True love and kindness is needed in this world. It comes from appreciating the object, and rejoicing in the object, wanting the object to be happy and well, but holding it lightly, not tightly. And this goes for possessions too. You are in an extremely materialistic society in which the possession of more and bigger and better is held up as the total criteria(標(biāo)準(zhǔn)) for being happy.
What we own is not the problem; it’s our attitude towards our possessions. If we have something and we enjoy it, that’s fine. If we lose it, then that’s OK. But if we lose it and we are very attached to it in our heart, then that’s not fine. It doesn’t matter what the object is, because it’s not the object which is the problem. The problem is our own inner grasping mind that keeps us bound to the wheel, and keeps us suffering. If our mind was open and could just let thing flow naturally, there would be no pain. Do you understand? We need our everyday life to work on this, to really begin to see the greed of attachment in the mind and gradually begin to lessen and lessen it.
There is a famous story of a coconut, which is said to be used in India to catch monkeys. People take a coconut and make a little hole just big enough for a monkey to put its paw through. And inside the coconut, which is nailed to a tree, they have put something sweet. So the monkey comes along, sees the coconut, smells something nice inside, and he puts his hand in. he catches hold of the sweet inside, so now he has a fist. But the hole is too small for the fist to get out. When the hunters come back, the monkey is caught. But of course, all the monkey has to do is let go. Nobody’s holding the monkey except the monkey’s grasping greedy mind. Nobody is holding us on the wheel; we are clinging to it ourselves. There are no chains.
54. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Clinging Causes the Pain                       B. Don’t Learn from the Monkey
C. Giving Up is Holding                               D. Possessions are Pains
55. According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is true?
A. The world now is lacking in true love.
B. Owning more means being happier in today’s society.
C. Today’s society is very realistic.                    
D. The society needs better criteria.
56. According to the passage, the monkey is caught because___________      .
A. the hunter is cleverer than the monkey   
B. the monkey wants to eat the sweet
C. the hole is too small for the monkey’s fist
D. the monkey doesn’t know giving up
57. Why did the author tell the story of the monkey?
A. Because he liked monkeys very much.
B. Because the story is very interesting.
C. Because he wants to explain the idea further.
D. Because he wants to make the passage attractive.

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并填在答題卡上。
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked   21   at me and said “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say.   22  several seconds all I could do was to stand there and   23   down at him. My first thought was he must need   24   while doing his homework   25   he was trying to prepare me for some   26  .
Finally, I asked, “What was that all about?”  “ 27  .” He said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an experiment. ”
The next day I   28   his teacher at my office to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had responded .
“   29   , most of the fathers had the same reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first   30   we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble. The point is,” the teacher explained, “feeling   31   is an important part of   32   . It’s something all human beings   33   . What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too   34   that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be able to tell his dad that he loves him. ”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how difficult it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me   35  , I held on to him for an extra second. And just                36   he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you. ”
I didn’t know if saying that would make   37   of us healthier, but we did feel pretty   38  . Maybe   39   time when one of my children says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole   40   to think of the right answer. 
21. A. down                  B. away              C. out                  D. up
22. A. After              B. For                   C. In                   D. On
23. A. glare                  B. get                    C. stare                D. knock
24. A. money          B. time                  C. help                D. paper
25. A. or                      B. but                   C. when               D. while
26. A. money             B. news              C. test                 D. explanation
27. A. Anything            B. Nothing            C. Important        D. Interesting
28. A. advised             B. told                  C. called              D. informed
29. A. Basically             B. Fortunately        C. Usually           D. Frequently
30. A. allowed                  B. agreed               C. suggested         D. planned
31. A. loved                  B. helpful                  C. interested         D. trusted
32. A. body                  B. work              C. study               D. health
33. A. agree                  B. understand      C. know                     D. require
34. A. bad                    B. good              C. easy                D. hard
35. A. that day                 B. that moment      C. that evening     D. that morning
36. A. before                B. after                 C. because           D. as
37. A. neither         B. either             C. most               D. few
38. A. terrible         B. disappointed      C. bad                 D. good
39. A. next                   B. last                   C. each                D. every
40. A. afternoon            B. morning            C. day                 D. week

