A man has returned three library books to a Melbourne library—21 years overdue（誤期）.The books were returned to Sam Merrifield Library with a (n)__ 21___note and a $50 bill.
___ 22___Margaret Young was pleased that the books had been returned. They were in excellent___23__ , except for the one that the borrower admitted had been damaged by a___24___.
“They’re all spy books. We were just surprised and___25 ___that he has returned the books, ___26 ___after so many years,” Mrs. Young said.
The books were__ 27__on June 18, 1985 and would have to be paid almost $5,800 in overdue
__28__. But, because of the sweet letter and $50 note, Mrs. Young said all was__29__.
She said, “We thank him for returning the books and hope his conscience（良心）is __ 30 _. I’d like to think he can come back into the library one day to borrow more material__31__he returns it.”
To whom it may concern,
About 20 years ago I__32 __to return the three books to your library. In fact I__33__them.During that time, one of the books was damaged by my dog. I have enclosed all three books and a sum of money that will go some way toward __34__the damaged book.
My __35__were unforgivable; a thief is a thief. Please __ 36__my apology for stealing the books and for not having the courage to return them__37__.
I want you to know that for the last few years this theft has__38__my conscience and I am sorry I was so selfish to steal them in the first__39__. I hope this goes some small way to__40 __my actions. 

小題1:	A．explanation B．a(chǎn)pology C．thank D．payment

小題2:	A．Secretary B．Borrower C．Lender D．Librarian

小題3:	A．condition B．situation C．state D．position

小題4:	A．cat B．thief C．dog D．spy

小題5:	A．regretful B．lucky C．thankful D．sorry

小題6:	A．specially B．shortly C．especially D．simply

小題7:	A．over B．good C．due D．a(chǎn)way

小題8:	A．fines B．money C．rewards D．payment

小題9:	A．paid B．punished C．returned D．forgiven

小題10:

A．eased B．calmed C．killed D．lost

小題11:

A．even if B．a(chǎn)s long as C．a(chǎn)s though D．because

小題12:

A．planned B．failed C．meant D．promised

小題13:A. borrowed    B lent           C. stole           D. kept

小題14:

A．replacing B．cleaning C．replying D．recreating

小題15:

A．habits B．manners C．ways D．a(chǎn)ctions

小題16:

A．receive B．refuse C．blame D．a(chǎn)ccept

小題17:

A．sooner B．later C．more D．worse

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)ffected B．felt C．bothered D．disappointed

小題19:

A．place B．time C．chance D．thing

小題20:

A．look up for B．make up for C．come up for D．take up for

Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhood. When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the tree and sing. There isn’t a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.
I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and that way have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, in its fright at being captured, the bird fluttered about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home, I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out on our back porch（門廊）, and on the second day of the bird’s captivity my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth . The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my captive was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened? I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or so I thought.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time and, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred: “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
小題1:The boy caught a mockingbird because___________.

A．he wanted a pet for a companion

B．he liked its beautiful feather

C．he wanted it to sing for him

D．he had just got a cage

小題2:The mockingbird died because__________.

A．it ate some poisonous food the boy gave it by mistake

B．it ate the poisonous food its mother gave it

C．it was frightened to death

D．it refused to eat anything

小題3:The word “ornithologist” in the last but one paragraph probably means________.

A．a(chǎn) religious person

B．a(chǎn) kind and sympathetic person

C．a(chǎn) schoolmaster

D．a(chǎn)n expert in birds

小題4:The most important lesson the boy learned from the incident is that______.

A．birds put in a cage won’t live long

B．you have to be very careful about the food you give to young birds

C．when you capture a young mockingbird, you should keep it away from its mother

D．freedom is valuable to all living creature.

Two men dressed as police officers stole about ＄200 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum early this morning.
The two burglars knocked on a side door of the museum at about 1:15 am. They told the two security guards on duty that there was a disturbance in the area. The guards then made the very serious mistake of allowing the two men to go into the building. After they went in, the two burglars tied the guards up with tape.
The two men stole 11 paintings and an ancient Chinese vase. The stolen works included three paintings by Rembrandt. A maintenance（保衛(wèi)）worker discovered the two guards at about 7 am and called police.
One of the greatest losses was Rembrandt’s works, “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee.” It was a very popular attraction at the museum and was one of the most valuable works stolen.
Museum officials said that the value of the stolen art is at least 200 million dollars, and may in fact be much more. The true value of the paintings is unknown, because they have not been on the market for nearly a century. This is considered to be the biggest theft ever in the United States. Officials are waiting to see whether the burglars will demand a ransom for the paintings or try to sell them to a private collector.
Museum officials and police are not sure why the burglars chose certain works and not others. There are other paintings in the museum that are even more valuable than the ones that were stolen.
Special investigators are looking into the theft and the museum’s security system. They believe that this is a “professional job,” because the people involved were well prepared and knew what they wanted.
小題1:How did the two burglars get into the museum?

