student who has held one of these positions of authority is much respected and it will be of benefit to him later in his career.
72. Normally a student would at least attend ______ classes per week.
A. 36      B. 12     C. 20       D.15
73. According to the first passage an American student is allowed ______.
A. to live in a different university
B. to take a particular course in a different university
C. to live at home and drive to classes
D. to get two degrees from two different universities
74. American students are usually under pressure of work because ______.
A. their academic performance will affect their future careers
B. they are heavily involved in student affairs
C. they have to observe university discipline
D. they want to run for positions of authoring
75. Some students are enthusiastic for positions in student organizations probably because_____.
A. they hate the constant pressure and strain of their study
B. they will then be able to stay longer in the university
C. such positions help them get better jobs
D. such positions are usually well paid

Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong? Or, have you ever wanted to show ___36___ at a party and found the song you’d practiced so many times suddenly__37_ more difficult? I’ve had both these__38___. As a senior student, I have to ___39__ many exams. Each time, I think, “ I__40___ fail this time,’’ but I get a low mark. Don’t be surprised---it’s not __41___ I don’t try, do enough preparation, __42__ take it seriously. On the contrary, it is because I give it too _43__ attention. The thought “ I must pass” makes me taste the terrible flavor of failure.
I often___44___ to my friends, “ Don’t be too hard ___45____ yourself.” However, when I __46___ my own goals, I do not listen to my own advice. So why not ___47__ this crazy thought of achieving the best? Just face the problem__48____before you with a calm mind, work and you will succeed.
In my opinion, __49___ a calm state of mind is a skill for life. People__50__ want to succeed realizing this is of __51______ importance. So __52___ time you’re trying to draw a straight line or ___53___ a performance, tell yourself, “ If I can just do it _54___ than last time, it’s a success.” Keep a calm state of mind, and you will be happy __55____you succeed or fail.

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)round B．off C．out D．in

小題2:	A．became B．become C．becoming D．becomes

小題3:	A．experiences B．experience C．times D．difficulties

小題4:	A．enter B．make C．take D．join

小題5:	A．won’t B． can C．need D．needn’t

小題6:	A．because of B．/ C．therefore D．because

小題7:	A．a(chǎn)nd B．or C．but D．nor

小題8:	A．many B．few C．little D．much

小題9:	A．say B．a(chǎn)dvise C．tell D．encourage

小題10:

A．off B．on C．to D．for

小題11:

A．give B．hold C．build D．set

小題12: A. throw away      B. get away         C. take up         D push off

小題13:

A．lie B．lies C．lying D．laying

小題14:

A．keeping B．staying C．remaining D．making

小題15:

A．whom B．which C．who D．/

小題16: A no                B. little         C. very           D. great

小題17:

A．last B．the last C．next D．the next

小題18:A. put on             B play on                C. give on         D show on

小題19:

A．best B．better C．good D．well

小題20:

A．if B．either C．neither D．whether

The exact number of English words is not known. The large dictionaries have over half a million entries, but many of these are compound words (schoolroom, sugar bowl) or different derivatives of the same word (rare—rarely, rarefy), and a good many are obsolete words to help us read older literature. Dictionaries do not attempt to cover completely words that we can draw on: the informal vocabulary, especially slang, localism, the terms of various occupations and professions; words use only occasionally by scientists and specialists in many fields; foreign words borrowed for use in English; or many new words or new senses of words that come into use every year and that may or may not be used long enough to warrant being included. It would be conservative to say that there are over a million English words that any of us might meet in our listening and reading and that we may draw on in our speaking and writing.
Professor Seashore concluded that first?graders enter school with at least 2,000 words and add 5,000 each year so that they leave high school with at least 80,000. These figures are for recognition vocabulary, the words we understand when we read or hear them. Our active vocabulary, the words we use in speaking and writing, is considerably smaller.
You cannot always produce a word exactly when you want it. But consciously using the words you recognize in reading will help get them into your active vocabulary. Occasionally in your reading pay particular attention to these words, especially when the subject is one that you might well write or talk about. Underline or make a list of words that you feel a need for and look up the less familiar ones in a dictionary. And then before very long find a way to use some of them.
Once you know how they are pronounced and what they stand for, you can safely use them.
46. In the author´s estimation, there are ____ words in English.
A. more than half a million                B. at least 24,000
C. at least 80,000                       D. more than a million
47. The word “obsolete” most probably means ____.
A. no longer in use  B. profound   C. colorful or amusing   D. common
48. One´s recognition vocabulary is ____.
A. less often used than his active vocabulary
B. smaller than his active vocabulary
C. as large as his active vocabulary
D. much larger than his active vocabulary
49. The author does not suggest getting recognition vocabulary into active vocabulary by ____.
A. making a list of words you need and looking up the new ones in a dictionary
B. everyday spending half an hour study the dictionary
C. consciously using the words you recognize in reading
D. trying to use the words you recognize
50. From this passage we learn that ____.
A. dictionaries completely cover the words we can make use of
B. “schoolroom” is used in the passage as an example of a specialized term
C. once you know how a word is pronounced and what it represents, you have turned it into your active word
D. active vocabulary refers to words we understand when we read and hear them

