4．One spring during the 1960s，when I was 10，my father was laid off．Money was tight and my mother was（21）C．So I decided to cheer her up by buying a special Mother's Day（22）D．
    There was a boutique（精品店），the Agins，nearby，which was known for its high-end fashions．Lots of actresses and（23）Awomen shopped at the store．My mother，who couldn't （24）Ato shop there，occasionally mentioned the store in a （25）Bvoice． 
    One day after （26）CI rode my bike to the Agins．I told the shop（27）DI was looking for a Mother's Day gift and I had little money．
    She treated me like a（28）Acustomer and asked me what my mother would like．I told her I wasn't sure．She walked around the store for a few minutes and returned with a（29）A．She opened it and took out an Italian purse made of soft  （30）B．
"How much money do you（31）C？"she asked．
"Twelve dollars．"I said．
"You're in luck．"she told me．"It's only $11．"
‘She wrapped the purse and thanked me for my （32）A．
     It wasn't（33）Cmany years later，when I learned that the purse was worth several hundred dollars，that I（34）Djust how wonderful the shop owner had been to me．Recently，I met someone at a party who knew her（35）C，Roberta．I called Roberta，who told me her mother（36）D22 years ago．I felt bad that I never had a chance to propdrly （37）Cher mother．She comforted me，saying that her mother never wanted （38）Afor the things she did．
My mother，who carried the leather purse for many years until it was（39）Brepair，is now 90．She can still recall（回憶）every （40）Dabout the purse and the amazement it brought to her．

21．A．frightened	B．a(chǎn)fraid	C．upset	D．a(chǎn)shamed
22．A．purse	B．book	C．flower	D．gift
23．A．wealthy	B．a(chǎn)ttractive	C．proud	D．political
24．A．a(chǎn)fford	B．refuse	C．bother	D．continue
25．A．cheering	B．longing	C．trembling	D．worrying
26．A．work	B．marriage	C．school	D．meeting
27．A．a(chǎn)ssistant	B．guide	C．guard	D．owner
28．A．valued	B．1ucky	C．polite	D．strange
29．A．box	B．wallet	C．wrapper	D．container
30．A．silk	B．1eather	C．metal	D．plastic
31．A．pay	B．give	C．have	D．want
32．A．business	B．kindness	C．help	D．offer
33．A．before	B．while	C．until	D．a(chǎn)fter
34．A．remembered	B．a(chǎn)dmitted	C． predicted	D．a(chǎn)ppreciated
35．A．waiter	B．husband	C．daughter	D．servant
36．A．retired	B．lost	C．changed	D．died
37．A．pay	B．meet	C．thank	D．respect
38．A．credit	B．money	C．congratulation	D．excuse
39．A．over	B．beyond	C．under	D．a(chǎn)bove
40．A．use	B．show	C．story	D．detail

3．At a local bakery I gave the cashier some money．"Please surprise someone by（11）Atheir meal with this today，"I said．
     Her（12）Bdropped open．"Why are you doing this？"she asked．
"To spread a little bit of（13）C，"I said，"It feels like a good day to share love．"
"This is so nice!"she smiled，I smiled too and thinking about how she was going to （14）Athe rest of the day looking for that"perfect"person．
  A little while later I stood，looking（15）B，on a subway platform in Times Square．A passer-by （16）Dhis earphones and gently asked，"Where do you need to go？"Then he gave me directions．
    Soon afterwards I found myself struggling with a heavy（17）Dthrough a downtown subway station．I'd already dragged it up and down a great many staircases．As I （18）Ain front of a final flight of steps，a young man turned around the corner and without hesitation，said，"Carl I help you with the suitcase？"Before I'd even managed a（n）（19）Che lifted my suitcase up．It was a love-filled moment that（20）Bme how much I love this city-with quiet kindness!

11．A．paying for	B．eating up	C．taking away	D．clearing up
12．A．eyes	B．mouth	C．hands	D．face
13．A．humor	B．joke	C．kindness	D．fun
14．A．spend	B．1ive	C．wander	D．work
15．A．satisfied	B．lost	C．sad	D．tired
16．A．brought up	B．got back	C．gave away	D．pulled out
17．A．1uggage	B．handbag	C．umbrella	D．suitcase
18．A．paused	B．exercised	C．watched	D．failed
19．A．decision	B．a(chǎn)ction	C．reply	D．support
20．A．taught	B．reminded	C．warned	D．praised