A．They broke into the museum.

B．They had the key to the museum.

C．They tied the guards up with tape.

D．The security guards opened the door for them.

小題2:According to the passage, “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee” was the following except that           .

A．it was the most valuable work at the museum

B．it was Rembrandt’s works

C．it was very attractive to visitors

D．it was one of the greatest losses

小題3:Which of the following best explains “demand a ransom for the paintings”?

A．Ask for money to give the paintings back.

B．Send the paintings to some foreign country.

C．Hide the paintings in a secret place.

D．Change them into more valuable things

小題4:The investigators believe that this is a “professional job” because the burglars        .

A．were dressed as police officers

B．didn’t steal the most valuable works

C．liked Rembrandt’s work and made careful plans about the theft

D．made careful plans about the theft

I passed all the other courses that I took at my university, but I could have never passed botany. This was because all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory looking through a microscope at plant cells, and I could never once see a cell through a microscope. This used to make my professor angry. He would wander around the laboratory pleased with the progress all the students were making in drawing the structure of flower cells, until he came to me. I would just be standing there. “I can’t see anything,”I would say. He would begin patiently enough, explaining how anybody can see through a microscope, but he would always end up angrily, claiming that I could too see through a microscope but just pretended that I couldn’t. “It takes away from the beauty of flowers anyway.”I used to tell him.“We are not concerned with beauty in this course,”he would say.“We are concerned with the structure of flowers.” “Well,” I’d say.“I can’t see anything.” “Try it just once again,” he’d say, and I would put my eye to the microscope and see nothing at all, except now and again something unclear and milky. “You were supposed to see a clear, moving plant cells shaped like clocks.” “I see what looks like a lot of milk.” I would tell him. This, he claimed, was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly, so he would readjust it for me, or rather, for himself. And I would look again and see milk.
I failed to pass botany that year, and had to wait a year and try again, or I couldn’t graduate. The next term the same professor was eager to explain cell-structure again to his classes. “Well,”he said to me, happily, “we’re going to see cells this time, aren’t we?” “Yes,sir,” I said. Students to the right of me and to the left of me and in front of me were seeing cells; what’s more, they were . Of course, I didn’t see anything.
So the professor and I tried with every adjustment of the microscope known to man. With only once did I see anything but blackness or the familiar milk, and that time I saw, to my pleasure and amazement, something like stars. These I hurriedly drew. The professor, noting my activity, came to me, a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope. He looked at my cell drawing. “What’s that?”he asked.“That’s what I saw,”I said.“You didn’t, you didn’t, you didn’t!”he screamed, losing control of himself immediately, and he bent over and looked into the microscope. He raised his head suddenly. “That’s your eye!”he shouted.“You’ve adjusted the microscope so that it reflects!You’re drawn your eye!”
小題1:Why couldn’t the writer see the flower cells through the microscope?     .

A．Because he had poor eyesight

B．Because the microscope didn’t work properly

C．Because he was not able to adjust the microscope properly

D．Because he was just playing jokes on his professor by pretending not to have seen it

小題2:What does the writer mean by “his eyebrows high in hope”in the last paragraph?

A．His professor expected him to have seen the cells and drawn the picture of them

B．His professor hoped he could perform his task with attention

C．His professor wished him to learn how to draw pictures

D．His professor looked forward to seeing all his students finish their drawings

小題3:What is the thing like stars that the writer saw in the last paragraph?

A．Real stars	B．His own eye
C．Something unknown	D．Milk

小題4:In what writing style did the writer write the passage?

A．Realistic

B．Romantic

C．Serious

D．Humorous

Three Boys and a Dad
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”
Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat（節(jié)拍）. Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his color pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所）.“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.
小題1:When his wife left home. Brad expected to           .

A．go out for a walk in the park

B．watch TV talk show with his children

C．enjoy his first day off work

D．read the newspaper to his children

小題2:Which of the following did Randy do?

A．Drawing on the wall	B．Eating apple jam
C．Feeding the fish.	D．Reading in a room

小題3:Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?

A．Because he wanted to clean up his house.

B．Because he suddenly had to go to his office

C．Because he found it hard to manage his boys home.

D．Because he had to take his wife back

小題4:This text is developed           .

A．by space

B．by comparison

C．by process

D．by time

One of the greatest contributors to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations(引文) showing how it was used.
This was a huge task, so Murray had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,” 50 miles from Oxford.
Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next 17 years, he became one of the staff’s most valued contributors.
But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in 1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum(精神病院) for the Criminally Insane.
Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds.
In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend.
Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volunteers defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient.
小題1:According to the text, the first Oxford English Dictionary ____.

