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　　In the 19th century, Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly of a carriage（馬車）, pulled along by a team of horses, that could （1） more than twenty miles of road (2) sixty minutes. To us in the twenty-first century, in which man is able to move and communicate so rapidly, the (3) of the carriage seems nothing at all. Planes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour. And even without (4) , we can, by wireless or telephone, communicate within (5) with people on the other side of the (6) The benefits（益處）of these increased（增長的）speeds are countless （無數(shù)的）.

　　Businessmen’s travelling from Europe to America can (7) much time, for the journey that would once have takes weeks (8) now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Members of one family separated from each other by long (9) can have talks with each other by telephone as (10) as if they were sitting in the same room. Not all the effects（影響）of speed, (11) , are beneficial. People who are in the (12) of using a motor car (13) they want to move half a mile become lazy and (14) the power of enjoying an active (15) .Those who travel through a country at eighty miles an hour do not (16) much of the life to that country as they (17) .They become (18) anxious about moving quickly from one (19) to another that they are (20) able to relax and enjoy a happy journey.

(1)A．cover	B．discover	C．move	D．pull
(2)A．by	B．for	C．within	D．over
(3)A．movement	B．running	C．speed	D．travel
(4)A．moving	B．seeing	C．speaking	D．talking
(5)A．months	B．seconds	C．weeks	D．years
(6)A．country	B．globe	C．street	D．village
(7)A．save	B．cost	C．waste	D．take
(8)A．spends	B．has	C．makes	D．takes
(9)A．ways		B．period（時期）
C．distances		D．journeys
(10)A．easily		B．firmly（堅定地）
C．nearly		D．quietly
(11)A．thus		B．otherwise
C．however		D．meanwhile（與此同時）
(12)A．position（位置，地點）		B．habit
C．group		D．rest
(13)A．in	which	B．whenever	C．wherever
(14)A．get	B．have	C．lose	D．want
(15)A．activity	B．driving	C．walk	D．training
(16)A．find	B．know	C．listen	D．see
(17)A．away	B．out	C．back	D．past
(18)A．more	B．so	C．too	D．very
(19)A．family	B．floor	C．person	D．place
(20)A．no longer		B．no more
C．for ever		D．for something

Information is very important to people．In the past，books can “keep” information for us．If we forget something，we can  1  it up in books．Before inventing the printing press，books were written by  2  ．It was very slow．So，information traveled very  3  ．After the printing press，people could make many books quickly．More and more people could  4  books．Information began to travel much faster and much farther．

    Today，we can still find information in books，but we can also find information on the  5 very quickly．If we  6  our computers and   7   to the Internet，we can find lots of information that we want just in a few 8  ．For example，policeman call use information on the Internet to  9  bad persons and students can use information on the Internet to help with their homework．

Of course we can also get   10   from newspapers，on TVs or over the radios．But I think the fastest way to get information is to search the Internet．

1．A．use                       B．look                     C．remember              D．pick

2．A．factory                  B．press                   C．hand                      D．machine

3．A．slowly               B．quickly                  C．widely                   D．early

4．A．give                      B．write                   C．discover                 D．read

5．A．book                     B．Internet                C．radio                      D．press

6．A．get over                 B．put up                  C．turn on                  D．look for

7．A．connect                 B．go                       C．write                     D．send

8．A．years                     B．months                C．minutes                  D．weeks

9．A．teach                     B．catch                   C．hide                       D．praise

10．A．message              B．money                 C．question                 D．information

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Mr. and Mrs. King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus station. They’re __1__ to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often __2__ the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people __3_ them and their friends often call on (拜訪) them and _4__ them. We can always hear their rooms are full of __5__ and quarrel.

It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next __6__. It was a little far from our town. So they had to _7__ earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After _8__ a few friends came to see them while they were cooking some _9 and drinks for the picnic. Mr. king and his wife had to stop _10__ them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the _11__ on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. The woman thought for a few _12__ and had an idea. She said to her __13__, “Oh, it’s eleven o’clock! You’d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to _14__!

Mr. king heard this and stood up and said _15_ to the visitors and they left soon.

1.                A．had            B．friendly         C．cold D．careful

 

2.                A．help           B．hurt           C．hit   D．watch

 

3.                A．know          B．understand      C．meet D．like

 

4.                A．play with        B．fight with        C．talk with  D．catch up with

 

5.                A．cry            B．shout          C．noise D．laugh

 

6.                A．morning        B．a(chǎn)fternoon       C．evening  D．laugh

 

7.                A．go to work      B．get up          C．go to sleep    D．open the shop

 

8.                A．breakfast       B．lunch          C．supper   D．meal

 

9.                A．clothes         B．bags           C．books    D．food

 

10.               A．receive        B．to receive       C．receiving  D．to accept

 

11.               A．phone         B．photo          C．clock D．picture

 

12.               A．minutes        B．days           C．weeks D．months

 

13.               A．visitor          B．husband        C．brother   D．father

 

14.               A．go home        B．go to bed       C．go shopping    D．have a rest

 

15.               A．hello          B．goodbye        C．sorry D．nothing

 

 

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When I was in Grade Three, I was chosen to the heroine in the school play.

For weeks my mother helped me  1  my lines(臺詞), But once on stage.  Every word disappeared   2  my head.  My teacher asked me to change   3 and be the narrator.

Although I didn’t tell my mother  4 had happened that day, she   5 my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

It was a lovely  6 day.  It was warm.  In the yard all the flowers came out.  We could see lots of dandelions dancing among the colorful flowers.  How beautiful they were! I watched my mother carelessly bend down by some flowers.  “I think I am going to   7 all the useless grass. ” She said.

“But I like dandelions,” I said, “All flowers are   8  — even dandelions”.

My mother looked at me   9 .  “Yes, every flower shines in its own way, doesn’t it?” she said.  I nodded.  “So that is  10  of people, too. ” She added.

She had guessed my   11 .  I started to cry and told her the truth.

“You will be a great narrator. ” She said.  Then she told me   12 I loved to read stories to her when I was in Grade 1.

Over the next few   13 I learned to take pride in the role.  The big day finally   14 .  A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me.  “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, passing me a dandelion.  After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps   15 person who would keep such a common dandelion.

1.                A．write          B．practice        C．train D．provide

 

2.                A．from           B．in             C．on   D．over

 

3.                A．names         B．character       C．roles D．lines

 

4.                A．which          B．when          C．that  D．what

 

5.                A．sensed         B．touched        C．reached  D．heard

 

6.                A．spring          B．summer        C．a(chǎn)utumn   D．winter

 

7.                A．use up         B．eat up          C．dig up    D．drink up

 

8.                A．perfect         B．lively           C．a(chǎn)ttractive D．natural

 

9.                A．sadly           B．carelessly       C．surprisingly    D．happily

 

10.               A．kind           B．good           C．true  D．suitable

 

11.               A．worry          B．stress          C．nervousness    D．pain

 

12.               A．how           B．how much      C．how many D．how long

 

13.               A．days           B．weeks          C．months    D．years

 

14.               A．went          B．came          C．ran   D．a(chǎn)ppeared

 

15.               A．the only        B．the best        C．the last    D．the worst