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第二節完形填空（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，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，

并在答熟卡上將該項涂黑？

ElizabethClaydecidedtogohomeandspendthehoiidaywithherparents.The

nextdayshedroveheroldcarhomealongtheroad.36shefoundshegot

aflat.The22-year-oldstudent37tostophercarbythesideoftheroad

inthewinternightandopenedthetrunk.No38tire.

Atthistime,acar39.PaulandDianetoldClayto40them

toaservicestationneartheir41.Theyarrivedtoseethatithadno

suitabletiresto42withhercar.aFollowushome,“saidPaul.

Thecouplecalledaroundtofindatire,No43.Theydecidedtolet

herusetheirowncar.uHere,“Paulsaid,handingClaya14ofkeys,

uTakeourcar.We45beusingitovertheholiday.w

Claywas46~7rButI9mgoingallthewaytoSouthCarolina,andI’11

begonefortwoweeks,"she4?them.

“Weknow,”Paulsaid."We'11be48whenyougetback.Here?s

ournumberifyouneedto49us.~

Unabletobelievehereyes,Claywatchedasthe50putherluggage

intotheircarandthen51heroff.Twoweekslatershe52tofind

heroldcarcleanedinsideandoutwiththreenewtiresandtheradio53.

“Thankyousomuch,“shesaid.aHowmuchdoI54you?”Ph,

no,“Paulsaid,“wedon,twantanymoney.It'sour55.“Clay

realizedthatwhileitmighthavebeentheirpleasure,itwasnowherdutytopass

ontheir“dountoothersspirit.

36.A.SuddenlyB.FinallyC.ImmediatelyD.Fortunately

37.A.affordedB.wantedC.allowedD.managed

38.A.spareB.freeC.fullD.empty

39.A.passedB.stoppedC.pausedD.started

40.A.helpB.pushC.takeD.follow

41.A.garageB.houseC.shopD.hotel

42.A.agreeB.matchC.goD.deal

43.A.wayB.messageC.successD.luck

44.A.setB.numberC.pairD.chain

45.A.can'tB.shouldn'tC.mustn,tD.won't

46.A.satisfiedB.worriedC.astonishedD.disturbed

47.A.persuadedB.advisedC.remindedD.promised

48.A.happyB.hereC.awayD.busy

49.A.getintouchiwithB.keepintouchwith

C.beintouchwithD.putintouchwith

50.A.repairmenB.cleanersC.friendsD.couple

51.A.sentB.shookC.watchedD.drove

52.A.shockedB.happenedC.returnedD.came

53.A.loadedB.fixedC.tiedD.rebuilt

54.A.oweB.lendC.giveD.offer

55.A.wishB.jobC.dutyD.pleasure

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱凄下列短文，從每題所標A、B、C、D四甲選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上

將該項涂黑。

A

MyteenagesonKarlbcca哂witUdyawnafterhisfatherdied.Asasingleparent.

Itriedtodomybesttotalktohim.ButthemoreItried,themorehepulled

away.Whenhisreportcardarrivedduringhisjunioryear,itsaidthathehad

beenabsent95timesfromclassesandhadsixfallinggradesfortheyear.Atthis

ratehewouldnevergraduate.Isenthimtotheschooladviser,andIevenbegged

him.Nothingworked.

OnenightIfeltsopowerlessthatIgotdownonmykneesandpleadedforhelp.

“PleaseGod,Ican'tdoanythingmoreformyson.I'mattheendofmyrope.

I'mgivingthewholethinguptoyou.”

IwasatworkwhenIgotaphonecal1.Amanintroducedhimselfastheheadmaster.

“IwanttotalktoyouaboutKarlfsabsences."Beforehecouldsayanotherword,

IchokedupandallmydisappointmentandsadnessoverKarlcamepouringoutinto

theearsofthisstranger."IlovemysonbutIjustdon'tknowwhattodo.

I'vetriedeverythingtogetKarltogobacktoschoolandnothinghasworked.

It'soutofmyhands."Foramomenttherewassilenceontheotherendofthe

line.Theheadmasterseriouslysaid,“Thankyouforyourtime”,andhungup.

Karl'snextreportcardshowedamarkedimprovementinhisgrades.Finally,

heevenmadeth。honorroll.Inhisfourthyear,Iattendedaparent-teachermeeting

withKarl.Inoticedthathisteacherswereastonishedatthewayhehadturned

himselfaround.Onourwayhome,hesaid,“Mum,rememberthatcal1fromthe

headmasterlastyear?”Inodded."Thatwasme.IthoughtI'dplayajokebut

whenIheardwhatyousaid,itreallyhitmehowmuchIwashurtingyou.That's

whenIknewIhadtomakeyouproud.”

