B. justice
C. taste
D. color
(II)
I am discovering that many people want, above all else, to live life fully. But sometimes the past prohibits our living and enjoying life to the utmost in the present.
A schoolteacher 26 his room a few minutes early and 27 a mealworm laboriously crawling along the floor. It had somehow been 28 . The back part of the worm was dead and dried up, but still attached to the 29 living part by just a thin thread.
As the teacher 30 the strange sight of a poor worm 31 its dead half across the floor, a little girl ran in and noticed it there. Picking it up, she said," Oh, Oscar, when are you going to 32 that dead part so you can really hve?"
What a marvelous 33 for all of us! When are we going to lose that dead part so we can really hve? When are we going to let go of past pain so we can live 34 ? When are we going to drop the baggage of needless guilt so we can 35 life? When are we going to let go of that past resentment so we can know peace?
Have you been dragging something that is dead and gone around with you? Are you ready to lose that dead part so you can really live?
26. A. entered
B. left
C. rushed
D. slipped
27. A. saw
B. searched
C. noticed
D. found
28. A. killed
B. injured
C. hurt
D. damaged
29. A. behind
B. middle
C. head
D. front
30. A. studied
B. researched
C. took
D. learned
31. A. pushing
B. taking
C. pulling
D. bringing
32. A. lose
B. miss
C. cut
D. place
33. A. problem
B. question
C. doubt
D. puzzle
34. A. happily
B. sadly
C. joyfully
D. fully
35. A. live
B. enjoy
C. experience
D. treasure
Ⅲ.閱讀理解/Reading comprehension(50分)
A
When I opened the first "Body Shop" in 1976, what I wanted to do was to earn(掙)enough money to feed my children. Today the "Body Shop" is a great company growing fast all around the world. In the years since we began, I have learned a lot. Much of what I have learned will be found in this book, because I believe that we, as a company, have something worth saying about how to run a successful business without giving up what you really believe in.
It' s not an ordinary business book. It is not just about my life, either. The message is that to succeed in business you have to be different. Business can be fun, and can be run. with love and do good. In business, as in life, I need to enjoy myself, to have a feeling of my family and to feel excited by something unusual. I have always wanted the people who work for the "Body Shop" to feel
the same way.
Now this book sends these ideas out into the world, and makes them public. I' d like to think there are no limits(界限) to our "family", and no limits to what can be done. I find that an exciting thought. I hope you do, too.
36. What is the writer's main purpose(目的) in writing this text?
A. To tell the reader her life story.
B. To tell people how she brought up her children.
C. To let people know how rich she was.
D. To introduce her ideas to the reader.
37. What would someone learn from this text?
A. How to make a lot of money.
B. How to write a book about business.
C. What the book is about.
D. What the writer' s family is like.
38. How does the writer feel about the business she runs?
A. It' s the biggest company in the world.
B. It will possibly be more successful.
C. It' s one of the most successful businesses.
D. It is the only company that is growing all around the world.
39. What kind of workers does the writer like to employ(雇用) ?
A. Those who have the same ideas as she does.
B. Those who get on well with the public.
C. Those who can sell her books around the world.
D. Those who have big families and new ideas.
40. What kind of person does the writer seem to be?
A. She is mainly interested in making money.
B. She thinks running a business a different job.
C. She seems to be successful but unhappy.
D. She seems to be someone with strong confidence.