Dae Jang Geum 《大長今》 is a hot new Korean TV series. Because of this series, my personal status (地位) and living standard have been greatly     . My girlfriend used to cook every evening. Well, now she does nothing but        in front of the TV when she’s not       , and orders me, “You --- go and make some instant noodles. Come and watch the play and just imagine we are enjoying Korean       .”
She once swore (發(fā)誓) to        all Korean dishes in Dae Jang Geum. So she ordered me to        the TV and record any details of Jang Geum’s cooking. But when she presented her version of Korean food, it was like the dog-meal. “You can        get things done if you find the right tool,” my girlfriend blamed her terrible kitchen performances on       . So I decided to       her a new kitchen knife. In a store, she became unusually        when making her selection. She finally picked one that was       Jang Geum’s. To prove that her slow knife skill was because of the blunt (鈍的) knife, she        her cutting. As a result, she hurt her fingers three times. Fortunately the knife was not        the salesman boasted (吹噓).
My girlfriend is a fan of Jang Geum’s Korean       . Not only did she talk about the dress every day, she also threatened to change my tie into a  butterfly knot(蝴蝶結(jié)) like the one on Jang Geum’s dress. Finally, I lost my patience and took her to a maternity (孕婦裝) shop where I recommended one suit to her, “Do you think it looks like a(n)       dress?”  Coincidently(巧合地) , her parents just happened to be shopping at the time. They were        when they saw what we were doing.
The Dae Jang Geum series        encouraging the youth to realize their ambition(雄心,抱負(fù)). However, it fails to realize my girlfriend’s.        being engaged in her work or study, she simply sits on the sofa every night, staring at       , a bag of chips in her hand. This situation has         even though the series is now over.

小題1:	A．increased B．degraded C．risen D．raised

小題2:	A．stand B．lay C．seat D．sit

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)t work B．a(chǎn)t table C．on leave D．on business

小題4:	A．fruits B．vegetables C．dishes D．cakes

小題5:	A．eat B．learn C．cook D．perform

小題6:	A．stand for B．go by C．pass by D．stand by

小題7:	A．easily B．hardly C．difficultly D．carefully

小題8:	A．her fork B．her spoon C．her knife D．her pan

小題9:	A．buy B．borrow C．lend D．fetch

小題10:

A．careless B．a(chǎn)ngry C．patient D．modest(謙虛)

小題11:

A．better than B．the closest shape of C．sharper than D．taken from

小題12:

A．speeded up B．slowed down C．brought down D．improved

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)s fast as B．a(chǎn)s dull as C．a(chǎn)s slow as D．a(chǎn)s sharp as

小題14:

A．diet style B．dish flavor C．dressing style D．cooking style

小題15:

A．Chinese B．Korean C．English D．American

小題16:

A．quite encouraged B．pretty satisfied C．very pleased D．pretty shocked

小題17:

A．shoots at B．a(chǎn)ims at C．directs at D．works at

小題18:

A．In spite of B．Because of C．Instead of D．In case of

小題19:

A．me B．herself C．the TV D．nothing

小題20:

A．changed little B．turned a lot C．developed a little D．improved a lot

The information below is taken from a dictionary page.
jaguar: n. a type of large, yellow-colored cat with black markings found in the southwestern region of the U. S. and in Central and South America.
jargon: 1. n. speech that doesn’t make sense.
2. n. an unknown language that seems strange or impossible to understand.
3. n. a language made up of two or more other languages: His jargon was a mixture of French and English.
4. n. the special vocabulary of a field or profession: Her report on computers was filled with jargon.
jaunt: 1. n. a trip taken for fun.
2. v. to go on a brief pleasant trip: We jaunted to the country last Saturday.
javelin: 1. n.. a spear(矛) most commonly used as weapon or in hunting.
2. n. a light metal or wooden spear that is thrown in track-and-field sport events.
3. n. the event in which a javelin is thrown.
4. v. to strike, as with a javelin.
jazz: 1. n. a type of music that originated in New Orleans and is characterized by rhythmic beats.
2. n. popular dance music influenced by jazz.
3. n. empty talk.
4. ad. of or like jazz: a jazz band, jazz records.
Jennet: n. a small Spanish horse.
jest: 1.n. thing said or done to cause amusement; joke.
2. (idiom) in jest: as a joke ; in fun; not seriously.
3.v.make jokes 
小題1:Which meaning of the word javelin is used in the sentence below?
At the competition, Jack drew his arm back and threw the javelin 50 yards.

A．Definition (定義) 1	B．Definition 2
C．Definition 3	D．Definition 4

小題2:Which meaning of the word jargon is used in the sentence below?
Doctors often speak in medical jargon.

A．Definition 1	B．Definition 2
C．Definition 3	D．Definition 4

小題3:What does the word jazz mean in the following sentence?
Don’t give me that jazz, for I am a practical person.

A．rhythmic beats	B．a(chǎn) type of music
C．a(chǎn) kind of dance	D．meaningless talk

小題4:Which word is needed to fill in the following sentence?
His reply was taken half seriously, half in_________.

A．javelin

B．jest

C．jaunt

D．jargon

Have you got a Facebook account? Are you thinking of getting one? Jamie Simmonds has just signed up. Let's see how she's getting along.
My Diary
MONDAY: I'm officially a Facebooker. I find a few people I used to know and I've soon got seven friends. I've never felt so popular! I wonder if my old university flatmate Steve is on here…What do you know! He is! Maybe Facebook has its uses.
TUESDAY: I've received lots of nice welcoming messages on my wall. Later, I meet up with Steve for a drink after not seeing him for five years. We get on really well! Then, he uses his Facebook app for iPhone to suggest me as a friend to some other former classmates. Some of them even come to the pub and it's just like old times – possibly a bit too much like old times. During the night, photos are uploaded to Facebook.
WEDNESDAY: Disaster! My mum's on Facebook! Has she seen the photos of me dancing on the table last night? Has she shown them to dad? Oh. And I have a friend request – mum again!
THURSDAY: There's a message from my boyfriend, “so, it's over then, is it?” Obviously I haven't changed my settings to show I'm “in a relationship”, and I haven't even added him as a friend. Ah, well, I wonder what my ex-boyfriend is doing… Whoops! I accidentally type his name into my status box instead of the search  and now every one can see it on their news feed.
FRIDAY: Time to update my status: “Work is boring. Can't wait for the weekend!” Oh, look, I've received a comment! Someone must feel the same way. Lots of my friends now “l(fā)ike” this status.
SATURDAY: Good news! I've got 100 friends. But wait! Someone has “un-friended” me! I look through my “friend list” to try to work out who it was. Why did they do that? Am I really such a terrible person? I never knew Facebook could be this cruel.
SUNDAY: Wake up. Check my Facebook page. Make coffee. Check my Facebook page again. Get ready to leave. Change my mind and check my Facebook page … again. I am becoming addicted to it! I think it's time to end it all before it takes over my life. I delete my account. Back to good, old, simple e-mails. Oh, look, I've got a message: A friend invited you to join Twitter. . .  
In July 2010, Facebook had more than 500 million active users. The average Facebook user has 130 friends. Facebook is translated into more than 70 different languages. The world spends 700 billion minutes a month on Facebook. Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page says he's a Harvard graduate, even though he actually dropped out to focus on Facebook. The site is valued at between $7.9 and $11 billion.
小題1:Why did Jamie's boyfriend ask her whether she had broken up with him?

A．He had seen photos of Jamie dancing on the table.

B．She showed in her Facebook that she was still not dating anyone.

C．Her boyfriend was angry that she refused to add him as her friend.

D．He saw the name of her ex-boyfriend on his news feed.

小題2:Which of the following is expressed in this article?

A．Visiting Facebook website took up a large part of Jamie's time and energy.

B．Jamie is enthusiastic about her present job.

C．Facebook was created by a Harvard graduate, Mark Zuckerberg.

D．Compared with Facebook, Twitter is a better choice for Jamie.

小題3:What does the word “un-friend” mean in “Someone has ‘un-friended' me!”?

A．Being unfriendly to others.

B．Having a quarrel with somebody.

C．Removing a name from the friend list.

D．Ending friendship with somebody.

小題4:Which of the following is true according to the passage ?

A．Steve was Jamie's boyfriend in the university.

B．People all over the world spend 700 billion minutes a week on Facebook.

C．Jamie's mother saw her dancing on the table last night.

D．Jamie felt enthusiastic about Facebook at first.

小題5:It can be learned from the passage that the writer's attitude towards Facebook is _________  .

