--- I will come to your lecture at 10:00 am. tomorrow.

   --- I’m sorry. By then my lecture ______ and I ______ my guests in my office.

  A. will end; am being met               B. have ended; will meet

C. will have ended; will be meeting       D. will have ended; will have met

It was wrong of you to        from all your friends who helped you when you were in trouble．         

A．break away            B．break down          C．break into              D．break out

The crowd cheered and cheered. The man with the horn（號）waved and smiled his great smile. “More! More!” cried the crowd. And Louis Armstrong took his horn and began to play again.

 Here he was in England. Now a famous man, he was rich. He knew many important people. Wherever he went, people knew his name. They wanted to hear his music. As he played the sad, slow songs, Louis thought of his home in New Orleans. He lived there as a boy. It was a busy, exciting city. But Louis’s family was very poor. He went to work to help his mother. He also went to school. One of Louis’s teachers asked him to join the school band. “This horn is yours until you leave our school,” his teacher said. Louis’s music was jazz and he loved it. He remembered all the music he heard. He didn’t learn to read music until he was a man.

 When he left school, he played on many bands. He loved his work and people loved him. They knew that he had a wonderful talent. Louis played in little towns and in big cities. Armstrong’s horn had as many sounds as ten horns—sometimes slow and sometimes sweet; sometimes fast and hot, high and low. His music was always strong and exciting. “He does make wonderful music,” said the man who listened happily. “Yes,” said another man, “he makes that horn speak. ”

 The music ended and the crowd cheered. Louis Armstrong spoke with tears in his eyes, “I think, my friends, you can listen to as much jazz as I can play. I thought jazz was my music; but now I understand it is ours. It is beautiful that music brings us together. ”

Louis went to work when he was _______.

 A. a schoolboy     B. a musician     C. famous     D. a man

Louis was very smart but he didn’t learn to read music until ______.

 A. he left school.                   B. he was in the the school band.

 C. he became a grown-up.           D. he became famous.

He was famous for ______.

 A. his horn                          B. his sad songs

 C. his wonderful jazz music            D. his love for music

Which of the following is the best title for this story ?.

 A. Musician                         B. A beautiful horn.

 C. The man with the horn.             D. Sweet smiles.

Pupils are ordered not to wade into ankle-deep water unless teachers first carry out a full risk assessment and put “proper measures in place”.

       Staff are expected to check rivers, ponds and the sea for currents and rocks before allowing children to dip their feet.

       Guidance issued to schools warns that any “impromptu (事先無準備的) water-based activities” could pose dangers to children.

       The recommendations were outlined in a document-available to all 21,000 schools in England — to help teachers organize more school trips. Advice from the Department for Children, Schools and Families is intended to cut red tape (官樣文章) and give staff practical tips.

       But the guidance caused argument after teachers were presented with a series of orders surrounding swimming and the use of minibuses.

       It said: “Swimming and padding or otherwise entering the waters of river, canal, sea or lake should never be allowed as an impromptu activity. The pleas of young people to bathe — because it is hot weather, for example, should be resisted where bathing has not been prepared for.”

       “In-water activities should take place only when a proper risk assessment has been completed and proper measures put in place to control the risks.”

       Teachers are urged to check the weather, currents, weeds, rip tides, river or sea beds and breakwaters before allowing children into the water. No child should be able to swim deeper than waist height, the guidance added.

       Margaret Morrissey, from campaign group Parents Outloud, said: “Wading out into the ocean is one thing but there’s nothing wrong with padding where the waves break.”

       “Part of children’s learning is to walk along the water’s edge and get your feet wet. There are dangerous currents further out and you stay at the edge.”

       She added: “I want to see schools and youth groups taking advantage of opportunities that learning outside the classroom can provide.”

       But the Department for Children, Schools and Families said teachers had to plan activities carefully.

       “We are not banning padding,” said a spokeswoman. “We have seen cases in the past where things have not been planned and assessed for the risk. Unplanned activities around water can be dangerous.”

Guidance issued to schools in England gives the information that _________.

       A. school trips to oceans are forbidden in the country

B. school swimming pools should be surrounded with fence

C. school staff must plan water-based activities carefully

D. school children shouldn’t have a walk along river banks

Advice from the Department for Children, Schools and Families shows us that _________.

