國立台灣師大附中101 學年度上學期高一期末考試題 I. Listening Comprehension 20%
Part A
In part A, you will hear several questions or statements. Choose the best response or reply. 1. (A) Why did you show up late? (B) Long parties make me tired too.
(C) I’m glad you had fun there. (D) I’m sorry that you didn’t like it. 2. (A) There are several convenience stores. (B) More than 1,000 people live here.
(C) There are three different supermarkets. (D) There isn’t a park in this neighborhood. 3. (A) Then you had better go to the bank. (B) Why are you in such a good mood?
(C) What can I do to cheer you up? (D) What would you like to eat? Part B
In part B, you will hear one or more conversations between a man and a woman, and then a question following each conversation. Choose the best answer to that question.
4. (A) Move to another area. (B) Help out in another town. (C) Sell food to poor people. (D) Predict the route of a typhoon. 5. (A) There is a storm coming soon. (B) She doesn’t have enough water.
(C) He’d like to have some of her water. (D) He missed the message that was sent out. 6. (A) She doesn’t have any money. (B) The man helped repair her computer.
(C) The man bought them from her. (D) The man made a deal with her. Part C
In part C, you will hear one or more short talks and then some questions about them. Choose the best answers to those questions.
Short Talk 1
7. (A) To teach us about peace symbols. (B) To tell us what insults not to use in Taiwan. (C) To teach us some forgotten symbols. (D) To tell us which places to visit in England. 8. (A) The way it flies in the air. (B) Which country it comes from.
(C) The branch in its mouth. (D) What time of day it lands. Short Talk 2
9. (A)How to cook Korean food. (B) Things to see in Korea.
(C) Some food you’ll see in Korea. (D) Famous people from Korea.
10. (A) Korea doesn’t offer many desserts. (B) Visitors should buy their friends treats.
(C) If you don’t like kimchi, don’t visit Korea. (D) There is more to Korea than just food.
II. Vocabulary and Phrases in 4U Magazine 10%
(A) Written by J.J.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit is a story about a hobbit’s extraordinary adventure. In the story, the hobbit 11 his courage to protect his companions and did great 12 in spite of a series of tough situations. With its exciting plots, the story was such a best-selling story that Tolkien went on to write The Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of The Rings films, took on the challenge again to turn the 13 story into a blockbuster. 11. (A) turned out (B) chewed out (C) plucked up (D) stayed up
12. (A) deeds (B) nuts (C) feasts (D) gears 13. (A) edible (B) offensive (C) portable (D) distinct
(B) Ebenezer Scrooge was a cold-hearted man. Christmas 14 him especially because he considered the holiday nothing but an excuse for employees to take time off. One night, he was visited by three ghosts, who showed him that his life would be full of
15 and regret 16 he stayed this way. “What a horrible way to die!” exclaimed Scrooge. After the visit, he realized the true spirit of Christmas.
14. (A) annoyed (B) scorched (C) rejected (D) awarded 15. (A) crew (B) grief (C) career (D) index
16. (A) unless (B) even if (C) as long as (D) even though
17. Learning how to deal with customer ______ is one of the important tasks for a manager. (A) complaints (B) accesses (C) concepts (D) nutrients
18. The Sundance Film Festival is an American film festival that takes place _______ in Utah. So, if you are interested, you can go every year.
(A) definitely (B) annually (C) magically (D) essentially 19. Dr. Dohner helped people in need and asked for almost nothing _______. (A) for granted (B) in return (C) for free (D) in stride 20. The thief ______ when he found that he was followed by a group of armed police
officers, knowing he couldn’t get away with this anymore.
