Recently I gave my adult students homework. It was “go to someone you love and tell them you love them.” It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time.

It sounds like very tough homework since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the generation of men that were taught expressing emotions is not “macho (陽剛之氣).” Showing feelings or crying was just not done. So this was very threatening homework for some.

At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. I fully expected one of the women to volunteer, as was usually the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand, quite moved and a bit shaken.

As he unfolded out of his chair (all 1.85 meters of him), he began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite angry with you last week when you gave us this homework. Who were you to tell me to do something that personal?”

“But as I began driving home my conscience (良心)started telling me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to.”

“Five years ago, my father and I had a severe disagreement and really never settled it since then. We avoided seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But even then, we hardly spoke to each other.”

“So last Tuesday by the time I got home I had convinced myself. I was going to tell my father I loved him. It’s strange, but just making that decision seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.”

The homework is threatening for some students because_________.

A. they are middle-aged people  B. they are not macho enough

C. they were taught to hide their emotions  D. they didn’t know how to show feelings

From the passage we know that_________.

A. the adult students have classes in the day time only

B. not all the adult students in the writer’s class are male

C. the man refused to meet his father after their quarrel

D. the man quickly decided to say “I love you” to his father

The underlined phrase “unfolded out of his chair” in Para 4 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. stood on his chair straight  B. sat quietly in the chair

C. bent himself over his chair  D. raised himself slowly from the chair

What does the man imply by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A. He felt it too strange to say “I love you” to his father.

B. He felt relaxed just thinking of saying “I love you” to his father.

C. He felt very relaxed after saying “I love you” to his father.

D. He had to lift a heavy load off his chest before saying “I love you”.

單詞拼寫（共10小題，滿分5分）

1. I don’t mind a_____ to others if I make a mistake.

2. We classmates visited our beloved teacher on hearing his a___ in the capital city.

3. We all a________ her for the way she saved the children from the fire.

4. It’s important to keep the b_______ of nature.

5. If you don’t understand the meaning of a word ,you can c________the dictionary.

6. Xiao Wang felt frustrated that a lot of c_____ went to a newly-opened small restaurant.

7. Nowadays lots of young people want financial _____________（獨立）。

8. She _________（哭泣;流淚）when she heard the bad news.

9. It is _________（顯而易見的）that even if we can save much energy, we can only delay the energy crisis.

10. He’ll never be__________（原諒）for what he has done .

Although this _____sound like a simple task, great care is needed.

A. must              B. may         C. shall          D. should

She is my best teacher ______ help I have made great progress．

A．with whom      B．whose   C．which       D．with whose

There is nothing more I can try _______ you to stay, so I wish you good luck.

　 A. being persuaded       B. persuading           C. to be persuaded      D. to persuade

Everyone should learn something about first aid, because every second  in an emergency.

A. urges    B. costs    C. needs    D. counts

單詞拼寫(共5小題；每題2分；滿分10分)

根據(jù)相關(guān)提示準確拼寫出相關(guān)單詞及其詞形變化, 補充完整以下句子；完全正確方可得分。

1. Who do you imagine _________ (改造, 變換) the garage into a recreation room then?

2. Under no __________(情況) will the Chinese allow Taiwan to break away from China.

3. He is only too ready to help others, seldom, if ever, r_________ them when they turn to him.

4. Impressed by the luxurious s____________(環(huán)境),he didn’t want to leave.

5. There are a lot of natural           (現(xiàn)象) we can’t understand.

US bees operation keeping groups have been attacked seriously by so called Colony Collapse Disorder (蜂群衰竭失調(diào))．Almost 1/2 of their worker bees have vanished during the past season．This disorder has also been reported in Israel, Europe and South America．Bees fly away from the hive and never return．Sometimes they are found dead; other times they are never found．Many crops and trees depend on pollination--- by bees to help them grow． 

A new report says a virus may be at least partly responsible for the disorder in honey bee colonies in the United States．This virus is called Israeli acute paralysis virus．It was first found in Israel in 2004．Lan Lipkin at Columbia University in New York and a team reported the new findings in Science Magazine．Doctor Lipkin says the virus may not be the only cause．He says it may work with other causes to produce the collapse disorder．

The team found the virus in colonies with the help of a map of honey bee genes that was published last year．They examined thirty colonies affected by the disorder．They found evidence of the virus in twenty-five of them, and in one healthy colony．The next step is further testing of healthy hives．

The researchers suggested that the United States may have imported the disorder in bees from Australia．They say the bees may carry the virus but not be affected．

The idea is that unlike many American bees, the ability of Australian bees to fight disease has not been hurt by the varroasis mite．This insect attacks honey bees, which could make the disorder more likely to affect a hive．Australian bee producers object to these suspicions．

And some researchers suspect that bee production in the United States is down mainly because of the weather．Honey bees gather nectar from flowers and trees．The sweet liquid gives them food and material to make honey．But cold weather this spring in the Midwest reduced the flow of nectar in many flowers．Many bees may have starved．Dry weather in areas of the country could also be playing apart．

Wayne Esaias is a NASA space agency scientist who keeps bees in his free time．He lives in central Maryland, where he has found that flowers are blooming a month earlier than they did in 1970, which may be partly responsible for the disorder. Wayne Esaias is organizing a group of beekeepers to document nectar flow around the country.

What is the author’s attitude toward the cause of this disorder?

    A. Doubtful B. Neutral  C. Supportive   D. Negative

The passage is mainly developed by             .

    A. presenting the effect and analyzing its causes

    B. making comparisons between two countries

    C. providing data and examples

    D. following the time order

How many possibilities may be involved in the bee disorder according to the passage?

    A. Three    B. Four C. Five D. Six

From the passage we can infer that            .

    A. American bees are more likely to defend themselves against hurt from other insects than Australian ones

    B. A collection of plants production in the U.S may be influenced by the bee disorder

    C. Israeli acute paralysis virus should be responsible for the disorder

    D. The solution to the disorder will be found eventually

--- Sally, was ________ problem solved?

--- We were trying to think of ________ way out, but it was hard to find one.

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

Well, that’s just the deal. _________ price will be out of my reach.

  A. The higher      B. A highest       C. The highest     D. A higher