A young woman was driving alone through the country. It     dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she    a lift.
“I can’t      her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself , so she stopped the car and opened the door.
“Do you want a lift?” she asked, the old woman nodded and      the car. After a while she said to the old woman, “Have you      for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,”       the young woman. She tried again, “Bad weather for the time      year,” she said. The old woman nodded. Although the driver tried some more , the lady said      except for a nod of the      or something else .
Then the young woman      the lady’s hands. They were very large and with thick hair. Suddenly she knew the lady was a     ! She stopped the car. “I can’t see that mirror      ,” she said, “Would you mind cleaning it for me?” The lady nodded and opened the door.
As soon as the lady was      the car, the woman drove off quickly. When she got to the next village, she      . She found that the old lady had left a handbag behind. She picked it up and opened it . She gave out a deep breath.        the bag was a gun!

小題1:	A．was getting B．did C．was doing D．was coming

小題2:	A．liked B．asked C．had D．needed

小題3:	A．throw B．leave C．make D．let

小題4:	A．took in B．get off C．climbed into D．went to

小題5:	A．lain B．kept C．sat D．waited

小題6:	A．thought B．said C．spoke D．talked

小題7:	A．out B．off C．in D．of

小題8:	A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything

小題9:	A．hand B．head C．face D．eye

小題10:

A．searched B．knew C．saw D．looked

小題11:

A．boy B．girl C．woman D．man

小題12:

A．quickly B．clearly C．carefully D．slowly

小題13:

A．on B．out of C．into D．in

小題14:

A．feared B．slept C．stood D．stopped

小題15:

A．On B．Out of C．Inside D．Outside

閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
A group of frogs was traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a pit(坑). All the other frogs gathered around it and watched as the two frogs tried to jump out. The pit was very deep and it looked as if there was no way      , so they started yelling at the two frogs to       . "The pit is too deep. You will die," they said together. When the       frogs kept trying, the crowd yelled      . After a while, one of the frogs believed what the others were saying, and fell down and      .
But      , the second frog kept jumping hard       the negative remarks of those that kept yelling at her to accept the       and just die. Finally, with one big leap, she       it out of the pit! 
In fact, the second frog was       and unable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they had been       her on the entire time they were yelling! What she had       considered as encouragement       her to try harder and succeed. And that made all the      ! 
With a positive       and being deaf to others' opinions, the second frog reached her goals by using such       as encouragement, instead of being       by others like the first frog, who failed to develop her       to struggle for survival.      , when we overcome others' criticism or       comments, we can do anything we set our minds to, just as the second frog did.

小題1:	A．away B．out C．on D．over

小題2:	A．give up B．give out C．drop out D．drop in

小題3:	A．lost B．missed C．trapped D．tired

小題4:	A．higher B．louder C．clearer D．bigger

小題5:	A．died B．stopped C．rested D．watched

小題6:	A．obviously B．disappointingly C．undoubtedly D．amazingly

小題7:	A．besides B．for C．despite D．except

小題8:	A．problem B．life C．chance D．fate

小題9:	A．made B．jumped C．took D．saved

小題10:

A．dumb B．deaf C．lame D．blind

小題11:

A．calling B．holding C．cheering D．pushing

小題12:

A．mistakenly B．Brightly C．roughly D．perfectly

小題13:

A．let B．attracted C．inspired D．kept

小題14:

A．result B．difference C．achievement D．progress

小題15:

A．expression B．Emotion C．soul D．attitude

小題16:

A．possibility B．certainty C．cruelty D．negativity

小題17:

A．influenced B．threatened C．suspected D．advised

小題18:

A．energy B．spirit C．potential D．mood

小題19:

A．However B．Thus C．Finally D．Actually

小題20:

A．surprising B．annoying C．discouraging D．confusing

In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah, Michigan kept a bull chained to an elm (榆樹). The bull paced around the tree, dragging the heavy iron chain, which led to a groove (槽) in the bark . The groove deepened over the years. Though for whatever reason, it did not kill the tree.
After some years, the family took their bull away. They cut the chain, leaving the loop around the tree and one link hanging down.
Then one year, agricultural disaster struck Michigan in the form of Dutch Elm Disease. All of the elms lining the road leading to the farm became infected and died. Everyone thought that the old elm would be the next.
The farm owners considered doing the safe thing: pulling it out and cutting it up into firewood before it died. But they simply could not bring themselves to do it. It was as if the old tree had become a family friend. So they decided to let nature take its course.
Amazingly, the tree did not die. Nobody could understand why it was the only elm still standing in the county!
Plant experts from Michigan State University came out to observe the tree. They observed the scar left by the iron chain, now almost completely covered by bark. The experts decided that it was the chain that saved the elm’s life. They reasoned that the tree must have absorbed so much iron from the chain that it became immune to the virus.
　It’s said that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Or, as Earnest Hemingway put it, "Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the broken places."
小題1:What did the family do with the elm when the agricultural disaster hit Michigan one year?

A．They invited plant experts to observe it.

B．They pulled it out and chopped it up into firewood.

C．They prevented it from being infected by the disease.

D．They did nothing and just let it be.

小題2:Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．A groove formed because of natural forces.

B．The family decided to keep the tree because they had become attached to it.

C．All of the elms in Beulah, Michigan died of the disease.

D．The plant experts advised the family to chop it down.

小題3:What actually saved the elm?

A．The bull.

B．The groove.

C．The iron chain.

D．The experts.

小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Let nature take its course

B．Strengthened by our wounds

C．Constant dripping wears away a stone

D．Bend, but don’t break

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
I was hard at work on a museum project when the client(客戶) suddenly canceled it. In January, my __  told me I was no longer needed. I had just $1,000 in savings.
I      one interview after searching the Internet for architecture jobs, but      came of it. Finally, I took a job as a      in a restaurant. I knew I’d have to find a place to live that    less than the $500 a month I was paying.
I went to see a bedroom for rent. The landlord(房東)      me $500 for it, but he said I could have it for $350 if he maintained control of the closet for storage, I told him later,“I don’t want the bedroom,      I’m interested in the closet” I suggested that I pay $150 a month for it. He thought I was     .
The closet measured just 5.5 feet      14 feet. With my experience, I was      I could make it into a great living space. I    it for three days. I measured old pieces of wood that people donated. It was like putting together a     .
In March, I moved in. It was a legal rental. The landlord      a door so I’d have access to a kitchen and bathroom, which I      with three other tenants(租客). I had a mini-fridge, a microwave, and a storage bin for dry goods. I      a loft(閣樓) for my bed, TV, and DVD player.
On my website, I’ve posted      of my new home, and that’s      some freelance(自由職業(yè)的) design work. A few more      and I’ll be able to afford a new place. That’s definitely a(an)      thing: My girlfriend, Susan, and I are engaged, and once we’re married next March, I’m sure I’ll leave my little closet     .
But now I know that I don’t need much to live well.

小題1:	A．teacher B．officer C．doctor D．boss

小題2:	A．ordered B．acquired C．watched D．prepared

小題3:	A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything

小題4:	A．worker B．player C．waiter D．student

小題5:	A．cost B．earned C．saved D．spent

小題6:	A．proved B．charged C．named D．called

小題7:	A．and B．so C．or D．but

小題8:	A．joking B．quarreling C．bargaining D．talking

小題9:	A．to B．for C．by D．on

小題10:

A．negative B．confident C．afraid D．curious

小題11:

A．mended B．painted C．covered D．designed

小題12:

A．secret B．problem C．puzzle D．game

小題13:

A．cut out B．cut off C．cut up D．cut in

小題14:

A．worked B．studied C．played D．shared

小題15:

A．took B．made C．drew D．imagined

小題16:

A．pictures B．desks C．windows D．books

小題17:

A．brought out B．brought up C．brought in D．brought down

小題18:

A．chances B．jobs C．items D．gifts

小題19:

A．unique B．challenging C．genuine D．excellent

小題20:

A．behind B．forward C．ahead D．upside

Angela at the age of 11years old was badly ill and she was attacked by a rare disease influencing her nerve system(神經系統(tǒng)). She was unable to     and her movement was limited (限制) in other ways as well．The doctors did not hold much       of her recovering from this illness. They said she would       the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They also said that few were able to come back to their     level after suffering from this disease. However, the little girl was       . There, lying in her hospital bed, she      that she was going to be walking again someday.
Angela was moved to a(an)       hospital in San Francisco, where she could get better after the illness．All the treatments(治療)that could be used to her disease were     . The doctors praised her,       she never once thought of giving up. They taught her about      seeing herself walking. If it would do       else, it would at least give her hope and something optimistic(樂觀的)in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela worked as hard as possible in physical treatment，and in exercise periods. Also she worked hard when she lay there,       herself moving，moving, moving!
One day，     she was trying，with all her determination, to imagine her legs moving again，it seemed as though something       happened: the bed moved! it began to move around the room! She       out, “Look what I'm doing! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved!”
Of course，at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was crying aloud and running for       .Everything started to       .People felt that the floor moved back and forth a bit like being on a boat on gentle waves(浪)．You see，it was the San Francisco earthquake．Angela didn’t know that．Instead，she felt       that she did it.
And now only a few years later, she’s back in school, on her own      . No wheelchair, no sticks to help her. You see, anyone who can shake the earth can        a little disease, can’t they?

