閱讀下面短文，從各題A、B、C、D中選出一個能填入短文中相應空白處的最佳答案。

“What’s the matter, mum?”

As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is 1    . It’s unusual –she usually 2    the door and welcomes me with a smile!

“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I 3    what she says. The tulip（郁金香），mother’s 4     is dying. A month ago, we moved 5    our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. 6     she was free, she would sit 7    her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour 8   inviting smell.

She treated it like a baby and looked after it 9   . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to 10     to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she 11   every morning was 12    the tulip, Mum also fertilized（施肥）it many times.

She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and 13   . But the tulip was dying 14    too much sunshine, water and fertilizer. It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love 15    be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.

1.A.happy           B.unhappy       C.pleased       D.pleasure

2.A.coses           B.opens         C.keeps         D.takes

3.A.know            B.love          C.think         D.find

4.A.favourite       B.hate          C.unlike        D.like

5.A.into            B.around        C.across        D.with

6.A.Though          B.Because       C.After       D.Whereever

7.A.at              B.in            C.on           D.under

8.A.but             B.and           C.for          D.or

9.A.happily         B.brightly      C.carefully    D.usually

10.A.other          B.place         C.two places    D.another

11.A.got up         B.made the bed  C.played piano  D.washed her face

12.A.to take        B.to cut        C.to water      D.to pull

13.A.dry            B.strong        C.wet           D.old

14.A.because        B.for           C.since         D.because of

15.A.must           B.should        C.can           D.need

Sociologists（社會學家）, working in western countries, have found that a large __31__ of women wished they had been born man. The number is said to be as __32__ as 60% in Germany. “women often __33__they have the same chances as men have and think it is still a man’s __34__, ” said Dr James Helen, one of the sociologists __35__ did the study.

Many men say that they have __36__duties than women. A man has to make money __37__his family. Some make the important __38__, so it is right for men to be paid more. Some are even __39__ their wives working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and __40__ can not be taken good care of. If women have take full-time jobs, they won’t be able to do what they are best __41__doing; making a nice home and bringing up the children.

Some women __42__. They say they want to get out of their homes and to have freedom to choose between __43__ and home life. Women have the rights of equal （平等的權力）pay and equal opportunities.

Anne Harper has a very good job. But she says, “I don’t wish __44__ a man, and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish people would stop treating us like second class people. If you are a man, you have a much better __45__ of living a wonderful life. How many women are scientists or engineers?”

(   ) 31.  A. lot         B. member      C. few        D. number

(   ) 32.  A. big         B. high         C. low        D. small

(   ) 33.  A say         B. tell          C. want       D. wish

(   ) 34.  A. duty        B. job          C. world      D. earth

(   ) 35.  A. who        B. they          C. that       D. which

(   ) 36.  A. fewer       B. more         C. much       D. less

(   ) 37.  A. to support    B. to help        C. to build     D. to get

(   ) 38.  A. solution      B. decision      C. answer     D. plan

(   ) 39.  A. like         B. for           C. to          D .against

(   ) 40.  A. husbands    B. grandpas      C. children     D. wives

(   ) 41.  A. at          B. in            C. on         D. for

(   ) 42.  A. disagree     B. agree         C. hope        D. help

(   ) 43.  A. housework   B. study         C. play        D. work

(   ) 44.  A. am         B. being         C. to be        D. be

(   ) 45.  A. life          B. right         C. chance       D. future

根據文章的內容選擇最佳答案。

1. 1.

   The note（便條） for leave was from ______ to ______.

   1. A.
      Jane; the doctor
   2. B.
      Jane; Miss Gao
   3. C.
      the doctor; Miss Gao
2. 2.

   The note was written（被寫） _______.

   1. A.
      at school
   2. B.
      in Chinese
   3. C.
      on September 20
3. 3.

   Jane was not feeling well that day because ______.

   1. A.
      she had a cold
   2. B.
      it was too cold
   3. C.
      she couldn’t go to school
4. 4.

   The doctor told Jane ______.

   1. A.
      to stay at school
   2. B.
      to stay in bed for two days
   3. C.
      not to go to school later
5. 5.

   Jane hoped to go to school on September ______.

   1. A.
      20
   2. B.
      21
   3. C.
      22