       A. they are strongly against the guidance

B. they are fond of the outline of the guidance

C. they don’t understand the aim of the guidance

D. they want the guidance to become more useful

To the guidance, Margaret Morrissey holds the opinion that _________.

       A. oceans are dangerous place for children to visit

B. young people should be encouraged to learn outside

C. children should learn padding in rough ocean alone

D. schools should stop students from walking along beaches

Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

       A. No padding on school trips, children told.            

B. No walking along the rivers, teachers told.

C. No swimming after school, parents told.

D. No learning out of school, students told.

Many people write to newspapers and magazines to express their opinions. Letters to the editor must carry the writer’s full name, address and telephone number, although the information is not necessary for publication. This requirement to provide personal particulars is a clear indication that the writers are held responsible for what they say. When a writer wants his voice heard, he needs to claim ownership of his voice. Responsibility is the name of the game.

“People today prefer living together to putting their signatures on a marriage certificate (證書) because they refuse to accept responsibility for the relationship,” said social worker Ken Yip, “and this is what is causing a lot of family problems.” When we sign a paper, for example, a business contract or a bank document, the signature means an agreement to take the matter seriously. Most governments and many organizations will not process written complaints if they do not bear the writer’s signature. The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.

There are people who wish to remain anonymous (匿名的) for various reasons. Multibillionaire Mr. King donates generously to charity several times a year. He gives simply because he wants to help but not for the publicity his donations may bring, and he does not want his good deeds to make news. In other cases, people insist on anonymity because they are afraid of the consequences of revealing their identity. Crime witnesses may be willing to assist the police, but most are unwilling to give their names when reporting a crime.

Name or no name? The answer is very personal and lies in how much we want to get involved. We all have a name. It is a matter of responsibility to use it when we make a statement, a claim or an accusation. We all want to honor our own name, and it is only by stamping our expression of an opinion with our own name that we honor what we say.

53. What does the writer mean by saying “Responsibility is the name of the game”?

Writers need to provide their personal information in the game.

Publication must bear the writer’s full name, address and phone number.

Writers should be responsible for their names.

Names are required to indicate writer’s responsibility for what they say.

54. The second paragraph suggests that a paper without a signature may _______.

A. help to end a relationship              B. not get a reply 

C. be accepted all the same                       D. become a family problem

55. Some people don’t want their names known because they are _______.

       A. hesitant to make a donation           B. unwilling to draw public attention 

       C. afraid of an accusation                 D. ready for involvement

56. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. honor and writers                         B. identity and signature 

C. signature and responsibility                    D. anonymity and signature

 A child who lives in an uninteresting environment will develop less intelligence than ______ who lives in a rich and changing environment.

A. the one           B. one                 C. those              D. that

As far as I know, Mary is one of the students who ______ the English examination.

   A. passes    B. passed   C. has passed  D. have passed

第三部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 34分）

第一節(jié)：（共 12小題，滿分 24分）

Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.

Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.

Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly form the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.

By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”

56. Frank took a short business course in order to ____________.

   A. earn more money for his family

   B. learn something from a salesman

   C. get away from the farm

   D. get enough to feed himself

57. Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because _____________.

   A. he knew how to get people to buy his goods

   B. he cut down the price by half

   C. he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way

   D. the sign he put on the table was well designed

58. The price of the knives was cut down by half because ______________.

   A. the factory workers worked 24 hours a day

   B. knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory

   C. the knives were made in Germany, where labour (勞動力) was cheap

   D. the knives were produced in one factory

59. _____________ make Woolworth a world-famous man.

   A. His business skills and his wealth

   B. The low prices of the goods he sold

   C. His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives

   D. His natural skills for showing things

60. “ The customer is always right” suggests that _______________.

   A. when the customer and shop assistant quarrel, the customer is always right

   B. If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way out

   C. stores must follow the customer’s orders if they want to make money

   D. stores should try to meet the customer’s needs if they want to succeed

 David and I have a lot _______and become good friends very soon.

 A. in interest      B. in trouble       C. in surprise     D. in common

 David apologized for ________ to inform me of the change in the plan.

A. his being not able　　　　　　        B. him not to be able

C. his not being able　　　　　　　      D. him to be not able