通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各題所給的A、 B、C、D四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案。
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I        that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,        he knew me. The man had a newspaper        in front of him, which he was        to read, but I could       that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my        the man was clearly confused by the       way in which the waiter and I        each other. He seemed even more puzzled as        went on and it became        that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the       . When he came out, he paid his bill and      without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had      . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (偵探). He        you here because he thought you were the man be       . ” “What?” I said, showing my       . The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I        say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a       ”. “Well, it’s really        I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said. “     , I might have been in trouble. ”

小題1:	A．knew B．understood C．noticed D．recognized

小題2:	A．since B．even if C．though D．as if

小題3:	A．flat B．open C．cut D．fixed

小題4:	A．hoping B．thinking C．pretending D．continuing

小題5:	A．see B．find C．guess D．learn

小題6:	A．menu B．bill C．paper D．food

小題7:	A．direct B．familiar C．strange D．funny

小題8:	A．chatted with B．looked at C．laughed at D．talked about

小題9:	A．the waiter B．time C．I D．the dinner

小題10:

A．true B．hopeful C．clear D．possible

小題11:

A．restaurant B．washroom C．office D．kitchen

小題12:

A．left B．acted C．sat down D．calmed down

小題13:

A．wanted B．tried C．ordered D．wished

小題14:

A．met B．caught C．followed D．discovered

小題15:

A．was to beat B．was dealing with C．was to meet D．was looking for

小題16:

A．care B．surprise C．worry D．regret

小題17:

A．must B．can C．need D．may

小題18:

A．discovery B．mistake C．decision D．fortune

小題19:

A．a pity B．natural C．a chance D．lucky

小題20:

A．Thus B．However C．Otherwise D．Therefore

The moment happened 30 yours ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had       up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first       of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a      . A few minutes nap（小睡）time before class couldn’t     , I thought.
BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my      beating wildly trying to find the cause of the       . My young professor was looking at me with a boyish（孩子氣的）smile on his face. He had deliberately  dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said still      . “I am glad to see everyone is awake. Now let’s get started. ”
For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the      of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the fascinating discussion he led. With knowledge and good      he made the material come alive. His insight was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he      with were contagious（有感染力的）. I       the classroom not only wide awake, but a little smarter and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than not       in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life，do it well，do it with       . What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk（夢游）your way through      then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too       not to live it well.

小題1:	A．took B．divided C．stayed D．put

小題2:	A．class B．test C．task D．lecture

小題3:	A．platform B．pillow C．carpet D．wall

小題4:	A．benefit B．help C．last D．hurt

小題5:	A．heart B．mind C．thought D．head

小題6:	A．trouble B．noise C．failure D．incident

小題7:	A．smiling B．talking C．complaining D．shouting

小題8:	A．sound B．shock C．interruption D．blow

小題9:	A．gesture B．sense C．humor D．design

小題10:

A．taught B．spread C．combined D．started

小題11:

A．decorated B．filled C．left D．entered

小題12:

A．discussing B．speaking C．cheating D．sleeping

小題13:

A．joy B．speed C．aim D．determination

小題14:

A．work B．life C．journey D．college

小題15:

A．hard B．complex C．short D．simple

My parents influenced us with the concepts of family, faith and love for one’s motherland when l was young．Even though we struggled to make ends meet, they stressed how fortunate we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities．
I got my first real job when l was ten．My dad, Benjamin, injured his back working in a cardboard - box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist．He rented space in a little mall and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr．Ben's Coiffure．
The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. to pick up rubbish. Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower．Mom and I emptied rubbish cans and picked up rubbish by hand．It took two to three hours to clean the lot．I'd s1eep in the car on the way home. I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime, I acquired discipline(自制力) and a strong work morality(道德), and learned at an early age the importance of balancing life's competing interests---in my case, school, homework and a job．This really helped during my senior year of high school, when l worked 40 hours a week flipping hamburgers at a fast–food joint while taking a full load of college-prepared courses．The hard work paid off．I attended the U．S．Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degree in law and business from Harvard．Later, I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state committee．In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot．The experience taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to provide for themselves and their families, that is something we should honor．
小題1:According to the text, the author thinks           .

A．he is lucky to have many chances to get a job

B．it is difficult to find a job to make ends meet

C．his parents are full of complaint about their life

D．it is not acceptable to live in such bad conditions

小題2: In order to get a discount on rent,           .

A．his father had to work as a hairstylist

B．his father had to work in a cardboard - box factory

C．they had to clean the-parking lot three nights a week

D．his father had to pick up litter by hand three hours a day

小題3:Which of the following is NOT true of the author?

A．He got the graduate degrees from Harvard．

B．He took a college - prep courses at high school．

C．He took a part-time job during his senior year．

D．He regretted having worked in the parking lot．

小題4:What does the underlined sentence "The hard work paid off" mean?

A．The author got a high pay by working hard．

B．The author complained of the hard work．

C．The effort which he made had no effect．

D．The hard work was worthwhile for the author．

小題5:We can learn from the text that _   

A．it is unimaginable for a child to help his family

B．it is honored to work for one's family as a member

C．it is unnecessary to keep work rules-of behavior

D．the harder the work is, the more interest one shows

I grew up in Jamaica Plain. My best friend Rose and I used to dream about raising a family of our own someday and living next door to one another.
Our dream remained alive through school and beyond. Rose was my maid of honor when I married Dick. Later, Dick was stationed in Alaska and we moved. Rose was sad to see me leave, but wished me the best of luck. We remained in touch for a few years before we lost track. 
　 I thought of her several times over the years. All of my children now have families of their own, and Dick passed away a few years ago. Basically, a lifetime has passed. Then one day, near my 80th birthday, I received a phone call “Hi Natalie, it’s Rose,” the voice on the other end said, “ I don’t know if you remember me, but we used to be best friends in Jamaica Plain when we were kids.” 
　　We have spent hours on the phone catching up. Even after 52 years of separation our personalities and interests are still extremely similar. We both share a passion for several hobbies that we each picked up independently several years after we lost touch with one another. It almost feels like we are picking up right where we left off.
Her husband died a few years ago as well, but she mailed me several photographs of her family that were taken over the years. It’s so crazy, just looking at the photos and listening to her description of her family reminds me of my own: a reasonably large, healthy family. Part of me feels like we led fairly similar lives.
I don’t think the similarities between our two lives are a coincidence either. I think it shows that we didn’t just call each other best friend; we truly were best friends and even now we can be best friends again. Real friends have two things in common: a compatible(相容的)personality and a strong-willed character. The compatible personality is what starts the connection between two people. A strong-willed character at both ends is what maintains the connection. If those two ingredients are present in a friendship, the friendship is for real, It can pass the tests of time and long distance between one another and will never disappear
小題1:From the passage we may know that the author       .

A．lived next door to Rose in her childhood

B．was Rose’s maid of honor when she was married

C．lost touch of Rose since she moved to Alaska

D．missed her friend although they lost contact

小題2:After 52 years of separation, they       .

A．had a lot to talk on the phone

B．sent each other photographs of their family

C．they lived the same life

D．developed different personalities and hobbies

小題3:The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to       .

A．Rose’s description

B．coincidence

C．best friend

D．the similarities between our two lives

小題4:The author thinks that       .

A．the similarities between their lives are coincident

B．although they’re not best friends, they have much in commom.

C．they both have a compatible personality and a strong-willed character

D．only those who have similar characters can be real friends

Over the last six years I have learned what patience is. Growing up I did not have this virtue（優(yōu)點）and it is a very important virtue to have. Now I can see that if you are patient you will almost always get what you want if you are supposed to have it. I gained patience when I lost my freedom. I knew that I would eventually get it back in time.
I was locked up in prison for a period of six years because at 19 years old I was playing with a handgun and I accidentally shot and killed my friend. The first couple of years was the hardest.I was always stressed out about everything.Time was dragging by because I was always paying attention to it.While I was locked up，Tom who I talked to helped put this virtue in me.He told me that it was possible that he would never make it home but that being patient and believing that one day he would was what had made him feel better.After a while I realized why he said a lot of things to me.Once I stopped paying attention to the days and just kept in mind that I would get freedom，it seemed that my time passed quickly.
Now I am home and can see that patience paid off for me. I now use this virtue in my daily activities. I know that sometimes life gets hard and that it will pay in the end to stay patient and not to get discouraged. So if you are having a hard time in life，be patient and it will eventually work out one way or another.
小題1:We can learn from the passage that the writer ______.

