2. It is      that I don't have to do much to keep it clean. (such)

這個廚房如此之小以至于我不用花很多工夫去保持清潔。

1. Under no circumstances      your dreams even if everyone goes far away from you. (give)

在任何情況下你都不該放棄你的夢想，即使你遠遠落后于所有的人。

  They say there are three ways to experience the Grand Canyon, on foot,on mules(騾子)or by air. We chose the first. Up early,my husband and I and our three children couldn't wait to get started. We decided to walk along a lovely path named Bright Angel Trail.

  As we set out,I was shocked at how narrow the path was. And I couldn't help noticing that the other tourists weren't like us. They had heavy backpacks, water bottles, and hats. But as usual we were dressed. As the sun rose higher, Arizona's famous heat seemed to roast(烘烤) us. There was no shade and our legs were aching. We decided to go back,with the girl on my back and the boys far behind. By the time we finally got back,our legs were like jelly.

  The next day,after we'd had a long rest and a good breakfast, we were ready for another view of the Canyon―by air. After our last walk,this would be the easiest thing in the world.

  We called to each other excitedly as the plane took off and circled around the Canyon. But the smiles on our faces disappeared as the pilot tossed(翻轉(zhuǎn))the plane around，pretending he was going to hit the ground. I shouted, "STOP,TAKE US BACK!" When we finally arrived back on land,once again our legs were like jelly. We hardly spoke as we drove back.

  As I said,there are three ways to view the Grand Canyon. We never tried the mules, but personally I'd suggest a fourth：buy yourself a good magazine like National Geographic. That way,you can see the Canyon, without fear or tiredness. 

(   ) 5. Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?

A.     They made a careful preparation before the trip.

B.     The children were more joyful than their parents.

C.     Bright Angel Trail was not as lovely as they expected.

D.     Arizona's heat is one of the attractions to the tourists.

(   ) 6. The underlined expression "our legs were like jelly" probably means      

A. we were weak           B. we were unhappy

C. we were dissatisfied    D. we were disappointed

(   ) 7. Which of the following best describes their Canyon trip by air?

A. It proved to be frightening. B. It was more comfortable.

C. It turned out to be exciting. D. It made each of them tired.
(   ) 8. We can infer from the passage that      

A.     experiencing the Canyon on mules would be the best way

B.     one needs to dress less when visiting the Grand Canyon

C.     the writer was not serious when she made the decisions

D.     the whole family narrowly escaped from the air accident

 Traveling out for a short time always seems great fun. But one thing you must consider is packing. Here are some tips to help you pack.

  Make a list. Think of what you need from your head to your toes. Keep the list for future reference(參考)-

Consider buying small-size samples of shampoo，toothpaste，and other items at your local shops. You can use the plastic container the next time you go away,too.

  It's the best to be prepared and bring these items with you,but in an emergency, you can get them at the place you are going to. This is wonderful for light traveling (you'd be surprised at how much those little things can weigh you down) ，but remember that the time you spend buying things at the destination will reduce your visiting time.

  It is the hardest thing to make a decision which clothes are suitable for the trip. Think once again from head to toe―hats,shirts, jeans, sneakers, etc. Once you have packed out what you wanted to bring with you,think carefully―do you really need that extra one? If so,fine,but make sure they are really worth the extra weight.

Weather is an important factor in your packing. If it is cold,you can wear a jacket, a sweater, a regular shirt,and a T-shirt. Laying up will keep you warm,and it will leave more room in your bag. After all,you are just visiting, not moving in for good. You probably won't miss the extra sweater too much for a few days,and it certainly won't miss you. 

(   ) 1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A.     Some advice to help you pack for your travel.

B.     The importance of the weather when you are traveling.

C.     How to make a decision about which clothes are suitable for the trip.

D.     How to share things with your friends while traveling.
(   ) 2. The writer suggests that you      

A.     buy all the useful things at your destination

B.     share everything with your friends while traveling

C.     get those little things prepared and bring them with you

D.     leave behind those little things if you get away for a short time

(   ) 3. The underlined phrase "laying up" in the last paragraph means .

