On top of the books ____ the photo album you’re looking for.

A. is            B. are           C. has       D. have

The visitor asked to have his picture taken ____ stood the famous tower.

A. wherever    B. at which     C. the place where       D. where

B

As a kid, I can remember going to the supermarket and grabbing eggs off the shelf. I would run them home to my mother because they were usually going into a delicious cake. Times have changed. Cage-free? Organic? Brown? White? Omega-3s(一種脂肪酸)?Help! Here are some tips to help you figure out which eggs you should be eating.

Brown or white? In fact, color is simply a sign of the breed of hen. Find the freshest egg with the most flavor and let color be a secondary concern.

Extra Omega-3s? Omega-3 eggs come from a hen whose diet has added flaxseed (亞麻籽)，which produces an egg containing an average of 225 mg of Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E. The countless health benefits for humans make these eggs an attractive purchase. My opinion? Eat a piece of fresh fish and get a pure pill of Omega-3s. Let eggs be eggs.

Does your egg need exercise? Free-range eggs are from hens raised without the limit of a cage, though they may or may not have spent much time outdoors. Organic eggs are from hens whose food must meet organic standards. These hens must be raised humanly, and they must be given time to the outdoors. Hey, happier hens do lay tastier eggs.

Does local make a difference? Nothing is better than local eggs. They may have a feather or two stuck to them or be a little imperfect in shape and may or may not be certified organic; however, they have one quality. I know exactly where my food came from and how it came into being! In some cases I can even ask the farmer when the eggs were laid and what they were fed.

55.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Which Eggs Should You Be Eating?       B．Eggs Are Changing as Times Are Changing

C．Which Kind of Egg Is the Best?           D. The First Concern When Choosing Eggs

56. What does the author think of extra Omega-3s eggs?

A．They are a good choice for people to buy.   

B．They contain fewer Omega-3s than fresh fish.

C．They have the highest content of pure Omega-3s.

D．They are not the best source of Omega-3s.

57. The underlined word “free-range” probably means “________ ”

A．wild        B．cage-free         C．organic        D．Omega-3-free

58.According to the passage, which of the following has nothing to do with an egg’s quality?

A．The egg’s color.                         B．The hen’s exercise.  

C．The hen’s living conditions.                D．The hen’s food.

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      Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more  31  , waiting for the final school bell. Upon its  32  everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.

David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often  33   what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so  34  for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 35 . I can still remember he was always  36  a smile and willing to help. He always  37  after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He  38  just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly  39  home.

Weeks passed and the  40  over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of  41  before the holiday break. I smiled in  42  as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David  43  standing by my desk.

“I have something for you,” he said and  44  from behind his back a small box.  45  it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my  46  I saw nothing. I looked at David‘s smiling face add back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s  47  .”

“Oh no, it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”

Tears filled my eyes  48  I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given  49  to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning  50  the little empty box set on my desk.

31. A. anxious          B. courageous        C. serious       D. cautious

32. A. warning                B. ringing            C. calling       D. yelling

33. A. scolded          B. wondered        C. realized      D. learned

34. A. irregularly        B. unnaturally         C. untidily      D. improperly

35. A. popular          B. upset            C. special       D. funny

36. A. expressing         B. delivering        C. wearing            D. sharing

37. A. practiced           B. wandered         C. studied       D. stayed

38. A. would            B. should             C. might        D. could

39. A. aim at            B. turn to             C. put off       D. head for

40. A. argument          B. excitement          C. movement    D. judgment

41. A. school           B. year             C. education     D. program

42. A. relief                  B. return              C. vain           D. control

43. A. weakly          B. sadly            C. quietly       D. helplessly

44. A. searched           B. found              C. raised        D. pulled

45. A. Holding                B. Handing          C. Sending            D. Leaving

46. A. delight           B. expectation         C. appreciation D. surprise 

47. A. cheap            B. empty             C. useless       D. improper

48. A. as                B. until             C. because      D. though

49. A. advice           B. support            C. attention      D. command

50. A. from             B. behind             C. over          D. towards

The Opera House of Sydney was______designed like shells floating on the sea.

A.commonly   B.creatively   C.carefully       D.clearly

After five hours’ drive, they reached _________ they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.

A. where          B. what        C. which          D. that

E

Windows not only let light in to cut down an electricity use for lighting, but the light coming through the window also provides heat. However, windows are not something people typically associate with being a cutting edge technology. Researchers are now working on new technologies that enable a window to quickly change from clear to dark and anywhere in between with a turn of a switch.

