Mike is a student at a famous university, _______ for a doctor degree.

  A. studied              B. studying           C. to have studied    D. to be studying

.--- I thought you were going to call on me last night.

   --- Sorry, I __________. But I had to finish the report.

   A. would go    B. would have   C. would rather D. would better

—Did he come back late last night?

       —No．It was not yet eight o'clock _____________ he arrived home．

       A．before          B．that                C．until           D．when

閱讀理解（2*21=42分）

Some people were eating and drinking in a coffee house. A young woman was sitting alone at a table. She was wearing a beautiful diamond necklace. There was an ugly man at a table not far from her. He was looking at her necklace all the time.

Suddenly the lights went out. The coffee house was in darkness. The woman started to shout. She was very frightened. A few minutes later the lights came on again. The woman was crying. Her necklace was missing.

The manager quickly closed all the doors. He telephoned the police. No one could get out of the coffee house. The policemen soon came. The police inspector told his men to search everyone. The necklace was not on anyone. They then searched the whole coffee house. The necklace couldn’t be found.

The police inspector then looked at the faces of all the people in the coffee house. He saw the ugly man and looked at the man carefully. He went up to the man and picked up the bowl of soup that was on his table. He then poured the soup into a glass. The necklace fell out. The policemen caught hold of the man and took him away. The young woman was happy to get back her necklace.

51. A young woman lost her necklace in _____ .

A. a hospital      B. a shop           C. a coffee house      D. a restaurant

52. The manager closed all the doors and _____ .

A. searched everyone in the coffee house      B. searched the whole coffee house

C. telephoned the police                   D. looked at all the people in the coffee house

53. The police inspector found the necklace in _____ .

A. a cup of coffee  B. a bowl of rice    C. a glass of milk      D. a bowl of soup

54. The necklace was stolen by _____ .      

A. a beautiful girl  B. an old woman   C. a young student      D. an ugly man

    Sadness is unpleasant, and in a society where personal happiness is prized above all else, there is little tolerance for falling in despair. Especially now we’ve got drugs for getting rid of sad feelings — whether it’s after losing a job, the break-up of a relationship or the death of a loved one. So it’s no surprise that more and more people are taking them.

But is this really such a good idea? A growing number of voices from the world of mental health research are saying it isn’t. They fear that the increasing tendency to treat normal sadness as a disease is playing fast and loose. Sadness, they argue, serves a useful purpose—and if we lose it, we lose out. Yet many psychiatrists insist not. Sadness has a unpleasant habit of turning into depression they warn. Even when people are sad for good reason, they should take drugs to make themselves feel better.

So who is right? Is sadness something we cannot live without or something horrible never to touch? There are lots of ideas about why feeling sad should become part of human life. It may be a kind of self-protection, as other primates (靈長類) also show signs of sadness. A losing monkey that doesn’t show sadness after it loses a fight may be seen as continuing to challenge the winning monkey — and that could result in death.

In humans sadness has a further function: we may display sadness as a form of communication. By acting sad, we tell other community members that we need support.

Then there is the idea that creativity is connected to dark moods. There are plenty of great artists, writers and musicians who have suffered from depression or disorder. Scientists found that people with signs of depression performed better at a creative task, and negative moods make people think deeply over the unhappy experience, which allows creative processes to come to the front. There is also evidence that too much happiness can be bad for your career. A doctor found that people who scored 8 out of 10 on a happiness test were more successful in income and education than 9s or 10s. The happiest people lose their willingness to make changes to their lives that may benefit them.

63. The underlined word “this” refers to ________.

   A. taking medicine                       B. falling in despair    

C. losing a job                               D. feeling sad

64. The author believes sadness is ________.

   A. a good thing for people’s health      B. something horrible never to touch

C. a necessary function of humans           D. always to be treated as depression

65. Some animals show their sadness in order to ________.

A. cheat their enemy                  B. protect themselves 

C. comfort the loser                  D. challenge the winner

66. We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

A. people with great creativity tend to be happier   

B. unhappy experiences contribute to a greater career

C. too much happiness can be bad for your career

D. the happiest people are the most successful ones

Vampires (吸血鬼), creatures of myth, have been around in one form or another for centuries. Terrifying but also attractive, they are as popular in the early 21 st century as ever, as the current popularity of Twilight series, and its hero Edward Cullen, show.