(A) delivered (B) awaited (C) ruined (D) panicked
III. Cloze 20%
(A) Have you ever noticed that many common things found around your house can perform magic once you know 21 to use them? Take warm water for example. If you have a sore throat, you can add some salt to warm water and then gargle with it. You’ll find yourself feel much better. How easy and convenient it is to 22 _ your throat! Besides curing your sore
throat, 23 thing warm water can do is to make a tangerine taste less sour. Get a glass of warm water that is around 40 degrees Celsius, put a sour tangerine into it for a few minutes, peel the tangerine, and have a taste of it. You’ll find that the tangerine become a lot sweeter, as if by magic! Want to know the reason why? The tangerine tastes better than it 24 before not because it produces more sugar, but because it 25 a lower level of sourness. 21. (A) what (B) which (C) why (D) how
22. (A) tan (B) soothe (C) polish (D) develop 23. (A) another (B) other (C) the other (D) one 24. (A) does (B) do (C) was (D) did
25. (A) contains (B) realizes (C) rubs (D) makes
(B) The story of The Phantom of the Opera took place in the Paris Opera House. The Phantom, who lived under the huge opera house, 26 a horrible ugly face but a profound love of music. He was deeply in love with a beautiful opera singer named Christine. __27 , she was already in love with a young man Raoul. In order to have Christine all to himself, the Phantom suddenly took her off the stage during a performance. As Christine struggled to escape from the Phantom, she pulled off his mask and was terrified by his ugly face. At the same time, Raoul came to save Christine. The Phantom caught Raoul and tried to kill him. Christine then begged for Raoul’s life. She looked into the Phantom’s eyes and told him that she was horrified 28 by his face 28 by his evil heart. Nevertheless, the loneliness in the phantom’s eyes made her 29 sad for him. To the Phantom’s surprise, she kissed his face. At that moment, all the loneliness he 30 over the years was washed away. In the end, the Phantom let them go. The Phantom then disappeared.
26. (A) having (B) had (C) has (D) has had
27. (A) As a result (B) Though (C) Besides (D) However 28. (A) as much; as (B) neither; nor (C) not; but (D) either; or
29. (A) to feel (B) feels (C) felt (D) feel
30. (A) has experienced (B) experiences (C) experienced (D) had experienced (C) “Where there is a will, there is a way.” 31 have a strong will would never let anything stop them from achieving their goal. Lin Hwai-min, the founder of Cloud Gate, is such a person. His passion for dancing started 32 a young age. In spite of his parents’ disapproval, he still held on to his dream. However, it was not until he was working on his master’s degree in the U.S.A. that he got the chance to take modern dance lessons. In the beginning,
the training was 33 harder than he 34 , and one of his teachers even regarded him as the black sheep of the class. Nonetheless, he refused to let all the challenges defeat him, and always strove to do his best. 35 , he not only founded Cloud Gate but also won praise from all over the world.
31. (A) A person who (B) They (C) Those who (D) Whoever
32. (A) at (B) of (C) in (D) for
33. (A) very (B) too (C) more (D) much
34. (A) was expected (B) had expected (C) is expecting (D) expects 35. (選錯) (A) Even so (B) In the end (C) As a result (D) Eventually (D) Shel Silverstein is famous for his many talents: a songwriter, a guitarist, an illustrator, a composer; he is best known as the author of books and poetry for kids, 36 . He began his career as a cartoonist and didn’t begin writing for kids until his friend Tomi persuaded him to do children’s books. Although 37 for young readers, adults find his books fun to read as well. Perhaps that is because they 38 everyone 38 his/her childhood’s anxieties and wishes, as illustrated in his poems “Sick” and “Crazy Dream,” 39 the speakers respectively fake sick attempting not to go to school and dream about being a teacher 40 down rigid rules. His works have been translated into many languages and popular with readers of all ages.
36. (A) at most (B) though (C) too (D) yet
37. (A) it is meant (B) meant (C) meaning (D) they are meant 38. (A) remind; of (B) convince; of (C) challenge; to (D) satisfy; with
39. (A) when (B) which (C) where (D) what
40. (A) lay (B) laying (C) laid (D) lying
IV. Passage Completion 10%
The killing of 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut has understandably shocked the nation, and details are just beginning to emerge about the shooter, Adam Lanza, a 20-year-old man who also murdered his mother. Events like these will surely 41 debates about gun control, or lead people to complain about American culture itself. Yet on the very same day, a 36-year-old Chinese man attacked 22 children with a knife at a primary school in China, 42 that there is a decisive factor with mass homicides that gets far less attention.
