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　　A

　　All throughout life we deal with some types of disappointment, whether it is from our job, family or friends. Several days before my __1__， Dad said he would buy me a car.

　　You can imagine the __2__ I felt.

　　He went on to say that

　　it would be __3__

　　on the morning of my birthday.

　　That morning, I stood in my parents' driveway __4___ my car to arrive. My heart was

　　__5__ fast, in my mind

　　there was

　　a red

　　sports

　　car.

　　I

　　got excited!

　　Several minutes later, I noticed a truck __6__ the street

　　and to my surprise the driver pulled

　　__7__

　　my parents'

　　driveway. It wasn't my beautiful sports car—it wasn't car __8__. I figured the driver had made a wrong turn or needed __9__.

　　I walked up to the truck and

　　__10__

　　if I could help him.

　　He said what he was looking for and gave me a(n) __11__.

　　It

　　was my home. I couldn't __12__it! It wasn't the sports car I

　　had imagined in my mind. The truck had about 20 different __13__

　　on it. It was used for the paint shop of the repair

　　factory where my dad worked.

　　My dad walked out of the house and __14__ my dad saw

　　my disappointment on my face,

　　so he comforted me and said that we could __15__ changing the truck and make it look much

　　better. One year later, after many hours of

　　__16__

　　every day to clean the different colours, the truck became a beautiful brown

　　colour and we __17__

　　to get it good-looking again.

　　This did give

　　my father the opportunity to do what he

　　loved to do and __18__

　　his son some valuable lessons about

　　life. __19__ there may be disappointment in your life, you

　　should find the positive lessons in it. If you can

　　_20__

　　some

　　kind of disappointment, you can become a stronger, smarter

　　and more confident person.

　　1. A. festival B. celebration

　　C. holiday

　　D. birthday

　　2. A. excitement

　　B. disappointment

　　C. honor

　　D. surprise

　　3. A. brought

　　B. sent

　　C. gathered

　　D. got

　　4. A.

　　waiting for

　　B.

　　worrying about

　　C. caring for

　　D. asking about

　　5. A. kicking

　　B. hitting

　　C. beating

　　D. knocking

　　6. A.

　　passing by

　　B.

　　coming down

　　C. getting through

　　D. running into

　　7. A.

　　into

　　B.

　　at

　　C.

　　of

　　D.

　　from

　　8. A.

　　in all

　　B.

　　above all

　　C. after all

　　D.

　　at all

　　9. A. repairs

　　B. directions

　　C. restaurants

　　D. lessons

　　10. A. asked

　　B. hoped

　　C. expected

　　D. lied

　　11. A. award

　　B. present

　　C. address

　　D. account

　　12. A. believe

　　B. agree

　　C. regret

　　D. pretend

　　13. A. styles

　　B. design

　　C. pictures

　　D. colours

　　14. A. sadly

　　B. luckily

　　C. clearly

　　D. generally

　　15.

　　A.

　　put up

　　B. break down

　　C. play with

　　D. work on

　　16. A. wait

　　B. labor

　　C. care

　　D. drive

　　17. A. managed

　　B. tried

　　C. allowed

　　D．reduced

　　18. A. directed

　　B. guided

　　C. taught

　　D. limited

　　19. A. Until

　　B. So

　　C. Although

　　D. Because

　　20. A. make

　　B. combine

　　C. digest

　　D. overcome

　　[文章大意]　文章講述了作者在處理令自己失望的生日禮物時得到的教訓——學會處理生活中的失望。

　　1．D。根據第3空后面的“on the morning of my

　　birthday”可知，此處要用birthday。

　　2．A。從第一段的最后一句“I got excited.”可知，作者得知父親要送他禮物時，他非常興奮。故答案為A。

　　3．B。從下文可知，作者的禮物是被“送”來的，要用sent。

　　4．A。從上文可知，作者知道禮物要在生日那天被送來，所以到了那天的早晨，作者在那里“等待”，所以要用waiting for。

　　5．C。由下文的“I got excited！”可知，此處指作者心跳(beating)快。

　　6．B。從下面的“the driver...parents' driveway”可以推出，卡車是順著路來的。pass by“從旁邊經過”；get through“(從一個空間)通過”；run into“偶然碰到”；come down“順著……下來”。故答案為B。

　　7．A。driveway在國外是住宅外部到公路之間的私人車道。此處指那輛車駛進作者父母的停車道，要用into。

　　8．D。從上句的“It wasn't my beautiful sports car”可知，這不是作者想要的車。本句是對上句的進一步強調，not...at all，意為“根本不”。

　　9．B。從第10空后面的“He said what he

　　was looking for”可知，作者認為卡車司機可能是問路的。故該題的答案為B。

　　10．A。從“if”可知作者上前“問”是否需要幫忙，故用asked。

　　11．C。從下面的“It was my home.”可知，他給的是一個“地址”(address)。

　　12．A。從后面的“It wasn't the sports car I had imagined in my mind.”可知，作者不敢相信那是真的，所以此處要用believe.

　　13．D。根據第16空后面的“clean the different colours”可知，卡車車身上有很多種顏色(colours)。

　　14．C。從后面的“so he comforted me”可知，作者的父親“明顯”看出了作者是很失望的。

　　15．D。從后面的“after many hours of... clean the different colours”可知，他們“致力于”改變這輛卡車，故選D。

　　16．B。從前面的“make it look much better”和后面的“to clean the different colours”可知，他們付出了“勞動”(labor)。

　　17．A。從后面的“get it good-looking again”可知，他們成功使車又好看了，故選A項。

　　18．C。根據空后的“some valuable lessons about life”可知，答案為C。

　　19．C。即使你生活中有失望的事情，你也應該找到其中的積極方面。故答案為C。

　　20．D。只要能夠克服(overcome)生活中的失望，你就能變成一個更加堅強、聰明和自信的人。

　　Involving the whole family is the best way to promote better eating habits and healthy activities for your kids.

　　A whole-family approach simply means that everyone—parents

　　and

　　kids

　　alike— __1__ together as a team to achieve good health and well-being. As with any __2__，there's a leader or coach － and that's you!

　　Lead by

　　__3__. Adult family members are important role models for healthy eating and exercise. Talk about why you eat fruit as a snack, take an exercise class, or go for walks.

　　Start them young.

　　Don't wait until your child is

　　at a(n)

　　__4__ weight to form good eating and

　　__5__

　　habits. It's much easier to maintain a healthy weight than to lose __6__ later.

　　Be __7__

　　together.Make it usual for the family to be active. Being active as a family allows __8__ to expend energy in a __9__ way, and adults enjoy the health benefits，too.

　　__10__ together. It may be not practical to do it every day, but __11__ kids into the process of __12__ food as possible as you can. Little kids can learn math skills by __13__and they'll begin to understand the chemistry of cooking.They'll also gain an understanding of healthy ingredients.

　　Older kids will enjoy having the authority to select and

　　prepare__14__ they like and will be more likely to eat what

　　they've __15__. It might even inspire them to make healthy choices ___16___ their own.

　　Eat together. Eating a meal as a family sends the right

　　___17___ about nutrition. Kids will see their parents eating healthy food and may be inspired to __18__ new foods. They

　　will also come to __19__ mealtime as a time for socializing and sharing. Parents get a chance to___20__ nutritious food and note their child's likes and dislikes through conversation.

