閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意。然后從各題所給的ABCD四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
A large crowd of frogs were traveling through the forest but unluckily two of them fell into a deep pit. All the others 36  the pit .Seeing how  37  the pit was, they told the two frogs that they might be  38 dead .The two frogs  39  what the other frogs were saying and  40  to jump up out of the pit with all of their physical 41. The other frogs kept telling them to stop. In the end one of the frogs  42 trying , fell down and died. 43 , the second frog kept jumping as hard as she could despite the  44   remarks. Finally, with one giant leap, she 45  it out of the pit!
This amazing 46  was that the second frog was 47  and unable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they had been 48  her on the whole time they were yelling!
The story above 49 us two lessons: Firstly ,there is 50  of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is 51  can lift them up and help them make it through the day. Secondly, a negative word to someone who is down can be  52  it takes to kill them. The power of words is great. Facing others’ criticism or laughter, we should turn a deaf 53  to it and have a  positive attitude. Thus we can reach our goals just as the second frog did .In one word, we need the  54  to guide us to the proper way , so as not to be blindly 55 by worldly opinion in difficult times.

小題1:	A．gathered around B．got round C．jumped into D．escaped from

小題2:	A．dangerous B．broad C．narrow D．deep

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)s long as B．a(chǎn)s well as C．a(chǎn)s soon as D．a(chǎn)s good as

小題4:	A．confused B．tolerated C．ignored D．misunderstood

小題5:	A．managed B．tried C．a(chǎn)greed D．promised

小題6:	A．energy B．power C．force D．strength

小題7:	A．gave in B．gave up C．gave out D．ran out

小題8:	A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．But

小題9:	A．innocent B．a(chǎn)ctive C．negative D．positive

小題10:

A．made B．turned C．left D．worked

小題11:

A．reason B．consequence C．factor D．fact

小題12:

A．deaf B．clever C．disabled D．confident

小題13:

A．forcing B．keeping C．comforting D．cheering

小題14:

A．gives B．tells C．teaches D．shows

小題15:

A．function B．power C．usage D．skill

小題16:

A．down B．up C．ridiculous D．a(chǎn)ngry

小題17:

A．which B．that C．what D．who

小題18:

A．direction B．a(chǎn)ttitude C．face D．ear

小題19:

A．support B．wisdom C．determination D．knowledge

小題20:

A．fooled B．supported C．opposed D．guided

When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me—about how I’d make my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want.  36 then the two of you came into my world with all your curiosity and mischief and those smiles that never  37 to fill my heart and light up my day. And suddenly, all my big plans for myself didn’t seem so 38 any more. I soon found that the greatest joy in my life was the joy I saw in yours. And I 39 that my own life wouldn’t count for much unless I was able to ensure that you had every opportunity for happiness and fulfillment in yours.
In the end, girls, that’s why I 40 President because of what I want for you and for every child in this nation. I want all our children to go to schools worthy of their 41 schools that challenge them, inspire them, and instill in them a 42 of wonder about the world around them. I want them to have the chance to go to college — 43 their parents aren’t rich. And I want them to get good jobs: jobs that pay well and give them benefits like health care, jobs that let them spend time with their own kid and 44 with dignity.
Sometimes we have to send our young men and women into war and other dangerous 45 to protect our country — but when we do, I want to make sure that it is only for a very good reason, that we try our best to settle our differences with others peacefully, and that we do everything possible to keep our servicemen and women 46 . And I want every child to understand that the blessings these brave Americans fight for are not free — that with the great privilege of being a citizen of this nation 47 great responsibility.

小題1:	A．However B．While C．But D．Although

小題2:	A．fail B．escape C．drop D．prepare

小題3:	A．shallow B．important C．respectful D．delighted

小題4:	A．recognized B．regretted C．realized D．reminded

小題5:	A．searched for B．a(chǎn)ccounted for C．a(chǎn)sked for D．ran for

小題6:	A．potential B．a(chǎn)bility C．possibility D．reputation

小題7:	A．sign B．sense C．ray D．bunch

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)s if B．now that C．in case D．even if

小題9:	A．resign B．resettle C．retire D．request

小題10:

A．borders B．situations C．nations D．scenery

小題11:

A．satisfied B．fortunate C．successful D．safe

小題12:

