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一、Therewereoncethreesonsofawea1thybusinessman(whenever)theymet,thetwo

eldest,whoweretwins,(used)toquarre1aboutwhichofthemshouldbehisfather'sh

eir(繼承人).Theyoungest,whowasnot(intheleast)ambitious(野心勃勃的),tooknop

artintheirargument.Assoonastheylefthome,thefatherarrangedforanadeq

uateincometobeprovidedfor(each)ofthem,butinsistedthatapartfromthisthey

weretobefinanciallyself-supporting.The(eIder)twin,whohadtheadvantageofgo

od1ooksandastrikingpersonality,decidedthathewouIdtakeupthestage(as)

acareer.He(joined)asmallrepertorycompany,actedinminorparts,wasalwaysunpun

ctual(不準時)atrehearsalsandwasaccording1y(unpopu1ar)withhisfe1low-actors.H

eearned1ittleandsohadtolivemainlyonhisallowance.Heoccasionallythoughtof

(changing)hisprofession,butaIwaysputoff(making)adecision,andhebecameincreas

ing1yboredanddisillusioned^

二、Manystudentsfindtheexperieneeofattendinguniversity1ecturestobeaconfusingan

dfrustratingexperience.The1ecturerspeaksforoneortwohours,perhaps(i11us

trating)theta1kwiths1ides,writingupimportantinformationontheb1ackboard,(d

istributing)readingmaterialandgivingoutassignment.Thenewstudentseestheo

therstudentscontinuouslywritingonnotebooksand(wonders)whattowrite.Veryoft

enthestudentleavesthe1ecturewithnoteswhichdonotcatchthemainpointsand

(which)becomehardevenforthestudentstounderstand.Mostinstitutionsprovideco

urseswhichassistnewstudentstodeveloptheskillstheyneedtobe(effective)1

istenersandnot-takers.Iftheseareunavailable,therearemanyusefulstudy-ski1Is

guideswhich(enable)learnerstopracticetheseskiIlsindependently.Ina11casesiti

simportantto(tack1e)theproblembeforeactuallystartingyourstudies.Itisimpor

tanttoacknowledgethatmoststudentshavedifficulty(in)acquiringthe1anguageskills

requiredinco11egestudy.Onewayof(overcoming)thesedifficu1tiesistoattend

thelanguageandstudy-skillsclasseswhichmostinstitutionsprovidethroughouttheac

ademicyear.Anotherbasicstrategyistofindastudypartner(withwhom)itis

possib1etoidentifydifficu1ties,exchangeideasandprovidesupport.

三、OnedaywhenJamiecamehomeafterschoo1,hismotherhadonherworryface.H

eknewshewasthinkingof(theweather)"It'sbadoutthere.Blackcloudsarec

omingfromthesea,“Jamiesaid."Yes.I'mthinkingofthosefishingboatsatsea,“

shesaid.Atthatmoment(the1ights)wentout.Jamieandhismotherwereinthedark.

^Thecoastlinewi11beinthedark,wJamie'smothersaid.Shegotmoreworried.(Tro

ubles)alwayscomeinthrees.Ibrokemybestglassesthismorning,andmysisterhasthe

cold.uNow,don'tworry,mum.They'reright."They're(sure)tocomethrough

thisa11right.ButJamiereallyworriedaboutthosefishingboatshimself.The

fishingboatswould(miss)thecove(海灣)inthedark.Jamietookflareandrushedintoth

ewind.Therewasacliffbythesea.Hestartedtoc1imb.He(pulled)himselfuphan

doverhand.At1asthereachedthetop.He(failed)threetimes.Onthefourthtryhe

firedoffoneoftheflares.Itroseandcutintotheb1ackskyinbrightlight.Thenhe

sawanansweringflareupatsea.Jamiefiredofftwomore.Hesawanotheranswe

ringf1areup,thenanother,thenanother.Theansweringflaresfromthefishingb

oatsshowedthey(hadpassedby)theentrancetothecovebutthenchangedcourseand

were(now)sailingintothecove.Theywerea1mosthome.Jamiehelped(save)thefishe

rmenofthevi11age.