小題1:	A．speak B．watch C．smell D．walk

小題2:	A．breath B．hope C．position D．power

小題3:	A．lose B．spend C．share D．bring

小題4:	A．usual B．exact C．local D．low

小題5:	A．careless B．fearless C．harmless D．selfless

小題6:	A．introduced B．wondered C．dreamed D．requested

小題7:	A．language B．experiment C．performance D．recovery

小題8:	A．needed B．conquered C．guided D．viewed

小題9:	A．or B．but C．though D．for

小題10:

A．admitting B．imagining C．suggesting D．considering

小題11:

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

小題12:

A．mirroring B．streaming C．picturing D．cornering

小題13:

A．until B．after C．before D．while

小題14:

A．annoying B．frightening C．disappointing D．surprising

小題15:

A．cried B．pointed C．spoke D．read

小題16:

A．distance B．order C．shelter D．space

小題17:

A．shake B．escape C．return D．avoid

小題18:

A．stupid B．certain C．sorry D．comfortable

小題19:

A．hands B．eyes C．legs D．arms

小題20:

A．develop B．treat C．catch D．beat

Richard’s father died when he was five. Later on he      his mother again. The poor boy had to live on his own, so he went to work for a rich farmer, who paid him nothing except food and clothes. An old woman felt      for him and often helped him. The boy wanted to go to      very much, but he had no money. But he never gave up and found some old books near the school and      himself to read and write.
There was a narrow path（小路） between two mountains which connected the village and the town. One morning people      there was a big stone on the path. It brought them difficulty: they had to cross the mountains to the town, or they had to move it away.      the stone weighed at least thirty tons and even the strongest young man couldn’t move it. They      for a long time, but nobody knew what to do.
Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, “I have a      to move it away.” But      people believed him. Some villagers even laughed at him. The night fell and people went back. Only the boy stayed there. To their surprise, the villagers found the stone was       the next morning. They didn’t know who had moved it away. The old woman said Richard had done it all by himself.
“How could he?” the rich farmer called out, “He’s      fifteen! He couldn’t move it at all!”
“He dug(挖掘) a big hole beside the stone.” said the old woman, “and then he could       push it into the hole!”
Looking at each other, the villagers couldn’t say a word.

小題1:	A．lost B．loved C．supported D．helped

小題2:	A．angry B．proud C．sorry D．excited

小題3:	A．town B．mountain C．school D．bed

小題4:	A．asked B．taught C．agreed D．caused

小題5:	A．found B．believed C．asked D．counted

小題6:	A．For B．So C．And D．But

小題7:	A．cried B．stayed C．played D．discussed

小題8:	A．book B．question C．text D．way

小題9:	A．few B．most C．many D．some

小題10:

A．broken B．heavier C．gone D．smaller

小題11:

A．mainly B．only C．nearly D．already

小題12:

A．excitedly B．easily C．luckily D．happily

I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors’ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon.
Several months later, I found I couldn’t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, “Why doesn’t she clean her window? It looks terrible!”
One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!
The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging others.
小題1:How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage?

A．One years

B．Two years.

C．Three years.

D．Four years.

小題2:What did the woman do every afternoon?

A．Read by her window.	B．played tennis on the grass.
C．Danced in her house.	D．sang in front of the house.

小題3:The writer couldn’t see the woman clearly because ______________.

A．the writer’s window was dirty

B．the woman’s house was too far

C．the woman didn’t open her window

D．there was something wrong with his eyes.

小題4:The underlined word “ashamed” means _________________.

A．高興的

B．放松的

C．羞愧的

D．自豪的

小題5: According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to __________________.

A．clean the house

B．judge others

C．help neighbors

D．learn English

When Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers ‘What?’ and ‘How?’ and ‘Why?’
They couldn’t always tell him what he wanted to know．
When they couldn’t tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself．
Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, ‘That is Ben Franklin! He’s always finding out something new!’
Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water．
One day Ben said to himself: ‘Why can’t the wind help me float across the water? And I’m going to try.’ Ben got his big kite．He took hold of the kite string and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air．Then Ben jumped into the water．
The wind blew the kite high into the air．Ben began to float across the water．Soon he was on the other side, and he had not worked at all．
One boy shouted, ‘Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!’
‘Yes,’ said another. ‘He’s always finding new ways to do things.’
小題1: When he was only a child, Ben____________.

A．liked to fly a kite by himself

B．always asked easy questions

C．always liked to play with water

D．always liked to find out how things worked

小題2:His father and brothers_____________.

A．couldn’t answer all his questions

B．could answer all his questions

C．tried hard to find out something new for him

D．were too busy to answer his questions

小題3: How did Ben Franklin float across the water? _______________.

A．The other boy took him across it.	B．The water carried him across it.
C．The flying kite took him across it.	D．A boat took him across it.

小題4:He found out many things that______________.

A．children didn’t know	B．his father knew
C．people didn’t know	D．most people knew

小題5: From the story we can see that young Ben Franklin liked____________.

A．using his mind

B．using his hands

C．making kites

D．flying kites

The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination. ____, recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived  ____ for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son   ___.
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long      over the hills. They had been ___ _ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days  ____. To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some ____.
One morning , the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert __ that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of ___ . "What's that?" he asked. "That's the _ _ treasure," said the boy. Robert suddenly _ ___something of an adventure story in the boy’s _ _ . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the _ _ a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate(海盜)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the __ __ of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   ____ such a man in a story. _ __ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was _ ___.
So, thanks to a___ ___ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of greatest _ ____ stories in the English language.

小題1:	A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Finally

小題2:	A．alone B．next door C．at home D．abroad

小題3:	A．meeting B．story C．holiday D．job

小題4:	A．Lloyd B．Robert C．Henley D．John

小題5:	A．talk B．rest C．walk D．game

小題6:	A．attempting B．missing C．planning D．enjoying

小題7:	A．quiet B．dull C．busy D．cold

小題8:	A．cleaning B．writing C．drawing D．exercising

小題9:	A．doubted B．noticed C．decided D．recognized

小題10:

A．the sea B．the house C．Scotland D．the island

小題11:

A．forgotten B．buried C．discovered D．unexpected

小題12:

A．saw B．drew C．made D．learned

小題13:

A．book B．reply C．picture D．mind

小題14:

A．star B．hero C．writer D．child

小題15:

A．help B．problem C．use D．burden

小題16:

A．praise B．produce C．include D．accept

小題17:

A．Yet B．Also C．But D．Thus

小題18:

A．injured B．born C．hired D．written

小題19:

A．rainy B．sunny C．cool D．windy

小題20:

A．news B．love C．humorous D．adventure

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument (爭論)with a boy in my class. I can't    what it was about, but I have never forgotten the    I learned that day.
I was    that I was right and he was wrong—and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The    decided to teach us a very important lesson. She    both of us up to the    of the class and    him on one side of her desk and me on   . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could    see that it was black. She asked the boy what    the object was. "White," he answered.
I couldn't believe he said the object was white,    it was obviously black! Another    started between my classmate and me, this    about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been. We changed   , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I  answer, "White." It was an object with two    colored sides, and from his side it was white.    from my side was the color black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must    in the other person's shoes and look at the     through their eyes in order to    understand their view.

小題1:	A．think B．suppose C．remind D．remember

小題2:	A．lesson B．lecture C．class D．text

小題3:	A．told B．wished C．certain D．allowed

小題4:	A．officer B．teacher C．doctor D．parent

小題5:	A．told B．came C．brought D．woke

小題6:	A．back B．front C．middle D．side

小題7:	A．planted B．placed C．said D．fixed

小題8:	A．the other B．another C．other D．others

小題9:	A．happily B．fortunately C．clearly D．nearly

小題10:

A．width B．shape C．color D．size

小題11:

A．when B．unless C．until D．if

小題12:

A．fight B．argument C．conversation D．game

小題13:

A．time B．year C．month D．day

小題14:

A．places B．seats C．attitudes D．glasses

小題15:

A．needed to B．was able to C．hoped to D．had to

小題16:

A．similarly B．differently C．beautifully D．surprisingly

小題17:

A．Still B．Since C．Only D．Also

小題18:

A．seat B．stand C．lie D．put

小題19:

A．behaviour B．movement C．condition D．situation

小題20:

A．unexpectedly B．suddenly C．quietly D．Truly