閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
God’s Coffee
A group of class friends, highly established(很有成就) in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．Conversation soon __41__ into complaints about stress(壓力) in work and life．
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the __42__ and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of __43__ —porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, __44__ expensive, some delicate—telling them to __45__ themselves to the coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in _46__ ,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, __47__ behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is __48__ for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the __49__ of your problems and stress．Be assured that the cup itself __50__ no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink．__51__ all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自覺地) went __52__ the best cups．And then you began __53__ each other’s cups．Now consider this：Life is the __54__; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups．They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define(詳細說明) , nor __55__the quality of life we __56__．Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we __57__ to enjoy the coffee God has __58__ for us．God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just __59__ the best of everything．
Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the __60__ to God．

小題1:	A．crowded B．looked C．burst D．turned

小題2:	A．living-room B．waiting-room C．bedroom D．kitchen

小題3:	A．cups B．pans C．bowls D．a(chǎn)prons

小題4:	A．some B．others C．a(chǎn)nother D．other

小題5:	A．devote B．help C．take D．pick

小題6:	A．stomach B．hand C．mind D．mouth

小題7:	A．running B．leaving C．hiding D．piling

小題8:	A．wise B．important C．natural D．necessary

小題9:	A．use B．disagreement C．a(chǎn)nswer D．cause

小題10:

A．likes B．reduces C．a(chǎn)dds D．relies

小題11:

A．As B．What C．That D．Which

小題12:

A．for B．into C．by D．on

小題13:

A．looking B．guiding C．eyeing D．exchanging[

小題14:

A．tea B．water C．wine D．coffee

小題15:

A．worsen B．beat C．change D．improve

小題16:

A．dislike B．live C．make D．use

小題17:

A．fail B．succeed C．wish D．try

小題18:

A．sold B．gave C．bought D．provided

小題19:

A．keep B．say C．make D．do

小題20:

A．dignity B．a(chǎn)rgument C．rest D．thinking

Rescue workers at the San Jose gold and copper mine in northern Chile had reason to sing this week．A small hole drilled into the earth became a passage（通道） to freedom for thirty-three trapped miners．They spent sixty-nine days underground．"Never have people been trapped for so long so deeply," says a doctor at NASA, the American space agency, which helped in the rescue．
But the chief medical officer for the miners said most are in good enough health to leave the hospital within a day or so．The first three were released from the hospital Thursday night．
For much of the day the miners relaxed with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera．The thirty-two Chileans and one Bolivian still wore special sunglasses to protect their eyes．
A  partial mine collapse（坍塌） on 5^th of August trapped them more than half a kilometer underground．They had to stretch a two-day food supply．For two weeks no one knew if they were alive or dead．
Later, they received supplies（供給） and a video link lowered through drill holes．That link was how Ariel Ticona watched his wife give birth to their daughter．
The miners have apparently agreed to share the money they earn from selling their story．
They have already received gifts of money and travel offers．Edison Pena has been invited to the New York City Marathon and to Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee．Mr．Pena described how he ran in the mine tunnels to ease the stress．And he led the miners in singing Elvis songs．
The first miner rescued on Wednesday was Florencio Avalos．The second was Mario Sepulveda, who talked about how the experience tested his faith．He said: "I was with God and I was with the devil, they fought me, but God won．He took me by my best hand, the hand of God．"
The last miner up was Luis Urzua．He was the shift leader when his crew became trapped．
Rescuers used a metal cage to pull the miners to safety in less than twenty-four hours -- faster than expected．The rescue capsule was a half-meter wide and known as the Phoenix．
小題1:How many miners had been rescued according to the report?

A．Three

B．Sixty-nine

C．Thirty-three

D．Thirty-two

小題2:According to the passage, when the miners were trapped, some of them did the followings except ________．

A．sharing money	B．Running to ease stress
C．Watching a video showing his wife giving birth	D．Singing songs

小題3:
Edison Pena was invited to Graceland probably because ________________．

A．he ran in the mine tunnel．	B．he prayed to God．
C．he led the miners in singing Elvis songs．	D．he was the shift leader．

小題4:
From the passage, we can infer the followings EXCEPT that _______________．

A．Rescue workers were happy about their rescue work．

B．People felt surprised to find the miners safe and sound．

C．People might have been quite worried about the miners’ safety．

D．The trapped miners drilled a small hole themselves to escape．

小題5:What would be the best title for the report?

A．A mining accident	B．Miners saved, safe and sound
C．A difficult rescue	D．Miners trapped deep underground

Swimming is one of those activities that can be learned early in life. Little children can learn to swim as soon as they walk. In fact, you need the same skills in walking as in swimming. However, I believe that five is the best age to learn. By five or six, a child knows fear of water, a very important thing to know. It's wise to be afraid, to recognize true danger. Young ones understand that the water can sometimes be very dangerous.
To really benefit from swimming, every swimmer should learn, as soon as possible, these four basic strokes; butterfly, backstroke, Breaststroke, and crawl. I feel that one of these-the breaststroke-is different from the others, since some young swimmers use this stroke naturally, without any training.
In swimming there are certain rules every swimmer should follow:
1). Never swim alone! No matter how good you are in the water, don’t risk drowning by swimming alone. If you swim by yourself, with no life guards or friends with you, you may get into trouble.
2). Don't go beyond your abilities. Most swimmers know enough not to swim too far from the bank or the beach, Showing off by doing dangerous tricks is no good. Swim safely and you will continue to swim and alive.
3). Don't smoke. Swimming depends on a healthy body; good lungs are part of it.
4). Work at any activity that builds muscles.
小題1: Little children can learn to swim as soon as _____.

A．they can talk

B．they start walking

C．they have no fear of the water

D．they are five or six years old

小題2:The author believes that fear of water is_____.

A．stupid

B．sensible

C．dangerous

D．not smart

小題3: The stroke that some young swimmers use first is_____.

A．butterfly

B．backstroke

C．breaststroke

D．crawl

小題4:According to the passage, you should not swim alone because_____.

A．the water is too cold

B．your parents would not be happy

C．something in the water might attack

D．you might drown

完形填空 (共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (梔子花) was     1    to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always     2    -- it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity and just     3    in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped     4    who the giver might be. My mother     5     to these imaginations. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing     6    . I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had     7    me even though I didn’t know him.
One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings     8     from sorrow to fear and     9   : my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely     10    in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball. But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the     11    size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.
The day before my ball, I found that dress-- in the right size—hanging over the living room sofa. It was     12     to me so lovingly. I didn’t     13    if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel     14   , filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of     15  .
My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.
1. A. given         B. delivered            C. taken            D. brought
2. A. useful            B. helpful          C. in vain      D. hopeful
3. A. delighted     B. pleasant         C. pleasing     D. satisfied
4. A. considering       B. remembering      C. imagining        D. recalling
5. A. referred      B. led              C. preferred        D. contributed
6. A. appreciation  B. honor            C. grateful     D. respect
7. A. observed      B. watched          C. noticed      D. hated
8. A. ranged            B. differed         C. suffered     D. judged
9. A. shock         B. happiness            C. depressing   D. anger
10. A. uninterested B. interested           C. unhappy      D. disappointing
11. A. wrong            B. false                C. proper       D. right
12. A. provided     B. presented            C. introduced   D. awarded
13. A. doubt            B. wonder           C. desire       D. care
14. A. loving           B. loved                C. respected        D. honored
15. A. trouble      B. despair          C. problem      D. sorrow

Green-space facilities are contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present it is generally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the base of a closely-reasoned scientific proof. The recognition of the importance of green-spaces in the urban environment is a first step on the right way; this does not mean, however, that enough details are known about the functions of greenspaces in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants (居民) are using these spaces.
The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate (不成比例的) attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas (但是）there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighborhood of the home. We have come to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obivous that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street door of the house. The urban environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more obligatory (強制性的) activities can also have a recreative aspect.
The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too great, if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot of enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street door of your house is closed after you.
小題1: According to the author, the importance of greenspaces in the urban environment _______.

A．is still unknown	B．is being closely studied
C．is usually neglected	D．has been fully recognized

小題2:The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation has led to _______.

A．the disproportion of recreation facilities in the neighborhood

B．a(chǎn)ll of the recreation facilities far from home

C．relatively little attention for recreative possibilities

D．the improvement of recreative possibilities in the neighborhood

小題3:The author suggests that the recreative possibilities of greenspaces should be provided _______.

A．in special areas	B．in the suburbs
C．in the neighbourhood of the house	D．in gardens and parks

小題4: The author says “more obligatory activities can also have a recreative aspect” to _______.

A．suggest that obligatory activities don’t need to serious

B．show that recreation activities are very important

C．show how recreation activities have spread wildly

D．suggest how to offer recreation activities around home

小題5:Why would someone only feel himself at home according to the last paragraph?

A．One lives the very best standard of living.

B．There are too many distractions outside his home.

C．There are few recreations around his house.

D．One needs the street door of his house to be opened always.

