When I was about 8 years old, I asked my mum to buy me a certain biscuit because it sponsored(贊助)Flash Gordon. Gordon was a super-hero who1 for good deeds(事情)in outer space.
My mum would buy the2 for me because I3 the prize that came with it. The prize was a pair of glasses that Gordon4 .
However, in order to get the prize I had to5 the whole box of biscuits out because it was at the6 . I didn’t dare to think of7 my way to the prize because I was too8 . Yes, I wanted to be like Flash Gordon!9 the glasses came out from the bottom, I put them on. I felt like my favorite10 . I wore them everywhere my mum and I went. I even tried to wear them to11, but the teachers didn’t want a super-hero flying around the playground.
Over the years there were other prizes from many12 brands(牌子)of biscuits, but I was never really13 the biscuits, only the14 .
When you think about it,15 itself can be like a box of biscuits. Even as adults, we keep16 that prize at all costs. Just17 what we do at times. We become greedy(貪婪的)to get what we think is the prize.
Try to look at it from a different view. Wouldn’t it be better to18 the journey along the way ? In other words, don’t be impatient and pour the box. That will only spoil(破壞)the19 meaning of the prize. Enjoy what you have and be grateful. I promise your prize will20 , without having to push others out of the way to get it.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      paid
   2. B.
      prepared
   3. C.
      fought
   4. D.
      waited
2. 2.
   1. A.
      biscuit
   2. B.
      toy
   3. C.
      book
   4. D.
      space
3. 3.
   1. A.
      designed
   2. B.
      deserved
   3. C.
      offered
   4. D.
      wanted
4. 4.
   1. A.
      made
   2. B.
      sold
   3. C.
      owned
   4. D.
      wore
5. 5.
   1. A.
      throw
   2. B.
      pour
   3. C.
      put
   4. D.
      leave
6. 6.
   1. A.
      beginning
   2. B.
      side
   3. C.
      bottom
   4. D.
      top
7. 7.
   1. A.
      changing
   2. B.
      losing
   3. C.
      eating
   4. D.
      finding
8. 8.
   1. A.
      impatient
   2. B.
      lazy
   3. C.
      weak
   4. D.
      nervous
9. 9.
   1. A.
      Although
   2. B.
      Since
   3. C.
      While
   4. D.
      Once
10. 10.
    1. A.
       soldier
    2. B.
       hero
    3. C.
       model
    4. D.
       player
11. 11.
    1. A.
       cinema
    2. B.
       school
    3. C.
       hospital
    4. D.
       shop
12. 12.
    1. A.
       old
    2. B.
       famous
    3. C.
       different
    4. D.
       special
13. 13.
    1. A.
       interested in
    2. B.
       afraid of
    3. C.
       good at
    4. D.
       angry at
14. 14.
    1. A.
       color
    2. B.
       price
    3. C.
       box
    4. D.
       prize
15. 15.
    1. A.
       success
    2. B.
       life
    3. C.
       love
    4. D.
       wealth
16. 16.
    1. A.
       looking at
    2. B.
       looking after
    3. C.
       looking for
    4. D.
       looking up
17. 17.
    1. A.
       think about
    2. B.
       set down
    3. C.
       pack up
    4. D.
       go through
18. 18.
    1. A.
       cut
    2. B.
       stop
    3. C.
       plan
    4. D.
       enjoy
19. 19.
    1. A.
       new
    2. B.
       real
    3. C.
       funny
    4. D.
       strange
20. 20.
    1. A.
       appear
    2. B.
       disappear
    3. C.
       flow
    4. D.
       enrich

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

Tom is a worker in my factory and he is a little bit dirty. I have been taking   36   of him for years and years, he always wears an old red hat and carries a   37   bag. He usually spends his break time and his lunchtime by walking around to   38   the unused tins around.

Once I saw him by his   39   , with a lot of rubbish bags, which were full of aluminum(鋁) tins. He threw them into the back of his car and then   40   the car. Being very curious, I got into my car to   41   him. He drove   42   he reached the entrance to a wide, empty parking area, but did nothing more.

Today, I was   43   one of the broken machines during lunchtime when this“tin man”came along with his bag. As usual, he   44   the tins around the place. My   45   , who was worried about how the   46   caused by the machine would affect production, was standing there watching me.

When I finished my job, my manager asked the “tin man” about what he would   47    the tin that he had collected. I had    48   even though about asking this kind of question,  49  I had always thought that this “tin man” would sell the   50   to the recycling place

 51  ,this “tin man” answered, “I will give them to my neighbor,  52   has epilepsy(癲癇病) and is unable to work.” I was   53   to hear this, and I asked him, “You   54   you are collecting all those tins just to help your neighbor?”

