第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每題2分，滿分40分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項中，選出選項；并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
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Nate suffered a great blow when he lost his job. His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed.” Nate left the building filled with despair. By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression. When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job. I am a complete failure.” A tense silence followed. Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face. “What great news!” she responded. “Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write.”
“But I have no job and no prospect of a job, ” he objected, completely without hope. “ If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from? ”
Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen. Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash. “ Where on earth did you get this? ” Nate gasped. “ To whom does it belong? ”
“ It’s ours! ” Sophia replied. “ I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance. From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance. Now there is enough to last us a whole year. ”
What a surprise! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece. The book is The Scarlet Letter. Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master.
56. It’s suggested in the first paragraph ________ .
Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news
Nate was too sad to speak any more
Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate
both husband and wife had no idea what to do 2
57. Sophia saved money because ________ .
she knew her husband would lose his job one day
she knew their life would be in difficulty
she was trying to help her husband in very possible way
she was very careful with money
58. From the passage we can know that Sophia was ________ .
A. kind and brave B. careful and encouraging
C. helpful and warm-hearted D. clever and determined
59. What would be the best title for the passage ?
Sophia’s Achievement
A great writer’s struggle to success
Great encouragement in hard times
Failure is the mother of success
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項中，選出選項；并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
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Nate suffered a great blow when he lost his job. His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed.” Nate left the building filled with despair. By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression. When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job. I am a complete failure.” A tense silence followed. Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face. “What great news!” she responded. “Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write.”
“But I have no job and no prospect of a job, ” he objected, completely without hope. “ If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from? ”
Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen. Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash. “ Where on earth did you get this? ” Nate gasped. “ To whom does it belong? ”
“ It’s ours! ” Sophia replied. “ I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance. From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance. Now there is enough to last us a whole year. ”
What a surprise! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece. The book is The Scarlet Letter. Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master.
56. It’s suggested in the first paragraph ________ .
Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news
Nate was too sad to speak any more
Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate
both husband and wife had no idea what to do 2
57. Sophia saved money because ________ .
she knew her husband would lose his job one day
she knew their life would be in difficulty
she was trying to help her husband in very possible way
she was very careful with money
58. From the passage we can know that Sophia was ________ .
A. kind and brave B. careful and encouraging
C. helpful and warm-hearted D. clever and determined
59. What would be the best title for the passage ?
Sophia’s Achievement
A great writer’s struggle to success
Great encouragement in hard times
Failure is the mother of success