Thousands of years ago, birthdays were considered special days. On birthdays, the bad spirits were able to harm you and change your life. It was believed that the only way to solve the problem was to have your friends and family around you, so that good wishes and presents would keep the bad spirits away. Also, noisemakers were thought to be used at parties as a way of scaring away the evil spirits.
The custom of lighting candles was created by people believing that the gods lived in the sky. By lighting candles and torches, they were sending a signal or prayer to the gods, so they could be answered. Blowing out the candles and making a wish were thought to be another way of sending a signal or a message.
This is how the way we celebrate our birthdays came about. But different cultures celebrate in different ways.
The birthday story in the Bible（圣經(jīng)） that we know best is about the birth of the Christ in Bethlehem（地名：伯利恒）. For nearly 2000 years since that day, the Christian world has been honoring this birth. The day many Englishmen celebrate is, of course, Christmas. There are other references to birthday parties. King Pharaoh celebrated his birthday by making a feast for his court followers. That was over 4000 years ago. The story of King Herod tells that on his birthday he made a supper for his lords, high captains and other special friends in Galilee (地名：加利利).
小題1: According to the passage, good wishes and presents given by one’s friends and family on his birthday can _____________________.

A．cheer him up	B．prove that he’s a popular person
C．bring him a big fortune	D．push bad spirits away

小題2: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The custom of lighting candles originated with the gods.

B．The gods celebrate their birthdays by lighting candles.

C．People send messages to the gods by lighting or blowing out the candles.

D．The gods will help people realize their dreams on their birthdays.

小題3: The two ancient kings’ ways of celebrating their birthdays show__________________.

A．how great the two kings were

B．how different cultures celebrate in different ways

C．the two kings’ excellent cooking skills

D．that their court followers were awarded the special honors

小題4: The passage is mainly about __________________.

A．the functions of the noises made on birthdays.

B．how to scare away the bad spirits on birthdays

C．the origin of a famous day Christmas

D．how birthdays came about

Height is just one of the thousands of features your genes(基因)decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you're going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.
But genes don't decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潛力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.
No doubt(懷疑) you're wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. There's no perfect or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about 2 inches (6 centimeters) a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty (when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up).
Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimeters here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height you're at now, how you've been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.
Don't be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt（高峰）during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later ——between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys.
You'll usually begin to notice that you're growing faster about a year or so after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.
小題1:If you want to know how fast and how tall you should grow, ____________.

A．you should have enough exercise	B．you can ask doctors for help
C．you should save the environment	D．You can record your growth during puberty

小題2: This passage is mainly about ____________.

A．how the genes work in your body	B．when is the time you grow fast
C．why you look like your parents	D．how you grow to a certain height

小題3: After reading this passage, we can explain ___________.

A．how good it is to be a doctor	B．how much sleep time we need
C．why genes can’t decide everything	D．what healthy diet is

小題4: Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Your height most probably depends on how high your parents are.

B．Girls’ age for starting puberty is usually earlier than that for boys’.

C．The time showing the first changes of puberty is never noticed.

D．You may be scared sometimes when you grow too fast.

閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該項涂黑。
Animals perform many useful and amusing jobs. Dogs are particularly valuable in guiding the blind,   31  property(財產(chǎn)), finding   32  people, and hunting criminals(犯人). Horses are used in guarding herds(牧群)，carrying men in lands where there are no roads, and helping farmers work their land. Pigeons(鴿子)  33  to carry messages. Wild animals from the jungles, forests and seas are very popular performers in   34  and motion pictures(電影). People realize that,   35  animals may not have the same intelligence(智慧) as   36 , they are clever enough to learn certain things.
The first thing a dog is taught is to  37 . It should not  38  too 1ong for him to learn commands. Simple orders, such as “sit, lie down，stay there, come here, ” can  39 be taught by a child.
Training a dog to be a watchdog often produces unexpected results. Some dogs quickly learn the difference   40  unwanted people and friends. This is   41  their masters welcome friends and invite them into their houses. However, some dogs will always   42  the postman who comes to   43  letters. One explanation for this behavior is that, although the postman comes to the house often, he never   44  the house. Therefore, the dog thinks the postman is someone   45  is not wanted, but keeps   46  back anyway.
Dogs are extremely useful as   47  for blind people. When a dog has been properly trained, he will lead his blind master in the right direction and keep him   48   danger. For example, seeing eye dogs   49  a busy road when cars are coming,   50  their masters command(命令) them to do so.