2．American high school students are terrible writers，and one education reform group thinks it  has an answer：robots．Or，more accurately，robot-readers-computers programmed to scan  student essays andspit out a grade．
      Mark Shermis，professor of the College of Education at the University of Akron，is helping  to hold a contest，set up by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation （ WFHF），that promises  $ IOO，OOO in prize money to programmers who write the best automated grading software．"If  you're a high school teacher and you give a writing task，you're walking home with 150 essays，"Shermis  said．"You're going to need some help．"
      Automated essay grading was first proposed in the 1960s，but computers back then were  not up to the task．In the late 1990s，as technology improved，several textbook and testing  companies jumped into the field．Today，computers are used to grade essays on South Dakota's  student writing assessments and a handful of other exams，including the TOEFL test of English fluency，taken by foreign students．
     The Hewlett contest aims to show that computers can grade as well as English teachers-only much more quickly and without all that depressing red ink．Automated essay scoring is"objective，"Shermis said．"And it can be done immediately．If students finish an essay at l0 pm，they get a result at  10：0l pm．"
     Take，for instance，the  Intelligent  Essay  Assessor，a  web-based  tool  marketed  by  Pearson Education，Inc．Within seconds it can analyze an essay for spelling，grammar，organization，and help students to make revisions．The program scans for key words and analyzes semantic  （語(yǔ)義 的） patterns，and Pearson claims that it can understand the meaning of text much the same as a human reader．

46．The text is written to introduceA．
A．robot-readers B．education reform in America
C．Hewlett contest                         
D．William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
47．What does the underlined phrase"spit out"in Paragraph I probably mean？A
A．Give
B．Organize
C．Analyze
D．Check．
48．From Paragraph 3，we know that in the 1960sD
A．computers were not easy to get
B．a(chǎn)utomated grading software was popular
C．people refused automated essay grading
D．computers couldn't grade essays automatically
49．What does Paragraph 4 focus on？B
A．The prize of Hewlett contest．
B．The advantages of automated essay scoring．
C．The application of automated essay scoring．
D．Teachers'opinions about Hewlett contest．
50．The Intelligent Essay Assessor canC．
A．rewrite essays                          
B．underline the mistakes in red ink
C．understand the meaning of text              
D．correct key words and patterns．

1．The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitive"attachment"period from birth to three may scar a child's personality and lead to emotional problems in later life．Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby's work that children should not be subjected to day care before the age of three because of the parental separation it causes，and many people do believe this．But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion．
Firstly，anthropologists point out that the insulated love affair between children and parents found in modern societies does not usually exist in traditional societies．For example，in some tribal societies，such as the Ngoni，the father and mother of a child did not bring up their infant alone-far from it．Secondly，common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today if parents，care-takers found children had problems with it．Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out，and even if they were，the results would be certain to be complicated and controversial．
Thirdly，in the last decade，there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care，and they have uniformly reported that day care had a neutral or slightly positive effect on children's development．But tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue．
But Bowlby's analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects．The possibility that such care might lead to，say，more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the use of statistics．Whatever the long-term effects，parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with．Children under three are likely to protest at leaving their parents and show unhappiness．At the age of three or three and a half almost all children find the transition to nursery easy，and this is undoubtedly why more and more parents make use of child care at this time．The matter，then，is far from clear-cut，though experience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonable for infants．
74．The passage primarily argues whetherC．
A．day care should be widely spread
B．the family relationship is different in traditional societies
C．children under three should be sent to nursery schools
D．children over three will stop crying when leaving parents
75．The underlined word"it"in the first paragraph most probably meansA．
A．children's being subjected to day care           
B．the conclusion from Bowlby's work
C．the sensitive"attachment"period                  
D．a(chǎn) child's personality
76．Which of the following statements is NOT against Bowlby's theory？B
A．Day care is safe，otherwise there wouldn't be so many nursery schools．
B．Parents find the immediate effects of early day care difficult to deal with．
C．Many studies show that day care has a positive effect on children's development．
D．Separation from parent for very young children is common in some traditional societies．
77．The writer's attitude towards early day care is thatD．
A．children under three should stay with their parents
B．the effects of early day care on children are exaggerated
C．early day care has positive effects on children's development
D．the issue is controversial and its settlement calls for the use of statistics．

20．I'm afraid we have to accept the fact that criminals are getting younger all the time，but unfortunately the crimes are becoming more serious．I only wish we didn't have to admit this but，in doing so，we must first ask ourselves what's wrong with our society，or else our children clearly couldn't care less about law and order．
The days of the sneak thief who stole a couple of apples or a packet of sweets from a chain store are actually over．I had a chance to say this to a young offender the other day，"Sweets from a chain store？"He said，"You must be joking．That's what kids do．"I may add that he was aged 11．In other words，today's young criminals would find it laughable to risk being caught for petty theft of this description．They've got enough money in their pockets to buy the sweets they want，anyway．I think it's all too easy to put the blame on anyone but ourselves．
Faced as they are with a society that frequently gives them up on the grounds of color，race or low learning ability，these children turn to crime as a means of showing off their self-respect．Nurtured on films and TV glamorizing （美化） the role of the criminal，they are quick to copy these anti-heroes．It is a matter of increasing concern to the police and government that the Children and Young Persons Act，1969，is becoming improper to deal with the rise in young criminals．Because the emphasis has been placed on the cause and gentle treatment of their crimes，rather than on old-fashioned methods of punishment，the children themselves know well that there is very little that can be done to prevent them continuing to steal，damage and in some case even cause the death of those they choose to terrorize （恐嚇）．I don't like the look of this situation any more than you do．In our own interests and in those of our children and grandchildren，we cannot continue to take the"it's nothing to do with me"attitude we have used for so long．We must unite in a common demand for harder and stricter methods against these young criminals．
66．By raising the question"Sweets from the chain store？"，the writer was asking the boy whetherC
A．he wanted some sweets from a chain store
B．stealing sweets from a chain store was illegal
C．he was caught while stealing from a chain store
D．the days of stealing sweets from a chain store were over
67．Psychologically speaking，the reason why some youngsters commit crimes is thatB
A．they want to take revenge on society
B．they think it a way of showing their self-respect
C．they are good at imitating the criminals in the films
D．they don't know what they are doing is against the law
68．In dealing with young criminals，the writer is obviously in favor ofA．
A．severe punishment once used in the past
B．showing great concern about our children
C．more patient methods in educating young criminals
D．treating every young criminal as our own child
69．In the writer's opinion，who should be blamed most？D
A．TV and films．B．Young criminals．C．Police．D．Society．

19．A woman named Emily （25）renewing（renew） her driver's license was asked by a woman recorder to state her occupation．She hesitated，uncertain how to classify herself．"What I mean is （26）whetheryou have a job．"explained the recorder．
"Of course I have a job，"replied Emily．"I'm a mother．"
"We don't list‘mother'（27）asan occupation …‘Housewife'covers it，"said the recorder．
    I forgot all about her story （28）untilone day I found myself in the same situation at Town Hall．The clerk was obviously a career woman．"What is your occupation？"she asked．
    I don't know what made me say it．The words simply got out．"I'm a researcher in the field of Child Development and Human Relation．"
    The clerk paused and looked up （29）as ifshe hadn't heard right．
"Might I ask，"said the clerk，"what do you do in your field？"
    Coolly，I heard myself reply，"I have a continuing program of research，in the laboratory and in the field．Normally，I would have said indoors and out．I'm working for my Master，the whole family，and already have four credits．Of course，the job is one of the （30）most demanding（demanding） in the humanities，and I often work 14 hours a day，but the job is more challenging and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money．"
    There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she completed the form，stood up and personally showed me to the door．
    As I drove into our driveway，I was greeted by my lab assistant．Upstairs I could hear my new experimental model，a six-month-old baby，in the child-development program，（31）testing（test） out a new vocal pattern．
    I felt proud!Motherhood …What a glorious career!

18．Cultural Center Adds Classes for Young Adults
The Allendale Cultural Center has expanded its arts program to include classes for young adults．Director Leah Martin announced Monday that beginning in September，three new classes will be offered to the Allendale community．The course titles will be Yoga for Teenagers； Hip Hop Dance：Learning the Latest Moves； and Creative Journaling for Teens：Discovering the Writer Within．The latter course will not be held at the Allendale Cultural Center but instead will meet at the Allendale Public Library．
Staff member Tricia Cousins will teach the yoga and hip hop classes．Ms．Cousins is an accomplished choreographer （舞蹈教師） as well as an experienced dance educator．She has an MA in dance education from Teachers College，Columbia University，where she wrote a thesis on the pedagogical （教學(xué)法的） effectiveness of dance education．The journaling class will be taught by Betsy Milford．Ms．Milford is the head librarian at the Allendale Public Library as well as a columnist for the professional journal Library Focus．
The courses are part of the Allendale Cultural Center's Project Teen，which was initiated by Leah Martin，Director of the Cultural Center．According to Martin，this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more essential part of the Allendale community．Over the last several years，the number of people who have visited the cultural center for classes or events has steadily declined．Project Teen is primarily funded by a generous grant from The McGee Arts Foundation，an organization devoted to bringing arts programs to young adults．Martin oversees the Project Teen board，which consists of five board members．Two board members are students at Allendale's Brookdale High School； the other three are adults with backgrounds in education and the arts．
The creative journaling class will be cosponsored by Brookdale High School，and students who complete the class will be given the opportunity to publish one of their journal entries in Pulse，Brookdale's student literary magazine．Students who complete the hip hop class will be eligible to participate in the Allendale Review，an annual concert sponsored by the cultural center that features local actors，musicians，and dancers．All classes are scheduled to begin immediately following school dismissal，and transportation will be available from Brookdale High School to the Allendale Cultural Center and the Allendale Public Library．For more information about Project Teen，contact the cultural center's programming office at 988-0099 or drop by the office after June 1 to pick up a fall course catalog．The office is located on the third floor of the Allendale Town Hall．
 
