Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student．By using your time properly，you can do your homework more quickly．Learning to stuady is not difficult．

The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn．It doesn’t mean that you must always like the subject．It does mean，however，that you must be willing to do whatever is necessary to learn．Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you now and later to do and learn other things．Knowing mathematics facts will be useful in your whole life．Knowing how to spell makes any kind of writing easier．Sometimes a subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly．Learning things can be fun if you are willing to work with them．

Here’s some advice for you：have a certain time each day and a quiet place with good lighting for study，so that you can concentrate(集中)on your study without interruptions(中斷，打斷)；have everything ready before you sit down to study—a dictionary，paper，a pen and books；be sure you understand what you should learn before you start；read carefully and pay special attention to the most important things；when memorizing(記憶), first find out the main parts and then recite(背誦)the whole thing；check your homework after you finish it：never forget the importance of review and preview．

1.The main idea of the text is         ．

A．to prove that learning is not difficult

B．to make the readers be interested in study

C．to tell the importance of self-teaching

D．to tell the students how to study well

2.The first thing to remember in studying is that         ．

A．you must like the subject

B．you must follow the teacher

C．you must enioy learning

D．you must study hard

3.What does the underlined word“preview”mean?

A．To go over．

B．To review again．

C．To view in advance．

D．To discuss．

4.Which of the following is NOT the advice given in the text?

A．To put a pen，paper and books beside you before study．

B．To study at any possible time and place．

C．To review and preview．

D．To pay attention to the most important things。

 

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (大牧場(chǎng)) in San Isidro. He lets me use his house to hold events to raise money for youth at risk programs.

The last time I was there he greeted me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a poor horse trainer who would go from stable (馬廄) to stable, farm to farm, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school was continually interrupted (打斷). One day in the last year of high school, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to do when he grew up.

“He wrote a seven-page paper about his goal of owning a horse ranch in great detail. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and even drew a detailed floor plan for the dream ranch. Then the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. But he got a low mark with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’

“The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I receive a low mark?’

“The teacher said, ‘This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it, your dream couldn’t come true . ’Then the teacher added, ‘If you will rewrite this paper, I will reconsider your mark.’

“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.’

“Finally, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote, ‘You can keep the low mark and I’ll keep my dream.’

“I was that boy twenty years ago.” My friend said, smiling.

1.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Monty Roberts?

A．He was born in a poor family.

B．He received a good education.

C．He is raising money for the poor.

D．He is a horse trainer who works from farm to farm.

2.From Paragraph 3, we know Monty Roberts _____.

A．was just a daydreamer

B．decided to follow his father’s example

C．expected the teacher to praise him

D．had a great plan for his future

3.The teacher thought Monty Roberts’s dream was _____.

A．strange

B．great

C．pleasant

D．impossible

4. From the end of the text, we can infer that Monty Roberts was very _____.

A．careful

B．clever

C．determined

D．a(chǎn)ctive

5. The purpose of the text is to tell readers that _____.

A．seeing is believing

B．knowledge is power

C．a(chǎn)ll roads lead to Rome

D．where there is a will, there is a way

 

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (大牧場(chǎng)) in San Isidro. He lets me use his house to hold events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The last time I was there he greeted me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a poor horse trainer who would go from stable (馬廄) to stable, farm to farm, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school was continually interrupted (打斷). One day in the last year of high school, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to do when he grew up.
“He wrote a seven-page paper about his goal of owning a horse ranch in great detail. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and even drew a detailed floor plan for the dream ranch. Then the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. But he got a low mark with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’
“The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I receive a low mark?’
“The teacher said, ‘This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it, your dream couldn’t come true . ’Then the teacher added, ‘If you will rewrite this paper, I will reconsider your mark.’
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.’
“Finally, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote, ‘You can keep the low mark and I’ll keep my dream.’
“I was that boy twenty years ago.” My friend said, smiling.
【小題1】Which of the following statements is TRUE about Monty Roberts?

A．He was born in a poor family.

B．He received a good education.

C．He is raising money for the poor.

D．He is a horse trainer who works from farm to farm.

【小題2】From Paragraph 3, we know Monty Roberts _____.

A．was just a daydreamer

B．decided to follow his father’s example

C．expected the teacher to praise him

D．had a great plan for his future

【小題3】The teacher thought Monty Roberts’s dream was _____.

A．strange

B．great

C．pleasant

D．impossible

【小題4】 From the end of the text, we can infer that Monty Roberts was very _____.

A．careful

B．clever

C．determined

D．a(chǎn)ctive

【小題5】 The purpose of the text is to tell readers that _____.

A．seeing is believing

B．knowledge is power

C．a(chǎn)ll roads lead to Rome

D．where there is a will, there is a way

 

Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become spectators (旁觀者) in the lives of their children and shrug, "It' s their life," and feel nothing?

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son' s head. I was asked, "When do you stop worrying?" A nurse said, "When they get out of the accident stage." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted (打斷) the class, and was headed for a career making license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry. They all go through this stage, and then you can sit back, relax, and enjoy them." My mother listened and said nothing.

When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring and the cars to come home, the front door to open.

My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life. I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted by my mother' s wan ( 淡淡的 ) smile and her occasional words, "You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home."

Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown? Is concern a curse? Or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life?

One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I' ve been calling for three days, and no one answered. I was worried! ! !"

I smiled a wan smile.

1.What can we know about the author’s mother from the passage?

A. She seems to laugh at the author.        

B. She is not concerned about the author.

C. She has a thorough understanding of the author.     

D. She tries to give the author some encouragement.

2.What did the author do in her forties?

A. She was less concerned about her children.          

B. She couldn't stop worrying about her children.

C. She would like her children to see her often.        

D. She became more patient with her children.

3.Why did the author smile a wan smile at the end of the passage?

A. She wanted to learn from her mother.                

B. She stopped worrying about her children at last.

C. She succeeded in tricking her children.              

D. She got a kind of satisfaction from her child's concern.

4.The main purpose of the passage is to tell us that ______.

A. the concern between parents and children is natural

B. parents’ love for their children is selfless

C. parents show more concern for their children        

D. parents will worry about their children all their lives

 

完形填空(共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分)
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36～50各題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant (移植) her life was in constant（不斷的）   36    . 
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that   37   Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept   38   hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble   39  from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a   40  of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” A man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t   41  it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to   42  something from herself. Could her   43  go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors   44   Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to   45   the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was   46  dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was   47  for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen   48 Cheryl’s funeral (葬禮) with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day，Maria   49  with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was   50  in another loving mother’s chest.

【小題1】

A．change B．danger C．disorder D．pain

【小題2】

A．matched B．replaced C．controlled D．cooperated

【小題3】 

A．finding

B．phoning

C．touring

D．interrupting（打斷）

【小題4】

A．rolling B．running C．walking D．jumping

【小題5】

A．corner B．bed C．man D．nurse

【小題6】

A．put B．support C．pass D．make

【小題7】

A．save B．recycle C．donate D．separate

【小題8】 

A．heart

B．brain

C．husband

D．spirit

【小題9】

A．reminded B．warned C．congratulated D．informed

【小題10】

A．give up B．carry out C．search after D．put off

【小題11】

A．noticed B．predicted C．found D．declared

【小題12】

A．decorating B．begging C．praying D．singing

【小題13】

A．a(chǎn)ttended B．joined C．watched D．witnessed

【小題14】 

A．passed away

B．left behind

C．woke up

D．dressed up

【小題15】

A．a(chǎn)ctive B．a(chǎn)live C．necessary D．changeable