【正文】 D. take off49. A. invite B. touch C. trouble D. receive50. A. wet B. sorry C. dry D. lonely51. A. moon B. sky C. sun D. star52. A. noticed B. heard C. reached D. caught53. A. sisters B. classmates C. workers D. brothers54. A. pointed B. arrived C. shone D. returned55. A. wings B. heads C. feet D. legs四、閱讀理解（共5篇文章，20小題，每小題2分，計(jì)40分）AMacao is only forty miles from Hong Kong and it is easy to reach. You can get there by sea. It is an interesting place and it has a long history. Macao is part of China and most people living there are Chinese.The first Europeans to go to Macao came from Portugal. More than four hundred years ago the Portuguese went there to trade with China. Some settled and made their homes there. They built strong forts to guard the city and the harbor. They also built churches, schools, hospitals and other places. Slowly the city grew. People from many countries came to live and work in Macao．Today many people visit Macao. Some only go there to watch dogracing or motorracing or to gamble with their money, whether they lose or win. But Macao is a quiet and peaceful place. It is pleasant just to walk around and look at the old buildings and forts. You feel you are back in the old days. Of course, some of the buildings are now in ruins. The Church of St. Paul has only the front wall with many steps leading up to it. But it is still interesting to see. When you are hot and tired, there are small cool gardens to rest in. When you are hungry, there are good restaurants with many kinds of food. Nearby are some islands, which are also nice to visit and are easy to get to. There is certainly a lot to see and to do in Macao.（ ）56. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Portuguese were the first to go to Macao.B. Some Portuguese settled in Macao and made homes there more than four centuries ago.C. The city Macao grew slowly. D. People there put up strong forts to defend the city.（ ）57. You feel in Macao you are back in the old days because . A. some of the buildings are now in ruins B. you can watch dogracing or motorracing C. you can go around and look at the old buildings and forts there D. it is a peaceful place（ ）58. The word “gamble” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to .A. watch dogracing B. watch horseracingC. watch motorracing D. play games of chance for money（ ）59. What does the writer most want to tell us?A. People from many countries came to live in Macao.B. Portuguese were willing to do business in China.C. People in Macao serve good food.D. Macao is a quiet and peaceful place with a lot to see.B“Equal pay for equal work” is a phrase used by the American women who feel that they are unfairly treated by society. They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.People who hold the opposite views（mainly men）have an answer to this. They say that men have more responsibilities than women：a married man is expected to earn money to support his family and to make the important decisions, and therefore it is right for men to be paid more. There are some people who hold even stronger views than this and are against married women working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. If women are encouraged by equal pay to take fulltime jobs, they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing：making a fortable home and bringing up children. They will have to give up their present position in society.This is exactly what they don’t want to give up. The women who disagree say they want to escape from the limited place which society expects them to fill, and to have freedom to choose between a career and home life, or a mixture of the two. Women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal opportunities.These women have expressed their view forcefully by using the famous statement, “All men are