A．comes B．goes C．lies D．stands

I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence（玩世不恭）was  36 to me. We liked each other the first instant we met．37 ，I was a straight Astudent and my parents had high hopes for me to  38  an Ivy League（常春藤聯(lián)盟）school.Billy did not 39 into the equality. We were in love nevertheless-that 40 teenage love．I still remember we had a plan for prom（舞會(huì)）．It was understood that we had  41 about where we would dance and drink and party together.
This meant one thing to my parents-panic．And it grew as the  42 letters began to roll in. Of the eleven schools I applied to，nine accepted me. And one of them was Brown University-the Ivy League college   43 in historic Providence，Rhode Island．
There was no  44 that I was drawn to Brown，but Billy (who had joined the army）was  45 down south and I had offers   46 for me there，too. I was torn between my love for him and my family  47 ．
One week   48  the start of school，my mother had a talk with me．She said I was eighteen years old and I had a  49 to make---one that went  50 beyond the choice of  51 to attend university.
In August，I  52 and drove north to Providence．It took several months to  53 that my life was moving on in a way that was completely different from Billy's，Brown changed my life，opening doors and giving me the  54 I now use to think，to learn and to write. Life is always about  55 it seems，and the older I get，the more I understand this. Still，there are times when I think of Billy because he taught me about love．

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)ppealing B．disturbing C．confusing D．a(chǎn)musing

小題2:	A．Unfortunately B．Actually C．Luckily D．Originally

小題3:	A．leave B．finish C．start D．a(chǎn)ttend

小題4:	A．fit B．look C．break D．run

小題5:	A．mature B．crazy C．normal D．wrong

小題6:	A．talked B．looked C．lied D．a(chǎn)rgued

小題7:	A．a(chǎn)cceptance B．rejection C．a(chǎn)pplication D．recommendation

小題8:	A．located B．placed C．set D．laid

小題9:	A．point B．challenge C．question D．need

小題10:

A．left B．sent C．dismissed D．employed

小題11:

A．hoping B．a(chǎn)sking C．waiting D．searching

小題12:

A．tradition B．expectation C．reputation D．connection

小題13:

A．before B．a(chǎn)fter C．a(chǎn)t D．since

小題14:

A．decision B．plan C．rule D．promise

小題15:

A．out B．a(chǎn)way C．deep D．far

小題16:

A．when B．how C．whether D．where

小題17:

A．got up B．packed up C．held up D．turned up

小題18:

A．foresee B．realize C．imagine D．consider

小題19:

A．chances B．position C．tools D．equipment

小題20:

A．surprises B．a(chǎn)dventures C．opportunities D．choices

Once on a dark winter's day，when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they did at night，an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the main street.
Sara Crewe leaned against her father，who held her in his arms，as she stared out of the window at the passing people with an old-fashioned thoughtfulness in her big eyes. At this moment she was remembering the voyage she had just made from Bombay with her father，Captain Crewe. She was thinking of what a strange thing it was that at one time one was in India in the hot sun，and then in the middle of the ocean，and then driving in a strange vehicle through strange streets.
“Papa，” she said in a low，mysterious little voice which was almost a whisper.
“What is it，darling?”Captain Crewe answered，holding her closer and looking down into her face．
"Is this the place？＂Sara whispered.
"Yes，little Sara，it is. We have reached it at last.”
It seemed to her many years since he had begun to prepare her mind for "the place”，as she always called it. Her mother had died when she was born，so she had never known or missed her.Her young，handsome，rich father seemed to be the only relation she had in the world．
During her short life only one thing had troubled her，and that thing was "the place” she was to be taken to some day. The climate of India was very bad for children，and as soon as possible they were sent away from it-generally to England and to school.
"Couldn't you go to that place with me，Papa？＂she had asked when she was five years old．
"Couldn't you go to school，too？ I would help you with your lessons.”
"But you will not have to stay for a very long time，little Sara，”he had always said. "You will grow so fast that it will seem scarcely a year before you are big enough and clever enough to come back and take care of Papa.”
She had liked to think of that．She liked to talk to him and read his books-that would be what she would like most in the world，and if one must go away to "the place” in England to attain it，she must make up her mind to go．She liked books more than anything else，and was，in fact，always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.
Captain Crewe held her very closely in his arms as the cab rolled into the big，dull square in which stood the house which was their destination．
小題1:The story happened_______．

A．on a moonless night	B．on a foggy day
C．on a hot day	D．on a starry night

小題2:Sara Crewe came to England to_______

A．visit her relatives	B．see her mother's house
C．receive education	D．buy books for her father

小題3:We can learn from the story that Sara Crewe was_______．

A．sceptical

B．curious

C．cheerful

D．imaginative

Something that has always interested me about Abraham Lincoln is，not surprisingly，his sense of humor. As far as I can tell，he's the first American President to have one．
That's because the term“sense of humor” really wasn't in common usage until the eighteen-sixties and seventies．In the eighteen-forties and fifties，it was called“the sense of the ridiculous," and didn't have the positive connotations（隱含意義）that“sense of humor" has today. Back then，what was ridiculous was what invited ridicule（譏笑）．Funniness and cruelty went hand in hand．Of course，they still do a lot of arm-in-arm walking in our day as well．
Lincoln’s humor was very different because，for one thing，it was actually "humor＂as what the word meant in his time. We don't make the distinction between "wit（風(fēng)趣）”and "humor”anymore; but in the nineteenth century people did．Wit was unpleasant and offensive while humor was pleasant and sympathetic．It’s the difference we note now when we distinguish between "laughing with”and“l(fā)aughing at．”Lincoln was much more about "laughing with”than "laughing at．”And when“l(fā)aughing at，”it was often himself he was teasing.
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates，when Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced，Lincoln replied，referencing his plain looking，“Honestly，if I were two-faced，would I be showing you this one？”And，in a way，Lincoln's face itself tells us much about his sense of humor．
You can comb through thousands of photographs of politicians，soldiers，and the like from Lincoln's time and not find a single smile．
True, the long exposures（曝光）required for photographs of that time made smiling difficult．Yet Lincoln alone，as far as I can tell，overcame that difficulty.
Interestingly, while having a sense of humor，or at least the appearance of one provided by comedy writers has become a necessary characteristic for an American President in our time，in the nineteenth century，too much humor was considered problem.  And that was the case for Lincoln．A journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates commented that“I could not take a real personal liking to the man，owing to an inborn weakness. . .that he was extremely, fond of jokes，anecdotes，and stories．”
小題1:We can infer from Paragraph 2 that＿＿

A．the American President could influence the use of English

B．the term "sense of humor”wasn't invented until the 1860s

C．what is funny to someone might be offensive to someone else

D．the concept of humor remains the same despite the passing of time

小題2:The underlined words“this one”in Paragraph 4 refer to＿＿．

A．Lincoln's unattractive face

B．Lincoln's sense of humor

C．the debate they were having

D．cruelty that went with funniness

小題3:We rarely see people from Lincoln's time wear smile in their photos because＿．

A．being humorous was considered inappropriate

B．they found it quite funny to smile before camera

C．not smiling for photographs was the fashion

D．photography technology then was not advanced

小題4:What might the writer think of the journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates？

A．His comment accurately reflected his time

B．He created a false picture of Lincoln

C．He was prejudiced and self-centered

D．He was brave to point out Lincoln's weakness

“All I could see was two sets of red eyes below me,” said Dave Gatty, an Australian farmer who spent seven days up a tree in remote bush land to escape crocodiles. Gatty, 52, said he was forced to take such drastic action after he accidentally went into a crocodile-infested area of Queensland. He only had two meat sandwiches to keep him going, as crocodiles moved beneath his tree each night until his rescue. Gatty said he decided it was safer to hold out for a rescue team than try to make a run for it. His problems began after he fell off his horse while out in the northern Australia outback. Dazed and bleeding, he climbed back on his horse and hoped it would lead him home. It was only when he regained his senses he realized that he had been taken into crocodile-infested area. “I had to get off the horse and I fell straight into a crocodile nest,” he told reporters. 
“That frightened me. I couldn’t go back, it was too far and too dangerous, so I headed to the nearest high ground and stayed there, hoping someone would come and find me before the crocs did.”
Gatty explained how each night two crocodiles would sit at the bottom of the tree staring at him. Although Gatty’s two sandwiches ran out after three days, he was able to get running water during the day and knew rescuers were looking for him as he could see helicopters in the air above his tree.
“If I hadn’t seen the crocs circling me, and if I hadn’t fallen into the croc nest, I would have made a push for it. But I knew the safest thing was for me to sit and wait,” he said. A chocolate bar, given to him by rescuers after being moved to safety by using a winch(卷揚(yáng)機(jī)), “was like a gourmet (delicious)meal,” he said.
小題1:Gaddy felt _______ when he found himself trapped in the crocodile- infested area.

