【正文】 usyC. dangerousD. more safer5. A. neitherB. eitherC. bothD. all6. A. stoppingB. acrossingC. crossingD. walking7. A. both waysB. behindC. in frontD. to the right8. A. the ruleB. the roadC. the carD. the accident9. A. interestingB. a kind actC. carefulD. difficult10. A. not to crossB. not to driveC. not to walkD. not to play13．通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各題所給的四個選項 A、B、C 和 D 中選出一個最佳選項。 When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared going to another new school and knowing no one because I was able to 1 what was ing. I had bright red hair and huge glasses. Besides, I was 2 and not very popular. 3 on the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on me. I could hear the words She39。s huge! Clearly, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus 4 in silence. The following day was even worse. I did not notice that a few boys had tied a rope across the aisle（通道）and then fell face first on the bus, 5 everything I was carrying. 6 I was uneasily gathering my things, I could hear the laughter, and then the words “That felt like an earthquake!” Anyway, I 7 to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I held back the tears running out of my eyes. It was then 8 I went into myself. I began walking everywhere. I would walk through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to a church. I began 9 the afternoon school bus on purpose, walking home instead. Then, 10 , I started losing weight. And as I became satisfied with myself, I began making 11 . One of my newly found friends also fought with her weight. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and 12 together. This became a daily activity with talking and laughing 13 the way—different from the lonely walks I had taken. While I would no longer want to experience that time of loneliness and sadness again, I am 14 I made it through. Whenever I am fighting with any other problem in life, I always remember the saying This too shall pass（一切都會過去的）. If you can find a path with no obstacles（障礙）, it probably doesn39。t 15 anywhere.1. A. expectB. understandC. expressD. explain2. A. thinB. overweightC. shortD. tall3. A. RunningB. SleepingC. JumpingD. Getting4. A. driveB. liftC. rideD. travel5. A. throwingB. losingC. leavingD. dropping6. A. WhileB. ThoughC. SinceD. Because7. A. decidedB. rememberedC. failedD. managed8. A. whenB. whoC. thatD. which9. A. catchingB. missingC. takingD. stopping10. A. unexpectedlyB. uncertainlyC. unluckilyD. uninterestedly11. A. changesB. friendsC. effortsD. decisions12. A. studyB. playC. chatD. walk13. A. alongB. acrossC. aroundD. above14. A. excitedB. worriedC. proudD. sad15. A. appearB. stepC. leadD. stay14．根據短文理解, 從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇最佳答案填空。 It39。s Christmas at Clara39。s home. Many guests arrive to celebrate with the family. Clara39。s godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, makes toys. He gives Clara a very special gift of a 1 . Her brother, Fritz, is 2 . He takes the nutcracker away and it gets broken! After all the guests leave and the children go to bed, Clara 3 up at night and goes downstairs to get her nutcracker under the tree. She 4 asleep there. She dreams that all her toys e to life and are fighting against the bad Mouse King. The Nutcracker flies to 5 young Clara, but is struck down. Clara saves her Nutcracker by 6 her shoe at the Mouse King. With the Mouse King out of the way, Clara runs to the Nutcracker. When she kisses him, he turns into a prince! Then she and her prince enjoy a 7 trip along which they see dancing snowflakes and are weled by sweets. On Christmas morning, Clara wakes under the 8 holding her nutcracker. This story of Nutcracker is very popular, 9 with kids. It was made into a ballet. Russian 10 Tchaikovsky posed his beautiful music and that is one of the reasons why people love to watch it. See it at the theatre and yo39。ll find the story is also told by beautiful dances, rather than just words.1. A. toyB. nutcrackerC. party2. A. unhappyB. scaredC. surprised3. A. putsB. givesC. gets4. A. turnsB. fallsC. drops5. A. leaveB. meetC. protect6. A. buyingB. wearingC. throwing7. A. lonelyB. realC. happy8. A. windowB. treeC. table9. A. especiallyB. hardlyC. strangely10. A. musicianB. scientistC. painter15．根據短文理解，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇最佳答案填空。 King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked 1 which were strange. His people had to use words in a 2 way to answer these questions.Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of a（an） 3 . It was at this moment that Bribal entered the palace. Birbal 4 the habit of the king. He understood the 5 at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can 6 for an answer?”Akbar said, “How many crows（烏鴉）are there in the city?” Without even a moment39。s thought, Birbal 7 , “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord. “How can you be so 8 ?” asked Akbar. Birbal said, “Make your men 9 , My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have e to visit their relatives here. If you find 10 crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else. Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal39。s wise answer