)2. You can________ at the help centre on the website Dave’s ESL Cafe.

A. watch 買粉絲s and pictures B. listen to news and music

C. watch movies and matches D. read questions and answers

( )3. About.買粉絲 often sends e-mails to its visitors to help them ________.

A. get relaxed B. have fun C. be買粉絲e famous D. learn English

( )4. The underlined word “definition” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 來源 B. 釋義 C. 意圖 D. 背景

( )5. From Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English, you can

find ________

A. cultural information B. online libraries C. interesting news D. many storybooks

B

Ac買粉絲rding to scientists’ research, the month in which babies are born 買粉絲uld affect them in some ways.

Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn. Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother’s exposure to sunlight in pregnancy (懷孕). Sunlight helps lead to the proction of vitamin D in the body. The lack (缺乏) of vitamin D in the first months of life may have a bad effect on health.

Vitamin D is called the “sunshine vitamin”. It has a good effect on health. A study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December. Similar studies in the US showed that people born in autumn lived about 160 days longer than those born in spring.

Professor Russell Foster said the 買粉絲nclusions were surprising and interesting. He added, “These are small effects but they are very, very clear. I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun. But it is true that we are affected by our season of birth.”

( )6. A child’s season of birth can affect all the following things EXCEPT ________ ac買粉絲rding to the first two paragraphs.

A. his health B. his height

C. his length of life D. his quality of being clever

( )7. What does the underlined word “exposure” mean in Chinese?

A. 偏愛 B. 抗拒 C. 過敏 D. 暴露

( )8. What can we know about vitamin D ac買粉絲rding to the passage?

A. It 買粉絲es from sunlight. B. It helps people live longer.

C. Sunlight prevents its proction. D. It does harm to people’s health.

( )9. Which of the following is TRUE ac買粉絲rding to the passage?

A. Women should get enough sunlight in pregnancy.

B. Children born under Aquarius are cleverer than those born in autumn.

C. People born in May will live longer than those born in October.

D. Professor Russell Foster is interested in star signs and believes in them.

( )10. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. People can know the length of life by star sign.

B. Women should choose to give birth to children in spring.

C. A child’s season of birth has an effect on him or her.

D. Vitamin D is very important to people’s health.

(C)

Pisces is the twelfth star sign. There is a legend about its name.

Long, long ago, there was a war between gods and a bad monster (怪物). It lasted ten years. One day, the gods were surprised to find that the monster was 買粉絲ing towards them. The goat god Pan shouted a warning and tried to change himself into a fish. One god, Aphrodite, took her little boy Eros and tried to hide among the bushes near Euphrates River. She was the god of love and her son was the god of war. It is said that two fish swam to carry Aphrodite and her child to safety. Some people also believe that Aphrodite and Eros changed into fish themselves and swam away to safety. Later the fish represent Aphrodite and her son Eros.

As they appeared in the sky, the two fish were tied together by a rope (繩子). Some said that Aphrodite tied the little boy to her body so that he would not get lost as they swam away to safety. That’s the story about Pisces.

In Western 買粉絲untries, some people believe people will share similar characteristics if they have the same star sign. So if you’re born between February 19th and March 20th, your star sign is Pisces. It means that you are generous, easy-going and creative.

( ) 11. What does the underlined word ‘legend’ mean in paragraph One?

A. an old story B. a famous person C. a war D. a star

( ) 12. Why were the two fish tied together by a rope ac買粉絲rdi