完形填空（共20小題：每小題1分，滿分20分）
The Healing
Jim and his wife, Connie, were shocked by the loss of their four-month-old son—Joshua, whose life was taken by SIDS—sudden infant death syndrome.
Thirty hours ago Jim drove to the baby-sitter’s home to  1  Joshua. It was a  2  trip, like the one he made five days every week. He arrived, and little Joshua could not be   3   from his nap. The next few hours were a time of life and death: the racing ambulance, swift-moving doctors and nurses….but 12 hours later, at children’s Hospital,   4  the doctors had exhausted all  5 , little Joshua was gone. Yes, they wanted   6  of Joshua’s usable organs to be donated. That was not a   7  decision for Jim and Connie, a loving and   8  couple.
The next morning dawned and many things had to be arranged. Telephone calls and funeral plans.   9  one point Jim realized he needed a  10 .When Jim settled into the chair   11   the barber’s, he began to   12   the past hours, trying to   13  some sense of it all.   14  had Joshua, their first-born, the child they had waited so long for, been taken so soon….he had   15  begun his life….The question kept coming, and the pain in Jim’s heart just   16  him.
While talking with the barber, Jim mentioned the organ donations, looking at his watch: “They are transplanting one of his heart valves(瓣膜) right now.”
The  17  stopped and stood motionless. Finally she spoke, but it was only a whisper. “You’re not going to believe this….but about an hour ago the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry   18  she could get to Children’s Hospital. She  19  here so full of joy….her prayers had been answered. Today her baby granddaughter is receiving a  20  needed transplant—a heart valve.”
Jim’s healing began.

小題1:	A．pick out B．pick up C．set out D．set up

小題2:	A．routine B．annual C．average D．difficult

小題3:	A．conveyed B．transplanted C．awakened D．convinced

小題4:	A．though B．since C．because D．as

小題5:	A．medicine B．strength C．attempts D．spirits

小題6:	A．part B．few C．some D．all

小題7:	A．good B．difficult C．stupid D．wise

小題8:	A．giving B．tiring C．boring D．thinking

小題9:	A．Of B．In C．On D．At

小題10:

A．haircut B．break C．donation D．decision

小題11:

A．with B．at C．by D．near

小題12:

A．decide on B．reflect on C．keep on D．focus on

小題13:

A．get B．take C．hold D．make

小題14:

A．How B．Why C．Whether D．If

小題15:

A．barely B．nearly C．seldom D．almost

小題16:

A．covered B．drew C．enveloped D．choked

小題17:

A．hairdresser B．customer C．father D．parent

小題18:

A．since B．as C．so D．and

小題19:

A．arrived B．left C．stayed D．sat

小題20:

A．desperately B．disappointedly C．clearly D．obviously

I want to talk about the economy．Not "the economy" we hear about endlessly in the news each day and in politicians' speeches．I want to talk about the real economy, the one we live in day by day．
Most people aren't particularly interested in "the economy"．"Share prices are flying high; interest rates are soaring;  the Dow Jones Index closed sixty-three points down on 8472．35．" We hear this and subconsciously switch off．
Notice that "the economy" is not the same as the economy, "The economy" is what men in suits play with to make vast personal wealth．The economy is where the rest of us live on a daily basis, earning our living, paying our taxes, and purchasing the necessities of life．
We are supposed to be benefiting from all the advantages of a well-off society．So why do we feel tired and stressed? We have no time for anything other than work, which is ridiculous given the number of labor-saving devices in our lives．Our towns become more and more crowded．We poison our air and seas, and our food is full of chemicals．There's something wrong here．If times were truly good, then you may think we'd all feel optimistic about the future．Yet the majority of us are deeply worried．More than 90 percent of us think we are too concerned about ourselves and not concerned enough about future generations．
The term "economic expansion" suggests something desirable, but expansion simply means spending more money．More spending doesn't mean that life is getting better．We all know it often means the opposite - greed, crime, poverty, pollution．More spending merely feeds our whole economic system, which is based on production and consumption．Unless money keeps circulating,  the economy breaks down．If we don't keep consuming,  the whole system goes into stalemate（僵局）．
How do we break the cycle and make some changes? We need to become far more aware of the results of our actions．We buy clothes that are made in sweat shops by virtual slaves in poor parts of the world．We create mountains of waste．We demand cheap food,  mindless of the fact that it totally lacks taste and is produced using chemicals that poison the land．
The consumption culture makes us unaware of the effect of our own behavior．Our main problem is not that we don't know what to do about it．It is gathering the desire to do it．
小題1:According to the author, which one belongs to the real economy?