“I know it doesn’t help very much,” he said, “   55   I try my best to help him.” It was the most beautiful moment in my life and made me feel very humble(卑鄙的).

36. A. hold            B. care            C. charge             D. notice

37. A. plastic          B. rubbish          C. paper              D. metal

38. A. collect          B. find            C. hide                D. spread

39. A. house           B. store           C. machine             D. car

40. A. got out of        B. broke up        C. jumped into          D. settled down

41. A. follow          B. block           C. inspect              D. catch

42. A. since           B. until            C. when               D. after

43. A. decorating       B. performing      C. repairing             D. selecting

44. A. turned up        B. put up          C. set up               D. picked up

45. A. manager         B. workmate       C. neighbor             D. friend

46. A. power           B. delay           C. signal               D. harm

47. A. do with          B. deal with        C. go with             D. put up with

48. A. seldom          B. always          C. nearly              D. never

49. A. unless           B. because         C. though              D. if

50. A. machine         B. cars            C. tins                 D. bags

51. A. Certainly        B. Briefly          C. Surprisingly          D. Fortunately

52. A. who            B. whom           C. which               D. that

53. A. shocked         B. interested        C. satisfied             D. concerned

54. A. announce        B. mean           C. say                 D. declare

55. A. instead          B. however        C. but                 D. and

Since the beginning of the year, smog has covered parts of North China. In January, Beijing saw only five days without smog. The rising PM 2.5 readings terrified many people, and some health experts said that whenever the smog gets serious, hospitals receive more patients suffering acute respiratory（呼吸系統(tǒng)）and heart diseases.

Later, news of polluted underground water in some provinces scared people who wondered whether the water they drink is safe.

So the need to emphasize environmental protection while developing the economy is heard everywhere.

Smog especially is a common concern. Like a popular online post said, air may be the only thing that is equal for everyone, despite your income or vocation. People with higher incomes are able to drink only bottled spring water and eat only organic food by paying higher prices, but they breathe the same air as everyone else.

At a meeting on Monday, many Representatives have expressed their concerns about the air quality, too. One talked about his experience in Beijing. “After taking a taxi from the capital airport to my hotel, which took about an hour, I washed my nose and found the inside of my nose was black. We should ask ourselves this question: Why do we want to develop? It's for living a better life. Dirty air is definitely not a better life," he said.

China needs to develop its economy and invest(投資) in high-tech. Every Chinese wants a strong country. But without blue sky, clean water and safe food, the achievements in the economy will become meaningless. Space technologies are not to be developed for building a base on Mars so that one day all human beings can migrate to the red planet because they have destroyed Earth.

What the public wants is a strong and beautiful China. Former president Hu Jintao spoke at the 18th Party Congress last November saying that great efforts must be made to promote ecological progress and build a beautiful China. The words have shown the central government's resolution to address the environment issue.

1.The effect of smog doesn’t include.

A．the rising of PM 2.5 readings

B．more people suffering diseases

C．the increase of people’s income

D．patients increased in hospital

2.Why smog has become a common concern?

A．Because people have to pay higher prices.

B．Because nobody can avoid it.

C．Because we have to develop industry.

D．Because a popular online-post discussed it.

3.The underlined word “they” in paragraph 6 refers to.

A．human beings             B．other plants

C．space technologies    D．industrial development

4.From the last two paragraphs we can infer that.

A．high-tech can completely solve the problem of pollution

B．space technologies should be developed in a large scale

C．we can move to the Mars after the earth has been destroyed

D．we must protect the environment while developing economy

The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928). After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous(災(zāi)難性的) fire of 1871. In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”, almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns. Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination（結(jié)合） of designs.

The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(蕭條) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.

Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit-----Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide rang of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.

1.How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?

A．Through his observation of the country life.

B．Through the combination of different ideas.

C．By taking other people’s advice.

D．By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago.

2.The underlined phrase “drawing on ”in Paragraph 1 probably means______.

A．making use of                          B．making comments on

C．giving an explanation of                   D．giving a description of

3.According to Howard, garden cities should be built______.

A．a(chǎn)s far as possible from existing cities

B．in the countryside where the land was cheap

C．in the countryside where agriculture was developed

D．near cities where employment opportunities already existed

4.What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?

A．Their number would continue to rise

B．Each one would continue to become larger

C．People would live and work in the same place

D．Each one would contain a certain type of business

5.What could be the best title for the passage?

A．City and Countryside                     B．The Invention of the Garden City

C．A New City in Chicago                    D．A Famous Garden City in England

The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928). After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous(災(zāi)難性的) fire of 1871. In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”, almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns. Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination（結(jié)合） of designs.
The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(蕭條) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit-----Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide rang of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
【小題1】How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?