A．came out before Minor died

B．was edited by an American volunteer

C．included the English words invented by Murray

D．was intended to be the most ambitious English dictionary

小題2:How did Dr. Minor contribute to the dictionary?

A．He helped Murray to find hundreds of volunteers.

B．He sent newspapers, magazines and books to Murray.

C．He provided a great number of words and quotations.

D．He went to England to work with Murray.

小題3:Which of the following best describes Dr. Minor?

A．Brave and determined.	B．Cautious and friendly.
C．Considerate and optimistic.	D．Unusual and scholarly.

小題4:What does the text mainly talk about?

A．The history of the English language.

B．The friendship between Murray and Minor.

C．Minor and the first Oxford English Dictionary.

D．Broadmoor Asylum and its patients.

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, ____36___ my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I ____37____ to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about ___38_____ I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, ‘You don’t say! You don’t say!’ I was ___39___. I thought, perhaps this was not a ___40__ topic. Well, I’d ___41___ change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? ___42___ the way, have you ever ____43___ there?’
‘Certainly. Everyone back home will ____44____ me if I leave China without seeing it. It is great!’
I said, ‘The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of ____45___.’ But soon I was ___46___ again by his words, ‘___47_____!’ I couldn’t help but __48____, ‘Why did you ask me not to talk about it?’
‘Well, I ___49____ ask you to do so,’ he answered, gently surprised.
I said, ‘Didn’t you say “You don’t say”?’
Hearing this, the Englishman ___50_____ to tears. He began to ___51______, “‘You don’t say!” actually means ‘really?’ It is an ___52_____ of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English _____53______.’
Then I knew I had made a fool of ___54___. Since then I have been more __55____ with idioms

小題1:	A．though B．when C．despite D．because

小題2:	A．decided B．longed C．looked forward D．happened

小題3:	A．what B．when C．how D．where

小題4:	A．pleased B．a(chǎn)ngry C．scared D．surprised

小題5:	A．proper B．interesting C．ideal D．polite

小題6:	A．to B．better C．not D．like

小題7:	A．On B．In C．With D．By

小題8:	A．gone B．visited C．seen D．been

小題9:	A．look up to B．think highly of C．be proud of D．laugh at

小題10:

A．fun B．interest C．hard work D．China

小題11:

A．encouraged B．shouted C．interrupted D．disturbed

小題12:

A．Really B．It was great C．You don’t say D．You are right

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)sk B．to ask C．a(chǎn)sking D．a(chǎn)sked

小題14:

A．won’t B．don’t C．couldn’t D．didn’t

小題15:

A．laughed B．cried C．moved D．came

小題16:

A．explain B．shout C．prove D．say

小題17:

A．experience B．expression C．explanation D．example

小題18:

A．learning B．idioms C．language D．phrases

小題19:

A．me B．myself C．him D．himself

小題20:

A．curious B．a(chǎn)nxious C．careful D．worried

There is one word that is on the lips of Americans , day and night , “Sorry”.
One time as I was walking on the street , a young man ran by hurriedly , brushing against my handbag . Even as he continued on his way , he turned back and said “sorry” to me . Even in a rush , he didn’t forget to apologize .
One day , after I bought some apples , the salesman was giving me the change , but I wasn’t ready for it , and a coin dropped on the ground, “I’m sorry ,” he said while bending down to pick it up . I was puzzled —why would he apologize when it was my fault ?
Another time , I stepped on a man’s foot in an escalator . At the same time , we both said “sorry” . I thought it interesting : was it really necessary for him apologize ?  
Later on , an American friend explained to me that according to the American ideas, the escalator is public place which everyone should be able to stand in . After someone occupies a position in the escalator , making it difficult for someone else to find a place to stand in , isn’t it necessary to express an apology ?
During my stay in America , I gradually realized that when friction (摩擦) occurs in daily life , Americans don’t care much about who is responsible . If someone is troubled , a “sorry” is always necessary . Even if the other person is hurt , the “sorry” would cool tempers . Perhaps this is why I never saw anyone quarreling on the buses , subways or streets in America .
小題1:When I was walking in the street , ____ .

A．a(chǎn) young man wanted to rob me of my bag

B．a(chǎn) young man ran by and wanted to brush my bag

C．a(chǎn) young man said sorry to me for touching my bag

D．a(chǎn) young man came hurriedly to help me with my bag

小題2:When the salesman gave me the change , _____

A．I purposely didn’t want to accept it from the salesman

B．the salesman purposely didn’t want to pass it to me

C．I was slower to accept it than the salesman to give it to me

D．the salesman was slower to give it to me than I could accept it

小題3:The man on whose feet I stepped apologized to me because ____ .

