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1.Treesshouldonlybeprunedwhenthereisagoodandclearreason

fordoingsoand,fortunately,thenumberofsuchreasonsissmall.

Pruninginvolvesthecuttingawayofovergrownandunwantedbranches,

andtheinexperiencedgardenercanbeencouragedbythethoughtthatmore

damageresultsfromdoingitunnecessarilythanfromleavingthetree

togrowinitsownway.

First,pruningmaybedonetomakesurethattreeshaveadesired

shapeorsize.Theobjectmaybetogetatreeoftherightheight,and

atthesametimetohelpthegrowthofsmallsidebranches,whichwill

thickenitsappearanceorgiveitaspecialshape.Secondly,pruningmay

bedonetomakethetreehealthier.Youmaycutoutdiseasedordeadwood,

orbranchesthatarerubbingagainsteachotherandthuscausingwounds.

Thehealthofatreemaybeencouragedbyremovingbranchesthatare

blockingupthecenterandsopreventingthefreemovementofair.

Oneresultofpruningisthatanopenwoundisleftonthetreeand

thisprovidesaneasyentryfordisease,butitisawoundthatwillheal.

Oftenthereisaracebetweenthehealingandthediseaseastowhether

thetreewillliveordie,sothatthereisaperiodwhenthetreeis

atrisk.Itshouldbetheaimofeverygardenertoreducethatriskof

deathasfaraspossible.Itisessentialtomakethearea,whichhas

beenpruned,smoothandclean,forhealingwillbesloweddownby

roughness.Youshouldallowthecutsurfacetodryforafewhoursand

thenpaintitwithoneofthesubstancesavailablefromgardenshops

producedespeciallyforthispurpose.Pruningisusuallydoneinwinter,

forthenyoucanseetheshapeofthetreeclearlywithoutinterference

fromtheleavesanditis,too,veryunlikelythatthecutsyoumakewill

bleed.Ifthisdoeshappen,itis,ofcourse,impossibletopaintthem

properly.

1.Pruningmaybedoneto?

A.makethetreegrowtaller

B.improvetheshapeofthetree

C.getridofthesmallbranches

D.makethesmallbranchesthicker

2.Treesbecomeunhealthyifagardener.

A.allowstoomanybranchestogrowinthemiddle

B.doesnotprotectthemfromthewind

C.forcesthemtogrowtooquickly

D.damagessomeofthesmallsidebranches

3.Aspecialsubstanceispaintedonthetree.

A.tomakeawoundsmooth

B.topreventdiseaseenteringawound

C.tocoveraroughsurface

D.tohelpawoundtodry

4.Agoodgardenerprunesatree.

A.atintervalsthroughouttheyear

B.asquicklyaspossible

C.occasionallywhennecessary

D.regularlyeverywinter

5.Whatwasthewriter1spurposewhenwritingthispassage?

A.Togivepracticalinstructionsforpruningatree.

B.Togiveageneraldescriptionofpruning.

C.Toexplainhowtreesdevelopdiseases.

D.Todiscussdifferentmethodsofpruning.

答案：BABCB

解析：無

2.Benwasapoormanwithalargefamily.Onemorning,wakingupvery

earlyfromcoldandhunger,hedecidedtogoshootinginawoodnear

hishome.Thewoodbelongedtoarichgentleman,andbenhadnoright

togothere.But,inthewoodtherewerelotsofrabbitsandbirdsthat

weregoodtoeat,andbendeterminedtotaketherisk.Suddenlyhesaw

theowner,withagroupoffriends,comingtowardshiminthewoodthere

wasalookofangerontherichman,sfaceashesawtheguninben's

hands.

Ben'sheartsankwithfear,buthesawtherewasnohopeofescape,so

hewalkedboldlyuptothesepeopleandsaidtothegentleman,“good

morning,sir,andwhathasbroughtyououtsoearlythismorning?”the

richman,rathersurprised,saidheandhisfriendsweretakingalittle

exercisetogetanappetitefortheirbreakfast.Then,lookingatben

withsuspicion（懷疑），hesaid,"butwhyareyousoearlyinthemorning?

Well,sir,"saidben,“ijustcomeouttoseeificouldgetabreakfast

formyappetite."thewholecrowdburstintolaughteratben，sreadywit,

andwithasmiletherichmanwalkedon.Leavingbentotryhisluck

withtherabbits.

1.Thisisastoryabout.

A.arichmanwhoownedabigwood

B.apoormanwholivedallbyhimself

C.aclevermanwhotriedtogetsomethingtoeatforhisbreakfast

D.ahunterwithalargefamily

2.Onemorningbenwenttoawood.

A.togetalittleexercise

B.totakeinsomefreshair

C.hopingtogetsomethingtoeat

D.tovisittherichowner

3.Therewasalookofangerontherichman'sface.Why?

A.hewasnotexpectingbenatthisearlyhour.

B.heknewbenwastherehunting.

C.hedidn'tlikethepoormanatall.

D.benhadnottoldhimhewouldcome.

4.Whywastherichmansurprised?

A.hehadnotexpectedsuchaboldquestionfromben.

B.hewonderedwhybendidn，trunaway.

C.benwasn，tafraidofhim.

D.benhadaguninhishands.

5.Ben'smadethewholecrowdburstintolaughter.

A.funnylooks

B.interestingwords

C.quickandwittyresponse

D.promisetoleaverightaway

答案：CCDAC

解析：無

3.Itisunderstoodthataballadisasongthattellastory,butafolk

songisnotsoeasilydefinedaballadisafolksong,butafolksong

isnotaballaduntilittellsastory.Folksongthenhasineludedmany

kindsofmusicforexample,asailor,ssongoftheseaisafolksong.

Theblues,atypeofjazzpopularinnewOrleans,maybeafolksong.

Infact,therearefolksongsforeveryjob

“homeontherange“showshowapopularsongmaybecomeafolksong.

Itwasfirstpiekedupasafolksongin1910byjohnlomaxinsanantonio,

texas.Lomaxheardthesongfromanoldmanwhohadbeenacookmanyyears

before.Thesongwasknownalloverthemidwestthoughitdidnotcome

tonationalattentionuntiltheearly1930s.By1947"homeontherange”

wassopopularthatitbecametheofficialstatesongofkansas.

1.Afolksongisalsoaballadwhenit.

A.tellsastory

B.issungbyworkers

C.makesthelistenersfeelsad

D.coversmanykindsofmusic

2.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingisnotalwaysa

folksong?

A.ballad

B.sailor'ssong.

C.astatesong

D.agoatherd，ssong.

3.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisnottrueof

afolksong?

A.itispassedonorally.

B.ithasdifferentforms.

C.itmaytalkaboutwork.

D.itisfoundonlyinthewesternstates.

4.Theauthorusestheexampleofthe"homeontherange"toshowthat

folksongs?

A.alwaystellsastory

B.arebasedonwrittenforms

C.maycomefrompopularsongs

D.havebecomestate,songs

5.Themaintopicofthepassageisthe.

A.differentkindsoffolksongs

B.developmentofpopularmusic

C.definitionofaballad

D.importanceoffolksongsinamericanlife

答案：ACDCA

解析：無

4.Robertisnineyearsoldandjoannaisseven.Theyliveatmountebenezer.

Theirfatherhasabigproperty.Inaustraliatheycallafarmaproperty.

Robertandjoannalikeschoolverymuch.Atschooltheycantalkto

theirfriendsbutrobertandjoannacannotseetheirfriends.Theylive

100,perhaps300,milesawayandlikerobertandjoanna,theyallgoto

schoolbyradio.

Mountebenezerisinthecentreofaustralianotmanypeoplelivein”the

centre”.Therearenoschoolswithdesksandblackboardsandnotea

chersin"thecentre*.Schoolisaroomathomewithatwo-wayradio.

Theteacheralsohasatwo-wayradio.Everymorningshecallseach

studentontheradio.Whenallstudentsanswer,lessonsbegin...think

ofyourteacher300milesaway!

1.Thechildrenin"thecentre"donotgotoaschoolbecause

A.theylivetoofarawayfromoneanother

B.theydonotlikeschool

C.theyarenotoldenoughtogotoschool

D.theirfamiliesaretoopoor

2.Inordertosendtheirchildrentoschool,parentsin“thecentrew

ofaustraliamusthave

Aaproperty

B.acar

C.aschoolroomathome

D.aspecialradio

3.Teachersin'thecentre"ofaustraliateach.

