I graduated from a small public school in Michigan. One day，Mr. Ledy，our football coach，asked me to play football. I couldn’t help  36  ：me，play football? I was six feet tall and was not much __37__ a hundred pounds in weight. I thought that they might just need  38    fool to increase the number of the players. However，he was persistent(堅持的) and __39__I joined the football team. That           40  to be one of my best decisions as a kid.

Our worst game  __41__ was the one against Crystal Falls. They beat us 56 to 6. Yeah! That was a football not a basketball _42__. We played them again when we were seniors. They __43__ us again but the score was much more _44_，30 to 20.

Coach Ledy would not let that __45__ again. He encouraged us to beat them，to pay them back. And we did so in the last game we played before __46__. I had scored 6 points alone in the game. Coach Ledy praised me. It was a huge _47 for me.

Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No，I couldn’t __48__ it without our team. The thing I learned through football was __49__. We won as a team and we __50__ as a team.

I think Mr. Ledy would be __51__ of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic __52__ at the University of Michigan. I’m __53__to him as I would not have today’s honor without him. I’ll __54__life’s final war with pain to win the victory；I’ll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I’ll __55__ working hard so as not to let him down.

1.A. shouting     B. screaming  C. laughing D. applauding

2.A. up              B. over               C. more      D. out

3.A. another          B. other              C. some     D. any

4.A. immediately       B. secretly           C. personally D. finally

5.A. took out     B. turned out C. gave off   D. gave out

6.A. never             B. once        C. ever      D. again

7.A. game     B. team       C. story           D. score

8.A. won           B. met       C. beat        D. fought

9.A. accessible  B. comfortableC. sensitive          D. acceptable

10.A. happen             B. succeed           C. spread           D. develop

11.A. liberation          B. closing    C. graduation          D. school

12.A. honor           B. hope            C. success       D. surprise

13.A. take        B. manage            C. solve          D. explain

14.A. courage   B. devotion          C. teamwork  D. contribution

15.A. united          B. appeared          C. prepared   D. lost

16.A. proud           B. fond             C. full          D. kind

17.A. time              B. record     C. date      D. ability

18.A. pleased    B. grateful            C. hopeful      D. loyal

19.A. fight                   B. join              C. desire                   D. enjoy

20.A. take on    B. put on     C. rely on       D. keep on

 

As we all know “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” and “__1__ every successful man there is a woman.” Both these __2__ mean the same things. Men rule the __3__ but their wives rule them.

Chinese people and other foreigners often say，__4__ of the American women like making their husbands and sons successful, but some of them want __5__ for themselves. They want good __6__. When they work they want to __7__ better paid. They want to be as __8__ as men.

In 1960s, the American women's liberation __9__ was started by women who don't want to __10__ behind successful men. They want to stand beside them, with the same __11__ for success. They don't want to be told that certain jobs or __12__ are closed to them. They refused to work side by side with men who do the __13__ work for higher pay.

In America, a liberation woman must be __14__ of being a woman and have confidence in herself. If somebody says to her, “You have come a long __15__，  baby”， she will __16__ and answer, “Not nearly as __17__ as I am going to go, baby ”．

On the other hand, this movement is quite __18__， and many American women do not agree. __19__ it has already made some important __20__ in women's lives.

1. A. Before   B. Behind   C. Near   D. Beside

2. A. writings    B. words    C. letters       D. sayings

3. A. family   B. society   C. earth    D. world

4. A. most   B. Few   C. All   D. None

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

6. A. jobs   B. clothes   C. food  D. houses

7. A. be    B. have   C. make   D. receive

8. A. good   B. wonderful   C. successful    D. much

9. A. activity     B. movement   C. affairs  D. incident

10. A stand   B. co－operate   C. work   D. help

11. A. work   B. job   C. position   D. chance

12. A. offices   B. schools    C. shops   D. places

13. A. better   B. same   C. less   D. important

14. A. tired   B. afraid   C. fond   D. proud

15. A. place   B. walk   C. way   D. journey

16. A. cry   B. smile   C. laugh   D. sob

17. A. long   B. far    C. soon    D. much

18. A. new   B. good    C. important    D. pleasing

19. A. So    B. And        C. But    D. Or

20. A. progress      B. improvement

C. decisions      D. changes

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

請認真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A Woman and a Fork

There was a young woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and could only live three months. So as she was getting her things "in order," she   36   her Rabbi (法師）and had him  come to her house to   37   certain aspects of her final wishes.

She told him which songs she wanted sung at the   38  , what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in.

Everything was in order and the Rabbi was preparing to leave   39   the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her.

 "There's one more thing," she said   40  . "What' that?" "This is very important, I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand."

The Rabbi stood looking at the young woman, not knowing quite what to say.

“That surprises you, doesn't it?” the young woman asked. "Well, to be honest, I'm   41  by the request," said the Rabbi.

The young woman   42  . “My grandmother once told me this story, and from then on, I have always done so. I have also, always tried to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of   43  . 

In all my years of attending socials and dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main   44  were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, 'Keep your fork.' It was my favorite part   45   I knew that something better was coming...like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie…”

So, I just want people to see me there in that casket（棺材）with a fork in my hand and I want them to   46  "What's with the fork?"  47   I want you to tell them: "Keep your fork…the best is yet to come."

The Rabbi's eyes were   48   up with tears of joy as he hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the young woman had a better grasp of   49   than he did. She had a better grasp of   50  heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge.

She knew that something better was coming. At the funeral people were walking by the young woman's casket and they saw the cloak she was wearing and the fork   51   in her right  hand. Over and over, the Rabbi heard the question "What's with the fork?" And over and over he   52  .

