【正文】 e”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born. Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely. 28. What is the piggy bank strategy? A. Paying 1% ine tax at a time. B. Setting a goal before making a travel plan. C. Aiming high even when doing small things. D. Putting aside a little money regularly for future use. 29. Why did the writer’s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift? A. To delight him with the latest fashion. B. To encourage him to climb mountains. C. To help him form the habit of saving. D. To teach him English pronunciation. 30. What does the underlined word “something” (Paragraph 3) most probably refer to? A. Money B. Gifts C. Financial success D. Good luck 31. The piggy bank originally was _________. A. a potter’s instrument B. a cheap clay container C. an animalshaped dish D. a piglike toy for children 32. The last paragraph talks about ________. A. the seriousness of educating children B. the enjoyment of taking a great trip C. the importance of managing money D. the difficulty of starting a business D Herbie Ricketts, 52, lives in Thornton Heath, south London, and works as an electrician. He has been a listening volunteer with the Samaritans for 16 years. Each caller is as individual as their circumstances and I didn’t realize so many people take their own lives until I became a Samaritan. And only then did the true nature of the work I was doing hit home. I’ll always remember my first day on duty. The caller, stressed and depressed, told me he was suicidal(想自殺的 ). He’d been too frightened to talk to the people around him, which is mon. People are told they’ve got nothing to be upset about. Or, if they are already classified as having mental health issues, so they tell no one. How do you make sense of your feelings if you can’t tell someone? Just allowing people to say what they honestly feel helps them find a different perspective. I couldn’t offer him practical advice but I could support him emotionally. I helped him e to terms with his situation and make sense of some of the terrible emotions he was experiencing. Offering anonymity(匿名 )and being nonjudgmental(無偏見的 )allows people easily hurt to explore their thoughts without fear or worry. I left him in an emotionally safe place, ensuring he knew I wasn’t rejecting or abandoning him. I let him know we were still there if he needed us, explaining that it might not be me on the other end of the phone but another Samaritan who could also support. Suicidal people will ring with issues like drug use or loneliness. If you look at it from the perspective of, “How can I solve this? ” you can bee, like them, at a loss. Every cell in your body wants to offer solutions, but as a Samaritan I’m not there to sort their problems out. I listen and will support them when they can’t see any further than tomorrow. When the phone goes silent, we stay with that caller as long as we possibly can, which could be two or three hours. The shifts are up to four hours long. When it doesn’t go so well, I offload to my colleague, so I don’t carry home a heavy heart. Being a Samaritan has greatly improved my life. I’m calmer and bee a supportive listener, which has also improved my relationships. But being a wonderful Samaritan doesn’t make you a wonderful parent or wonderful partner—I wish it did. 33. Some people choose not to tell others about their feelings mainly because they________. A. actually have nothing to worry about B. are too shy to expose themselves to others C. suffer from serious mental health problems D. find no supportive listeners around them 34. Samaritans usually help callers by________. A. sorting out their problems B. providing practical advice for them C. offering them emotional support D. asking questions such as“How can I solve this? ” 35. We may infer from the passage that________. A. being a good Samaritan takes patience B. Samaritans are easily affected by callers C. callers are always successfully forted D. people kill themselves for lack of listening volunteers 第二節(jié)（共 5 小題：每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 62 simply walk away after washing hands, leaving the water 63 (run)。 增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（ ∧ ），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 注意： 1．詞數(shù) 100 左右； 2．可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。這里用 so…that… 句型： too 改成 so 2） classmate 是可數(shù)名詞，這里用復(fù)數(shù)：改成 classmates 3）第四行：這里考查固定句型： there is no doubt that… 毫無疑問； 4）老師讓他知道合作的重要性，這是幸運(yùn)的事情：故 Unfortunately 改為 fortunately. 5） 第五行：向朋友求助， turn to sb for help。 修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。 thank the water that 68 (flow) through our fingers, and save it for poor Arabian or African countries struggling in water ___69___ (short)。 Most of you love watching movies. They can be funny, sad, imaginative, inspiring, and so much more! There are so many possibilities and so many great movies to watch! The making of a movie usually begins with a script(劇本 ). 36 The producer is the person who is responsible for coordinating(協(xié)調(diào) ) aspects of the film like budget and scheduling. The pr