A．subjective

B．objective

C．negative

D．positive

Dae Jon is the city in South Korea, where I was born and grew up. There was a public park there. It was a very popular place, and I have tons of precious (珍貴的) memories from times spent there.
Our teachers often took us to that park for a spring or fall picnic. When I learned martial arts (武術(shù))—Tae Kwon Do, my master usually took us there to train us. There was a hill there which was not high, so I could reach the peak (山頂) within forty minutes even though I was very young. From the peak, I could see a lot of places if it was a sunny day.
There was a huge rock on the top called Eagle Rock because the shape of the rock looked like the head of an eagle. We spent lots of fun days there. We played hide-and-seek within the limited area, and we sometimes caught frogs and fish in the pond. When we felt thirsty, we enjoyed drinking cold spring water.
When I was a ten-year-old boy, I usually went to the park with my father to exercise early in the morning. It was quite dark, so I sometimes felt afraid, but after I got used to going there, I enjoyed breathing the fresh air and hearing the birds sing.
Recently, I went back to the park to remember my good times there. When I arrived at the entrance, I was surprised because it didn’t seem to be the same as I remembered it. Everything has changed in the thirteen years since I last saw it, but the good memories soon came back. I could almost imagine a boy playing there with a slight smile and shaking hands with me.
小題1:The writer went to the park with his teachers __________.

A．to read books	B．to have a picnic
C．to do morning exercises	D．to catch dogs

小題2:As a child, the writer did the following in the park EXCEPT __________.

A．practicing martial arts	B．climbing the hill
C．swimming in the pond	D．playing hide-and-seek

小題3:How long has the writer not been there?

A．10 years.

B．13 years.

C．20 years.

D．23 years.

小題4:The writer went back to the park in order to __________.

A．meet his old friends

B．play with his old classmates

C．exercise with his father

D．remember his good times

小題5:The writer was surprised when he got to the park because __________.

A．the park had changed a lot

B．his good memories didn’t come back

C．he didn’t see the boy with a slight smile

D．he couldn’t breathe the fresh air as usual

On Christmas Eve a few years ago an English couple received a very special telephone call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very important. The Haydens’ 15-year-old daughter had disappeared six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. “I’m phoning to wish a happy Christmas,” she said, “I love you.”
Ronals and Edwine Hayden were so happy that they started a special telephone service called “Alive and Well”. The service helps parents to get in touch with children who have run away from home.
Young people can phone “Alive and Well” and leave a message for their parents. The telephones are answered by answering machines. So no one can speak to the child of making him return home.
Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home, so children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through “Alive and Well” they can telephone their parents without worrying about this or giving out their addresses.
The Haydens and their helpers write down the tape recorded telephone messages and connect the address given. Many of the 30,000 British teenagers who have left home are probably in London. For only two pence they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents. They can dial (撥) 5675339 and stop a parent’s worry: Is he dead or alive?
小題1:The Haydens’ daughter rang her parents         .

A．because she knew she had done something wrong

B．in order to give them her address

C．to say she was coming home soon

D．in order to comfort her worried parents

小題2:If you ring “Alive and Well”,         .

A．you will get the information you want

B．your message will be passed over to your parents

C．the police will bring you home

D．your parents will know where you are

小題3:From the passage, we can know that ________.

A．the Haydens received an “Alive and Well” call before Christmas

B．a(chǎn)n “Alive and Well” call usually costs a lot

C．30,000 British teenagers enjoyed the “Alive and Well” service

D．a(chǎn)n “Alive and Well” call is very important for worrying parents

小題4:Through “Alive and Well”, parents of runaway children         .

A．often fail to persuade their children to return home

B．know nothing from their children

C．can say nothing to their children

D．can ask the police to help them to find lost children

小題5:What can we know about the Haydens’ daughter from the passage?

A．She died six months ago.

B．She had a quarrel with her parents.

C．She worked in “Alive and Well”.

D．She ran away from home half a year ago.

Everyone wants to have a healthy heart. Still, heart diseases affect more than 1 in 3 adults in the United States. The good news is that some simple, everyday habits can make a big difference in your ability to live a healthy lifestyle. Here are some worst habits for your heart, and how to avoid them.
Watching TV
Sitting for hours on end increases your risk of heart attack and stroke(中風(fēng)),“some exercise doesn’t make up for the time you sit,”says Harmony R. Reynolds, Why? The lack of movement may affect blood levels of fats and sugars. Dr. Reynolds advises walking around regularly and, if you’re at work, standing up to talk on the phone.
Leaving hostility and depression unchecked
Are you feeling stressed or sad? It can do harm to your heart. While everyone feels this way some of the time, how you handle these emotions can affect your heart health.“Those with stress are in greater danger; research has shown a benefit to laughter and social support,” Dr. Reynolds says. “And it’s helpful to be able to go to someone and talk about your problems.”
Cutting off from the world
It's no secret that on some days, other human beings can seem annoying and too difficult to get along with.
However, it makes sense to strengthen your connections to the ones you actually like. People with stronger connections to family, friends, and society in general tend to live longer, healthier lives.
Everyone needs alone time, but you should still reach out to others and keep in touch whenever you can.
Drinking (too much) alcohol
Sure, studies suggest a small amount of alcohol may be good for your heart. However, too many of us drink over. Too much alcohol is linked to a greater risk of high blood pressure, high levels of blood fats, and heart failure.
小題1:Watching TV for a long time may ______________.

A．help you live a healthy life	B．lead to heart attack
C．make up for the time you sit	D．make you feel stressed

小題2:Which of the following is bad for those with stress and sadness?

A．Laughing a lot	B．Talking about their own problems.
C．Getting social support	D．Leaving these emotions alone.

小題3:If you want a long healthy life, you should____________.

A．cut off from the world	B．get along well with others
C．stay alone as much as possible	D．drink no alcohol

小題4:From the passage we can infer that _____________.

A．some everyday habits can help avoid heart attacks

B．standing up to talk on the phone is not a good idea

C．it’s easy to strengthen your connections to others

D．too much alcohol is not linked to heart failure

Newspapers in Great Britain vary greatly in their ways of carrying the news. There are serious papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad. There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment to information.
The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably the Times. It began in 1785, and is well accepted for believable news and serious opinions on the news. It calls itself an independent paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party. Its leading articles give the opinions of the editors, not those of the owners of the paper.
Letters to the editor are printed in the newspaper. These parts of the Times are always interesting. Most of the letters are serious subjects. But from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at all serious, perhaps on a new fashion of dress, or the bad manners of the young people, compared with manners of thirty years ago.
小題1: If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself         .

A．a(chǎn) serious newspaper	B．foreign newspaper
C．a(chǎn)ny independent paper	D．a(chǎn) popular newspaper

小題2:The Times is an independent paper because        .

A．it supports no political parties

B．it is not controlled by the British Government

C．it gives special support to all the political parties.

D．the editor’s opinions are not examined by the owners of the paper

小題3: The underlined word “vary” in the passage probably means “       ”.

A．improve	B．compete with each other
C．a(chǎn)re different	D．keep in touch with each other

Your youngest son or daughter has just graduated from high school, and soon he or she will trade his or her bedroom in your home for a college residence hall. You’re starting to worry about the coming silence in your home and are wondering how you will fill the hours that you previously spent with your son or daughter attending his or her school and sporting events.
Take heart — the empty nest “is often worse in anticipation (預(yù)料) than in day-to-day practice”, says psychologist Bert Hayslip Jr.
Hayslip, who has studied retirement adjustment (調(diào)整) and other aging problems, such as aging sleeplessness, for many years, points out that, more often than not, children who leave do not completely cut off contact with their parents. He advises parents to think of it as a series of life events, instead of a sudden change. He also says an empty nest can cause bigger problems to surface “if a couple hasn’t looked after their marriage while raising their children”. According to Hayslip, some couples may find they no longer have anything in common once the children are out of the house.
Thinking of an empty nest as the loss of children makes the adjustment more difficult. “With the empty-nest syndrome (綜合癥), parents actually need to deal with the loss of the parenting control over children, not with having really lost their children,” Hayslip says. “They just have to find a new way to get along with their children.”
“Relating to their college-age children in this new way will come easily to parents as the months pass. As with many things, the passage of time heals the pain of loss,” Hayslip says.
小題1:What does the “empty nest” mean?

A．Children’s cutting off contact with their parents.

B．Children’s not liking spending time with their parents.

C．Children’s growing up and leaving home.

D．Children’s not accepting parents’ care and love.

小題2:What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?

A．Retirement adjustment.	B．Aging problem.
C．Sleeplessness.	D．The reality of empty nest.

小題3:Why do many parents find it hard to adjust to the empty-nest life？

A．Because they think they have actually lost their children.

B．Because they often disagree with their children on many things.

C．Because their children completely cut off contact with them.

D．Because these parents don’t have anything in common.

小題4:According to Hayslip, what parents actually lose in an “empty nest” is _______.

A．their children’s love for them

B．their control over children

C．their interest in life

D．their contact with children

Friendships can be difficult — because often people aren't as honest and open as they should be. Sometimes, people finally get hurt.
Most problems with friendships come up because people are just too selfish to care about the things that their friends need. They care about their own needs much more, which makes it hard for friendships to work. However, being selfish is part of human nature. A person is put together in order to take care of themselves and their own needs, not necessarily those needs of other people. Even though being selfish is something that all humans are born with, it is something that everyone should be against.
The best thing to remember when you are a friend to anyone is that you need to treat your friends the same way that you'd like to be treated(對待). This is wonderful advice for a friendship, because it is really the only way to make sure that you are giving your friends everything you would want to be given in a friendship. Whenever you have a question about how you should treat a friend, it is easy to find an answer simply by asking yourself what you would like your friend to do for you, if he or she was in your shoes.
Even if you're always thinking about how you'd like to be treated, and your friends are too, there are problems that come up from time to time in each friendship, and it is important to understand how to deal with these problems so that you can build stronger and healthier friendships. Problems like friends getting boyfriends or girlfriends and not spending enough time with their friends, or even friends finding new friends and leaving old friends behind are problems that will probably come up with one or more of your friendships. It is important to know how to deal with these friend problems so that you can keep your friends and make new ones. No one wants to have a broken friendship.
小題1:This passage mainly talks about ________.

A．the importance of friendship

B．the advantages(益處) of friendship

C．the problems of friendship

D．the disadvantages(劣勢) of friendship

小題2:According to the writer, problems with friendship may appear when ________.

A．one is honest

B．one is selfish

C．one is open

D．one is kind

小題3:According to the passage, the first and most important thing to be other people's friend is ________.

A．to treat your friend as you like to be

B．to give your friends whatever you have

C．not to hurt your friends' feelings

D．not to think of your own need any more

小題4:What's the purpose of understanding how to deal with friendship problems?

A．To have a comfortable life.

B．To build stronger and healthier friendships.

C．To be treated the way you want.

D．To get a boyfriend or girlfriend more quickly.

Earlier this year I traveled to Turkana in Kenya. I was there to take pictures of the “broken food system”.
As a special visitor, I was greeted with songs and dances. The locals used to sing and dance all the time but now Turkana is silent and has been for some years. No one is singing or dancing any more because they have no food, nothing to celebrate. Many of them are surviving on a little corn a day and water, which they can get just every two days.
I met Tede Lokapelo, a local farmer who described the experience of a six-year drought(干旱). Tede used to have 200 goats, but now he has only seven left. He told me that this drought has taught him a hard lesson: It is too difficult to keep animals. He lives on animals. His traditional way of life has been completely destroyed now. Without the food aid(援助) they got, Tede is certain that they would starve because there are no other ways to feed themselves left.
Sadly, the same can be heard in almost any developing country around the world. Almost one billion people go to bed hungry each night. The food system is broken. In Turkana, not enough rain has fallen since 2005. They measure(測量) rainfall not in days or weeks but in minutes. More and more people are being forced to rely on food aid, but people like Tede don’t want food aid. They want to work and develop their country. It’s our responsibility(責(zé)任) to change the situation so that they can support themselves.
Drought is impossible to avoid but famine(饑荒) is manmade, and unless enough money is provided to develop a basic infrastructure(基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施) for people in the area, thousands more lives are sure to be lost.
小題1: Why do people in Turkana no longer sing or dance any more?

A．Because they have no time.

B．Because they are tired of them.

C．Because they are always hungry.

D．Because they have other interesting things to do.

小題2:During the drought Tede had experienced, ______of his goats were killed.

A．200

B．193

C．7

D．6

小題3: Which of the following is NOT true about Tede Lokapelo?

A．He was a farmer in Kenya.

B．He has never received any food aid.

C．His traditional way of life ha s been changed.

D．He found it hard to raise animals after the drought.

小題4:What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To show drought is serious in the world.

B．To tell readers the serious situation of food shortage(短缺).

C．To ask more people to give food aid to people in Kenya.

D．To make it clear what is the right way to help people suffering from drought.