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　　My husband hasn't stopped laughing about the thing that happened to me. It's 1 now but it wasn't at that time.

　　Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I 2 a rest before catching the train; so I bought a piece of 3 and some chocolate and went to the station coffee shop in that cheap, self-service place with long 4 to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to 5 a place, and went to get a cup of coffee. When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the 6 seat. It was one of those 7 young men, with dark glasses and torn clothes, and hair colored bright 8 at the front. Not so unusual these days. What did 9 me was he'd started to eat my chocolate!

　　Naturally I was annoyed (惱火). However, to avoid trouble－then really I was rather uneasy about him－I just 10 down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee, and took a bit chocolate.

　　The boy looked at me 11 .Then he took another piece of my chocolate. I could hardly 12 it. Still I didn't want to start an argument. When he took a 13 piece, I felt more 14 than annoyed. I thought, “well, I shall have the last piece.”And I 15 it.

　　The boy gave a 16 look, and then stood up. As he left he shouted out, “This woman's mad! ”

　　Everyone 17 . That really made me feel silly, but it was 18 when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red-as red as his hair when I 19  I'd made a mistake. It wasn’t my chocolate he'd been taking. There was mine, 20 just under my newspaper.

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Surfing the Internet for fun will make you a better employee, according to an Australian study.

    The University of Melbourne study shows that people who use the Internet for their own reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not. Study author Brent Coker said, “Surfing the Internet at times helps increase an employee’s attention.”

    “People need to relax for a bit to get back their attention,” Coker said on the university’s website. “Having a short break, such as a quick surfing of the Internet, helps the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total Internet attention for a day’s work, and as a result, increases productivity(生產(chǎn)效率),”he said.

    According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work surf the Internet for their own reasons during office hours. Among the most popular surfing activities are searching for information about products, reading online news, playing online games and watching videos. “Firms spend a lot of money on software to block their employees from watching video, using social networking sites or shopping online,” said Coker. “That’s not always a good idea.”

    However, Coker said the study looked at people who surfed the Internet in moderation (適度), or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. “Those who spend too much time surfing the Internet will have a lower productivity than those without,” he said.

1. What does the University of Melbourne study mainly show?

A. People who surf the Internet are good employees.

B. Not everyone surfs the Internet for fun during office hours.

C. Surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.

D. The Internet is becoming more and more important in people’s life.

2.According to Paragraph 3, Brent Coker would most probably agree that______.

A. the longer a person’s mind rests ,the better attention he will have

B. surfing the Internet is the best way to increase productivity

C. workers should have a long break during office hours

D. Workers should let their minds rest now and then

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as one of the most popular surfing activities?

A. Watching videos.              B. Reading online news.

C. Reading online novels          D. Playing online games.

4.The underlined word “block” in Paragrap4 means “_____”.

A. prevent       B. cycle        C. burst         D. breathe

5.What can we infer form the last paragraph?

A. Spending too much time surfing the Internet reduces productivity.

B. Those who never surf the Internet have the lowest productivity.

C. Most people don’t surf the Internet in moderation during office hours.

D. People should spend as little time as possible surfing the Internet.

完型填空（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，然后從下列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。

Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (梔子花) was   31  to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always   32  －it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to  33  the sender’s identity and just  34  in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical，perfect white flower lying in  35  pink paper．

    But I never stopped  36  who the giver might be．My mother  37  to these imaginations．She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special  38  who might be showing appreciation．I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had  39  me even though I didn’t know him．

    One month  40  my high-school graduation．my father died．My feelings  41  from sorrow to fear and  42  ：my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life．I became completely  43  in my coming graduation，the senior-class play and the ball．But my mother would not hear of my  44  any of those things．Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress，but it was the  45  size．When my father died，I forgot about the dress．

    The day before my ball，I found that dress——in the right size——over the living room sofa．It was  46  to me so lovingly．I didn’t  47  if I had a new dress or not．But my mother did．She wanted her children to feel  48  ，filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of  49  ．In truth，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia——lovely，strong and perfect——with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery．

    My mother died ten days after l was married．The following year the gardenia stopped  50  ．

A．delivered       B．taken        C．brought D．given

A．helpful     B．useless      C．hopeful      D．useful

A．realize     B．check    C．discover D．recognize  

A．pleasant        B．pleasing         C．satisfied    D．delighted

A．tough   B．soft     C．light    D．hard  

A．remembering     B．imagining    C．recalling    D．considering

A．a(chǎn)sked       B．preferred        C．contributed      D．refer

A．job     B．thing   C．happiness    D．kindness

A．watched         B．noticed      C．hated    D．observed

A．before B．later    C．a(chǎn)go      D．a(chǎn)fter  

A．differed        B．suffered C．judged  D．ranged 

A．happiness  B．depressing       C．a(chǎn)nger    D．shock 

A．interested      B．unhappy  C．disappointing    D．uninterested   

A．disappearing   B．losing       C．lost D．lacking

A．false       B．proper       C．right    D．wrong

A．presented  B．introduced      C．a(chǎn)warded  D．provided 

A．wonder      B．desire       C．care     D．doubt   

A．loved       B．respected    C．honored D． loving  

A．difficulty  B．hardship     C．sorrow   D．sorry   

A．a(chǎn)ppearing       B．following        C．presenting   D． coming

Surfing the Internet for fun will make you a better employee, according to an Australian study.

    The University of Melbourne study shows that people who use the Internet for their own reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not. Study author Brent Coker said, “Surfing the Internet at times helps increase an employee’s attention.”

    “People need to relax for a bit to get back their attention,” Coker said on the university’s website. “Having a short break, such as a quick surfing of the Internet, helps the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total Internet attention for a day’s work, and as a result, increases productivity(生產(chǎn)效率),”he said.

    According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work surf the Internet for their own reasons during office hours. Among the most popular surfing activities are searching for information about products, reading online news, playing online games and watching videos. “Firms spend a lot of money on software to block their employees from watching video, using social networking sites or shopping online,” said Coker. “That’s not always a good idea.”

    However, Coker said the study looked at people who surfed the Internet in moderation (適度), or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. “Those who spend too much time surfing the Internet will have a lower productivity than those without,” he said.

1.What does the University of Melbourne study mainly show?

A. People who surf the Internet are good employees.

B. Not everyone surfs the Internet for fun during office hours.

C. Surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.

D. The Internet is becoming more and more important in people’s life.

2. According to Paragraph 3, Brent Coker would most probably agree that______.

A. the longer a person’s mind rests ,the better attention he will have

B. surfing the Internet is the best way to increase productivity

C. workers should have a long break during office hours

D. Workers should let their minds rest now and then

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as one of the most popular surfing activities?

A. Watching videos.              B. Reading online news.

C. Reading online novels          D. Playing online games.

4.The underlined word “block” in Paragrap4 means “_____”.

A. prevent       B. cycle        C. burst         D. breathe

5.What can we infer form the last paragraph?

A. Spending too much time surfing the Internet reduces productivity.

B. Those who never surf the Internet have the lowest productivity.

C. Most people don’t surf the Internet in moderation during office hours.

D. People should spend as little time as possible surfing the Internet.

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner.   36  woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made   37  impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to   38  her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you   39 ?”she asked. “I thought that it would be   40  to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it   41  moment, and agreed.
That Friday after work,   42  I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I   43  that, she, too, seemed to be   44  about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to   45  her last wedding anniversary.
We went to a restaurant that,   46  not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there   47  at me. A nostalgic(懷舊的)smile was   48  her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an)   49  conversation—nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.
A few days   50 , my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do   51  for her. Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note   52 “You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the   53  dinner. I love you, Son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your   54 . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be   55  till“some other time”.