A.     folding and laying one's clothes flat

B.     squeezing most of your clothes into the bag

C.     placing one's clothes together

D.     wearing one's clothes one upon another

(   ) 4. According to this passage, it is a most important factor in traveling      

A.     to prepare an extra pair of comfortable shoes

B.     to bring with you the most suitable clothes

C.     to be sure that you won't forget any little things

D.     to make sure that you have a relaxing and easy time

 When I was 16 years old,I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been 1 Like most English children I learned French at 2 and I had often been to France, so I was 3 speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand 4 . But when I went to America I was 5 looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without a 6 problem.

  How 7I was！The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a 8 telephone to give my American friend Danny a 9 and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked 10 he could help me. "Yes”，I said, "I want to give my friend a ring.”"Well,that's 11，" he exclaimed. "Are you getting to marry? But aren't you a bit 12？" "Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I 13 want to call my friend up to tell her Fve 14 Can you tell me where there's a phone 15 ？”"Oh!" he said, "there's a phone downstairs."

When at last we did meet up,Danny explained the 16 to me. "Don't worry," she said to me. "I had so many 17 at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use 18 in meaning from us British. You'll soon get used to 19 funny they say. Most of the 20 British and American people understand each other！”

(   ) 1. A. out    B. away    C. outside    D. abroad

(   ) 2. A. work    B. home      C. school    D. church

(   ) 3. A. fit for   B. used to    C. fond of    D. good at

(   ) 4. A. English   B. French    C. Russian    D. Latin

(   ) 5. A. anxiously   B. really    C. quietly    D. hardly

(   ) 6. A. time    B. safety      C. language    D. money

(   ) 7. A. sorry    B. foolish    C. unlucky    D. wrong

(   ) 8. A. cheap    B. modern     C. public    D. private

(   ) 9. A. surprise    B. call      C. chat    D. notice

(   ) 10. A. how        B. if       C. where    D. when

(   ) 11. A. necessary    B. sure     C. nice    D. ring

(   ) 12. A. short    B. little      C. old    D. young

(   ) 13. A. suddenly    B. just      C. strongly    D. barely

(   ) 14. A. succeeded    B. returned    C. arrived    D. called

(   ) 15. A. box        B. call       C. book     D. shop

(   ) 16. A. misunderstandings    B. difficulties   C. mistakes  D. experiences

(   ) 17. A. trouble    B. difficulties    C. things    D. fun

(   ) 18. A. strangely    B. terribly    C. differently    D. wrongly

(   ) 19. A. anything    B. something    C. nothing    D. everything

(   ) 20. A. chance    B. situation     C. condition    D. time

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 If you ask people to name the one person who had the greatest effect on the English lan?guage ,you will get answers like ^ilShakespeare" "Samuel Johnson" and "Webster", but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn't even speak English―William the Conqueror.

  Before 1066 ，in the land we now call Great Britain lived people belonging to two major language groups. In the west-central region were the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, thought not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic. In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon (or Old English) ，a Germanic language. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.

  But this state of affairs did not last. In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated the Sax?ons and began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasants. As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction(區(qū)別) between upper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words. We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked，which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing farming,while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.

  When Americans visit Europe for the first time,they usually find Germany more "foreign" than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of one man's ambition.
(   ) 5. The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066 were      

A. Welsh and Scottish    B. Nordic and Germanic

C. Celtic and Old English    D. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic

(   ) 6. Which of the following groups of words are,by inference, rooted in French?

A. President, lawyer, beef. B. President, bread, water.

C. Beard,field,sheep. D. Folk,field, cow.

(   ) 7. Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?

A.     Most advertisements in France appear in English.

B.     They know little of the history of the English language.

C.     Many French words are similar to English ones.

D.     They know French better than German.

(   ) 8. What may be the best title of the passage, according to what you have read?

A. The History of Great Britain

B.     The Similarity between English and French

C.     The Rule of England by William the Conqueror

D.     The French Influences on the English Language

 Going back as far as I can remember as a child in an Indian area，I had no senses of know?ing about the other people around me except that we were all somehow equal. . . There was only one class. Nobody was interested in getting on top of anybody else.