A．got patience in prison

B．always wants to know what patience is

C．began to teach others how to be patient

D．is a successful man now through failure

小題2:The writer was put in prison because he ______.

A．sold handguns

B．stole a handgun

C．played handguns with friends

D．killed his friend accidentally with a handgun

小題3:During the first few years when he was in prison the writer ______.

A．made a couple of good friends

B．thought time passed too slowly

C．felt his life was full of unexpected things

D．was very nervous and frightened

小題4:In the writer's opinion people will get a good result at last if they ______.

A．try their best to help others

B．turn to others for help

C．keep patient and don't lose heart

D．set different goals and keep them up

Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold_ _he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had_  schooling, for being so poor, how could they_ _school fees? 
When he was fifteen, he worked     a servant in a school.Looking at other children studying in the classroom，he felt_  _for himself.How he__ _to have the same chance! He decided to study by__ _.In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he__ _stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he_ _during the day. He worked_ _hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater_ _he showed in his lessons. A math teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and_ __him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the_ _one in the whole school who reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship if he__ _a regular student of the school.
Robeson_ _through six long years with his study of math and wrote several articles which captured the_   of some university professors.They admired his talent__ __his diligence.To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and_ _him free guidance.Robeson felt_ _, for he was sure that before him there was a broad road_ _success.

小題1:	A．whether B．which C．that D．what 、

小題2:	A．many B．few C．little D．much

小題3:	A．buy B．afford C．send D．read

小題4:	A．as B．like C．for D．by

小題5:	A．angry B．happy C．proud D．sorry

小題6:	A．hated B．decided C．wished D．regretted

小題7:	A．the teacher B．himself C．his parents D．his schoolmates

小題8:	A．could B．ought to C．should D．would

小題9:	A．had learned B．has been taught C．has heard D．had been written down

小題10:

A．very B．so C．too D．quite

小題11:

A．joy B．interest C．time D．taste

小題12:

A．allowed B．agreed C．let D．refused

小題13:

A．worst B．only C．last D．laziest

小題14:

A．had been B．has been C．is D．was

小題15:

A．learned B．listened C．mastered D．struggled

小題16:

A．notice B．influence C．eyes D．attention

小題17:

A．except for B．according to C．as well as D．in spite of

小題18:

A．taught B．offered C．lent D．sent

小題19:

A．sad B．angry C．happy D．disappointed

小題20:

A．leading to B．coming from C．made of D．covered with

After a terrible electrical accident，which caused him to become both blind and deaf，the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family，especially his wife，did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.
One hot summer afternoon，he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet，but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree. He was trembling badly，but when he opened his eyes，he could hardly believe what he saw——a plough and a wall. When Mrs Edwards came running up to him，shouting to their neighbors to call for help，he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.
The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread，and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However，none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that，since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of sudden shock，perhaps，the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.
小題1:The reason for Robert's attempts to kill himself was that________.

A．a terrible traffic accident happened to him

B．he had to live in a dark and silent world

C．he was struck by the lightning once more

D．nobody in the world cared about him

小題2:What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning?

A．Sheltering for the rain under a tree.

B．Driving a car.

C．Taking a walk with a stick.

D．Lying on the ground.

小題3:What did Robert see first when he regained his sight after the shock?

A．His wife.

B．His neighbours.

C．A plough and a wall.

D．Many doctors.

小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Robert had been deaf and blind for nearly ten years.

B．Robert hid himself under the tree for 20 minutes.

C．Robert could hear his wife's shouting for help when he woke up.

D．The family's love helped Robert regain confidence to live.

小題5:We can infer from the text that________.

A．there was no accurate explanation for Robert's recovery

B．many doctors came because Robert was badly injured

C．Robert's wife sent for doctors immediately after the shock

D．a sudden injury in the head led to Robert's recovery

When I was little, my mother sold flowers at Camden Market in London, She couldn't leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her. As I grew older, I began to give my mom a hand and I really enjoyed it.
Things changed when I was 14. My grandma gave me a book for Christmas, which was all about making candles . I loved it so much that I spent all my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.
One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. To my surprise, they were sold out in 20 minutes! The next week, my mom gave me some money to buy some wax (蠟) to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too.
Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mom and I couldn't make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I paid them one pound for every candle, and we used to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun. and my friends worked with me in the market.
When I was 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop on Portobello Road. Since then, I've never looked back, even in difficult times. At the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from designing furniture to paintings.
小題1:The sentence "I began to give my mom a hand" means"          ".

A．I began to give my mom some gifts

B．I began to help my mom sell flowers

C．I began to wash my hands before working

D．I began to get along better with my morn

小題2:What did the writer do in her free time when she was 14？

A．She talked with her mother at the market.

B．She played with her school friends at home.

C．She read all kinds of books about Christmas

D．She made candles of different shapes and sizes.

小題3:The right order of the following things is
a. The writer's morn stopped selling flowers.
b. The writer went to the market with some candles.
c. The writer bought candles from her friends and sold them well.
d. The writer's morn fell ill.
e. The writer's candles sold well.

A．bdeac

B．bedac

C．adbec

D．dbeac

小題4:The writer’s uncle helped her open a shop by         when she was 22.

A．buying her a shop	B．teaching her basic skills
C．lending her some money	D．working together with her

小題5:From the passage you can learn that you should        .

A．spend all your free time on developing your interests

B．have your own idea and work hard to make it succeed

C．get as much support as you can from your family

D．hold on to your dreams and never give up

My teenage son Karl refused to communicate with others after his father died. As a        parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card         during his junior year, it said that he had been         95 times from classes and had six         grades for the year. At this rate he         never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even         him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so         that I got down on my knees and prayed for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything         for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man         himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.”         he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came         out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has        . It’ s out of my hands.” For a moment there was         on the other end of the line. The headmaster         said, “Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked         in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I         a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were         at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I        . “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really         me how much I was hurting you. That's         I knew I had to make you proud.”

小題1:	A．confident B．wise C．single D．busy

小題2:	A．arrived B．finished C．returned D．proved

小題3:	A．naughty B．troublesome C．absent D．present

小題4:	A．failing B．satisfying C．disappointing D．surprising

小題5:	A．must B．need C．would D．should

小題6:	A．convinced B．forced C．persuaded D．begged

小題7:	A．powerless B．useless C．homeless D．meaningless

小題8:	A．better B．worse C．less D．more

小題9:	A．described B．regarded C．introduced D．explained

小題10:

A．Before B．When C．After D．While

小題11:

A．speaking B．pouring C．running D．putting

小題12:

A．continued B．operated C．affected D．worked

小題13:

A．silence B．anger C．sadness D．surprise

小題14:

A．painfully B．happily C．seriously D．jokingly

小題15:

A．progress B．advance C．improvement D．encouragement

小題16:

A．attended B．joined C．arranged D．organized

小題17:

A．concerned B．disturbed C．embarrassed D．astonished

小題18:

A．shook B．nodded C．smiled D．replied

小題19:

A．beat B．hit C．frightened D．confused

小題20:

A．when B．how C．why D．where

He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the rescue workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave, carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Maria gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino, from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.
Now, using the teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the unknown child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer. "They've taken care of him for 100 years."
小題1:The baby travelled on the Titanic with his_______.

A．mother

B．parents

C．aunt

D．relatives

小題2:What is probably the boy's last name?

A．Schleiferi

B．Eino.

C．Magda.

D．Panula.

小題3:Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child's grave on Nov. 5  _______.

A．1912

B．1954

C．2012

D．2004

小題4:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word recover?

A．uncover

B．find

C．bury

D．gather

小題5:This text is mainly about how______________.

A．the unknown baby's body was taken from the north Atlantic

B．the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia

C．people found out who the unknown baby was

D．people took care of the unknown baby for 100 years