56.Bysaying“Karlbecamewithdrawn”,theauthormeansthattheboychanged

entirelyand____?

A.preferredtostayaloneathomeB.lostinterestinhisstudies

C.refusedtotalktoothersD.begantodislikehismother

57.Therewassilenceontheotherendofthelinebecause.

A.thespeakerwastoomovedtosayanythingtothemother

B.thespeakerwaitedforthemothertofinishspeaking

C.thespeakerdidn,twantthemothertorecognizehisvoice

D.thespeakerwasunabletointerruptthemother

58.Thesentence”???heevenmadethehonorroll“meansthat”

A.hewasevenonthelisttobepraisedattheparent-teachermeeting

B.hewasevenonthelistofstudentswhomadeprogressingrades

C.hewasevenonthelistofstudentswhohadturnedthemselvesaround

D.hewasevenonthelistofthebeststudentsatschool

59.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?

A.Childreninsingle-parentfamiliesoftenhavementalproblems.

B.Mother,sloveplaysanimportantroleinteenagers,life.

C.Beingunderstoodbyparentsisveryimportanttoteenagers.

D.Schooleducationdoesn,tworkwithoutfullsupportfromparents.

B

Ifapersonforgetsnames,placesorfacts—andhastroublewitheveryday

thingslikereadingorshopping—itmaynotmeanyouaregettingold.Itcould

beAlzheimer?sdisease.Soit'simportanttoseeadoctorassoonasyoucan.

ThereisnocureforAlzheimer's.ButadrugcalledARICEPThasbeenused

bymillionsofpeopletohelptheirsymptoms（癥狀）.

Instudies,ARICEPThasbeenprovedtoworkforAlzheimer,s.Ithashelped

peopleimprovetheirmemoryovertime.Ithasalsohelpedthemtokeepdoingeveryday

thingsontheirown.

AskyourdoctorifARICEPTisrightforyouoryourlovedone.ItistheNumber

OnedrugforAlzheimerJsintheworld.Thesooneryouknowit'sAlzheimerJs,

thebetterARICEPTcanhelp.

ARICEPTisgoodformanybutmaynotbegoodforeveryone.Somepeoplemay

experiencenotsleepingwel1,feelingverytired,ornotwantingtoeat.Instudies,

thesesideeffectsweren'tseriousatal1andwentawayovertime.Somepeople

takingARICEPTmayfeelJight-headed.Inthiscaseyoushouldtel1yourdoctors

becauseyourconditionmaygetworse.

60.IfonesuffersfromAlzheimer,s,__________.

A.hehastroublewithhismemory

B.hecan'tdoeverydaythingsonhisown

C.heoftenforgetsthingsbecauseheisold

D.hecan'tmoveabout

61.WhatisARICEPT?

A.AmedicinetocureAlzheimerJs

B.Amedicinetodelaysignsofaging.

C.AmedicinetoreducethesymptomsofAlzheimer

D.Amedicinetocurebraindamage.

62.OnewhoistakingARICEPTshouldgotoseeadoctorifhe.

A.can'tfallasleepB.feelstiredout

C.hasnodesiretoeatD.feelslikeadrunkenman

C

8：30PM

Outlook

Outlookisbackwithanewseriesofreportstokeepyouupdatewithal1that's

newintheworldofentertainment.Storiesgoallthewayfromthetechnicalto

theromantic,fromstagetoscreen.Therewillbereportsofthestarsofthemoment,

thestarsofthefutureandthestarsofthepast.Thedirectorwithhisnewfilm.

thedesignerwiththelatestfashion.andthemusicianwiththepopularsongare

partofthenewOutlook.TheprogramisintroducedbyFranLevine.

9:00PM

Discovery

Whena10-year-oldboygetsafirstclassdegreeinmathematicsoran

8-year-oldplayschesslikeafuturegrandmaster.theyareconsideredasgeniuses.

Wheredoesthequalityofgeniuscomefrom?Isitallinthegenes（基因）orcan

anychildbeturnedintoagenius?Andifparentsdohaveachildwhomightbecome

ageniusinthefuture.Whatshouldtheydo?Inthis30-minutefilm,BarryJohnson,

theprofessoratSchoolofMedicine,NewYorkUniversitywillhelpyoudiscover

theanswer.

10:00PM

Science/Health

Isitpossibletobeathighbloodpressurewithoutdrugs?Theansweris"yes",

accordingtotheresearchersatJogsHopkinsandthreeothermedicalcenters.

Afterastudyof800personswithhighblooapressure,theyfoundthatafter6months,

thosedevotedtoweightloss—exerciseandeatingalow-salt,low-fatfood-lost

about13poundsandbecamefitter.Plus,35%ofthemdroppedintothe“normal”

category（范疇）.Thisweek,Dr.AlanDuckworthwilltellyouhowthesepeoplereduce

theirbloodpressuretoalevelsimilartowhat*sachievedwithHypertensiondrugs.

63.Themainpurposeofwritingthesethreetextsis______.

A.toinvitepeopletoseefilms

B.toinvitepeopletotopicdiscussions

C.toattractmorestudentstoattendlectures

D.toattractmorepeopletowatchTVprograms

64.FromOutlook,youcangetagreatdealofinformationabout________.

A.storytellersB.famousstarsC.filmcompaniesD.musicfans

65.WhowillbemostprobablyinterestedinDiscovery?

A.Parentswhowanttosendtheirchildrentoaschoolofmedicine.

B.ChiIdrenwhoaregoodatmathematics.

C.ParentswhowanttheirchildtobecomeanotherAlbertEinstein.

D.Childrenwhoareinterestedinplayingchess.

66.InScience/Health“JohnsHopkins"is.

A.afamousuniversityB.amedicalcenter

C.awell-knowndoctorD.adrugcompany

67.Accordingtothethirdtext,whichofthefollowinghasalmostthesameeffect

asHypertensiondrug?

A.Exerciseplusahealthydiet.B.Lossofthirteenpoundsinweight.

C.Sixmonthsofexercisewithoutdrugs.D.Low-saltand

low-fatfood.

D

Whoisthereamonguswhohasn,tdreamedofhavinghisorherownsmall（maybe,

severalyearslater,evenbig（business,andhavingwonderfulfreedom,bothfrom

abossandfromthetimeclock;thefreedomtomakeupourownrulesforourwork,

andourownplans—arrangingourownhoursofwork?Thatwayworkwou1dbeboth

painlessandfun.Or,soweimagine.

Well,infactitisn,tquiteassimpleasthat.Yes,itistruethatbeing

thebosshasitssatisfactionsandthatyoucanarrangeyourworkinghoursfreely

ifyouownyourownsmallbusiness.Butinthoseearlyyearsofstartingyourown

business.youshouldn'tthinkofafreeday,nottomentionflyingofffora

month'svacation.Itisnotunusualfornewbusinessownerstoworkseventyor

eightyhoursaweek,andifthereisadayoff,thatdaymightneedtobedevoted

toaccounting（算賬）.

Butthisnegativepicturedoesn'tdestroythebeautifulhopes.Thepossibility

ofgettingsomethingwonderfulinreturn-bothmaterialandmental一continuesto

drivethatlargenumberofpeoplewhostartupsmallbusinesseseachyearinthe

UnitedStates.

68.Fromthefirstparagraph,weknowthateverybodyhopes.

A.toruleothersB.tobehisorherownboss

C.togetatimeclockD.tobefreefromwork

69.Mostnewbusinessownershaveto________.

A.workmorethan10hoursadayB.devotehimselftoaccounting

C.flytosomeplacesintheworldD.haveadayoffinaweek

70.Theexpressionanegativepicturenmostprobablymeans"_________

A.aterribleexperienceB.apoorpicture

C.limitedfreedomD.unpleasant

situations

71.Thebeautifulhopeswillneverbedestroyedbecause________.

A.peoplelovebeautifulthingsbynature

B.peoplehaveastrongdesiretoseekpersonalgains

C.smal1businessesmakebigmoneyeachyearintheUS

D.smal1businesseshaveadvantagesoverbigcompanies

E

Theyearis2094.Ithasbeenannouncedthatacomet（彗星）isheadingtowards

theEarth.Mostofitwillmissourplanet,buttwopieceswillprobablyhitthe

southernhalfoftheEarth.

On17July,apiecefourkilometerswideenterstheEarth*satmosphere（大

氣層）withamassiveexplosion.Abouthalfofthepieceisdestroyed,butthe

remainingparthitstheSouthAtlanticat200timesthespeedofsound.Thesea

boilsandahugeholeismadeintheseabed.Hugewavesarecreatedandspread

outwardsfromthehole.Thewallofwater,akilometerhigh,rushestowardssouthern

Africaat800kilometersanhour.CitiesontheAfricancoastaretotallydestroyed

andmillionsofpeopleredrowned.

BeforethewavesreachSouthAmerica,thesecondpieceofthecometlandsin

Argentina.EarthquakesandvolcanoesaresetoffintheAndesMountains.Theshock

wavesmovenorthintoCaliforniaandallaroundthePacificOcean.Thecitiesof

LosAngeles,SanFranciscoandTokyoarecompletelydestroyedbyearthquakes.

Millionsofpeopleinthesouthernhalfoftheeartharealreadydead,butthenorth

won*tescapeforlong.Becauseoftheexplosions,thesunishiddenbyclouds

ofdust,temperaturesaroundtheworldfalltoalmostzero.Cropsareruined.The

sunwon,tbeseenagainformanyyears.Warsbreakoutascountriesfightforfood.

Ayearlater,nomorethan10millionpeopleremainalive.

Coulditreallyhappen?Infact,ithasalreadyhappenedmorethanoncein

thehistoryoftheEarth.ThedinosaurswereontheEarthforover160miIlionyears.

Then65mi11ionyearsagotheysuddenlydisappeared.Manyscientistsbelievethat

theEarthwashitbyapieceofobjectinspace.Thedinosaurscouldn,t1ivethrough

thecoldclimatethatfollowedandtheydiedout.Willwemeetthesameand?

72.Whatismainlydescribedinthepassage?

A.Ahistoricdiscovery.B.Aneventofimagination

C.Aresearchonspace.D.Ascientificadventure.

73.WhenthefirstpiecehitstheSouthAtlantic,itcauses__________

A.anearthquakeB.damagestocities

C.anEarthexplosionD.hugewaves

74.Whycan'tthenorthernhalfoftheearthescapeforlong?

A.Becausethelandiscoveredwithwater

B.Becausethelightandheatfromthesuncannotreachtheearth.

C.Becausepeopletherecannotliveatthetemperatureofzero.

D.Becausewarsbreakoutamongcountries.

75.Bygivingtheexampleofdinosaurs,theauthortriestoprove

A.animalscouldnotliveinthecoldclimate

B.whathappened65millionyearsagowasaninventedstory

C.thehumanbeingswilldieoutin2094

D.theEarthcouldbehitbyotherobjectsinspace

36—40ADABD

41—45BCDAD46—50CCBAD51—55ACBAD56—60CADBA

61—65CDDBC66—70BABAD71—75BBDBD

2003

第二節：完形填空（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36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中,

選出最佳選項。

IplayedaracquetballgameagainstmycousinEdlastweek.Itwasoneofthe

most36andtiringgamesI'veeverhad.WhenEdfirstphonedand37weplay,

Ilaughedquietly,figuringonan38victory.Afterall,Ed'sideaof39

hasalwaysbeennothingmore40than1iftingaforktohismouth.Ican

remember,Ed'sbeentheleastphysicallyfitmemberinthefamily,and42proud

ofhimself.HisbigstomachhasalwaysballoonedoutbetweenhisT-shirtandtrousers.

Althoughthefamilyoften43aboutthat.I'drefusedtobuya44T-shirt

ortoloseweight.SowhenEdforourgamenotonlywiththebottomofhis

shirtgatheredinsidehistrousersbutalsowithastomachyoucouldhardly46.

IwassosurprisedthatIwas47.Mycousinmusthavemadeanefforttoget

himselfintoshape.48,atthepointinourgamewhenI'dhavepredicted

（預計）thescoretobeabout9to1inmyfavor,itwas497to9-andEd

was50.Thesuddenrealizationwaspainful.We51toplayliketwomadmen.

Whenthescorewas16up.Iwashavingserious52aboutstayingaliveuntil21

yearsold.Letalone53thatmanypoints.Whenthegamefinallyended,bothof

uswerelyingflatonourbacks,tootiredto54.Inaway,Ithinkweboth

won:Ithegame,butcousinEdmy55.

