閱讀下面短文，從各題所給的三個選項中選出最佳選項。

　　Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years．What makes Mrs．Hanson different from her classmates is her 　　1　　-73 years old．She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years．

　　When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the 　　2　　 to borrow money for further education．The banker gave her 　　3　　 encouragement．He didn't think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college．He thought she should be 　　4　　 doing housework or should work on the farm．　　5　　 Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college．

　　Mrs．Hanson 　　6　　 forgot the dream of getting higher education．When the children

　　grown up, she 　　7　　 again and succeeded．In the class on her first day, when she introduced herself and 　　8　　 why she was there and what her aims were, all the other students 　　9　　 give her a warm welcome．

　　Mrs．Hanson finds that the 　　10　　 part of going back to school at her age is sitting in class long periods of time．However, she often says she will stick to her dream no matter how difficult it is．

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閱讀下面的短文，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳答案。

　　Once, a circle lost a piece of its own．The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its 　　1　　 piece．But because it was not complete, it could only roll(滾)very slowly．It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine 　　2　　 the way．It talked with worms．It found lots of different pieces, but 　　3　　 of them fit．So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on 　　4　　 for the lost piece．Then one day the circle found a piece that fit 　　5　　．The circle put the piece into 　　6　　．It could be whole with nothing lost．It was so happy and began to roll．As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms．It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly．It felt so sad 　　7　　 it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly．

　　Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something．A man who 　　8　　 everything is poor in some ways．He will never have hopes, dreams or something 　　9　　．He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had．

　　We couldn't be perfect．But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share 　　10　　 with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life．

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先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

　　You have probably heard the expression, “It's raining cats and dogs outside．”That means 　　1　　 it, S raining very hard I not that 　　2　　 cats and dogs are falling from the 　　3　　．However, one day in June, 1882, it really did rain 　　4　　 over Dubuque, Iowa．The frogs 　　5　　 falling along with hailstones(冰雹)during a 　　6　　 storm．

　　Hail is formed when drops of rainwater are 　　7　　 by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air．There the raindrops become frozen．Many drops may freeze 　　8　　 to form balls of ice; these ice balls, or hailstones, then 　　9　　 to earth．

　　During the storm in Dubuque, the strong winds lifted small frogs from nearby ponds(池塘) 　　10　　 the air along with raindrops．When some of these frogs became covered with ice, both hailstones and“frog-stones”fell onto the ground．

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　　Wang Yani was born in 1975．Even as a baby she loved to draw．Her father was an 　　1　　．Yani wanted to be like him．So she tried to stand like her father as she painted, which made him laugh．

　　One day, Yani painted lines on her faher's painting．He got 　　2　　．At the time she was only two and a half years old．She cried and said, “I want to 　　3　　 like you!” Her father looked at her without saying anything．He 　　4　　 remembered his childhood(童年)．He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn't understand．They just got angry．He didn't want to see the same thing happen to his daughter．So he decided to 　　5　　 her．

　　With her father's help, Yani soon 　　6　　．Her lines became flowers, trees, and animals．Her father took her to parks and zoos to get 　　7　　 for her paintings．By the end of six, Yani had made over 4,000 works．Her paintings were very special．People 　　8　　 her works．When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp．

　　Yani became famous when she was young．Her works were 　　9　　 in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America, 　　10　　 her parents never sold her paintings．She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great joy in her life…

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　　The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years．It runs from the east to the west in North China．It is about 6,300 kilometers 　　1　　．It is often 　　1　　 “Ten-thousand-Li Great Wall”．It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world．

　　The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk 　　3　　．Horses can also run along it, too．The Great Wall 　　4　　 stones and bricks(磚)．There are huge stones on 　　5　　 side and on the highest part．But now some sections of it are worn out．

　　There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall．Once upon 　　6　　 time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies(敵人)in the watch-towers day and night．They made 　　7　　 on the towers to 　　8　　 each other when the enemies came．

　　Nowadays we don't use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more．It is a famous place of interest to all the people in 　　9　　．Every year 　　10　　 people come to visit it form all over the world．

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Save the Wild Tiger

　　When people think of tigers, they think：strong and dangerous．

　　But now, the big animal is calling for our help．

　　There were once eight kinds of 　　1　　in the world, but

　　three died out during the 20th century．In the last 70 years, the 　　2　　 of Siberian tigers(東北虎)has gone from as many as 300 to　　　3　　 22 somewhere．The Siberian tiger has been 　　4　　 dying out completely．If the government doesn't make any efforts, it's quite 　　5　　 that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years．

　　In order to double the number of wild tigers in the 　　6　　 ten years, the World Wildlife Fund(世界自然基金會)has started a program recently．It 　　7　　save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing．China, together with twelve other 　　8　　, has joined in．

