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I . 詞彙與結構
共１５題，每個題目裡有一個空格。請從
四個選項中選出一個最合適的字或詞作
答。
1. ( B ) It’s not healthy to stay at home alone.
You need to go out and ______ with other
people.
A. implant
B. interact
C. repair
D. affect
2. ( D ) Until the ______ of aliens from outer
space is proven, I won’t believe it!
A. telescope
B. situation
C. cyborg
D. existence
3. ( A ) The high rent on our apartment
______ for 75% of our monthly expenses!
A. accounts
B. defines
C. overtakes
D. determines
4. ( A ) Poor Betsy looks really ______.
Maybe it’s because she’s been away from her
home for so many months.
A. homesick
B. mobile
C. skilled
D. varied
5. ( C ) That music is too loud! Could you
please listen to it with your ______ instead?
A. humanity
B. cybernetics
C. headphones
D. asteroids
6. ( B ) The man fell into a life of ______
after he lost his job and his home.
A. forms
B. poverty
C. fashion
D. gadgets
7. ( A ) In my new city, it seems that there is
______ rainfall. The rain just never stops!
A. constant
B. traditional
C. solar
D. mechanical
8. ( C ) In this ______, there should be greater
peace in the world than there was from 1901
to 2000.
A. remnant
B. tumor
C. century
D. shelter
9. ( C ) This tiny, electronic ______ in my
hand can play over 1000 mp3 files.
A. skill
B. dawn
C. device
D. state
10. ( A ) My boyfriend has been ______ me
in order to spend more time with his male
friends!
A. neglecting
B. interacting
C. revolving
D. measuring
11. ( B ) Please respect our ______ ways. We
have done things in this manner for hundreds
of years.
A. electronic
B. traditional
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C. addictive
D. unrepaired
12. ( D ) I know you’ve been studying hard,
Sally, but it’s the tests that will ______ what
your final grade is.
A. consider
B. revolve
C. recycle
D. determine
13. ( A ) My father ______ my dating a boy
who is five years older than I am.
A. opposes
B. gazes
C. destroys
D. mends
14. ( A ) My grandmother is no longer
______. She needs to sit in a wheelchair if she
wants to move around.
A. mobile
B. high-tech
C. gifted
D. genetic
15. ( B ) I went swimming with my father
yesterday. He said it had been ______ since
he had gone swimming!
A. doubts
B. decades
C. cancers
D. planets
II．段落填空
Questions 16-20
Have video games been harming, or
helping, children? As if television weren’t
enough to cause parents
16. about their
children’s leisure time, the arrival of video
games into homes in the 1980s added yet
another concern. Not only 17. bad for the
mind, some argued, 18. they also caused
poor health, laziness, and an antipathy to
schoolwork. Nevertheless, there were those
who preferred to be open-minded, and
sometimes optimistic, about the potential
influence of the games. Aware of the motor
skills
19.
to succeed at some games,
analysts observed that video games could
actually sharpen children’s reflexes and
response time. Today, 20. the arrival of
high-tech virtual systems like the Nintendo
Wii and aerobic programs like DDR, video
games engage users’ physical responses like
never before—even making them work up a
sweat!
16. ( B ) A. worry
B. to worry
C. worried D. worrying
17. ( A ) A. were the games B. did the games
C. the games are D. so the games
18. ( C ) A. and
B. so
C. but
D. or
19. ( D ) A. require B. to require
C. requiring D. required
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20. ( B ) A. for
B. with
C. by
D. at
In South America’s Peru, in the
mountains above the Urubamba Valley, 21.
the 15th century city of Machu Picchu. Built
by the Incas 550 years ago, Machu Picchu
remained largely unknown until 1911, when
an American brought it to world attention.
Since then, the city
22.
Peru’s most
visited tourist attraction. Huge numbers of
tourists—as many as 400,000 a year—visit
the formerly hard-to-reach site. But what bad
environmental effects might all these people
have
23.
this ancient and fragile city?
Years ago, the Peruvian government had
planned to allow the construction of a cable
car up the mountain, as well as a luxury hotel
24. boutiques and restaurants; however, so
many people protested that the plans were
cancelled, as
25.
for the landing of
helicopters and overhead flights. Machu
Picchu is safe for now, but will too many
tourists harm it in the future?
