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第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，共40分）

My grandmother Myra is very dedicated woman. Once she sets her mind on something, then there's no stopping her. In this case, that's a good thing because to do what she did requires extreme dedication.

She was born in Montreal, Canada. Her mother died of cancer in her forties and her father wasn't very supportive of her and her younger sister. Because of this, my grandmother became extremely close with her sister Rhea.

Early in her life, my grandmother was a little fat and she was picked on for it. Because she missed her mother so much, she turned to food for false love. Throughout the years she became more overweight. Like most people, my grandmother was not happy with her weight, but she never really did anything about it either. She had a close friend who once told her that she needed to do something about her weight if she didn't want to die.  Her extra weight caused her to have health problems. She had a stroke and heart problems and spent many years in a wheelchair. My grandmother decided to join Weight Watchers and follow their plan, She started to see improvement. After a little while she completely refused to eat all fatty foods and sweets.    

In the end she was very satisfied. She dropped over two hundred pounds and didn't need her wheelchair anymore. Because of the experience she went through, she helps other people to slim down. Also because she knows how it feels to be overweight, she's now a nutrition counselor (營養顧問). She knows more about food's effect on health than anyone I know.

My grandmother taught me an extremely useful lesson. Because of her dedication and perseverance (毅力), I've learned that no matter how tough a situation looks or how impossible it seems, do have a try.

56. According to the passage, the author's grandmother is such a woman EXCEPT that ________.

   A. she is a person with a strong will

   B. she has a close relationship with her sister

   C. she is dedicated

   D. she was unkind to her father

57. The underlined phrase "Weight Watchers" is most probably the name of ________.

A. a group of overweight people

B. an organization which helps people lose weight

C. a doctor who operates on patients

D. a supermarket selling all fatty foods and sweets

58. The meaning of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph is closest to "_________".

   A. Where there is a will, there is a way

   B. Actions speak louder than words

   C. The best fish swims near the bottom

   D. Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can

59. From the passage, we can infer that _________.

   A. the author's grandmother was a teacher

   B. the author admired her grandmother very much

   C. the author's grandmother worked in Weight Watchers later

   D. the author's grandmother hated her father very much

My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.

　 “Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked that I was being sent “in back” once again.

　　The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”

　　“How long will it take?”

　　“Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me.

“Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”

“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.

　　After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”

　　“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.

　　“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”

　　I put my phone away.

　　My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.

　　I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”

After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.

　　“Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you aren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”

　　“Will they respond?” I asked.

　　“I don’t know—I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”

　　“What can I do to keep it from happening again?”

　　He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”

　　After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”—a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity—just like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.

　　Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.

1.The author was held at the airport because ______.

A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica

B. her name was similar to a terrorist’s

C. she had been held in Montreal

D. she had spoken at a book event

2.She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.

A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet

B. she had been held for only one hour and a half

C. there were other families in the waiting room

D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone

3.We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.

A. write to the agency?????????? B. change her name??

C. avoid traveling abroad??????? D. do nothing

4.Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.

A. hatred???????????????????? B. discrimination?????

C. tolerance?????????????????? D. diversity

5.The author sounds ______ in the last paragraph.

A. impatient?? B. bitter???????? C. worried??????????? D. ironic (具有諷刺意味的)

Canada's culture is a funny thing．Many people in Canada think that Canada doesn't really have its own culture，but borrows heavily from French，British and American cultures．It is hard to describe our culture or to say that something is part of Canadian culture，but there are many things in our society that we can say are uniquely（獨一無二地）Canadian，such as hockey or our entertainment scene．

There are characters that are not unique to Canadians，but they certainly seem to be more prevalent here than anywhere else．Canadians are generally considered very polite．We also have a reputation for being wise thinkers，and we certainly love peace and would prefer to argue than fight physically．

We don't really have an internationally famous dish，like blood pudding，pasta or sauerkraut，unless it's maple syrup．What we do have is multiculturalism（多元文化主義）．We are willing to take in any culture and make it part of our own．We are a country of immigrants（移民）and that is our culture．In Canada，just about every language in the world is spoken．We have television channels and newspapers for any cultural group that has a large enough market to support them．

In a city like Toronto，Vancouver or Montreal，you could have world-class dim sum for breakfast，kimchi for lunch and butter chicken for dinner and the next day have Belgian waffles and crepes for breakfast，Yorkshire pudding for lunch and jerk chicken or kitfo for dinner．The possibilities are endless．

We've told you a little about Canadian culture．You Call click www.studyincanada.com for more information．But we think the best way to experience Canada's culture is to come to Canada and experience it for yourself．

1．From this passage，we mainly learn ________．

A．why Canada doesn't have its own culture

B．why Canada's culture is a funny thing

C．that people know Canada very well

D．something about Canada's culture

2．What does the underlined word “prevalent” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Interesting．           B．Common．          C．Important．            D．Useful．

3．It is implied in the passage that ________．

A．Canada is most famous for its maple syrup

B．immigrants have introduced many different cultures to Canada

C．Canada doesn’t have any of its own sports

D．Canada has never been at war with other countries

4．What can we learn from the passage?

A．Canada has the most television channels in the world．

B．Every Canadian can speak several languages．

C．Canadians get angry easily when talking with others．

D．People can enjoy various kinds of food in Canada．

5．This passage is most probably taken from a ________．

A．newspaper             B．magazine              C．website                  D．radio program