【正文】 wanted her children to feel （ 28 ） _______ ( love ) and lovable, creative and imaginative, imbued with a sense （ 29 ） _______ there was magic in the world and beauty even in the face of adversity. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see （ 30 ）________ much like the gardenialovely, strong and perfectwith an aura(氣氛，氛圍 )of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery. My mother died ten days after I married. I was 22 years old. That was the year the gardenias stopped ing. Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. topic B. flourished C. arguably D. empathetic AB. repeated AC. events AD. shares BC. Individual BD. influenced CD. appeals ABC. literary Poetry is a kind of writing in which the sound and meaning of groups of words express ideas or emotion in addition to the experiences or strong feelings the writer ____31____. Unlike most other forms of writing, poetry is often written in lines, rather than paragraphs. Poetry also sounds different from other forms of writing, often using rhythm and rhyme to create an interesting sound when read aloud. Poetry catches the attention of a reader because it ____32____to both emotions and senses. Sound is ____33____ the single most important aspect of any poem. The sound that any given word makes, or the sounds that e from specific groups of words used together, are what make poetry so unique as a form of writing. A typical story or report does not focus on the sounds that each _____34____ word makes when read. But poems generally contain few words, so it is important that each word plays a role in making an impact on the reader. Rhythm is the flow of sounds created by successive words in a poem. When you read a poem you can often hear this ____35____ pattern, or “beat,” in the sounds. This is called meter. Some of the oldest and bestknown poetry in the world came from Ancient Greece. As far back as 700 BCE, poets there recited their work at public _____36____ and religious ceremonies. The great epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer came from Greece. The Greeks eventually ____37____ Roman poets, such as Virgil, who wrote the Aeneid around 200r 30 BCE. In medieval times, poems such as Beowulf, The Divine Comedy by Dante, and The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer were written. Religion and romance became the ____38___ of choice for many poets at that time. Poetry _____39____ even more during the Renaissance period of history, an era of many great cultural achievements. This was the period during which Shakespeare, the most wellknown poet, was making his mark! Needless to say, a trend had started. Poetry has continued to grow and change as a form of ____40____ expression in modern times. III. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. When a human infant is born into any other munity in any part of the world it has two things in mon with any infant, ____41____neither of them has been ____42____in any way either before or during birth. Firstly, and most obviously, new born children are pletely ____43____. Apart from a powerful capacity to draw attention on their helplessness by using sound, there is nothing the new born child can do to ____44____ his own survival. Without ____45____ from some other human being or beings, be it mother, grandmother, or human group, a child is very unlikely to survive. This helplessness of human infants is in marked contrast with the ____46____ of many new born animals to get to their ____47____ within minutes of birth and run with the herd within a few hours. Although young animals are certainly in danger, sometimes for weeks or even months after birth, pared with the human infant, they very quickly develop the capacity to ____48____ for themselves. It is during this very long period in which the human infant is totally ____49____ on the others that it reveals second ____50____ which it shares with all other undamaged human infants, a capacity to learn ____51____. For this reason, biologists now suggest that language is “species specific 特有的；特定的 ” to the human race, that is to say, they consider the human infant to be geically ____52____ in such a way that it can ____53____ language. This suggestion implies that just as human beings are designed to see threedimensionally and in color and just as they are designed to ____54____ upright rather than to move on all fours, so they are designed to learn and use language as part of their normal ____55____ as wellformed human beings. 41. A. provided B. assume C. promised D. predicted 42. A. unprotected B. hurt C. damaged D. unhealthy 43. A. ignorant B. unknown C. inexperienced D. helpless 44. A. ensure B. assure C. emphasize D. solidify 45. A. love B. affection C. care D. attention 46. A. possibility B. capacity C. try D. attempt 47. A. arms B. body C. feet D. limbs 48. A. feed B. defend C. protect D. prevent 49. A. dependent B. based C. focused D. operated 50. A. ability B. feature C. aspect D. specialty 51. A. walking B. feeding C. language D. racing 52. A. programmed B. set C. arranged D. born 53. A. get B. learn C. speak D. acquire 54. A. sit B. walk C. stand D. move 55. A. abilities B. development C. performance D. behavior Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information