A car drew up outside the Swan Hotel and a young man got out．Pausing only for an instant to see that he had come to the right place，he went into the hotel and rang the bell on the counter of the bar．
Mrs．Crump，the landlady，who was busy in the kitchen at the time，hurried out，wiping her
hands．The young man raised his hat．“Excuse me，”he said．“I’m looking for my uncle，Mr．White．I believe he is staying here．” “He was staying here．”Mrs．Crump corrected him．“But I’m afraid that he went back to London yesterday．” “Oh，dear，”said the young man，looking disappointed．“I understood that he was going to stay here until the end of the month．At least that is what his servant told me when I rang up his house．” “Quite right，”said Mrs，Cramp．“He intended to stay here the whole of July，as he always does． But yesterday he got a telegram to say that his relative was ill．So he caught the train back to London immediately．”  “I wish he had let me know,”The young man said．“I wrote him a letter saying that I was coming．I’ve had all this trouble for nothing．Well，since he isn’t here，there’s no point in waiting．”
He thanked Mrs．Grump and went out．Mrs．Grump went to the window and watched him
drive off．When his car was out of sight，she called out：“You can come out now,Mr．White.He’s gone．”
Mr．White came out of the kitchen，where he had been waiting．
“Many thanks，Mrs．Grump，”he said，laughing，“you did that very well．These nephews of mine never gave me any peace．That young man is the worst of them all．As you see，when he needs money,he even follows me into the country．Well，perhaps next time he won’t warn me by writing a letter!”
49．The young man said “Oh，dear” to express his           ．
    A．disappointment       B．sadness       C．surprise      D．a(chǎn)nger
50．This story is about a man         ．
A．who was very much loved by his nephews 
B．whose nephew went to visit him at the hotel
C．whose nephew is always asking him for help
D．who was not willing to meet his nephew
51．When his nephew came to the hotel，Mr．White            ．
A．took the train back to London            B．left to visit a sick relative
C．went to pick up a telegram               D．hid himself in the kitchen
52．Mr．White didn’t like his nephews because         ．
A．they always follow him around            B．they frequently disturb their relatives
C．they won’t write to him often             D．they usually visit him in hotels

When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.
Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
57. The couple have not got a television, because     .
A. they are not rich enough         
B. they are strange people
C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways
D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts
58. Both of them are interested in     .
A. learning languages  B. traveling 
C. staying home alone                D. watching people play games
59.At night when there is no electricity, the couple       .
A. have to stare at the walls B. can do nothing but sit in silence
C. will have many visitors  D. have to go out for candles
60. The best title for this passage is _____.
A. What is the function of television?     B. Candle! But No Electricity!
C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies.   D. We Go Without Televisions!

完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分, 滿分30分）
In 1932, my father had to declare bankruptcy (破產(chǎn)). He was ashamed of it, but it came about because of his  36  heart.
He had been in the milk business and every day he  37  milk to many homes. His route（線路）included many people  38  worked at the local steel company. Dad  39  delivering milk even when his customers were unable to  40  him.
After the bankruptcy, he started selling hamburgers from a  41  building he and his brothers had built. That was the  42  of the Poplar Inn, named  43   the row of poplar trees（楊樹）nearby. My mother was a good cook, and soon many dishes were  44  to the menu. Later, another two buildings were built and the Poplar Inn   45   much larger.
On Saturdays, Mother would spend the whole day in the kitchen  46  for parties. During dinner, my sister Phyllis and I helped  47  customers. Phyllis would dance, and I would sing the latest songs. Square dances were  48   then and many adults would dance. As the evening went  49 , and children became bored with watching their parents  50 , they were often taken to our bedrooms.
Since Dad had a big heart, it was not  51  for him to help others without asking for payment. Every time my father made a loan (借出的貸款), he  52  out a card, but he never tried to  53  those debts. Finally, he destroyed the cards — therefore there were no  54  at all.
The Poplar Inn was  55  around 1953 to make way for a new highway. But if I stood there now, instead of hearing traffic, I think I’d hear music and the sound of people laughing.
36. A. warm   B. stupid C. ugly   D. powerful
37. A. bought        B. took        C. presented       D. fetched
38. A. who     B. which        C. whom          D. what
39. A. stopped B. recommended    C. kept   D. advised
40. A. aid       B. pay     C. employ      D. inform
41. A. small   B. huge   C. convenient      D. single
42. A. history  B. story   C. end            D. beginning
43. A. after     B. with    C. at       D. to
44. A. devoted       B. contributed C. added          D. related
45. A. went    B. became      C. appeared       D. changed
46. A. preparing     B. sending     C. standing     D. searching
47. A. predict  B. disappoint C. concern      D. entertain
48. A. important     B. curious       C. popular      D. meaningful
49. A. away    B. on      C. up      D. down
50. A. dance   B. sing    C. play    D. drink
51. A. common      B. unknown    C. patient       D. unusual
52. A. filled    B. carried       C. picked       D. stood
53. A. throw   B. collect C. form      D. complete
54. A. affairs  B. dialogues   C. debts   D. problems
55. A. set aside      B. brought in  C. pulled down      D. put together

第三部分：閱讀(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Most people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit, however, that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a composer begins, how he manages to keep going – in fact, how and when he learns his trade – all are covered in complete darkness. The composer, in short, is a man of mystery.
One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration（靈感）plays in a composer’s work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.
The composer, therefore, does not say to himself: “Do I feel inspired?” He says to himself: “Do I feel like working today?” And if he feels like working, he does. It is more or less like saying to himself: “Do I feel sleepy?” if you feel sleepy, you go to sleep. If you don’t feel sleepy, you stay up. If the composer doesn’t feel like working, he doesn’t work. It’s as simple as that.
66. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Composer: a man of mystery           B. Practice makes good music
C. Relation between sleeping and music       D. Music: product of nature
67. The words “covered in complete darkness” underlined in paragraph 1 most probably mean__________
A. difficult to be made   B. without any light       C. black in color    D. not known
68. Most people seem to think that a composer________.
A. finds it difficult to write music     B. considers it important to have a good rest
C. should like to talk about inspiration  D. never asks himself very simple questions
69. The author will most probably agree that composers_________.
A. are born with a gift for music      B. are people full of mystery
C. work late at night for their music     D. know a lot about eating and sleeping
70. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. How the music produces.
B. How secret the composer’s work.
C. Why the composer is so popular with people.
D. What the composer often thinks about.

第三節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題，每題1.5分, 滿分30分）
Everybody gets unhappy. That’s why people eat a lot of  21  or spend lots of money on clothes—they think that these things will make them  22  !   23  , it is easy to create happiness, if you just have learned to be a  24  .
Giving  25  and resources to others who need them is a good thing to do. It will possibly contribute more to your happiness and to maintaining(保持) a   26   attitude than anything else. The key to successful family   27  is spending time staying with other family members. Give your time to your husband or wife,  28  time and resources to your children, and  29   they are the most valuable to you in the world.
Imagine this: a boy has  30  ,and you give him something of great  31  to him, such as by reading him a book. There is no  32  that you’ll see a big simile on his face. Maybe you’ll find that this is the happiest  33  of your life. You can also volunteer for a rescue service. There you will learn the meaning of“I cried  34  I had no shoes and then I saw a man who had no legs”.
Isn’t it true that the happiest people are typically those we consider foolish because they are  35  ready to give you the  36  off their back? It is also  37  that the most discontent(不滿足的) people are the ones who are always making demands and never  38  others. Form the  39  of being a Big Giver, and then you will know one of the secrets to living a  40  and happy life.
21.A.junk food               B.meals                        C.fruits                        D.vegetables
22.A unhappy                 B.disappointed               C.happy                       D.satisfied
23.A.Mostly                   B.Actually                    C.Finally                      D.Naturally
24A.winner                    B.reminder                    C.receiver                    D.giver
25.A time                       B.money                      C.clothes                     D.food
26.A.positive
27.A.communication     B.negative
B.relationships       C.rude
C.hobbies       D.equal
D.topic
28.A. take                      B. bring                        C. devote                     D. lead
29.A.believe                   B.recognize                   C.understand                D.dream
30.A.something              B.nothing                      C.everything                 D.anything
31.A.value                     B.help                          C.use                           D.importance
32.A.wonder                  B.need                          C.doubt                        D.good
33.A.view                      B.person                       C.day                           D.moment
34.A.but                        B.because                      C.though                      D.if
35.A. never                    B.yet                            C.seldom                      D.always
36.A. clothes                  B. hat                           C. money                     D. life
37.A.true                       B.certain                       C.sure                          D.real
38.A.take in                   B.pay for                      C.care about                 D.worry about
39.A.culture                   B.custom                      C.look                         D.habit
40.A.healthy                   B.unforgettable              C.successful                  D.simple

People who eat at home most of the time have better nutrition than those who go out to eat , a recent study shows. Cornell University professors Lana Hall and Karen Bunch interviewed 3900 people in the survey. “People who eat less than 30 percent of their food away from home eat the most nutritiously,” they said.
“In general, Americans don’t have nutrient, except for iron and calcium,” they reported. They have the opposite problem——over—consumption(過(guò)度消耗), especially of fat.
The food at many fast food restaurants is often low in vitamins. “People who eat more than 30 percent of total calories away from home eat foods that are generally low in nutrients per calorie,” the professors said. More calories and enough nutrient intake（吸收） are required to achieve.
One of the major health risks is eating too much fat. The professor found than fat consumption became greater as income went up. It also went up in houses where the female worked. This is probably because these people eat more highly processed （加工的）foods.
57.According to the passage, which of the following suggestions would you most readily take?
A.Eat out as many times as possible
B.Eat at home as many times as possible
C.Eat foods with a lot if iron, calcium and fat
D.Eat more highly processed foods
58.What is the result if people often dine out according to the passage?
A. They tend to have better nutrition         B. They tend to have less nutrition
C.They can save a lot of time               D. They will spend much money on it
59. Nowadays, a major health risk that people face is_______.
A.Eating too much fast food         B. Frequent dining out
C.Eating at home very often         D. Eating too much fat
60．The passage is about__________.
A. Eating and Health      B. The Life Style in Modern Society
C. Fast food in the USA    D. Dining out Lowers Nutrient Intake

“We started as a group of friends with the same problem: difficulty in our personal life to manage our time, being always in a hurry.” This thought was recently offered by Bruno to explain the origin of The Art of Living Slowly, an organization that he founded two years ago, with his wife, Ella.

Bruno and Ella said they decided to draw more people’s attention to the overlooked idea that “time is wealth.” On February 19th last year, they created a new holiday, the first Global Day of Slow Living. Despite its ambitious name, the event was limited almost entirely to Italy, where the couple arranged a number of events: a reverse bicycle race in which the last rider was declared the winner; an afternoon of grandfathers reading poetry to children etc.
One Monday in late February, 2008, the couple staged a New York version (版本) of the Day of Slow Living. “It has to be a Monday, the worst day to try to slow down.” Bruno explained. Bruno was wearing a police cap, mirrored sunglasses, and a sandwich board stating, “Watch out! Speed-walking camera is in action!” He flagged down passers-by and handed them postcards printed with fourteen “slowmandments.” For example, No. 4: Write your text message on your cell phone with no symbols and get in the habit of starting with “Dear …” No 7: Avoid being so busy that you don’t have time for yourself. Bruno told the passers-by to read them once a day and keep the doctor away.
Many said, “I can’t do this. New York is too fast.” Bruno admitted. But many stopped, they read and said. “This one is good for me, because trying to slow down is like trying to stop smoking.”
When asked about their plans for the future. Bruno and Ella looked at each other and chanted the name of the city they have chosen for next year’s Global Day of Slow Living, “Tokyo!”
68. The Art of Living Slowly was founded to help people         .
A．understand the truth of life.    B．know the difficulty in managing time
C．a(chǎn)void being in a hurry all the time  D．make friends with the same problem
69. What did Bruno do in New York?
A．He advertised his idea on a sandwich board.
B．He stopped passers-by and delivered postcards.
C．He served as a policeman to prevent accidents.
D．He took photos for the people who walked fast.
70. Which statement may be included in the fourteen “slowmandments” in paragraph 3?
A．Wake up five minutes earlier.  B．Do two things at the same time.
C．Make a habit of writing letters.      D．Don’t work on weekends and relax.
71. What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The new holiday is usually celebrated on a fixed day.
B．Italian grandfathers enjoy reading poetry to children.
C．The couple tend to choose busy cities to promote the idea.
D．New Yorkers have a negative attitude towards slow living.

Blind photography sounds strange．But a striking exhibition of photographs in California argues that it develops as a result of the contemporary art．The show "Sight Unseen", at the California Museum of Photography until Aug．29, includes everything: underwater scenes, landscapes, abstracts and everything else you might expect from a "sighted" photographer．
How do the blind take their photographs? Some rely on assistants to set up and then describe the shots （鏡頭） , and others just point and shoot in the right place．"Just like any good artists," says McCulloh．"They have their unique ways of operating．" One participating photographer is Pete Eckert, an artist with multiple degrees in design and sculpture who only turned to photography after losing his vision in the mid-1990s．He opens the shutter （快門） on his camera and then uses flashlights, lights, and candies to paint his scene on film．A former fashion photographer in Chicago, Weston, lost his vision due to AIDS in 1996 and focuses on images of destruction and disability．His photos are also a star of the show．
What do gallery-goers say? "I was very impressed by it．The technique and experience was amazingly different," says John Hesketh, a printmaker in Anaheim．"You never have a sense of feeling sorry for these people because they've worked very hard to prove their value．"
Beyond the praise, however, the exhibition also makes a great example for disabled people everywhere．That point was explained in early May during a discussion on the TV show．At the very end of the talk, one attendee expressed his opinion．"This exhibition is extraordinary and revolutionary for many reasons．I think that by being an artist with a disability, you are continuing the work of those people who fought for basic civil rights to gain access and to have a voice．In that way, it's so wonderful that your photographs say it all．"
63．From the passage we know that some blind people take photos by______
A．describing the things to their assistants
B．holding the camera and shooting randomly
C．opening the shutter with the help of others
D．using special equipment designed for them
64．We can learn from the passage that blind photographers ______
A．were not born blind               B．do jobs related to art
C．focus on different subjects           D．like photos of destruction
65．What is people's reaction to the blind photography show?
A．They admire the blind photographers' hard work．
B．They feel really sorry for those blind photographers．
C．They think some have good techniques while others not．
D．They can understand the real meaning of each photograph．
66．The significance of the exhibition lies in the fact that ______．
A．the California Museum of Photography receives praises for holding the show
B．the public have a chance to know what the blind people are concerned about
C．the blind photographers have a good place to show their works
D．the exhibition can be very inspiring to the blind in the world