【正文】 o down, please gather at the Wishing Tree and the Corner of Sussex and Hay Street. And either the Fire Brigade, a staff member or hotel security will issue necessary instructions. For future details on this, please dial 7. Please see reception for any advice on tours and Sydney39。 surprised C. surprising。 belonging to D. It。 第一部分：選擇題（共四節(jié) , 滿分 90分） 第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)填空（共 20小題，每小題 1分，滿分 20 分） 從 A、 B、 C、 D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 請(qǐng)將答案直接填涂在答題卡上，考試結(jié)束只交答題卡。 belonging to C. What。 surprising C. surprised。（共 15小題，每小題 2分，滿分 30分） A When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Geia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way. It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green. “Stephanie, I jus t found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.” She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted big stripes ( 條紋 ) of colors across the pavement (人行道 ). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic! The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble. My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, “What in the world wer e you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!” I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱 ) my art. “Now go clean it up!” Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement(水泥 ). Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful. 21. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home? A. To introduce Stephanie to her. B. To show his artwork to her. C. To put the materials back in the yard. D. To prevent her from seeing his painting. 22. In his mother’s eyes, the writer _____. A. always caused trouble B. was a born artist C. was a problem solver D. worked very hard 23. The underlined word “rainbow” in the last paragraph refers to _____. A. the rainbow in the sky B. something imaginative and fun C. the stripes on the pavement D. important lessons learned in childhood 24. It can be learned from the passage that parents should ______. A. protect rather than destroy children’ s dreams B. value friendship among children C. discover the hidden talent in children D. encourage children to paint B “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lives in Rome in AD53 wrote it. We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives? Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the puter. Your mobile phone rings, a message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly