| A．confirmation | B．assistance | C．contribution | D．shortage |
2 . In 1971 a young man who grew up very poor was travelling across the country, trying to make a new start for himself. Along the way he had completely run out of
After eating his first good meal in
On the way out of town, he began to understand
Later, he worked very hard and became a (an)
| A．time | B．gas | C．energy | D．money |
| A．continued | B．happened | C．kept | D．stayed |
| A．hopefully | B．excitedly | C．nervously | D．silently |
| A．hours | B．weeks | C．years | D．months |
| A．crying | B．lying | C．arguing | D．joking |
| A．way | B．job | C．wallet | D．car |
| A．behind | B．above | C．before | D．under |
| A．took out | B．picked out | C．took up | D．picked up |
| A．even if | B．as if | C．as well | D．even so |
| A．placed | B．put | C．dropped | D．removed |
| A．luck | B．word | C．promise | D．action |
| A．message | B．signal | C．mark | D．tip |
| A．what | B．how | C．where | D．when |
| A．after all | B．above all | C．in all | D．at all |
| A．in danger | B．in pain | C．in trouble | D．in charge |
| A．plan | B．target | C．promise | D．dream |
| A．famous | B．rich | C．lucky | D．important |
| A．gives up | B．sends out | C．put away | D．gives away |
| A．breakfast | B．Christmas | C．church | D．difficulty |
| A．restaurants | B．schools | C．hospitals | D．shops |
When my father was celebrating a milestone (里程碑) birthday, I pulled together a surprised gift that he would never forget.
On his 60th birthday , I had a fun idea: What if I could get the memories people had of him, put each one into an envelope (信封) — 60 in total — and have him open them, one by one, on his birthday? So I wrote an e-mail to family and friends, explaining my idea.
I sent the e-mail and waited. And then the replies started coming in and I was very, very astonished. There were so many memories, and they were all so lovely. They came from the 50s, 60s, 70s, from every decade (十年) between now and the day my dad was born. They came from my mother, my siblings, my grandma, my dad’s friends from high school, his sister, my dad’s first boss, a colleague at his first job, from people who hadn’t seen my dad in40 years, from people I myself hadn’t even informed. They typed them and handwrote them. They mailed them and e-mailed them.
The night before Dad’s birthday, my sister and I stayed up late to put the mails into envelopes.
The next morning, after breakfast and presents and cake, we gave the pile of envelopes to him. “Just one more thing for you,” we said.
It took him a long time to open them and read. Each one was a brief ticket to another time, a leap (跳跃) backward over years and decades. There was a lot of laughter and a few tears in his face.
I was kind of sad when the project of the memories about my father was over because it was great fun to collect these memories.
1. When did the author give her father a surprised gift? (no more than 5 words)2. What does the underlined word “astonished” in paragraph 3 probably mean? (no more than 1 words)
3. Why did the author and her sister stay up late the night before their father’s birthday? (no more than 10 words)
4. How did the author’s father most probably feel when he read the mails? (no more than 2 words)
5. What do you think of the author’s gift, why? (no more than 25 words)
4 . We talk a lot about air pollution. Here in Hong Kong we always complain about light pollution as well. Then, there is noise pollution. It’s the same in many cities around the world. In Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, people have been complaining about/the noise made by drivers who continually sound their car horns (喇). That is until recently, when something was finally done about it.
‘The Chief District Officer of Kathmandu had received many. complaints about horn pollution. He said that everyone felt the use of the car horn in recent years had become excessive. Researchers in Kathmandu found that for about 80 percent of the time, it really was not necessary for drivers to use their car horns. Sounding the horn to make a noise had become more of a habit. It was no longer being used as it was supposed to be used: to warn people of danger.
At the beginning of the Nepali New Year in 2017, the local government passed a law to ban the use of car horns unless used correctly.
Within six months, 11,000 fines (罚款) had been collected by the local traffic police. The fine was about HK S360. A taxi driver in Kathmandu can make about HK S1,000 per day, so he could lose about one-third of his money it he broke the law.
As usual, there were many complaints from drivers. They said that cows and dogs were free to walk on the roads. They always caused danger. Sounding a car horn was the only way to get them to move out of the way. And although there were quite a few traffic lights in the streets of Kathmandu, very few of them worked. This meant there was often a traffic mess.
The ban on using a car horn went ahead, and within a few weeks the streets of Nepal’s capital were quieter-even though they were still just as busy. Because of the ban, drivers are a little more careful when they drive. Fewer accidents have been reported. The local government says the horn ban will now be copied in other areas of Nepal.
1. What do Hong Kong and Kathmandu have in common?| A．Both have been troubled by factory pollution. |
| B．Both have succeeded in fighting air pollution. |
| C．Both have been faced with the problem of noise pollution. |
| D．Both have received many complaints about horn pollution. |
| A．Car drivers usually use car horns unnecessarily. | B．The cars are becoming more and more. |
| C．Care drivers use car horns as a warning. | D．Everyone complain about the horn pollution. |
| A．In 2016. | B．In 2017. | C．In 2018. | D．In 2019. |
| A．No traffic lights in the streets can work. | B．The traffic on the roads is not very smooth. |
| C．Animals are not allowed to walk on the streets. | D．Drivers are required to drive on one-way streets. |
| A．It is useful. | B．It is worrying. | C．It is interesting. | D．It is embarrassing. |
— ________. I need to do more exercise to keep fit.
| A．I don’t like it... | B．That’s great | C．That’s not the point | D．Are you kidding |
| A．Embarrass | B．Embarrassing | C．To be embarrassed | D．Embarrassed |
| A．ones | B．these | C．those | D．them |
| A．turn to | B．believe in | C．look for | D．deal with |
| A．sensitive | B．effective | C．generous | D．limited |
| A．presentation | B．infection | C．permission | D．extinction |
