I still remember the days when l was a youthful student in an engineering school．I lived a casual life，without caring about the future．I smoked，drank with friends and made girl friends．Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss．
Two years had passed and l was staring down a report card that highlighted FAII in more than half the subjects．I didn’t care，at least not till my dad found out about it．You see．I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education，my dad financed me．
Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking．He lost his temper but he just told me，“Son，your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”．It hit me like a roundhouse kick（回旋踢） from Bruce Lee．I was jolted（震搖）out of my bones！I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college．I owed everybody money：the grocery store，the bars．the restaurants，my friends，etc．I was living a life filled with credit．
When I went back to college，I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off．So I decided to make some changes．drastic changes．I quit smoking，cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road，starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books．
One year later，I went from a miserable failure to a magna curn laude（優(yōu)等成績）．Life was never the same again．This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it，however small or large．Even today it still motivates me when I feel that l’m about to lose or give up．It reminds me that I can do it！
小題1:The author wrote this text with the purpose of       ．
A．introducing his university life to the teenage readers
B．showing you can overcome any difficulty if you take action
C．calling on the readers not to develop bad habits in college
D．introducing his university life to the teenage readers
小題2:The author didn’t care about his study until     ．
A．he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bearB．he decided to give up smoking
C．his allowance was cut in halfD．he entered the engineering school
小題3:The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that the author     ．
A．removed his bad habits and didn’t lead a casual life
B．never hung out with his friends but studied all day
C．began to live a happy life due to his good grades
D．paid off his debt and life wasn’t hard for him any more
小題4:Which of the following statements is TRUE？
A．The author did well in making good friends in the school．
B．The author made great progress with the help of his friends．
C．Students were encouraged to do part-time jobs in Indian schools．
D．Students tended to earn money for college expenses in America．
小題1:C小題1:D小題1:B小題1:A
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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
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Since then, every time I have the   54  to do something nice, the picture of the man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind. This is the  55   of charity.
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A．watchB．lookC．seeD．listen
小題2:
A．upsetB．happyC．tiredD．excited
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A．videoB．booksC．pizzaD．clothes
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A．a(chǎn)fterB．whenC．beforeD．while
小題6:
A．ownedB．presentedC．heldD．sought
小題7:
A．going intoB．finding outC．looking throughD．searching for
小題8:
A．stupidB．guiltyC．disappointedD．happy
小題9:
A．sinceB．forC．becauseD．when
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A．getB．searchC．hearD．see
小題11:
A．droppedB．keptC．turnedD．handed
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A．a(chǎn)roundB．a(chǎn)crossC．overD．to
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小題15:
A．couldn’tB．shouldn’tC．needn’tD．mustn’t
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A．smiledB．toldC．stared atD．thanked
小題17:
A．singingB．soundingC．listeningD．making
小題18:
A．referredB．saidC．meantD．spoken
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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
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小題1:
A．a(chǎn)s B．when C．while D．before
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)pplauding B．cheering C．laughing D．quarreling
小題3:
A．modeling B．writing C．drilling D．a(chǎn)cting
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A．in spite of B．in view of C．in terms of D．in front of
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A．looked into B．searched for C．wondered aboutD．glanced at
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A．presented B．sent C．rushedD．handed
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A．hurtB．beat C．disappointed D．puzzled
小題8:
A．for B．like C．on D．a(chǎn)fter
小題9:
A．impressB．make C．consult D．defeat
小題10:
A．effect B．phenomenon C．challenge D．scene
小題11:
A．forced B．expected C．reminded D．preferred
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小題13:
A．consider B．imagine C．a(chǎn)ppreciate D．resist
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When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __43__ second. And just __44__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”
I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __45__.
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A．downB．a(chǎn)wayC．outD．up
小題2:
A．AfterB．ForC．AtD．On
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A．glanceB．glareC．stareD．watch
小題4:
A．patienceB．timeC．helpD．paper
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A．reportB．prepareC．a(chǎn)nswerD．a(chǎn)pologize
小題6:.
A．helpB．a(chǎn)skC．tellD．make
小題7:.
A．thingB．experimentC．wordD．sentence
小題8:
A．search forB．searchC．find outD．find
小題9:
A．saidB．reactedC．doneD．explained
小題10:
A．sameB．differentC．usualD．ordinary
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)llowedB．a(chǎn)greedC．suggestedD．planned
小題12:
A．pointB．ideaC．wayD．cause
小題13:
A．bodyB．healthC．lifeD．study
小題14:
A．haveB．knowC．takeD．require
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A．badB．goodC．lateD．early
小題16:
A．fitB．readyC．niceD．a(chǎn)ble
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A．easyB．muchC．oftenD．difficult
小題18:
A．a(chǎn) muchB．a(chǎn) fullC．a(chǎn)n exactD．a(chǎn)n extra
小題19:
A．beforeB．a(chǎn)fterC．becauseD．if
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Hallmark arrived in my hometown of Calcutta, India when I was 16. On Valentine’s Day(情人節(jié)), I waited in line with many other teenagers just for a chance to get into the store. I remember wishing two things. One of them is that the good-looking boy whom I could see through the store window was picking out a gift for me. Unfortunately, Valentine’s Day passed and I received nothing but a lecture from my father on how Western capitalism(資本主義) was ruining your culture.
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A．cityB．streetC．storeD．man
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A．his daughter should have received a gift
B．people in India shouldn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day
C．people in India should welcome Western culture
D．his daughter should know more about capitalism
小題3:According to Paragraph 2, if someone has the blues, he or she is probably           .
A．luckyB．a(chǎn)ngryC．excitedD．sad
小題4:What is implied in the passage?
A．The writer now has a boyfriend.
B．The writer now is afraid of Valentine’s Day.
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Step to Discovering Your Passion
By Julie Jordan Scott
Even before the first tip, you simply must get out a notebook, journal, piece of paper, napkin … SOMETHING to write on to save your discoveries! These tips will only help if you pursue them, so please either take a moment to find writing tools NOW or print this out and promise yourself to complete this exercise later. It may take you some thinking time to get it done . . . and now . . . here are your tips . . . . .
1. Find Your Joy Factor
Look at the whole of your life history. When did you experience the most sustained period of Joy? What were you doing then? Where were you? Who were you with? How did it feel?
2. What Are Your 3 Most Favorite things to do?
If you had a free day with NO commitments, where would you be found? What would you be doing with whom?
3. In what area do you excel? (NO MODESTY ALLOWED HERE!)
Truly, what are you complimented on a lot? This could be ANYTHING.
4. What do you most want to be remembered for?
If you were designing your epitaph(墓者銘), what would you want it to say? (NOT what your Mom wants, or your SPOUSE(配偶的一方) wants or your third cousin twice removed, but what do YOU want your headstone to say?)
5. If you had a magic wand(魔杖), what would you change about your life TODAY?
How would it look compared to how it looks now? which aspects of your life ARE changeable, both short term and long term?
6. How does your Joy factor overlap with your favorite things and the areas in which you excel? Do the areas in which you excel bring YOU joy, or are they really for someone else . . . . . do you see which are obvious matches, and which do not fit? Those that overlap, that bring YOU the most Joy, are most likely the things that would bring you into Passionate Living.
7. What is the first even teeny tiny step you can take to living out your Passion as you have defined in #6?
Take some time to really think this one through . . . . . . concentrate and focus, and then you will be able to start the the next step . . . BUILDING YOUR ROAD MAP.
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A．to arouse the readers’ interest and show them what to do
B．to find the piece of paper that is useful for the tipsC．to print the tips out and show them to others
D．to copy the tips and read them
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A．timeB．exerciseC．workD．joy
小題3: The underlined word “compliment” means        .
A．scold B．praiseC．criticizeD．question
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A．You MomB．Your spouseC．Your childrenD．You yourself
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Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young．She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star．“I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,”she says．“I used to wear them to watch TV．”
Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt．The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”．It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights．Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest．But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must．
Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street．Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s．As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies．In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwoo d in The Blue Brothers．Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun．Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black．
Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement．The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation．UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully．But you don’t have to give up style for safety．The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge．So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach．
小題1:What is mainly discussed in this passage?
A．The use of sunglasses．B．The history of sunglasses．
C．The sunglasses wearing．D．Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses．
小題2:Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?
A．She was a movie star．
B．She wanted to follow a movie star．
C．Wearing sunglasses was good for her eyes．
D．It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV．
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A．they wore sunglassesB．they went out in the sun too much
C．the lights on movie sets were too brightD．their scripts were written in very small writing
小題4:We may know from this passage that ______．
A．Audrey Hephburn was a famous film star
B．Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker
C．Sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986
D．Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses
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There is, for many of us, a moment in life when we make a choice that changes us forever. This moment marks a turning point, when we realize that the life we're living is not a mirror of who we really are.
For some, the moment comes as a result of something dramatic: the sudden loss of a job, or the death of a loved one. For others, they have to deal with difficult situations, such as financial hardship. In these challenging times, it's more critical(關(guān)鍵時刻的) than ever for us to seize the possibility of positive change. As I travel and talk to people about their lives, I often see a distant, vacant look in their eyes -- a look that says “I’m so busy trying to survive my life that no soul left to live it”.