A．panicked but optimistic	B．nervous and hopeless
C．upset and regretful	D．frightened but calm

小題2:Which of the following did not help Gatty survive the accident?

A．Sandwiches	B．Running water
C．Chocolates	D．Staying up in a tree

小題3:What’s the right order of the events related to the accident?
a. Gaddy climbed up onto his horse unconscious.
b. Gaddy climbed up a tree and stayed there.
c. Gaddy was moved by a winch to safety.
d. Gaddy fell off his horse accidentally.
e. Gaddy found himself in a crocodile-infested area.

A．a(chǎn) d e c b

B． d a e b c

C．a(chǎn) d e b c

D．d e a b c

小題4:The article can be classified as _________.

A．a(chǎn) news story	B．a(chǎn) scientific fiction
C．a(chǎn) personal essay	D．a(chǎn) literary report

完型填空（共20小題，每題1分，滿分20分）
Good Work Ethics （規(guī)范）
When I was younger, about 14, I was already ready to work．My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life．For him, getting up at 5 a．m．a(chǎn)nd working a couple of hours before I went to school, and then   36  more after school until there was not enough37   to see, were normal．
My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very   38 ．He began to show me these, not through   39  , but through his actions．He would not  40  a job until it was done．He   41  put his all into everything he did．   42  , he showed me this not just in working, but in everything．Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to  43  a game once．a(chǎn)nd he explained to me-that I had made a  44  and that even if I just skipped one game, then I did not 45   to play the rest of the games．
So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was  46  to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to  47 . My entire  48  was to make my father proud of me. I knew that     ___49  I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it．My first job was doing   50   for a company．As most of you know, construction is not an easy job, especially being so   51 _. When someone as young as I was started working, they would either __52  or get stronger．I got stronger．I worked the   53  I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had．In the end, my boss was impressed．He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents' eyes   __54  ．From that day on I have worked every job to my full   55  , because that day defined （explain the truth of）my life．It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it．

小題1:	A．going B．learning C．working D．playing

小題2:	A．light B．time C．chance D．strength

小題3:	A．ridiculous B．easy C．hopeless D．important

小題4:	A．words B．truth C．facts D．practice

小題5:	A．finish B．find C．do D．quit

小題6:	A．might B．could C．would D．should

小題7:	A．Finally B．However C．Therefore D．Thus

小題8:	A．enjoy B．skip C．defeat D．dip

小題9:	A．commitment B．improvement C．devotion D．conclusion

小題10:

A．decide B．stop C．resist D．deserve

小題11:

A．interested B．shocked C．surprised D．prepared

小題12:

A．stick B．fail C．leave D．play

小題13:

A．problem B．world C．trick D．goal

小題14:

A．in case B．now that C．even if D．a(chǎn)s though

小題15:

A．construction B．negotiation C．communication D．reception

小題16:

A．weak B．young C．old D．poor

小題17:

A．break B．struggle C．pause D．work

小題18:

A．manner B．moment C．method D．way

小題19:

A．stared B．lifted C．shone D．closed

小題20:

A．a(chǎn)mbition B．skill C．spirit D．potential

My eighth grade consisted of 28 classmates. We knew each other so well that most of us could distinguish each other's handwriting at a glance. Although we grew up together, we still had class outcasts．From second grade on, a small group started harassing （騷擾） two or three of the others．I was one of those two or three, though I didn't know why．In most cases when children get picked on, they aren't good at sports or they read too much or they wear the wrong clothes or they are of a different race．But in my class, we all read too much and didn't know how to play sports．We had also been brought up to carefully respect each other's race．This is what was so strange about my situation．Usually, people are made outcasts because they are in some way different from the larger group．But in my class, large differences did not exist．It was as if the outcasts were invented by the group out of a need for them．
The harassment came in the form of laughter when I talked, and rolled eyes when I turned around．If I was out on the playground and approached a group of people, they often fell silent．Sometimes, someone would not see me coming and I would catch the tail end of a joke at my expense．
There was another girl in our class who was perhaps even more rejected than I．She provided the group with a lot of material for jokes．One day one popular girl came up to me to show me something she said I wouldn't want to miss．We walked to a comer of the playground．Three or four girls there were reading aloud from a small book, which I was told was the girl's diary．
I sat down and, laughing till my sides hurt, heard my voice finally mixed with the others．Often being accepted by others is more satisfying than being accepted by oneself, even though the satisfaction does not last．Looking back, I wonder how I could have participated in making fun of this girl when I knew perfectly well how it felt．If I were in that situation today I would react differently, but I can't honestly be sure．
小題1:The author was made an outcast because ____．

A．she couldn't play sports as well as others

B．her classmates needed to find an outcast her

C．her classmates found her clothes funny

D．family belonged to a minority group

小題2:How was the author treated as an outcast?

A．She was refused to approach others．

B．No one responded to her talking．

C．She was often the target of teasing．

D．Her diary was often made public．

小題3:What did the author do to the girl mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A．She showed great sympathy with the girl．

B．She found more materials about the girl for jokes．

C．She stopped the others from hurting the girl．

D．She joined others in making fun of the girl．

小題4:What does the passage intend to tell us?

A．Everyone is likely to become an outcast．

B．We shouldn't hit a person when he is down．

C．Everyone has a desire to be accepted by others．

D．One should pay somebody back in his own way．

閱讀下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后從36-55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng), 并在答題卡上涂黑。
RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a  36 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is  37 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would  38 every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague  39 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not  40 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of  41 food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we  42 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were  43 about us wasting so much food.
“We  44 for our food; it is none of your  45 how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them  46 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in  47 arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro  48 . The officer told us in a stern（嚴(yán)厲的）voice: “order  49 you can consume. Money is yours,   50 the resources belong to the society. You have no  51 for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our  52 . My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly  53 to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all  54 it to remind us that we should never be  55 .

小題1:	A．restaurant B．company C．family D．bank

小題2:	A．cooked B．served C．gathered D．missed

小題3:	A．desert B．refuse C．oppose D．finish

小題4:	A．kept B．sold C．ordered D．made

小題5:	A．save B．spend C．divide D．find

小題6:	A．undiscovered B．undeveloped C．unconsumed D．undetermined

小題7:	A．a(chǎn)ppointed B．knew C．realized D．heard

小題8:	A．curious B．unhappy C．nervous D．optimistic

小題9:	A．paid B．a(chǎn)sked C．a(chǎn)pplied D．a(chǎn)ccounted

小題10:

A．matter B．mind C．question D．business

小題11:

A．immediately B．passively C．excitedly D．regularly

小題12:

A．rags B．uniform C．fashion D．dream

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)ward B．food C．fine D．souvenir

小題14:

A．how B．it C．that D．what

小題15:

A．but B．a(chǎn)nd C．or D．so

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)bility B．problem C．reason D．power

小題17:

A．words B．hearts C．faces D．ears

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)pologized B．a(chǎn)ccused C．a(chǎn)dmitted D．a(chǎn)pproved

小題19:

A．stuck B．broke C．kept D．threw

小題20:

A．hopeful B．grateful C．merciful D．wasteful

Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face, “What a long day this is going to be!”
Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off ____11____ hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.
“What a nice ____12____,” said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight. “It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up ____13____ smile.
George, the little boy, told his mother about that ____14____ girl when he got back home, “She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”
“Why not give her some ____15____?” said his mother. George agreed.
The next morning, as Jennie ____16___ at the window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said, “Can I come in?” Jennie told him _____17____ to get into the house.
Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle “Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”
“Are they for me?” said Jennie ____18____. “How kind you are,” she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap. I’ve ____19___ received any flower since we moved to the town.”
“Did you live in the countryside?” asked George, ___20____ the old, small and empty room.
“Yes,” said Jennie.
Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She ____21____ walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick ___22____ so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.
George told his parents ____23____. They decided to help her. More and more people in the ____24___ gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.
A few months later, Jennie and her mother ____25____ a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on face.

小題1:	A．her B．his C．your D．my

小題2:	A．house B．door C．smile D．schoolbag

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)nd B．but C．a(chǎn)s D．or

小題4:	A．rich B．lucky C．bad D．poor

小題5:	A．money B．flowers C．clothes D．food

小題6:	A．danced B．cried C．sat D．laughed

小題7:	A．how B．who C．when D．why

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)ngrily B．easily C．sadly D．happily

小題9:	A．never B．usually C．a(chǎn)lways D．sometimes

小題10:

A．looking for B．looking around C．looking like D．looking after

小題11:

A．shouldn’t B．needn’t C．couldn’t D．mustn’t

小題12:

A．for B．in C．a(chǎn)t D．on

小題13:

A．something B．a(chǎn)nything C．everything D．nothing

小題14:

A．countryside B．town C．village D．city

小題15:

A．reached B．left C．closed D．opened