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36~55各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

It’s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA.A month ago,while on summer vacation back in my motherland,I learned a lesson from mosquito(蚊子) bites.Right before   36   Kennedy Airport in New York,my grandma   37   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   38   like me.She said,“There’s an old saying—the   39   you stay away from the motherland,the sweeter your blood   40   to the mosquitoes.”Not   41    it,I replied,“Grandmaaaa,that’s just an old wives’ tale!”

Well,less than a week   42   my arrival in Manila,I was already carpeted with a   43   of mosquito bites.I took many measures to keep myself from being   44   ，but they all proved useless.

Late one   45   in my cousin’s home,I couldn’t bear the   46   of the bites.Hoping to find some comfort,I   47   my cousin,who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine.Unhappy for being   48   she said,“There is nothing you can do.Go back to sleep.”With a few turns,she slept again.Enviously(妒忌地)   49   her sleep,I hoped a big mosquito would

   50   on her face.However,the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly,never biting her.Amazed(驚奇的),I ran to others’   51   ,only to find they were all sleeping   52   as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites,I came to   53   my grandma’s silly tale.From then on,I’ve always tried to keep a(n)   54   mind about those strange old wives’ tales   55   they do have some truth to them.

36.A.leaving                 B.passing               C.visiting                            D.finding

37.A.persuaded             B.reminded            C.warned                      D.informed

38.A.students                B.foreigners           C.passengers                 D.visitors

39.A.earlier                  B.longer                C.sooner                       D.later

40.A.grows                   B.goes                   C.flows                        D.remains

41.A.expecting              B.understanding     C.recognizing               D.believing

42.A.after                     B.before                C.when                        D.as

43.A.shade                   B.pile                    C.cloud                        D.blanket

44.A.touched                B.bitten                 C.defeated                    D.discovered

45.A.morning               B.afternoon           C.evening                     D.night

46.A.noise                    B.hit                            C.pain                          D.effect

47.A.woke up               B.shouted at           C.looked for                 D.dropped on

48.A.blamed                 B.interrupted         C.moved                      D.frightened

49.A.having                  B.watching            C.making                            D.helping

50.A.land                            B.fly                     C.fall                           D.wait

51.A.houses                  B.flats                   C.rooms                       D.homes

52.A.joyfully                B.anxiously           C.soundlessly                D.worriedly

53.A.tell                       B.know                 C.remember                  D.accept

54.A.open                    B.active                 C.clear                         D.honest

55.A.and                      B.so                      C.because                     D.until

It’s great fun to explore(探索) new places—it feels like an adventure,even when you know you’re not the first to have been there.But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.

●Do the map reading if you’re being driven somewhere.It’ll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you’re traveling in.Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn,or you’ll have to move to the back seat.

●Get a group of friends together and go exploring.You’ll need a good map,a compass(指南針),a raincoat,a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost,and a bit of spare cash for emergencies(應急現(xiàn)金).Tell someone where you’re going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back.The test is in not getting lost,not in seeing how fast you can go,so always stick together,waiting for slower friends to catch up.

●See if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities,in which you need a map and a compass to find your way.This can be done as a sport,with teams trying to find the way from A to B(and B to C,etc.) in the fastest time,or simply as a spare-time activity.Either way,it’s not only good fun,but a great way to keep fit.

Sitting beside the driver,you should ______.

A.direct the driver when necessary

B.look ahead to see where there’s a turn

C.move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable

D.keep looking at the map to find a place to go to

Why do you need to tell someone your exploration plan before setting out?

A.To get information when in danger.

B.To be saved in case of an accident.

C.To share the fun with him/her in exploration.

D.To tell him/her what’s going on with the group members.

Orienteering activities can ______.

A.make people work fast

B.help people stay healthy

C.help people organize other activities

D.make people get prepared for sports

The text mainly talks about ______.

A.the fun of exploration

B.what to bring for exploration

C.the way to use a map in exploration

D.how to prevent getting lost in exploration

書面表達(滿分30分)

請你根據(jù)所給材料、提綱以及要求寫一篇英文稿件。

背景材料：

要求：

1.短文須寫在答題卡的指定區(qū)域。

2.短文詞數(shù)不少于80(不含已寫好的部分)。

3.內(nèi)容充實，結(jié)構(gòu)完整，語意連貫。

4.書寫須清晰、工整。

提綱：

第1段：Lora利用暑假打工的理由

第2段：Lora父母不同意的理由

第3段：你給Lora的具體建議

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

A.So successful her business was

B.So successful was her business

C.So her business was successful

D.So was her successful business

He was told that it would be at least three more months ______he could recover and return to work.

A.when                                                           B.before

C.since                                                            D.that

At last he chanced to sail back towards the place _____ he had started. 

A. with which     B. for which  C. from which     D. on which

Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact(互動)these days.The term is “networked individualism”.This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings.How can we be individuals(個體)and be networked at the same time?You need other people for networks.

Here is what Professor Wellman means.Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail,our social networks included live interactions with relatives,neighbors,and friends.Some of the interaction was by phone,but it was still voice to voice,person to person,in real time.

A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people,electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction.However,a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing.Why?

In the past,many people were worried that the Internet isolated(孤立)us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer.But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true.The Internet connects us with more real people than expected—helpful people who can give advice on careers,medical problems,raising children,and choosing a school or college.About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions.

Thanks to the computer,we are able to be alone and together with other people—at the same time!

The underlined phrase “networked individualism”probably means that by using computers people_______.

A.stick to their own ways no matter what other people say

B.have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest

C.do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people

D.are able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people

According to the Pew study,what do many people rely on to make major life decisions?

A.Networks.                                                    B.Friends.                   

C.Phones.                                                        D.Parents.

It can be inferred from the Pew study that_______.

A.people have been separated from each other by using computers

B.the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely

C.the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication

D.a lot of people regard the person-toperson communication as good thing

Which would be the best title for this passage?

A.We’re Alone on the Internet.

B.We’re Communicating on the Internet.

C.We’re Alone Together on the Internet.

D.We’re in the Imaginary World of the Internet.

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech.At some point in every speech,every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned.Fortunately,such moments are usually not obvious(明顯的) to the listeners.Why?Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say.They hear only what the speaker does say.If you lose your place for a moment,wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences,or forget to pause at a certain point,no one will be any the wiser.When such moments occur,don’t worry about them.Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech,that doesn’t really matter.If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I Have a Dream”,you may notice that he stumbles(結(jié)巴) over his words twice during the speech.Most likely,however,you don’t remember.Why?Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication(交流).They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition.But,in fact,the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance.They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly.Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech,don’t worry about being perfect.Once you free your mind of this,you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will _______.

A.be smarter than you                                       B.notice your mistakes

C.do better than you                                         D.know what you are talking about

You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because _______.

A.your attention is on the content

B.you don’t fully understand the speech

C.you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

D.you find the way of speech-making more important

It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A.giving a speech is like giving a performance

B.one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C.the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D.the more mistakes a speaker makes,the more attractive he will be

What would be the best title for the passage?

A.How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B.How to Make a Perfect Speech

C.Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech

D.Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

Christmas is _______ special holiday when _______ whole family are supposed to get together.

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

The biggest problem for most plants,which_______just get up and run away when threatened,is that animals like to eat them.

A.shan’t                                                          B.can’t

C.needn’t                                                               D.mustn’t