21. ( A ) A. lies
B. being sat
C. locating
D. situates
22. ( C ) A. became B. had become
C. has become D. becomes
23. ( B ) A. in
B. on
C. with
D. by
24. ( C ) A. for
B. by
C. with
D. in
25. ( B ) A. does plansB. were plans
C. did plans D. have plans
III 閱讀理解
Questions 26-28
Vancouver Guide—Fast Food Restaurant #12:
Larry’s Lucky Lunches—
143 West 4th Avenue
Come to Larry’s between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
for the best vegetarian lunch you’ll have all
year!
It’s time to start taking a closer look at what
we eat… but it’s not time to slow down. You
need your lunch served hot, fresh, and most of
all, fast. And you also want fast food that
won’t put you in an early grave (i.e., you
don’t want McDonald’s). Larry’s Lucky
Lunches gives you what you want—fast and
healthy food! How can we do this, you ask?
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It’s simple—Larry’s vegetarian food is 100%
organic. Only natural vegetable oils are used
in our cooking, and even those are used
sparingly! Healthful food doesn’t mean our
food is boring or that your options are limited.
No way, José! If anything, we have more
choices of (veggie) burgers, sandwiches, and
salads than any other fast food joint… yes,
even more than that monster of the modern
age—McDonald’s! Run, don’t walk, to
Larry’s Lucky Lunches today!
NOTE: One out of every twenty customers at
Larry’s Lucky Lunches receives a $10 meal
voucher. We don’t call our lunches “Lucky” for
nothing!
— Larry
26. ( C ) What does Larry suggest that people
do?
A. Use more vegetable oils when cooking.
B. Slow down when eating their lunch.
C. Pay more attention to what they eat.
D. Stare carefully at the food on their plate.
27. ( C ) Which is closest in meaning to the
adverb “sparingly”?
A. On the top only.
B. With what remains.
C. In small amounts.
D. Along the edges.
28. ( D ) What can probably be inferred about
Larry?
A. He thinks McDonald’s is a treasure.
B. He shares the heritage of McDonald’s.
C. He appreciates McDonald’s.
D. He strongly opposes McDonald’s.
Questions 29 – 31
Taiwan Chronicle
Wednesday, June 15th
High IQ Test Scores Lead…
Nowhere
(AP) A long-term study, conducted by
the Massachusetts Board of Education, has
revealed some surprising results—namely,
that IQ tests do not, in any way, predict future
success.
While it has long been known that there
is absolutely no direct correlation between
traditional IQ scores and measurements of
future success (job earnings, social status,
personal satisfaction, etc.), it had been the
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general consensus that young students
demonstrating high IQs were more likely than
others to achieve highly in the future. Yet the
Massachusetts Board’s 20-year research
project has concluded that no such correlation
exists. Middle school students whose IQs
were in the average range (about 90 to 110)
were equally “successful” twenty years later
when compared to those students whose
scores were above average (higher than 110).
Critics of these results point out that the
more inclusive education system of today has
already compensated for the differences in
natural intelligence between students; that is,
they suggest that if the study had focused on
students outside the public school system, it
would reveal the greater advantage of a higher
IQ. Nevertheless, since over 90% of
Massachusetts’ school-age teens attend public
school, it would appear that such a criticism is
largely irrelevant.
“The reason for this apparent paradox,”
says Education Minister John Mayfield, “is
that the educational and professional
structures of today depend much more on
social, creative, and emotional intelligences
than did the structures of the past, when these
IQ tests were created.”
29. ( B ) What is meant by “direct
correlation”?
A. Strong opinion.
B. Clear relationship.
C. Real purpose.
D. Simple truth.
30. ( D ) What point does the writer make in
paragraph three?
A. The critics have an excellent point.
B. Public education determines results.
C. There is great advantage to a higher IQ.
D. The criticisms are not very important.
31. ( C ) Based on his quotation, what is the
Education Minister trying to do?
A. Imagine different types of intelligence.
B. Determine the reason for the mistake.
C. Account for the surprising results.
D. Disagree with the writer of the article.
Questions 32-34
With all the advances being made in
science, and in particular in the fields of
genetics and DNA-mapping, it is tempting to
imagine a future where humans will live to be
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much older than we do nowadays. At this
moment, there are scientists somewhere
working carefully on tests of stem cells, with
the goal of someday extending the life of a
human to supernatural levels. With all the
optimism this brings, there is the inevitable
question: should we focus on living longer, or
living better?