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36—55各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
Liberal education is becoming the task of teachers. It is   36  not only to teach and learn knowledge, but also develop a person' s character. Its   37  is to teach each student to think for himself and make   38  decisions. Now liberal education has a great effect on the world. Much work has been done to   39  a better way of teaching.
In a liberal 40  , students are encouraged to have their own thoughts and their own ideas   41 they have lessons which are often held in the form of   42  . They are properly guided to   43  the knowledge learned. Punishment   44  exists. Teachers and students are just like   45
The   46  is of course a perfect one if it can really be carried out. However, it  47  exists in the imagination and will never be realized. We must admit that children should at least be   48  properly. Just close your  49  and think how many students will   50   the duties of a student if they are not pushed. What is the  51  of advice only if it is not supported by a reasonable   52  of control and punishment?
It is   53  for us to judge the success and failure of the kind of education now, but   54  the behavior of the children, which is actually the   55  of liberal education, we can see that something must be done to help these children.

C. refused C. reason C. wild C. find C. classroom C.      when C.outside activities C.      write C.       no longer C.          parents C.      case  C.       even  C.      considered C.       minds C.       perform  C.  use C.       person C.       hard C.       about  C.  result

D. reported D. cause D. wide D. teach D. playground D. where D.group discussions D. review D. once more D. partners D. truth D. never D. punished D. classes D. return D. kind D. master D. proper D. from D. purpose

B. needed B. aim  B. wise B. make  B. school B. before  B. practice B. use  B. more or less B. enemies  B. fact B. only B. guided B. eyes B. make B. matter  B. request  B. possible B. against B. goal

36. A. designed        　　　　　       

37. A. result                            
38. A. quick            　　　　　　　  
39. A. hold                              
40. A. class                              
41. A. after                              
42. A. playing                         
43. A. remember                           
44. A. for ever                          
45. A. strangers                            
46. A. idea                                 
47. A. also                                 
48. A. liked                               
49. A. doors                               
50. A. order                               
51. A. meaning                              
52. A. degree                              
53. A. easy                                
54. A. with                                 
55. A. progress                             

Under normal conditions the act of communication requires the presence of at least two persons: one who sends and one who receives the communication. In order to communicate thoughts and feelings, there must be a conventional system of signs of symbols which mean the same to the sender and the receiver.
The means of sending communications are too numberous and varied for systematic classification, therefore, the analysis must begin with the means of receiving communication. Reception of communicatio isachievedbyourenses.Sight,hearing,andtouch play the most important roles. Smell and taste paly very limited roles, for they cannot receive intellectual expression from fully developed systems of signs and symbols        
Examples of visual communication are gesture and mimicry (模仿). Although both frequently ac- company speech, there are systems that rely solely on sight, such as those used by deaf and dumb per- sons. Another means of communication visually is by signals of fire, smoke, flags and flashing lights. Feelings may be simply communicated by touch, such as by handshaking or backslapping, although a highly developed system of handstriking has enabled blind, deaf, and dumb persons to communicate intelligently. Whistling to someone, applauding in a theater, and other forms of communication by sound rely upon the ear as a receiver. The most fully developed form of auditory communication is, of course, the spoken language.
The means of communication mentioned so far have two features in common: they last only a short time and the persons involved must be relatively close to each other. Therefore, all are restricted in time and space.
64. The author explains he will deal with reception of communication first because   
A. communication actually takes place when the message is received
B. there are more means of receiving than of sending cmmunication
C.reception of communications involves use of the senses
D.it is difficult to organize by type the means of sending communication
65. Persons who cannot see, hear, or speak are able to communicate through a system of
A. gesturing       B. handshaking      C. backslapping       D. handstriking
66. A form of visual communication often used with a type of auditory communicati      
A. gesturing     B. handshaking        C. backslapping       D. handstriking
67. The author specifically mentions that speech is
A. often used when communication by touch
B. necessary for satisfactory communication by gesture
C. the only highly developed system of communication
D.the most developed form of communication based on hearing
68.Which of the following statements about communication by touch is true?
A. Touch is less important than taste as a means of communication.
B. There is no well-developed system of communication based on touch.
C. It is possible to communicate intelligently by touch alone.
D. Touch must accompany visual communication.

