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. ---All the building materials have been washed away.

---So I have heard. But there was no sign ______ a heavy rain was on the way last night.

  A. when          B. If          C. which       D. that   

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— We are moving to Miami next week, Marilyn!

   — ________

    A. Take your time.          B. All the best!               C. Well done!       D. That’s OK.

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. His words puzzled me so much that I had a hard time trying to ____ what he really meant.

  A. make out         B. make of          C. make up          D. make for

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— I have learned that it is not easy to get on well with the new boss.

—______? I think that I only need to do my own job well.

A. So what    B. what for          C. what if        D. how come

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As the newspaper reported, the talks were held in an open, friendly, cooperative and constructive ______.

A. environment      B. atmosphere         C. condition      D. situation

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—Sorry to hurt you.

—_______. You didn’t mean to, did you?

A.Forget it      B.No problem     C.All right     D.Don’t say so.

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 --- Can I take these boxes for you?

   --- ___ .

A. Yes, I can manage       B. It’s a pleasure   C. Thanks, that’s very kind     D. No, please

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Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to his talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

　One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes  in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (搖動) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

  After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

   Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

 But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

59. That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

A. to see one of his friends

     B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing

     C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

     D. to see one of his relatives

60. The waiters felt sorry because _____.

     A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain

     B. their hotel was too small

     C. the room was not very clean

     D. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room

61. All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

     A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

     B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

     C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

     D. Mark Twain made a joke

62. From the story we know _____.

     A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

     B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

     C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

     D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

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第II卷  主觀題

V. 單詞拼寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

51. I must a __________ to you for not being able to meet you at the airport.

52. There has been an 8% d__________ in his income because of the financial crisis.

53. Though time was l_________, we finished the work on time.

54.A lot of people a__________great importance to becoming rich and famous.

55.I will a__________ it if you can help us with the work.

56. Nobody is admitted to the building without p_____________of the police.

57. C __________drove him to open the letter addressed to his sister.

58. He played the violin beautifully by the side of the street and many p_________ put coins into his hat on the ground.

59.He s__________ in the final examinations and was awarded the first prize.

60. Mary used to sing songs in a pub to earn some e___________ money when she was a college student.

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More Australians are overweight or obese than ever before, and the number is steadily increasing. Around 64 percent of men and 47 percent of women are carrying too much body fat. This means that the chances of obesity-related disorders, such as coronary heart disease(冠心病) and diabetes(糖尿病), is also on the rise. The popularity of crash dieting has caused many misunderstandings about weight loss. Most of these misunderstandings cause unhealthy weight loss behaviors.

A recent research of deaths in the United States from their National Health Nutrition Examination Survey suggests that being overweight may not increase your risk of dying. This finding is contrary to the past research that they thought the numbers of premature death(早死) linked to weight in the year 2000. The findings were that underweight and seriously obese people have an increased chance of dying compared with normal weight people. Interestingly, however, being overweight is related to a slightly lower chance of dying for your age. The effect of obesity on death rate may have reduced over time, perhaps because of improvements in public health and medical care. The authors say that body weight may not be such an important risk factor for premature death and that fitness, while smoking and too much fat in your diet may be more important.

65. If a person carries much fat, he or she _______________ .

A.knows how to keep healthy better than those who don’t

B.should lose weight as soon as possible to keep healthy

C.will surely suffer from both coronary heart disease and diabetes

D.might suffer from some diseases related to obesity

66. The underlined phrase “is contrary to” in the second paragraph probably means ___________.

       A. agrees with                                           B. disagrees with

       C. proves                                                 D. combines

67. According to the recent research of deaths in America, ______________ .

A.underweight people will live longer than those overweight people

B.dying at an early age is connected with overweight

C.being overweight doesn’t necessary lead to premature deaths

D.being overweight is healthier than normal people

68. We can infer from the text that _____________ .

A.the writer wants to persuade people not to lose weight

B.misunderstandings about weight loss are more serious than ever

C.much progress has been made in public medical condition

D.the cause of premature deaths is heavy smoking