One warm May day, two eighteen – year – old students from San Francisco State College decided to cool off with a swim at Bakers’ Beach． The two students were named Robert Kogler and Shirley O’Neill． They headed out to sea for a distance of 50 metres． Robert was in front．
“Suddenly, I heard him scream,” Shirley recalls． “I looked round and saw this great grey thing going up in the air． The water seemed to be alive．”Robert screamed again． “It’s a shark! Get out of here!”
An eye – witness, Army Sergeant Leo P． Day was on guard at the nearby army post． He saw exactly what happened next． “I could see this boy struggling with the shark in the water,” he said． “The sea was red with blood． He was shouting and signalling someone to go back, go back． Then I saw the girl． She was swimming towards him． She completely ignored his warning．”Shirley reached Robert, and tried to take his hand．“When I pulled, all I could see was his arm, handing by a thread,” she said．
So she put her arm about Robert’s back, and started to swim towards the shore． She kept praying “Don't’ let it attack again!” That journey to the shore seemed to last for hours． At last, as they neared the shore, a fisherman threw them a line, and pulled them both the rest of the way．The young man had lost a lot of blood, and died two and a half hours later, From the teeth marks, experts identified the attacker as a Great White Shark．For what Sergeant Day called “the greatest exhibition of bravery I have ever seen,” the President of the US gave Shirley a medal for bravery．
小題1:When Albert was attacked by a shark Shirley        ．

A．was swimming in the sea

B．was watching him on the shore

C．was on guard at the nearby army post

D．was shouting and struggling with a shark, too

小題2:Choose the right time order of the following events in the story．
a． Army Sergeant saw the girl swimming to the boy．
b． Shirley saw a great grey thing．
c． They headed out to sea．
d． Robert died．
e． A fisherman threw them a line．
f． He saw a boy struggling with a shark．

A．b,c,e,d,f,a

B．c,a,f,d,e,b

C．b,c,f,a,d,e

D．c,b,f,a,e, d

小題3:We can learn from the passage that         ．

A．the two students were brave and considerate

B．the fisherman was adventurous and helpful

C．the experts didn’t do much research on sharks

D．the Sergeant cared too much about his own life

As kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods． “The woods” was our part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse． If I went to a friends house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, he’s out in the woods, ” with a tone（語(yǔ)氣） of airy acceptance． It is similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I’m looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or even “away from his desk．” For us ten-year-olds, “being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while．
We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring（探索）． Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today． History seemed to be mostly about explorers． Our explorations, though, seemed to have less system than the historic kind: something usually came up along the way． Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, picking blackberries, digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Indian burial mound．
Often we got “l(fā)ost” and had to climb a tree to find out where we were． If you read a story in which someone does that successfully, be skeptical: the topmost branches are usually too skinny to hold weight, and we could never climb high enough to see anything except other trees． There were four or five trees that we visited regularly—tall beeches, easy to climb and comfortable to sit in．
It was in a tree, too, that our days of fooling around in the woods came to an end． By then some of us had reached seventh grade and had begun the rough ride of adolescence（青春期）． In March, the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter, two friends and I set out to go exploring． We climbed a tree, and all of a sudden it occurred to all three of us at the same time that we really were rather big to be up in a tree． Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria．
小題1:The author and his friends were often out in the woods to _______．

A．spend their free time

B．play golf and other sports

C．a(chǎn)void doing their schoolwork

D．keep away from their parents

小題2:What can we infer from Paragraph 2 ?

A．The activities in the woods were well planned．

B．Human history is not the result of exploration．

C．Exploration should be a systematic activity．

D．The author explored in the woods aimlessly．

小題3:The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______．

A．calm

B．doubtfu

C．serious

D．optimistic

小題4:How does the author feel about his childhood?

A．Happy but short．	B．Lonely but memorable．
C．Boring and meaningless	D．Long and unforgettable．

One day around 5:30 pm, I was going home on a bus and everybody on the bus was quiet.  People had just  36  from work, students had just finished their  37 class and everybody was a little  38 from a long day. I was just looking outside of the   39  without any specific（具體的）thought in my mind. It was the same  40  I have seen many times before, people hurrying home.
In front of me, there was a guy who didn’t look very clean.   41  he was looking out of the window, he suddenly  42  to me and pointed at something outside. “Hey, look! ”He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the   43 he was pointing in and there it was the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful   44  . He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He  45  “Wow” and “It’s so beautiful” again and again. Everybody on the bus  46  the view indeed.
The  47  view also helped me to  48  my long tiring day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more  49  , I was so inspired to see that this man wanted to  50  the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, totally strangers. His  51  act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn’t even know I had lost. He made me  52  that I had lost the feelings and the   53 I used to have every day. In my daily life, many things had  54 their color and movement, but he  55 me that things are still there—they never get lost.
小題1:A.  given up      B.  got off            C.  gone on                 D     stopped by