As a result, we end up feeling lonely. Yet we keep on going the way we've been going. We tolerate high levels of stress at work, take important relationships for granted, or put our health needs on hold. We get so caught up in the details of living that our busyness becomes an excuse from the inner voice that begs us to listen. When you finally pay attention to that little voice and begin to make even small changes, you will slowly improve yourself.
To start positive change, you need the power of your mind. I've come up with a five-step strategy that will help you. You will be able to identify what you want and then go after it. It's easier than you might think.
1. Reset your happiness set point. Don't limit yourself! When I decided that I wanted more control over my life, I set goals in physical, emotional, financial, professional, material, and play. I challenged myself to consider every possible choice. Imagine things you've never believed you could achieve. Don't let your past determine your future.
2. Trust your courage. Too often, when you're first learning to take control of your life, you doubt yourself. It's important to develop a strong connection with your inner guidance system. I've heard many stories about the persistent voice inside your head.
3. Take action. Once you have set goals, adjusted your beliefs, and got ready, you can start making things happen. Again, turn to those people you respect -- the ones achieving what you desire -- for support and guidance. They will both inspire you and give you practical advice on what steps you need to take.
4. Have faith. Believe that the positive energy of grace will support your efforts to improve your life. When you've done all you can, let go and trust that the right result will occur. When we have faith, we give up the need to be in control, and we set ourselves up to actually enjoy the process of change.
5. Be patient. This can be the toughest step. It's not easy to trust that your life will improve in a best way. Remind yourself of the benefits of patience. In my experience, those life changes are always worth the wait.
小題1:What does the author intend to say in the second paragraph?
A．The start of some turning points in one’s life is caused by crisis.
B．Loss of a job or the death of a loved one are all dramatic things.
C．No one can live a life without any turning points.
D．No one can predict his future of being good or not.
小題2:In the author’s opinion, we should ______________.
A．a(chǎn)djust our beliefs from time to timeB．a(chǎn)lways control ourselves for anything
C．keep on going the way we are goingD．seize the challenging times to live an active life
小題3:The author suggests that when setting your happiness set points, you should _______.
A．know the limitation of your set pointB．build self-confidence without doubt
C．limit your goals in different waysD．consider every possible choice with care
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．When you've done all you can, you may believe that the right result will occur.
B．When you set goals, and take action, it is possible to make things happen.
C．When you first learn to take charge of your life, you will always doubt yourself.
D．If things do not happen in a way that is best, patience is always worth the wait.

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Eric and Doris King Turner are packing their bags for New Zealand. They're busy deciding what to pack and what to leave behind in Britain and are making plans to extend their new home in Nelson. Doris is looking forward to getting the garden into shape and Eric has his heart set on a spot of fly fishing. The difference is that Eric is 102, Doris is 87. Eric thinks he's Britain's oldest emigrant.
In January next year Eric King Turner and his wife of 12 years will wave goodbye to their neighbors, and set sail from Southampton on the voyage of a lifetime. The ocean liner (遠洋客輪)Saga Rose will take six weeks to get to Auckland and the couple are expecting a red-carpet welcome from family.
Doris was born in New Zealand but gave up her homeland when the couple met and married in the late 1990s. But New Zealand is close to both their hearts and the attraction of family and friends, and the good fishing helped to persuade them to move.
Doris, who has five children and nine grandchildren, supported her husband's application to settle in New Zealand. The paperwork took five months. Eric says, "We not only had to produce a marriage certificate（證書） but we had to produce evidence that we were in a long and stable relationship!" He also said he was not asked about his age but had to show that he could support himself financially (財政上) in New Zealand.
"I like New Zealand. The way of life is very much the same as it is here but it is not so crowded." His wife has always been “a little bit homesick” but has never complained. Now the couple are in the middle of the task of sorting out possessions and selling their flat.
小題1:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．They decided to leave all the things behind in Britain.
B．The wife always complained about the life in Britain.
C．The couple will set up their new home in Nelson.
D．Doris and Eric will go to New Zealand to hold the wedding.
小題2:The underlined word "emigrant" in Paragraph 1 probably refers to a person who___.
A．lives in a country foreverB．moves from one place to settle in another
C．travels around the worldD．visits many places in a country
小題3:What makes the couple's move to New Zealand special?
A．Their age.B．The red carpet.
C．The ocean liner Saga Rose.D．Their marriage certificate.
小題4:The best title of the passage may be       .
A．Better late than never
B．Eric and Doris King-Turner are packing their bags
C．To leave or not to leave, that's the problem
D．Eric, 102, leaves Britain with his wife

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