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Swimming is one of those activities that can be learned early in life. Little children can learn to swim as soon as they walk. In fact, you need the same skills in walking as in swimming. However, I believe that five is the best age to learn. By five or six, a child knows fear of water, a very important thing to know. It’s wise to be afraid, to recognize true danger. Young ones understand that the water can sometimes be very dangerous.
To really benefit from swimming, every swimmer should learn ____________：butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and crawl. I feel that one of these—the breaststroke—is different from the others, since some young swimmers use this stroke naturally, without any training.
In swimming, there are certain rules every swimmer should follow:
(1) Never swim alone! No matter how good you are in the water, don’t risk drowning by swimming alone. If you swim by yourself, with no life guards or friends with you, you may get into trouble.
(2) Don’t go beyond your abilities. Most swimmers know enough not to swim too far from the bank or the beach. Showing off by doing dangerous tricks is no good. Swim safely and you will continue to swim and alive.
(3) Don’t smoke. Swimming depends on a healthy body; good lungs are part of it.
(4) Work at any activity that builds muscles.
小題1:What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 10 words)
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小題2:Please complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
__________________________and the recognition of its danger are sensible.
小題3:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 7 words)
_______________________________________________________________
小題4:Why should not you swim alone according to the passage? ( no more than 10 words)
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小題5:What does the underlined word “it” refer to? (no more than 3 words)
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We’re surrounded by chemistry in everyday life. Sometimes it is easy to see, like when your science teacher does a big experiment in class. At other times, it can be pretty hard to see everyday chemistry at work, but nearly everything you touch or use has some element of chemistry in it.
Something as simple as toothpaste contains at least three chemicals, if not more. It is the mixture of them and its chemical reaction that keeps your teeth clean. Other things you use every day are created by chemistry, such as hair products, shampoo and soap. Adding detergent (洗滌劑) to water involves chemistry. Without chemistry, we would never have known that we need soap to get the oil out of clothes or skin. Chemistry not only helps us make products for use, but it also helps us understand the world around us. Chemistry helps us understand what the ozone layer (臭氧層) is and how it protects us. Chemistry also gives us sunscreen to protect us from the sun. Thanks to chemistry, we know bleach (漂白劑) can’t be mixed with vinegar(醋), because it can produce poisonous gas.Without chemistry, we wouldn’t have fireworks displays on important days.
Chemistry plays a big role in food preparation. Cooking food causes it to go through a chemical change. That is why cooked food often tastes different from raw food. Baking is a great example of chemistry. Too much or too little of any ingredient（成分，尤指烹飪） makes a difference to the result of baking, for example, the dough (面團(tuán)) won’t rise or the cake will be flat.
Chemistry isn’t something that just lives in a lab; it’s something that you meet hundreds of times every day. Knowing how chemistry works will give you a greater understanding of the science behind some of the simplest-looking things.
小題1:What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．Chemistry is easy to see around us.

B．Sometimes chemistry is hard to see around us.

C．How a science teacher does a big experiment.

D．Few things in everyday life contain chemistry.

小題2:The following actions are about chemistry EXCEPT _____.

A．cleaning teeth with toothpaste

B．washing hair with hair products

C．using soap to get the oil out of clothes

D．washing your face with water

小題3:The underlined word “poisonous” in Paragraph 3 means _____.

A．harmful

B．healthy

C．fresh

D．pleasant

小題4:Which one is TRUE according to Paragraph 4?

A．One can’t find chemistry when cooking food.

B．Chemistry plays an important part in food mak-ing.

C．That dough rises is nothing to do with chemistry.

D．A flat cake is the result of too many ingredients.

