【正文】 0. A. way B. path C. road D. pavement 41. A. loser B. employer C. boss D. owner 42. A. sound B. noise C. voice D. saying 43. A. nobody B. none C. nothing D. someone 44. A. cost B. paid C. spent D. took 45. A. station B. track C. carriage D. bend 46. A. tired B. excited C. surprised D. delighted 47. A. express B. give C. refresh D. seat 48. A. get away B. get in touch C. get down D. get up 49. A. persuade B. advise C. suggest D. tell 50. A. discounts B. productions C. sales D. advertisements 四、 閱讀理解 A People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous. They called tomatoes ―poison apples.‖ President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was 20xx/5/20 溫嶺中學 20xx 學年第二學期第二階段考試 高一英語 4 / 8 served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact. 51. After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true? A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them. B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before the 19th century. C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes. D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes. 52. The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes _________. A. while he was in Paris B. when he was a little boy C. because his parents told him so D. from books 53. According to the text, _______ made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party. A. the President himself B. a French cook C. the President’s cook D. the President’s wife 54. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? A. All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes. B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice. C. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice. D. None of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. B Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. ―Health is the greatest wealth,‖ wise people say. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill. If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you plain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor. The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest Xrayed. After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice. Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story. An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet