從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

　　16. It seems that the aged people _________ the H7N9 more easily from the recent cases.

　　A. set up B. mix up C. pick up D. use up

　　17. Twitter is hot nowadays. People like showing online what they did or _______.

　　A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing

　　18. — How much _______ do we need to make fruit salad?

　　— Two teaspoons should be enough. It can make it sweet.

　　A. oil B. honey C. milk D. wine

　　19. The postman cried out downstairs, “Mr. Anderson, here is a letter _______ you.”

　　A. of B. from C. with D. for

　　20. With the help of computers, writing does not seem so _________ as it used to be.

　　A. difficult B. less difficult C. more difficult D. the most difficult

　　21. He seems to be doing nothing, but _______ he is just waiting for his time.

　　A. casually B. especially C. exactly D. actually

　　22. If you ______ go, at least wait until the storm is over.

　　A. can B. may C. must D. will

　　23. —Where’s Lisa? _______ on the phone again?

　　— Yes, she talks on the phone for three hours every day.

　　A. Does she talk B. Is she talking C. Did she talk D. Has she talked

　　24. — Do you know _______ this dictionary belongs to?

　　— Let me see. Oh, it’s mine.

　　A. who B. which C. where D. whose

　　25. — I am too tired to walk any farther, Mike.

　　— ______ , Daniel! You can do it!

　　A. No problem B. No hurry C. Come on D. That’s all right

　　第二節(jié) 完型填空(共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分)

　　閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項A、B、C、D中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　My grandmother used to say to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was 26 . Because there are not so many true friends in our life. But later, I’ve discovered that my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only 27 a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different 28 . Let me tell you about a few of them.

　　One type of friends is the type that I call the “soccer mum friend”. My neighbor Betty is a good 29 . We both have kids who play soccer, and someone has to take them to their practices and pick them up. Betty and I and two 30 mothers do this. We meet sometimes and have coffee and talk 31 what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we see each other. I 32 staying with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.

　　Another type is the “ 33 friend”. This is the person 34 you share(分享) an interest or a hobby with. Doug and Charles Fisher, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. They all 35 to a bird-watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on hikes to watch different kinds of 36 . There’s nothing romantic about my relationship with Doug and Charles, of course. We just share an interest in birds.

　　37 ,there’s the “other half of the couple(夫婦)” type of friends. Carmen is a friend that I’ve known 38 college. When Carmen married George, I knew that I would have to be 39 friend if I wanted to continue to be Carmen’s. George and I don’t share that many interests, but we do have a 40 relationship(關系). Because he is my good friend’s husband.

　　26. A. wrong B. beautiful C. friendly D. true

　　27. A. make B. take C. give D. find

　　28. A. rows B. types C. groups D. teams

　　29. A. kind B. friend C. example D. mother

　　30. A. another B. other C. more of D. the other

　　31. A. to B. with C. on D. about

　　32. A. enjoy B. wish C. hope D. dislike

　　33. A. club B. bird C. weekend D. hobby

　　34. A. when B. where C. that D. why

　　35. A. belong B. join C. turn D. point

　　36. A. persons B. animals C. birds D. friends

　　37. A. First B. Besides C. Therefore D. So

　　38. A. since B. before C. after D. until

　　39. A. Doug’s B. George’s C. Charles’s D. Betty’s