　　1. A. worksB. plays

　　C. eats

　　D. exercises

　　2. A. family

　　B. team

　　C. class

　　D. group

　　3. A. language

　　B. test

　　C. example

　　D. knowledge

　　4. A. possible

　　B. proper

　　C. unhealthy

　　D. normal

　　5. A. studying

　　B. activity

　　C. sleeping

　　D. communication

　　6. A. interest

　　B. pounds

　　C. customers

　　D. strength

　　7. A. asleep

　　B. active

　　C. excited

　　D. happy

　　8. A. friends

　　B. players

　　C. kids

　　D. parents

　　9. A. bad

　　B. lazy

　　C. positive

　　D. friendly

　　10. A. Cook

　　B. Start

　　C. Live

　　D. Act

　　11. A. cheat

　　B. force

　　C. persuade

　　D. invite

　　12. A. eating

　　B. buying

　　C. selling

　　D. preparing

　　13. A. watching

　　B. measuring

　　C. explaining

　　D. discussing

　　14. A. methods

　　B. foods

　　C. programmes

　　D. skills

　　15. A. made

　　B. ordered

　　C. seen

　　D. found

　　16. A. on

　　B. in

　　C. with

　　D. by

　　17. A. warnings

　　B. messages

　　C. questions

　　D. problems

　　18. A. drink

　　B. produce

　　C. try

　　D. value

　　19．A. remember

　　B. see

　　C. choose

　　D. depend

　　20. A. eat

　　B. have

　　C. enjoy

　　D. offer

　　[文章大意]　健康的飲食和鍛煉習慣要靠全家人一起努力來養成，父母的率先垂范，孩子們的積極參與是推動孩子養成健康習慣的不可缺少的元素。

　　1．A。此處用works together表示大人和孩子一起努力來養成良好的飲食及鍛煉習慣。

　　2．B。由空后面的“there's a leader or coach”可知，作者在此作比喻，即“像在任何團隊中一樣，(這個團隊)也有領導或教練”。

　　3．C。根據下文的“role models”可知應選C項，即家長要發揮榜樣的作用，做給孩子們看。

　　4．C。不要等到孩子們的體重處于不健康(unhealthy)狀態了才去培養好的飲食和活動(activity)習慣。

　　5．B。參見上題解析。此空的activity與前文的exercise相一致。

　　6．B。(早些)維持健康的體重要比后期(發胖了)減肥更容易。選項中只有pounds與體重有關，故選B。

　　7．B。根據小標題后面的內容可知此處表示全家人一起積極(active)行動起來。

　　8．C。全文主要介紹了如何讓孩子養成良好的飲食和鍛煉習慣，故選kids。

　　9．C。全家人一起積極活動可以讓孩子們以一種積極的方式增強體能。該詞與本段中的active相呼應。

　　10．A。根據本段的內容及cooking一詞可知應選A。

　　11．D。每天都這樣做可能不實際，但是請盡你所能邀請(invite)你的孩子來和你一起準備(preparing)食物。

　　12．D。參見上題解析。

　　13．B。根據空前面的math一詞可知，應該是通過測量(measuring)學習數學方面的技能。

　　14．B。結合上下文的內容可知，此處表示“年長點兒的孩子喜歡有權選擇和準備他們喜歡的食物(foods)”。

　　15．A。結合上文的“Cook together.”可知，此處表示“他們會很愛吃自己親手做的飯”，故選made。

　　16．A。這樣甚至會鼓勵他們獨自做出有利于健康的選擇。 on one's own“獨自”，符合語境。

　　17．B。全家人一起吃飯會傳達有關營養方面的正確的信息(messages)。

　　18．C。孩子們看見他們的父母吃健康的食物就很有可能受到鼓勵去嘗試(try)新的食物。

　　19．B。孩子們會把吃飯的時間視為用來交際和分享的時光。see...as“把……視為”，符合語境。

　　20．D。此處表示父母借機給孩子們提供有營養的食物。

　　C

　　One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert,

　　I passed a young man standing by the roadside.

　　He had his

　　thumb out and held a gas can in his__1__hand.

　　I drove right

　　by him. There was a time__2__you'd be called a jerk for

　　passing by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for__3__.

　　“I don't want to get involved” seems to have become a national motto.

　　Several days__4__I

　　was still thinking about the hitchhiker(搭便車的人),

　　about how I didn't ever lifted my foot

　　off the accelerator for him.

　　“Does anyone stop any more？”

　　I wondered.

　　Blanche DuBois once said, “I have always depended on the__5__of strangers.” Is that possible these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey across the US without any__6__， just relying on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support?

　　The idea intrigued (激起興趣) me.

　　The week I__7__37, I realized that I had__8__done something truly crazy.

　　So I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only__9__offers of rides, food and places to sleep.