We ought to focus, perhaps, not on a
longer life, but a fuller one. Will science
allow us to do so? There is no doubt that
many of us owe our lives to science; the
advent of inoculations, the eradication of
diseases like smallpox, and the better healing
we enjoy from minor illnesses are all positive
results of science on humans’ standard of
living. There is, however, a great difference
between living (a good thing) and simply
being alive (not so good). In the latter case, an
elderly person may be stuck in bed for 20
years, barely able to move or think. Science
keeps this person alive longer, but not
everyone wants to live in such a condition. If
we take care of ourselves today, then we may
not need science to help us to live to a ripeold age.
32. ( A ) With which statement would the
writer probably agree?
A. There are more important things to worry
about than living longer.
B. Science should be responsible for
extending our lives.
C. It is too difficult for people to deal with
growing old and dying.
D. For the sake of God, we should all forget
about scientists’ work.
33. ( C ) What two basic things are compared
by the writer?
A. Inoculations and healing.
B. Scientists and regular people.
C. Length of life and quality of life.
D. Smallpox and minor illnesses.
34. ( B ) What is meant by “the latter case”?
A. Ideas that come too late.
B. The second of two examples.
C. People who are very old.
D. Healing from illnesses.
Questions 35-37
Date: January 24th, 2009
From: [email protected]
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To:
(undisclosed recipients)
Hey y’all,
This is Dixie, an old friend to some of you,
and a family member to others. Most of you
haven’t seen me for years and that’s probably
a good thing. I really miss you, but if you saw
me today you might wish that you hadn’t. My
hair is dirty and my teeth are rotten; I haven’t
had a shower in over a week. To be honest
with you, I look like hell.
So, what happened to me? You’ve heard
some of the stories, no doubt – about how I
lost my job at the chocolate plant, got together
with a good-for-nothing man, and hit the road
for months at a time, not calling family or
friends. Yes, that all happened. I was so
foolish back then. After my years on the road,
I had no husband, no money, lots of debts,
and no real family relationships to fall back
on. I ended up living nowhere, alone in the
big city. For these past five years, I’ve been
living on the streets. I’ve used drugs, sold
everything I could find to sell, and learned to
survive by my wits. But it’s been so hard.
Last week, I decided to get my life back on
track. That’s why I’m at the library, and that’s
why I’ve gotten this email account. I now feel
that I am able to change myself—and change
others. I want people to know what can
happen to good people like me who are left
alone and desperate. I want to see all of you
again, as soon as possible, and I want to reenter society. I’m going to do all of this for
one reason: to teach others about what
happened to me. Maybe, if I share my stories,
other people won’t end up sharing my fate.
More later… my free 30 minutes are over,
and I still have nowhere to live!
Mom, I love you!
Dixie Arquette
35. ( B ) What could Dixie not do during the
past five years?
A. Find a boyfriend.
B. Deal with her problems.
C. Visit her family.
D. Get back on the road.
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36. ( A ) Which statement summarizes
Dixie’s new feeling about herself?
A. She feels capable of changing her life.
B. She wants to keep in touch with friends.
C. She is taken aback by her own situation.
D. She feels a great deal of personal shame.
37. ( D ) Which two adjectives correctly
describe Dixie?
A. Depressed and addictive.
B. Destroyed and overtaken.
C. Constant and destructive.
D. Connected and homeless.
38. ( C ) According to Dixie, what is the
purpose of this email to her friends
and family?
A. To tell stories.
B. To practice email.
C. To raise awareness.
D. To borrow money.
Questions 39-40
39. ( C ) Which of the following statements is
clearly true?
A. Three times as much energy was used in
the area in 2013 than in 2010.
B. The year 2011 generated the least dog
poop-produced energy.
C. Energy from dog poop has increased at an
inconsistent rate.
D. The increase in dog poop energy is due to
there being more dogs.
40. ( A ) What conclusion can be drawn from
this chart?
A. The number of dogs does not determine
the percentage of energy they produce.
B. Dog poop-produced energy accounts for a
decreased amount of total energy used.
C. About 7% of the total energy will be dog
poop-produced in the year 2015.
D. The dog population is beginning to
decrease because dogs use too much energy.
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