【正文】 ated (充氣的 ) tire. So, in the 21st century, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed (壓扁 ) into something like a slender ellipse (橢圓 ). Throughout, the tire remains inflated. Will Fitzsimons‘s folding wheel make it into production? I haven‘t the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for gradual advances. It‘s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: There‘s still plenty to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You can buy a folding bike for less than ￡ 1,000 that can be knocked down so small that it can be carried on a plane – minus wheels, of course – as hand baggage. Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet realized the ―magic carpet‖ of Andrew Ritchie‘s imagination? No. But it‘s certainly progress. 37. We can infer from the passage that the Brompton folding bike ____. A. could be carried or moved easily B. had a folding wheel C. could be put in a pocket D. looked like a magic carpet 38. The wheels of the Grout Portable ____. A. were difficult to separate B. could be divided into six pieces C. were fitted with solid tires D. were hard to carry on a train 39. We can learn that Fitzsimons‘s invention ____. A. kept the tire as a whole piece B. will be in production soon C. left little room for improvement D. changed our views on bike design 40. Which is the best title for the passage? A. Three Folding Bike Inventors. B. The Making of a Folding Bike. C. Progress in Folding Bike Design. D. Ways of Separating a Bike Wheel. 第二節(jié) 根據(jù)短文內容，從短文中的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。 Recently a heated discussion was holding in our English class about facetoface munication and online munication. Some students think people can express them more easily in a facetoface situation. It‘s impossible of people to fail understand each other‘s messages. And a closer friendship was often developed when people municate in the person. So others strongly believe munication on the Inter is a faster way. Besides, people usually feel relaxing and express their feelings more freely when they don‘t see the other person‘s face. In my opinions, we can choose our own way, that is suitable for us. VI. 書面表達 (滿分 15 分 ) 假定你是李華，你們班上來自英國的交換生 John 因感冒已請假一周。 修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。 I was driving to a supermarket this morning. It was a good day. I ___11___ as I watched the golden sunshine reflecting off the green leaves. As I turned around, my ___12___ was broken. Two huge trucks were ing my way quickly. I had to change my direction suddenly to ___13___ them. I wondered if all the stuff (東西 ) inside the trucks belonged to the ___14___ person. I decided to ___15___ my car and wait for my heart rate to follow. It was then ___16___ I noticed a selfstorage (私人倉 儲 ) business along the side of the highway, building new ___17___ for all the people who couldn‘t fit their stuff into their houses. I saw a young couple carrying many ___18___ into a unit. It seemed ___19___ that a young couple could already have so much stuff. I ___20___ my own taste for owning stuff when a house fire in the middle of the night destroyed everything my family owned. But my whole family had ___21___ in time to escape. In the weeks that followed friends gave us a lot of stuff but none of it seemed ___22___ anymore. What really ___23___ was the stuff of the soul. Since then I have tried to limit the things I ___24___. I didn‘t want too much stuff filling my life. I only bou