C

At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages large enough to threaten(=say that you will hurt somebody if they don’t do what you want) the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.

What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options(職業(yè)選擇). In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the work force, but their choices have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status(地位). A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as “just a nurse”. Teachers may be also at fault. Many high school students are actually being steered(勸導(dǎo)) away from nursing, told by teachers that they are “too bright to be a nurse”.

Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.

63. Why is America facing its worst nurse shortage?

  A. Because American health conditions are becoming worse and worse.

  B. Because more and more women prefer to be teachers and doctors.

  C. Because women have been provided with many different jobs.

  D. Because women no longer choose to be nurses.

64. The passage tells us that high school teachers are at fault for ___________.

  A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US

  B. introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students

  C. not asking the government to raise the nurses’ payment

  D. persuading the students not to be nurses

65. The author wrote this passage in order to __________.

  A. describe the unequal treatment of women in the US

  B. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem

  C. tell us women’s free choice of jobs today

  D. call on women not to be nurses

66. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

  A. High school students think themselves too bright to be nurses.

  B. Women in the US have greater career choice than those in other countries.

  C. Of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed.

  D. Nursing used to be a popular job among women.

第三節(jié)（共5小題；每題2分，滿分10分）閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文后第66至第70小題的空格里填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或短語(yǔ)，并將答案轉(zhuǎn)寫到答題卷上。注意：每空不超過3個(gè)單詞。

As we all know, if you don’t use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everyone knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone says that his memory is poor, he really means he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his fault（過錯(cuò)）. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that their parents are to blame（怪責(zé)）, and few of us know that it is just his own fault.

Have you ever found that some people can’t write or read (blind people) but they have better memories? This is because that they can’t read or write and they have to remember things. They cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs or stories, so their memories are being exercised the whole time. If we want to have a good memory, we should practise remembering things.

Title: How to Have 66. __________

Please __________ the numbers and I’m sure they will __________ more than 1, 000.

       A. add up; add to                                      B. add up; add up  

   C. add up; add up to                                   D. add to; add up

I'd like to study law at university ______ my cousin prefers geography

   A. though       B. while                             C. as          D. when

I’d appreciate _______if you would like to teach me how to use the computer.

   A. you           B. that             C. this           D. it 

Don’t leave her _____ outside in the rain; she will catch a cold.

A．waiting            B．wait         C．to wait         D．waited

Your uncle seems to be a good driver;        , I wouldn’t dare to travel in his car.

         A. even so                 B. even though              C. therefore           D. so

  Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change, either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.

 There are several major language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.

60. The early language had ______.

A. a lot of problems                                      B. words and easy grammar

C. words but no grammar                                    D. grammar but not many words

61. In the next few hundred years we can expect language to ______.

A. stay exactly the same                             B. change a great deal

C. change only a little                                  D. add more words and drop some grammar

62. What this article shows is that ______.

A. languages change fast              B. languages really don’t want to change

C. language changes with changes of society     D. Spanish and English change

63. From this article we can see that ______.

A. language can change very slowly or very quickly

B. if we don’t change, then our language won’t change, either

C. we should give our plants new names

D. English and Spanish are the only languages that have changes

E

 The key to happiness is how quickly you can get back your focus on what’s important.

                                                       -----Anonymous

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here's what happened. I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car’s back end by just inches!

The driver of the other car, who almost caused a big accident, started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly. So, I said, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call "The Law of the Garbage Truck."

Many people are like garbage (rubbish) trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they'll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You'll be happy you did.

I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets? It was that day I said, "I'm not going to do anymore."

Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. Leaders and parents know that they have to be fully present, and at their best for the people they care about. The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day. What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by? Here's my bet. You'll be happier. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, Love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't.

72. What happened one day when the author was taking a taxi?

A. The taxi almost hit another car.

B. The taxi driver was injured.

C. The author scolded the driver of the other car.

D. The author learned a lesson from the driver of the garbage truck.

73. How did the taxi driver respond to the behaviour of the driver of the black car?

A. He yelled back at the driver.            B. He sent the driver to the hospital.

C. He was friendly towards the driver.  D. He dumped some garbage in front of his car.

74. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

    A. The author used to have a lot of garbage trucks.

    B. The author used to complain a lot.

    C. The author used to have a lot of money.

    D. The author used to be a good manager.

75. According to the passage, what should you do if people “dump garbage” on you?

A. Ignore them and go on with our own work.

B. Try our best to persuade them not to do that again.

C. Tell them to dump the garbage in the right place.

D. Take over their work and carry the garbage to somewhere else. 

第二部分：英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分)

第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)填空(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)

    從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

She dreams of becoming ____pianist, so she makes ____most of her time to play the piano.

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