  You could see it in our games. Nobody organized them. There weren't any competitive sports. But we took part in lots of activities and we were organized, but not in the sense that there were wars of finding out who had won and who had lost. We played balls like everyone else,but no one kept scores. Even if we did formally take part in the games we played, no one was a winner though someone may have won. It was only at that moment. If you beat someone by pulling a bow and arrow and shooting the arrow further, it didn't mean you were better in any way. It just meant that at that particular time the arrow went further;maybe it was just the way you let the bow go. These kinds of things are very important to me and that is why I am talking about them.

  One of the very important things was the relationship we had with our families. We didn't always live at home. We lived wherever we happened to be at that particular time when it got dark. If you were two or three miles away from home，then that was where you slept. 

(   ) 1. According to the passage above, which of the following can be inferred?

A.     All the children were kind and equal in different activities.

B.     All the children quarreled with each other in every game.

C.     Children often took part in different fightings.

D.     Every child tired their best to climb to the top of all the activities.

(   ) 2. What does the underlined word "competitive" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. United. B. Breaking. C. Common. D. Fighting.
(   ) 3. From the passage, we can infer that      

A.     they pretended to lose when they could win the games

B.     they didn't think it was very important who was the winner among their activities

C.     they didn't hold any activities which could produce winners or losers

D.     they thought it was a good idea that no one could win in their activities
(   ) 4. In their area,it was said that      

A.     people could spend their nights anywhere whether it was their home or not

B.     people only served their friends to spend their nights at home

C.     people had to return to their home to spend their nights whether they were far away or not

D. strange people had to spend their nights in the field when it got dark

  People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the past 300 1 ，there were so many 2 in both places that now people can 3 tell an English person from an American in the 4 he or she talks.

  Many old words 5in England but were kept in America. 6 ， 300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they 7 either a "faucet"，"spigot"，or a "tap". All these words are 8 heard in different parts of America, but only "tap" is still common in England. Americans often 9 up new words or change old ones. " Corn" is one kind of plant in America and  10 in England.

  Also，over the last three centuries the English language has added thousands of new words 11 things that weren't 12 before. And often, American and English people used two 13 names for them. A tine an is called "tin" for short in English,but a "can" in America. The word "radio" is used all over the world, including 14   . But many English people call it a "wireless". And almost anything 15 something to do with cars,railroads, etc. has dif?ferent 16 in British and American English.

  But now American and British English may be 17 closer together. One thing is that the 18 people can hear a large amount of American speech daily in 19   , on television, or from travelers. Because of this,Americans seem to be 20 the British more and more. So some day，English may even be the same on both sides of the Atlantic.
(   ) 1. A. years    B. months C. centuries    D. decades

(   ) 2. A. citizens    B. inventions C. changes    D. advances

(   ) 3. A. not    B. easily      C. hardly    D. completely

(   ) 4. A. expression    B. gesture    C. language    D. way

(   ) 5. A. disappeared    B. stayed    C. returned    D. formed

(   ) 6. A. Such as    B. For example    C. Like    D. As

(   ) 7. A. used    B. invented     C. spoke    D. called

(   ) 8. A. then    B. hardly     C. clearly    D. still

(   ) 9. A. set    B. think         C. make    D. take

(   ) 10. A. another  B. the other    C. two    D. one

(   ) 11. A. to    B. for         C. on    D. into

(   ) 12. A. accepted    B. known   C. introduced    D. understood

(   ) 13. A. new    B. short       C. different   D. opposite

(   ) 14. A. Australia    B. India    C. France    D. America

(   ) 15. A. having    B. bringing    C. getting    D. making

(   ) 16. A. pronunciations    B. names   C. meanings    D. spellings

(   ) 17. A. remaining    B. staying    C. living    D. growing

(   ) 18. A. British    B. American     C. Europeans    D. African

(   ) 19. A. families    B. buses      C. movies    D. newspapers

(   ) 20. A. learning    B. improving     C. influencing    D. changing

10. The reason      over time lies in the fact that when cultures meet and communicate with each other, all languages change and develop. (change)

英語變化的原因在于當(dāng)文化相互融入時，所有的語言也都改變并發(fā)展了。