Great literary works do not fade with time. Shakespeare’s plays, for example, have been read again and again by generation after generation; they have also been adapted for the big screen and shown at places other than the theater. Great literature also knows no language boundaries.  For example, Chinese classical novels like The Dream of the Red Chamber and Journey of the Monkey have been widely read not only by Chinese but also by sinologists, people who study Chinese culture, from many language backgrounds.
People read literature to enjoy great writers’ ways with words and their humor. In the English language world, William Somerest Maugham is a novelist who is good at irony, i.e., saying the opposite of what is meant, to create humor. Another reason why Maugham’s novels are well-loved is that he never fails to provide a surprise ending to amuse his readers. 
When readers become involved with what they are reading, they may behave as if they have traveled through time to live with the characters in the story. Readers of Maugham’s short story, The Luncheon, may often stop and wonder about how the main character is so easily fooled when hehas lunch with a woman he met once in Paris. They may also grow to love or hate this woman in the course of their reading.
Literary works often provide room for different interpretations. For example, poetry, because of its succinct use of words, can often be interpreted in a number of different ways. Short plays, on the other hand, contain more elaborate descriptions of the setting and the moods of the characters, not to mention the stage directions. However, almost all literary works make use of symbols to suggest ideas indirectly. Because symbols can carry different meanings in different cultures, one person’s interpretation of a symbol can be very different from another person’s. 
Great literature is not bound by time or language barriers. It will continue to speak to generations of people.
小題1:In Paragraph 3, whom does “he” refer to?
A．The author.B．The reader. C．The main character.D．Somerest Maugham.
小題2:What would be the best title for this article?
A．The Many Languages of LiteratureB．Great Literature Has No Barriers
C．Great Literature Has TimeD．The Irony of Literature
小題3:According to the passage, all the following things may draw readers’ attention EXCEPT______
A．language backgroundsB．humorous words
C．surprising endingsD．the use of symbols
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In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （貧困）,and only the rich could manage without great _1_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_2_together on a road when they came to a very_3_village.
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The second rich man ,seeing the _6  situation, stopped for a short time and gave _7  all his food and drink, since he _8  see that money would be of little _9  to them. He made sure that they each _10  their fair share and would have enough food to _11  for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _12  and went straight through the _13  without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other_14  the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _15  that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they  16 the  third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was  17  travelling quickly, but his wagons,  18  the gold and valuables they had been  19  ,were now full of farming tools and bags of  20  .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
小題1:
A．lossB．expectationsC．successD．problems
小題2:
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小題3:
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小題4:
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A．themB．a(chǎn)nythingC．nothingD．those
小題6:
A．curiousB．worryingC．dangerousD．puzzling
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A．the villagersB．his servantsC．the othersD．the rest
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小題10:
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小題11:
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小題12:
A．turned backB．set outC．showed offD．speeded
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In Daniel Gilbert’s 2006 book "Stumbling(跌撞) on Happiness," the Harvard professor of psychology looks at several studies and concludes that marital(婚姻的) satisfaction decreases after the birth of the first child and increases only when the last child has left home. He also declares that parents are happier grocery shopping and even sleeping than spending time with their kids.
The most recent comprehensive study on the emotional state of those with kids shows us that the term "bundle of joy" may not be the most accurate way to describe our kids. "Parents experience lower levels of emotional well-being, less frequent positive emotions and more frequent negative emotions than their childless peers," says Florida State University’s Robin Simon, a sociology professor.
Simon received plenty of hate mail in response to her research，which isn’t surprising. Her findings shake the very foundation of what we’ve been raised to believe is true. In a recent NEWSWEEK Poll, 50 percent of Americans said that adding new children to the family tends to increase happiness levels. But which parent is willing to admit that the greatest gift life has to offer has in fact made his or her life less enjoyable?
Is it possible that American parents have always been this disillusioned(有幻覺的)? In pre-industrial America, parents certainly loved their children, but their kids also served a purpose—to work the farm, contribute to the household. Today, we have kids more for emotional reasons, but an increasingly complicated work and social environment has made finding satisfaction far more difficult. Raising children has not only become more complicated, it has become more expensive as well. The National Marriage Project’s 2006 report says that parents have significantly lower marital satisfaction than nonparents because they experienced more single and child-free years than previous generations.
As for those of us with kids, all the news isn’t bad. Parents still report feeling a greater sense of purpose and meaning in their lives than those who’ve never had kids. And there are other rewarding aspects of parenting that are impossible to quantify.
小題1:.
What’s the main idea of the book Stumbling on Happiness?
A．Parents are happier shopping than looking after their children.
B．Once they have children, the couples can never be as happy as before.
C．Compared with their childless peers, parents are leading a sad life.
D．The adding of children at home brings down marital satisfaction.
小題2:.
. What can we infer from Para.3?
A．The Newsweek Poll shows that people think Prof. Simon’s finding is right.
B．Many people can’t accept the fact that they are not happy with their children.
C．It isn’t surprising that Professor Simon’s controversial research made her famous.
D．Simon’s findings are based on the belief passed down from generation to generation.
小題3:.
What can we learn about American’s families in the past?
A．People had very good parents-children relationship in the family.
B．Having children could be partly out of some practical purposes.
C．Parents loved their children but they still asked them to work a lot.
D．Children had to work very hard to make their parents love them.
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What’s the author’s opinion about having children?
A．The author doesn’t think having children is a good thing to the family.
B．The author feels children make the life of a family happy.
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Bilingual electronic dictiooaries are fast and ______42 . They can be great 43 you are traveling and need information quickly. 44______ I am against electronic dictionaries and even bilingual 45______dictionaries in many cases. Let me explain.
When you reach an intermediate(中等的）level of English, you know 46 ______of the language to ask the meaning of certain things while using English. Translating between languages in your head ______47 time. You should be translating as little as possible and 48 ______in English as much as possible. I strongly recommend that intermediate and advanced students should 49 ______an English-English dictionary that is made ______50 for your understanding. For example，F(xiàn)oreign Language Teaching and Research Press has good dictionaries for students and 51______ publishing houses do, too.
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try to  ___55 in English a  s much as   possible.              
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A． dictionariesB． booksC． magazinesD． papers
小題2:  
A． stillB． evenC． yetD． just
小題3:  
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A． especiallyB．speciallyC． generallyD． extremely
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A． refer toB．check inC． look upD． put in
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A． whyB．becauseC． whenD． where
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A growing number of students in the United States are studying Mandarin(普通話). It is the official language of China. More and more people speak Mandarin than those who speak other languages in the world.
Schools that teach Mandarin want to prepare students for a future in which they are likely to work with people from China. Business in China is booming(繁榮的), and that trend(趨勢) is expected to grow.
The US government is trying to encourage even more public schools to teach Mandarin. Officials are considering spending about $1 billion on Mandarin programs in schools. China is getting involved(參與) too. The Chinese government has donated Mandarin textbooks to US schools. Some schools are also taking part in teacher exchange programs with China.
“It is important for students to learn Mandarin and Chinese culture,” said Mary Patterson, a school principal(校長) in Portland, Oregon. “Students who do so will have wider opportunities when they become adults.”
小題1:Why are US schools teaching Mandarin?
A．To help students communicate with Chinese students.
B．To encourage students to move to China,
C．To prepare students for the future.
D．To get students interested in business.
小題2:The underlined word “donated” (in Paragraph 4) can be replaced by “______”?
A．providedB．keptC．madeD．found
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After killing Osama Bin Laden and dropping his body into the ocean to avoid causing more hatred fro, the Muslims , the American government recently released a video of Osama Bin Laden living in his safe house watching TV , which has been viewed millions of times . The following are comments made by viewers .
A. Yeah , Osama got what he deserved , Iraq got what they deserved , and Afghanistan got what they deserved . Saddam got what he deserved , Hitler got what he deserved . The list goes on & on .
B. I hate saying this but is believe America deserved 9/11 … They have screwed up so many governments ….
C. I’m American and I and my brother suspected the whole story about dropping him into the ocean . We feel if they really killed him they would keep his body for proof .