四、Moreandmoret6achersandparentshavenoticedanotherkindofpo1lution,(which)cam

efromtheprintedpaperssoldonstreets.Theseprintedthingslooklikenew

spaperbuthavehard1yanythingtodowiththem.Youcanonlyfindreadingmateria

Isbadly(madeup)there-somearetoostrangeforanyonetobelieve,(others)aref

righteningstoriesofsomethingevenworse.However,manyoftheyoungstudentsaregettin

gabsorbedinsuchpoisonousreading,whichcoststhemwhattheyshou1dpayfortheirb

reakfastandbringthemnightmaresandimmora1ideas(in)return.Homeworkisleft

undone,dailygames1ost.Thesesellersshoutonstreetssellingtheirpaperswel1.T

hewrites,publishersandprinters,(whoever)theyare,weneverknow,aremakingt

heirsilentmoney.ThesheepskinnedwoIf'sstoriesseemtohavebeenforgottenonce

again.Whynotforbidthiskindofthingsatschoo1?Yes,bothteachersandparentshave

(asked)eachotherformorestrictcontroloftheyoungreaders.Yetunfortunately,(t

hemore)youwanttoforbidit,themoretheywanttohavea1ookatit.Sometim

esyoumayevenfindseveralchildrenshareonepatchedpaper,whichhastraveled

fromonehadto(anothcr)drivenbythecuriousnature.Itreal1ydoesharmtoourso

ciety.Ithasalreadyformedasortofmoralpollution.The(worried)teachersandpar

entsneedmorepowerfulsupport.Meanwhile,theyoungreadersneedmoreinterestingbooks

tohelpthem(getridof)theseuglypapers._

五、Itisalwaysinterestingtovisitanothercountry,especial1yforthosewhohaven

evertraveledagreatdea1.Foreign(travel)canbeveryeducationa1foranyoneif

heisinterestedenoughtomakepreparationsbeforehand.Learningthe1anguag

eofthenewcountrywouldbedifficultforthetraveler,(but)thebenefit

sofsuchaneffortwouldbecomeobviousimmediately(on)hisarriva1.Itmaynotseem

importanttohimwhenhecomfortablystaysathorne,butknowinghowto(order)amea1o

rbookaroomisnecessaryfortheneweomerinastrangecountry.Without

knowingthe1anguage,itisverydifficult(for)thestrangertounderstandthepeopl

eofthenewcountryandtheircustoms.0fcourse,inoursmallworlditisoftenpo

ssibletofindsomeone(who)understandsourown,butthisisonlysecond-bestforthe

traveler.Tobesure,hecanseeplacesandthings(without)theuseofalanguage,

butplacesandthings(are)nottheheartofanycountry.Togetthegreatestbenefitfrom

atrip(to)anothercountry,itishowimportantforthevisitorto(have)anundersta

ndingofthe1anguage._

六、Didyousleepwelllastnight?MaybemanypeopiewillansweT:No.Infact,inthe

worIdaboutoneinthreepeopledonothavegoods1eep.(If)yousayyoudonothave

goodsleep,itmeanswakingearlyandnotgettingbacktosleep,ofteninterrupted

shortperiodofs1eep,orhoursofwakefuIness.You(may)gettired,worried,andan

xious.Yourmemoryandabilitytorememberthingswillbe(affect6d"Thenwhatshou

1dyoudowhenyouhavethetrouble?Donotworryaboutittoomuch.First,1et,

sseewhetheryoucansleepyourse1f.Thewaysareasfollows:First,(makesure)

thatyourbedroomisn'ttoocoldortoohot.Keepitdarkandquiet.Second,checkyourlife

style:Donotdrinktea,coffee,colaorchocolatefourhoursbefore(goingtobed)Drink

less1iquidsothatyoucanhavenoorfewervisitstothetoilet.Setyourbody

clockwe11bygettingupandgoingtobedatthefixedtimeeveryday.Yoc(hadbettern

ot)takeanydaytimenaps.^Developarelaxingbedtimehabit.Reador(listento)music,thenta

keawarmbath.Ifyoureallycannotsleep,trysomebread,rice(or)milk.Theywill

helpyoufallasieep.Goforadailywa1k.Natural1ighthelpyoutoputyourbody

clockintocorrecthabit,(so)doexerciseoutdoorsifyoucan.Forgettheworrie

softheday.Writedownanyworries,thoughtsorquestionsbeforeyougotobed.Withthe

sewrittendown,youwillhave(less)tothinkaboutandyours1eepwillbecomeeasier.

閱讀理解一、TheFrenchRevolutionbrokeoutin1789.

1.What'sthispassageabout?(TheFrenchRevolution).

2.Whichdidnothappenin1789?(Thenationaleconomywasdevelopingrapidly)

3.Wherewerethepoliticalprisonerskept?(InBastille)

4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“abolished"mean?(Ended)

5.WhatwasNOTtheeffeetoftheRevolution?(Thekingtriedtocontrolthe

nationalparliament)

二、IntheUnitedStates,itisnotcustomarytotelephonesomeoneveryearlyint

hemorning.

1.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?(Theroleoftimeinsocia1lifeovertheworl

d)

2.Whatdoesitmeaninthepassageifyoucal1someoneduringhisorhers1eep

inghours?(Amatterof1ifeordeath)

3.Whichofthefo11owingtimeisproperifyouwanttomakeanappointmentwithyourf

riend?(at4:00pm)

4.Whichofthefo1lowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?(Promptness

isvaluedhighlyinAmerican1ife)5.Fromthepassagewecansafelyinferthat(theme

aningoftimediffersindifferentpartsoftheworld)

三、/foreigner'sfirstimpressionoftheU.S,is1ike1ytobethateveryoneisina

rush-oftenunderpress〃re.

1.Whichofthefoilowingstatementsiswrong?(Americansareimpolitetotheirb

usinesscolleagues)

2.Inthefourthparagraph,“ahighpriority“means(afirstconcern)

3.Americanseva1uateabusinesscolleague(bylearningabouttheirpastperformance)

4.Thispassagemainlytalksabout(howAmericanstreasuretheirtime)5.Wecaninferfrom

thepassagethattheauthor'stoneinwritingis(appreciative)

四、Sixteen-year-oIdMaria卬aswaitinginlineattheairportinSantoDomingo.

1.Maria'sstoryhappened(whenshearrivedattheairport)

2.Youbelieverthattheworkoftheairlineemployeementionedinthestoryist

o(checkpeople,sluggage)attheairport.

3.“Whyareyousoupset?”Mariasaidtotheman.Shewantedtotellhimthatheshouldn

otbe(unhappy)

4.“Everyonewas1ookingathimwithdisapprova1."Thissentencemeansthatthe

peoplearoundfelt(sorryforthe)5.TheauthormentionedMaria'sageatthebeginningof

thestoryinordertoshowthat(shewasyoungbutbehavedproper1y)

五、Therearethreekindsofgoals:short-term,medium-rangeand1ong-termoals.

1.OurIong-termgoaIsmeanalot(Ifwecompletetheshort—termgoals)

2.Newshort-termgoa1sarebui1tupon(thegoalsthathavebeencompleted)

3.Whenwecompleteeachstepofourgoals,(weshouldbuiIdupconfidenceofsucce

ss)

4.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?(Differentkindsofgoalsinlife)

5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsiswrongaccordingtothepassage?(Lifeisast

aticthing,thusweshouldnevera1lowa1ong-termgoa1tolimitusorourcourseo

faction)

六、BritainandFraneeareseparatedbytheEnglishChannel,abodyofwaterthatc

anbecrossedinasfewas20minutes.

1.Forcenturies,there1ationshipbetweenBritainandFranceis(amixtureof1ove

andhate)

2.ThewarinIraqdoestothere1ationshipbetweenFranceandBritain.(bothgood

andharm)

3.TheBritisharenotsofriendlyto(Germany)andtheFrencharenotsofriend1y

to(America)

4.(BritishpeopIe)aremoreinterestedinhavingholidaysin(Franee)5.Whatdoesthe

lastsentencemean?(FraneeandBritainarenearneighbors,andthiswillheIpbalance

therelationshipbetweenthem)

七、CommunityserviceisanimportantcomponentofeducationhereatouruniversitF

1.Whatisthepurposeoftheta1k?(Tointereststudentsinanewcommunityprogram)

2.Whatisthepurposeoftheprogramthatthespeakerdescribes?(Tooffertutorialstoel

ementaryschoo1students)

3.WhatdoesProfessorDodgedo?(TaiktoProfessorDodge)

4.Whatshouldstudentswhoareinterestedinthetutoria1sdo?

5.Whomdoyouthinkthespeakeraddresses?(Students)

、ffhenJohnandKzbtoriaFallsarrivedinNewYorkCityforone-yearsta幾theydid

notbringverymanythings

1.WhichofthefoliowinghasbecomeoneofAmerica'sfastestgrowingbusinesses?

