Francis Bacon, one of the most important philosophers(哲人) of England, was born in London and educated at Cambridge University. When he was only 15, he went to France to work for the English ambassador (大使) . Two years later he went back to England to study law. At the age of twenty-three he was chosen to parliament (議會). His ideas about how scientists should study things in nature help to bring the modern way of thinking, called the scientific method.
　　One of the Bacon’s best-known books was his Essays. Each essay was a short piece of writing in which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying, conversation, friends and healthy living. In many of his books, Bacon explained how scientists should study things as they really existed in nature and then tried to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it was. Later, by doing experiments, the scientist could see that any one cause would always have the same result. This method, which is called inductive reasoning, is used by all the scientists today, but it was new in Bacon’s time.
5. 小題1:According to the passage we know that ____.

A．Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England

B．Francis Bacon had good education

C．Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15

D．Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23

6. 小題2:The underlined phrase “inductive reasoning” in the last paragraph means____.

A．to discover general laws from particular facts or examples

B．to reach a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case

C．to study things as they used to be

D．to study things in a particular way

7. 小題3:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Bacon was a learned man.

B．Bacon did a lot of philosophy.

C．The inductive reasoning was widely used both today and in Bacon’s time.

D．Bacon gave scientists much useful advice.

There was a little boy   26  his grandparents on their farm.He was given a slingshot（彈弓）to play with,out in the woods.He   27  in the woods,but he could never hit the target.Getting a little  28 ,he headed back to dinner.Then,he saw Grandma’s pet duck,so he let fly,hit the duck square in the head,and   29  it.He was shocked and upset.In   30 ,he hid the dead duck in the woodpile,  31  to see his sister watching.Sally had seen it all,  32  she said nothing.
  33 lunch that day grandma said,“Sally,let’s wash the dishes.”
But Sally said,“Grandma,Johnny told me he wanted to   34  in the kitchen today,didn’t you Johnny?”And then she   35  to him,“Remember,the duck?”So Johnny did the dishes.
Later Grandpa asked if   36  wanted to go fishing,and Grandma said,“I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.”
But Sally   37  and said,“Well,that’s   38  because Johnny told me he wanted to help.”
  39 the duck,Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.
After several days of Johnny doing both his   40  and Sally’s,he finally couldn’t   41 
it any longer.He came to Grandma and told her that he killed the duck.She   42  down,gave him a hug（擁抱）,and said,“Sweetheart,I know.You see,I was standing at the window and I   43  the whole thing.But because I love you,I   44  you.But I was just   45  how long would you let Sally make a slave of you.”
26.A.helping                 B.visiting                            C.tending                            D.seeking
27.A.practised               B.played                       C.worked                            D.hunted
28.A.anxious                B.tired                         C.pleased                      D.discouraged
29.A.caught                  B.injured                      C.killed                        D.seized
30.A.surprise                B.disappointment          C.anger                        D.horror
31.A.only                     B.so as                         C.in order                     D.expecting
32.A.so                        B.and                           C.instead                      D.but
33.A.At                        B.After                        C.Before                      D.Cooking
34.A.work                    B.stay                          C.help                          D.get
35.A.called                  B.whispered                  C.nodded                      D.signed
36.A.the children          B.Sally                         C.Johnny                      D.Grandma
37.A.sighed                  B.agreed                       C.objected                    D.smiled
38.A.easy                            B.all right                     C.fine                          D.impossible
39.A.Searching             B.Hiding                      C.Remembering            D.Regretting
40.A.homework            B.housework                 C.farm work                 D.cooking
41.A.stand                    B.change                      C.like                           D.cover
42.A.sat                       B.went                         C.lay                            D.knelt
43.A.know                   B.heard                        C.saw                           D.understand
44.A.missed                  B.forgave                            C.congratulated             D.punished
45.A.wondering            B.saying                       C.imaging                    D.considering