36.A.encouragingB.hopelessC.surprisingD.regular

37.A.declaredB.mentionedC.persuadedD.suggested

38.A.unforgettableB.unexpectedC.easyD.early

39.A.exerciseB.preparationC.joyD.fitness

40.A.time-savingB.comfortableC.suitableD.effort-making

41.A.AssoonasB.AslongasC.WhenD.Since

42.A.strangelyB.personallyC.reasonablyD.eagerly

43.A.caredB.forgotC.quarreledD.joked

44.A.cleanB.largerC.straightD.darker

45.A.setoutB.gotreadyC.arrivedD.returned

46.A.noticeB.admireC.believeD.measure

47.A.nervousB.curiousC.carelessI）,speechless

48.A.AfterallB.AsaresultC.AboveallD.Atlast

49.A.mistakenlyB.thenC.insteadD.naturally

50.A.leadingB.comingC.waitingD.counting

51.A.pretendedB.stoppedC.continuedD.decided

52.A.thoughtsB.doubtsC.situationsD.problems

53.A.scoringB.completingC.receivingD.keeping

54.A.playB.startC.sleepD.move

55.A.friendshipB.respectC.supportD.favor

第三部分：閱讀理搟（共20小題；每小題？分，滿芬40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題

卡上將該項涂黑。

A

TristandaCunha,a38-square-mileisland,isthefarthestinhabitedislandin

theworld,accordingtotheGuinnessBookRecords,Itis1,510milessouthwestof

itsnearestneighbor.St.Helena.And1,950mileswestofAfrica.Discoveredbythe

Portugueseadmiral（葡萄牙海軍上將）ofthesamenamein1506.andsettledin1810,

theislandbelongstoGreatBritainandhasapopulationofafewhundred.

Cominginaclosesecond-andoftenwronglymentionedisthemostdistantand

—isEasterIsland,whichlies1,260mileseastofitsnearestneighbor.Pitcairn

Island,and2,300mileswestofSouthAmerica.

Themountainous64-square-mileislandwassettledaroundthe5thcentury,

supposedlybypeoplewhowerelostatsea.Theyhadnoconnectionwiththeoutside

worldformorethanathousandyears,givingthemplentyoftimetobuildmorethan

1,000hugestonefigures,calledmoat,forwhichtheislandismostfamous.

OnEasterSunday,1722.however,settlersfromHollandmovedinandgavethe

islanditsname.Today,2,000peopleliveontheChileanterritory（智力領土）.They

shareonestreet,asmallairportandafewhoursoftelevisionperday.

56.ItcanbelearnedfromthetextthattheislandofTristandaCunha.

A.wasnamedafteritsdiscoverer

B.gotitsnamefromHollandsettlers

C.wasnamedbytheBritishgovernment

D.gotitsnamefromtheGuinnessBookofRecords

57.Whichofthefollowingismostfamousformoat?

A.TristandaCunha.B.PitcairnIsland.

C.EasterIsland.D.St.Helena.

58.WhichcountrydoesEasterIslandbelongto?

A.Britain.B.Holland.C.Portugal.D.Chile.

B

Readingtodogsisanunusualwaytohelpchildrenimprovetheirliteracyskills

（讀寫能力）,Withtheirshiningbrowneyes,waggingtails,andunconditionallove,

dogscanprovidethenonjudg-mentallistenersneededforabeginningreadertogain

confidence（自信心），accordingtoIntermountainTherapvAnimals（ITA）inSaltLake

City.Thegroupsaysitisthefirstprograminthecountrytousedogstohelpdevelop

literacyinchildren,withtheintroductionofReadingEducationAssistanceDogs

（READ）.

TheSaltLakeCityPublicLibraryissoldontheidea."Literacyspecialists

admitthatchildrenwhoreadbelowtheleveloftheirfellowpupilsareoftenafraid

ofreadingaloudinagroup,oftenhavelowerself-respect,andregard-readingas

aheadache."saidLisaMyton,managerofthechildren*sdepartment.

LastNovemberthetwogroupsstarted“DogDayAfternoon“inthechildren's

departmentofthemainlibrary.About25chiIdrenattendedeachofthefour

Saturday-afternoonclasses,readingforhalfanhour.Thosewhoattendedthreeof

thefourclassesreceiveda“pawgraphed”bookatthelastclass.

Theprogramwassosuccessfulthatthe1ibraryplanstorepeatitinApril.

AccordingtoDanaThumpowsky,publicrelationsmanager.

59.Whatismainlydiscussedinthetext?

A.Children,sreadingdifficulties.B.Advantagesofraisingdogs.

C.Serviceinapubliclibrary.D.Aspecialreadingprogram.

60.Specialistsusedogstolistentochildrenreadingbecausetheythink________.

A.dogsareyoungchildren'sbestfriends

B.childrencanplaywithdogswhilereading

C.dogscanprovideencouragementforshychildren

D.childrenanddogsunderstandeachother

61.Bysaying“TheSaltLakeCityPublicLibraryissoldontheidea,“thewriter

meansthelibrary

A.usesdogstoattractchildrenB.acceptstheideaputforwardbyITA

C.hasopenedachildren,sdepartmentD.hasdecidedtotrain

somedogs

62.A"pawgraphed”bookismostprobably

A.abookusedinSaturdayclassesB.abookwrittenbythechildren

C.aprizeforthechildrenD.agiftfromparents

C

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check-upstosurgery（夕卜科手術）.TalesFromAnimalHospitalwilldelightal1fans

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FromtheauthorofStephenHawking:ALifeinScience,comesthiscolourful

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Newtoncompletelydifferentfromwha