During his message, the Rabbi told the people of the   53   he had with the young woman shortly before she died. He also told them about the fork and what it symbolized to   54  . The Rabbi told the people how he could not stop thinking about the   55   and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either.

He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you ever so gently, that the best is yet to come.

1.. A. contracted       B. contacted            C. attracted            D. attached

2. A. talk          B. identify         C. recognize            D. discuss

3. A. assembly      B. party                C. conference           D. service

4. A. before            B. as               C. when             D. then

5.A. excitedly      B. regretfully          C. angrily              D. breathlessly

6. A. surprised     B. astonished           C. depressed            D. puzzled

7. A. explained         B. introduced           C. admitted         D. hesitated

8.A. praise         B. honor                C. encouragement        D. comfort

9. A. meal          B. course           C. food             D. cause

10. A. so               B. and              C. yet              D. because

11. A. wonder       B. question         C. enquire          D. say

12. A. Later            B. Afterwards           C. Finally          D. Then

13. A. full         B. filled               C. fed              D. flowed

14.A. life              B. funeral              C. fork             D. heaven

15.A. how           B. where                C. what                 D. which

16.A. placed            B. grasped          C. held             D. caught

17.A. sobbed            B. cried                C. smiled           D. laughed

18. A. agreement        B. conclusion           C. argument         D. conversation

19. A. her          B. him              C. them             D. people

20. A. woman            B. funeral              C. incident         D. fork

 

 

Driving to a store after a busy day at work, I saw a man standing near the store holding a sign that said, “Will work for food.” I knew at that moment that I was going into the store and   36   him something to eat.

   As I   37   the car park, I saw in my car mirror a lady come out from a hairdresser’s and 38   the man. I thought she must be going to give him some   39   or something to help him out. In the store I was   40   to get the things I needed and also the chicken dinner and a soda that I wanted to give the man outside. I hurried out to my car and   41   that I was going to be able to hopefully help this man.

When I drove out of the car park, I couldn’t see the   42  . As I turned the corner I saw the man sitting in a   43   area away from the hairdresser’s and still   44   up the sign. I immediately   45   over and gave the man the dinner and soda and said, “  46   this will get you through today.” He looked at me and said, “Thank you so much!”

As I got back into my car, I looked in the   47   and saw the man swallowing the dinner as if he hadn’t eaten for days.

I was so   48   that I was able to help him and at the same time I was so sad that the woman from the hairdresser’s,   49  , had asked the man to   50   from her shop. It’s sad to say that   51   I live in a small city where homeless is not as   52   as in larger cities, people are uncomfortable with these people in   53  . All they need to do is lend a helping hand  54   and it could make a huge   55   in their lives.

1.A. cook                     B. buy                   C. pay                            D. serve

2.A. turned into     B. got over            C. called at                     D. pointed out

3.A. interview        B. comfort             C. blame                    D. approach

4.A. example         B. space                C. money                           D. comfort

5.A. preparing              B. hurrying            C. hesitating                   D. planning

6.A. explained              B. wondered          C. agreed                     D. felt 

7.A. man               B. food                 C. lady                           D. sign

8.A. different         B. strange              C. famous                       D.comfortable

9.A. making          B. holding            C. taking                    D. building

10.A. turned          B. thought             C. pulled                    D. looked

11.A. Hopefully     B. Finally              C. Luckily                      D. Naturally

12.A. store                   B. mirror               C. square                  D. crowd

13.A. popular        B. anxious             C. pleased                    D. patient

14.A. immediately  B. obviously          C. carefully                    D. nervously

15.A. stop                    B. suffer                C. move                         D. change

16.A. whether        B. because          C. though                           D. unless

17.A. poor                    B. visible               C. selfish                     D. happy

18.A. danger          B. action               C. need                          D. moment

19.A. at times        B. at the time         C. at one time              D. at a time

20.A. difference     B. mistake          C. decision                     D. living

 

When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark.   31  , it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so   32  .

       As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly   33   cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.

      With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move   34   that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also   35  . Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something   36  . Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need   37  . I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”

       “Airport? You   38   are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers   39   you reach the T-junction. Turn left and   40   for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the   41   to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no   42   you’ll get there in five minutes!”

       “Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll   43   in time.”

       The   44   moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it   45   and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something   46   happened. The car began changing. First, its color   47   from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward,   48   just above the ground. As the car   49   into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling   50  , the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…

1. A. Therefore   B. Besides       C. However   D. Otherwise

2. A. curious     B. excited       C. brave      D. stubborn

3. A. proved       B. seemed       C. fell         D. grew

4. A. forward        B. around           C. aside       D. backward

5. A. stayed        B. stopped      C. arrived           D. started

6. A. gathered     B. moved           C. dropped     D. existed

7. A. help         B. water            C. rest        D. gas

8. A. necessarily  B. certainly     C. basically     D. normally

9. A. if            B. as          C. unless        D. until

10.A. drive         B. march       C. follow     D. walk

11.A. guidance    B. signs       C. notices           D. address

12.A. way          B. room      C. time        D. doubt

13.A. finish it       B. get it       C. make it      D. have it

14.A. wheel       B. window      C. headlight    D. door

15.A. continued   B. rushed     C. turned     D. passed

16.A. sensitive      B. strange       C. imaginable D. horrible

17.A. appeared    B. developed  C. spread     D. faded

18.A. floating       B. rolling           C. drawing     D. flashing

19.A. returned       B. pointed      C. broke      D. rose

20.A. voice        B. tune        C. sound      D. tone