題一：
The man sitting opposite Robert was the Financial ybody called him “the FC” for made all the decisions about rt needed some was why he had to see two men did not get on very fact, they had always disliked each other.
“Your request is out of the question,” the FC rt had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.
“And why do you want to do that?” the FC asked n, Robert almost lost his temper.“Because more and more people are listening to my department’s e’s great demand for them,” he answered.
The FC did not seem to believe Robert had a report on the numbers of listeners to all EBC FC became less confident (自信)。Robert threw the report down on the table and told him to read it.
The FC looked at it in figures (數字) proved that he had been wrong, but he did not want to admit it.“Well,”he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.”Robert noticed the word “may.” He got up to he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.
the story the Financial Controller was a person who was in charge of
rt’s department’s programmes.
programmes.
money.
B and C.
2.“Your request is out of the question.”Here “out of the question”means
out any question
some question.
ssible.
ible.
rt decided to make more programmes because
wanted to meet the needs of the listeners.
B.“the FC”disliked him
members of his department wanted him to do so.
wanted to show himself off.
were more and more people listening to Robert’s programmes?
use he always lost his temper (脾氣)。
use he disliked “the FC.”
use the programmes were rich and to the taste of the listeners.
don’t know.
do you think won the argument(爭論)in the end?
Financial Controller.
rt.
dy.
listeners.
題二：
Schools and parents in Shenzhen City have been asked to take better care of children’s eyesight as 45 percent of them, were found to be much reading, poor lighting and too much TV are the city’s high school applied to attend college this summer, two—thirds had to have their choices limited because of poor eyesight, Shenzhen Special Zone (特區) Daily said.
piece of news was reported by .
le’s Daily
zhen Special Zone Daily
ol in Shenzhen City
nts in Shenzhen City
purpose of this passage is to .
icize children who are shortsighted
e parents and schools for children’s being shortsighted
the high school graduates to pay attention to their eyesight
people’s special attention to eye hygiene(衛生)
of the children in Shenzhen City have good eyesight.
A.45 percent
than half
C.55 percent
—thirds
rally speaking, high school students have eyesight than primary school students.
er
l better
hter
use of being shortsighted many school graduates .
n’t allowed to enter college
dn’t graduate from high school
dn’t choose to study what they liked best
their limited time
order to protect their eyes, children shouldn’t .
books
glasses
their eyes too tired
things far away、
題三：
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was william Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were they would finish with a sudden change at the end to the reader’s surprise.
which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. lived in New York b. worked in a bank c. travelled to Texas d. was put in prison e. had a newspaper f. learned to write stories
A.e.c.f.b.d.a.
B.c.b.e.d.a.f.
C.e.b.d.c.a.f
D.c.e.b.d.f.a.
le enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because ____.
had surprise ending
were easy to understand
showed his love for the poor
were about New York City
y went to prison because ____.
le thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
le thought he had taken money that was not his
wanted to write stories about prisoners
broke the law by not using his own name
do you know about O. Henry before he began writing?
was well-educated
was very good at learning
was devoted to the poor
was not serious about his work
e did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
life inside the prison
newspaper articles he wrote
city and people of New York
exciting early life as a boy
題一答案：
1.C 2.C 3.A 4.C 5.B
題二答案：
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.C
題三答案：
1.D 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.C
