Help 國中基測 試卷練習

When I was a little girl, my family lived in a small village. There was a very beautiful river near my home. The water was clean and cool. I liked to go fishing there with my mom. We would catch fish, look for clams and play in the water. There were also a lot of birds near the river. We would spend all day watching the birds. Life was beautiful and wonderful in the old days.

Now my family lives in the city. Last Sunday my daughter asked me to take her to see the beautiful river I was always talking about. "I want so much to go fishing there with you and grandma," she said.

When we went to the river, we only saw a factory and a mountain of garbage. My mom was surprised, my daughter was disappointed, and I was sad --- the river was my best friend; I grew up with it. Now there are no fish in it; the birds are gone, too. I hear it crying for help. But what can I do?

Ted sat next to me when we were in elementary school.　He had serious problems in communicating with people.　One always had to guess what he was saying.　Besides, most of my classmates did not like to be with him because his hands and shirts were always dirty.　I 28 let him know the importance of being clean by telling him several times a day to wash his hands.　But he just could not understand.

One day, our teacher Miss Hsieh walked up to Ted.　Without saying anything, she took Ted to the washroom.　Slowly, Miss Hsieh washed his hands and told him that he should keep himself clean.　She 29 that every day for one month.　Finally, Ted understood.

Miss Hsieh's love has given me a good example to follow when I 30 my job. I always remember to teach my students by showing them the right ways to do things.　And most important of all, I always remember to give them more time to learn and to grow up.

English words are made of 26 letters, and palindromes and anagrams are two kinds of word games about spelling. A palindrome is a word or a sentence that reads the same from left to right or from right to left, 31 , “eye,” “Bob,” “my gym,” and “Was it a car or a cat I saw?” An anagram of a word or words is made by putting the letters of the word or words in a different way. Look at the words and their anagrams below. Can you think of other possible anagrams of these words?

Anagrams are often longer words that don’t really mean anything but are fun to say. Sometimes they can even mean something 33 , like when a common word, “restaurant,” becomes “Eat rats, run!”

Actually, palindromes and anagrams are 34 . Palindromes can be used to learn mathematics and make music. Anagrams are also a good way to hide something. In history, people often hid their important studies in anagrams. Can you think of any other way to use them?

During the past one hundred years, there have been many inventions that make our life much easier and more interesting. TV is one of them. Many people enjoy watching TV for fun. Some even believe that TV has made their children smarter because there are all kinds of information on it — news, science, sports, music, and language. Children can learn a lot from TV in a short time without going out. Many parents are happy about this because they themselves are too busy to spend time with their children.

But we have found that more and more children today have problems with reading, thinking, and concentrating even though they have watched a lot of TV. In fact, getting much information from TV does not mean real learning. Children who watch too much TV do not have enough time to think or to communicate with people. Besides, it takes time and love for children to grow up. What children need most is their parents. Parents give children love, and help them solve problems in the right way. We should teach our children what real life is without TV. After all, machines should not be more important than people.