小題2:	A． morning B． important C． last D． boring

小題3:	A． excited B． tired C． puzzled D． disappointed

小題4:	A． window B． classroom C． mountain D．city

小題5:	A． bus B． guy C． trouble D． view

小題6:	A． If B． So C． As D． But

小題7:	A． adapted B． attended C． turned D． adjust

小題8:	A． finger B． object C． direction D． sky

小題9:	A． sunset B． memory C． tree D． sunrise

小題10:

A． wrote B． discussed C． followed D． repeated

小題11:

A． enjoyed B． proved C． described D． recorded

小題12:

A． amazing B． full C． same D． simple

小題13:

A． save B． hate C． challenge D． end

小題14:

A． naturally B． honestly C． beautifully D． importantly

小題15:

A． share B． compare C． remember D． praise

小題16:

A． final B． kind C． violent D． hard

小題17:

A． agree B． decide C． realize D． fear

小題18:

A．excitement B． friends C． chances D．hope

小題19:

A． used B． increased C． showed D． lost

小題20:

A． advised B． reminded C． promised D． told

A few years ago I received a postcard from a friend Jackson, who wrote, “I am skiing with abandon!” I believe he meant he was skiing skillfully, joyfully, peacefully and confidently. Although I have no hopes of ever skiing that way, I do dream of living with abandon. I believe that men and women through the ages who have led successful lives have captured these secrets of living life to the fullest.
1. Have a self you respect. This means having a deep sense of responsibility for your thoughts and actions. It means keeping your word, and being faithful to self, family and work. It means believing in what you do and working hard. It means setting your own standards, and not comparing yourself to others. It's not a question of being better than someone else; respect and integrity demand that you be better than you thought you could be.
2. Turn disappointments into strengths. Individuals who live with abandon have discovered that personal trials make them more sensitive and loving, while building character. They have learned that achievements worth remembering are stained (給...染色) with the blood of diligence and marked with the scars of disappointment.
The pages of history are filled with the heroic stories of men and women who overcame disabilities and difficulties to demonstrate victorious spirits. Raise him in extreme poverty, and you have an Abraham Lincoln. Make her blind and deaf, and you have a Helen Keller.
3. Enjoy life’s process, not just life’s rewards. We live in a goal-centered society that wants problems solved now. We want three-minute coffee, one-hour dry cleaning, and instant success. But to live with abandon, we must live one day at a time, enjoying the little victories, realizing that life is an endless journey in self-discovery and personal fulfillment.
4. Become involved in something bigger than yourself. I do not believe you will live happily if you set out to live life for yourself alone. Choose a cause bigger than you are and work at it in a spirit of excellence. It will become a part of you as you see your goals through to the end. Measure success not by what you've done, but what you could do.
Title：小題1:________ of enjoying life

Tips	Details
小題2:_______ yourself	It means: being very 小題3:_______ for your thoughts and deeds; keeping your promise, and having faith in yourself, family and work; having 小題4:_______ in what you do and working hard; setting your own standards instead of comparing yourself to others.
Turn disappointments into strengths	People 小題5:________ with abandon believe personal trials make them sensitive and loving and are good for 小題6:________ character. Examples of Abraham Lincoln and Helen Keller in history show 小題7: ________ can be made through diligence.
Enjoy the小題8: ________ of life	☆ People are eager to succeed 小題9:________ in the present goal-centered society. ☆ What we have to do is to enjoy our life journey by discovering ourselves and fulfilling our personalities.
Set a goal bigger than yourself	☆ Living life for yourself alone won’t make you happy. ☆ Success is not小題10:________ by the things you have done but your abilities.

I’m sure many of you have seen Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Multiplicity, or many of the other movies that describe cloning. Most of what you see in these movies is false. What you don’t know is that cloning could be dangerous, to the clone and to our society as a whole. I think human cloning is wrong mainly for four reasons.
What about identity? Humans are promised the right to their own personalities. What would happen if we ignore those rights by giving them someone else’s genetic identity? True, Cloning may prevent people from possessing their identities.
Also, these is a large power struggle here. Cloning means a degree of power and controls over another person’s physical identity and that ignores their rights and their only personalities. The person doing the cloning would have more power than any parent would have.
Cloning would also deal with killing embryos (胚胎). You might not have known, but Dolly, the sheep that was cloned in 1996, was one of over 200 sheep embryos and hers was the only embryo that survived. The rest died or were thrown away. Imagine if the failure rate was that high when we started to clone humans. cloning means running the risk of wasting too much effort
Cloning someone, at this present time, would be extremely dangerous to the birth mother and the clone. In studies done on cows, 4 out of 12 birth mothers died. There is a very high failure rate, which is shown in the cloning of Dolly. Even if you had a few good embryos, failures have been noticeable in animal tests.
So, should we work ahead in the world of cloning? I say no. the risks are greater than the benefits. It’s dangerous to the clone and to the birth mother. We would be killing human lives in the process. It would also be a violation(侵害) of the clone’s right to its own genetic identity and personality.
小題1:The author thinks human cloning is wrong mainly for ______ reasons.

