【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 In 1979 my pany had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an ine of $I billion a year. You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.（1）What Kemmons39。s mom often told him during his childhood was . A.boringB.tiringC.encouragingD.interesting（2）What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself? A.His mom39。s support.B.His wife39。s suggestion.C.The poor condition of his family.D.His terrible experience in the hotel.（3）Which of the following best describes Kemmons39。s mother? A.Serious and hard working.B.Loving and supportive.C.Strict and humorous.D.Careful and strongwilled.（4）What led to Kemmons39。s success according to the passage? Why?（請用約40詞回答）. 6．閱讀理解 I39。m sure most people like music. Music can not only bring us wonderful enjoyment, but also bring us happiness when we are tired or sad. And many people have the habit of enjoying music when they are free. But to our surprise, one English school allows children to listen to music or even to have the TV on while they are studying, and they find it is helpful to improve the students39。 grades. According to a research at Millfield School in the UK, around 20% of teenagers work better with background music, and 10% excel when allowed to finish their work with short walks around the room while up to 80% can concentrate （集中注意） better if allowed to play with a small object. The research has made the school use a very new way, encouraging students to discover which learning styles suit them best, and then do their homework listening to music or even lying down. Some parents don39。t believe, .but many are now accepting it at home where children are allowed to do their homework with the television on. I prefer to work on the floor with music on, said Sam, a 13yearold boy. At first my parent thought I didn39。t study hard, but my teacher asked them to look at my homework and when they saw it was OK, they agreed at last.（1）What advantage of music hasn39。t been mentioned in the passage? A.Music can bring us enjoyment.B.Music can bring us happiness.C.Music can make people excited.D.Music can help to improve students39。 grades.（2）What does the underlined word excel probably mean? A.It means be good at doing something.B.It means do badly in doing something.C.It means give up doing something.D.It means play with something.（3）Which of the following is true? A.The research was done in the USAB.One fifth of the students can work better with background music.C.20% can concentrate better if allowed to play with a small object.D.No parents accept the idea.（4）What can you infer form the passage? A.The students at Millfield School are against the new idea of allowing children to listen to music.B.More and more parents will allow children to listen to music while doing homework.C.The new idea will spread all over the world.D.More and more children will realize the importance of working hard.7．閱讀理解 Everyone has eaten instant noodles（方便面）. It is very easy to cook it instantly by putting the noodles into the boiling water and adding in ingredient packets, together with other food like eggs or vegetables. However, have you ever wondered whether this is the correct way of cooking it? When you first take out the noodles from the packaging, you will notice that the noodles are joined together nicely as a piece. In order to make the noodles joined together nicely side by side, it needs some form of wax coating（石蠟涂層） to achieve an attractive instant noodles in front of us. However, researches have shown that the layer of wax coating on the noodles is quite harmful to our body and we should not eat it too often. It is advisable to have a break of 23 days before we start to eat another packet of instant noodles as our body need about 3 days to clear that layer of wax coating away from our body system. Do you know the danger of having too much wax coating stored in our stomach? It will lead to CANCER. There are two key points to take note while preparing instant noodles: （1） Wash the instant noodles with warm water first, stir it and pour away the water containing the wax coating. （2）Repeat Step 1 and try to stir the noodles again to wash away the wax coating on the noodles before cooking it in a new pot of water. Hope this article will help you when you choose to eat instant noodles.（1）The function of the wax coating in the instant noodles is to_______. A.make the noodles more delicious and tastyB.make it easier to cook for the consumersC.make the instant noodles healthier and more attractive to the consumersD.make the noodles joined in a piece and avoid them sticking together（2）What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A.The hidden dangers of the instant noodles.B.The way of how our body clears the wax coating.C.How to cook instant noodles.D.Researches on advantages of the wax coating.（3）What does the underlined word contain mean? A.去除B.包含C.儲(chǔ)存D.需要（4）What is the purpose of the writer to write the passage? A.To tell us the dangers of instant noodles.B.To tell us how to cook instant noodles.C.To tell us something about the layer of wax coating on the noodles.D.To tell us how to eat instant noodles safely and healthily.8．閱讀理解 Two men were going through a forest. I am afraid, said one, that we may meet