完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

When I was 14, I was hired for an after-school job selling subscriptions (征訂，訂閱) to my hometown paper, the Houston Post. I was sent to some of the city’s worst neighborhoods to “beg” door-to-door. Even though I was often moving around after dark in bad areas __36__ for garage apartments, I was __37__ for the work.

It was a __38__ because people didn’t like a stranger knocking on their door, __39__ a kid trying to get them to buy something. On one ___40__, a man shut his door heavily in my face and __41__, “I don’t want your damn paper.” I __42__ myself to knock again and was able to tell him how great the paper was. I __43__ selling him a subscription. I was soon among the __44__ subscription sellers and, like other successful __45__, was given responsibility for training newcomers.

__46__ this time I started playing the harmonica and guitar. Before long I was playing in a __47__ at barbecues and other events. When I __48__ 18, I focused my __49__ on becoming a professional musician. I never lost ___50___ of this dream. I’m sure my determination came from what I __51___ knocking on strangers’ doors.

That ___52___ helped me in many ways. Early in my music career I was locked in a legal disagreement with a former manager. He ___53__ me to back off, but I refused.

Having all those doors shut in my face as a kid gave me the ___54___to stand up to this frightening figure. Except this time there was one ___55___: I was the one saying no. And I won.

A. leaving    B. searching        C. reaching    D. asking

A. sorry          B. ready       C. doubtful         D. thankful

A. challenge      B. puzzle      C. surprise         D. failure

A. certainly       B. obviously   C. especially       D. usually

A. time           B. occasion         C. day          D. place

A. screamed       B. whispered   C. begged       D. announced

A. allowed    B. forced           C. wished      D. reminded

A. ended up   B. gave up          C. picked up        D. kept up

A. rich           B. large            C. fast             D. top

A. reporters       B. managers    C. salesmen    D. secretaries

A. For            B. Since       C. Around      D. Until

A. concert        B. band         C. kitchen          D. party

A. seemed         B. grew         C. appeared         D. turned

A. attention       B. attraction       C. service          D. trust

A. sight          B. use         C. ability          D. fortune

A. accepted       B. decided     C. expected         D. learned

A. experience     B. problem     C. story            D. introduction

A. invited        B. pressured        C. excused          D. charged

A. pain           B. right            C. strength         D. imagination

A. conclusion     B. difference       C. chance      D. decision

Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy skills（讀寫能力）. With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence, according to Intermountain Therapy Animals (ITA) in Salt Lake City. The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children, with the introduction of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ).

The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea. “Literacy specialists admit that children who read below the level of their fellow pupils are often afraid of reading aloud in a group, often have lower self-respect, and regard reading as a headache.” said Lisa Myton, manager of the children’s department.

Last November the two groups started “Dog Day Afternoon” in the children’s department of the main library. About 25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes, reading for half an hour. Those who attended three of the four classes received a “pawgraphed” book at the last class.

The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April. According to Dana Thumpowsky, public relations manager.

．What is mainly discussed in the text?

A．A special reading program.               B．Advantages of raising dogs.

C．Service in a public library.             D．Children’s reading difficulties.

Specialists use dogs to listen to children reading because they think ________.

    A．dogs are young children’s best friends 

    B．dogs can provide encouragement for shy children

    C．children can play with dogs while reading

    D．children and dogs understand each other

By saying “The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea,” the writer means the library ____________.

    A．a(chǎn)ccepts the idea put forward by ITA      B．uses dogs to attract children

    C．has opened a children’s department      D．has decided to train some dogs

A “pawgraphed” book is most probably _________.

    A．a(chǎn) book used in Saturday classes          B．a(chǎn) prize for the children    

C．a(chǎn) book written by the children           D．a(chǎn) gift from parents

You can use a large plastic bottle, ________cut off, as a pot to grow your plants in.

  A. the top is     B. the top of which       C. whose top      D. with its top

With Halloween approaching, there exists a real concern among parents and teachers __________ trick or treating will become a seriously anti-social activity.

A. whether          B. what             C. that         D. how

完形填空(共20小題; 每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從所給的 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。

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be   36   Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d   37  ?” Just when I started to   38   that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women   39   at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll, I felt such a sense of   40   that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t   41  . Somebody had thought   42   of me to bring me a gift. 

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my   43     Christmas there special and memorable, I   44   remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of   45   for as many children as I could possibly reach.

So I   46   a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤兒) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school suppliers,   47   with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were    48  . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   49   them that they couldn’t open their presents   50   every child had come forward. Finally the   51   they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles   52   up the room. The   53   in the room was obvious, and   54     wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew   55   that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 

A. sending            B. receiving                C. making           D. exchanging

A. found              B. prepared             C. got              D. expected

A. doubt              B. hope                 C. suggest          D. accept

A. broke in           B. settled down         C. turned up            D. showed off

A. relief             B. loss                 C. achievement      D. justice

A. blamed         B. loved                    C. forgotten            D. affected

A. highly             B. little                   C. poorly               D. enough

A. present            B. first                    C. recent               D. previous

A. hardly             B. instantly                C. regularly            D. occasionally

A. strength           B. independence         C. importance           D. safety

A. kept up with       B. caught up with           C. came up with     D. put up with

A. none               B. few                  C. some             D. each

A. fine                B. special                  C. helpful              D. normal

A. reminded            B. guaranteed               C. convinced            D. promised

A. after              B. until                    C. when             D. since

A. chance         B. gift                 C. moment           D. reward

A. lit                B. took                 C. burned               D. cheered

A. atmosphere          B. sympathy             C. calmness         D. joy

A. it                  B. such                 C. something            D. everybody

A. by             B. till                 C. for              D. from

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

    The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy ,everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

    Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

    Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him.  ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘ Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘ give me back my daughter.”  ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____

she hoped to make the king the richest in the world.    B. She loved gold too.

She wanted to teach the king a lesson. 

D. She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold gold.

When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____

   A. excited  B. hungry  C. worried   D  happy

Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A. The king died in the river.

B. The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.

C. All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones.

D. Both B and C

What do you think the story tries to tell us?

A. Gold makes people unhappy.   

B. More gold , more happiness.

C. Gold is not the thing that makes life happy.

D. People feel happy if they have not gold.

短文改錯（共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

  此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標(biāo)有題號的每一行做出判斷；如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

  此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

  此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

  此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下面劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

  注意： 原行沒有錯的不要改。

Dear Xiao Fei,

  I am sorry to hearing your problem and thank you          1. _______

for your trust. Both your uncle and I am fond               2. _______

you, because you are a nice and honest boy.                 3. _______

It is always easier to make friend than to keep them.          4. _______

You are feeling bad about losing their friendship, and         5. _______

he may feel the same way. In my opinion, you should         6. _______

go to talk to your friends but honestly tell them you didn’t     7. _______

do it. You may also needed to work together with your        8. _______

the friends in order to find out who took the money.          9. _______

I hope my advice is helpfully and I wish you good luck.      10._______

                                                   Yours truly,

                                                    Aunt Betty

The TV Dwelling Narrowness is really fantastic. The show has succeeded in _____ much

to the audience, which has contributed to its success.

    A. giving away   B. going through    C. laying aside     D. getting across

She showed me a red silk dress _____ online, which cost her only 10 dollars.

A. to be bought B. being bought     C. bought           D. having bought

Everyone was trying to ________ a better idea to persuade him to stay.

A. put out          B. come across     C. come up with            D. put up with