Can you i          what it would be like to live without electricity.

Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.
We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南針). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”

1. 1.

   The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ______.

   1. A.
      bright
   2. B.
      dirty
   3. C.
      comfortable
   4. D.
      dark
2. 2.

   When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ______.

   1. A.
      Of course , it loves me , since I love it
   2. B.
      If I love it , it should love me
   3. C.
      I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it
   4. D.
      I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger
3. 3.

   The reason why she would like to have the sail is that______.

   1. A.
      she thinks it will be very exciting
   2. B.
      she likes sports and enjoys canoeing
   3. C.
      she has decided to realize a childhood dream
   4. D.
      she wants to be still active when she gets old
4. 4.

   What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

   1. A.
      Someone who does not show what she is feeling
   2. B.
      Someone who is very proud and sure of her success
   3. C.
      Someone who doesn’t use her head much
   4. D.
      Someone who is open , honest and brave
5. 5.

   The best title for this passage is______.

   1. A.
      Life Begins at Sixty
   2. B.
      A Round Coast Sail
   3. C.
      An Old Woman Sailor
   4. D.
      An Unusual Hobby(愛(ài)好)

(B)
Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.
We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南針). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”
【小題1】The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .

(B)

Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.

We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南針). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”

1.The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .

A．bright            B．dirty             C．comfortable       D．dark

2.When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____

A．Of course , it loves me , since I love it .

B．If I love it , it should love me.

C．I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it .

D．I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger .

3. The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.

A．she thinks it will be very exciting

B．she likes sports and enjoys canoeing

C．she has decided to realize a childhood dream

D．she wants to be still active when she gets old

4.What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

A．Someone who does not show what she is feeling .

B．Someone who is very proud and sure of her success .

C．Someone who doesn’t use her head much .

D．Someone who is open , honest and brave .

5.The best title for this passage is ____ .

A．Life Begins at Sixty                      B．A Round Coast Sail

C．An Old Woman Sailor                    D．An Unusual Hobby(愛(ài)好)

第II卷（滿分55分）

第一節(jié) 單詞拼寫（共10題，每小題1分；滿分10分）

據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語(yǔ)注釋，在答題卡的橫線上，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

66. He have mended the woodwork and ______(油漆) the walls.

67. Can you i_____ what it would be like to live without electricity?

68. The rain was b______ against the windows.

69. His ________(秘書) says he’s still out at lunch.

70. He’s often here, but _______(奇怪) enough, I’ve never met him.

71. This is one of Bach’s later ________(作品).

72. The daughter of my sister is my n______.

73. My nose is ______(堵塞) because of a heavy cold.

74. They crossed the English Channel in a hot-air ______(氣球).

75. I would like a room with a ______(雙人的) bed.

第II卷（滿分55分）

第一節(jié)  單詞拼寫 （共10題，每小題1分；滿分10分）

據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語(yǔ)注釋，在答題卡的橫線上，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

66. He have mended the woodwork and ______(油漆) the walls.

67. Can you i_____ what it would be like to live without electricity?

68. The rain was b______ against the windows.

69. His ________(秘書) says he’s still out at lunch.

70. He’s often here, but _______(奇怪) enough, I’ve never met him.

71. This is one of Bach’s later ________(作品).

72. The daughter of my sister is my n______.

73. My nose is ______(堵塞) because of a heavy cold.

74. They crossed the English Channel in a hot-air ______(氣球).

75. I would like a room with a ______(雙人的) bed.

第II卷（滿分55分）

第一節(jié)  單詞拼寫 （共10題，每小題1分；滿分10分）

據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語(yǔ)注釋，在答題卡的橫線上，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

66. He have mended the woodwork and ______(油漆) the walls.

67. Can you i_____ what it would be like to live without electricity?

68. The rain was b______ against the windows.

69. His ________(秘書) says he’s still out at lunch.

70. He’s often here, but _______(奇怪) enough, I’ve never met him.

71. This is one of Bach’s later ________(作品).

72. The daughter of my sister is my n______.

73. My nose is ______(堵塞) because of a heavy cold.

74. They crossed the English Channel in a hot-air ______(氣球).

75. I would like a room with a ______(雙人的) bed.

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A，B，C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona Mcfee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat . Although the inside of the boat is very cosy, it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn't too uncomfortable.

　　We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I'm going to take a good compass. Anyway I'm not afraid of death because I love the seaI just hope it loves me.”Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn't want to have a quiet and peaceful life.“I'm looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that's exactly why I'd like to be a sailor for a while.”

1．The underlined word“cosy”in the first paragraph means ________.

[　　]

2．What kind of person would you say the old woman is?

A．Someone who doesn't show what she is feeling.

B．Someone who is very proud and sure of her success.

C．Someone who doesn't use her head much.

D．Someone who is open, honest and brave.

3．The best title for this passage is ________.

[　　]

A．Life Begins at Sixty

B．A Round Coast Sail

C．An Old Woman Sailor

D．An Unusual Hobby

“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. But, in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in 53 AD wrote it.

We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and they can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?

Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a message from your friend appears on the screen, and the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons, Benjamin and Thomas, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically. But not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes,” she said. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（時(shí)髦的）,beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things”.

Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!

Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain time of the day. Don’t check your e-mail every day.

Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.

With the Internet and so much information available, we are expected to know everything all the time, but sometimes don’t be afraid to say, “I don’t know.”

Make sure you spend some time talking to your family. Set aside one evening a week when you don’t turn on the television. Play cards and chat instead.

Get a low-neck hobby. Every day do something in the old-fashioned way, such as walking to have a face-to-face meeting instead of using the e-mail or telephone, or making a birthday card.

Don’t worry too much about life—laugh more!

73. The writer uses the quote at the beginning of the passage to___________ .

A. share a truth about life

B. tell us what life was like a long time ago

C. make us wonder what happened in Rome in 53 AD

D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same

74. Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940s house?

A. Because they loved to live simple lives.

B. Because they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions.

C. Because they were troubled by modern inventions.

D. Because living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them.

75. What do you think the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion offered by the writer means?

A. Busy on line.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Free.

C. Be able to.　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Be found by others.