(Rentinghomefurnishings).2.Whydosomepeopleprefertorentfurniture?(Be

causeitsavesthemmuchtroubleandmoney)

3.Whatcanyouinferfromthepassage?(Rentingfurnitureisnotpopu1arinthecoup

1e'shometown)

4.Whichofthefollowingcanbestserveasthetitleofthepassage?(ANewWayo

fGettingHomeFurnishings)

5.Youngpeopielikedrentinghornefurnitureinthat(Theydon'thavemuchmoneyanddon,

twanttobuythecheapfurniture)

九Paperisoneofthemostimp。rtantproductseveiinventedbyman.

1.What,sthemeaningfortheword“parchment“？(Akindofpapermadefromtheskinof

certainyounganimals)2.Whichofthefol1owingisnotmentionedabouttheinventionof

paper?(Morejobscou1dbeprovidedthanbefore)

3.WhendidtheEgyptiansbegintousepaperwidely?(Around1400)

4.Whichofthefo1lowingcountriesusesmorepaperforeachpersonayear?(Swed

en)

5.Whatisthemainideaofthisshortta1k?(Theinventionofpaperisof

greatsignificancetoman)

十、LawshavebeenwrittentogoverntheuseofAmericanNationalFlag,andtoensure

properrespectfoTtheflag.

1.HowdoAmericansensureproperrespectforthenationalf1ag?(Bymakinglaws).

2.WhatistheregulationregardingtheraisingoftheAmericanNationa1Flag?(I

tshouldberaisedquicklybyhand).

3.HowshouIdtheAmericanNationalFlagbedisp1ayedatanunveilingceremony?(It

shou1dbecarriedhighupintheair)

4.WhatdowelearnabouttheuseoftheAmericanNationalFlag?(Thereareprecisereg

u1ationsandcustomstobefo1lowed.)

5.WhatisAmericans'attitudetowardstheirNationa1Flag?(Respect)

7s11hasbeenreportedthatincollegesacrosstheUnitedStates,thedaytimese

rialdramaknownasthesoapopera

1.Whatissoapopera?(ThedaytimeserialdramasonTV)

2.Whatcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?(Soapoperafans).

3.Whicharenotthereasonswhythesoapoperasuddenlybecomes“in"accordingtothep

assage?(Becausetheyoungpeoplehavetobeartheresponsibi1itiesfortheirtroubles).

4.Whatcanlearnfromthepassage?Youngviewershaveturnedthemse1vesfromthe

seriousnessofsixtiestoenjoymentnow).

5.Whatmessagedoestheauthorwanttoconveytous?(Thepeople'sfavoritestodramaworks

changea1ongwiththetimes).

十二、Howmenfirstlearnttoinventwordsisunknown;inotheiwords,theoriginof1

anguageisamystery.

1.Theoriginoflanguageis(aprob1emnotyetsolved)

2.Whatistrueaboutwords?(Theyaresimp1ysounds)

3.Therealpowerofwords1iesintheir(representativefunction)

4.By“association”,theauthormeans(ajoiningofideasinthemind)

5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttherealpoetisN0Ttrue?(Heisno

morethanamasterofwords)

十三、ManypeoplewhoworkinLondonprefertoliveoutsideit,andtogointothe

irofficesorschoo1severydaybytrain,

1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?(AllthepeoplewhoworkinLondo

nprefertoliveinthecountry).

2.Withthesamemoneyneededfor(rentingasma11flatwithoutagarden),onecanbuy

a1itt1ehousewithagardeninthecountry.

3.Whenthegardenisinb1ossom,theone(havingspenttimeworkinginthegarden)hasbee

nrewarded.

4.Peoplewhothinkhappinessliesinthecitylifewouldfeelthat(theirlife

wasmeaningless)iftheyhadtoliveoutsideLondon.

5.Theunderlinedphrasegetawayfrominthe3rdparagraphrefersto(escapefrom)

十四、Bydefinition,heroesandheroinesaremenandwomendistinguishedbyu

nconunoncourage,achievements,

1.Thepassagemain1ydeaIswith(heroesandicons)

2.Heroesandheroinesareusually(a11oftheabove)

3.Whichofthefol1owingstatementsiswrong?(Heroesandheroinescanonlyemergein

wartimes)

4.BeautifulyoungDianaSpencerfoundhergenuine1ove(justbeforeherdeath)

5.Whatismorelikelytosetanicon'sstatus?(Tragicandearlydeath)

十五、Shynessisthecauseofmuchunhappinessforagreatmanypeople.Shypeoplearea

nxiousandseIf-conscious；

1.Whatdoestheauthortrytoprovebyciting“whatkindofimpressionamImaking?”(Pe

op1e'sshynessmadethemcaretoomuchabouttheirappearanceandactions).

2.Accordingtothewriter,self-awarenessis(agoodquality)

3.Whenbeingpraised,shypeoplefeelthatitis(unreal)

4.Whichofthefollowingstaternentsistrueaccordingtothepassage?(Shynesscanblock

ourchancesforarichlife)

5.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatshypeop1e(shouldunderstandthemse1ves

intherightway)

交際

Areyouonhoiidayhere?(No,wearen't.We1ivehere)

Canyouhe1pmeclearupthemess?(Noproblem)

CanyoutellmewhereIcanparkthecar?(We11,justoverthere)

CouIdItalktoProf.Lee?(Yes,speaking)

Couldyoupleasete11mehowtogettothenearestbusstop?(Justgoahead.It's

ontherightcorner)

DoyoumindifIreadthenewspaperonthetabie?(Goahead,p1ease)

Haveaniceholiday,Ted.(Thankyou,andyoutoo)

HaveyoueverbeentoTokyo?(No,butIhopetogotherenextyear)

Hereyoua】e,Sir.(Thankyouverymuch)21.Sosorrytotroubleyou.(It'sapieasur

e)

Howarey。ufeelingnow?(Muchbetter)

Howa】eyouthismorning?(Verywell,thankyou)

How1ongwillyoubeawayfromItaiy?(Aboutamonth)

HowwasthejourneytoLondon?(Itwentverywell)

Iwishyousuecessinyourcareer.(Thesametoyou)

I'vegotabadcoldtoday.(Oh,dear!Ihopeyougetbettersoon)

Isitgoingtobewarmnextweek?(Yes,itis)MayIspeaktoJackplease?(I'mafraidy

ouJvegotthewrongnumber)

MayIuseyourbiketogoshopping?(Certainly.Thereitis)

Sam,thisismyfriend,Jane.(Gladtomeetyou,Jane)

Whatdoyoudo?(I'mateacher)

Whatdoyouusual1ydoinyoursparetime?(Gardening)

WhatdoesyourEnglishteacherlooklike?(Shelooksmuch1ikehermother)

Whallinedoesthetrainleave?(Athalfpastfive)

What'sth。bcstwaytogettotheEmpireHotelfromhere?(Wa1kingthroughthwood)

What'sthefaretothemuseum?(Fivedo11ars)

What'sthematterwithyou?(Ifeelabitsick)

What'sIheweatherlikeinthisarea?(It?srainy)

WouIdyou1ikeatea?(Yes,please)

Youneedn'tdotheworktil1aftertheNewYear.(Oh,good!Thankyou)

(Each)ofthemhasabedroomandastudy.

(Unless)youchangeyourmindIwon'tbeabletohe1pyou.

(What)shecou1dn'tunderstandwaswhyfewerandfewerwenttohimforhelp.

Beforejoiningthearmy,hespentalotoftimeintheviHage(towhich)hebelonged.

ChinaisnoIongerwhatit(usedtobe).

Cou1dyoutellme(howlongyouhave1ivedhere)?

Couldyoutellme(whereIcanfindatoi1et)?

DoyouthinkTommyis(te11ing)thetruth?

Doesthispatient'srecordneed(completing)now?No,youcanfinishit1ater.

g)herewhenyouhavesett1eddown.

He(islike)hisfatherforbothofthemlovewaIkinginthecountryside.

Hedidn'twantanythingtodrinkbeeausehe(had)a1readydrunk.

Hehasthreecompanies(employing50peop1eeach)

I(shallhavefinish6d)readingthebookbytheendofthisweek.

Ihavetakenmanyphotos.IJmgoingtogetthefilm(deve1oped)

Iwassick,butI(gotover)itattheweekend.

Ifhe(hadbeenwarned),he(wouIdnothavetaken)thatfood.

Iftheweatherhadbeengood,thechildren(couIdhavegone)outforawa1k.

ItisoneofthebestconcertsI(haveeverbeento)

Johnfellasleep(while)hewaslisteningtothemusic.

JohnWaltersclaimedthatthislackofinformation(hadresulted)innegative

feelingstowardsthe