--- I’ll have an interview for the job at that school, and now _______.

---Take it easy. I’m sure you’ll succeed.

  A. I have feet of clay                             B. there is no smoke without fire

  C. the world is my oyster                             D. I have butterflies in my stomach

People with disabilities make up a large part of the population. It is estimated that over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. About half of these disabilities are “developmental", i.e., they occur before the individual's twenty-second birthday, often from genetic conditions, and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as mobility, communication, employment, etc. Most other disabilities are considered “adventitious", i.e., accidental or caused by outside forces.

Prior to the 20th century, only a small percentage of people with disabilities survived for long. Medical treatment for these disabilities was unavailable. Advancements in medicine and social services have created a climate in which people with disabilities can expect to have such basic needs as food, shelter, and medical treatment. Unfortunately, these basics are often not available. Civil liberties such as the right to vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment have historically been denied on the basis of disability.

In recent decades, the disability rights movement has been organized to fight against these infringements（違反；侵犯）of civil rights. Congress responded by passing major legislation recognizing people with disabilities as a protected class under civil rights statutes.

Still today, people with disabilities must fight to live their lives independently. It is estimated that more than half of qualified Americans with disabilities are unemployed, and a majority of those who do work are underemployed. About two-thirds live at or below the official poverty level.

Significant barriers, especially in transportation and public awareness, prevent disabled people from taking part in society. For example, while no longer prohibited by law from marrying, a person with no access to transportation is effectively excluded from community and social activities which might lead to the development of long-term relationships.

Only when public attitudes advance as far as laws have will disabled people be fully able to take their rightful place in society.

36. A “developmental" disability ______.

A. develops very slowly over time

B. is caused by forces

C. occurs in youth and affects development

D. is getting more and more severe

37．Most disabled people used to die early because ______.

A. disabilities destroyed major bodily functions

B. they were not very well looked after

C. medical techniques were not available

D. they were too poor to get proper treatment

38. In the author's opinion, to enable the disabled people to take their rightful place in society, ______.

A．more laws should be passed

B．public attitudes should be changed

C．government should provide more aids

D．more public facilities should be set up

39. Which of the following cannot be inferred（推斷）from the passage ?

A．Many disabled people may remain single for their whole life.

B．The public tends to look down upon the disabled people.

C．The disabled people feel inferior to those surrounding them.

D．  Discriminatory laws prevent the disabled from mixing with others.

40. The best title for this passage might be ______.

A．Handicaps（不利條件；障礙；）of People with Disabilities

B．The physical difficulties of the Disabled

C．The Causes for Disabilities

D．Medical Treatments for Disabilities

Many people went to the southern parts of China to ________their fortune.

A.  find        B. search         C. make       D. receive

B

Solar energy for your home is coming. It can help you as a single home owner. It can help the whole country as well. Whether or not solar energy can save your money depends on many things. Where you live is one factor and the type of home you have is another. Things like insulation (絕緣材料), present energy costs, and the type of system you buy are added factors.

    Using solar energy can help save our precious fuel. As you know, our supplies of oil and gas are very limited. There is just not enough on hand to meet all our future energy needs. Sooner or later Mother Nature will say that’s all. The only way we can delay hearing those words is by starting to save energy now and by using other sources, like the sun.

    We won’t have to worry about the sun’s running out of energy for another several billion years or so. Besides, the sun doesn’t offer as many problems as other energy sources. For example, fossil fuel(礦物燃料) adds to already high pollution levels. With solar energy, we will still need sources of energy, but we won’t need as much. That means we can cut down on our pollution problems.

With all these good points, why don’t we use more solar power? There are many reasons for this. The biggest reason is money. Until now, it was just not practical for a home owner to put in a solar unit. There were cheaper sources of energy.

    All that is changing now. Solar costs are starting to equal the costs of oil and electricity. Experts say that gas, oil and electricity prices will continue to rise. The demand for electricity is increasing rapidly. But new power plants will use more gas, oil or coal. Already in some places the supply of electricity is being rationed (限量供應). Solar energy is now in its infancy (初期). It could soon grow to become a major part of our nation’s energy supply.

31. What’s this passage mainly about? 

    A. Something about solar energy and pollution.   B. Solar energy. 

    C. Energy and pollution.    D. Energy and money.

32. Solar energy can help us _____.

   A. escape punishment from nature   B. become home owners 

    C. get rid of present energy         D. save our precious fuel

33. The sun is an endless source of energy, and it will not run out of energy for _____.

    A. several million years   B. several hundred years

    C. several billion years   D. several thousand years

34. Which of the following statements is TRUE? 

    A. Energy from coal would not pollute our living environment.

    B. Energy from natural gas would not pollute our living environment.

C. Energy from the sun would not pollute our living environment.

    D. Energy from oil would not pollute our living environment.

35. Solar energy is now in its infancy, _____.

    A. but in the future it will become an important part of our nation’s energy supply

    B. so we will build more power plants 

    C. and the supply of electricity will be rationed throughout the country

    D. so we don’t need it                                      

Students sometimes support themselves by _______ of part- time jobs.

A. ways        B. help        C. means        D. assistance

Throughout______ history, ______ English language is made up of the rules each group of people brought to Britain with them.

    A. the, the     B./,the      C.the,/      D./,/

32. ---Why didn’t you buy that T-shirt? 

---I dislike the pattern. ______, the colour didn’t suit me.

A. Besides    B. Otherwise    C. Therefore     D. Instead

E-mail, as well as telephones, ______ an important part in daily communication.

A. is playing          B. have played              C. are playing        D. play

完形填空（共20小題; 每小題1.5分, 滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。

                      Learning to accept

     I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ____, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was ____ and ill.

My father was _____ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ____ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit in a chair all day. Even talking is _____. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters, we started _____ about life, and I told them about one of my ______. I said that we must always give things up _______ we grow---our youth, our beauty, our friends--- but it always ____ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father _____ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up _____! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. _____, he answered his own question, “ I ______ the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also _____ by his words. After that, when I began to fell irritated (憤怒的) at someone, I _____ remember his words and become ______. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of live for others, then I should be _____ to give up my small irritations. In this ______, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I ____ what other things I could learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one _____.

21. A. Afterwards   B. Therefore   C. However    D. Meanwhile

22. A. tired      B. weak   C. poor   D. slow

23. A. already B. still     C. only    D. once

24. A. took     B. threw  C. sent    D. put

25. A. impossible   B. difficult     C. stressful     D. hopeless

26. A. worrying  B. caring        C. talking     D. asking

27. A. worrying     B. caring C. talking       D. asking

28. A. as  B. since   C. before D. till

29. A. suggests       B. promises    C. seems  D. requires

30. A. spoke   B. turned C. summed     D. opened

31. A. something    B. anything     C. nothing      D. everything

32. A. surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally  D. Certainly

33. A. had      B. accepted     C. gained D. enjoyed

34. A. touched       B. astonished  C. attracted     D. warned

35. A. should  B. could  C. would D. might

36. A. quiet    B. calm   C. relaxed       D. happy

37. A. ready    B. likely  C. free    D. able

38. A. case      B. form   C. method      D. way

39. A. doubt   B. wonder      C. know  D. guess

40 .A. award       B. gift              C. lesson            D. word

Many died or returned home, but most remained in California to _______ for themselves in the new town. 

A. making a life                   B. make a live

C. make alive                     D. make a life