Robeson was born in a very poor family.At seven,he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home,then he sold  26  he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents.He had
  27  schooling,for being so poor,how could they   28   school fees?
When he was fifteen,he worked   29  a servant in a school.Looking at other children studying in the classroom,he felt  30  for himself.How he   31   to have the same chance!He decided to study by  32  .In the daytime,after the sweeping and cleaning was over,he   33  
stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said.At night,he tried his best to remember what he   34  during the day.He worked   35  hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep.The more he learned,the greater  36  he showed in his lessons.A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and  37  him to sit at the back of the class.In one exam,he was the  38  one in the whole school who reached the highest grade.He would have been given the scholarship if he   39  a regular student of the school.
Robeson  40  rough six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which captured the  41  of some university professors.They admired his talent  42  his diligence.To give him a good chance,they hired him as a librarian and  43   him free guidance.Robeson felt  44  ,for he was sure that before him there was a broad road   45  success.
26.A.whether                B.which                       C.that                           D.what
27.A.many                   B.few                           C.little                         D.much
28.A.buy                      B.afford                       C.send                          D.read
29.A.as                        B.like                           C.for                            D.by
30.A.angry                   B.ashamed                    C.proud                        D.sorry
31.A.hated                    B.decided                     C.wished                      D.regretted
32.A.the teacher            B.himself                            C.his parents                 D.his schoolmates
33.A.could                   B.ought to                    C.should                       D.would
34.A.had learned                                              B.has been taught
C.has heard                                                      D.had been written down
35.A.very                            B.so                             C.too                           D.quite
36.A.joy                       B.interest                      C.time                          D.taste
37.A.allowed                B.agreed                      C.let                                   D.refused
38.A.worst                   B.only                          C.last                           D.laziest
39.A.had been               B.has been                    C.is                              D.was
40.A.learned                 B.listened                     C.mastered                   D.struggled
41.A.notice                   B.influence                   C.eyes                          D.attention
42.A.except for             B.according to                     C.as well as                  D.in spite of
43.A.taught                  B.offered                      C.lent                           D.sent
44.A.sad                       B.angry                        C.happy                       D.disappointed
45.A.leading to             B.coming from             C.made of                    D.covered with

　Bill and his family has been living in the six－family building for years.All the neighbours got along fairly well with each other until recently.
An old man and his wife used to live on the second floor.Bill’s mother and the old lady were good friends.Unfortunately the lady died last month.Her husband could not live alone,so he had his grandson move over and live with him.
The grandson has become a problem to all the neighbours,especially to Bill’s family.The walls of the building are thin and he is noisy.Bill is used to peace and quiet but the young man likes to listen to the radio late at night.Sometimes friends of his visit and they make a lot of noise.That is too much for Bill’s family.
Bill’s mother once asked the old man politely if he was able to sleep well at night,but obviously the man didn’t understand what she meant.If he did and spoke to his grandson,the young man obviously didn’t listen,since things haven’t changed any.Everyone in Bill’s family agrees that something must be done though they don’t want to hurt the kind old man.
小題1:Bill’s family got angry because ________.

A．the old lady had died

B．a(chǎn) young man moved in

C．the old man could not live alone

D．the grandson made a lot of noise

小題2:Which of the following statements is true?

A．The old man could not live without his wife’s help.

B．The old man and his wife were sometimes making trouble too.

C．Bill’s mother was kind to her neighbours.

D．Bill’s mother was the only one who likes the young man.

小題3:It seems that ________to solve the problem.