A．The Dow Jones Index．

B．Increases in interest rates

C．Skyrocketing share prices

D．Shopping in a supermarket

小題2:It can be concluded from Paragraph 4 that        ．

A．people are benefiting from a well-off society

B．the future generation is a big concern for most people

C．people still feel much pressure despite labor-saving devices

D．the majority of people are optimistic about the future

小題3:What is true about economic expansion?

A．It guarantees a better life for us．

B．It may lead to some social problems．

C．It will stop the circulation of money．

D．It has only brought desirable effects．

小題4:The author writes the passage mainly to       ．

A．call on us to change our behavior

B．suggest a solution for over-consumption

C．make a distinction between two economies

D．inform us of the effects of economic expansion

My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.   小題1:    Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon.    小題2:  She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.
  小題3:    Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us.  小題4:    She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.
Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is!   小題5: This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A．She enjoys listening to classic music.

B．As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.

C．She loves her students and cares for them.

D．She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.

E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.
F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.

It was only in the eighteenth century that people  Europe began to think mountains were beautiful .___36___ that time, mountains were ___37__ by the people living on the plains,__38___ by the city people, to whom they were wild and ___39___ places in which one was easily ___40___ or killed by terrible animals.
Slowly ,however , many of the people who were living ___41__ in the towns began to grow tired of ___42___. They began to feel interested in looking for things that could not be explained , for sights and sounds which produce a feeling of fear and excitement .___43___in the __44___century, people began to turn away from the man-made __45___ to the untouched country, and particulary ___46___a place where it was dangerous and wild. High mountains began to be __47__ for a holiday.
Then , mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport.  To some people ,there is something greatly __48__about getting to the _49___ of a hight mountain .  Struggling against nature is finer than a battle __50____ other human beings. And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult__51__, what a _52____ reward it is to be able to look _53___on everything within__54___! At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down__55____.

小題1:	A．After B．In C．At D．Before

小題2:	A．hated B．liked C．feared D．observed

小題3:	A．however B．further C．sometimes D．especially

小題4:	A．exciting B．interesting C．dangerous D．alone

小題5:	A．fallen down B．lost C．discovered D．caught

小題6:	A．unhappily B．lonely C．comfortable D．easily

小題7:	A．them B．it C．themselves D．that

小題8:	A．Yet B．So C．However D．But

小題9:	A．last B．recent C．eighteenth D．early

小題10:

A．country B．houses C．town D．planet

小題11:

A．to B．at C．in D．for

小題12:

A．important B．right C．necessary D．popular

小題13:

A．pleasant B．interested C．dangerous D．terrible

小題14:

A．foot B．spot C．top D．tip

小題15:

A．with B．to C．against D．between

小題16:

A．fight B．climb C．walk D．running

小題17:

A．surprising B．satisfactory C．disappointing D．worrying

小題18:

A．behind B．up C．down D．around

小題19:

A．miles B．minutes C．seeing D．sight

小題20:

A．above B．below C．under D．away

Children and young people tend to have certain role models – people they want to be like when they grow   1 . Though at first children would have wished to copy their mother, father or a (n)  2  relative, gradually these role models are thought of as famous people or popular   3 . People have different opinions about  whether  popular stars or other famous people are good role models for children. Charming models, such as Katie Price, are often   4  and thought highly of by young girls. This is the biggest worry of parents and teachers. They wish to   5  their children to have the concept that success is achieved through hard work and   6  rather than an attractive looking.
Most people tend to grow up to be those 7  are close to home — their parents or family friends. Some decide to be like their favorite teacher. A child who loves to   8  may want to grow to be the next Picasso or Van Gogh; Someone who loves to   9  might imagine themselves as a famous writer; if a child enjoys dancing, he or she   10  well admire a famous dancer, but this is not the case. A lot of dance students wish to be like their  11  teacher.
Therefore, the job of a teacher is   12  just providing knowledge of a given subject. They should be able to   13  their students’ trust and  14  them well. Helping youngsters to learn from models, to learn how to accept   15  with grace(優(yōu)雅) and losing with respect, is central to any parent’s or teacher’s job. Manners are very important and a dance teacher can make use of  his or her position and influence(影響) to introduce  good behaviors to youngsters.

小題1:	A．younger B．stronger C．older D．taller

小題2:	A．generous B．favorite C．ordinary D．humorous

小題3:	A．fans B．stars C．singers D．dancers

小題4:	A．awarded B．admired C．admitted D．afforded

小題5:	A．encourage B．receive C．hold D．ignore

小題6:	A．luck B．imagination C．effort D．effect

小題7:	A．what B．which C．it D．who

小題8:	A．read and write B．sing and dance C．listen and speak D．draw and paint

小題9:	A．write B．read C．travel D．think

小題10:

A．should B．may C．must D．need

小題11:

A．dance B．music C．art D．piano

小題12:

A．better than B．less than C．more than D．rather than

小題13:

A．receive B．lose C．gain D．accept

小題14:

A．communicate with B．keep up with C．come up with D．catch up with

小題15:

A．challenging B．falling C．failing D．winning

I moved to the small, busy town of Edison in New Jersey six years ago. It was during the second term of my fifth grade. My parents got new jobs and higher income, so they decided it was time to move from Woodbridge to a better, more educational town.
In the US, it is unnecessary to take a test to get into a “good” middle or high school. You just attend the school close to where you live. So, many parents will think about the quality of the local school when they decide to buy a new house. My parents did the same. We finally chose Edison mainly because of the high quality of its school.
In New Jersey, an area with a good school usually means a concentration of Asian people. There are about 300 students in our school. 55% are Asians and just under half of that are Chinese. There are so many Chinese people nearby that we even have our own Chinese school.
Edison is an old town, just like thousands of others in the United States. However, I have treated it as my hometown. That’s where I spend much of my youth, and the memories there can’t be moved anywhere else.
小題1:Why did the writer’s parents move to Edison?

A．Because they were born there.	B．Because it was a better educational town.
C．Because the writer began his fifth grade.	D．Because the writer didn’t need to take a test.

小題2:How many students are from Asia in the writer’s school?

A．About 80.

B．About 160.

C．About 220.

D．About 300.

小題3:What does the underlined expression “a concentration of” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．None of.

B．The whole of

C．A large number of

D．A small number of

小題4:Why can’t the writer forget Edison?

A．Because he regards it as his hometown.	B．Because his parents got new jobs there.
C．Because there are many Asians there.	D．Because it is in the state of New Jersey.

_____小題1:Susan is a big eater. She usually has a lot at every meal. So she wonders whether she could only eat less for the first meal of a day to lose weight.
_____小題2:Tina is a fat girl who doesn’t like exercise much. She just wants to lose weight by eating less but not doing exercise.
_____小題3:Maggie is a busy office lady. She usually has to work overtime every day. So she could only have her dinner late at night. She wants to be slimmer so that she could be much more attractive.
_____小題4: Judy is a fashionable designer. She hopes to have a slim shape as models. She usually doesn’t have any regular meal, but has some snacks when she is hungry.

A．If you eat less for breakfast, you have a lower chance of losing weight. Breakfast is important. It gives the body sufficient energy to sustain itself through the morning, and it also stimulates metabolic (新陳代謝) activity in the body. Metabolism is what consumes fat and what makes us slimmer. So, don’t forget to eat something for the breakfast.

B．If you ate your last meal right before going to bed, the calories accumulated from this meal could be twice the amount accumulated from a same meal if you ate it another time during the day.

C．Many people stop doing exercise when they eat less. When you do this, your body will burn less fat. So even if people take in less calories, they get rid of less too. The balance is then unchanged.

D．People gain fat not from the food they eat, but from the number of calories in the food. For example, a bunch of vegetables has just one tenth the calories contained in a small bit of chocolate cake. So make sure you have adequate regular meals, but firmly say no to various snacks, milk tea or even instant noodles.

Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people __1  don’t know one another very well.
That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “  2  of conversation” — events   3  individuals sit in pairs with persons they don’ t know for three hours of  4  talk designed to help people know better about each other.
Mr. Zeldin heads Oxford Muse, a l0-year-old foundation based on the  _5  that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.
The “feast” in London looks  6 at politics or events, but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes, hopes  7   fears, enemies and authority, the shape of their lives. The “menu of _8  ” includes topics like “How have your concerns changed   9  the years?” Or, “What have you done against the past?”
As participants gathered, Zeldin opened with a speech: that despite  _10  communications like QQ and MSN in a globalized age, issues of human heart   11 . Many people are lonely, or occupied in dealing with their daily businesses that discourage knowing the _ 12 _ of one another. “We are trapped in _ 13 _ conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,”he says. “But   14 _ interaction is what separates us from other species, __15  maybe dogs that do have interactions with humans.”
The main rules of the “feast”: Don’t   16 _ with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer. The only awkward moment came when the multi-racial crowd of people of different ages, in sun hats, ties and   __17_, looked to see   18  they would talk with for hours.   19  15 minutes later, everyone was seated and talking, continuing full force until organizers interrupted them 180 minutes later.
Some said they felt free to talk on   20   topics. Thirty-something Peter, from East London, said that “it might take weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly opened up.”

