A  On a Quiet Night

                          Tang  Li Bai

I saw the moonlight before my couch,

And wonder if it were not the frost on the ground,

I raised my head and looked out on the mountain moon,

I bowed my head and thought of my far-off home.

B  Homesickness

-- by Yu Guangzhong

In my childhood,

Homesickness was a small stamp.

I was here.

And my mother was over there，

 

When I grew up,

Homesickness was a narrow ship-ticket.

I was here

And my bride was over there:

 

And then
Homesickness was ___47________.

With me outside

And my mother inside:

 

But now,

Homesickness is a shallow strait.

I am on this side.

And the mainland is on the other side

46. PoemA was written by     in       Dynasty.

A. Du Fu, Tang      B. Bai Juyi, Tang       C. Li Bai, Tang    D. Sushi, Song

47. Choose the best phrase to fill in the blank.

A. a big rock          B. a huge mountain    C. a small tomb   D. a long river

48. What’s the theme of the two poems?

A.Missing hometown           B.Talking about friendship            C. Missing mother              D. Talking about city

A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbour. Within a few days the whole neighbourhood knew the story. The neighbour was deeply hurt. Later the woman responsible (負責) for spreading the gossip learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
“Go to the marketplace,” he said. “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pluck (拔) its feathers and drop them one by one along the road. ” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, “ Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me. ”
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
“ You see, ” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back . So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong.”
【小題1】The woman was very _________ the harm she had done to her neighbour.

A．happy about

B．a(chǎn)ngry about

C．sorry for

D．excited about

【小題2】Which of the following statements is TURE?

A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all.

B．The wise man was not kind enough.

C．The woman found all the feathers at last.

D．The woman was given a lesson.

【小題3】What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase “_________”

A．覆水難收

B．無中生有

C．欲速不達

D．得道多助

A new term has begun. Teachers are   1  about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with(對付). They like to bring telephones（手機） and MP3 players to school. What is   2  , some students even use telephones to do out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some otherstudents listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that  3 ? “Yes.” says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University.   4  she says it’s not their fault(過錯).   5 , the teachers should be blamed(責備). Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. “I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well had nothing to do with them.” she says. “At first, I got worried about this.” but then I said to myself, “You’re giving   6  , and you need to deal with this kind of situation (情況). These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good   7  . They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they may regret(后悔) the time they have wasted.”
Mrs Kirk also   8  a list of suggestions(建議) to help teachers better manage (控制) their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
l     On the first day of class, tell students how they will benefit(受益) by taking the class and the importance   9  listening carefully in class.
l     Do not allow（允許） them to bring telephones or MP3 players to the class at all.
l     Tell them how to use telephones or MP3 players   10  .

【小題1】

A．excited B．worried C．surprised D．interested

【小題2】

A．bad B．worse C．good D．better

【小題3】

A．rude B．polite C．friendly D．boring

【小題4】

A．But B．However C．And D．So

【小題5】

A．Such as B．For example C．Like D．Instead

【小題6】

A．Math B．English C．Chinese D．lessons

【小題7】

A．ideas B．problems C．habits（習(xí)慣） D．classes

【小題8】

A．makes B．produces C．designs D．gets

【小題9】

A．on B．of C．a(chǎn)t D．by

【小題10】

A．carefully B．properly C．clearly D．quickly

A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, paint pictures, play the piano and grow flowers.   【小題1】  They collect everything from books to butterflies and from boxes to stamps.
People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship and relaxation. Hobbies help people relax after a long time of hard work, and provide a balance (平衡) between work and play. Hobbies offer interesting activities for the old. Some hobbies can make a child grow as a person, develop his interest and help him learn new skills.   【小題2】  Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients (病人) recover (恢復(fù)) from illness. Hobbies give patients who can’t move around something to do, and provide interests that keep them from thinking about themselves. Many hospitals treat (治療) patients by having them take up interesting hobbies.   【小題3】 
In early times, most people were too busy making a living to have many hobbies. But some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies.   【小題4】 People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.
  【小題5】  Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found free time hours.
Sir William Osler, a famous Canadian doctor expressed the value (價值) of hobbies by saying, “No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.”
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A．More people retire at an earlier age than before. B．Hobbies can also help a patient to keep healthy. C．The ancient Egyptians played games with balls made of wood. D．They also go to concerts, climb mountains, go fishing, skate and swim. E. Anyone, old or young, sick or well, rich or poor, can follow a good hobby, in spite of his age, health or money.

 

On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base (基地) in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province(四川省), because of damaged (損壞的) shelters and food shortages（短缺）after the May 12 earthquake（地震）, The pandas took trucks(卡車) to Ya’an,a local official（官員） said.
Eight other pandas left the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will take China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing. They will travel on a Boeing 747-700 plane with bamboo and water. and they will stay at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin.
“There is enough water now, but food is still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples.” Zhang Hemin said. 
After the earthquake, the center needed lots of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicine, she said.
There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shanxi and Gansu.
【小題1】How many pandas left for Ya’an?

A．6

B．8

C．14

D．1590

【小題2】How will eight other pandas go to Beijing Zoo from the Chengdu Research Base?

A．By plane

B．By train

C．By truck

D．By bus

【小題3】In China,what place has the most giant pandas?

A．Beijing

B．Sichuan and the northwestern provinces

C．northeastern provinces

D．Jiangsu

【小題4】Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Some pandas left an important panda base in Wolong after the earthquake.

B．Eight other pandas will stay at Beijing zoo.

C．Pandas eat bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and so on.

D．Water is still a big problem for the pandas after the earthquake.

【小題5】This passage is probably(很可能) from ________________.

A．a(chǎn) novel(小說)

B．a(chǎn) storybook

C．a(chǎn) newspaper

D．a(chǎn) diary（日記）