A．a(chǎn)nyone is able	B．only the grandfather is going
C．Bill’s mother is able	D．nobody is likely

When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’11 most certainly be right．”It made a deep  36 on me．a(chǎn)nd since then。for the  past 33 years，I have  37 in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life， 38  I want to do what I am about to do today?”And whenever the answer has been“No”for too many days in a  39 ，I know I need to change something．
Remembering that I’ll be  40 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big  41 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，  42 only what is truly important
About a year ago I was  43  with cancer My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs  44 order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I  45  with that diagnosis all day．  46  ，at last an advanced test showed that i。。t was a very rare cancer that is  47 with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now
 48 wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there And yet death is the destination we all  49 ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of  50 ．It is life's change agent It clears out the old to  51  for the new．Right now the new is you．but someday not too  52 from n6w，you will．gradually’become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true．
Your time is  53 ，so don’t waste it living，someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be  54  by dogma（教條） —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’opinions drown out your own inner  55 ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart
36．A．impression        B．curse              C． decision                  D．joke
37．A．seen              B．looked            C．found              D．1ost
38．A．would             B．should            C．might               D．could
39．A．hurry              B．1ine              C．moment             D．row
40．A．successful          B．rich              C．dead             D．frustrated
41．A．a(chǎn)pologies          B．fortune           C．impressions          D．choices
42．A．proving           B．leaving            C．confirming         D．telling
43．A．diagnosed          B．cured            C．treated              D．round
44．A．on                B．for              C． in                D．a(chǎn)t
45．A．met               B．got              C．did                       D．1ived
46．A．However          B．But              C．Therefore         D．So
47．A．incurable          B．curable              C．fatal              D．changeable
48．A．Anyone           B．Someone         C．No one           D．Everyone
49．A．want             B．a(chǎn)void             C．share            D．escape
50．A．destination        B．1ife              C．science            D．disease
51．A．make up             B．make for          C．make our          D．make wav
52．A．distant             B．short               C．long              D．a(chǎn)way   
53．A．1imited            B．rare               C．enough           D．1ost
54．A．wasted              B．cheated            C．excited            D．trapped
55．A．voice               B．love              C．direction          D．confusion

Two thieves came to a house to steal something.They dug a hole in the wall of the house.
There lived many mice in the house.The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl（爬行）into the house.“Look！In comes one，”she said to the man in the house.The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside，“She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him，so he said，“Let us two try to crawl into the house together.”At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house，too.The woman saw the mice and shouted，“In come two，catch them！” The two thieves were terribly frightened.The man in the house said，“You saw them come in but where are they？ I will catch them tonight.”The two thieves started running away at once.
The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before.The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house.The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields.The rein（韁繩）broke and the woman came home for a rope.She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some.She picked out two which looked like mice.At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up.The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said，“How they look like the two of last night.”The man said，“I asked you to fetch a rope，why don’t you hurry for it？”The two thieves ran away quickly without their sweet potatoes.
小題1:The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because______.?

A．they were found out

B．they were frightened by what they had heard in the house

C．they didn’t work together well with each other

D．mice stopped them from doing so

小題2:From the last paragraph，we know that ______.

A．the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes

B．the woman recognized the two thieves

C．the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them

D．the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all

小題3:“______”is the best title for this passage.

A．Two Clever Thieves	B．Terrible Mice
C．Hit the Mark by a Fluke（歪打正著）	D．A Clever Couple

小題4:Which of the following statements is false？

A．The two thieves not only failed to steal things but also lost their sweet potatoes.

B．Whenever they found mice，the people in the house would try to catch them.

C．The two thieves ran away at once，because they thought the woman had seen them.

D．The man let the woman go home for a rope，which would be used for catching the thieves.

When Colonel Harland Sanders retired at the age of 65, he had little to show for himself, except an old Caddie roadster, a $105 monthly pension check ,and a recipe for chicken.
Knowing he couldn’t live on his pension, he took his chicken recipe in hand, got behind the wheel of his van (貨車),and set out to make his fortune. His first plan was to sell his chicken recipe to restaurant  owners, who would in turn give him a residual (酬金)for every piece of chicken they sold—5 cents per chicken. The first restaurateur he called on turned him down.
So did the second.
So did the third.
In fact, the first 1,008 sales calls Colonel Sanders made ended in rejection. Still, he continued to call on owners as he traveled across the USA, sleeping in his car to save money. Prospect number 1,009 gave him first “yes”.
After two years of making daily sales he had signed up a total of five restaurants. Still the Colonel pressed on , knowing that he had a great chicken recipe and that someday the idea would catch on .
Of course, you know how the story ends. The idea did catch on. By 1963 the Colonel had 600 restaurants across the country selling his secret recipe of Kentucky Fried Chicken (with ll herbs and spices ).
In 1964 he was bought out by future Kentucky governor John Brown.Even though the sale made him a multi-millionaire, he continued to represent and promote KFC until his death in 1990.
小題1:Which of the following statements about Colonel Sanders is wrong according to the passage? 