小題1:	A．saving B．helping C．making D．protecting

小題2:	A．lost B．losing C．loss D．missed

小題3:	A．have long used B．have long been used C．have long been using D．a(chǎn)re long being used

小題4:	A．cinemas B．theatres C．museums D．circuses(馬戲團)

小題5:	A．a(chǎn)lthough B．a(chǎn)s C．since D．because

小題6:	A．children B．human being C．human beings D．students

小題7:	A．obey B．order C．do D．study

小題8:	A．spend B．take C．use D．want

小題9:	A．still B．though C．enough D．even

小題10:

A．from B．between C．a(chǎn)mong D．with

小題11:

A．because of B．due to C．why D．because

小題12:

A．beat B．protest C．a(chǎn)ttack D．eat

小題13:

A．deliver B．give C．post D．fetch

小題14:

A．enters B．enters into C．gets D．a(chǎn)rrives to

小題15:

A．he B．who C．whom D．which

小題16:

A．come B．to come C．from coming D．coming

小題17:

A．companies B．companions(同伴) C．men D．colleagues(同事)

小題18:

A．out from B．out C．out of D．out by

小題19:

A．learn never to across B．learn to never cross C．never learn to cross D．learn never to cross

小題20:

A．even B．if C．even if D．because

If we observe carefully, we van find that most of the flowers in nature are red, orange and yellow. If we have seen a black flower, it’s a chance in million. People have made a census(普查)to colours of more than four thousand kinds of flowers and discovered that only eight of them are black. Why?
As we know, sunlight is formed by seven different kinds of coloured light. The wave length of each light changes, so the quantity of heat in each light changes, too. Flowers, especially their petals(花瓣), are very delicate(纖弱) and prone(易于) to the harm caused by high temperature. Black flowers can take in all the light waves, which cause the flowers to dry up in a high temperature. So black flowers can rarely survive sunlight. But red flowers, orange flowers and yellow flowers can protect themselves from sunlight by reflecting the red light, orange light and yellow light, each of which has a large quantity of heat.
That is why red, orange and yellow flowers are very common in nature while black flowers are so rare.
小題1:We can hardly find black flowers because  _____.

A．they are so weak that it’s difficult for them to grow up

B．there are no black flowers in the world.

C．the petals of black flowers are very delicate

D．they can take in the light of all wave lengths, which make the flowers dry up

小題2: Sunlight is formed by _____.

A．many different kinds of coloured light

B．three different kinds of coloured light—red, orange and yellow

C．seven different kinds of coloured light

D．four thousand kinds of coloured light

小題3:The red, orange or yellow light contains _____.

A．less heat than the other lights	B．more heat than the other lights
C．a(chǎn) great deal of heat	D．a(chǎn) little heat

小題4:“It is a chance in a million” means_____________

A．it is common

B．it is extremely rare

C．it’s lucky

D．it’s impossible

Matt grows the best vegetables in the village. He grows fruit too – big, sweet apples and oranges. And what else? Well, the biggest and the prettiest flowers.
Things grow in Matt’s garden all through the year. He cuts some flowers for his sitting room table; and of course , he eats some fruit and vegetables. But he sells everything else in the market. Matt is not a poor man.
He knows a few other gardens; but he does not have any friends. You might ask, “What is that?” Why doesn’t he have friends. I will tell you. People do not understand him. And they do not understand his garden. “Why not?” You will ask. “It is a very good garden, isn’t it?” It is a wonderful garden. Matt plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he does very little work. He sits in the garden with his small radio. And everything grows.
People ask, “How does Matt grow these wonderful things? He waters the plants sometimes, but he doesn’t do anything else. He just sits under an orange tree with his radio. He listens to music nearly all day!” and that is all quite true. People cannot understand it, and so they don’t like it very much.
Matt likes music. But what about the garden? Who does the work? I will tell you another true thing: the music does the work. All plants love music; and Matt knows that.
Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers? Well, just give your plants a lot of music.
小題1:There are not only vegetables and flowers, but also ________ in Matt’s garden.

A．plants

B．fruit trees

C．a(chǎn)nts

D．crops

小題2:Matt makes a living by ___________

A．selling his vegetables, fruit and flowers	B．growing trees in his garden
C．working in the market	D．helping other people growing plants

小題3: Everything in Matt’s garden grows well because  ______

A．he has a good garden

B．he is good at growing things and likes listening to the radio

C．music helps his plants a lot

D．he is very hardworking

小題4:People don’t like Matt because ____________

A．he doesn’t give them any vegetables or fruit	B．he listens to the radio too much
C．they don’t understand him	D．Matt doesn’t let them listen to his radio