It was 10 o’clock           the front doorbell rang.

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

—I’m terribly sorry that I missed your birthday. I just completely forgot.

—Oh,          .

A．take it easy           B．no problem            C．don’t mention it           D．that’s right

My daughter is not sure what to           at the university; she can’t make up her mind

about her future.

A．take up           B．make up            C．pick up          D．build up

I failed in the job interview last week and only then           the importance of English.

A．I realized          B．I had realized           C．had I realized          D．did I realize

—Bob, you’re absent-minded!

—Oh, I’m sorry I            attention to you, Miss Shute.

A．haven’t paid                       B．wasn’t paying

C．a(chǎn)m not paying                    D．couldn’t have paid

It’s dark and rainy outside. I hate it when the weather is like this;  1  when Mom and Dan are yelling（叫喊）at each other about me. I hate   2   when they do that; it makes me feel so guilty（內(nèi)疚）,  3   it’s all my fault. But, it isn’t this time. This time I don’t think it’s anybody’s fault. It’s so easy to get  4   and when the weather is like this.

       I don’t even know  5  they are yelling about any more. And I don’t care,  6  . I’m leaving. I will just  7   my things and go out of the window. I don’t care that it’s   8  . I don’t care. I’ll leave and go somewhere  9  it never rains and nobody ever yells. Oh, whom am I kidding?  10   I’m old enough to know that there is no such place. People always yell, especially at kids. I’ll just go live by  11  , in the woods. In that case I’d better bring a flashlight（手電筒）. It feels like I’m in a shower. The rain is  12  down my face and into my eyes. It feels like someone who is in  13  of rain is washing away all the badness from the yelling and  14  me to start again. I’m tired, but I can’t stop running. If I do, my dad will  15  me and take me back to the yelling again, I think that I’ve gone far  16  . They’ll never find me here.

       Now what do I do? There’s  17   here to eat and I’m cold. Oh, well, I might as well just go home. I knew this would happen in the end. Well, I’m back. I hope that nobody  18  I was gone. It’s morning now but I don’t think that anyone’s awake yet. I’ll just sneak in（偷偷進入）through the window. I’ll  19   out of my wet clothes and into my pajamas（睡衣）. Now, into bed.

       Maybe tomorrow will be an  20  day.

1．A．however               B．especially             C．of course            D．therefore

2．A．it                          B．that                     C．so                       D．this

3．A．a(chǎn)s long as              B．even if                 C．now that             D．a(chǎn)s if

4．A．interesting             B．sad                     C．a(chǎn)ngry                  D．peaceful

5．A．that                      B．what                   C．which                 D．how

6．A．neither                  B．though                C．a(chǎn)lso                    D．either

7．A．gather up              B．throw away         C．put away             D．pick up

8．A．snowing                B．blowing               C．raining                D．freezing

9．A．why                     B．where                 C．when                  D．there

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10．A．Still                     B．Though               C．But                     D．Even

11．A．myself                 B．itself                   C．yourself              D．themselves

12．A．pulling                 B．floating                C．pouring               D．flowing

13．A．store                   B．charge                 C．favor                  D．place

14．A．keeping               B．a(chǎn)llowing              C．preventing           D．helping

15．A．punish                 B．beat                    C．scold                  D．find

16．A．enough                B．a(chǎn)way                   C．further                D．more

17．A．everything           B．nothing                C．something           D．a(chǎn)nything

18．A．cared                  B．hated                   C．noticed                D．said

19．A．change                B．wash                   C．hide                    D．escape

20．A．worse             B．troublesome      C．ordinary          D．better

Several years ago I was diagnosed（診斷）with cancer. It was the most difficult time I had ever faced. Like many people who have gone through chemotherapy（化療）, I lost all of my hair. I always had enjoyed wearing hats, so when I had no hair, I ordered several special hats with the hair already attached. It was easy and I never had to worry about how my hair looked.

I have always been a big golf fan. In fact, I have been to twenty-three straight US Opens. At one point during my cancer treatments, my husband John and I decided to get away from the cold Minnesota winter and took a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona. where a Senior PGA Tour was played.

It was a beautiful day, and I was in heaven. I was standing just off the third tee（球座）, behind the fairway（球座與終點間的草地）ropes, watching my three favorite golfers in the world get close to the tee box. Just as they arrived at the tee, the unimaginable happened. A huge wind blew my hat and hair right off my head and into the middle of the fairway! The thousands of spectators（觀眾）lining the fairway fell into a silence, all eyes on me. Even my golf idols were watching me, as my hair was in their flight path. Embarrassed as I was, I knew I couldn’t just stand there. Someone had to do something to get things moving again.

　　So I took a deep breath, went under the ropes and out into the middle of the fairway. I picked up my hat and hair, put them back on my head. Then I turned to the golfers and loudly announced, “Gentlemen, the wind is blowing from left to right.”

　　They said the laughter could be heard all the way to the nineteenth hold.

1．The writer lost all of her hair because         .

       A．she was diagnosed with cancer             B．she had gone through chemotherapy

       C．she was too worried                            D．she had to do so for treatment

2．Why did the writer not worry about how her hair looked?

       A．Because people knew she had no hair.

       B．Because her hair had grown again.

       C．Because she wore hats with hair attached.

       D．Because she knew nobody would make fun of her.

