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一、完形填空（共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

I’ve been told I was born middle-aged. That sounds about right. I became responsiblefor my family at an early age， which meant 1""childish（幼稚的） thingslong before childhood was over. When you have sensible（理智的） adult 2 on yourmind， it’s difficult to find time to 3 .

A few months ago， I was watching a TV program. During the course of the 4 ，the host said to his guest， “Ever since I read your latest book， I’ve found myselflooking for 5 to play.”When I heard the sensible adult talk about taking timeto play， I thought，“Well， that’s just 6 .”The idea of playing as an adult didn’tseem fascinating to me.

However， I didn’t know why the idea 7 with me. It certainly stayed therein my mind because the desire （渴望） to play still 8 my mind a few days later.

One night， it must have been 9：00 p.m. I was cutting across the local park，which would have been crowded with 9 if I’d been there during the day.Now they were home in bed with their parents， and it was just me in this welllovedplayground.

It was the swing（秋千） set that really 10 my attention. When I saw it， Isuddenly remembered playing on the swings with my cousin at the park near herhouse. I remembered the 11 of that childhood experience.

During the day you’d probably get the 12 looks from other sensibleadults if you were waiting in line with their children. But at night， with no one elsearound？ Nobody would ever know！ So I got on the swing and 13 off theground， and my body remembered exactly how to get going.

The best feelings of childhood came over me as I flew through the air. It wasfun and 14 . When I came down from the swing， I couldn’t help smiling. Thatsmile 15 itself on my face， and it wouldn’t go away.

My childhood may be over， but that doesn’t mean playtime is.

（ ）1. A. looking back B. running out C. putting away D. taking over

（ ）2. A. skills B. doubts C. efforts D. matters

（ ）3. A. play B. sleep C. travel D. communicate

（ ）4. A. change B. discovery C. interview D. invitation

（ ）5. A. places B. chances C. partners D. volunteers

（ ）6. A. silly B. clear C. possible D. valuable

（ ）7. A. ended B. stuck C. began D. covered

（ ）8. A. broke up B. cleared up C. took up D. built up

（ ）9. A. adults B. children C. coaches D. parents

（ ）10. A. held B. required C. refused D. separated

（ ）11. A. joy B. power C. success D. advantage

（ ）12. A. kind B. angry C. strange D. dangerous

（ ）13. A. pulled B. pushed C. turned D. knocked

（ ）14. A. enough B. popular C. surprising D. simple

（ ）15. A. planted B. supported C. protected D. challenged

二堯閱讀理解淵共15 小題袁每小題2 分袁滿分30 分冤

閱讀下面三篇材料，從每題所給的A、B、C、D 四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

A

Children’s Writer

The much -loved children’s writer Beverly Clearypassed away at age 104. When she was a child， she hadtrouble learning to read. When she grew up， she set out towrite books for children. Cleary kept writing until she was83， creating over 40 books in all.

Sarah Park has known about the influence of music onthe brain since a young age. Now， she hopes to use musicto help people with mental（心理上的） health problems.Her invention， Spark Care + ， made her became the topyoung scientist. Spark Care + can deal with the informationand choose the proper music to help lift the patients’spirits.

The Dream of a Horse Trainer

Yuan Hao is a horse trainer. He has a horse namedDandan. It is Yuan’s dream to bring Dandan to equestrian（馬術的） competitions. Training with Dandan is not easywork. Yuan once fell from Dandan five times duringtraining. Dandan has been trained for more than sixmonths， and it is getting better at following instructions.Yuan feels he is one step closer to his dream.

（ ）16. All the news above has something to do with _______.

A. people B. culture C. travel D. sports

（ ）17. Beverly Cleary _______.

A. wrote books for children and adults

B. started writing books at a very young age

C. used to have trouble learning to read

D. was still writing a book when she died

（ ）18. What would be the best heading for the second news？

A. A Girl’s Medical Dream

B. The Top Young Scientist

C. Inventions Are Everywhere

D. Enjoying Success When Young

（ ）19. Spark Care + _______.