小題5:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Chemistry Around the House

B．Chemistry in Science

C．Chemistry for Dinner

D．Chemistry in everyday life

People do not analyze every problem they meet．Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a   36  problem．They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people．Other times they begin to act without thinking; they try to find a solution by trial and error．  37  , when all of these methods fail, the person with a problem has to start analyzing．There are six   38  in analyzing a problem．
First the person must recognize that there is a problem．For example, Sam's bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does．Sam must   39  that there is a problem with his bicycle．
Next the person must   40  the problem．Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work．For example, he must   41  the parts that are wrong．
Now the person must look for   42  that will make the problem clearer and lead to 43  solutions．For example, suppose Sam decides that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes．  44  , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes,   45  his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully．
After   46   the problem, the person should have   47  suggestions for a possible solution．Take Sam as an example   48  , his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones．
In the end, one   49   seems to be the solution to the problem．Sometimes the   50 idea comes quite   51  because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a   52  way．Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum（口香糖）stuck to a brake．He   53  hits on the solution to his problem: he must   54  the brake．
Finally the solution is   55  ．Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly．In short, he has solved the problem．

小題1:	A．usual B．serious C．similar D．common

小題2:	A．Instead B．Besides C．Otherwise D．However

小題3:	A．conditions B．ways C．stages D．orders

小題4:	A．prove B．explain C．show D．see

小題5:	A．find B．judge C．describe D．face

小題6:	A．determine B．check C．correct D．recover

小題7:	A．skills B．a(chǎn)nswers C．explanation D．information

小題8:	A．exact B．possible C．real D．special

小題9:	A．Once in a while B．In other words C．First of all D．At this time

小題10:

A．talk to B．look for C．a(chǎn)gree with D．depend on

小題11:

A．settling down B．discussing C．comparing with D．studying

小題12:

A．enough B．extra C．several D．countless

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)gain B．secondly C．a(chǎn)lso D．a(chǎn)lone

小題14:

A．conclusion B．suggestion C．decision D．discovery

小題15:

A．clear B．next C．final D．new

小題16:

A．late B．unexpectedly C．clearly D．often

小題17:

A．different B．simple C．quick D．sudden

小題18:

A．easily B．fortunately C．clearly D．immediately

小題19:

A．separate B．clean C．loosen D．remove

小題20:

A．completed B．recorded C．tested D．a(chǎn)ccepted

“Old wives’ tales” are beliefs passed from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time.
Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜) is good for you, too. It can kill the type of virus that causes colds.
Unfortunately, not all of Mom’s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.
Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales. After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated(積累) from thousands of years of experience in family health care. We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false.
小題1:The author develops the third paragraph mainly         .

A．by cause and effect	B．by order in space
C．by examples	D．by order in time

小題2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Eating garlic is good for our eyes.

B．Carrots prevent people from catching colds.

C．Swimming after a meal is dangerous.

D．Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth.

小題3:What is the author’s attitude toward “old wives’ tales” in the text?

A．Objective.

B．Subjective.

C．Dissatisfied.

D．Curious.

小題4:The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means “     .”

A．to be valuable	B．to be believable
C．to be admirable	D．to be suitable

Sports play an important role in British life. The most popular sport is football. Cricket is also popular in England, but is less important in the other home nations. Rugby union and rugby league are the other major team sports. Tennis is the most important sport for the two weeks of the Wimbledon Championships(溫布爾登網(wǎng)球錦標(biāo)賽)
Football
The modern global game of football developed from traditional British football games in the 19^th century. Club football is organized separately in each of the home nations. English football has a league system which combines thousands of clubs. Scotland has a similar but smaller club football structure. The top level league in Wales is the league of Wales. In Northern Ireland the main league is the Irish Football League.
Each season the most successful clubs from each of the home nations qualify for(使…具有…的資格) the two Europe wide club competitions organized by UEFA(歐足聯(lián)), the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.
Cricket
Cricket was invented in England. It is regarded as England’s national summer game and it is probably the second most widely covered sport.
There are eighteen professional country clubs, seventeen of them in England and one in Wales. Each summer the country clubs compete in the first class Country Championship, which consist of two leagues of nine teams and in which matches are played over four days.
Rugby
Like football, rugby union and rugby league both developed from traditional British football games in the 19^th century. For much of the 20^th century there was great antagonism between rugby leagues, which was a mainly working class game based in the industrial areas of northern England, and rugby union, which is a mainly middle class game in England, and is also popular in the other home nations.
Tennis
Tennis is yet another sport which originated in the United Kingdom and the governing body of the sport is the LTA(草地網(wǎng)球協(xié)會(huì)). However, no British man has won Wimbledon since 1936 and no British woman since 1977. The only British players of either sex to reach the world top 50 in recent years are Greg Rusedski, who learnt his tennis in Canada, and Tim Henman and Andrew Murray ,who did not pass through the LTA system either.
小題1:What do we know about football?

