【正文】 for expression, skill, and experience. 41 was only a background to the great delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics. Then one night at a high school dance, a remark, not intended for my 42 , injured my youthful happiness: “That girl, what a pity she is blind.” Blind! A(n) 43 word that implied everything dark, blank and helpless. 44 I turned and called out, “Please don’t feel sorry for me, I’m having lots of fun.” 45 the fun was not to last. In college years, I began to struggle with the problem of earning a living. Parttime teaching of piano and occasional giving concerts proved only 46 sources of economic support. In terms of time and effort involved, the financial return was 47 . Selfdoubt and dark moods sparked within me. 48 to my misery was the repeated experience of knowing my sisters 7C 教育資源 網 （ 7C 教育資源網（ ） 域名釋義： 7c 學科網，聯(lián)系 ： 372986183， 78763217 and friends dating excitedly. How 49 I was to my piano, 50 I could dissolve（分散） my frustration, acpanied by Chopin, Brahms, and Beethoven. Then one day, I met a girl, an army nurse, whose faith was to change my life. As our acquaintance 51 into friendship, she sensed my 52 . She said, “Stop knocking on closed doors. I know your opportunity will e. You’re trying too hard. Why don’t you relax? And have you ever tried 53 ?” The idea was strange to me. I had always believed that if you wanted 54 , you had to go and get it for yourself. Yet, my sincerity and hard work had yielded poor returns, so I was 55 to try anything else. Selfconsciously, I performed the daily practice of prayer. I said, “God, show me the 56 for which You sent me to this world. In the years to follow, the answers began to arrive, satisfying 57 my most optimistic expectation. One of the answers was Enchanted Hills, where my 58 friend and I had the privilege of seeing blind children e alive in God’s outofdoors. 59 are the sources of pleasure and fort I have found in friendship, and most important of all, I 60 closer to God and, through Him, to immortality (永生 ). 41. A. School B. Society C. Family D. College 42. A. mind B. direction C. eyes D. ears 43. A. rude B. ugly C. dirty D. strange 44. A. Quickly B. Slowly C. Gently D. Quietly 45. A. Thus B. And C. But D. Though 46. A. adequate B. partial C. full D. rich 47. A. discouraging B. uninspiring C. encouraging D. convincing 48. A. Referring B. Adopting C. Adapting D. Adding 49. A. grateful B. excited C. proud D. sensitive 50. A. who B. which C. what D. where 51. A. jumped B. ran C. grew D. became 52. A. joy B. depression C. pleasure D. pity 53. A. practicing B. nursing C. praying D. volunteering 54. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something 7C 教育資源 網 （ 7C 教育資源網（ ） 域名釋義： 7c 學科網，聯(lián)系 ： 372986183， 78763217 55. A. able B. willing C. eager D. devoted 56. A. destination B. purpose C. meaning D. answer 57. A. with B. off C. beyond D. from 58. A. doctor B. teacher C. nurse D. prayer 59. A. Other B. Others C. Another D. Either 60. A. draw B. arrive C. drag D. pull 第 II 卷 注意：將答案寫在答題卷上。 smartphone application has a bright future C. Graduates39。 germs produce acid, and acid hurts your teeth and gums. Flossing (使用牙線 ) helps to remove the food that gets stuck between your teeth. This explains why flossing helps to keep your mouth healthy, but some doctors say that flossing can also be good for your heart. It may seem strange that something you do for your teeth can have any effect on your heart. Doctors have e up with a few ideas about how flossing works to keep your heart healthy. One idea is that the germs that hurt your teeth can leave the mouth and travel into your blood. Germs that get into the blood can then attack your heart. Another idea is based on the fact that when there are too many germs in your mouth, the body tries to fight against there germs. For some reason, the way the body fights these mouth germs may end up weakening the heart overtime. Not every doctor agrees about these ideas. Some doctors think that the link between good flossing habits and good heart health is only a coincidence. The incidence (發(fā)生率 ) of two or more events is pletely random, as they do not admit of any reliable cause and effect relationship between them. For example, every time I wash my car, it rains. This does not mean that when I wash my car, I somehow change the weather. This is only a coincidence. Similarly, some doctors think that people who have bad flossing habits just happen to also have heart problems, and people who have good flossing habits just happen to have healthy hearts. The theory that flossing your teeth helps to keep your heart healthy might not be true. But every doctor agrees that flossing is a great way to keep your teeth healthy. So even if flossing d