【正文】 B. being fat to C. doing 7. A. being B. be C. to be 8. A. smoked B. to smoke C. smoking 9. A. for B. on C. to 10. A. exercised B. exercising C. to exercise Passage 3 More and more people (1) ____ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance panies (2) ____ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) ____ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (4) ____ are struggling to make (5) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (6) ____ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) _____ 5 that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) _____ but have not installed them (9) _____. The insurance panies told people (10) _____ the alarms on all doors and windows. 1. A. has B. had C. have 2. A. have been asked B. have been asking C. asked 3. A. due B. because of C. because 4. A. which B. who C. what 5. A. the B. all C. （不填） 6. A. which B. who C. that 7. A. estimate B. estimating C. estimated 8. A. to have them installing B. to have them installed C. to have been installing them 9. A. still B. already C. yet 10. A. to install B. installed C. installing Passage 4 Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1)____________ to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (2) ____________ working in a pub when he (3) ____________ to start his own business. Peter had always (4) ____________ interested in plants and flowers, (5) ____________he decided to set up a pany (6) ____________ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (7) ____________, but soon he took (8) ____________ two people to help him. The pany has been growing (9) ____________ for the last ten years. Peter is now very rich, (10) ____________ he plains that now he doesn’ t work with plants but with a puter every day! 1. A. would B. used C. 2. A. has been B. was C. been 3. A. had decided B. has decided C. decided 4. A. was B. being C. been 5. A. so B. but C. although 6. A. who B. which C. whose 7. A. himself B. self C. own 8. A. up B. on C. in 9. A. （（ 不不 填填 ）） B. up C. over D. into 10. A. therefore B. moreover C. but 第四部分 閱讀理解 短文理解 1 There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. 6 After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples who aren39。 短文理解 7 The ancient Olympic Games were part of a religious festival in honour of the Greek god Zeus, the father of all Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and games were held in Olympia, a religious 12 sanctuary. The athletes came to Olympia from all parts of the Greek world, from as far as Spain in the west and Turkey in the east. The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC when Koroibos, a cook from the city of Elis, won a 200metrelong race. They took place for a period of 617 years until the last games were held in AD 393. In the ancient games, athletes received prizes worth large amounts of money. In fact the word “ athlete ” is an ancient Greek word, meaning “ one who petes for a prize ” . Although women did not pete in the games, there was a separate festival held at the same time in honour of Hera, wife of Zeus. At this festival unmarried girls peted in foot races. The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games. The marathon is a modern event that was first introduced in the Olympic Games in 1896. It was named after a village called Marathon where the Persians were defeated by a small Greek army. The news of the victory was brought to Athens by soldier, who ran the 26 miles from the village of Marathon to the capital. 26 miles was therefore adopted as the distance of the modern marathon race. The Olympic flag was introduced in 1908 and carries the symbol of five linked rings. Which represent the five continents – Africa, America, Asia, Australasia and Europe. The Olympic flame was first carried in the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. There was no torch relay in the ancient Olympic Games. The first torch relay in the modern Olympic Games was staged in Berlin in 1936. 1. The ancient Greeks held the first Olympic Games in 617 BC. 2. The ancient Greeks held the Olympic Games for 393 years. 3. They did not allow women to pete in the ancient Olympic Games. 4. They first used the Olympic flag in 1908. 5. Both the Olympic Games and the Marathon Race are very popular for old and young people in many countries of the world. 短文理解 8 Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91yearold mother. She told us about caring for her mother. I wake up early every day, it’ s usually about am, and wait until I hear Tilly, my mum, mov