【正文】 B. It stopped trying. C. It failed to get to the ocean. D. It died. 59. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The stream went through few difficulties before it reached the desert. B. The breeze can carry the stream to cross the desert. C. The stream will change its nature when it turns into vapor. D. The stream crossed the desert after it gave up what it was. 60. What is the main idea of the story? A. The road to success is not always easy. B. We should do the right thing whatever others say. C. Our lives can be as difficult as the little stream’s. D. To succeed, we should change the way we used to be. B Last year, I worked in a middle school near my mother’s house, and I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped her do some housework and buy some food. After the first week, I noticed that the food was eaten up very quickly. Then I began keeping an eye on my mum. To my surprise, I found that she would put some of the food into a paper bag and go out with it at about nine every morning. And finally, I decided to follow her. I saw her taking the food to the street children. She would also spend a lot of time talking and playing with them. One day, I talked to a neighbour and found out that my mum was wellknown in the area. The children were very friendly with her and even thought of her as their own mother. Then it hit me – why wouldn’t she want to tell me about it? Was she worried that I would stop buying food if I found out? When my mum got home, I gave her a big hug (擁抱 ). I told her she didn’t need to keep it a secret from me. And she told me something about the children. Some of them lived with an old lady in a small house. Others slept on the street. For years, she was helping the poor street children by giving them food. After she told me everything, I was so moved by how selfless (無私的 ) she was. She helped others in need. As her son, I was so proud of my mum. I continued to buy food for my mum after that. But I always added one more bag for her other children. 61. After the first week, the writer noticed that _____. A. the food was put into a big box B. his mum followed the children C. the food was eaten up quickly D. his mum stopped buying food 62. The street children thought of the writer’s mum as their _____. A. old grandma B. own mother C. new neighbour D. dear teacher 63. How did the writer feel about his mum after she told him everything? A. He was proud of her. B. He was confident in her. C. He was angry with her. D. He was worried about her. 64. The writer added one more bag of food to _____. A. make friends with the children B. get a hug from his mother C. bee wellknown in the area D. help the poor street children 65. What’s the best title of this passage? A. Bags of Love. B. Children in need. C. My mother and I. D. My mother and the neighbor children. C It’s a sad story: someone keeps failing an exam for four years. It’s the story of Torobo, a robot from Japan. Torobo has been trying to enter the University of Tokyo in Japan. The university, also called Todai, is one of Asia’s top universities. Since 2020, Torobo has taken the national college entrance exam with other Japanese students. However, the robot has failed to get the required (必需的 ) score for Todai every year. This year was no exception. Torobo is part of a project called ―Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?‖ Japan’s National Institute of Informatics started the project in 2020. Torobo does not walk around. It is a robot brain that has arms to plete the test. Researchers of the project want to find out what intellectual abilities (智能 ) will be replaced by machines. Results show that Torobo has grown in ability year by year. This year it got a score higher than Japan’s national average(平均分 ), which is enough to enter other good universities, but not Todai. With its big database, Torobo is good at solving knowledgebased questions and mathematical calculations (數(shù)學(xué)運(yùn)算 ). That’s why it got good scores in physics, history and math. But Torobo has a hard time thinking independently (獨(dú)立地 ). As a result, it got weak scores in language and writing. Luckily, after four years of suffering, researchers have decided to free Torobo from taking the test. They will grow Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in, so that it can be used in those industries(工業(yè) ) in the future. So while Torobo will never graduate from Todai, it can still look forward to a bright future! 66. According to the story, Torobo is _____ while Todai is _____. A. a university, a robot B. a robot, a university C. a student, a puter D. a puter, a student 67. We can tell from the story that Torobo _____ for four years. A. has taken the college entrance exam B. has failed the college entrance exam C. has been studying in the University of Tokyo D. has taught the college courses 68. Which subject does Toboro NOT do well in? A. Physics. B. Math. C. History. D. Writing. 69. Which of the following is TRUE about Torobo? A. Torobo can’t have a bright future because it will never graduate from Todai. B. Torobo will go on taking the college entrance exam. C. Torobo is useless to humans. D. Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in will be better in the future. 70. Why did Torobo get low scores in two subjects? A. Because it cannot solve knowledgebased problems. B. Because it is not good at mathematical calculations. C. Because it cannot think independently. D. Because it only has arms to plete the test. 第二部分 非選擇題（共 65 分） 五、閱讀表達(dá) 閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題 （共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分10 分） (Not more than 6 wor