D. All you Islamic haters are ignorant fools . The terrorists don’t have anything to do with the religion . They say they are part of the Islamic Religion but they are not . Nuking ( kill somebody with nuclear bombs ) Pakistan will do nothing by the way .
E. Please give me the 2 minutes of my life back that I watched your pointless and fake video .
F. Man ? Why is this video fake ? Rather than shouting about how it’s obviously not Osama , why not provide the arguments for it instead of coming off as if you simply want to deny it for the sake of denial .
G. What a load of nonsense , an insult to any intelligent person , Bin Laden dead for ages … watch Benazir Bhutto say so on YouTube a week before she herself was murdered . The Muslims murdered her for being an American spy !
H. I honestly don’t know what to believe , but … why did the terrorists confirm his death if it didn’t happen .
小題1:. What can we learn from G ?
A．Benazir Bhutto was murdered because she was working for Bin Laden .
B．Benazir Bhutto has been dead for a week since her murder .
C．Benazir Bhutto was killed because she collected information for American government .
D．Benazir Bhutto was a very intelligent woman working for You Tube .
小題2:. Which of the following is TRUE ?
A．Osama , Saddam , Hitler all come from the same country and are all dead .
B．B thinks America is to blame for so many terrorist attacks in the world .
C．C believes Bin Laden’s body is lying deep down in the ocean .
D．D thinks the Islamic people should be killed in other ways instead of by nuclear bombs .
小題3:. What does G refer to by “ insult ” ?
A．encouragementB．disrespectC．disadvantageD．injury
小題4:. It can be concluded from this passage that __________ .
A．Some people have some problems believing in the American government
B．Bin Laden had been dead for quite a long time before his body was found
C．F thinks people have the habit of calling things fake because they have found the facts
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Workplaces all over the UK are preparing for Christmas and all the traditions and customs that come with it. But will this Christmas be a cause of happiness and celebration, or of disappointment and embarrassment?
At this time of year, colleges show their appreciation of each other by doing a “Secret Santa”. Secret Santa involves people who work together buying gifts for each other without saying who they are from.
Co-workers all write their names on pieces of paper, then organize a lottery in which each worker picks a colleague’s name at random. He then has to buy a present for that colleague, usually on a small budget of five or ten pounds.
Since the givers are unknown, the quality of presents can vary greatly. In an Internet survey of Secret Santa presents, the gifts that people received range from tickets to the opera to an air freshener for a car.
Another common workplace tradition is the office Christmas party, at which workmates put on their best clothes and enjoy lots of free wine.
Most parties go without a hitch, but sometimes the alcohol cause party-goers to behave in a way that they later regret.
The BBC invited people to share their most embarrassing Christmas office party stories, and received hundreds of funny ones. For example, a man split his trousers while dancing; a drunken lady spent the whole night with the edge of her dress folded into her pants, and later looked at photos that proved it at work.
But the funniest story must be that of Stuart Vanies, who got so drunk that he put his boss’s head into the toilet. Unsurprisingly, he was fired the very next day.
小題1: How many Christmas traditions are mentioned?
A．One.B．Two.C．Three.D．Four.
小題2: We learn from this article that for Christmas ____________________.
A．few people buy presents for their colleagues in Britain
B．British workers write their names on the presents they give their colleagues
C．people usually give their colleagues presents of high quality
D．British workers buy their presents based on an agreed budget
小題3:The underlined phrase “without a hitch” in the sixth paragraph means _______________.
A．quite smoothlyB．without a result
C．with some difficultyD．quite unexpectedly
小題4:The examples in the last two paragraphs are to ______________________.
A．show that most British people enjoy drinking wine
B．a(chǎn)dvise readers not to drink wine at parties
C．prove that funny things often happen at office Christmas parties
D．criticize the bad habits of the British

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There is a boy called Bill in my gym class who has unbearably yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant. Recently another boy told Bill that he should “go Ajax” his teeth. Bill was crushed. If the other boy had been thinking, he would have realized that there is a better way to handle such a situation. He could have dealt with it with tact. He could have showed this hurtful truth in a more careful, sensitive way—that’s “tact”.
