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The earliest tattoos found are more than 5,000 years old. In 1991, a 5,300-year-old mummy was discovered in the
Alps. He had more than 50 tattoos on various parts of his body, and he is the oldest human ever found to have tattoos.
The rationale of tattoos has differed from one culture to another over the centuries. According to history, Egyptians
used tattoos to differentiate slaves and peasants. Tattoos spread to China and then to Greece around 2,000 B.C. where
they were used as a mode of communication between spies.
The word “tattoo” was first brought to the English language after Captain Cook’s voyages to Tahiti in 1771.
Western sailors then began to adopt tattooing. In the early 19th century, tattooing became very popular with criminals
and the working class in Britain and the US; hence the association of tattoos with those belonging to a lower social
class. Tattooing retained a negative image until its recent revival as a mainstream symbol of individuality.
There are many reasons why people nowadays choose to have a tattoo, and the media is a big influence behind the
popularity of tattoos. Tattoos can be seen on people appearing in commercials selling expensive cars. Famous sports
heroes and fashion models with tattoos are often seen wearing designer clothes. Tattoos are so linked to ideas of
wealth, success, and status that many people would decide to get a tattoo for its fashion and status value. Moreover,
some people wear tattoos to express their artistic nature, their beliefs, or their feelings—their individuality. A musician
in a rock band may get a tattoo of a guitar on the arm. Some environmentalists may tattoo pictures of endangered
animals on their shoulders. Lovers may tattoo each others’ names over their heart. A tattoo can be a public sign to
show what is important in a person’s life.
【題組】46 What is the first paragraph mainly about?
(A)The history of tattoos (B) The popularity of tattoos (C)The psychology of tattoos (D)The negative image of tattoos
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The triathlon is a recent sport. It is demanding and difficult because it is three sports in one. It includes a 2.4-mile
swim, a 112-mile bike race, and a 26.2-mile marathon. The top tri-athletes finish all three events in about eight hours.
Many say that it is a true test of an athlete’s body and mind. It really takes a lot of strength and willpower to compete.
Triathlons began in California in the early 1970s. There, some athletes started the three-sport race because they
wanted to make their training exciting. One of these athletes moved to Hawaii and took the sport with him. In 1978,
competitors held the first professional triathlon race in Hawaii. It was called the Ironman World Championship. In
1982, this race became famous because of the televised performance of Julie Moss. She was twenty-three years old,
and it was her first competition. Exhausted, she was running toward the finish line. Suddenly, three meters before the
line, she fell down. She tried to get up, but she kept falling. She finally crawled across the finish line. Television
cameras showed the world her dramatic struggle. This was the start of the Ironman’s popularity. Even though Julie
Moss lost that year, she tried again. Finally, in 1985, she won Ironman Japan. 【題組】39 Which of the following sports is NOT included in the triathlon?
(A)Bicycling.
(B) Running.
(C)Swimming.
(D) Weightlifting.
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Why would woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some mothers say they need time to be alone. “At
home the only place where I can be by myself is the bathroom,” one woman said. At Mother’s Camp a woman has a
room to herself. She can sleep, read, or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, “Mom, what’s for
dinner?” No husband will say, “Honey, I can’t find any clean socks.” Some women go to Mother’s Camp not to be
alone, but to be with women who are in familiar situations. “I work full time and have two kids,” one woman says. “I
take care of my husband, too. I’m incredibly busy. At Mother’s Camp I meet other women who are working and
raising families. We talk and talk. It helps me to know that other women have the same problems I do.”Actually, many
women have the same problems as she does. Almost 50 percent of women in the United States work outside the home.
Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job—taking care of their homes and families. These
working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.
【題組】50 According to the passage, what is one of the biggest problems for American working women?
(A)studying (B)shopping (C)finding clean socks (D)house chores
【題組】⑵The question lies before us is not to ask whether the market is a force for good or ill.
Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but the economic
crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control -
and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success
of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic
Product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to
every willing heart - not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our
common good.（15 分）
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