“Excuse me,” said a young man, standing shyly at the open church door. “I’m here to pick up an Easter basket for my daughter. Am I in the right place?” Well, we have baskets, but they’re not Easter baskets for kids; they’re food baskets,” I explained.
That morning I arrived at St. Micheal’s Church in Carmichael, California, to help give out the baskets to needy families for Easter. To make sure every family would receive one, we had handed out numbers to them that matched the basket they were supposed to receive. Each one contained a whole ham, potatoes, bread, vegetables, and a pie --- enough food to help feed a family for a week.
“Why don’t you come in?” I said to the man. He looked disappointed. He shook his head and said, “I can’t... My daughter is waiting for me over there. I’m grateful for the food, but when I heard you were giving away baskets for Easter ... well, I thought they would be Easter baskets for children.” He continued, “I promised my daughter one, and I wanted to surprise her.”
I felt bad, but there was nothing I could do. The man handed me his number, and I walked over to the baskets. A bulge(凸起) in one of the baskets caught my eye. “What is that?” I wondered. Leaning over and looking more closely, I could see, unmistakably, an Easter basket --- filled with candy, chocolate, and Easter eggs. One of the volunteers must have added it by mistake! I thought. Then I looked at the man’s number in my hand. Well, he’ll be....
“Happy Easter,” I said to the man, handing him the only food basket with an Easter basket inside --- the very same basket with his number on it. “Someone knew just what you needed.”
【小題1】The young man had thought that ____________.

A．he would have an Easter basket and a food basket

B．there would be Easter baskets for children.

C．there would be children’s toys in the food basket

D．he would get enough food for the whole year.

【小題2】What did the author do at the church?

A．He worked there as a churchman.

B．He was called in to give out Easter baskets.

C．He went there to meet the young man.

D．He was a volunteer who helped there.

【小題3】The young man looked disappointed at first because ____________.

A．he was told not to take a food basket

B．there was little food in the Easter basket

C．he came so late that all the basket had been given out

D．he was told that he wouldn’t get what he wanted

【小題4】What surprised the author was that __________.

A．there was an Easter basket in the food basket

B．someone knew what the young man needed

C．one of the baskets was filled with more bread than others

D．he found that the young man’s name was on the basket

【小題5】We can infer that the young man left the church feeling ________.

A．sad

B．satisfied

C．a(chǎn)ngry

D．surprised

Ellie lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away, but Ellie’s house was high enough to keep them safe.
Many families lost everything in the flood. And Ellie took in one of the families. She shared her home with them until the family could build their own new house. Ellie’s friends could not understand why she did so because she already had so many children to look after.
“Well,” Ellie said to her friends, “At the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.”
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We will not be able to have much for Christmas. I am going to get just one present for us all. Now I will go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who had no parents, ‘Here is our present,’ she said to her own children.”
“The children were very excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sisters. I was that Christmas present.”
【小題1】How many children did Ellie had in total?

A．Five.

B．Six.

C．Seven.

D．Eight.

【小題2】What happened in the winter?

A．There was a flood.

B．There was an earthquake

C．There was a rain storm.

D．There was a fire.

【小題3】What did Ellie do to help other families?

A．She gave them food.

B．She bought many Christmas present for them.

C．She took in one of the families.

D．She took in a girl.

【小題4】What did the poor woman in German bring to her children for Christmas?

A．Many beautiful presents.	B．Nothing.
C．A girl.	D．A daddy.

【小題5】What do we learn about Ellie in the passage?

A．She had no children.

B．Her husband was killed.

C．She had no parents.

D．She gave much money to others.

French Presidents（總統(tǒng)）

Name	Time for being president of France
Charles de Gaulle	8 January, 1959 – 28 April, 1969
Georges Pompidou	20 June, 1969 – 2 April, 1974
Valéry Giscard d´Estaing	27 May, 1974 – 21 May, 1981
Francois Mitterrand	21 May, 1981 – 17 May, 1995
Jacques Chirac	17 May, 1995 – 16 May, 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy	16 May, 2007— 7 May, 2012
Francois Hollande	7 May, 2012 —

【小題1】Georges Pompidou became president of France on ____________.