If a person isn’t sensitive to another’s feelings, there is no way he or she can be tactful. Yesterday, my 5-year-old brother proudly announced that he had cleaned the screen on our television set. Unfortunately, he used furniture polish, which produced an oily film on the television screen. My mother smiled arid thanked him for his efforts—and then showed how to clean the screen properly. Her sensitivity enables my brother to keep his self-respect. Yet, sensitivity alone does not make tact.
“Tactfulness” also requires “truthfulness”. Doctors, for example must be truthful. If a patient has just been disabled in an accident, a tactful doctor will tell the truth—but express it with sensitivity. The doctor may try to give the patient hope by telling them curing techniques under study or about advanced equipment now available. Doctors must use tact with patients’ relatives as well. Instead of bluntly saying, “Your husband is disabled,” a doctor might say, “I’m sorry, but your husband has lost feeling in his legs and. . .”
Tact should not be confused with trickery. Trickery occurs when a nurse is about to give a patient an injection（注射） and says, “This won’t hurt a bit. ” Instead of trickery, the nurse might guarantee the patient that the discomfort of the injection is a small thing compared to the benefits of it. It would also be thoughtful for the nurse to tell the patients about some of these benefits.
Tact is a wonderful skill to have, and tactful people are usually admired and respected. Without tact our society would become an intolerable place to live in.
小題1:.
The underlined word “crushed” in the first paragraph probably means         .
A．surprisedB．cheatedC．regretfulD．painful
小題2:.
According to the author, his mother’s praise for the brother is         .  
A．sensitive and tactfulB．sensitive but not tactful enough
C．truthful but not tactful enoughD．sensitive but trickish
小題3:.
Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
 
A．B．C．D．
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In most people’s opinion, the tiger is not an animal that we would ordinarily think of as being chicken. However, one tiger, which lives in an English zoo, turned out to be more cowardly( 膽小的) than his keepers could ever have imagined.
Tanvir, a two-year-old Bengal tiger, got stuck at the top of a new 5m-high activity tower in the zoo, after climbing it for the first time.
The wooden tower had been designed to provide mental exercise for Tanvir by testing his ability of dealing with troublesome situations, but after climbing it in just a few seconds, he lost his courage when it came to coming back down. Tanvir went on to spend nearly two days at the top of the tower trying to collect the courage to attempt to get down.
A spokesperson for the zoo said that several days before Tanvir had taken half an hour to get down a lower tower only 1.5m high, and the taller tower had clearly been too much challenging for him.
“Every time he got to the edge, he looked out, put a paw over, and thought, ‘no, I cannot make it!’”laughed Samantha Cordrey, Tanvir’s keeper. In the end Tanvir’s hunger defeated his fear, and after almost 48 hours he made his way down. Burying himself in a big meal just like a hungry pig, Tanvir seemed to forget such a shameful experience for a while.
It appears that his experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if he continued to act like a chicken. It is not known whether he will take courage to go back up his exercise tower again.
The whole episode(插曲) only serves to show the difficulties faced by zoo staff in creating environments that will improve animals’ living ability in enclosed space.
小題1:When speaking of Tanvir’s shameful experience, Samantha Cordrey might feel it was_____.
A．funnyB．surprisingC．excitingD．unbelievable
小題2:What made Tanvir get down the 5m-high activity tower at last?
A．The coldness of the weather.B．The direction from his keepers.
C．The sufferings of being hungryD．The fear of being alone
小題3: Why does the author say “this experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if…”(Paragraph 6)?
A．Because Tanvir’s keepers will design more difficult exercise for him.
B．Because Tanvir is so cowardly that he has little courage to meet greater
challenges.
C．Because Tanvir’s bad health will bring him much trouble in practice.
D．Because Tanvir is always careless and often causes trouble by accident.
小題4: The zoo designed the 5m-high activity tower to______.
A．make Tanvir become brave
B．improve Tanvir’s performance skills
C．let tourists watch Tanvir better
D．improve Tanvir’s living ability

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