A．The top clubs represent the UK in the two Europe competitions.

B．Football is a newly-invented game in England

C．The top level league in England is the Irish Football League

D．Club football is an organized union in the UK.

小題2:From the passage we can learn      .

A．There exist all professional county clubs in England.

B．Rugby leagues was enjoyed by middle class

C．Tennis is in the charge of LTA

D．Greg Rusedski did not pass through the LTA system.

小題3:The underlined “antagonisim” in the sixth paragraph probably means     .

A．preference

B．friendliness

C．similarity

D．opposition

小題4:From what can we read the passage?

A．tour guidebook	B．book review
C．news report	D．news magzine

My problems started after I went to a boarding(寄宿) school. I was only 14, and at first I misses my family a lot. I often called them and cried on the phone. But after two weeks, I found I enjoyed being with my classmates at school. I had many friends who were boys. I thought of them as my best friends – but only friends. I never guessed my friendships with boys would become a problem.
Then, three months later, my friends told me that some teachers and girls said I was hanging out with boys all day long in order to get attention from them. Seven months after that, the head teacher Mr. Wang asked the class to choose some students to join the Student Union. I thought I could win for I was doing well in school. I’d already won prizes for the best math and English exams. A week later, the list came out and it didn’t include me. I was sad.
Mr. Wang came to me and said, “Don’t be sad. I know you’re excellent! Maybe you are a little distant from the girls in our class. They don’t know much about you, so some of them didn’t choose you. It doesn’t matter. Do your best to get along well with everyone and I think you’ll make it next time.”
小題1:What was the writer’s problem when she first entered the boarding school?

A．She didn’t like her new school.

B．She didn’t get along well with her classmates.

C．She missed her family very much.

D．She didn’t like her new teacher.

小題2:Many of the writer’s friends in her new school were _______.

A．teachers

B．boys

C．girls

D．women

小題3:Why did the writer fail to join the Student Union?

A．Her teachers didn’t like her.

B．She was a poor student.

C．Some girls didn’t choose her.

D．She likes showing off herself.

小題4:The underlined word “distant” means “______” in English.

A．estranged(疏遠(yuǎn)的)	B．a(chǎn)ggressive(好斗的)
C．warm-hearted	D．rude

小題5:Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

A．The writer won prizes for the best science and English exams.

B．The writer didn’t realize that her friendships with boys would cause problems.

C．The writer was sad because she failed to join the Student Union.

D．The teacher thought she was an excellent student.

It’s a natural phenomenon. The minute you think you want to buy something new, you go online to read reviews about it. Not only is this done with shopping, it’s also done for movies to see , restaurants to go to and almost everything that is worth having an opinion on. The concept of writing down a review for all to see is something that has caused the birth of reviews sites. These are sites where people post reviews on other people, services, businesses, products and more.
In some cases you have professionals do the review and in some other cases you will have the average person write it up. Review sites have a number of ways in which they can gain revenue for themselves in the form of advertising. In some cases, a business can pay his way through to a better listing spot. This does not mean that a positive review will be promoted where it is not warranted (擔(dān)保).
Review sites are largely a public forum and it is not necessary for people to reveal their identity. Since people are anonymous (匿名的) and sign up access is open to all, there are chances that reviews will be planted or will be negatively written simply to discredit a particular product or service.
There is a lot of criticism towards these websites since they do nothing to control the kind of entries made or the source of these entries. On the other hand, there are professional review sites. These people are accountable for each of their reviews. Any doubts you have will be addressed personally by the one writing the review. Such sites work on much better principles allowing for a fair opinion.
Considering they have a better reputation, they are aware of some the latest products that are released worldwide. This gives you a better chance of finding reviews of the latest product. While a review site will help you narrow down your choice, it by no means should influence your final decision. That is based entirely on the way you see fit.
小題1:Nowadays, before buying something, people usually ________.