A．He received a pension of a little more than $100 every month after he retired.

B．He couldn’t live on his pension because he had a chicken recipe in hand.

C．He didn’t succeed in selling his recipe until he tried 1,009 times.

D．He lived a hard life when he stared the business.

小題2:The underlined phrase“catch on ”in Paragraph 6 probably means         .

A．be accepted

B．be grasped

C．be popular

D．be rejected

小題3:The sentence “Of course, you know how the story ends” means         .

A．you are sure to know the result of Colonel Sanders’ business

B．You are sure to know Colonel Sanders had finished his story

C．It is certain Colonel Sanders ended his business

D．It is certain Colonel Sanders knew how to end his story

小題4:Colonel Sanders’ story teaches us an important lesson:       

A．It’s never too late to make a change in your life .

B．The early bird catches the worm.

C．Live and learn. Life can teach you a lot of lessons.

D．Constant dripping wears away a stone.

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The USA is the first country where Mother’s Day appeared.
On May 9th, 1906,an American Anne Jevis’s mother died. Ann was in deep sorrow. In order to memorize her mother, she put forward a proposal to fix a day as Mother’s Day. On May 7th ,1914,the Congress of the USA passed a law ,making the second Sunday of May “Mother’s Day”.
Today millions of Americans observe Mother’s Day in some ways. They buy more than 150,000,000Mother’s Day greeting cards. Companies produce more than 1,000 different kinds. Most of the cards show pictures of flowers, hearts or other things that people feel are linked to being a mother. They have messages that express a person’s love for his or her mother. Some are humorous. And some have no words. People can express their own feelings for their mother. Many people give flowers for Mother’s Day. It is one of the busiest days of the year for the flower industry. Many people have written songs about mothers and Mother’s Day.
Mother’s Day is a time for young children to do special things for their mother. Some would make a special gift or draw a special picture. One family activity on Mother’s Day is to have the children cook the early morning meal .Then they serve the food to their mother while she is still in bed. Or they might clean the house so she does not have to do it. Fathers might take care of the children that day so the mothers can rest, or take a walk, or read a book. Many mothers feel that this free time on their special day is a very good Mother’s Day gift.
Some families will get together for a meal at a local eating place. This means that mothers do not have to cook on their special day. Coming out to dinner has become a tradition on Mother’s Day. As a result, restaurants are extremely crowded that day. It has become one of the busiest days of the year for the restaurant industry in the United States.
Now Mother’s Day has been an international festival and more than 40 countries have accepted this festival.
Title:76     Day

Date	The 77       Sunday of May
78.	Anne’s 79.          at her mother’s death
82.            to celebrate	Cards are sent with flowers or hearts to express80.
	81.         written for mothers
	Special things done by children	Make special gifts
		Draw special pictures
		Cook and serve the early morning meal
		Clean the house
	Special things done by fathers	Look after children
	Get together for a meal at a local eating place, which makes restaurants very83.
84.	An international festival celebrated in over 85.       countries