A．4

B．3

C． 2

D．5

小題2:According to the article, what is the author’s opinion about identity?

A．Cloning itself gives parents great power over identity.

B．People’s identity is completely determined by their genes.

C．Government has the rights to confirm people’s identities.

D．Cloning may prevent people from possessing their identities.

小題3:According to Paragraph 4 ,which is right ?      ____.

A．human cloning is much more difficult than animal cloning

B．there are 200 sheep successfully cloned.

C．cloning means running the risk of wasting too much effort

D．numbers of baby animals are likely to be created by cloning

小題4:Why does the author mention some movies in the first paragraph?

A．To introduce the topic of the article.

B．To present his idea about the movies.

C．To state the conclusion first.

D．To make the article unusual.

小題5: What is the best title of the passage?

A．What Is Human Cloning

B．Human Cloning Is Wrong

C．How Does Human Cloning Happen

D．Discussion On Human Cloning

One night recently, I was driving down a highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car came from the _21_ direction at about the same speed. As we _22_ each other, I looked into the driver’s eyes for a second. I  23  whether he might be thinking, as I was, how  24  we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall  25  , not to cross over into my lane (車(chē)道) and bring my  26  to a sudden end. He relied on me in just the same way without doubt.
I believe that is the way the world _27 . At some level, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to cross over the double yellow line. Sometimes it requires us to _28  cooperatively, with friends or even  29 .
_30 technology makes our world smaller, the need increases for cooperation. In 2003, doctors in five nations were encouraged to find the causes of SARS, saving thousands of lives. The  31 of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring the            32  across the world. We must  33  that our future is not controlled by ourselves alone.
I’ve come to believe that one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others. So, while  34  alone down a dark road, we must know the coming light may not be a danger, but a         35  moment of trust.

小題1:	A．same B．opposite C．near D．far

小題2:	A．passed B．caught C．blamed D．reminded

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)sked B．searched C．repeated D．wondered

小題4:	A．friendly B．strange C．dependent D．confident

小題5:	A．ill B．a(chǎn)sleep C．a(chǎn)way D．a(chǎn)part

小題6:	A．car B．trip C．journey D．life

小題7:	A．forms B．runs C．works D．a(chǎn)ppears

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)ct B．walk C．stay D．travel

小題9:	A．strangers B．relatives C．colleagues D．a(chǎn)nimals

小題10:

A．But B．If C．As D．After

小題11:

A．a(chǎn)rrival B．organization C．development D．threat

小題12:

A．efforts B．practice C．fighting D．forces

小題13:

A．hope B．decide C．recognize D．face

小題14:

A．sitting B．standing C．flying D．driving

小題15:

A．closed B．shared C．broken D．concerned

Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at 36. When I made my first visit 37 the Unites States, I was 38 I could have a nice easy holiday without any 39 problem. But how 40 I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to 41 my friend Jenny I had 41 . A worker asked if he could 43 me. “Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.” “Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked. “No,” I answered. “I just want to tell her 44 the phone I have arrived.” “Oh,” he said, “there is a 45 downstairs on the first floor.” “But we’re on the first floor now,” I said. “Well, I don’t know what you are 46 about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your 47,” he said. “You just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went 48 , 49 me wondering where on earth I was: at home we wash up after a 50 to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did 51. She 52 the misunderstanding(誤會(huì)): American say “to give someone a 53 ”, but we English say “ to give someone a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash 54”. And Englishmen start numbering from the floor, so the 55 floor is the second for Americans.

小題1:	A．work B．school C．home D．table

小題2:	A．to B．by C．from D．on

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)fraid B．worried C．wondering D．sure

小題4:	A．food B．life C．language D．travel

小題5:	A．late B．wrong C．right D．early

小題6:	A．say B．tell C．mean D．call

小題7:	A．got B．worked C．spoken D．a(chǎn)rrived

小題8:	A．help B．stay with C．lift D．drive

小題9:	A．by B．in C．with D．on

小題10:

A．policeman B．shop C．phone D．gate

小題11:

A．listening B．talking C．saying D．coming

小題12:

A．phoning B．a(chǎn)rriving C．journey D．drive

小題13:

A．off B．back C．inside D．down

小題14:

A．watching B．learning C．bringing D．leaving

小題15:

A．walk B．sleep C．rest D．meal

小題16:

A．meet B．quarrel C．get out D．phone

小題17:

A．showed B．called C．explained D．pardoned

小題18:

A．visit B．present C．call D．meal

小題19:

A．down B．up C．out D．back

小題20:

A．one B．first C．a(chǎn)nother D．down

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting( attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The  boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, __36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 37, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the __38__ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest __40__he was unable to touch it. He began to __41__ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 44 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 45 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking 46 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or,  47 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. 48 seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk 49 . At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 50 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 51 like this, the more unhappy he became.
52 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t 53 . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is 54 more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to  55 our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better.