74．Which of the following statements is correct？A
A．Tricia Cousins will teach two of the new classes．
B．The new classes will begin on June 1．
C．People who want a complete fall catalogue should stop by the Allendale Public Library．
D．The cultural center's annual concert is called Pulse．
75．According to Leah Martin，what was the direct cause of Project Teen？D
A．Tricia Cousins was available to teach courses in the fall．
B．Community organizations were ignoring local teenagers．
C．The McGee Arts Foundation wanted to be more involved in Allendale's arts programming．
D．She wanted to make the cultural center a more important part of the Allendale community．
76．Which of the following factors is implied as another reason for Project Teen？A
A．The number of people visiting the cultural center has declined over the last several years．
B．The cultural center wanted a grant from The McGee Arts Foundation．
C．The young people of Allendale have complained about the cultural center's offerings．
D．Leah Martin thinks classes for teenagers are more important than classes for adults．
77．This article is organized in which of the following ways？B
A．In time order，from the past to the future．
B．Most important information first，followed by background and details．
C．Background first，followed by the most important information and details．
D．As sensational news，with the most controversial topic first．

17．It is well-known that twins are closer to each other than most brothers and sisters----after all，they probably spend more time with each other．Parents of twins often notice that they develop special ways of communicating：they invent their own words and one can often finish the other's sentence．In exceptional circumstances，this closeness becomes more extreme：they invent a whole language of their own，as in the case of Grace and Virginia Kennedy from Georgia in the USA，who communicated so successfully in their own special language that they did not speak any English at all until after they started school．
However，these special relationships are the result of lives spent almost entirely in each other's company．What happens when twins do not grow up together，when they are separated at birth for some reason？Are they just like any other strangers，or are there still special similarities between them？Professor Tom Bouchard，of the University of Minnesota，set out to find the answer to this question．He traced sixteen pairs of twins，who were adopted by different families when they were babies，and often brought up in very different circumstances．Each twin was then interviewed about every small detail of their life．
The results of this research make a surprising reading．Many of the twins were found to have the same hobbies，many have suffered the same illnesses，and some have even had the same type of accident at the same point in their lives．One pair of middle-aged women arrived for their first meeting in similar dresses，another pair were wearing similar jewellery．The most incredible similarities are to be found in the case of Jim Springer and Jim Lewis from Ohio in the USA．The story of the'Jim Twins'made headline news across USA．Born to an immigrant woman in 1939，and adopted by different families at birth，both babies were named Jim by their new parents．
But what can be the explanation for these remarkable similarities？Is it all pure coincidence，or is the explanation in some way genetic？Research into the lives of twins is forcing some experts to admit that our personalities may be at least partly due to'nature'．On the other hand，analysts are also anxious to emphasise that incredible coincidences do happen all the time，not just in the lives of twins．
73．The case of Grace and Virginia Kennedy （Para.1）is to show thatA．
A．twins communicate with each other in an unusual way
B．twins are more likely to suffer from speaking problems
C．most twins have exceptional abilities to invent a new language
D．twins won't have an effective communication until they go to school
74．The purpose of Tom Bouchard's study is to findC．
A．what will happen if twins spend lives entirely in the same company
B．why the 16 pairs of twins have been adopted by different families
C．whether separated growing up has effect on twins'special similarities
D．when the special similarities come into being during their growing up
75．What does the word"reading"in Paragraph 3 most probably mean？B
A．Book．B．Interpretation．C．Literature．D．Measurement．
76．According to Tom Bouchard's research，the special similarities between twinsD
A．depend on what the twins enjoy and suffer from
B．can not be proved or accepted by all the experts
C．result from the twins'growing up and development
D．a(chǎn)re not closely linked with where the twins are raised
77．What can be learned from the last paragraph？C
A．Incredible coincidences happen to twins all the time．
B．Nature is the only way to explain the similarities between twins．
C．The differences between twins are to some extent the results of genes．
D．Similarities shows the close relationship between two strange persons．

