“We had never met before, and we didn’t talk at all at first,” recalls Ella, with a naughty smile. “When we were put together in a room, eating together, sleeping together and we soon found we had many similarities and could share everything.” “We can’t almost do anything without any one of the three,” says Selina.

　　Their first album was Girls Dormitory, in 2001. Last year, they released two hit albums Together and Superstar, with record-high sales of 580,000 copies in Taiwan alone.

　　When asked about the secret to their success, the boyish Ella says, “The not-so-expensive dress style keep us close to our fans. We are happy to be the girls next door, your singing sisters.”

　　56. When the three girls entered the singing competition in 2000, .

　　A. they had known each other before B. they had released a hit album

　　C. they were not well-know D. they all had won some prizes

　　57. The underlined word “similarties” in the third paragraph means .

　　A. 差異 B. 相似之處 C. 簡單 D. 愛好

　　58. Why did Selina take part in the singing contest? Because .

　　A. the other two girls invited her B. she anted to be a superstar

　　C. she was too young to do other things

　　D. here young sister gave her support and courage

　　59. From the passage, we can see that .

　　A. the two albums Together and Superstar were not successful.

　　B. they were just lucky, they didn’t work hard

　　C. S.H.E. has become the NO. one popular pop group in the world

　　D. S.H.E. has become very popular in Taiwan had Hong Kong

　　60. Which of the following is correct according to the passage?

　　A. They are not happy together B. They have three albums in all

　　C. They are very simple and ordinary, so many fans like them

　　D. All of us are their neighbors.

　　D

　　We’ve talked about snails(蝸牛) and their slow move. But much of the time snails don’t move at all. They’re in their shells (貝殼)—sleeping.

　　Hot sun will dry out a snail’s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into its shell and closes the opening with a thin cover. Then it goes to sleep. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So whenever it rains, it goes inside snails shell house and goes to sleep. A snail can sleep as long as it needs to. And it spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep

　　In spring the snail wakes up. Its body comes out from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Mostly, it looks for food at night, but on cloudy days it eats in the daytime. It eats all day long. A snail can go on eating for hours and never feel full. The snail can’t see very well, but its sense of smell is very strong.

　　A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin. Yet it has 256,000 teeth!

　　61. A snail .

　　A. doesn’t move at all B. sleeps much of the time

　　C. moves more slowly in the daytime D. has thousands of feet

　　62. From the passage we know .

　　A. the snail can’t see clearly B. the snail’s cover is very thick

　　C. the snail’s mouth is quite big D. the snail is very active on a rainy day

　　63. A snail goes to sleep when .

　　A. spring is coming B. it feels hungry C. it rains heavily D. it is at night

　　64. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. The snail has a strong sense of smell B. The snail has few teeth

　　C. The snail doesn’t like living in the sun. D. In winter the snail doesn’t eat or move

　　65. The best title of the passage should be .

　　A. the Snail B. The Hungry Snail C. The Lazy Snail D. Snail Are in Danger

　　第二部分 非選擇題(20分)

　　V.解釋句子，根據(jù)自己的理解，用自己學過的英語解釋下列句子。(10分，共5小題，每小題2分)

　　66. What’s wrong with you?

　　67. Can you describe your father to us?

　　68. The bridge is the same length as that one.

　　69. It took me two hours to write the article yesterday.

　　70. Peter was absent from the meeting yesterday.

　　VI.書面表達(共1小題，共10分)

　　71. 新聞：6月5日是聯(lián)合國世界環(huán)境日，今年的主題是“冰川消融，后果堪憂!”為了避免可能造成巨大的災難性的氣候改變，聯(lián)合國環(huán)境規(guī)劃署組織了“Planting Trees for the Earth”大型活動，許多國家和地區(qū)積極響應………