15. ―I was surprised to see wild flowers in Alaska. 

―Many people think there is nothing    ice and snow.

A. except for       B. rather than

C. apart from      D.  regardless of

14. Last night, my father came home late for extra work ，   . 

A.    tired and hungry

B.    tired and hungrily

C.    tiring and hungry

D.    tiring and hungrily

B

Around lunchtime today, my son and I were walking in our community's busy " downtown" area. We passed by a homeless man sitting on the street.

   Since I had no money on me, all we could give him was a smile and a good wish. As we walked on my son asked me "Didn't you have any money to give him?"―I said I don't have money, but why don't we ask him if he would like something to eat.

On our way back on that street after finishing our tasks, we saw the same man and asked him if he would like us to get him some lunch. His face bright?ened up and when I asked what he would like, he just said "anything is fine". So then, my son pointed to a rather nice looking "Parisian cafe" type of place across the street and we decided to go in there. Well, of course, it was lunch-time and the place was crowded！ We stood in line for a while, looking at pas-tries(K皮糕點)that I knew we were not going to buy. Then we decided upon a hot sandwich for the homeless man.

   After ordering and paying by credit card, we sat and waited ... and waited-.- and after some unlucky events and with the order and the packing of a "to-go" box, we finally got out of there. My son said "I hope the man is still there！" And he was. And he was so happy (it took us so long, I'm sure he must have thought we weren't coming back)…it made our day. We came home, made ourselves some lunch, and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon.

6.  Why didn't the writer give money to the homeless man?

  A.  Because he was very poor, too.

B.   Because he had no money on him.

C.   Because he hated the homeless man.

D.  Because he was unwilling to help others.

7.  When asked if he would like some lunch, the homeless man felt .
A. surprised                     B. happy

C. terrible                      D. puzzled

8.  What did the writer buy for the homeless man at last?
A. A pair of socks.                B. Some pastries.

C. A hot sandwich.                D. A hot hamburger.

9.What is the best title of the passage?

A. The homeless                     B. Lunchtime

C. Sandwich                       D. My kind son

13. I suggest you delete the useless files on the computer which    too much space.

A. give away   B.  make up

C. set aside   D.  take up

閱讀理解

A

 Today people are often talking about the "new economy". As we all know, the "new economy" is very different from the "old economy". In the old economy, people travel to work. They buy things in stores. They use the post, the fax and the telephone to send information. They see people face to face at their jobs or in stores. People get information from newspapers, ra?dios, televisions, reference books and libraries.

 In the new economy, people do business through the Internet, which is a connection of millions of computers everywhere in the world. In the new econ?omy, workers often work at home. They can get information online. Businesses have "virtual(虛擬的)stores". There are websites on which customers can see the products. Businesses can sell them to customers anywhere in the world.
    In the new economy, people live a fast-paced, convenient and colourful life.The whole world develops more rapidly than before. But the new econo-my is also a double-edged sword. Its disadvantage is also obvious. For exam?ple, the Internet has led to huge increase in credit card cheating. Some illegal (違法的)websites offer some cheap or banned(禁止的)goods or services. Online shoppers who enter their credit card information may never receive the goods they want to buy and their card information could even be for sale on an illegal website, so people in the new economy should be smarter and more knowledgeable.

1. The cause of the differences between the new economy and the old econo?my is .

   A. the change of people's idea

B. the change of people's life

C.the use of the Internet

D. the business that people do

2. In the old economy, people can do the following except_______ .

    A. getting information from books

B. communicating with friends by telephone

C. meeting people face to face

D. shopping online

3.The author thinks that compared with the old economy, the new economy

can make people's life_______ .

A. more dangerous                 B.much safer

C. more convenient and colourful      D. full of cheating

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People in the new economy should be of high quality.

B. Telephones, radios, televisions and newspapers have disappeared in the new economy.

C. People can get all kinds of information through the Internet.

D. Life in the new economy is more comfortable than that in the old economy.

5.The underlined part in the last paragraph actually means that______.

A. the new economy is as sharp as a sword

B.the new economy has both advantages and disadvantages

C. the new economy is better than the old economy

D. both the new economy and the old economy have disadvantages

短文改錯

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Dear friends,

It is real a good chance to have met all of you here. We have spent several precious weekend in learning in the English Club. Although we have been members for a short period of times, we have made a great progress. That is because we are all very much active and the activities are not only enjoyable and also helpful. Besides, the foreign teachers here work hard an<l try his best to make the activities lively and interested. I am very pleased to say that all of us greatly improved our spoken English so far. I am looking forward to see all of you again in the near future!

                                                                   Yours,

                                                                    Li Hua

12. Instead of praising your kids for their intelligence, you should   your praise on the effort they put into succeeding at task, experts say.

A. allocate      B. concentrate

C. circulate       D. accumulate

15.  Three minutes of silence on May 19th were kept to mourn for those _______died in the earthquake.

14.  English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, each of _______uses it somewhat differently.

13.  John invited about 40 people to his wedding, most of_______are family members.