In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort. One day, this approach threw me into embarrassment
In Mrs. Totten’s eighth-grade math class at Central Avenue School in Anderson, Indiana, we were learning to add and subtract decimals (小數(shù)).
Our teacher typically assigned daily homework, which would be recited in class the following day. On most days, our grades were based on our oral answer to homework questions.
Mrs. Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets. She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and work toward the other end.
Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer. This particular time, I had completed my usual two or three problems according to my calculations.
What I failed to expect was that several students were absent, which threw off my estimate. As Mrs. Totten made her way from the beginning of the class，I desperately tried to determine which math problem I would get. I tried to work it out before she got to me, but I had brain freeze and couldn’t function.
When Mrs. Totten reached my desk，she asked what answer I’d got for problem No. 14. “I…I didn’t get anything,”  I answered，and my face felt warm.
“Correct,” she said.
It turned out that the correct answer was zero.
What did I learn that day? First, always do all your homework. Second, in real life it isn’t always what you say but how you say it that matters. Third，I would never make it as a mathematician.
If I could choose one school day that taught me the most, it would be that one.
小題1:What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 indicate?

A． It is wise to value one’s time.

B． It is important to make an effort

C． It is right to stick to one’s belief.

D． It is enough to do the necessary.

小題2:Usually, Mrs. Totten asked her students to _______.

A． recite their homework together

B． grade their homework themselves

C． answer their homework questions orally

D． check the answers to their homework questions

小題3:The author could work out which questions to answer since the teacher always _______.

A． asked questions in a regular way

B． walked up and down when asking questions

C． chose two or three questions for the students

D． requested her students to finish their usual questions

小題4:The author failed to get the questions he had expected because _______.

A． the class didn’t begin as usual

B． several students didn’t come to school

C． he didn’t try hard to make his estimate

D． Mrs. Totten didn’t start from the back of the class

小題5:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A． An Unforgettable Teacher

B． A Future Mathematician

C． An Effective Approach

D． A Valuable Lesson

Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first         back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an       , he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn’t afford the       at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done      his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities       he didn’t have the time or the      . He had only one good suit. He tried       the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too       . During this period Dale was slowly       an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could        him from achieving his real potential. She       that Dale join the debating team, believing that      in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts       made it. This proved to be a       point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the       he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in       . Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they,       , were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to       his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to      an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And,       it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)dmitted B．filled C．supplied D．recognized

小題2:	A．a(chǎn)ssignment B．education C．a(chǎn)dvantage D．instruction

小題3:	A．training B．board C．teaching D．equipment

小題4:	A．between B．during C．over D．through

小題5:	A．while B．when C．because D．though

小題6:	A．permits B．interest C．talent D．clothes

小題7:	A．on B．for C．in D．with

小題8:	A．light B．flexible C．optimistic D．outgoing

小題9:	A．gaining B．a(chǎn)chieving C．developing D．obtaining

小題10:

A．prevent B．protect C．save D．free

小題11:

A．suggested B．demanded C．required D．insisted

小題12:

A．presence B．practice C．patience D．potential

小題13:

A．hopefully B．certainly C．finally D．naturally

小題14:

A．key B．breaking C．basic D．turning

小題15:

A．progress B．experience C．competence D．confidence

小題16:

A．horse-riding B．football C．speech D．farming

小題17:

A．in return B．in brief C．in turn D．in fact

小題18:

A．convey B．overcome C．understand D．build

小題19:

A．express B．stress C．contribute D．repeat

小題20:

A．besides B．beyond C．like D．with

There was a pet store and the owner had a parrot. One day a          walked in and the parrot said to the man ,“Hey you!” The man said, “What!?” The parrot said, “Your          is really ugly.” The man got very          and went to the store owner and said, “Your bird just          my wife. It said she was ugly.”
The owner stormed over,          the bird, took it into the “black room,” shook it a bit,          out a few feathers, and said, “Don’t ever, ever say anything to         my customers again. You got that�。。　�
With that          he took the bird and put it back into its cage. The old bird shook out its           and relaxed in its cage. A couple of weeks          and in walked this guy and his wife again. The parrot said, “Hey you!” The guy said, “What!?” The parrot answered, “You know that.”

小題1:	A．group B．team C．couple D．crowd

小題2:	A．wife B．sister C．mother D．daughter

小題3:	A．curious B．nervous C．guilty D．a(chǎn)ngry

小題4:	A．greeted B．puzzled C．offended D．scared

小題5:	A．hugged B．seized C．trained D．rescued

小題6:	A．sent B．handed C．pulled D．dug

小題7:	A．touch B．a(chǎn)muse C．cheat D．embarrass

小題8:	A．warning B．comment C．suggestion D．request

小題9:	A．eyes B．feathers C．fur D．skin

小題10:

A．lasted B．a(chǎn)rrived C．a(chǎn)ppeared D．passed

Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While         her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an)          in medicine. At 18 she married and          a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a          . Her husband supported her decision.
         , Canadian medical schools did not          women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study          at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to         her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte         to Montreal and set up a private        . Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a          doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte          herself operating on damaged limbs and setting          bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had          a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was        . The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to         her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to          her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to         a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte         to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993, 77 years after her         , a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”