A．the escalator is a public place

B．the man was very afraid of me

C．the “sorry” said to me was for everyone

D．there wasn’t enough room to get my feet in

小題4:In this passage , the author seems to feel _____ the Americans’ “sorry”.

A．a(chǎn)ngry with

B．disappointed with

C．interested in

D．a(chǎn)pproving of

Vincent van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a(n) __21  and was even sent to the Belgian __22  community of Borinage. He discovered that the miners there __23  deplorable(悲慘的) working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families  __24__  simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small amount of money he received from the church __25  him a moderate life-style, which, __26 , seemed to him unfair.
One cold February evening, while he watched the miners trudging(步履艱難)home, he __27  an old man staggering(蹣跚)toward him across the fields, __28 in a burlap sack for warmth. Van Gogh laid his own clothing out on the bed, __29 enough for one change, and decided to give__30 away. He gave the old man a suit of clothes and gave his overcoat to a pregnant woman whose __31 had been killed in a cave-in.
He lived on starvation rations and spent his money on __32  for the miners. When children in one family had fever, though __33  himself, he packed up his bed and took it to them.
A (an) __34  family in the community offered him free room and board. Van Gogh __35__ the offer, stating that it was the final temptation he must reject if he was to __36  serve his community of poor miners.
He believed that if he wanted them to __37  him, he must become one of them. And if they were to learn of love through him, he must love them enough to __38  with them.
He was aware of the wide chasm(鴻溝)between words and actions. He knew that our lives always __39  louder and clearer than words.
Others are “ __40 ” carefully to your actions. What are you saying to them?

小題1:	A．office clerk B．coal miner C．factory worker D．church minister

小題2:	A．mining B．religion C．poverty D．working

小題3:	A．shared B．suffered C．complained D．enjoyed

小題4:	A．tried B．managed C．struggled D．worked

小題5:	A．a(chǎn)llowed B．a(chǎn)warded C．protected D．provided

小題6:	A．in contrast B．in return C．in brief D．a(chǎn)s a result

小題7:	A．grasped B．spotted C．felt D．met

小題8:	A．enclosed B．surrounded C．wrapped D．packed

小題9:	A．put on B．gave up C．brought out D．set aside

小題10:

A．the other B．the rest C．the unwanted D．the unused

小題11:

A．husband B．brother C．sister D．father

小題12:

A．toys B．food C．medicine D．things

小題13:

A．poor B．lonely C．loveless D．feverish

小題14:

A．wealthy B．a(chǎn)ffected C．well-known D．nearby

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)ccepted B．praised C．refused D．evaluated

小題16:

A．carefully B．preparedly C．faithfully D．regrettably

小題17:

A．love B．trust C．praise D．help

小題18:

A．share B．connect C．fight D．live

小題19:

A．strike B．talk C．speak D．cry

小題20:

A．leading B．pointing C．moving D．listening

I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I  41  a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too  42  for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was   43  and my stepmother had   44  us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no  45_  what to do with me. And that’s when my other family   46 .
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home   47  their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I   48   with them for the next seven years.
Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She   49  I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders.  50 I could tell, for the Beaches there was no  51 between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I 52 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew  53 about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _54 his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely   55__ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
 56 the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (憤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n)  57 that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed by my _58  , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I   59  family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was  60 , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.

小題1:	A．lived B．shared C．possessed D．bought

小題2:	A．cheap B．noisy C．small D．limited

小題3:	A．in trouble B．in sight C．in place D．in parts

小題4:	A．struck B．removed C．kicked D．knocked

小題5:	A．plan B．choice C．chance D．idea

小題6:	A．looked after B．showed up C．turned over D．came across

小題7:	A．so B．because C．until D．while

小題8:	A．worked B．traveled C．lived D．learned

小題9:	A．worked out B．called up C．watched out D．made sure

小題10:

A．As long as B．As far as C．As soon as D．As many as

小題11:

A．change B．problem C．conflict D．difference

小題12:

A．set off B．left for C．entered into D．a(chǎn)dmitted into

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)ll B．little C．something D．nothing

小題14:

A．supply B．teach C．encourage D．raise

小題15:

A．different B．unfair C．easy D．hopeful

小題16:

A．Thanks to B．In spite of C．Except for D．But for

小題17:

A．home B．house C．a(chǎn)bility D．lesson

小題18:

A．choice B．failure C．past D．present

小題19:

A．doubt about B．call on C．center on D．believe in

小題20:

A．born B．a(chǎn)ccepted C．educated D．deserted