16．Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance （pocket money）．The purpose is to let children learn from experiences at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly．
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family．Timing is another consideration．Some children get a weekly allowance．Others get a monthly allowance．
     In any case，parents should make clear what，if anything，the child is expected to pay for with the money．At first，young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it．If they do this，they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget （預(yù)算）．Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance．The object is to show young people that a budget demands a choice between spending and saving．Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs，like clothing or electronics．
   Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home．These jobs are a normal part of family life．Paying children to do extra work around the house，however，can be useful．It can even provide an understanding of how a business works．
     Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money．They can share it in the form of gifts or giving to a good cause．They can spend it by buying things they want．Or they can save it．
     Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice．You have to cut costs and plan for the future．Requiring children to save part of their allowances can also open the door to future saving and investing．Many banks offer services to help children and teenagers learn about personal finance．A saving account is an excellent way to learn about the power of compound interest．
     Compounding works by paying interest．So，for example，one dollar invested at two percent interest for two years will earn two cents in the first year．The second year，the money will earn two percent of one dollar and two cents，and so on．That may not seem like a lot，but over time it adds up．
32．Parents give their children allowances in order toC．
A．show off their wealth of family    
B．let them make more money
C．learn the value of money         
D．help children manage family finance
33．What is the second paragraph mainly about？D
A．The time to give allowances
B．The way to spend alloweances．
C．the amount of allowances given to children．
D．Considerations taken to give allowances．
34．Why are parents adivsed to offer yougn children allowances stricktly as planned？A
A．To help children learn to make a budget．
B．To have children save money for larger costs．
C．To let children make fewer mistakes．
D．To give them more allowances next time．
35．What does the author intend to tel lthe readers？C
A．The methods of limiting allowances．
B．The advice on a better family budget．
C．Teaching children to use allowances wisely．
D．Offering allowances to children properly．

15．Are you a bookworm？Is your head stuck in a book for long？If so，that's a good thing．There are many benefits to reading．Getting into a good novel improves our literacy（讀寫能力）．But who or what encourages us to pick up a book and start reading？
    Of course，when we are young，our parents and teachers inspire us by introducing us to  characters that we love-or love to hate．And there are the authors-the people who invent and write about these characters．Good writing can really catch our imagination．
    One modern-day children's author is J．K．Rowling，who's known for her books about the wizard，Harry Potter．Last year she was named as a‘literacy hero'for her part in improving people's love of reading．The UK's National Literacy Trust awarded her the title for"turning a generation of children into readers．"
    The Trust also honoured schoolchildren，a librarian and teachers for their effort in trying to get people to read．The actor，Henry Winkler，who has dyslexia（閱讀障礙），Was also named for the books he has written about a boy with learning difficulties．
    Reading books is more than an enjoyable pastime；it can also help people in difficult circumstances．The author Pat Winslow worked as a writer in prisons and found reading and discussing stories helped prisoners reflect on their patterns of behaviour．She says"Very often we would have discussions about the moral compass of a character，what was the motivation of
somebody，why did they behave that way？"
    Today I like to read factual books such as biographies，where you get an insight into the lives of important and well-known people．I also enjoy looking at travel books and learning about journeys and new destinations．It's a good substitute if you can't visit in person．
    But the main benefit of reading is the improvement it brings to our literacy．The more we do it，the better we get and who knows-one day you may become the next Tolstoy，Jackie  Collins or even William Shakespeare．

46．How does the author introduce the topic of this text？A
A．By asking questions．   
B．By giving examples．
C．By offering suggestions．
D．By doing experiments．
47．What does the second paragraph mainly talk about？D
A．How teachers help US learn about characters．
B．Why parents love telling stories in our childhood．
C．What kinds of writings are suitable for teens to read．
D．Who or what encourages US to be interested in reading．
48．Why was the author J．K．Rowling called a‘literacy hero'？B
A．For her struggle against unfortunate life．
B．For her inspiring children to love reading．
C．For her experience of learning difficulties．
D．For her well-known books of Harry Potter．
49．Reading and discussing stories with prisonersD．
A．help them enjoy their pastime
B．1ead them to be prison writers
C．guide them to gain new knowledge
D．instruct them to start to a new life
50．For what purpose does the author like to read factual books？B
A．Because they are more interesting．
B．Because they supply inspirations for life．
C．Because they help people save a lot of money．
D．Because they completely take the place of personal travel．