It was ________ impossible for her to catch the 9 o’clock train. I know she got up at 9:15．

    A. quite                B. very             C. too          D. much

_______ is our belief that improvement in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy

     A. As B. That             C. This            D. It

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught--- to walk , run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle --- compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone(更不用說) correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

    If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine(常規(guī)的) work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams and marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn: how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

    Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible(合情理的) to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense(無意義的) in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose they fail to learn something essential(基本的), something they will need to get on in the world?” Don’t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learnt it.

What does the writer think is the best way for children to think?

By listening to their parents’ instructions. 

By asking a great many questions.

By making mistakes and having them corrected. 

By copying what other people do.

What does the writer think teachers should not do?

A. Give children correct answers.        

B. Point out children’s mistakes to them.

C. Allow children to mark their own work.    

D. Encourage children to copy one another.

According to the passage, learning to speak and learning to ride a bike are _____.

A. the most important skills                  B. the basic skills children should master

C. almost the same as learning other skills     D. much different from learning other skills.

The writer thinks that children’s progress should only be estimated(評估) by ______.

A. the children themselves                B. their parents

    C. their teachers                         D. education authorities(權威)

The writer is afraid that children will grow up into adults who are ______.

A. too selfish                            B. too independent

C. dependent and unable to use basic skills    D. able to think for themselves

I bought a dress for only 10 dollars in a sale; it was a real _______.

    A. exchange             B. bargain         C. trade                 D. business 

---How often do you eat out?

   ---______, but usually once a week.

  A. Have no idea   B. As usualC. It depends    D. Generally speaking

完型填空 （共20小題，每小題1分，滿分20分）

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __26__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __27__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __28__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __29__ with his homework or he was trying to __30__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”

“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __31__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __32__.”

The next day I called his teacher to __33__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __34__.

“Basically, most of the fathers had the __35__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __36__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __37__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __38__. It’s something all human beings __39__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __40__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __41__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __42__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __43__ second. And just __44__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”

I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __45__.

A. down               B. away             C. out              D. up

A. After               B. For              C. At               D. On

A. glance             B. glare                C. stare           D. watch

A. patience           B. time             C. help             D. paper

A. report             B. prepare              C. answer               D. apologize

. A. help              B. ask              C. tell                 D. make

. A. thing             B. experiment           C. word             D. sentence

A. search for         B. search           C. find out         D. find

A. said               B. reacted              C. done                 D. explained

A. same               B. different            C. usual                D. ordinary

A. allowed                B. agreed               C. suggested        D. planned

A. point              B. idea                 C. way                  D. cause

A. body               B. health               C. life                 D. study

A. have               B. know                 C. take                 D. require

A. bad                B. good                 C. late                 D. early

A. fit                B. ready                C. nice                 D. able

A. easy                B. much                 C. often                D. difficult

A. a much             B. a full               C. an exact             D. an extra

A. before             B. after                C. because              D. if

A. answer             B. key                  C. reason               D experiment

語法填空(共10小題；每小題1. 5分，滿分15分)

閱讀下面短文，按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答卷標號為16-25的相應位置上。

Six days of spring rain had created a wild river       (run) by Nancy Brown’s farm. As she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she        (slip) and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. Nancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great       (difficult). The water       (rise). Nancy’s pace got slower and slower. Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on. About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to       (succeed) pull herself and Nancy out of the water and onto a bit of high land.

    It took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy.      helicopter lowered a doctor,    attached Nancy to a life-support lift. They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym,      the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter.

When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highland. Lizzie was gone.      was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost. “I owe my life      her,” said Nancy sobbingly.

A good advertisement,  people attach positive meanings, can contribute to the sales of a product．

    A．for which        B．to which     C．of which     D．on which

In order to find _______ better job, he decided to study _________ second foreign language .

A. the; a     B. a; a   C. the; the        D. a; the

When we are young, questions of _______we want to be when we grow up are common.

A. which             B. who             C. what             D. how