Vampires first appeared in fiction in the 1700s. in 1895 Irish novelist Bram Stoker published Dracula, introducing the world’s most famous vampire.

But just what is it about these drinkers of human blood that continues to fascinate us? Speaking to Eric Lewis of the Times and Transcript website, academic Deborah Wells said that vampires are “culturally adaptive”. “We create very different vampires to fit different times. Edward Cullen is not the same as Count Dracula,” she said.

Different as they are, Wells believes vampires are “the perfect containers into which we can pour our current cultural anxieties”, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is powerful, yet old and physically ugly. Stoker’s book dealt with fear of the fall of the British Empire, real fears in the day in which it was written.

According to the website Bookrags, today’s vampires have all our cultural desires, money, power and sexual attraction. Represented by Cullen, they are noble, handsome young men whom women find irresistible. What’s more, vampires challenge traditional ideas about death, science and parental authority. This may be why teenagers are drawn to vampire tales.

“In many ways, the vampire story shows up teenage concerns,” said wells. “The emotional intensity (強度) of the relationship with the vampire matches the intensity of how it feels to have your first real love affairs. Your first real love, it really feels like life and death.”

55．The best title for this passage should be_______.

       A．Vampires may continue to drink our blood

       B．Vampires have been around us for long

       C．Why Twilight is so popular nowadays

       D．We still like the story about vampires

56．What is the image of the vampire in Bram Stoker’s book?

      A．Anxious but perfect.

       B．Powerful, old and ugly.

       C．Terrifying but also attractive.

       D．Afraid of the fall of the British Empire.

57．According to the website Bookrages, today’s vampires_______.

       A．desire money, power and sexual attraction

       B．may not think highly of parental authority

       C．dare to give up traditional ideas

       D．a(chǎn)re likely to be resisted by women

58．Which of the following statements is true according to Wells?

       A．People need different vampires in different times.

       B．Our current cultural anxieties are hidden in vampires.

       C．The vampire story reflects the conches of the teenagers.

       D．The relationship with the vampire equals your first real love.

第二部分：閱讀理解（第一節(jié)20小題，第二節(jié)５小題；每小題２分，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)：閱讀下面的短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

 “Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle （嬰兒包）was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped—the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance.

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms, he cried out bitterly, “A boy, a big boy … called me — a f-…freak.” She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks.

He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift for literature and music.

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor. Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft（移植）on a pair of outer ears, if they could be donated,” the doctor decided. So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man. Two years went by. Then, “You’re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’s a secret.” said the father.

The operation was a brilliant success. His talents blossomed into genius. School and college became a series of successes. Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. “But I must know!” he urged his father. “Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know … not yet.” The years kept the secret, but the day did come … one of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother’s casket（棺材）. Slowly and tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish-brown hair to let out the secret.

41. The story is mainly about _______.

A. how a boy had new ears through an operation

B. what a devoted parent privately did for the child

C. how a disabled boy turned into a useful person

D. why a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy

42. The underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to “_______”.

A. slow-acting person          B. good-looking child

C. badly-behaved student       D. strangely-shaped creature

43. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The agreement was between the donator and the family.

B. The boy was so popular that he was made class president.

C. Finally the boy came to know who the donator was.

D. The mother donated her ears to her son after she died.

44. What moral lesson can we draw from this reading?

A. Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known.

B. It is up to parents to help their children heart and soul.

C. True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance.

D. It is a virtue（美德）for young generations to learn to be grateful.

 —Good morning, Grand Hotel.

    —Hello, I’d like to book a room for the nights of the 18th and 19th.

    —_____.

   A. What can I do for you?                   B. Just a minute, please.

   C. What’s the matter?                       D. At your service

We must set aside some money for a rainy day __________ run out of our income immediately.

       A. rather than        B. or rather         C. other than        D. more than

__________ you keep on trying ,I don’t really mind whether you can come top in your class．

       A．The moment           B．As soon as             C．Once                     D．So long as