小題1:	A．preferring B．offering C．receiving D．a(chǎn)llowing

小題2:A so          B then       C. but          D or
小題3:A. sadder      B angrier     C hungrier      D. tastier
小題4:A. expanding  B stretching    C. swinging     D. pulling
小題5:A. strength       B length       C. range        D. height

小題6:	A．jump B．look C．walk D．glance

小題7:	A．tip B．stage C．top D．level

小題8:	A．hope B．hand C．sight D．reach

小題9:	A．put B．stand C．get D．hold

小題10:

A．break B．shake C．take D．strike

小題11:

A．up B．forward C．down D．a(chǎn)round

小題12:A for            B. with         C. on          D. of
小題13:A. After          B through      C. without      D. upon

小題14:

A．back B．a(chǎn)way C．up D．down

小題15:

A．wishes B．beliefs C．efforts D．goals

小題16:

A．thought B．imagined C．tried D．claimed

小題17:

A．Therefore B．However C．Moreover D．Otherwise

小題18:

A．skilful B．cheerful C．harmful D．helpful

小題19:

A．something B．a(chǎn)nything C．everything D．nothing

小題20:A change         B. express       C. forget       D. describe

To Whom It May Concern:
On March 5, 2012 , I bought a Perfect Muffin Kit from your store at Midfield Shopping Center. The cashier who assisted me was George. George was very friendly and told me that the Perfect Muffin Kit would live up to the guarantee on the box: “Perfect Muffins Every Time!”.
Unfortunately, this product did not live up to what it promised . The muffins I made were far from perfect . I followed the directions in the package very carefully . First , I removed the bag of mix from the box. Then , I poured it into a bowl. Next, I added the correct amount of water to the mix and stirred it. According to the directions, after stirring the mixture , I added half a cup of dried grapes, nuts , berries, or another favorite ingredient . My favorite ingredient happens to be hot sauce . I find that a bit of hot sauce makes pizza and soup taste very delicious. So, continuing to follow the directions, I added half a cup of hot sauce to the mix and stirred it. Finally, I poured the mix into muffin tins and baked it in the baker at 350 degrees for exactly 20 minutes.
When the muffins finished baking, I was very excited to eat the “Perfect Muffins” as promised on the box. You can imagine my disappointment when, upon tasting the muffins, I discovered that they were not perfect. These muffins were , in fact , absolutely terrible. Not even my dog was interested in eating these supposedly “perfect” muffins.
I would appreciate a full refund( money to be returned) of $3.99 for this product as soon as possible. Enclosed are the receipt, the empty box, and one of the un-perfect muffins so that you can experience it for yourself . Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely，
Michelle Bauer
小題1:This letter is most likely addressed to _______.

A．a(chǎn) local storeowner

B．the owner of the muffin mix company

C．the clerk at a local muffin bakery

D．George, the cashier who sold the muffin mix

小題2: The tone(語(yǔ)氣 ) of the author can best be described as ________.

A．embarrassed

B．hopeless

C．disappointed

D．disgusted

小題3:The author was unhappy with the product because________.

A．the directions of the product contained a mistake

B．it was not up to the promise made on the box

C．it was too difficult to follow the directions

D．it was worth less money than she paid for it

小題4:The author’s main purpose in writing this letter is to ________.

A．prevent others from making the same mistake

B．persuade the company to change the wording on their box

C．get back all the money paid from the shop

D．complain about how bad the muffins tasted

I am now a good student in my class．But you don’t know that   16    I started senior English
in the beginning，I found ___17_____ difficult and quite different from what we had learned in junior school．Now I still remember a teacher who taught me at that time. ___18__ teacher is a good teacher because she always tries her best to be the one _19___ classes are more active and lively with some stories and examples.
__20_  the help of my teacher, I realized the  21 (important) of English，so I was  22  （determine) to learn English well. My teacher suggested that we __23_____(read) more if we want to improve our English, so every day I would do some English reading. She also  24      (tell) us lessons learned in classes could help us deal with exams, but even more valuable were the lessons learned in extra-curricular activities in school. I like my English teacher very much．
Now I have made  25  great progress in my English study that I am more interested in learning it than before．