“It took us a long time to figure out what a window really is,” says Claes Granqvist, a professor of solid—state physics at Uppsala University in Sweden.“It’s contact with the outside world. You have to have visual contact with the surrounding world to feel well.” So, windows and natural light are important for improving the way people feel when they’re stuck indoors.

Yet, windows are the weak link in a building when it comes to energy and temperature control. In the winter, cold air leaks in. When it’s hot and sunny, sunlight streams in. All of this sunlight carries lots of heat and energy. And all of this extra heat forces people to turn on their air conditioners. Producing cold air, which can feel so refreshing, actually suck up enormous amounts of electricity in buildings around the world.

Windows have been a major focus of energy research for a long time. Over the years, scientists have come up with a variety of strategies for coating, glazing, and layering windows to make them more energy efficient. Smart windows go a step further. They use some technologies involving changes of color.

Electrochromic windows use electricity to change color. For example, a sheet of glass coated with thin layers(層) of tungsten oxide(氧化鎢) works a bit like a battery. Tungsten oxide is clear when an electric charge is applied and dark when the charge is removed, that is, when the amount of voltage(電壓) is decreased, the window darkens until it’s completely dark after all electricity is taken away. So applying a voltage determines whether the window looks clear or dark.

One important feature that makes a smart window so smart is that it has a sort of “memory”. All it takes is a small shock of voltage to turn the window from one state to the other. Then, it stays that way. Transitions take from 10 seconds to a few minutes, depending on the size of the window. The development of smart windows could mean that massive air conditioning systems may no longer need.“In the future,” Granqvist says,“our buildings may look different.”

67.Which statement does not indicate the importance of windows as described in the first two paragraphs?

A.Windows can change from clear to dark to save energy.

B.Windows help to save energy by letting light in.

C.Windows help to save energy by providing heat.

D.Windows enable people to have contact with the outside world.

68.According to the passage, smart windows are windows_______.

A.that are coated                        B.that use electricity

C.the color of which can be changed         D.that have many layers

69.To make electrochromic windows change color, what is applied to the window glass?

A.Electricity.     B.Tungsten oxide.    C.A battery.         D.A voltage.

70.What will be the benefit if the research on smart windows turns out to be successful?

A.The buildings will look different.

B.Windows can be as large as you want.

C.We may not need air conditioners any more.

D.They are less expensive than traditional windows.

C

Doomed beauties such as Cleopata and Manilyn Monore were far from alone in their misery. Very attractive people tend to form partnerships that are less stable and satisfying than those enjoyed by plain Janes.

According to the research by Dr John Blain of the University of Southern California, relationships between people whose professions largely depend on their appearance, such as models or actors, tend to end much faster than those between lawyers, doctors and students.

Blaine said the beautiful felt different from children. They are treated as special, which may create both arrogance(傲慢) and insecurity. All too often, beauty can be used as an alternative to education. Often they are pushed out of their class or town, told to go off and make their fortune in Hollywood or London and, when the majority fails, they have few talents to make a living.

Blaine added that beautiful people score poorly on the “big five”--- the key factors American experts consider when helping distressed couples. These are neuroticism(神經(jīng)過敏)，including anger and anxiety; extroversion(性格外向) ；openness to new experiences; agreeableness; and conscientiousness, or sticking by agreements they have made. Attractive people often see no reason to try to change until their looks start to fade.

Krista Sutherlanf ,of the University of California Los Angeles, said partnerships that appeared to be perfect from the outside, such as the former “dram teams” of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise or Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley, where backgrounds and aspirations(抱負) are often shared, did not necessarily lead to happiness.

59. What does the underline sentence “Doomed beauties such as Cleopata and Manilyn Monore were far from alone in their misery.” mean?

A. Beautiful women always felt lonely.

B. Beautiful women were always alone.

C. Many beautiful women didn’t end up with a happy life.

D. Beautiful women always lived a happy life.

60. The underlined phrase “plain Janes” in the passage refers to “________”.

 A. ordinary-looking women               B. women called Jane

 C. common people                         D. attractive women

61. We can infer in the passage that_____________.

 A. Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley were a couple.

 B. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were very satisfied with their life.

 C. when they fail in Hollywood, the beautiful have little trouble in making a living.

 D. the marriage of the beautiful often lasts long.

62. Which of the following is the best title?

 A. Five Key Factors Affecting the Partnership.    B. Beauties Are Doomed to Fail in Love.

 C. Beautiful Or Common?                    D. The Beauties Are Different.

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A father was sitting at his desk poring (仔細研究) over his monthly bills   36   his young son rushed in and announced, “Dad, because this is your   37   and you’re 55 years old, I’m going to give you 55 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started making good on his word, the father exclaimed, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now; I’m too   38  !”