Attending a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to a university to study and train for a future job in subjects like law, medicine, or education. But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years old.
The world’s oldest university, Al-Azhar, is in Cairo, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque in A.D. 972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque in “tutoring circles”. They read and talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cairo decided to create a school for higher learning and the University of Al-Azhar was founded.
At Al-Azhar, there were many university ‘firsts.’ Courses were created. The earliest ones taught at Al-Azhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic, and there was no ‘right’ answer. Finally, scholars from around the world came to Al-Azhar to teach and do research. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for sharing new ideas.
Over a thousand years later, Al-Azhar is still an important university in the world. Its library contains more than 250,000 of the world’s oldest and most valuable books. Today, many of the world’s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at Al-Azhar.
小題1:What’s this passage mainly about?

A．The history of the world’s oldest university.

B．The importance of attending a university.

C．The relationship between university and future job.

D．The invention of a modern university.

小題2: The first university was founded over _____ years ago.

A．a(chǎn) hundrend

B．hundreds of

C．a(chǎn) thousand

D．thousands of

小題3:The oldest university in the world is _____.

A．Oxford

B．Cambridge

C．Harvard

D．Al-Azhar

小題4: What does the underlined word “course” mean in this passage?
A. A series of lessons.                                    C. A period of time.
C. A series of actions.                                    D. A group of professors.
小題5:What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．How many books are in the Al-Azhar’s library.

B．How valuable the Al-Azhar’s books are.

C．Why Oxford and Harvard still follow Al-Azhar’s pattern.

D．How Al-Azhar still holds an important role in the world.

Student Services
Students' Union
Every University has a Students' Union. If students are the lifeblood of a university, the Union is surely its beating heart.
For students, by students
A Students’ Union is run by students and acts independently. At the end of each academic year, it will find six students to hold a sabbatical（帶有休假的） position managing the Union for the coming year. That the six successful sabbatical officers have only recently experienced issues affecting students ensures that your needs are very well understood.
Letting your hair down
Although the University is spread across a fairly wide area, the Union is centrally located and is only a short walk from any of the main buildings. This makes it very easy to catch up with friends who might be on a different course.
At night, the place really comes alive – we have three different bars to suit every occasion. The venues are student-only so you can be sure of meeting people with a similar outlook and we throw in a transport service to make sure you get home safely.
The Union also organizes various formal balls throughout the year, with the highlight being the end-of-year ball.
Supporting you
Beyond having fun, we also make sure some of the more serious issues are effectively dealt with. If you have a problem with your course, another sabbatical officer is trained to help you. Being independent from the University means we can represent and support you to the best of our ability, and once you reach university you may find that you become aware of more national or political issues.
小題1:From the second paragraph of the passage, we can infer that ______.

A．a(chǎn) Students’ Union is operated by the university

B．a(chǎn) Students’ Union is not operated by the university

C．a(chǎn) Students’ Union is operated is working for the university

D．a(chǎn) Students’ Union is affected by the university

小題2: The person who takes up a certain post of the Students’ Union ______.

A．learns what the students need

B．is very happy and easy

C．can affect the life of any student

D．has understood everything of the University

小題3:According to the third paragraph, we can learn that ______.

A．a(chǎn) Students’ Union is far away from the university

B．a(chǎn) Students’ Union is near to the home

C．a(chǎn) Students’ Union is central part of the university

D．a(chǎn) Students’ Union has different courses for all the students

小題4:From the passage, we can learn that ______ is the most wonderful program of every year.

A．making friends

B．dancing in a bar

C．the match of the end-year ball

D．electing the officers

小題5:After reading the last two parts, we can infer that _______.

