As soon as he __________ back, I’ll tell him when _________and see him.

A. comes, will you come                    B. will come, do you come

C. comes, you will come                    D. will come, you come

It is so cold on that dark winter day in 1942. But it is no different from any other day in this Nazi concentration camp (納粹集中營). I am    1   dead, living on from day to day, from hour to hour,    2   I was taken from my home and brought here with tens of thousands of other Jews (猶太人). Will I still be    3   tomorrow?

I walk back and forth (來回) next to the barbed wire fence (帶刺的鐵絲網), trying to keep my body    4   . I am hungry. I have been hungry for long. Each day, as more of us disappear, the happy    5    seems like a dream, and I sink deeper and deeper into hopelessness.

Suddenly, I notice a young girl walking past    6   the other side of the fence. She stops and looks at me with sad eyes that seem to say she cannot understand why I am here. I want to look away, but I cannot move my eyes away from hers. Then she reaches into her pocket, and pulls out a red apple. Oh, how long has it been since I saw    7   ! She looks round carefully and then with a smile quickly throws the apple over the fence. I run to pick it up, holding it in my shaking (顫抖)    8    fingers. In my world of death this apple is a sign of life, of love. I looked up in time to see the girl disappearing.

The next day I cannot help myself－I am    9   at the same time to that place near the fence. And again she comes and brings me an apple. For seven months we meet like this. One day I hear terrible news: We’re being shipped to another camp.

The next day when I greet her, my heart is    10   and I can hardly speak as I say what must be said: “Don’t bring me an apple tomorrow.” I tell her, “I am being sent to another camp.” Turning before I lose all my control (控制), I run away from the fence. I cannot    11   to look back.

And then one day the war has ended. Few of us who are still alive are freed. I have    12    everything, but I still have the memory of this girl.

1. A. almost              B. mostly              C. probably           D. quite

2. A. long before       B. soon after         C. even though      D. ever since

3. A. out                   B. alive                 C. free                  D. hungry

4. A. healthy             B. strong              C. warm              D. comfortable

5. A. past                 B. future               C. moment            D. present

6. A. by                    B. on                    C. to                    D. from

7. A. it                     B. this                  C. one                  D. that

8. A. frozen              B. dirty                 C. little                 D. painful

9. A. pushed             B. taken               C. drawn              D. driven

10. A. beating           B. hurting             C. sinking             D. breaking

11. A. imagine           B. bear                 C. stop                 D. expect

12. A. forgotten               B. left                   C. missed             D. lost

The Pencil Maker held the pencil, just before putting it into the box.

“There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.”

“One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be put into play.

Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you’ll need it to become a better pencil.

Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.

Four: The most important part of you will always be what’s inside.

And five: You must leave your mark when you walk through. No matter what you are you must carry on your duty.”

The pencil understood and went into the box with his confidence in his heart.

Try to imagine you are the pencil. Always remember them and never forget five things, and you will become the best person.

Allow the fable (a short story that teaches a lesson) of the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can be successful.

1. What you read is __________.

  A. a fable                                          B. some instruction

  C. a lesson                                        D. some advice

2. How did the pencil feel when he went into the box?

  A. Happy.             B. Afraid.              C. Sad.                 D. Confident.

3. Which is right according to what you read?

  A. Don’t need a sharpening.

  B. Never make mistakes.

  C. Try your best to work well.

      D. Only do great things.

Worried about sports injuries (傷害)? The best way to do with sports injuries is to prevent them.

Sports injuries are injuries that happen while doing sports. You may think of your back or your arms and legs as the only places where you could get hurt while playing, but you can get a sports injury anywhere on your body. Head and neck injuries are among the most dangerous. You can hurt your neck in sports like mountain climbing, skydiving, horseback riding, diving, or boxing.

If the injury is serious and there is a chance that the neck might be injured, it’s very important to keep the injured person still with the head held straight while someone calls for emergency medical help (急救). If the person is lying on the ground, do not try to move him or her. Never try to move someone who may have a neck injury – a wrong treatment could even result in death.

Always remember that an injury left untreated will probably get worse over time. Yet, it’s not always necessary to see a doctor right away if your pain is slight (輕微的).

The most important thing to do when you feel you are injured is to stop doing whatever sport has caused the injury right away and go to see a doctor. For more serious or complicated (復雜的) injuries, it may be best to see a doctor.

If your doctor has asked you to stop playing, your number-one question is probably “When can I play sports again?” Make sure you discuss this with your doctor.

Always wear helmets (頭盔) for contact (接觸) sports and when doing activities like biking and roller-skating to prevent head injuries.

When you return to play, you might need some new protective equipments (裝備) that help protect your body part from possible reinjury.

To help prevent reinjury, be sure to warm up before practice and games. Remember to take it slow when you first get back into your sport.

So, play, but play safe. Try to learn from your experience and do the things that can help you keep away from getting hurt.

1. __________is a contact sport.