For all the disbelief and dismay, we actually know pretty well that most such events are (A) services (B) core (C) vulnerable (D) reopen (E) committed
43 by individuals with a particular set of features. School shooters have generally been found to 1) have a history of antisocial-personality traits, 2) suffer from mental illnesses such as depression or psychosis and 3) tend to obsess about how others, whether other
individuals or society at large, have 44 them. These individuals seethe with rage and hatred and misery, until they decide to lash out at others or a society they believe has done them great wrong. Mental health, as well as our failure to address it as a society, is at the 45 of these events.
Not all mass homicide perpetrators aim at schools, but schools do seem to be an unusually common target. People wonder why angry men (and an occasional woman) so often target innocent children who have done them no wrong. In the case of Sandy Hook, although early reports suggested that Lanza’s mother, Nancy Lanza, may have worked there, the school superintendent has since clarified that she was not a teacher or a substitute. In many other cases, there is no obvious connection. 46 the horror and great sadness that has descended over the nation, we have our answer. These perpetrators have lashed out against society in the most vicious way possible, causing the most pain that they could. That is the point of targeting a school.
Gun control may probably 47 one tool from the hands of potential perpetrators, but mass homicides occur in every part of the globe — Scotland, Norway, Germany, China. So while it may indeed be the right time to talk about gun control, as many are saying, it is also the right time to talk about mental health care in our country. Our country’s funding for mental-health 48 has only gotten worse since the 2008 recession. As the National Alliance on Mental Illness has been warning for some time, the existing level of funding is not
enough, so our nation has had trouble identifying and caring for the severely mentally ill. In my own clinical work, I’ve seen individuals I’ve identified as being potentially at risk for 49 criminal behavior because of their mental illness. Very often, there are simply few or no resources for them until they come to the attention of the criminal-justice system. But by leaving the mentally ill adrift to fend for themselves, we miss the opportunity to identify and treat some of these at-risk individuals before they escalate. Of course, neither gun control nor a well-funded mental-health system will prevent every mass homicide. But we leave ourselves — and more innocent children — 50 until we address both of those issues.
V. Reading Comprehension 24%
(A) Pepsi is one of the most popular drinks in the world, as this carbonated beverage can be found practically anywhere you go: restaurants, stores and vending machines. There are a variety of flavors of Pepsi like Pepsi Light, Pepsi Twist, and Pepsi Blue, just to name a few.
This refreshing drink was actually originally formulated to be a tonic for indigestion; incidentally the word “pepsi” means digestion in Greek. Pepsi, however, wasn’t called Pepsi at first but actually “Brad’s Drink,” named after Caleb D. Bradham from North Carolina who invented the formula.
Caleb Bradham was attending medical school when his father announced that his business was failing, so Caleb decided to drop out of school and open up his own pharmacy in order to help his father through hard times. Like most pharmacies during that era, it had a soda fountain where customers could refresh themselves with a drink while they waited to get their prescriptions filled.
Caleb Bradham devised a drink from carbonated water, sugar, vanilla, pepsin, and cola nuts and claimed that it would help relieve people’s indigestion. He served it from his soda fountain, and it became increasingly popular, which subsequently persuaded Caleb Bradham to try selling his beverage on the national market.
Changing the name to Pepsi-Cola and asking a neighbor to design the product’s logo, Caleb Bradham opened up bottling lines to package the drink and began advertising campaigns across the country. Unfortunately, World War I broke out. Then the Great
Depression swept across America and caused Caleb Bradham to go bankrupt. He was forced to sell his company in an auction.
Pepsi went through several hands of ownership, and different marketing strategies were executed in attempts to increase its popularity. However, it wasn’t until the Pepsi Challenge in 1975, where blind taste tests showed that people preferred Pepsi over Coke, causing sales of Pepsi to skyrocket and making it one of today’s leading beverages.
51. At first, Pepsi was created for the purpose of ______. (A) making people feel refreshed
(B) helping people lose weight (C) treating indigestion
(D) relieving people of pressure
52. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) Pepsi is mainly made up of carbonated water, sugar and some other flavors. (B) Pepsi had been more popular than Coke until 1975.
(C) Pepsi has fallen into different hands of ownership over the past years. (D) The Pepsi Challenge made the sale of Pepsi a big success.
(A) secretly (B) barely (C) critically (D) almost
54. According to the article, which of the following statements about Caleb D. Bradham is true?
(A) While he was attending medical school, his father persuaded him to quit school to start his own business.
(B) He changed the name of the drink from “Brad’s Drink” to “Pepsi-Cola” and designed the logo of the drink.
(C) He went penniless and had to sell his company as a result of World War I and the Great Depression.
(D) He opened up a pharmacy in order to sell a drink from his soda fountain.
(B) There may be no more rewarding family activity than reading stories aloud. Besides providing hours of relaxing, educational fun, the act of sharing stories is certainly a child’s first step on the road to becoming a lifelong reader. But what to read? The library is full of wonderful books, but which ones are appropriate for your children? And where on Earth can you find stories of exactly the right length, suited to a child’s short attention span and designed to fit into those precious minutes before sleep-time?
This invaluable book -- the most comprehensive of its kind -- answers these questions once and for all, providing the widest possible range of read-aloud stories culled from a world of great children’s literature. The pieces have been selected with great care to represent a diversity of styles, cultures, and subject matter -- and to appeal to children of various ages. (Parents, too!)
Divided into user-friendly sections, the book ranges from fantastic tales to stories grounded in historical fact. A chapter called “Adventurous Kids” features Beverly Cleary’s irrepressible Ramon, the super-sleuth Encyclopedia Brown, and the pioneer family of Little House on the Prairie. “Animal Tales” includes adventures of the Black Stallion, Doctor Dolittle, and the wily beasts of The Jungle Book. “Incredible Journeys” comprises favorite moments from The Secret Garden, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and A Wrinkle in Time. And there’s so much more between these covers. Greek mythology, English fairytales, The Arabian Nights… all of your own favorites from childhood, along with such fine
contemporary writers as Judy Blume, F.L. Konigsberg, and Gary Paulsen.
And, having tasted the wonders of these great books, what if your children want the whole story? This book features a handy bibliographic note along with each selection, directing you to the available edition of the book from which it is drawn.
Open the book; open a world; open your child’s eyes, mind, and heart. A lifetime of reading and appreciating books can begin with this treasure-packed volume.
55. This passage is written mainly for ________ to read.
(A) teachers (B) children (C) writers (D) parents
56. What type of stories CANNOT be found in the book mentioned?
(A) Fantasies. (B) Fairytales. (C) Science journals. (D) Adventures. 57. Which of the following is most likely to be the title of the book?
(A) One-Hundred-and-One Read-Aloud Classics. (B) World-famous Nursery Rhymes for Kids. (C) A Guidebook for Teaching How to Read. (D) The Best of West Modern Children Literature.
58. Which of the following statements about the book is NOT true? (A) The book selects parts of stories from many great books. (B) The stories in the book are divided based on historical facts. (C) The book selects stories of different cultures, styles and subjects.
(D) The length of the stories in the book is suitable for a child’s short attention span. (C) The famous novelist Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, Les Misérables, inspired Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical 118 years later. Since the first public performance in Paris in 1980, the story of good vs. evil has won eight Tonys, been translated into 21
languages, been seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and launched untold thousands of high school productions.
Now the movie is going to be shown on Christmas Day. In the movie, all the singing is live, to the camera: no lip-synching, no overdubs. Wearing radio microphones hidden in their costumes, the actors sang to live piano accompaniment. Only after filming was the
orchestration added. According to the filmmakers, Les Miz is likely the first musical in movie history to pull this off.
Though the performances differed from take to take, the actors were still singing the same well-known, time-tested songs. The director Tom Hooper says he had doubted about the contemporary resonance of Les Miz: “Is it still relevant? The thing that struck me is that we’re still living at a time when a lot of people are hurting around the world because of economic and social inequity, and there’s tremendous anger about the system, just like what happened hundred years ago.”
“We live in a selfish age and we project various versions of ourselves.” Hooper says. “But you have to tell this story from the point of view that God exists. And what God means in practice is the act of compassion, the struggle of living your life in a moral way.” “Les Miz is the great anthem of the dispossessed,” Hooper says. “It offers this comfort that we as a collective can rise up against the system and change it for the better.”
59. What is the best title of this passage?
(A) Les Misérables: A Blockbuster on Christmas Day. (B) Les Misérables: A Brilliant Original on Broadway.
(D) Les Misérables: A Movie Musical with an Extraordinary Cast.
60. About the production of the musical and the movie, which statement is true?
(A) After the first performance in Paris, Les Misérables didn’t gain much attention from the audience.
(B) In the latest movie Les Misérables, the actors can sing silently with a pre-recorded soundtrack.
(C) Les Misérables is a movie which applies the traditional filming techniques. (D) The sound of the orchestra will be added after the movie is filmed.
61. Which of the following words is closest in meaning to inequity in the third paragraph? (A)Unfairness. (B) Impact. (C) Issue. (D) Uncertainty.
62. According to the director Hooper, what is the major message of Les Misérables? (A)People tend to be selfish and concern about themselves only.
(B) The compassion of human beings is the key to creating a better society.
(C) The problems among lower social classes are complex and hard to be resolved. (D) People should unite together to fight against the unreasonable system in the society. VI. Vocabulary and Derivatives 16%
1. My New Year’s Resolution is to i e my English by listening to English programs regularly. I believe my English will get better and better.
2. The movie Lost in Thailand is currently taking China by storm. Moviegoers loved this comedy because it made them roar with l r over and over again during the showing. 3. Because of the heavy snow, lots of cars broke down in the m e of the road and caused
massive traffic jam.
4. The movie Life of Pi has im ed audiences around the world with its touching story, beautiful music, and fascinating special effects. It is viewed as one of the best this year. 5. It is reported that the countdown party and Taipei 101 fireworks display a ted more
than 800,000 people to the Xinyi District to celebrate the arrival of 2013.
6. Psy, a Korean rapper, was considered an o t success when his single song and music video “Gangnam Style” was released in July and became an instant hit.
7. Mr. Brown is a man of great d n. Once he makes up his mind, he will do whatever he can to achieve his goal.
8. The government made a c t to take care of kids in remote areas. We all hope that it won’t be another empty promise.
9. Sometimes it is hard to keep a balance between jobs and interests. Therefore, people who find a career that they love are f e and blessed.
10. Steve Jobs was a demanding person who wants everything to be perfect. Therefore, a lot of the employees are afraid of his m t style.
11. The teacher asked us to be careful while we were conducting chemical experiments in the l y.
12. Ben and his seven kids live on his (earn), and it’s not easy for them to make both ends meet.
13. I travelled around the country in (pursue) of my dream of collecting interesting folklore of the country.
14. Thick strokes and rich colors are the main (character) of Van Gogh’s paintings. The two special qualities are especially expressed in his later works.
15. Rumor has it that Dec. 22, 2012 is the end of the world. But many people don’t believe it because there isn’t enough _____ (science) evidence.
16. Besides water and flour, bakers have put many _____ (add) ingredients, such as cheese, litchi, hazelnut, and blueberry into the dough. That’s why the bread in this bakery is delicious but expensive.