The youngster immediately fell   39   as tears welled up in his big blue eyes. Apologically the father said, “You can finish   40  .”

The boy said nothing but   41   walked out of the room,   42   written over his face. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the   43   now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t   44  . The father didn’t think it serious and soon it went out of his mind.

  45  , a few days later after this incident, the boy had an   46   and was drowned. His heartbroken father wrote...

“If only I could tell him how much I   47   my thoughtless words, and could be assured that he knows how much my   48   is aching and how I miss him.”

  49   is a two-way street. Any loving act must be warmly accepted   50   it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to   51   and receive love, we are too busy!   52   is more important than responding with love   53   the cry for love from those who are near and   54   to us, because there may be no chance at all as in the   55   of the little boy. Cherish every chance!

36. A. after                          B. when                       C. since                        D. before

37. A. festival                      B. party                        C. birthday                   D. gift

38. A. worried                            B. busy                        C. disappointed             D. excited

39. A. silent                         B. curious                     C. thankful                   D. ashamed

40. A. now                          B. immediately             C. quickly                    D. later

41. A. quietly                       B. angrily                            C. anxiously                 D. eagerly

42. A. puzzle                       B. disappointment         C. anger                       D. pain

43. A. tasks                          B. words                      C. kisses                       D. wishes

44. A. notice                        B. smile                       C. finish                       D. respond

45. A. Unfortunately             B. Luckily                    C. Strangely                 D. Properly

46. A. problem                         B. matter                      C. accident                   D. affair

47. A. regret                        B. expect                      C. scold                        D. forget

48. A. mind                         B. heart                        C. brain                        D. head

49. A. Word                         B. Aching                     C. Birthday                   D. Love

50. A. and                           B. so                            C. but                          D. or

51. A. give                          B. achieve                    C. reach                       D. cherish

52. A. Everything                 B. Nothing                   C. Something                D. Anything

53. A. with                          B. in                                   C. to                                   D. by

54. A. kind                          B. important                 C. useful                      D. far

55. A. demand                            B. point                        C. condition                  D. case

C

Everybody is happy as his pay rises. Yet pleasure at your own can disappear if you learn that a fellow worker has been given a bigger one. Indeed, if he is known as being lazy, you might even be quite cross. Such behavior is regarded as “all too human”, with the underlying belief that other animals would not be able to have this finely developed sense of sadness. But a study by Sarah Brosnan of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, which has just been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well.

The researchers studied the behaviors of some kind of female brown monkeys. They look smart. They are good-natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their food happily. Above all, like female human beings, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males.

Such characteristics make them perfect subjects for Doctor Brosnan’s study. The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens (獎券) for food. Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for pieces of cucumber. However, when two monkeys were placed in separate and connected rooms, so that each other could observe what the other is getting in return for its rock, they became quite different.

In the world of monkeys，grapes are excellent goods (and much preferable to cucumbers). So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was not willing to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber. And if one received a grape without having to provide her token in exchange at all, the other either shook her own token at the researcher, or refused to accept the cucumber. Indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other room (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to bring about dissatisfaction in a female monkey.

The researches suggest that these monkeys, like humans, are guided by social senses. In the wild, they are co-operative and group-living. Such co-operation is likely to be firm only when each animal feels it is not being cheated. Feelings of anger when unfairly treated, it seems, are not the nature of human beings alone. Refusing a smaller reward completely makes these feelings clear to other animals of the group. However, whether such a sense of fairness developed independently in monkeys and humans, or whether it comes from the common roots that they had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.

64．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

       A．Only monkeys and humans can have the sense of fairness in the world.

B．Women will show more dissatisfaction than men when unfairly treated.

       C．In the wild, monkeys are never unhappy to share their food with each other.

       D．Monkeys can exchange cucumbers for grapes, for grapes are more attractive.

65．The underlined statement “it is all too monkey” means that ________.

       A．monkeys are also angry with lazy fellows

       B．feeling bitter at unfairness is also monkey’s nature

       C．monkeys, like humans, tend to be envious of each other

       D．no animals other than monkeys can develop such feelings

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

       A．Human beings' feelings of anger are developed from the monkeys.

       B．In the research, male monkeys are less likely to exchange food with others.

       C．Co-operation between monkeys stays firm before the realization of being cheated.

       D．Only monkeys and humans have the sense of fairness dating back to 35 million years ago.

67．What can we infer about the monkeys in Sarah’s study?

       A．The monkeys can be trained to develop social senses.

       B．They usually show their feelings openly as humans do.

       C．The monkeys may show their satisfaction with equal treatment.

       D．Co-operation among the monkeys remains effective in the wild.