A.notinaclassroombutatthehomesofthestudents

B.byspeakingonlyandnotshowinganythinginwriting

C.withoutusinganytextbooksorpictures

D.withoutknowingwhetherthestudentsareattending

4.Whenchildrenarehavingalesson,theycanheartheirteacher

A.buttheirteachercannothearthem

B.andtheirteachercanhearthemtoo

C.butcannotheartheirschoolmates

D.andseehimorheratthesametime

5.A"property“inaustraliaisa?

A.house

B.school

C.farm

D.radio

答案：ADBBC

解析：無

5.Concerningmoneyoranythingelse,conflictsbetweenhusbandandwife

usuallyreflectapowerstruggle.Conflictsbetweenparentandchild

oftencenteraroundthesameissue.Aschildrenenteradolescence,they

begintodemandgreaterfreedomtogowheretheyplease,dowhatthey

please,andmakedecisionswithoutparentalinterference.

Manyamericanparentsdonotknowhowtodealwiththeirteenagersand

seekadvicefrombooks,lectures,andparent-trainingcourses.Parents

wanttomaintainafriendlyrelationshipwiththeirteenagersandalso

wanttoguidethemsothattheirbehaviorwillbewhatevertheparents

considerproperandconstructive.Butinasocietyofrapidlychanging

socialandmoralvalues,parentsandchildrenoftendisagreeaboutwhat

isimportantandwhatisright.Argumentsmayconcernsuchunimportant

mattersasstylesofdressorhairdos.Butquarrelsmayalsoconcern

schoolwork,afterschooljobs,decisions,useofthefamilycar,dating,

andsexualbehavior.Somefamilieshaveseriousproblemswithteenagers

whodropoutofschool,runawayfromhome,oruseillegaldrugs.Be

causesomuchpublicityisgiventotheproblemteenager,onegetsthe

impressionthatallteenagersaretrouble-makers.

Actually,relativelyfewadolescentsdoanythingwrong,andnearlyall

growupinto"solidcitizens"whofulfillmostoftheirparentsyexpe

ctations.Infact,recentstudiesshowthatthe^generationgap”is

narrowing.Thevastmajorityofteenagerssharemostoftheirparents'

valuesandideas.Manyparentsfeelthatthey~etalongwiththeiradoles

centsquitewell.

1.Accordingtothewriter,conflictsbetweenhusbandandwifeusually

reflect.

A.feelingsofhatred

B.powerstruggle

C.thattheydon,tcareforeachother

D.thattheymayappealtodivorce

2.Aschildrenenteradolescents,theybegintodothefollowingexcept

A.demandinggreaterfreedomtogowheretheyplease

B.makingdecisionswithoutparentalinterference

C.gettingmarriedwhenevertheyplease

D.doingwhattheyplease

3.”???Generationgapisnarrowing"means.

A.theadolescentsnowbecometimid

B.parentsusedtogetalongwiththeirchildren

C.thevastmajorityofteenagerssharemostoftheirparents，values

andideas

D.parentsandteenagersdon'tliketoquarrel

4.Parentsandchildrenoftendisagreeaboutwhatisimportantorright

because?

A.theyhavedifferentstylesoflife

B.theyhateeachother

C.parentsthinkthattheirchildrenaretroublemakers

D.theyareinasocietyofrapidlychangingsocialandmoralvalues|

5.Whenmanyamericanparentsdon,tknowhowtodealwiththeirchildren

theyseekadvicefromthefollowingexcept.

A.neighborsB.parent-trainingcourse

C.booksD.lectures

答案：BCCDA

解析：無

6.Markfeltthatitwastimeforhimtotakepartinhiscommunity,so

hewenttotheneighborhoodmeetingafterwork.Thearea'scitycoun

cilwoman（女議員）wasleadingadiscussionabouthowthequalityoflife

wasdecreasing.Theneighborhoodfacedmanyproblems.

Marklookedatthechartstapedtothewalls.Therearechartsforparking

problems,crime,andforproblemsinvacantbuildings.Peoplewere

supposedtosuggestsolutionstothecouncilwoman.

Itwastoomuchformark,“theproblemsaretoobig,“hethought.He

turnedtothemannexttohimandsaid,"ithinkthisisawasteofmy

time.Nothingicoulddowouldmakeadifferencehere.”

markthoughtsomemoreonhiswaytothebusstop,"peopleshouldjust

takecareofthemselves,“hedecided"that'senoughtodo.Ican't

takeonalltheproblemsoftheworld“ashenearedthebusstop,mark

sawawomancarryingagroeerybagandbaby.Shewastryingtounlock

hercar,butshedidn,thaveafreehandasmarkgotcloser,herother

child,alittleboy,suddenlydartedintothestreet.Thewomantried

toreachforhim,butasshemoved,herbagshiftedandgroceriesstarted

tofallout.Markrantotaketheboy，sarmandledhimbacktohismother.

Thenhepiekedupthegrocerieswhilethewomansmiledinrelief,

“thanks!”shesaid"you'vegotgreattiming!""justbeingneighborly,“

marksaidasherodehome,heglancedatthewallsofthebus.Onone

ofthemwassmallactsofkindnessaddup."marksmiledandthought,

amaybethat,sagoodplacetostart.”

1.Itisknownfromthepassagethat.

A.markplayedanactivepartincommunityactivities

B.thecitycouncilwomanwasresponsibleforthefallingoflifequality

C.visualaidswereusedtodisplaytheseriousnessofproblems

D.manypeoplewerediscouragedbythemanyproblemsfacingthem

2.Inmark*sopinion,.

A.nobodywassoableastosolvetheproblems

B.hewasnotinthepositiontosolvesuchproblems

C.manypeopleweretooselfishtothinkaboutothers

D.healreadyhadmorethanenoughworktodo

3.Theword"darted“inparagraph5canbebestreplacedby.

A.”walked"B."marched'C?"wandered"D."dashed”

4.Whatistheimplicationofthewordsonthebuswall?

A.youshouldbekindtoyourneighborsandtheywilltreatyouthesame

way.

B.everyonecanplayhisownparttomakethingsbetter.

C.allsmallactswilladduptokindness.

D.it'sasmallacttohelpapersoninneed

5.Thepassageismainlyabout.

A.howindividualscanhelpmakeadifference

B.runninganeighborhoodmeetingtosolveitsproblems

C.citizens'reactionstotheproblemstheyface

D.solvingproblemsthroughgroupaction

答案：CBDBA

解析：無

7.Inthewateraroundnewyorkcityisaverysmallislandcalledliberty

islandonlibertyislandisaveryspecialstatuecalledstatueofliberty.

Itisoneofthemostfamoussightsintheworld

thestatueoflibertywasagiftfromthepeopleoffranceto

thepeopleoftheunitedstates.Thestatuewasmadebyafrenchsculptor

namedfredericaugustebartholdi.Theinnersupportsystemwasdesigned

bygustaveeiffel,thesamemanwhomadethefamouseiffeltowerinparis.

Liberty,ofcourse,meansfreedom,andthestatueoflibertywas

giventotheunitedstatestocelebratetheone-hundredthanniversary

ofu.S.Independencefromenglandthestatuewasbuiltinfrance,

takenapartpiecebypiece,andthenrebuiltintheunitedstates.It

wasopenedforthepubliconoctober28,1886.

Asyoumightexpect,thestatueisverybig.Visitorscanride

anelevatorfromthegroundtothebottomofthestatue.Iftheywant

to,theycanthenwalkupthe168stepstoreachtheheadofthestatue

wheretheycanlookoutandenjoythebeautifulsightofnewyork.

1.Agoodtitleforthispassageis.

A.Famoussightsintheworld

B.Libertyisland

C.Thestatueofliberty

D.Agiftfromfrance

2.Theword"sight"inthefirstparameans?

A.asmallpresentorgift

B.akindofpostcard

C.thepowerofseeing

D.somethingthatyoucansee

3.Thestatuewasbuilt.

Ainfrance

B.intheunitedstates

C.inengland

Donlibertyisland

4.Wemayconeludethattheelevatordoesnot?

