（A）你最喜歡什么顏色？Do you like yellow, orange and red ? You do, you must be a person full of hopeful happy feeling about life. Do you like gray and blue ? Then maybe you are quiet, and you would rather go after than go before. And sometimes you feel unhappy. I f you love green, you are strong-minded. You wish to do （B）__________well and want other people to see you are successful. At least this is what psychologists（心理學者）tell us. They tell us that we don’t choose our favorite colour as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.

     A yellow room makes us feel happier and more comfortable than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and gladness to the saddest winter day.（C）Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more active. It is a fact that factory workers work better,harder, and have few accidents when their machines are painted（漆）orange rather than black or dark gray. Remember, then, that（D） if you feel low, you can brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a new colourful things. Remember also that you will know your friends better when you （E）____________what colours they like or dislike. And don’t forget that anyone can guess a lot about your character（ 性格）when you choose something in different colours.

1．將劃線部分（A）譯成英語：______________________________.

2．在（B）的空白處填入一個適當?shù)脑~語：_____________________.

3．將劃線部分（C）譯成漢語：_____________________________________________.

4．將劃線部分（D）譯成漢語：_____________________________________________.

5．在（E）的空白處填入一個適當?shù)脑~語：____________________.

    It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2011. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After working for ten hours, he returned to find his bike gone. The bike, a black Kona l8 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks lo support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries(食品雜貨)．saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.1 was so sad that someone would steal our bike that l wrote to the newspaper and told them our story.

    Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It's really fantastic that a complete stranger would offer help to someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a great effect in our lives. And we believe that no matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.

46. Why was the bike so important to the couple? Because _______.

  A. they used it for work and daily life    B. it was their only possession（財產(chǎn)）

  C. it was a nice Kona l 8 speed         D. the man's job was bike racing

47. We can infer from the passage that_______.

    A. the couple worked 60 hours a week    B. people were busy before Christmas

    C. the stranger stole Trevor's bike        D. life was hard for the young family

48. What do the couple learn from their experience?

    A. Strangers are usually of little help.    B. One-should take care of their bike.

    C. An act of kindness can mean a lot.    D. News reports make people famous.

    It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2011. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After working for ten hours, he returned to find his bike gone. The bike, a black Kona l8 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks lo support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries(食品雜貨)．saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.1 was so sad that someone would steal our bike that l wrote to the newspaper and told them our story.

    Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It's really fantastic that a complete stranger would offer help to someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a great effect in our lives. And we believe that no matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.

46. Why was the bike so important to the couple? Because _______.

  A. they used it for work and daily life    B. it was their only possession（財產(chǎn)）

  C. it was a nice Kona l 8 speed         D. the man's job was bike racing

47. We can infer from the passage that_______.

    A. the couple worked 60 hours a week    B. people were busy before Christmas

    C. the stranger stole Trevor's bike        D. life was hard for the young family

48. What do the couple learn from their experience?

    A. Strangers are usually of little help.    B. One-should take care of their bike.

    C. An act of kindness can mean a lot.    D. News reports make people famous.

It’s so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations(假期)off? A new survey(調(diào)查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.
So why don’t they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days; some busy workers say they just can’t leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.
The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.
Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.
British workers have the longest working week in Europe(歐洲),with 23 vacation days --the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked.75﹪ say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工資)for one more vacation day.
【小題1】____________ U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days.

A．All

B．Most

C．Some

D．Few

【小題2】How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?

A．9

B．12

C．15

D．23

【小題3】Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?

A．America.

B．France.

C．Sweden.

D．Great Britain.

【小題4】What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?

A．Use up.

B．Put up.

C．Take up.

D．Give up.

【小題5】Which of the following is true?

A．Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.

B．French workers can take one Three-to-four week days.

C．Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.

D．British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed.

It’s so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations(假期)off? A new survey(調(diào)查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.
So why don’t they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days; some busy workers say they just can’t leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.
The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.
Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.
British workers have the longest working week in Europe(歐洲),with 23 vacation days --the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked.75﹪ say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工資)for one more vacation day.
【小題1】____________ U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days.

A．All

B．Most

C．Some

D．Few

【小題2】How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?

A．9

B．12

C．15

D．23

【小題3】Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?

A．America.

B．France.

C．Sweden.

D．great Britain.

【小題4】What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?

A．Use up.

B．Put up.

C．Take up.

D．Give up.

【小題5】Which of the following is true?

A．Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.

B．French workers can take one Three-to-four week days.

C．Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.

D．British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed.