“I love you， but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.” My wife said.

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my 1 who has been a widow for 19 years， but the 2 of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only 3 .

That night I 4 to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “Whats 5 ， are you well？” she asked.

My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night 6 or a surprise invitation is a .7 of bad news.

“I thought that it would be 8 to spend some time with you，” I responded. “Just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment and then said， “I would like that very much.”

That Friday after work， as I drove over to pick her 9 ， I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house， I 10 that she， too， seemed to be 11 about our date.

We went to a restaurant. After we sat down， I had to read the 12 . Her eyes could only read large 13 . “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small，” she said.

“Then its time that you 14 and let me return the favor，” I responded.

During the dinner， we had an agreeable conversation — 15 extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each others life. We talked so much that we 16 the movie.

A few days later， my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didnt have a 17 to do anything for her.

Sometime later， I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place Mother and I had dined. An attached note said：

“I paid this 18 in advance. I wasnt sure that I could be there. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you， son.”

At that moment， I understood that 19 in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve， because these things cannot be .20 till some “other” time.

1. A. mother B. sister

C. aunt D. workmate

2. A. freedom B. pleascure

C. pressure D. satisafaction

3. A. normally B. occasionally

C. regularly D. inmediately

4. A. refused B. succeeded

C. failed D. called

5. A. important B. attractive

C. wrong D. right

6. A. call B. converastion

C. silence D. noise

7. A. sign B. appearance

C. response D. prediction

8. A. unnecessary B. tiring

C. painful D. pleasant

9. A. up B. away

C. back D. out

10. A. watched B. noticed

C. stared D. glared

11. A. conscious B. nervous

C. curious D. anxious

12. A. magazine B. newspape

C. book D. menu

13. A. sign B. text

C. print D. advertisement

14. A. relax B. read

C. reply D. recover

15. A. something B. nothing

C. anything D. everything

16. A. saw B. escaped

C. missed D. canght

17. A. chance B. skill

C. desire D. way

18. A. menu B. bill

C. dinner D. meal

19. A. something B. anything

C. everything D. nothing

20. A. put out B. put up

C. put off D. put away

二、閱讀理解

Rising temperatures could wipe out more than half of the earths species in the next few centuries， according to researchers who published a study on Wednesday linking climate change to past mass extinctions（滅絕）.

Researchers at the University of York said their study was the first to examine the relationship between climate， extinction rate and biodiversity over a long period.

The findings， published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society， suggest climate change was the cause of large-scale extinctions， said Peter Mayhew， an ecologist who worked on the study.

The study analyzed fossil（化石） records and temperature changes over 500 million years， and found that three of the four biggest extinctions — defined as when more than 50 percent of species disappeared — occurred during periods of high temperatures.

“The relationship is true for the whole period in general，” Mayhew said in a telephone interview. “If temperatures went up， then extinctions went up and biodiversity tended to be lower.”

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that average global temperatures are likely to rise by between 1.8 and 4 degrees Celsius （3.2 and 7.2 Fahrenheit） by the end of the century， partly as a result of greenhouse gas emissions.

The upper end of the forecast rise would heat the earth close to the temperatures of 250 million years ago， when 95 percent of all animal and plant species became extinct， Mayhew said.

Some of the past mass extinctions happened over a brief few hundred years， providing evidence that present day rapid temperature rises could have the same impact， Mayhew said.

“It does give us an idea of what to expect in the near future，” he said. “There is nothing that says it couldnt happen in a short timescale.”

1. Whats the subject discussed in the text？

A. The effects of global warming on the environment.

B. The connection between the climate and extinction of the earths species.

C. Fossil records and temperature changes over 500 million years.

D. The efforts of the world to rescue the earths species.

2. What was（were） the cause of the extinction according to the text？

A. Rising temperatures.

B. Extreme cold climate.

C. Terrible natural disasters.

D. Geographical changes in history.

3. What does the last sentence mean？

A. Its difficult to expect what will happen to the earths species.

B. Its certain that most of the species will be extinct in near future.

C. The numbers of the species will increase with the efforts of the world.

D. Most of the species are unlikely to be extinct.

4. What kind of article is the text？

A. A science report B. A culture report

C. A weather report D. A news report

三、短文寫作

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