Travel has been a considerable part of my life and I have made different kinds of joumeys to
many parts of the world. Often in my travels,l was alone, traveling under difficult conditions in
wartime. And I have flown over the oceans many times when I wanted to get quickly from one
place to another. But a sea voyage,especially a long one,has some.thing unusual of its own,and
after taking a few of them,l became interested in the reasons why people take such trips and how
they are affected by them. That is why I wanted to write Life Number Two.
     Some people go for escape from grief or failure, some from a wish not to be very long iri one
place in the world. Others go to celebrate a marriage, or a retirement,and many people take voyages
to enjoy a luxury(享樂) they do not have at home and for shipboard fun. When you put all these
motives (動機)  into a forced companionship (伙伴關系 )  and sometimes an unpleasant one a
voyage can be like a mirror held up to modem  life with  all  its  variety (多樣性 ) . Voyages can
be boring but they can give some passengers new view on life,renew courage and awaken a sense
of the size of the world.
     There are many books about ocean voyages,but as a rule they are magazines or diaries of travel.
 Life Number Two is a novel written not mainly to show shipboard life but to tell the stories of a few
people on board,trying their past lives and their possible futures into the narratives(敘述).lt also deals
with some modem socialproblems worth our consideration.

     For the tenth and last time as Secretary General, I offer friends and colleagues around
the world my best wishes on United Nations Day. I have spent almost all my whole
professional life working for the United Nations-sothisday , andthevaluesthatstand for ,
willal-ways be special for me.
     Over the past ten years, we have made some big steps forward in our common struggle
for development, security and human rights. Aid and debt relief have increased , making
the world economy somewhat fairer. At last, the world is increasing its response to
HIV/AIDS. There are fewer wars between States than there used to be , and manycivil
warshaveended. Moregovernments are elected by, and accountable to the people
whom they govern. And all States have acknowledged, at least in words, their
responsibility to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and
crimes against humanity.
     But there is so much that still needs doing.
     The gap between rich and poor continues to grow.
Thenuclearnon-proliferationregime (核不擴散機制) requires urgent attention.
Terrorism and the reaction to it are spreading fear and suspicion. It seems we don't
even agree which threats are most important. Those who live in small islands may
see global warming as the biggest danger. Those who live in a city that has suffered
terrorist attacks-likeNewYork , orMumbai, orIstanbul-may feel that confronting
terrorism is more urgent. Othersagainmaycitepoverty , disease , orgenocide. The
truth is , there are all global threats. All of us should be concerned about all of them.
Otherwise ,we may not succeed in dealing with any of them.
     At this time of all times. We cannot afford to be divided. I know that you, the people
of the world, understand this. Thank you for all the support and encouragement you have
given me, throughout these ten difficult but exciting years.
      Please urge your leaders to work with my successor, and make the United Nations
ever stronger and more affective.
     Long live our planet, and its peoples!Long live the United Nations!

1. Who is the speaker of the above passage and how many examples did he mention to
prove the achievements for the UN in the past ten years?______

A. Bush ; eight
B. Blair; seven
C. Ban Ki-moon ; six
D. Annan; five

2. According to the speaker, which of the following doesn't belong to the things
that need doing?______

A. The gap between rich and poor should be reduced.
B. The nuclear non-proliferation should be paid great attention to.
C. The opinion on which threat is the most important should be agreed on.
D. The spreading fear and suspicion of terrorism reaction to it should be controlled:

3. Generally speaking, the global threats are .______

A. poverty , disease and genocide
B. global warming
C. terrorist attacks
D. all of the above

4. In the last 3 paragraphs, the speaker mainly called on the world______

A. to live on a new planet
B. to understand the people of the world
C. to be united and co-operated
D. to remember him as a Secretary General

     ''Mom, can I bake some bread?" We were 15; my best friend, Hanna, and I, determined to try our
hands at creating some beautiful bread.
     "It's not worth the trouble," my mother said. "It takes lots of time and makes a big mess. Our bakery
bread is delicious without all that effort."
     Begging was useless. Mom's "no" meant "No!"
     But several weeks later, opportunity knocked. My parents were going out for the evening. I
immediately invited Hanna to be my partner in bread-baking crime.
     We studied the recipe. That was easy. "Mix oil into flour then beat in four eggs, one at a time, with
remaining sugar and salt."
     We were not good at breaking eggs. I tried to learn from my mother.
     "Gradually add eight cups of flour. When dough (面團) holds together, squeeze it."
     We took turns working like that. "Is the dough 'holding together'?" we asked each other.
     I remembered my neighbor's instructions: "If it's too sticky, add some flour; if too dry, add water."
     We added water. Then more flour. Then more water. By then, the mass of our dough had grown very much.
     "Place dough on floured surface and squeeze till smooth," the recipe instructed.
     We took turns burying our hands in the damp dough, pinching, squeezing, and feeling it leak between
fingers. "Clean and oil bowl, and then return dough to bowl. Cover and let dough rise in a warm place for one hour."
     This was good news-we'd have a break. On the dirty kitchen chairs, we dreamed about our beautiful
bread. "See?" we would tell my mom. "Isn't it worth the work?"
     Hanna and I couldn't help glancing at the rising process every few minutes. But nothing happened.
     "Maybe something will happen in the hot oven," I said.
     Unfortunately, when we removed the loaves from the oven, they were like hard stones.
     Mom was right; it takes time and effort. It sometimes makes a mess. But still it feels good, somehow, to be part of that long, ongoing chain of bread bakers. Since that night, both Hanna and I have learned to do
it right.

1. To the writer, what her mother said was _________.

A. law
B. rubbish
C. advice
D. warning

2. Which of the following can best describe the children's feelings while making their first bread?

A. Confident; hopeful;proud  
B. Curious; hopeful; disappointed
C. Interested; excited; satisfied  
D. Worried; satisfied; proud

3. Which of the following did the writer do without referring to the instructions?

A. Placed dough on floured surface.    
B. Added eight cups of flour to eggs.
C. Returned dough to a cleaned bowl.  
D. Placed the dough into the hot oven.

4. The passage mainly tells us ___________.

A. the process of making bread          
B. the conflict between mother and daughter
C. the first experience of making bread    
D. the way of doing housework