小題1:	A．raising B．teaching C．nursing D．missing

小題2:	A．habit B．interest C．opinion D．voice

小題3:	A．invented B．selected C．offered D．started

小題4:	A．doctor B．musician C．lawyer D．physicist

小題5:	A．Besides B．Unfortunately C．Otherwise D．Eventually

小題6:	A．hire B．entertain C．trust D．a(chǎn)ccept

小題7:	A．history B．physics C．medicine D．law

小題8:	A．improve B．save C．design D．earn

小題9:	A．returned B．escaped C．spread D．wandered

小題10:

A．school B．museum C．clinic D．lab

小題11:

A．busy B．wealthy C．greedy D．lucky

小題12:

A．helped B．found C．troubled D．imagined

小題13:

A．harmful B．tired C．broken D．weak

小題14:

A．put away B．taken over C．turned in D．a(chǎn)pplied for

小題15:

A．punished B．refused C．blamed D．fired

小題16:

A．display B．change C．preview D．complete

小題17:

A．leave B．charge C．test D．cure

小題18:

A．sell B．donate C．issue D．show

小題19:

A．continued B．promised C．pretended D．dreamed

小題20:

A．birth B．death C．wedding D．graduation

One morning, Ann’s neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers（傳單）, and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann went to the dollar store and bought some pet supplies, warning her two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Ann’s son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was recovering from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still looking after the dog, whom they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog threw itself against the screen door and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley dashed into the boys’ room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, but as soon as Ann bent over to help him the dog went silent.
“If it hadn’t come to get me, the doctor said Jack would have died,” Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to claim the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.
The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peter recognized his lost dog and called the number on the flier. Tracy started crying, and told him, “That dog saved my friend’s son.”
Peter drove to Ann’s house to pick up his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, “Maybe Odie was supposed to find you, maybe you should keep it.”
小題1:What did Tracy do after finding the dog?

A．She looked for its owner

B．She gave it to Ann as a gift.

C．She sold it to the dollar store.

D．She bought some food for it.

小題2:How did the dog help save Jack?

A．By breaking the door for Ann.

B．By leading Ann to Jack’s room.

C．By dragging Jack out of the room.

D．By attending Jack when Ann was out.

小題3:What was Ann’s attitude to the dog according to Paragraph 4?

A．Sympathetic

B．Doubtful

C．Tolerant

D．Grateful

小題4:For what purpose did Peter call Tracy?

A．To help her friend’s son.	B．To interview Tracy
C．To take back his dog.	D．To return the flier to her.

小題5:What can we infer about the dog from the last paragraph?

A．It would be given to Odie.

B．It would be kept by Ann’ family.

C．It would be returned to Peter.

D．It would be taken away by Tracy.

It was one of those terribly hot days in Baltimore. Needless to say, it was too hot to do anything outside. But it was also scorching in our apartment. This was 1962, and I would not live in a place with an air conditioner for another ten years. So my brother and I decided to leave the apartment to find someplace indoors. He suggested we could see a movie. It was a brilliant plan.
Movie theaters were one of the few places you could sit all day and—most important —sit in air conditioning. In those days, you could buy one ticket and sit through two movies. Then, the theater would show the same two movies again. If you wanted to, you could sit through them twice. Most people did not do that, but the manager at our theater. Mr. Bellow did not mind if you did.
That particular day, my brother and I sat through both movies twice, trying to escape the heat. We bought three bags of popcorn and three sodas each. Then, we sat and watched The Music Man followed by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. We’d already seen the second movie once before. It had been at the theater since January, because Mr. Bellow loved anything with John Wayne in it.
We left the theater around 8, just before the evening shows began. But we returned the next day and saw the same two movies again, twice more. And we did it the next day too. Finally, on the fourth day, the heat wave broke.
Still, to this day I can sing half the songs in The Music Man and recite half of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart’s dialogue from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance! Those memories are some of the few I have of the heat wave of 1962. They’re really memories of the screen, not memories of my life.
小題1:In which year did the author first live in a place with an air conditioner?

A．1952

B．1962

C．1972

D．1982

小題2:What does the underlined word”It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The heat

B．The theater.

C．The Music Man

D．The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

小題3:What do we know about Mr. Bellow? 

A．He loved children very much.

B．He was a fan of John Wayne.

C．He sold air conditioners.

D．He was a movie star.

小題4:Why did the author and his/her brother see the same movies several times?

A．The two movies were really wonderful.

B．They wanted to avoid the heat outside.

C．The manager of the theater was friendly.

D．They liked the popcorn and the soda at the theater.

小題5:What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．The author turned out to be a great singer.

B．The author enjoyed the heat wave of 1962.

C．The author’s life has been changed by the two movies.

D．The author considers the experience at the theater unforgettable.

Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholders. She became known as “Mumbet” or “Mum Bett.”
For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashley’s wife tried to strike Mumbet’s sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued(起訴) for her freedom.
While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her. Eventually, Mumbet won her freedom---- the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new constitution.
Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants(后裔). One of her great-grandchildren was W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the founder of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights.
Mumbet’s tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried. It reads, in part: “She was born a slave and remained a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.” 
小題1:What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?

A．She was born a slave

B．She was a slaveholder

C．She had a famous sister

D．She was born into a rich family

小題2:Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys?

A．She found an employer

B．She wanted to be a lawyer

C．She was hit and got angry

D．She had to take care of her sister

小題3:What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new consititution?

A．She should always obey her owners’ orders

B．She should be as free and equal as whites

C．How to be a good servant

D．How to apply for a job

小題4:What did Mumbet do after the trial?

A．She chose to work for a lawyer

B．She found the NAACP

C．She continued to serve the Ashleys

D．She went to live with her grandchildren

小題5:What is the test mainly about?

A．A story of a famous writer and spokesperson

B．The friendship between a lawyer and a slave

C．The life of a brave African American woman

D．A trial that shocked the whole world

My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松雞). It's         for a grouse to have any contact (接觸) with people. In fact, they're hard to spot,       they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in     Tom was working out in the field when he      her walking around at the edge of the field. She was       unafraid and seemed to be      about what he was doing.
Tom saw the       bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew       of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom      he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be       . She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then       off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the        and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to        more and more often.       Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a        of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt        not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a        at the end of our driveway asking       not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road,        warned people not to shoot her.       . hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

小題1:	A．interesting B．reasonable C．impossible D．unusual

小題2:	A．though B．because C．unless D．until

小題3:	A．spring B．summer C．a(chǎn)utumn D．winter

小題4:	A．got B．kept C．noticed D．imagined

小題5:	A．naturally B．certainly C．normally D．surprisingly

小題6:	A．crazy B．curious C．concerned D．cautious

小題7:	A．shy B．a(chǎn)wkward C．friendly D．elegant

小題8:	A．careful B．tired C．fond D．sick

小題9:	A．supposed B．realized C．hoped D．pretended

小題10:

A．ignored B．observed C．a(chǎn)mazed D．disturbed

小題11:

A．put B．back C．set D．take

小題12:

A．game B．work C．place D．man

小題13:

A．give up B．come out C．turn over D．fly by

小題14:

A．Eventually B．Suddenly C．Constantly D．Presently

小題15:

A．chance B．dream C．picture D．sense

小題16:

A．comfortable B．guilty C．a(chǎn)nxious D．familiar

小題17:

A．lantern B．sign C．gun D．loudspeaker

小題18:

A．drivers B．farmers C．hunters D．tourists

小題19:

A．just B．yet C．thus D．a(chǎn)lso

小題20:

A．In fact B．For long C．On the contrary D．By the way

In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.
We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom's vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn't care much about my bedtime.
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little Are going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel（桶） of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when 1 made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me
Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. 1 hadn't turned 5 yet.
As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?
As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder (駕雪橇者), I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.
In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d'Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.
小題1:What can be inferred about the author's family?

A．His father was a cruel man.

B．His parents didn't love him.

C．His parents used to be very busy.

D．His mother didn't have any jobs.

小題2:What happened when the author was 4?

A．He learned to smoke.

B．He was locked in a basement.

C．He was arrested by the police.

D．He nearly caused a fire accident.

小題3:Which of the following is true?

A．Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.

B．The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.

C．Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950.

D．The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.

小題4:What is the author's purpose of writing the text?

A．To look back on his childhood with adventures.

B．To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.

C．To express how much he misses Leonhard.

D．To show off his pride in making trouble.

A schoolgirl saved her father's life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic (過(guò)敏的) reaction which stopped his heart.
Izzy, nine, restarted father Colm's heart by stamping (踩) on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing.
Izzy's mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use CPR.
However, she quickly discovered her arms weren't strong enough, so she stamped on her father's chest .Debbie then took over with some more conventional chest compressions (按壓) until the ambulance arrived .
Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said: "I just kicked him really hard. My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn't strong enough to use hands. I was quite scared. The doctor said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse. My mum said that Dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his
"She's a little star," said Debbie, "i was really upset but Izzy just took over. I just can't believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the doctor turned up. Colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and we've got to see an expert."
Truck driver Colm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment.
He has now made a full recovery from his suffering.
小題1:Izzy kicked her father in the chest ______ .

A．to express her helplessness	B．to practise CPR on him
C．to keep him awake	D．to restart his heart

小題2:What's the right order of the events?
1Izzy kicked Colm.
2Debbie called 999.
3Izzy learned CPR.
4Colm's heart stopped.

A．3124

B．4231

C．3421

D．4312

小題3:What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?

A．What Colm suffered.

B．Colm's present condition.

C．What caused Colm's allergy.

D．Symptoms of Colm's allergic reaction.

小題4:Why does the author write the news?

A．To describe a serious accident.

B．To prove the importance of CPR.

C．To report a 9-year-old girl's brave act.

D．To call people's attention to allergic reaction.