___ my opinion, Americans eat too much meat.

A. in    B. over    C. on    D. above

_____ in the queue for half an hour,Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home.

A. To wait           B. Have waited       C. Having waited    D. To have waited

（ 共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分 ）

Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A.　Goods for auction (拍賣) sales

　　B.　Definition of bidding

　　C.　Way to sell more goods by auction

　　D.　Auction sales in history

　　E.　Brief introduction to auctions

　　F.　Making a larger profit as an auctioneer

61. ______

Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he stands.

62. ______

The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increasing”. The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth centuries, goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.

63. ______

Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art.

64. ______

An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “l(fā)ot”, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers: he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.

65. ______

The auctioneer’s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.

It’s reported that a bus went out of ____ control on a highway ____ east of the city and crashed into a river.

A. the; the                B. /; /          C. the; /                   D. /; the

---Do you feel like walking to the cinema or       we take a bus?

    ---I’d like to walk. But since there isn’t much time left, I’d rather we       a taxi.

       A．will; take  B．shall; take C．will; took  D．shall; took

_________ that Marie was able to set up new branches elsewhere.

 So successful her business was                  B. So successful was her business

C. So her business was successful            D. So was successful business

He didn't____ what I said because his mind was on something else．

         A．hold on                B．catch on          C．take in     D．get over

Failure is never pleasurable, but it can make a positive contribution to your life_____ you learn to use it.

A. since     B. once      C. until       D. unless

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從第31至第40小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life."   31  _ teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily formed.

It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for true friendship to  32   . However, there can be no disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.

To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to have clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or   33    at arm's length? Do we want to   34      ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enough—and that's all right. But at some point we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends' expectations. The sharing of _  35    experience including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must be undertaken(進行) slowly and carried on only if there are sign of interest and action in return.

What are some of the _  36  _ of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships _  37  _ time. Another “major difficulty" is the selfishness to think one “possesses" the other, including his time and attention. Similarly, friendships     38   actions in return. In other words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend _  39  _ time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die    40    .?

31. A. Knowledge       B. Teachers                C. Experience               D. Parents

32. A. design           B. intend           C. develop            D. appear

33. A. remained         B. left             C. kept                        D. stayed

34. A. own             B. owe            C. share                 D. spare? 

35. A. social            B. ordinary               C. good                        D. personal

36. A. difficulties        B. differences                  C. advantages                D. things

37. A. cost                      B. spend                          C. ask               D. take? 

38. A. require           B. request                     C. depend                     D. suggest

39. A. reasonable        B. comfortable                 C. less                          D. a lot?

40. A. for                              B. away                           C. out                          D. from

第三節(jié)  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選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A young girl, Hattie, stood outside a small church. "I can't go to Sunday School," she said to the pastor(牧師). The next time the  21  met her he said "Hattie, we are going to have a larger Sunday school room soon. When we get the  22  with which to found a school building we are going to  23  one large enough to get all the little children in, and we are going to begin very soon to  24  the money for it."

   The pastor did not see Hattie  25 , until he heard from her parents some two years later that Hattie died. As her poor little body was being moved, a purse was found. Inside was found 57 cents and a note  26 : "This is to help build the little church  27  so more children can go to Sunday school."

  For two years she had saved for this offering of  28 . When the pastor tearfully read that  29 , he knew instantly what he would do.  30  this note, he told the  31  of her love and devotion.

 A newspaper  32  the story and published it. A man  33  them a land worth many thousands. Checks came from far and wide. Within five years the little girl's gift had  34  to $250,000.00 a huge sum for that time.

Her unselfish love had  35  wonders. When you are in the city of Philadelphia, look up Temple University,  36  hundreds of students are trained. Have a look,  37 , at a Sunday School building which houses hundreds of Sunday scholars,  38  no child in the area will ever need to be left outside at Sunday school time. In one of the rooms of this  39  may be seen the picture of the sweet face of the little  40  whose 57 cents made such remarkable history.

21.A. assistant        B. teacher       C. pastor        D. professor

22.A. chance          B. time           C. help           D. money

23.A. build            B. buy            C. visit           D. damage

24.A. spend           B. raise          C. waste         D. return

25.A. again            B. completely C. either         D. suddenly

26.A. lasted           B. read           C. searched     D. posted

27.A. stronger        B. taller          C. bigger        D. smaller

28.A. art               B. life            C. honor         D. love

29.A. note             B. notice        C. need          D. worry

30.A. Joining         B. Carrying    C. Setting       D. Adding

31.A. use               B. matter        C. story          D. cost

32.A.learned of      B. called for   C. made up     D. brought back

33.A. sent              B. offered       C. caught        D. carried

34.A. gathered              B. turned        C. increased    D. fallen

35.A. covered        B. beaten        C. made         D. done

36.A. where           B. when         C. which        D. that

37.A. already         B. too            C. instead              D. though

38.A. as long as     B. even if              C. so that        D. ever since

39.A. library          B. cinema       C. church              D. building

40.A. scientist        B. writer        C. boy            D. Girl