A．a(chǎn)sk the opinion of others	B．surf famous review sites.
C．ignore topics of review sites.	D．read reviews on the Internet.

小題2:The underlined word “revenue” in Paragraph 2 probably means”______”.

A．the announcement posted by sites

B．the income earned from sales or services

C．the freedom of writing reviews

D．the program made by advertisement companies

小題3:What do we know about the professional reviews sites?

A．The reviews on the sites are written mainly by professors.

B．Those who write the reviews on the sites are serious sometimes.

C．The reviewer addresses your doubt personally for you.

D．The reviewers on the sites are ready to write to you if you like.

小題4:This passage was written mainly to tell us________.

A．to make good use of review sites

B．to consult something with reviewers

C．not to make a decision before reading reviews

D．not to believe some review sites

There are labels(標(biāo)簽) inside all new clothes．The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes．The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water． A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water． The label on a coat may say “dry clean only”, for washing may ruin this coat． If you do as the directions (說明)on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best for a long time．
Many clothes today must be dry cleaned．Dry cleaning is expensive．When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned．You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed．
You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made．Well-made clothes last longer．They look good even after they have been washed many times．Clothes that cost more money are not necessarily(一定) better made．They do not always fit better．Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes．
小題1:If you want to save money, you had better buy clothes that __ ．

A．don’t fit you	B．don’t last long
C．need to be dry cleaned	D．can be washed

小題2:The labels inside the clothes tell you______．

A．how to keep them looking their best	B．how to save money
C．whether they fit you or not	D．where to get them dry cleaned

小題3:We learn from the passage that cheaper clothes __ ．

A．a(chǎn)re always worse made	B．must be dry cleaned
C．can not be washed	D．can sometimes fit you better

小題4:“Well-made clothes last longer” means ___.

A．Clothes that are well made will be the last for you to choose.

B．Clothes that are well made are mostly longer than cheap ones.

C．You can wear well-made clothes for a longer time.

D．You can wear well-made clothes for a long time if you wear them at last.

Moving to a new city and state was difficult for me, especially in winter. Little did I know that a Colorado snowstorm would greet me after I had been in my new home for only a week.
I just missed home. But more than the old house and the beach, I missed Stacey, my best friend. And I missed our lovely tea. Going to a sweet little tearoom, we had discovered was a special treat for us. The place was a Victorian dream, with delicate teacups and tablecloths with flower prints. The hat shelf near the front door swept us back to childhood. Stacey and I became little girls, trying on different hats until we found the perfect one for our dress-up tea party. We would then choose a lovely table and order our tea. That was a precious time, filled with laughter between scones（煎餅） and sharing our lives between tiny cucumber sandwiches.
Springtime descended upon Denver, and the sun lightened my heart. But I still fought loneliness almost every day. I decided to explore the Denver area. While my husband went to the office, I took time to see what our new area had to offer.
One day, I was walking along the street when suddenly the words "Tea Leaves" caught my eye. A tea room? Here, in the land of loneliness and pain?
I walked through the doors, and tears came to my eyes. It was a beautiful room, not Victorian, but simple and lovely.
I sat down and ordered a pot of tea, a cucumber sandwich, and some scones.It felt silly and wonderful --- and it felt like home. For the first time since moving, I felt as if this new city and state could be, would eventually be, my home. I would come back here and bring new friends. When Stacey visited, we would come here.
I lifted my cup and made a silent toast. I toasted Stacey, whom I missed  ly, and I toasted the sweet little tearoom that lessened my pain.
小題1: The author's hometown ______________.

A．never snows

B．is still warm in winter

C．has a long history

D．is in an area by the sea

小題2:  The underlined word "treat" in Paragraph 2 probable means ____________.

A．delicious food	B．something pleasant
C．service	D．a(chǎn) kind of tea party

小題3: We can know from Paragraph 3 that the author ______________.

A．didn't adapt to the new life

B．felt comfortable in the new environment in spring

C．didn't feel lonely any more in spring

D．wanted to actively adapt to the new environment

小題4:Which of the following about "Tea Leaves" is true?

A．It made the author recall her childhood.

B．It looks silly and wonderful.

C．Cucumber sandwiches and scones are its specialties.

D．It touched the author.

小題5:We can infer from the text that the author would probably ____________.

A．open her own teahouse

B．a(chǎn)sk the owner of the teahouse to decorate it like a home

C．make new friends in Denver

D．go back to her hometown to visit Stacey

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閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
It was to be our second Christmas in Germany and we decided to avoid the naked tree problem the year before. We wrote to my father, and he  1 to purchase a tree for us in States. He would ship it to us in several smaller  2 .
Two days before Christmas we were in a   3 .All the boxes had arrived except for one. The tree trunk and stand were still  4 .We decided to wait one more day.
  5 , in Bremerhaven, a young mail clerk  6 a long thin box under a counter. He picked it up and saw the customs tag(標(biāo)簽)which  7 “artificial（人造的）Christmas tree trunk and stand”. He realized that someone in Mannheim would be  8 a tree for Christmas. He felt  9for them, but there wasn’t much he could do. There was no  10 on Christmas.
He put the package on the  11 shelf and headed for the coffee bar. The place was 12 and he ended up sharing a table. Two men were speaking and the clerk  13 that one of his companions at the table was stationed in Mannheim. He had just picked up the  14 he had shipped from the States and was driving back that afternoon. The clerk thought of the 15 and said to the man,“You could really  16 Santa for someone in Mannheim tonight if you’d like to.”He explained about the lost tree trunk and stand. The man agreed.
The following day, my husband was reaching for his coat  17 the doorbell rang. There stood a  18 holding a long thin carton, our tree trunk and stand. He explained about the clerk and the coffee bar meeting. We invited him in,  19 it was Christmas Eve and he left in a hurry.
The next day as we celebrated the Christmas with the beautiful tree, I whispered：“Bless those two strangers who  20 our Christmas with their kindness.”

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)greed B．refused C．stopped D．failed

小題2:	A．bags B．containers C．boxes D．parts

小題3:	A．hope B．loss C．mess D．panic

小題4:	A．broken B．separated C．unknown D．missing

小題5:	A．Meanwhile B．However C．Therefore D．Afterward

小題6:	A．hid B．forgot C．covered D．found

小題7:	A．read B．wrote C．signed D．meant

小題8:	A．except B．by C．a(chǎn)long D．without

小題9:	A．sure B．happy C．painful D．sorry

小題10:

A．passage B．message C．delivery D．labor

小題11:

A．safe B．high C．proper D．secret

小題12:

A．taken B．ordered C．closed D．crowded

小題13:

A．supposed B．discovered C．expected D．wondered

小題14:

A．car B．mail C．passenger D．gift

小題15:

A．difficulty B．family C．package D．a(chǎn)ccident

小題16:

A．become B．play C．pretend D．a(chǎn)ssist

小題17:

A．before B．while C．until D．when

小題18:

A．postman B．santa C．stranger D．driver

小題19:

A．but B．a(chǎn)nd C．so D．a(chǎn)s

小題20:

A．celebrated B．decorated C．confirmed D．brightened