【正文】 vey believed that family background is important in influencing your chances of success. They believe that if you are privileged from birth, you are more likely to have a successful career, especially if your family is wealthy. Even if you don’t have a privileged background, the people you know can still make a difference to your career. Networking is a skill which is encouraged by many career advisers. Some panies run working workshops to try and encourage staff to meet other people, to municate and build relationships. It’s a valuable skill. But the survey also showed something quite interesting. Although most people believed that works are more important than education, many people put their own career success down to talent, rather than background. 41% of the people said that their parents’ ine had influenced their life, but at the same time, another 41% believed that they had achieved their own success. So which is more important, what you know or who you know? It seems that by working hard and making lots of connections, the answer may be that both are very important. 31. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the underlined part? A. Practice makes perfect B. Nothing is impossible C. Hope for the best D. No pains, no gains 32. According to the government survey， the most important factor to help people move up the ladder is _________. A. hard work B. education C. social relationship D. social activity 33. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. 76% of the people think social relationship is most important. B. 41% of the people believe parents’ ine is most important. C. 76% of the people think family background ranks first. D. 41% of the people believe they gained their own success. 34. From the passage we can infer that the writer writes the article to _____. A. stress the importance of education B. challenge the traditional belief C. make lots of social connections D. encourage people to work hard. 35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. the Way to Success B. Keep Your Dream in Mind C. A Wealthy and Smooth Career D. A Survey on People’s Dreams 第二節(jié) （共 5 小題；每小題兩分，滿分 10 分） 根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處得最佳選項。 When we feel great, a smile es naturally. It’s not natural to smile when we’re sad or upset. But it turns out that smiling might be the best thing to do when you’re ready to shift into a brighter mood. Scientists have found that smiling on purpose can help people feel better. 36 Smiling on purpose changes brain chemistry. So it can be a big help to people who are dealing with depression and anxiety. Our body language can influence our emotions. In one study, researchers discovered that people who stood in a confident way actually felt more confident. 37 A smile helps you feel happier and being happier helps you keep the smile going in a genuine way. 38 There’s just one trick to making smiling work for you: You need to do it correctly. A true and genuine smile is called a Duchenne smile. It uses all the muscles in the face, including the “l(fā)aughter lines” around your eyes. 39 If you are smiling on purpose to help lift your mood, you will notice some changes in your face. But you may ignore these tiny changes in your face. 40 You can see how it feels by holding a pencil horizontally between your teeth as you smile. A. Your fake smile is now a real one! B. You can do something to help yourself smile. C. Using all these muscles is important, even in a fake smile. D. It’s an expression of our joy, happiness, appreciation or excitement E. These changes are lifted cheeks and your laughter lines. F. Just the simple act of putting a smile on your face can lead you to feel actual happiness G. In another study, people who put on a facial expression ended up feeling the emotion that went with it. 第三部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45分） 第一節(jié)：完形填空 （共 20 小題；每小題 ，滿分 30 分） Imagine loving someone so much that you’d swim more than 5,000 miles to see him or her. Dindim manages to swim that far every year to 41 his friend John. This is 42, not only because of the love between the two friends, but because Dindim is 43 a penguin. John found Dindim covered in oil, hardly 44 on a beach near his home. He picked him up, cleaned him off and brought him to his house where he 45 him and got him healthy again. John named him Dindim. After a week, he 46 the penguin back to the beach and tried to release him, 47 Dindim refused to leave John. They 48 together for the next eleven months. Then, Dindim disappeared. 49, John thought he’d never see his friend again. But just a few months 50 , Dindim was back. He found John on the beach, and followed him home. Each year, he 51 for four months to live with other penguins. For the o