A. can play videos for people

B. is one of Sarah Park’s inventions

C. can help people who have mental problems

D. was invented when Sarah Park was a little child

（ ）20. Yuan Hao _______.

A. has realized his dream

B. won many equestrian competitions

C. had some difficulties in training Dandan

D. hasn’t made much progress in training Dandan

B

Pa goes to the city to look for work. Every night， I lie awake in bed and wait forthe train to stop. Wait to hear the sound of his work shoes dropping on the step bythe kitchen door. Every night， the train goes by for someone else’s pa coming home.Not mine， not yet. Every night， I go to sleep with the sound of train in my head，thinking，“Maybe tomorrow， maybe tomorrow.”

The smell of coffee wakes me. I run into the kitchen. There he is. Pa lifts meonto his shoulders and says， “You’ve gotten so big as a horse. I can hardly lift youup anymore.”He puts me down， and I stare at the two bags on the table. One says FLOUR（面粉）， the other， SUGAR.

Ma says， “I’m going to make a pie for your pa’s homecoming dinner. Godown to the first floor， Jimmy， and bring me that （罐子） of apples.”She smilesat me with a “mind now”look. There’s no need. Don’t I know it’s the very lastjar in the house？

I take the steps two at a time， and stand on tiptoe（腳尖） to take down the jar.I put both my hands around the jar. I can hear Pa laughing and Ma joining in. Iwant to be with them in the kitchen. I hurry up the steps， and my foot catches on themiddle one. I put out my hand to steady myself， but I fall down. The jar drops ontothe hard-as-rock floor. Bits of apple fly everywhere.

Ma runs over and asks， “Are you hurt？”She checks me for cuts. “Go upstairsnow. Mind you don’t cut your feet.”I want her to shout at me， but that’sall she says.

Upstairs， Pa wipes（擦干凈） my eyes with the tail of his shirt.“Never mind， oldson. Accidents happen.”I put my face in Pa’s old jacket. I smell the miles he’swalked looking for work to bring us those bags on the table.

“I’m going to make my mama’s sugar pie，”Ma says.“It’s a special pie， and itdoesn’t need apples.”“I’ve always wanted to taste sugar pie，”Pa says.

（ ）21. What can we know about the writer from paragraph 1？

A. He wants to take a train ride. B. He has trouble falling asleep.

C. He is tired of the noise of trains. D. He wants to meet his father.

（ ）22. Ma smiles at me with a“mind now”look， because she wants to _______.

A. share with me the joy of my pa’s return

B. make me remember to behave well in front of Pa

C. make me remember to be careful with the apple jar

D. share with me her excitement at making the pie

（ ）23. The underlined words“steady myself”probably mean _______.

A. make myself calm down B. make myself stop shaking

C. help myself keep quiet D. help myself stop crying

（ ）24. What makes the boy fall down and break the jar？

A. The jar is too heavy and dirty.

B. He can’t wait to join Pa and Ma.

C. The floor is too wet and broken.

D. He want to enjoy the pie soon.

（ ）25. What does the passage tell us？

A. The love of a family is the greatest gift of life.

B. It is a clever father who knows his own child.

C. All good things come to those who always wait.

D. Accident can happen whenever one is careless.

C

In one San Francisco neighborhood， trouble appearedfor the newspaper delivery（遞送） man when his papersstarted going missing. He started getting calls from upsetcustomers that they hadn’t received their papers， but heknew full well he had sent one to each of their doors. Soon after the calls began， hediscovered something completely unexpected. He watched as the neighborhood coyote（郊狼） played with a newspaper on the side of a hill. He recorded herthrowing the paper in the air， going down to the side of the hill， and running aroundwith pages. It turns out she was stealing papers off certain doors again and again，just to play！

It’s common to hear about people running into conflicts（沖突） with coyotes inAmerica. Usually it’s because of fights with pets， or coyotes too close around peoplein parks or yards. But this time the conflict appears for a more surprising reason.

Rather than getting mad， the delivery man’s way to deal with it was to throw apaper just for her to the place where she usually goes before she had a chance to"steal one. She had her morning toy， and he stayed out of trouble with his customers.

