An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little ___1______ All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 2         mother with whispered desperation（絕望）, "Only a miracle（奇跡） can save him now", the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she   3      her way six blocks to the local drugstore（藥店）.

"And what do you want?" asked the chemist.

    "It’s for my little brother," the girl answered back. "He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a  4        . His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my   5______says only a miracle can save him."

"We don’t sell miracles here, child. I’m sorry," the chemist said, smiling  6       at the little girl.

    In the shop was a   7       customer. He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of miracle does your brother need?"

    "I don’t know," she replied. "He’s really sick and mommy says he needs   8      . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my  9     ."

    "How much do you have?" asked the man.

    "One dollar and eleven cents, _____10 ____I can try and get some more," she answered quietly.

    "Well, what a coincidence（巧合）," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven cents? The  11     price of a miracle for little brothers. Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents."

    That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon（外科醫(yī)生）. The operation was completed without   12     and it wasn’t long before __13__________was home again and doing well.

The little girl was____14______. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the  15     of a little child.

A dog          B sister            C brother.         D father

A. tearful            B. helpless               C. hopeful                 D. kind

A. followed        B. made                C. took                      D. found

A. favor       B. doctor                C. hope                   D. miracle

A doctor        B mum            C family           D daddy

A. gently         B. sadly                C. strangely        D. coldly

A. well-dressed  B. kind-hearted     C. well-behaved       D. good-looking

A. a doctor      B. a surgeon        C. an operation      D. a kindness

A. suggestions     B. wishes         C. ideas                D. savings

A but          B when           C so              D because

A. same        B. exact            C. proper                 D. necessary

A. difficulty      B. delay            C. charge            D. result

A the chemist    B  the doctor    C Andrew          D the girl

A satisfy         B happy         C frightened        D angry

A. cleverness     B. faith           C. courage            D. devotion

第二部分：語言知識及運(yùn)用（滿分25分）

第一節(jié) 完形填空(共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分)

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. They provide him with wood and other   __21__ ; they give him shade; they help to prevent drought(干旱)and  __22__.

Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.

Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire, but,__23__its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to__24__,the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for__25__to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with ; and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after new trees. So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can__26__the people, the forests will slowly disappear.

This does not only mean that the villagers’ sons and grandsons have__27__trees. The results are even more serious; for where there are trees, their roots break the soil up—allowing the rain to sink in—and also bind(結(jié)合)the soil, thus preventing its__28__washed away easily, but where there are no trees ,the rain falls on hard ground and carrying__29__with it the rich top soil, in which crops__30__so well. With all the topsoil gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.

21．A. uses                  B. products                   C. production                D. result

22．A. floods            B. soil                         C. air                           D .sunlight

23．A. with                 B. by                           C. on                           D. without

24．A. break         B. unite                        C. bits                          D. pieces

25．A. it                   B. them                        C. he                            D. they

26．A. ask                   B. educate                    C. want                        D. remove

27．A. a few             B. fewer                       C. a little                      D. little

28．A. been              B. being                       C. is                             D. was

29．A. away             B. off                           C. with                         D. by

30．A. come             B. grow                        C. get                           D. Turn

 

第二節(jié)：完形填空。（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die. But people now live longer than they 36 . Yet, all living things still show the  37 of aging, which will eventually 38 deaths.

Aging is not a disease, but as a person passes maturity（成熟期）,the cells of the body and the 39 they form do not function as well as they 40 in childhood and teenage years. The body provides less 41 against disease and is more 42 to have accident.

A number of related causes may 43 to aging. Some cells of the body have a fairly long life, but they are not 44 when they die . As a person ages, 45 of brain cells and muscle cells decreases. 46. body cells die and are replaced by new cells. In an aging person the 47 cells may not be as workable or as capable 48 growth as those of a young person.

Another 49 in aging may be changes within the cells 50.Some of the protein chemicals in cells are known to 51 with age and become less elastic（有彈性的）.This is why the skin of old people wrinkles（皺紋）and hangs 52 . This is also the reason why old people 53 in height. There may be other more important chemical changes in the cells. Some complex cell chemicals, such as DNA an RNA, store and 54 information that the cells need. Aging may affect this 55 and change the information-carrying molecules so that they do not transmit the information as well.

36. A. would                       B. be used to             C. used to                  D. used

37. A. function          B. effect                     C. affect                     D. sign

38. A. lead in             B. give in           C. run into                  D. result in

39. A. hands                       B. feet                         C. heart              D. organs

40. A. made      B. took                    C. did         D. remembered

41. A. energy     B. protection         C. vigor       D. power

42. A. likely        B. probable            C. possible                 D. alike

43. A. attend       B. contribute         C. add        D. devote

44. A. replaced      B. reborn      C. recovered           D. surrendered

45. A. a number     B. the amount   C. the number           D. a great deal

46. A. The others          B. the other         C. Another            D. Other

47. A. old        B. left               C. new               D. other

48. A. to           B. for                C. of                      D. in

49. A. factor                   B. effect               C. reason           D. element

50. A. it                   B. them      C. themselves         D. that

51. A. become             B. turn        C. change             D. get

52. A. loose                   B. high               C. large       D. fat

53. A. increase                B. shrink                 C. lengthen              D. decrease

54. A. pass away    B. pass by      C. pass off     D. pass on  

55. A. improvement         B. procession           C. approach           D. process

 

As is well known, carelessness and irresponsibility _______ many deadly accidents.

A. lead to      B. result from      C. contribute to        D. result in

 

第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20 小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A 、B、 C 和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

"Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?"

The _36___ laughter followed, and people stirred to go.

Papadakos held up his hand and __37___ the room and stared at me, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes __38___ I was.

"I will answer your question."

Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he __39___ into it and brought out a very small round ___40__.

And what he said ___41__ like this:

"When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and lived _42__in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror from a wrecked German motorcycle. "I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not__43___, so I kept only the largest piece. I made it round. I began to play with it as a ___44__, interested by the __45___ that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would ___46__ shine. It became a game for me to get light into the most__47____ places I could find---in deep holes and dark closets.

I kept the little mirror, and, __48___ I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the ___49___ of the game. As I became a man, I __50___ to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor (隱喻) for what I might do __51___ my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the ___52__ of light. But light---truth, understanding, knowledge---is there, and it will shine in many dark places __53____ I reflect it.

"I am a fragment (碎片)of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know.__54____, with what I have I can reflect light into the black places in the ___55___ of men. This is the meaning of my life."

36. A. common    B. usual     C. ordinary   D. general

37. A .cheered     B. stopped   C .stilled     D. cleaned 

38. A .that        B. what      C. where    D. whether

39. A. fished      B. looked    C dipped     D. slipped    

40.A. coin        B. toy       C. mirror    D. present

41.A. came       B. sounded    C. read     D. went

42. A. hopefully   B. peacefully  C. hopelessly  D. plainly

43.A. possible     B. difficult   C. easy       D. reasonable

44.A.child        B .treasure   C. tool       D. toy

45.A.case        B. truth       C .fact       D. result

46. A. always     B. seldom     C. still        D. never

47 .A .unavailable  B. difficult    C. interesting  D.  inaccessible

48. A. as          B. before     C. after       D. while

49.A .difficulty    B .challenge   C. content     D. rule

50 .A. grew       B. tended     C. used       D. failed

51. A. for         B. to        C. about        D .with 

52 .A. player       B. resource  C. origin       D. source

53.A. if only       B. only if    C. as far as     D. now that

54. A. Therefore    B. Otherwise  C. However   D. Besides

55. A. hearts       B. minds     C. eyes       D. brains