3．Which is correct order according to the story?

       a．Three golfers approached the tee box.

       b．The writer went into the middle of the fairway.

       c．The writer loudly announced the direction of the wind to the golfers.

       d．A wind blew the writer’s hat and hair off.

       e．The writer put the hat and hair back on her head.

       A．a(chǎn),d,e,b,c              B．a(chǎn),b,c,d,e              C．a(chǎn),b,d,e,c              D．a(chǎn),d,b,e,c

4．When the hat and hair were blown away, how did the writer feel?

       A．She felt nervous.                                 B．She felt surprised.

       C．She felt ashamed.                       D．She felt proud.

Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!

       Some parapsychologists （心理學家）say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To study whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist at the University of Kentucky, performed several experiments.

       In the first one, Baker sat behind unsuspecting（毫無戒心的）people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. Those people were eating, drinking, reading，studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that they could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned everyone, almost all of them said they had no idea that someone was staring at them.

       For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time. They had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at than if they had just guessed.

       Baker’s experiment concludes again that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If you doubt the outcome of his two experiments, I suggest you repeat the experiments and see for yourselves.

1．The first experiment made by Baker shows that _________.

       A．people can’t realize it when they are watched secretly

       B．one can't sense other people’s watching when they are talking

       C．people have no idea about the sixth sense of human beings

       D．the sixth sense doesn’t work during the first 5 or 15 minutes

2．The second experiment differs from the first one in that ________.

       A．the people were not directly stared at from time to time

       B．the people had to write something down

       C．the people were good at guessing when they were stared at

       D．the people were informed of the purpose of the experiment

3．What is the author’s attitude（態(tài)度） towards the result of the experiment?

       A．Support               B．Doubt                 C．Sympathy            D．Surprise

4．We can infer from the passage that _________.

       A．it’s most probable that humans have six senses

       B．the so-called sixth sense doesn’t exist in human beings

       C．the experiments done by Baker hardly explain anything

       D．people should make conclusions by themselves

A recent report has suggested that air pollution in our big cities could be damaging to our health. The report put forward practical tips that city people can take to reduce their exposure （暴露） to city air pollution. Quite a lot, it turns out.

◙ Watch where you walk

       Avoid walking along busy streets, instead choosing side streets and parks because pollution levels can fall by a factor of 10 just by moving a few metres away from the main source of the pollution - exhaust fumes （難聞的氣味）.

       Don't walk behind smokers, and walk on the windward（迎風）, side of the street where exposure to pollutants （污染源） can be 50% less than on the leeward （背風） side.

◙ Pavement （人行道） sense 

       When you're crossing a road, stand well back from the kerb （路邊石） while you wait for the lights to change. Every meter really does count when you are close to traffic. As the traffic moves, the gases can disappear in just a few seconds, particularly if the wind is up, which means holding your breath during this period can make a difference, silly as that might sound. Besides, cross the road as quickly as possible. And once you're over, continue along the pavement as far away from the kern as possible.

◙ Where to sit on the bus

       Sitting on the driver's side of a bus can increase your exposure by 10% compared with sitting on the side nearest to the pavement. And sitting upstairs on a double-decker can reduce your exposure too. It's difficult to say whether traveling on an underground train is better or worse than taking the bus, but the air pollution on underground trains tends to be less toxic （有毒的） by weight than that found at street level.

◙ Wear a mask （口罩）

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       Masks can be a good thing, but they only make a difference if they fit tightly and are cleaned regularly. Even the slightest gap to allow you to breathe more easily will neutralize any advantages. Worse, if you fail to clean or change the mask regularly, something dangerous can form on the mask. So the air you breathe is dirtier rather than cleaner.

1．The best title for the passage probably would be________.

       A．How to make our life easy

       B．How to reduce the exposure to city air pollution

       C．The ways to deal with city pollution

       D．We should draw a lesson from city air pollution

2．Which of the following is the author’s opinion according to the passage?

    A．There is no way to escape from air pollution.

    B．We shouldn’t travel on an underground or a bus.

    C．We must reduce air pollution to live in the city.

    D．We must try to protect ourselves from city air pollution.

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．When you are close to traffic, it is not advisable to hold your breath a while.

    B．Cross the street as quickly as possible when waiting for the light to change

    C．Traveling on an underground train is better than taking the bus.

    D．Don’t get close to traffic whenever it is possible.

4．The word “neutralize” underlined in the last paragraph probably means _______.

       A．cut down        B．a(chǎn)dd to        C．lead to       D．get into

“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer（征服）himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses （沖動）and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

       A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found himself in any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many people have dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” “Keep cool,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness（激烈） makes error a fault.”

       To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “bring with folly （蠢事）and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

       Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.

       If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone（骨氣） and nerve of character are also lacking.

1．What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

       A．The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

       B．One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

       C．To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

       D．If a person is too stubborn （固執(zhí)的）, he will feel most shameful.

2．What is the correct meaning of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad”?

       A．If the gods want to kill you, they will make you crazy first.

       B．If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.

       C．If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.

       D．If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

3．If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _________.

       A．the very backbone and nerve of character

       B．the patience and power to control himself

       C．strong feelings

       D．self-confidence

4．The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to ___________.

       A．explain that self-control is the key to success

       B．teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

      C．suggest ways for keeping self-control

       D．a(chǎn)dvise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends