— Would you like to go there by riding ______ horse?

— No, I prefer to take ______ car.

A. /; a 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a; a　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. the; /　　　　　　　　 D. a; /

This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers（young people aged from 13 —19）from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected — much harder. Students rose respectfully^① when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize^② American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”
Notes:
①    respectfully  adv. 尊敬地，謙恭地
②    criticize  vt. 批評，責(zé)備
Choose the best answers according to the above:

1. 1.

   This year       __ teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries.

   1. A.
      twenty-three hundred
   2. B.
      thirteen hundred
   3. C.
      over three thousand
   4. D.
      less than two thousand
2. 2.

   The whole exchange programme is mainly to        __.

   1. A.
      help teenagers in other countries know the real America
   2. B.
      send students in America to travel in Germany
   3. C.
      let students learn something about other countries
   4. D.
      have teenagers learn new languages
3. 3.

   What is particular in America schools is that        __.

   1. A.
      there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings.
   2. B.
      there are a lot of outside activities
   3. C.
      students usually take fourteen subjects in all
   4. D.
      students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car
4. 4.

   After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought        __.

   1. A.
      a better education should include something good from both American and Germany
   2. B.
      German schools trained students to be better citizens
   3. C.
      American schools were not as good as German schools
   4. D.
      the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students

I was driving in the car. It was raining. The car suddenly slid (滑) off of the__36__road and turned upside down. The roof of the car was damaged and my__37__was trapped in the window. I could not move it__38__the glass on my face and the pressure from the roof. I was__39__.It was still raining and I was afraid that the ditch (壕溝) I was in would__40__ with water. I was also afraid that the car would__41__as I could smell gasoline.
Then two male truck drivers came to me and tried to__42__me.They got a car jack and_43__the top of the car and released me. Then they __44__me out of the car. Two young women stepped forward and__45__to take me to the hospital. I immediately realized that I was_46__hurt.I had hurt my back and I was in a lot of__47__.At the hospital，I was X­rayed and the__48__told me that there was something serious.The__49__on my face were also done with and I was given pain__50__.
This__51__in the South in 1958，a time of segregation (種族隔離)__52__ “black” people and “white” people. As it happened，the two men and the two women who were so__53__to help me were all African Americans. Whoever they are，I__54__life has been good and kind to them as they were to me. I am always thankful to them and I will never__55__them.
【小題1】          

We arrived in Spain for the first time a few weeks ago.I decided to   21    a car because we had sold the one we had in England before  22    home.Yesterday the sales office rang us to say the car was  23  .I had tried out a model like it before,but as I was not yet  24    driving in this city,my wife did not want me to collect it   25    so we went together to   26    it.We paid for the car and   27    the papers.They told us that there was   28    petrol(汽油) to take us to a garage,where we could fill up.The   29    garage to the office was about 100 yards away and we got there   30   .But when I turned into the main road I suddenly saw a lot of cars racing  31   me.I got out of   32    as fast as I could by backing into the garage  33    and the man behind   34    me.

“It’s such a problem to   35    to drive on the right side,isn’t it?”my wife said.“Yes,if only I had had a few lessons for   36   ,”I replied.“You had better go   37    on the way home,”my wife said.“You’d be sorry if you had   38    on the first day,wouldn’t you?”While we were talking,the man behind got out of his car and said in good English,“Would you mind telling me   39    you are thinking of leaving?   40    are you going to sit in your car all day?”

A.borrow           B.drive             C.buy               D.choose

A.leaving          B.making                C.returning         D.getting

A.right            B.ready             C.fixed             D.sold

A.sure of      B.satisfied with   C.interested in      D.used to

A.on my own        B.right away            C.in a hurry            D.on the way

A.receive          B.bring             C.order             D.fetch

A.accepted         B.wrote             C.signed                D.copied

A.little           B.enough                C.much              D.no

A.best             B.nearest           C.quickest          D.cleanest

A.lately          B.directly              C.safely                D.slowly

A.after           B.with              C.around                D.towards

A.their way           B.the garage            C.their sight           D.the car

A.at last         B.once more         C.as usual          D.as well

A.caught          B.cheered           C.shouted at            D.chatted with

A.prepare         B.continue          C.choose                D.remember

A.discussion      B.adventure         C.experiment            D.practice

A.carefully           B.smoothly          C.quickly               D.differently

A.an error        B.a problem     C.an accident       D.a headache

A.when            B.why               C.how               D.what

A.For             B.Or                    C.But               D.So

The way people hold to the belief that a fun - filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment （預(yù)擔(dān)的義務(wù)）, self - improvement.

Ask a bachelor（單身漢） why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.  

Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ________ .

A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities

B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single

C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage

D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement

Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ________ .

A. a moral duty               B. a thankless job

C. a rewarding task            D. a source of inevitable pain

From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ________ .

A. hatred　　B. misunderstanding　 C. prejudice　　　　　D. ignorance

To understand what true happiness is one must ________ .

A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime

B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain

C. put up with pain under all circumstances

D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun

What is the author trying to tell us?

A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．

B. One must know how to attain happiness.

C. It is important to make commitments.

D. It is pain that leads to happiness.