  A. Volleyball                                     B. Tennis

  C. Basketball                                    D. Golf

2. When a person falls off a horseback and can’t move, we should not __________.

  A. take him to a safer place

B. leave him where he is

  C. keep his head straight

D. call for emergency medical help

3. Before taking part in the relay race, we have to __________.

  A. prepare useful equipments

B. stand there waiting

  C. make sure we have no injury         

D. get ourselves ready

4. From the passage we learn that ___________.

  A. we should go to see a doctor right away when we feel injured

  B. we can return to sports as soon as we get medical treatment

  C. stopping whatever sport has caused injuries is necessary

      D. using protective equipments keeps you away from injuries

I read yesterday (yes, on a blog) that there are now blogging competitions!! I can’t believe it. A man in England won $2,000 for writing the best blog. There’s even a list of the best Chinese bloggers! I’ve read a few of them- before they were famous, I might add. I suppose that one blog can be better than another. It can be better written, more interesting, funnier, and I suppose that blogs are there to be read and judged (點評) by other people. If they’re not good, they’re not read. And they’re not just personal feelings. If they were, they’d be called diaries. Have locks, and be hidden under beds. So I’m OK with this whole competition thing. I just can’t believe I didn’t win!

This has got me thinking about why I’m writing this blog. I’m not doing it to win a competition (or I wasn’t when I started …) and I’m not doing it to show all my personal feelings – I do that in my diary. So, why am I a blogger?

To tell the truth, the first time I heard the word blog I thought it was a new word for a toilet. But I love learning new words so I used my knowledge and found out that a blog was a personal website and the word blog came from the words web log. Now a log is a type of diary kept by sailors (水手), and web, well, we all know that it has nothing to do with catching flies and everything to do with the Internet. Web log… weblog… blog…. Being a writer I loved the idea of getting my views (觀點)onto the Internet where anyone could read them, and no editors (編輯) could get their hands on them!

So my first reason for blogging: I’m a writer. I want people to read what I write (un-edited!). And I love writing about anything I choose. I can write about saving the environment or complain about how the people in front of me in the cinema always seem to have big heads. And sometimes I pour out my heart too.

My second reason is that it’s relaxing. I don’t have to do research and write an article. I can let my thoughts go on as long as I like.

Third reason? To keep in touch.  I’m terrible on the phone and all my friends around the world read my blog (or they say they do …). Every now and then, I even upload a photo so they remember what I look like.

Is there a fourth reason? There probably is but now it’s time for dinner. Tomorrow I might even tell you what I ate.

1. The writer thinks a good blog is one that _____________.

  A. can let his thought go freely

  B. wins a blogging competition

  C. helps people keep in touch

  D. is read by large numbers of people

2. The writer loves writing blogs mainly because __________.

  A. his writing about feeling can be shown anywhere

  B. his writing would never be edited by others

  C. he enjoys writing something about big events

  D. he finds himself terrible on the phone

3. There’re __________reasons in the passage to explain why the writer is a blogger.

  A. 2                     B. 3                      C. 4                     D. 5

4. This passage is _________.

  A. a blog about blogging                     B. a diary about blogging

      C. a view on blogging                        D. a judgement on blogging

根據中文提示完成句子。

1. 在交通高峰時段，有時開車沒有騎車快。

  Sometimes driving a car is ____________________________riding a bike in the rush hours.

2. 在公共場所，我們最好不要大聲喧嘩。

  __________________________________________talk loudly in public places.

3. 有些路標太小，司機根本看不到。

  Some road signs ______________ drivers ____________________________.

4. 現在乘坐動車組從北京到上海只需10小時。

  It __________________________________to Shanghai from Beijing on a Bullet Train. 

5. 每天早晨在上學的路上，我都能欣喜地看到工人們正忙著建設奧運場館。

   Every morning, ____________________, I __________________ stadiums and gyms for the Olympics.

根據上下文補全對話，在橫線上寫出所缺少的內容。

A: Good afternoon!               1                  ?

B: Yes, please. I’m looking for an MP4 for my son.

A: We have many popular kinds, like SAMSUNG, SONY, Panasonic and so on.

B: I prefer the ones made in China.

A:           2              ? It’s made in Beijing and it’s the newest type. About 1,000 yuan.

B: I’m afraid              3           for students.

A: Oh, I see. This one looks nice and works well. What’s more, it’s practical (實用的).

B:              4            ?

A: 650 yuan.

B: That’s a good price.             5         .

根據中文意思和英文提示詞語，寫出四句語法正確、意思連貫的話。

上周六王明跟同學們到郊外玩，中午他和同學們一起在樹下吃飯，飯后他們……

1. last Saturday, Wang Ming, go outing, with his classmates

2. they, have lunch together, under a tree

3. after lunch, there be, some rubbish around them

4. they, not go, until, they, clean up the rubbish

Do you like ____________ music?

A．listening  B．listen    C．listening to    D．listen to