A．the Students’ Union can help a student who has trouble in the study

B．the Students’ Union can help a student who is being trained

C．the Students’ Union can cultivate the ability of a student to be suitable for political position

D．the Students’ Union can support a student to run the University

The marine environment is fascinating to study and work in due to its beauty, richness, and complexity. It covers three quarters of the surface of the Earth, yet we know more detail about the surface of Mars.
In the past, it was seen as both an inexhaustible resource and a bottomless sink for our wastes. Yet the increasing pressures of overpopulation, pollution and the threat to our natural environment mean that there is an increasing need for scientists who can understand how it all works, how it affects us, and how we are affecting it from global warming through to the smallest plankton.
From local issues to global concerns, we now know that the marine environment is inextricably linked to our lives, and to our future survival. It is an area where much remains to be discovered, and where only a multidisciplinary approach can cover the breadth of issues to be confronted. This is the approach taken on our Marine Environmental Science degree course.
This course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to explore and understand the marine environment. After an initial grounding in basic science, optional choices are available in specialist topics such as marine ecosystems and pollution, coastal navigation and oceanography, among others.
Our new harbor side marine laboratory is used for some of the specialist lectures, laboratory and project work, while a week's residential field course in the Isle of Man provides training to prepare for the research project conducted in your final year. There is an optional trip to Belize in the final year to study tropical marine environments.
小題1: From the passage, we can infer that ______.

A．people waste a lot of resource

B．marine environment covers 3/4 of the surface of Mars

C．marine environment is beautiful for its sufficient resources

D．the Earth is similar to Mars

小題2:The present environment of the Earth forces the experts and scholars to study ______.

A．the relationship between people’s actions and natural environment

B．the relationship between people’s actions and pollution

C．the relationship between people’s actions and overpopulation

D．the relationship between people’s actions and plankton

小題3: According to the passage, a multi-disciplinary approach is effective because _______.

A．we can choose some issues as optionally as we can

B．we have practiced the approach for a long time

C．the approach is linked to our future survival

D．the approach covers a lot of problems we will meet

小題4:We can divide the lectures of the course into ______ parts.

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

小題5:If a student choose marine Environmental Science degree course, he must ______.
A. make lectures about the issues to be confronted
B. provide training to get ready to do research project
C. take several days residential field in the Isle
travel to Belize to study tropical marine environments
Answers:

Continuing from the previous post 6 reasons to improve your body language, here is just a few of many pointers on how to improve your body language. Improving your body language can make a big difference in your people skills, attractiveness and general mood.
There is no specific advice on how to use your body language. What you do might be interpreted in several ways, depending on the setting and who you are talking to. You’ll probably want to use your body language differently when talking to your boss compared to when you talk to a girl/guy you’re interested in. These are some common interpretations（解釋，詮釋） of body language and often more effective ways to communicate with your body.
First, to change your body language you must be aware of your body language. Notice how you sit, how you stand, how you use you hands and legs, what you do while talking to someone.
You might want to practice in front of a mirror. Yeah, it might seem silly but no one is watching you. This will give you good feedback on how you look to other people and give you an opportunity to practise a bit before going out into the world.
Another tip is to close your eyes and visualize how you would stand and sit to feel confident, open and relaxed or whatever you want to communicate. See yourself move like that version of yourself. Then try it out.You can also take bits and pieces you like from different people. Try using what you can learn from them.
小題1:According to the passage, the improved body language can ______.
make people charming
make people encouraged
make people disappointed
make people interested
小題2:From paragraph 2, we can learn that ______ will depend on how to use your body language.
some specific advice on how to use your body language
the backgrounds and the person who you are communicating with
the way a person communicate with other people
the mood of the person who you are communicating with 
小題3:If a person wants to change his body language when he is talking, he must ______.
pay attention to others’ postures
pay attention to his own hands and legs
pay attention to his own body language
pay attention to his own language
小題4: When a person practise his body language, he can ______ .
improve his body language in public
treat others body language well
make himself appear silly and funny
make himself become confident
小題5:Maybe a person can’t behave well in public until he ______ .
imitate different famous peoples ’body language
imitate others’ body language without any change
close his eyes to imagine his body language
close his eyes to imagine and practise his body language

第三部分 閱讀理解（共15小題，每題2分，滿分30分）
請認真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(按能力分班) pupils. It does not consider the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have had effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be the bottom of the top grade.
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual(智力) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We care much about the development of all the pupils’ abilities to the full, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives them the chance to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze(分析) an devaluate(評價) and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual(個人) tasks, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this well. An advanced pupil can do advanced work and it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to achieve this goal.
56. By “held back” in the first paragraph, the writer means “________”.
A. made to remain in the same class            B. forced to study in the lower class
C. drawn away form their studies         D. prevented from advancing
57. The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to ________.
A. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class
B. advise pair work and group work for classroom activity
C. offer advice on the proper use of the library
D. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching
58. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Pair work.      B. Group work.    C. Mixed-ability teaching    D. Individual tasks.