It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their  36 .This was the beginning of another  37  day in New York City.   38  this day was to be different.
Waiting  39 the crowded streets, on top of a  40 110 stories high, was Philippe Pettit.This daring Frenchman was about to  41 a tightrope(繃索)between the two towers of the World Trade Center.
Philippe took his first  42  with great care.The wire held. Now he was 43 he could do it.  44 only a balancing Polar, Philippe walked his way across, a  45 of 131 feet.
Soon the rush-hour  46 began to notice. What a   47  !There, 1350 feet above the street, a 48 figure was walking on air.
Philippe made seven  49 , back and forth(來回).He wasn't satisfied with just  50  .At times,he would turn,sit down,and  51 go on his knees.Once,he had the astonishing  52  to lie down on the thin thread. And thousands of  53  watchers stared with their hearts beating fast.
After the forty-five-minute  54 ,Philippe was taken to the police station. He was asked  55  he did it.Philippe shrugged(聳肩)and said,“When I see two tall buildings, I walk.”
36.A. homes                 B. jobs                    C.buses                          D.offices
37.A.working               B.hot                      C. ordinary                   D. same
38.A.And                   B.So                                   C.But                           D.Thus
39.A.for                       B.in                             C.by                               D.above
40.A.roof                            B.position                     C.wall                          D.building
41.A.throw                   B.walk                         C.climb                        D.fix
42.A.act                    B.landing                        C.step                          D.trip
43.A.sure                            B.uncertain                   C.glad                          D.nervous
44.A.Through               B.Against                     C.With                         D.On
45.A.distance                B.height                       C.space                        D.rope
46.A.streets                  B.crowds                  C.passengers                 D.city
47.A.height                  B.pleasure                    C.wonder                        D.danger
48.A.great                    B.strange                  C.public                       D.tiny
49.A.experiments     B.circles                       C.trips                  D.movements
50.A.walking           B.staying                  C.acting                       D.showing
51.A.almost                  B.even                         C.often                         D.rather
52.A.spirit                    B.result                        C.strength                     D.courage
53.A.patient                  B.terrified                    C.pleased              D.enjoyable
54.A.show                    B.trick                         C.try                            D.program
55.A.how                            B.why                          C.whether                     D.when

Alexis was hot and tired. With rage (憤怒) in her voice she shouted,“Pull me up! I give up. I hate this. This is stupid!” It was at that moment when Jason, the adviser on the trip, looked at me and said,“Ed, I'm going to go down and talk with her.”I then shouted down to Alexis,“ Hold on! You can do this. We know you can!”
Jason grasped another rope, put this climbing harness (系帶) on and began to move down the cliff. Within moments Jason was beside Alexis. She had her cheek directly against the face of the rock with her feet barely resting on a small piece of the cliff that jetted (急突) outward. Jason said to Alexis,“I know that you have been on this cliff now for what seems like a long time. Your feet and fingers are cramping (痙攣) up and your forearms feel as though they are on fire. But, Alexis, you are strong. Look how far up you are already. You have taken one of the more difficult parts up the cliff. Alexis, look at the path you have taken.”At that moment, Alexis moved her cheek away from the rock face and looked down. The bright white chalk she used in her hands to give her a better hold, showed the path where her tired hands had moved her upward on the cliff. Jason was right. Alexis had taken the hardest way up the cliff. Jason then looked straight into Alexis' eyes and in a calm voice he said,“You are not alone out here. There are people who care about you, who want to help you and see you succeed. We are going to do this together. Are you ready?” Slowly she nodded and took a deep breath.?
小題1:Jason went down the cliff because _______.

A．Alexis took a wrong path

B．Alexis was trapped in rocks ?

C．Alexis didn't believe in herself

D．Alexis' forearms were badly hurt ?

小題2: We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．Alexis was finally pulled up by Ed?

B．Alexis regretted having taken the wrong path up the cliff

C．Alexis was immediately sent to hospital after she was pulled up ?

D．Alexis successfully rock-climbed

小題3:The underlined word “hot” in the story means_______.

A．disappointed	B．a(chǎn)ngry?
C．uncomfortable	D．running a high body temperature?

小題4:Alexis would probably become _______.

A．more strong?minded	B．easier to give up ?
C．poorer in health	D．less interested in rock climbing ??