I met the delivery man by chance early one morning while watching the coyote，and I listened to his story. To show me it was true—and do what he did everymorning—the delivery man threw a paper out on the grass. Sure enough， the coyotecame running down the hill to play with it.

San Francisco’s coyotes are only just now being studied， and a small populationliving in the Presidio has been under close watch. Many other cities also have newstudies of coyotes. As the clever animals become permanent residents of cities across the country， learning more about them is an important step in finding ways to coexist（共存） with them. For one newspaper man， at least， coexisting with themcomes at a low price： an extra copy of the daily newspaper.

（ ）26. What happened to the delivery man？

A. He was hurt by a coyote.

B. He got fewer newspaper orders.

C. He got calls about missing papers.

D. He showed great interest in coyotes.

（ ）27. What do we know about the coyotes from paragraph 2？

A. They are easy to get close to.

B. They are harmful to people.

C. They often live far from people.

D. They’ve been seen a lot around the city.

（ ）28. The underlined words “become permanent residents of cities”probably mean _______.

A. will live in cities all the time

B. will be caught and sent to city zoos

C. will be dangerous for people in the future

D. become popular with people in the cities

（ ）29. Which of the following might the writer agree with？

A. We should train and control animals.

B. We should drive the animals out of the city.

C. We should keep close watch on the animals.

D. We should learn to live together with animals.

（ ）30. What would be the best title for the passage？

A. Coyotes Are in Danger B. Newspaper—The Coyote’s Toy

C. The Special Newspaper Stealer D. A Delivery’s Research on Coyotes

三、閱讀理解填詞（共10 小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入適當?shù)膯卧~，單詞的第一個字母已給出。

Spaghetti and meatballs is my favorite food. And reading is my favorite hobby.When you are interested in a book， you stop paying attention to what’s going onaround you. People d 31 it as being“l(fā)ost in a book”. It’s a wonderful f 32 ，but there may be some risks.

One day I was home alone. I was eating a huge plate of spaghetti and meatballsand reading. At the time， my family had a pet bird， a big white cockatoo namedLuke. He was f 33 to leave his perch （棲木） and fly around inside the house.Luke enjoyed“talking”to people， but he wasn’t t 34 to use real words.

As I was reading and eating， Luke was talking to me， but I was lost in my book.So Luke decided to fly to my side. He flew from his perch， and before I knew it， he’dl 35 right on top of my spaghetti and meatballs！

I was so surprised that I didn’t even have time to think. I tried to" shooed（發(fā)出噓聲趕走） it off my food！ What was worse， his both feet s 36 in my spaghetti，so when he took off again， the spaghetti in his feet went f 37 everywhere. They fell on my shirt and h 38 me in the face. As I pulled noodles out of my hair，Luke flew back to his perch， and d 39 spaghetti sauce （醬汁） all the way.

Luke wasn’t h 40 ， except for his pride—the sauce in his beautiful white feathers（羽毛） turned him orange for several weeks. Every time my family mentionedit， they couldn’t stop laughing.

31. d_______ 32. f_______ 33. f_______ 34. t_______ 35. l_______

36. s_______ 37. f_______ 38. h_______ 39. d_______ 40. h_______

四、書面表達（共1大題，滿分15分）

如今，越來越多的家庭擁有私家車。最近，聽說有人建議把小區(qū)旁的一個小公園改成一個停車場。假如你是李華，請你以“Park or Parking Lot？”為題，就此事寫一篇短文向某英語報紙投稿。

內容要點如下院

1. 附近將有足夠的空間停車；

2. 不用擔心車的安全；

3. 附近將沒有享受快樂的地方；

4. 會更吵鬧，對空氣有污染；

5. 補充一兩點個人看法。

注意：

1. 文中不得透露個人姓名和學校名稱；

2. 詞數(shù)：60—80；

3. 內容連貫，不要逐條翻譯；

4. 標題和開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

參考詞匯：parking n. 停車 neighbourhood . 附近；臨近處 noisy . 喧鬧

Park or Parking Lot？

Nowadays， more and more families have private cars. It is said recently that there is a plan to turn the park nearby into a parking lot. _____________________

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