【正文】 onderful Easter. 24. What is the meaning of the underlined word brutal in Paragraph 1 ? A. Busy. B. Hard. C. Long. D. Warm. 25. How did Dick rescue the new subdivision? A. By supporting the stick firmly. B. By watering the stick regularly. C. By distributing chemical fertilizer. D. By lighting the stick day and night. 26. The author writes the last paragraph mainly to . A. inform us of the current condition of his cottonwood B. imply that he39。t? This phenomenon, which scientists call phantom (幻覺的 ) phone vibration, is very mon. Around 80% of people surveyed say they have imagined their phones vibrating when they were actually still. So, what leads to this universal behavior? According to the BBC, the explanation lies in your brain39。t. Ideally, you match the four states correctly. However, sometimes your brain decides that the consequences of missing a call are more serious than a false alarm. Therefore, you bee more sensitive to vibrations so that you don39。s a small price to pay pared to a fire really breaking out because the alarm fails to alert you. Now, you might still ask: why can39。s ing from your eyes, ears and skin, and you can39。s vibrating. It39。s ability to collect information C. happens when our brains react sensitively to false signals D. helps our brains to make very quick and accurate decisions 29. Why is the fire alarm used as an example in this passage? A. To show us the fire alarm is as sensitive as the phone vibration. B. To help us understand the cause of phantom phone vibration better. C. To tell us the phone vibration usually happens when a fire breaks out. D. To convince us it39。re vibrating. C. We should ignore the vibration bothering when our phones are actually still. D. We should think of the vibration carefully before we make correct judgments. D So many of us hold on to little plaints that may have e from an argument, a misunderstanding, the way we were raised, or some other painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us—believing this is the only way we can five or rekindle a friendship or family relationship. A friend of mine, recently told me that she hadn39。t speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she said, I can39。s the one who should apologize. After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement, her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own. As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins. Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn small stuff (問題 ) into really big stuff in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go, and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn39。re wrong. Everything will be fine. You39。ll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be right, they will bee less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But, if for some reason they don39。s okay too. You39。ll be more peaceful yourself. 32. The underlined word rekindle in Paragraph 1 probably means . A. recover B. develop C. accept D. replace 33. In the author39。每小題 2 分 ,滿分 10 分 ) The benefits of keeping a journal (日志 ) If you want to grow, one important thing you should do is keeping a journal. It may seem simple, but it can make a big difference in your life. I have been keeping journals for years. Writing all the lessons I learn and all the ideas I get has bee a habit for me. 36 Here are some benefits you will get by keeping a journal. ◆ It prevents you from losing an idea. Have you ever gotten an idea only to lose it later because you didn39。m away from my puter, I usually write it down on a piece of paper that I bring wherever I go. I will then transfer the idea to the journal in my puter. ◆ It helps you review all the lessons you39。ve learned and the ideas you39。ve gone. Things that were big problems in the past might seem small today. The raw ideas you had in the past might have been realized today. ◆ It helps you expand your ideas. When you try to e up with a sentence to express an idea, you are thinking actively about it. 40 In the end, you will expand your ideas. A. I often experienced that myself. B. It trains you to express your thoughts. C. It allows you to see your progress over