Alec: So, what do you think about it? Ellie: It’s…interesting. Alec: Oh, no, don’t say that. Ellie: The first thing you should know about Olivia is that she’s scared of anything with six legs. I don’t think she’ll be able to walk past the gate of Buzzing World. Alec: But she loves butterflies! Well, she loved the photos of butterflies I took last time I was there. Ellie: Only when they’re not moving. Alec: Fine. I’ll just take her somewhere else, and that’d be OK. Right? Ellie: Umm, you’re taking her to Wavelength for dinner? Alec: What’s wrong with that?! Ellie: I wouldn’t say a dead fish is really her idea of a nice dinner, and this restaurant sells seafood… Alec: Now you’re wrong about this one. She loved my mom’s fish balls. She had several last time! Ellie: OK, let’s ask someone else. Oh, there’s Lori. Hey, Lori, could you look at Alec’s plan? He’s taking Olivia out. Lori: Wow! Everything’s written down on paper! Hmmm… I thought you wanted her to be your girlfriend. Alec: I do! Lori: If you follow this plan, I’m sure it’ll be your only date with her 【題組】28. What does it in the first line mean?
(A) The gate of Buzzing World.
(B) Alec’s butterfly photo.
(C) Alec’s plan for his date.
(D) Anything with six legs.
It was 11 p.m. and Molly walked out of her bakery. She turned and looked at her store one last time. She wanted to remember what it 35 at the moment. A few hours later, people would come and clean out everything in the store. A young man had bought it. He 36 it into a flower shop. Before it was a bakery, this place 37 a small coffee shop. Molly worked in the shop as a waitress. But taking orders was never Molly’s dream; baking was. When she knew her boss planned to sell the shop, she borrowed money and bought it. Her bakery had been open for thirty years. Thirty very wonderful years. However, it would all come to an end tonight. Molly 38 the bakery to be a family business. But her daughter was never interested in baking. Molly did not want her business in a stranger’s hands, so after some serious thinking, she decided to close it. “Goodbye, my dear old friend,” Molly looked at the store, whispering. 【題組】36. (A) had changed (B) changed (C) was going to change (D) has changed
What does the word family mean to you? An American study in 2006 showed that people today 39 . Over 99% of the people who were interviewed agree that a husband, a wife, and a child are a family. At the same time, 94% see a parent with a child as a family, 91% say a husband and a wife, without children, are a family, and 81% think a man and a woman, with a child, but not married, are a family too. The study also found that 40 is very important in the modern thinking on family. Though 81% think a man and a woman, not married, with a child, are a family, the percentage (%) drops to 40% if the couple doesn’t have a child. This is also true with same-sex couples. About 60% see two men, or two women, with a child, as a family, but only 32% think so when the couple doesn’t have a child. In the study, those who see two men or two women that live together as a family often find it OK for same-sex couples to get married. 41 . However, not everyone opens their arms to same-sex couples: the study said 30% have no problem seeing pets as part of one’s family, but they do not think a same-sex couple is a family 【題組】41. (A) This is not surprising
(B) This is not possible everywhere
(C) It is no good news for everyone
(D) It cannot be this way for very long
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