A 篇

　　The Queen’s English is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific study of the Queen’s Christmas broadcasts had found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard Received.

　　Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany’s University of Munich, wanted to discover whether accent (口音) changers recorded over the past half century would take place within one person. “As far as I know, there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of broadcast records,” he said.

　　He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels (元音) had gradually lost ground as the noble upper-class accent over the past years. “Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago. But these are very, very small and slow changes that we don’t notice from year to year.”

　　“We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes,” he told The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper. “In 1952 she would have been heard saying ‘thet men in the bleck het’. Now it would be ‘that man in the black hat’. And ‘hame’ rather than ‘home’. In the 1950s she would have been ‘lorst’, but by the 1970s ‘lost’.”

　　The Queen’s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the 10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 pm in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional turkey lunch. (傳統火雞午餐).

　　The results were published (發表) in the Journal of Phonetics.

　　46. The Queen’s broadcasts were chosen for the study mainly because ______.

　　??? A. she has been Queen for many years

　　??? B. she has a less upper-class accent now

　　C. her speeches are familiar to many people

　　 D. her speeches have been recorded for 50 years

　　47. Which of the following is an example of a less noble accent in English

　　 A. “duaty B. “citee C. “hame” D. “lorst”

　　48. We may infer from the text that the Journal of Phonetics is a magazine on _________.

　　 A. speech sounds B. Christmas customs

　　C. TV broadcasting D. personal messages

　　49. What is the text mainly about?

　　A. The relationship between accents and social classes.

　　B. The Queen’s Christmas speeches on TV.

　　C. The changes in a person’s accent.

　　D. The recent development of the English language.

　　B篇

　　There was a story many years ago of a school teacher--- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.

　　Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水)。

　　Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.

　　Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

　　Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole lift. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(醫學博士).

　　The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”

　　Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”

　　50. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

　　A. She made Teddy feel ashamed

　　B. She asked the children to play with Teddy.

　　C. She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.

　　D. She told the class something untrue about herself.

　　51. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?

　　A. He often told lies.??

　　B. He was good at math.?

　　C. He needed motherly care.??

　　D. He enjoyed playing with others.

　　52. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?

　　A. She taught fewer school subjects.

　　B. She became stricter with her students.

　　C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher.

　　D. She cared more about educating students.

　　53. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?

　　A. She had kept in touch with him.

　　B. She had given him encouragement.

　　C. She had sent him Christmas presents.

　　D. She had taught him how to judge people.

　　參考答案

　　46-53 DBAC

　　DCDB

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　　B

　　BEIJING--Alarmed by the overreaching ambitions of many Chinese provinces to grow at all costs, China’s top economic chief is calling on officials to calm down and spare a thought for the environment．

　　Zhang Ping, who heads China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the central economic planning agency, said only five or six of China’s 30 provinces are targeting annual economic growth of 8 percent or 9 percent．

　　The remaining provinces are aiming for growth rates of more than 10 percent this year, with some wanting to double economic output in the coming five years．

　　“China has a planned energy supply of about 4 billion cubic tons of coal equivalent（等量的）for the next five years, and this is not enough to meet demands for economic growth to double,” he was quoted as saying on the news portal Sina．Com．

　　Beijing is increasingly concerned with the ambitions of Chinese provinces across the country to chase high growth despite the central government’s urgent request for a more moderate and sustainable（可持續的）pace of expansion．

　　Years of rapid economic growth has taken a toll on China’s environment, with Beijing trying to remove some of the damage now．It has an annual growth target of 7 percent for the next five years, well down from last year’s 10 percent．

　　Zhang said Beijing has asked local governments to take into account the supply of “energy, environment, water and land” to set more reasonable growth targets．

　　35．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A．Many Chinese provinces are alarmed by Beijing．

　　B．Zhang Ping is an expert and economic chief from www. Sina.Com．

　　C．The supply of the coal in China is not sufficient(足夠的) for the next five years．

　　D．Few Chinese provinces are aiming for economic growth rates of less than 10%．

　　36．The underlined phrase “taken a toll on” in the sixth paragraph means “_________”．

　　A．looked forward to

　　B．paid attention to

　　C．caused damage to

　　D．attached importance to

　　37．The general idea of the whole passage can be that ________．

　　A．China’s economy is developing

　　B．China’s top chief places more emphasis on the environment

　　C．all Chinese provinces should slow down their economic growth rates

　　D．economic high growth should go hand in hand with environmental protection

　　38．What could be the best title for the news?

　　A．Economic Development

　　B．Energy Supply

　　C．Sustainable Development

　　D．Environment protection

　　—38 DCDC

　　C

　　What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.

　　Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.

　　Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic(認錯的) about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.

　　39．What is the passage mainly about?

　　A．The importance of working hard at school.

　　B．Choosing a career according to one’s strengths.

　　C．How to face one’s weakness.D．The value of school work.

　　40. The writer thinks that a student to have a part-time job is probably ___.

　　A. a good way to find out his weak pointsB. one of the best ways of earning extra money

　　C. of great use for his work in the future

　　D. a waste of time he could have spent on study

　　41．From the passage we learn that if a student’s school performance is not good, he ___________.

　　A．should pay more attention to learning skills and developing abilities

　　B．will be regretful about his bad results

　　C．may also do well in his future work

　　D．should restart his study in school

　　42．From the last paragraph we know one should _________.

　　A．make full use of one’s own weak pointsB．study harder for a new school record

　　C．apologize for one’s own school recordD．face one’s own weak points bravely

　　—42 BCCD

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　　A 篇

　　The Queen’s English is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific study of the Queen’s Christmas broadcasts had found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard Received.

　　Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany’s University of Munich, wanted to discover whether accent (口音) changers recorded over the past half century would take place within one person. “As far as I know, there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of broadcast records,” he said.

　　He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels (元音) had gradually lost ground as the noble upper-class accent over the past years. “Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago. But these are very, very small and slow changes that we don’t notice from year to year.”

　　“We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes,” he told The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper. “In 1952 she would have been heard saying ‘thet men in the bleck het’. Now it would be ‘that man in the black hat’. And ‘hame’ rather than ‘home’. In the 1950s she would have been ‘lorst’, but by the 1970s ‘lost’.”

　　The Queen’s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the 10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 pm in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional turkey lunch. (傳統火雞午餐).

　　The results were published (發表) in the Journal of Phonetics.

　　46. The Queen’s broadcasts were chosen for the study mainly because ______.

　　??? A. she has been Queen for many years

　　??? B. she has a less upper-class accent now

　　C. her speeches are familiar to many people

　　 D. her speeches have been recorded for 50 years

　　47. Which of the following is an example of a less noble accent in English

　　 A. “duaty B. “citee C. “hame” D. “lorst”

　　48. We may infer from the text that the Journal of Phonetics is a magazine on _________.

　　 A. speech sounds B. Christmas customs

　　C. TV broadcasting D. personal messages

　　49. What is the text mainly about?

　　A. The relationship between accents and social classes.

　　B. The Queen’s Christmas speeches on TV.

　　C. The changes in a person’s accent.

　　D. The recent development of the English language.

　　B篇

　　There was a story many years ago of a school teacher--- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.

　　Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水)。

　　Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.

　　Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

　　Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole lift. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(醫學博士).

　　The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”

　　Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”

　　50. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

　　A. She made Teddy feel ashamed

　　B. She asked the children to play with Teddy.

　　C. She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.

　　D. She told the class something untrue about herself.

　　51. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?

　　A. He often told lies.??

　　B. He was good at math.?

　　C. He needed motherly care.??

　　D. He enjoyed playing with others.

　　52. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?

　　A. She taught fewer school subjects.

　　B. She became stricter with her students.

　　C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher.

　　D. She cared more about educating students.

　　53. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?

　　A. She had kept in touch with him.

　　B. She had given him encouragement.

　　C. She had sent him Christmas presents.

　　D. She had taught him how to judge people.

　　參考答案

　　46-53 DBAC

　　DCDB

　　*****************************************************結束

　　B

　　BEIJING--Alarmed by the overreaching ambitions of many Chinese provinces to grow at all costs, China’s top economic chief is calling on officials to calm down and spare a thought for the environment．

　　Zhang Ping, who heads China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the central economic planning agency, said only five or six of China’s 30 provinces are targeting annual economic growth of 8 percent or 9 percent．

　　The remaining provinces are aiming for growth rates of more than 10 percent this year, with some wanting to double economic output in the coming five years．

　　“China has a planned energy supply of about 4 billion cubic tons of coal equivalent（等量的）for the next five years, and this is not enough to meet demands for economic growth to double,” he was quoted as saying on the news portal Sina．Com．

　　Beijing is increasingly concerned with the ambitions of Chinese provinces across the country to chase high growth despite the central government’s urgent request for a more moderate and sustainable（可持續的）pace of expansion．

　　Years of rapid economic growth has taken a toll on China’s environment, with Beijing trying to remove some of the damage now．It has an annual growth target of 7 percent for the next five years, well down from last year’s 10 percent．

　　Zhang said Beijing has asked local governments to take into account the supply of “energy, environment, water and land” to set more reasonable growth targets．

　　35．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A．Many Chinese provinces are alarmed by Beijing．

　　B．Zhang Ping is an expert and economic chief from www. Sina.Com．

　　C．The supply of the coal in China is not sufficient(足夠的) for the next five years．

　　D．Few Chinese provinces are aiming for economic growth rates of less than 10%．

　　36．The underlined phrase “taken a toll on” in the sixth paragraph means “_________”．

　　A．looked forward to

　　B．paid attention to

　　C．caused damage to

　　D．attached importance to

　　37．The general idea of the whole passage can be that ________．

　　A．China’s economy is developing

　　B．China’s top chief places more emphasis on the environment

　　C．all Chinese provinces should slow down their economic growth rates

　　D．economic high growth should go hand in hand with environmental protection

　　38．What could be the best title for the news?

　　A．Economic Development

　　B．Energy Supply

　　C．Sustainable Development

　　D．Environment protection

　　—38 DCDC

　　C

　　What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.

　　Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.

　　Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic(認錯的) about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.

　　39．What is the passage mainly about?

　　A．The importance of working hard at school.

　　B．Choosing a career according to one’s strengths.

　　C．How to face one’s weakness.D．The value of school work.

　　40. The writer thinks that a student to have a part-time job is probably ___.

　　A. a good way to find out his weak pointsB. one of the best ways of earning extra money

　　C. of great use for his work in the future

　　D. a waste of time he could have spent on study

　　41．From the passage we learn that if a student’s school performance is not good, he ___________.

　　A．should pay more attention to learning skills and developing abilities

　　B．will be regretful about his bad results

　　C．may also do well in his future work

　　D．should restart his study in school

　　42．From the last paragraph we know one should _________.

　　A．make full use of one’s own weak pointsB．study harder for a new school record

　　C．apologize for one’s own school recordD．face one’s own weak points bravely

　　—42 BCCD

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