A.gofastenough

B.costlotsofmoney

C.gotothetop

D.bothaandb

5.Themanwhomadethepartofthestatuethatwecanseeontheoutside

was.

A.anunknownarchitect

B.bartholdi

C.eiffel

D.bothaandb

答案：CDACB

解析：無

8.Everylanguageuseddailybyordinarypeopleisconstantlychanging.

Englishisnoexception.Perhapsoneofthebestwaystoobservethe

changesintheenglishlanguageistoreadapassagethatpeoplehave

translatedintoenglishatdifferentperiodsoverthecenturies.

Englishisonlyoneoftwoorthreedozenlanguageswhichseem

tohaveacommonancestor.Thelanguagefromwhichenglishdeveloped

iscalledindo-european（EfJ歐語系）.Noonenowalivehaseverheardor

readindo-european.Wemerelysupposeitmusthaveexistedbecauseof

theresemblance（相似）ofthelanguagesthatwethinkmusthavecome

fromit

Englishhasprobablyborrowedmorewordsfromotherlanguagesthan

hasanyotherlanguage.Thousandsofwordsfromfrenchandlatinhave

enteredenglishvocabulary.Theborrowingevencontinuestoday.The

contactsfirstwithamericanindiansandthenwithSpanishspeaking

peoplehaveenriched（使...豐富）englishgreatly.Wordsfromgerman

andotherlanguagescanbefoundinenglish,too.Wecanevenfindborrowed

wordsinitfromarabianandChinese

1.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.englishhasremainedthesame.

B.somelanguagesarechanging.

C.englishischangingconstantly.

D.manylanguageschangedverylittle.

2.Thebestwaytofindthechangesinenglishlanguageis.

A.toreadapassagethathasalonghistory

B.tolookatapassagethatisordinary

C.totranslateapassageintoenglish

D.tocomparethetranslationsofapassageatdifferenttimes

3.Weknowthat.

A.afewlanguagesseemtohaveacommonancestor

B.morethantwentylanguagescomefromthesameancestor

C.hundredsoflanguagessharethesameorigin

D.agreatmanyoflanguageshavealotincommon

4.Weassume（假設(shè)）indo-europeanmusthaveexistedbecause.

A.therearelanguagesresemblingitnow

B.fewpeoplecanspeakitnow

C.noonecanspeakitnow

D.manypeoplecanspeakitnow

5.Accordingtothepassage,hasborrowedheavilyfromother

languages.

A.Chinese

B.arabian

C.latin

D.english

答案：CDBAD

解析：無

9.Agrown-uppersonhastenorelevenpints（品脫）ofbloodinside

hisorherbody.Wecanloseapintofbloodwithoutfeelinganything,

butifweloseagreatdealofblood,wefeelweakandcoldourface

becomespale.Wemaydie.

Thisiswhatoftenhappenswhensomebodyishurtinanaccident,

orasoldieriswoundedinabattle.Manypeopleusedtodieinthisway.

Butnowadaystheycanbetakentohospitalandgivenmorebloodalmost

atoncetheyfeelbetter.Theirfacesarenolongerpale.Theydonot

die.

Wheredoesthisbloodcomefrom?Peoplewhoarehealthygivesome

bloodsothatitcanbeusedinthisway.Everythreemonthstheygoto

aplacewherebloodiscollectedaspecialkindofneedleisputinto

thearm.Itdoesnothurt.Thebloodrunsthroughtheneedleandthrough

arubbertubeintoabottle.Apintofbloodistakeninthisway.Then

thepersonwhohasgiventheblooddrinksacupofteaorcoffee.Hesits

downforafewminutes.Thenhefeelsquitewellandgoesoff.Threemonths

laterhecomesbackandgivesanotherpint.

Apersonwhogivesbloodinthiswayfeelshappy.Heknowsthat

hisbloodwillbeusedtosavesomeone，slife.Perhapsonedayhehimself

willneedblood

whenyouareolder,youmaydecidetogivebloodinthisway.

Butyoucannotdothisuntilyouareeighteen.

1.Thereareinthebodyofagrownup.

A.tenpintsofblood

B.tenorelevenpintsofblood

C.tenandelevenpintsofblood

D.morethantenpintsofblood

2.Whenpeoplewhohavelostalotofblood,theyfeelbetterver