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ded to try made up my mind to__32__to Lucy. On Sunday, after her drills, I said, “ Why don’ t you throw five or six good ones for me to__33__? ” She began to throw again,but__34__were farther than what she had already , I didn’ t tell I was measuring the__35__one, I pulled out some more tape (卷尺 ) and yelled out to her, “ Come to see this! This one is__36__! ” It wasn’ , thinking that this was a personal best, jumped wildly into the air in__37__. The next afternoon, at the district meet,Lucy__38__with a personal best throw of 114′ 10″ ! Just 24 hours after I had lied to , this time she had__39__thrown the discus four feet further than she had ever thrown it before. Sometimes we__40__our own barriers in our learn to take control of your mind. 27. B. always C. never D. seldom 28. B. please C. shock D. bother 29. B. pretend C. need D. ask 30. from B. rather than C. because of D. according to 31. B. familiar C. new D. easy 32. B. turn C. reply D. call[來 33. B. measure C. match D. take 34. B. all C. some D. none 35. B. closest C. first D. final 36. B. farther C. bigger D. longer 37. B. anxiety C. puzzlement D. anger 38. B. lost C. won D. arrived 39. B. hardly C. nearly D. only 40. B. remove C. take D. set Ⅳ .閱讀理解 A few cups of green tea each day may help prevent heart disease, Greek researchers said on study published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular (心血管的 ) Prevention showed further evidence of the potential health benefits from tea already linked to a reduced risk of a range of cancers and other conditions. The study showed that green tea improves blood flow and the ability of arteries (動脈 ) to relax, said Charalambos Vlachopoulos, an expert at the Athens Medical School in Greece who worked on the study. Other studies have shown that black tea also has be nefits for cardiovascular health The Greek team said they believed green tea might be even better because it had higher quantities of beneficial substances called flavonoids (類黃酮 )— some of which are lost in the oxidation (氧化 ) process that black tea undergoes. Flavonoids are also found in cocoa, tomatoes and grapes.“ A couple of cups a day would probab