　　Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main 　　9　　 of the tigers．The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat(威脅)to tigers．So the most important thing is 　　10　　 the animals that tigers eat．To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals．

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　　I did very badly at school．My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14 he said, “You're never going to be 　　(1)　　but a failure(失敗者)．

　　After five years of poor jobs, I fell 　　(2)　　 with a very nice girl．But her mother said to me, “You've 　　(3)　　 in everything you've ever done．You can't give any happiness to my daughter!” It was the frustrating thing that could have changed me later．I decided to do something 　　(4)　　 about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was 　　(5)　　．

　　So I tried hard with my writing and went to college．My first book came out while I was at college．After college 　　(6)　　 during the day in high schools and went to evening classes at college．Later, I gave up that job to write full time．At the same time, I was offered a part-time job as a 　　(7)　　 at Leeds University．I began to feel 　　(8)　　 of myself-here was once a poor boy who'd left school early, now teaching at the university．My writing career(生涯)　　(9)　　 when I discovered my own style．

　　Now I'm rich and 　　(10)　　, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars．But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have put me down had said：“I believe in you．You'll succeed．”

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　　One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work．I got there a little early, so I ________(1)my car by a small park, and ________(2)for her．

　　As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running ________(3)on the grass as his mother ________(4)from a short distance．The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ________(5)free from some sort of prison．The boy would then fall to the grass ,(6)up , without looking back at his mother , run as ________(7)as he could , again , still with a smile on his face , as if nothing had happened．

　　At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren't most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don't even ________(8)a second attempt．They would be so ________(9)that they would not try again if someone saw them fall．Or , because they fall , they would find a good ________(10)for themselves that they're not fit for it．They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure．

　　However, with kids, when they fall down, they don't consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a ________(11)experience．They try again and again until they ________(12)．The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”．As a ________(13), they are not discouraged in any way．Besides, they ________(14)think to themselves that it's quite okay to fall down and that it's not wrong to do so．In other words , they allow themselves to make ________(15), so they remain energetic．

　　I was deeply impressed by the boy's persistence(堅持不懈)and the manner in which he did．

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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

　　When I was eleven years old, God gave me a gift of happiness．One day, on my way home from school, a truck ran over me and cut off my 　　1　　．As I lay there bleeding, I realized that I might have to live the rest of my life 　　2　　 legs．How depressing(令人沮喪的)! 　　3　　 then I realized that depression won't get my legs back．So I decided not to 　　4　　 my life feeling depressed．When my parents arrived at the 　　5　　, they were shocked and sad．I told them, “I’ve already 　　6　　 the fact．Now you also have to get used to this．”

　　Ever since then, I often see my friends getting 　　7　　 about little things： their bus comes late; they get a bad grade on a test．But I just 　　8　　 life．

　　I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you have 　　9　　, and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have．Sounds simple, doesn't it? So 　　10　　 are many people unhappy?

　　People often think happiness is based on what you 　　11　　．“My whole life would improve if I had a new car．” But when you get the 　　12　　 and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air．Then you go right back to being 　　13　　．

　　Happiness is not a happening; it's a state of 　　14　　．You can have whatever there is in the world and still be uncomfortable．Or you can have relatively 　　15　　 and feel full of joy．Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating and consciously taking pleasure in what you already have．

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先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題所給的四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

　　A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was cooking supper, and 　　1　　 her a piece of paper that he had written something on．After his mother 　　2　　 her hands, she read what on the paper．

　　For 　　3　　 the grass ＄5.00

　　For cleaning up my room this week ＄1.00

　　For going to the supermarket for you ＄1.00

　　For looking after my baby brother while you went shopping ＄1.00

　　For taking out the rubbish ＄1.00

　　For getting a good report card ＄5.00

　　For cleaning up the garden ＄2.00

　　Total：＄16.00

　　Well, his mother looked at him for a while, and then she picked up a pen, turned 　　4　　 the paper he had written on, and this was what she wrote：

　　For the nine 　　5　　 I carried you while you were growing inside me, free．

　　For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you, fed you and sung songs for you, free．

　　For all the tears(眼淚)that you’ve 　　6　　 through the years, free．

　　When you add it up, the cost of my love is free．

　　For all the nights that were filled with 　　7　　 , free．

　　For the toys, food, clothes, and even cleaning your nose, free．

　　And when you add it all up, the 　　8　　 cost of real love is free．

　　When the little boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were tears in his eyes．He looked straight 　　9　　 at his mother and said, “Mom, I sure do love you．” And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote：　　10　　 IN FULL．

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