A．8 January, 1959

B．2 April, 1974

C．20 June, 1969

D．17 May, 1995

【小題2】According to the chart（表格）, ______ was president of France for the longest time.

A．Valéry Giscard d´Estaing	B．Jacques Chirac
C．Francois Mitterrand	D．Charles de Gaulle

【小題3】According to the chart, we know that Nicolas Sarkozy          .

A．won’t be the next president of France

B．was president of France for 6 years

C．became president of France on 7 May, 2012

D．was a very successful president

Try this: for a whole day, forget about the clock. Eat when you’re hungry and sleep when you’re tired. What do you think will happen?
You may be surprised to find that your day is much like most other days. You’ll probably get hungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep. Even though you don’t know what time it is, your body does.
Inside our bodies are several clocklike systems that follow a 24- hour cycle. Everyone is unique, which is why you might like to stay up late while your sister always wants to go to bed early.
Regularly staying up late can make kids do worse on tests and quizzes. And working shifts at night leads to higher rates of heart disease.
“There is a growing sense that when we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are,” says Steven Shea, Director of the Sleep Disorders Research Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
“During the night, we are prepared to sleep,” Shea says. “During the day, we are prepared to eat and move around, If you reverse ( 顛倒) what you are doing, everything is out of phase. That can have adverse consequences.
【小題1】What does the underlined sentence suggest?

A．We don’t need to care about time.

B．We don’t need the clock.

C．The clock is not useful.

D．The clock is not remembered.

【小題2】What makes some like to stay up late while others go to bed early?

A．our bodies

B．our minds

C．the clock

D．our unique system

【小題3】Steven Shea suggests ________.

A．when we eat, we are prepared to eat.

B．when we sleep, we are prepared to sleep

C．when we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are

D．we are prepared to follow clocklike system

【小題4】“Everything is out of phase.” means________.

A．everything is out of order

B．everything is bad

C．everything is good

D．everything is not controlled

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs. They loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.
One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that their dog hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him, but with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and by the next week he was still missing.
Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone. He barked loudly. But busy with their own lives, Brownie’s family just ignored (忽略) their neighbor’s nervous little dog.
Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer. He followed Ted, Brownie’s owner, everywhere he went. He barked, then rushed towards a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “ Follow me!”
Finally, Ted followed the dog across the empty lot. The dog led the man to a tree a half-mile from the house. There Ted found Brownie alive. One of his legs was crushed (夾住) in a trap. Ted wished he had taken Spotty’s earlier appeals (求助) seriously.
Then Ted noticed something amazing. In a circle around the injured dog, he saw a lot of dog food. They were the remains of lots of meals.
Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day. He had stayed with Brownie to protect him, snuggling(依偎) with him at night to keep him warm and nuzzling(用鼻子愛撫) him to keep his spirits up.
【小題1】What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?

A．Brownie and Spotty didn’t like their owners.

B．Brownie was missing for three days.

C．Brownie’s family didn’t love him.

D．Spotty probably knew where Brownie was.

【小題2】According to the story, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Spotty barked loudly at Ted because he was scared.

B．Ted followed Spotty because Spotty asked him to.

C．Spotty succeeded in escaping from the trap.

D．Brownie had nothing to eat that whole week.

【小題3】The underlined phrase “keep his spirits up” in the last paragraph probably means______.

A．feed him

B．praise him

C．comfort him

D．protect him

【小題4】What does the story aim to tell us?

A．Dog is man’s best friend.

B．Even dogs can have strong friendship.

C．Dogs are one of the cleverest animals.

D．Dogs have a special way to look for help.

Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was the first African-American player to take part in the international sport of tennis at the highest level of the game. He was born on July 10, 1943.
When Arthur was 6, his mother died. Arthur, with his father and his brother, lived near a large park in Richmond, Virginia. His father was the manager of the park. He took care of the park and made sure everything was right. 
Arthur was allowed to play in the park when he was seven years old. He was quite energetic. A swimming pool, tennis courts, and baseball diamonds (棒球場) were in the park. Arthur spent a lot of time playing there. He did well in sports, but he had never tried to play tennis.
He often watched the tennis players. Sometimes there were tennis lessons, and Arthur would watch even more carefully. The young man teaching the lessons noticed Arthur. His name was Ronald Charity.
Mr. Charity asked Arthur if he wanted to learn to play tennis. Arthur was excited and agreed. Arthur learned very quickly. Mr. Charity found Arthur would grow up to be a good tennis player. By the time he was ten, Arthur won a tournament (聯(lián)賽). Many older and bigger players came to the park trying to win the prize, but Arthur beat them. He became known as “the kid who could play tennis”.
Arthur grew up to be one of the first successful African-American tennis players. He played and won all over the world.
【小題1】Which question is answered in Paragraph 2?

A．Where did Arthur grow up?

B．Why did Arthur like tennis best?

C．When was Arthur born?

D．What did Arthur like to do at school?

【小題2】The park offered people all of these EXCEPT ____.

A．tennis

B．football

C．baseball

D．swimming

【小題3】 How did Arthur meet Mr. Charity?

A．Arthur’s father asked Mr. Charity to give Arthur tennis lessons.

B．While swimming at the pool, Mr. Charity met Arthur.

C．While teaching tennis, Mr. Charity saw young Arthur.

D．Mr. Charity noticed young Arthur was playing tennis well.

【小題4】What did Arthur do for the first time at the age of ten?

A．He entered the park where his father worked.

B．He copied tennis movements without holding a racket.

C．He pretended to hit a tennis ball back and forth over a net.

D．He played tennis better than players who were older than he was.

【小題5】This article is a(n) ____.

A．biography (傳記)	B．diary
C．a(chǎn)dvertisement	D．piece of news

Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.
My father died when I was nine months old. Mom and I lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she spoke the words that would change my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”
At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that I could walk again if I wanted strongly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school — walking on my own!
When the Great Depression (大蕭條) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support  both of us. At that moment, I decided never to be poor again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I wasn’t satisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they asked me an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for many American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽車旅館) for families that would never ask extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Of course mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. But with my mother’s support and encouragement, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world — Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income (收入) of $ 1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
【小題1】According to the writer, who played the most important role in making him walk back to school again?

A．Doctors.

B．Nurses.

C．Friends.

D．Mom.

【小題2】What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?

A．His terrible experience in the hotel.

B．His various levels of business success.

C．His mom’s support.

D．His wife’s suggestion.

【小題3】Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?

A．Modest, helpful, and hard-working.

B．Careful, helpful and beautiful.

C．Loving, supporting and strong-willed (意志堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的).

D．Strict, humorous and supporting.

【小題4】Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?

A．A poor family, hard work, higher education and self-confidence (自信).

B．Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.

C．Clear goals, mom’s encouragement, a poor family and higher education.

D．Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and better chances.

While you are in trouble, what are you going to do? What? Cry? Or escape? Those are all the wrong way! Robinson Crusoe can tell you the right answer!
It is an exciting story: Robinson Crusoe hated the comfortable life in his home town. So, he want to be a seaman and travelled around the world. But one day, a terrible thing happened. A great storm came and their boat crashed! No one was alive in this accident except Robinson. He was the luckiest man in the world--Because all his friends were dead but he was alive. However, at the same time he was the most tragic man of all—He must face the fact .Alone on an island without food, water or gun！But, all roads lead to Rome！He just used his hands to work hard！Then, he made a cave, built a house, grew corn and kept goats. In the end, he could enjoy the life on the island. In his twenty-fourth year on the island, he saved a wild man, and gave him the name of “Friday”. With Robinson’s teaching, “Friday” became a good servant. Friday, they got a boat and escaped from the island.
Surely, the writer of Robinson Crusoe is really a hero！ It’s too hard to describe Robinson with words. We could say that Robinson was very clever, and also he was brave,...Certainly, too many good words can describe him. But now, I think it isn’t important. However, the most important thing is what we have learned from the story. That is, use our own hands to work hard with confidence！
【小題1】Robinson wanted to be a sailor because        .

