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　　A

　　The original plans for the park were on 8 acres next to the Burbank studios where his employees and families could go to relax. Although, World War II put those plans on hold. During the war, Disney had time to come up with new ideas, and creations for his magical park. It was soon clear that 8 acres wouldn't be enough.

　　Finally in 1953, he had the Stanford Research Institute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside of Los Angeles. He needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying elephants and giant teacups; a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic kingdom he called "Disneyland."

　　The search for the best venue for the park ended in the rural Anaheim, California with a purchase of a 160-acre orange grove near the junction of the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and Harbor Boulevard.Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, 12 months before the park was scheduled to open.

　　Some 160-acres of citrus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for the park. However, when the real designing came around, Disney met with inevitable questions. How do you make believable wild animals, that aren't real? How do you make a Mississippi paddle ship? How do you go about building a huge castle in the middle of Anaheim, California? Disney asked his movie studio staff for answers. The design of Disneyland was something never done before.

　　There would be four uniquely different theme parts: Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland Tomorrow land. Bit by bit, Disneyland got ready for Opening Day. The staff worked around the clock to get ready.

　　But opening day was a terrible disaster. Besides the terrible opening day conditions, the park did eventually pick up. By 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 Million visitors had come through the gates.

　　36. The passage is mainly about___________.

　　A. How Disneyland came into being

　　B. The difficulties Disney met in building Disneyland

　　C. What visitors can enjoy in Disneyland.

　　D. A brief introduction to Disneyland

　　37. Which of the following dates would probably be the opening date of Disneyland?

　　A. 1953

　　B. 1954

　　C. 1955

　　D. 1965

　　38. Which of the following statements is Not True?

　　A. World War II had some influence on the building plan of the Disneyland.

　　B. Disney must have met many difficulties in building Disneyland.

　　C. Disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity.

　　D. About 50 million visitors have visited Disneyland so far.

　　39. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _________.

　　A. collect

　　B. improve

　　C. find

　　D. open

　　B

　　TODAY, Friday, November 12

　　JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.

　　DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p. m. Tel: 682—1158.

　　SATURDAY, November 13

　　JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.

　　MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789—6749.

　　FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond.

　　JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.

　　THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手風琴). Tel: 789—4536

　　SUNDAY, November 14

　　DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.

　　FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 688—4626.

　　HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.

　　THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.

　　40. Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?

　　A. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

　　B. At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.

　　C. At the Bull on Saturday.

　　D. At the Black Horse on Saturday.

　　41. You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?

　　A. 789—6749.

　　B. 789—4536.

　　C. 682—1158.

　　D. 688—4626.

　　42.You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family.

　　Where should you go?

　　A. Disco at The Lord Napier.

　　B. Jazz at The Bull’s Head

　　C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.

　　D. The sing-along at The Black Horse.

　　.

　　C

　　People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a similar problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without thinking. They try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all these methods fail, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.

　　First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.

　　Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find out the reason why it does not work. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.

　　Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about gears.

　　He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He can look at his gears carefully.

　　After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy new gear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.

　　Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.

　　Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly.

　　In short , he has solved the problem.

　　43. By referring to Sam’s broken bicycle, the author intends to _________.

　　A. illustrate the ways to repair his bicycle

　　B. discuss the problems of his bicycle

　　C. tell us how to solve a problem

　　D. show us how to analyze a problem

　　44. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. People do not analyze the problem they meet.

　　B. People often accept the opinions or ideas of other people.

　　C. People may learn from their past experience.

　　D. People can not solve some problems they meet.

　　45. As used in the last sentence, the phrase “in short” means _________.

　　A. in the short term

　　B. in detail

　　C. in a word

　　D. in the end

　　46. . In analyzing a problem we should do all the following except

　　.

　　A. recognize and define the problem

　　B. look for information to make the problem clearer

　　C. have suggestions for a possible solution

　　D. find a solution by trial or mistake

　　D

　　The campaign is over. The celebrations have ended. And the work for US president-elect Barack Obama has begun.

　　The 47-year-old politician rose to the highest post because of his stand against the war in Iraq and his plans to fix a weak economy. But what will the first 47-year-old African-American president do for race relations?