小題1:	A．still B．already C．even D．yet

小題2:	A．topic B．subject C．idea D．feast

小題3:	A．what B．when C．that D．where

小題4:	A．free B．organized C．guided D．random

小題5:	A．theory B．idea C．opinion D．fact

小題6:	A．not B．not only C．never D．ever

小題7:	A．but B．and C．or D．with

小題8:	A．talk B．speech C．conversation D．communication

小題9:	A．during B．over C．for D．within

小題10:

A．convenient B．accessible C．immediate D．instant

小題11:

A．leave B．appear C．disappear D．remain

小題12:

A．depth B．well C．truth D．good

小題13:

A．small B．daily C．deep D．shallow

小題14:

A．thinking B．talking C．communicating D．lecturing

小題15:

A．with B．besides C．except D．from

小題16:

A．talk B．pair C．involve D．sit

小題17:

A．dresses B．skirts C．T-shirts D．coats

小題18:

A．which B．whom C．who D．that

小題19:

A．So B．And C．But D．Then

小題20:

A．hot B．popular C．sensitive D．private

【1】 It's difficult enough to have privacy(隱私) in a house, so privacy in a small dorm room is next to impossible. However, it can be done if both roommates are willing to cooperate.
【2】 Step1  Tie a scarf to the outside doorknob as a symbol of Do Not Disturb, but be careful not to do this too consistently. Warn your roommate beforehand about possible days and times when this scarf will be on the door so your roommate will have time to make plans ahead of time instead of it being a surprise, especially if you plan to have an overnight guest. Be considerate if your roommate needs to get into the room regardless of the scarf on the door to get something out of the dorm because it is his dorm room too.
【3】 Step2  If one roommate is a light sleeper and the other is a heavy sleeper, the heavy sleeper could consider an alternate way to wake himself up besides an alarm. Heavy sleepers tend to ignore alarms, but sometimes vibrating (震動的) cell phones feel like someone is shaking them. It is also a quieter way to not disturb the light sleeping roommate using a vibrating cell phone.
【4】 Step3  Take cell phone calls outside of the room. Your roommate may not want to hear your conversation or you may want some privacy, but your roommate should not have to leave every time you have a phone call. The roommate who is not on the phone has no way of knowing how often you will have phone calls and should not be put out because you do.
【5】 Step4  Ask if it' s okay to have a guest in the room. Although your roommate is not your parent, and you may feel like this is your room too, remember that ____     . He may not want company when you do. If one roommate is more sociable than the other and guests become a repeated argument, consider asking the resident director if you can swap( 交換) roommate with someone else.
小題1:What does the passage mainly talk about? (no more than 10 words)
______________________________________________________________________
小題2:Complete the following statement with proper words, (no more than 6 words)
To avoid disturbing the light sleeper, _______________________ is also a good way.
小題3:Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words, (no more than 6 words)
_________________________________________________________________
小題4:What does Step 3 suggest us? (no more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________
小題5:What does the underlined word "it" (line 2, paragraph 1) probably refer to? (no more than 3 words)
_______________________________________________

Just recently I was invited to attend a ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a business owned by a very good friend of mine.
The day of the  1 arrived. However, because of a business appointment  2 time, I knew that I was going to be late,  3  I phoned to let my friend know. I arrived 20 minutes  4  and my friend came out to welcome and  5  me. He said he was  6  to see me and had put off the  7  part of the celebration, knowing that I was on my  8 .
As I joined the other guests, I could  9  a wonderful sense of friendship, warmth and happiness in the room.  10 , I had very little time to speak to more than a couple of people  11  the official part of the celebration  12.
In his  13 , my friend welcomed all the guests on behalf of his family and team members, and then  14  the majority of the people who were gathered in the room for their support and friendship over the  15  25 years. In his thank-you speech, he used a quote: Always  16  with the person you took to the dance.
He then went on to talk about the importance of  17  loyal to those people who had supported him. He also  18  that during that time many people had offered their services and even sometimes provided a  19  arrangement for his business.
What a great  20  it was for me to continue to go to the dance with such a good friend!

小題1:	A．meeting B．discussion C．celebration D．activity

小題2:	A．running over B．taking on C．making up D．standing for

小題3:	A．but B．so C．and D．or

小題4:	A．behind B．ahead C．late D．afterwards

小題5:	A．help B．praise C．respect D．greet

小題6:	A．surprised B．pleased C．interested D．disappointed

小題7:	A．official B．normal C．usual D．ordinary

小題8:	A．holiday B．mind C．way D．duty

小題9:	A．learn B．find C．feel D．touch

小題10:

A．Luckily B．Happily C．Angrily D．Sadly

小題11:

A．before B．after C．when D．why

小題12:

A．ended B．started C．continued D．paused

小題13:

A．self introduction B．explanation C．speech D．comment

小題14:

A．thanked B．blamed C．encouraged D．criticized

小題15:

A．first B．next C．other D．last

小題16:

A．work B．live C．dance D．sing

小題17:

A．remaining B．falling C．growing D．turning

小題18:

A．guessed B．mentioned C．thought D．supposed

小題19:

A．bigger B．harder C．worse D．better

小題20:

A．pride B．idea C．honor D．comfort