When my daughter, Sophie, was admitted to a college we were very happy, but a little worried about becoming empty nesters. I knew I had to do something to help myself adapt, starting with the summer before she left.
Sophie had a pack of colorful T-shirts. I knew she wouldn’t wear them any more, so I decided to make a quilt out of them for her bed at college. It focused my energy, and also let me relive some memories. I tried to work on the quilt when Sophie wasn’t at home----which turned out to be often. She was very busy with her friends. Even when she was around, her door was shut more than usual. I felt a bit hurt. After all, we didn’t have much time together before she went to college, I was already missing her, and she hadn’t ever left yet.
When we arrived at the college, a wave of emotion flooded me. I tried to hold it back, but Sophie saw it in my face. She took a big red book from her bag. “I made this for you, Mom,” she said. Then I knew why she had been staying behind a closed door that summer. It was an album of photographs documenting the life of our family over the last 17 years.
I broke into tears. Some of it was sadness at having to let her go, but some of it was joy. I knew that our connection was more powerful than ever, and that we’d always be connected by the strongest of threads, the love that went into every stitch of her quilt and every photo of my album.
In Sophie’s dormitory I unfolded the quilt on her bed. For a moment she was speechless. Then she threw her arms around me. “Mom, I love you,” she said. One of her new friends was calling her outside. Sophie turned, and I let her go.
小題1:
What do we learn about Sophie from the passage?
A．She did not understand how her mother felt about her leaving.
B．She had few friends, and kept to herself at home that summer.
C．She made a photo album to show her love.
D．She liked her colorful T-shirts very much.
小題2:
Why did the author feel hurt, according to the second paragraph?
A．Because Sophie was not interested in what she was doing.
B．Because Sophie had little time for her.
C．Because Sophie was going to leave home for a long time.
D．Because Sophie did not help her to make the quilt.
小題3:
How did the author feel when they arrived at the college?
A．She felt worried.
B．She felt nervous.
C．She was sorry to be leaving her daughter.
D．She missed her daughter very much.
小題4:
Why did the author finally let her daughter go?
A．She realized that her daughter had to go to college by herself.
B．She realized that the love between them would never be cut off.
C．Sophie’s present had made her forget her sorrow.
D．Sophie’s new friends were calling her outside the dormitory.

小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:B
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A．meansB．measuresC．weighsD．has
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A．a(chǎn)musedB．controlledC．uninterestedD．relaxed
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A．turnB．chanceC．honourD．a(chǎn)ttempt
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B．She entered a competition
C．She went on a hot air balloon ride
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小題2:
The author mentioned George Bush Sr. in her essay to       .
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B．show her admiration for him
C．compare their health conditon
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How did the authou feel immediately after she jumped out of the plane?
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小題4:
What did the author enjoy most when she was skydiving?
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me. I fell backward, away from the train. I pulled the boy with me onto safe ground. The train barreled(高速行駛)past. The noise was  52 . The wheels were so close that I could have reached out and touched one.
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A．helpB．favorC．handD．ride
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A．loveB．futureC．jobD．university
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I live in a rural area but sometimes we go to the city to go shopping. One day, my daughter and I   21 we needed a day of it. We   22  made the most of it. Like anyone that likes going shopping, we of course had a   23  day.
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When my kids were   36 , I would do an act of kindness and after we were away from the   37 , I would explain what I did and   38 . I wasn’t trying to   39  but just trying to teach them about acts of   40 . They learned that it was OK to help others and have gone on to do the same.
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I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?”“Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”?
“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?”“He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…”“His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying every where. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.?
“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!”“You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?”“But he held the box in his right hand.”“Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.”“And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”?
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A．the writer came to the cafe for the first time?
B．the old man made a living by telling jokes in the cafe?
C．the writer had known about the old man before?
D．what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad?
小題2: Having heard the old man's story, the writer _______ .?
A．couldn't help laughing immediately?B．showed great mercy upon him?
C．didn't believe him at all?D．bought the old man another cup of coffee?
小題3: It turned out that the thumb in the match box was actually __________.?
A．the right thumb of his best friend?
B．the thumb he stole from the dead body of an unknown person?
C．something made of bloody white materials?
D．his own right thumb?
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A．he was nobody but the best friend of the old man?
B．the old man wouldn't pay for his coffee if he did ?
C．the waiter hadn't seen through the old man's trick?
D．the old man helped the cafe in some way?
小題5: As suggested by the passage, what might happen in the end?      ??
A．The writer refused to pay the old man's bill.?
B．The writer decided to make the trick known to the public.?
C．More strangers would hear the old man's story.?
D．The old man wouldn't visit the cafe any more.

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James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9.There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.
"J.C., "he replied.
She thought he had said "Jesse", and he had a new name.
Owens ran his first race at age 13.After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second?  year student in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.
A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.
The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games  in Berlin the next year,  and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African?American winners.
"It was all right with me, "he said years later."I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway."
Having returned from Berlin,  he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country,  either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.
Owens? Olympic victories  made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks,  motorcycles and dogs.
"Sure, it bothered me, "he said later." But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat."
In time,  however,  his gold medals changed his life."They have kept me alive over the years, "he once said. "Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard."
小題1:
　Owens got his other name "Jesse" when.
A.　he went to Ohio State University    
B.　his teacher made fun of him
C.　his teacher took "J. C."for "Jesse"
D.　he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet
小題2:
　In the Big Ten meet，Owens
A．hurt himself in the backB．succeeded in setting many records
C．tried every sports event but failedD．had to give up some events
小題3:
　We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because.
A．he was not of the right race
B．he was the son of a poor farmer
C．he didnˊt shake hands with Hitler
D．he didnˊt talk to the US president on the phone
小題4:
　When Owens says "They have kept me alive over the years ",he means that the medals.
A．have been changed for money to help him live on
B．have made him famous in the US
C．have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life
D．have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs
小題5:
　What would be the best title for the text?
A．Jesse Owens, A Great American Athlete
B．Golden Moment — A Life?time Struggle
C．Making A Living As A Sportsman
D．How To Be A Successful Athlete

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Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款臺(tái))，I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city，and when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank­you note for helping me. Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(電池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，he said.
“Thank you” — two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.
小題1:
The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City________.
A．to visit a friendB．to see his parents
C．to pay at the cash registerD．to have more gas for his car
小題2:
The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”．
A．turned offB．moved offC．put upD．set up
小題3:
What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?
A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.
B．The couple sent him a business card.
C．The couple offered to help him.
D．He called his friend for help.
小題4:
The battery of the author’s car was dead because________.
A．something went wrong with the lights
B．the meeting lasted a whole day
C．he forgot to turn off the lights
D．he drove too long a distance
小題5:
By telling his own experiences，the author tries to show ________.
A．how to write a thank­you letter
B．how to deal with car problems
C．the kind­heartedness of older people
D．the importance of expressing thanks

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