　　Obama’s victory appears to have given blacks and other minorities a true national role model. For years, many looked to athletes and musicians for inspiration. As Darius Turner, an African-American high school student in Los Angeles, told the Los Angeles Times, “Kobe doesn’t have to be everybody’s role model anymore.”

　　Recent polls（民意測驗）also suggest that Obama’s victory has given Americans new optimism about race relations. For example, a USA Today poll found that two-thirds of Americans believe relations between blacks and whites “will finally be worked out”. This is the most hopeful response since the question was first asked during the civil rights revolution in 1963.

　　However, it’s still too early to tell whether Obama’s presidency will begin to solve many of the social problems facing low-income black communities.

　　Although blacks make up only 13 percent of the US population, 55 percent of all prisoners are African-American. Such numbers can be blamed on any number of factors on America’s racist past, a failure of government policy and the collapse(瓦解)of the family unit in black communities.

　　It is unlikely that Obama will be able to reverse (扭轉) such trends overnight. However, Bill Bank, an expert of African-American Studies, says that eventually young blacks need to find role models in their own communities. “That’s not Martin Luther King, and not Barack Obama,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s actually the people closest to them. Barack only has so much influence.”

　　In the opinion of black British politician Trevor Phillips, Obama’s rise will contribute more to multiculturalism than to race relations in the US.

　　“When the G8 meets, the four most important people in the room will be the president of China, the prime minister of India, the prime minister of Japan and Barak Obama,” he told London’s The Times newspaper. “It will be the first time we’ve seen that on our television screens. That will be a huge psychological shift (心理轉變) for both the white people and the colored ones in the world.”

　　47. For years, before Obama was elected president of the US, __________.

　　A. Kobe was the only role model for all the blacks

　　B. blacks could only find role models on the basketball court

　　C. minorities in America couldn’t find role models in their real life

　　D. American blacks had no role model who was successful in political area

　　48. According to Bill Bank, ____________.

　　A. it’s better for young blacks to find role models in those who are close to them

　　B. young blacks should not be so much influenced by Obama

　　C. blacks should find other role models because Obama is far from their reality

　　D. Obama is not the proper role model for African-Americans

　　49. What would be the best title for this passage?

　　A. The First African-American President

　　B. America’s New Role Model

　　C. Obama-- A Successful Black .

　　D. Choosing a Right Role Model

　　50. What will be the huge psychological shift Trevor mentioned at the end of the passage?

　　A. The other three leaders all support Obama.

　　B. Obama is an African-American president.

　　C. None of the four leaders is white.

　　D. The other three leaders except Obama are from Asian countries.

　　第四節．七選五（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

　　Four goals for Perfect Life

　　Healthy and Fit

　　The first goal common to all of us is health and energy. ___51___Today, with the incredible advances in medical science, the quality of our health and fitness, and our lifespan（壽命）, is largely determined by design, not by chance. People with excellent health habits are far healthier, have more energy, and live longer and better than people who have poor health habits.

　　Excellent Relationships

　　___52___Fully 85% of your happiness will be determined by the quality of your relationships at each stage, and in each area, of your life. How well you get along with people, and how much they like, love and respect you, has more impact on the quality of your life than perhaps any other factor.

　　Do What You Love

　　The third common goal is to do work that we enjoy, to do it well, and to be well paid for it. ___53___You want to earn the very most that is possible for you at each stage of your career, whatever you do.

　　___54___

　　The fourth goal we all have in common is to achieve financial independence. ___55___You want to be completely free of financial worries. You want to be able to order dinner in a restaurant without using the price listings to determine what you want to eat.

　　A. We don’t want to get the job that we aren’t well paid and don’t promote faster.

　　B. Achieve Financial Independence

　　C. Money is the most important for we can’t go without it.

　　D. You want to reach the point in life where you have enough money so that you never have to worry about money again.

　　E. You want to be able to get and keep the job you want, to get paid more and promoted faster.

　　F. The second goal that we all have in common is to enjoy excellent relationships with the people we like and respect, and who like, love and respect us in turn.

　　G. We all want to be healthy and fit, to have high levels of energy and to live free of pain and illness.

　　A.

　　ACDB

　　B.

　　ABD

　　C.

　　CACD

　　D.

　　DABC

　　G F E B D