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．angry 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

With the development of economics (經濟), the problem of left-behind children (留守兒童) has become a serious social problem. More and more people have realized we should do something to help them.
One of the biggest problems is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. Many of them can just get a call or a letter from their parents half a year, a year or even several years, which makes some children lost their parents’ faces. When they meet their own troubles, they have no one to talk with. Nobody gives them enough care.
Because of being too far away from their parents, the left-behind children’s study is the second biggest problem. From a survey (調查) about their study, only two per cent of the children get good results, while ten per cent of them are common and eighty-eight per cent of them are poor. What a pity!
There are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability to protect themselves, unhealthy lifestyles, spending too much pocket money and being crazy about Internet and so on.
In a word, to solve all the problems of the left-behind children needs the government, families and schools to try their best together.
【小題1】How many problems are mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．More than four.

【小題2】Which problem is NOTmentioned in the passage?

A．Having no place to live.

B．Being crazy about the Internet.

C．Unhealthy lifestyles.

D．Not study well.

【小題3】What’s the meaning of “some children lost their parents’ faces”?

A．Some children lost their parents.

B．Some children couldn’t find their parents.

C．Some children can’t remember what their parents look like.

D．Some children can’t get any information about their parents.

【小題4】Which of the following sentences isRIGHT?

A．All of the left-behind children aren’t good at study.

B．The left-behind children can see their parents often.

C．The left-behind children have much money.

D．The left-behind children problem is a social problem.

【小題5】What is the best title of the article?

A．The Left-behind Children

B．What is Left-behind Children

C．The Problems of the Left-behind Children

D．How to help Left-behind Children

A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long.
Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button and the lift goes to that floor. It is all very fast and easy.
Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Maybe people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-fourth floor? Can their mother and father carry food up all those stairs? Of course not.
We can have high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts. They are really wonderful.
【小題1】Which of the following is true?

A．A modern lift has no buttons.

B．A modern lift has a worker to operate it.

C．A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it.

D．A modern lift knows what floor people want.

【小題2】If you want to go to the floor you want, you_______.

A．ask for help	B．open the door of the lift
C．ring the bell	D．push the right button

【小題3】Why do people have to use lifts? Because________.

A．they have tall buildings

B．they can't walk up and down

C．old people and children need them

D．lifts are wonderful