【正文】 en 37 of performing in front of people made me worried. The reason why I 38 to perform was that I wanted to take part in my school theatre program. On the day of the audition（試演） ,there were also some acting exercises to warm us up. We were divided into pairs to 39 parts of the play. I felt very worried. After I said some of the lines（臺(tái)詞）， my partner said, “I 40 you are stuttering. Is that for dramatic effect or do you really stutter?” I was speechless. When my 41 to audition came, my heart was beating fast. Across from me sat the director and his assistants（助手） . Needless to say. I was really worried about my performance. I played the role of a man painter who pretended（假裝） to be a woman. My partner was playing a businessman who wanted to marry me（ the woman） . We said our lines and, 42 , I didn’t stutter. We went through it several times, and finally it was over. I was so 43 , The next Monday I was told that I had made the play. How excited I was! It was a lot of fun doing the play, and it was clear to me that my stuttering couldn’t 44 me doing what I wanted to do, and taking risks was well worth the time and effort. 35. A. interesting B. exciting C. tiring D. challenging 36. A. enough B. some C. little D. much 37. A. experience B. thought C. memory D. purpose 38. A. decided B. afforded C. failed D. refused 39. A. pare B. understand C. describe D. prepare 40. A. promise B. realize C. notice D. imagine 41. A. turn B. hope C. dream D. plan 42. A. surprisingly B. finally C. probably D. certainly 43. A. bored B. interested C. touched D. relaxed 44. A. get B. stop C. have D. find 四、 閱讀 理解（本大題共 13 小題，每小題 2 分，共 26 分） A ( ) 45． Julia is at Roosevelt． She wants to go to Baseball Field． She should change lines at ． A． Grand B． Cliton C． Reno D． Randolph ( ) 46． Louis is going to Medical Centre from Damen． He should get off at the stop． A． third B． fourth C． fifth D． sixth ( ) 47． To go to Airport from Youth Centre， you should take underground lines in this order ． A． Blue Line→Green Line→Red Line B． Red Line→Green Line→Blue Line C． Blue Line→Red Line→Green Line D． Red Line→Blue Line→Green Line． B My parents quarreled (吵架 ) a lot, and I was really worried about it. I didn’t know who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend’s house. Though I knew I wouldn’t tell her about my parents’ situation, I was looking forward to getting out of the house. I was packing up my things when suddenly the power went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on. I was not satisfied because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. But I knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. I went to his room and told him that I’d stay with him until the power came back on. He was quite happy and said. “Great chance.” “What is” I asked. “To talk, you and I,” he said. “To hold a onetoone little meeting about what we’re going to do with your mom and dad, and what we’re going to do with ourselves and the situation we are in now.” “But we can’t do anything about it, Grandpa,” I said, surprised that here was someone with whom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same “boat” as I was. And that is how the most amazing friendship between my grandfather and me started. Sitting there in the dark, we talked about our feelings and fears of life from how fast things change to how they sometimes don’t change fast enough. That night, because the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be. Suddenly, the lights all came back on. “Well,” he said, “I guess that means you’ll want to go now. I really like our talk. I hope the power will go out every few nights!” ( ) 48. Why was Grandpa happy to see the writer? A. Because he felt quite lonely. B. Because he could discuss the problem with him. C. Because he was afraid of darkness. D. Because he had not seen him for a long time. ( ) 49. In which order did the story happen? a. The lights came back on. b. The writer went to his grandpa’s room and stayed with him. c. The power in the neighbourhood suddenly went out. d. The writer worried about the parents’ disagreement and wanted to leave his home. e. The writer had a talk with his grandpa and started the most amazing friendship between them. A. dbeca B. abecd C. cdbea D. dcbea ( )50. What can be inferred(推斷 ) from the story? A. The lights would go out again. B. The writer wanted to leave very much. C. They would have more chats. D. It would no longer be dark. C One day, I took an underground to work, I saw something that made me very sad. On the tube ( underground in London), a mother kept looking at her phone screen and playing a game with her daughter sitting beside her. The little girl, about 5 years old, was talking to her mother about her day, repeating the next stop39。s name cheerfully, praising her mother39。s long nailstrying to draw her mother39。s attention. Her mother just nodded and mumbled Mm, hm with her eyes glued（緊附于） to the screen, busy passing the levels of the game. I watched the girl give a final try to at least get her mum to look at her, but it was no use. Then the little girl turned silent. It was a shame the mother didn39。t notice that. It broke my heart and got me wonderingwhat kind of game would make the mother fet she has the most beautiful thing in the world, the human she created, the person she loves with all her heart? What it meant when she couldn39。t look into her daughter39。s ey