A．sailor was an interesting job

B．he could earn more money to be a sailor

C．he wanted to have an adventure experience

D．he didn’t like the quiet life in his home town

【小題2】How many people were alive in the accident?

A．No one.

B．One

C．Two

D．Many

【小題3】The underlined word “tragic” means “       ” in Chinese.

A．悲慘的

B．傷心的

C．現(xiàn)實(shí)的

D．幸運(yùn)

【小題4】Robinson met “Friday”          .

A． before he traveled around the world

B．when the accident happened

C．a(chǎn)fter he escaped from the island

D．when he was on the island

【小題5】According to the author,        is the most important thing we can learn from Robinson Crusoe.

A．being brave and hard-working

B．being brave and confident

C．being hard-working and confident

D．being brave, hard-working and confident

Some time ago I received a gift from both of my children. It had nothing to do with Father’s Day. Yet, at the same time it had everything to do with Father’s Day.
My son was studying in a high school in Colorado. He lived in the school. While we were talking on the phone he shared some wonderful news with me.
He said, “You know Dad, I am really happy with my life. I can’t think of a thing that I would change about the way that I grew up, or the way that my life is now. ”
My daughter was living with her mother in Northern California at that time. She said almost the same thing to me just a few days later.
Of course, I was delighted to hear this from both of them. And I told them both  how happy I was, not only that they were happy ,but that they expressed it to me.
And that was the gift that they were giving me ---with the heart to communicate. Certainly I hope for good news when I hear from them. But mostly I love that they will share their real feelings with me. Happy or sad, I love to be touched(感動(dòng))by their real thoughts and feelings.
For a child, Father’s Day isn’t really about giving Dad a gift. It is about understanding the love that fathers express when they help put food on the table, teach their child to ride a bike, cheer at a soccer game, etc.
For a father, Father’s Day isn’t so much about receiving gifts for a job well done. Remember, the greatest gift that we give our children is the real expression of our love. It isn’t enough for them to feel love inside ourselves: we need to express that love.
【小題1】The writer’s son said        on the phone.

A．he was happy but wanted to have a change

B．he was really happy with his life

C．he hoped to grow up quickly

D．he wished to get a gift from him

【小題2】The writer’s daughter          .

A．loved her mother more than him

B．was studying in Colorado

C．told him she was happy with her life

D．once lived alone

【小題3】The author is more touched by children’s        .

A．good news

B．real feelings

C．improvement

D．gifts

【小題4】For a child, what is the real meaning of Father’s Day according to this article?

A．Realizing his father’s love through daily life.

B．Receiving a gift from his father.

C．Helping his father with some work.

D．Making his father happy.

【小題5】What is the main idea of this article?

A．Understanding the love of parents

B．Receiving gifts from children

C．Feeling the love inside

D．Expressing your love to your families

“At three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction（癮）called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet. For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（癥狀）：
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.
【小題1】What does the beginning of the passage tell us？

A．How to become an Internet addict.

B．What an Internet addict usually does.

C．Where to find an Internet addict.

D．Why to write this passage.

【小題2】How does the writer describe the addicts “use of Internet”?

A．It is something like keeping drugs.

B．It is a way of producing drugs.

C．It is like taking drugs.

D．It is terrible to imagine.

【小題3】Why do people worry about the teens？

A．The teens are wasting too much money.

B．They used to work on the Internet.

C．The playing field of the teens will disappear.

D．More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet.

【小題4】The example of one college student in the passage shows that _______.

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts.

【小題5】What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage？

A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

B．Go to family activities more often.

C．Do things as you have planned.

D．Stay with your parents as often as possible.