精誠中學 103 學年度第二學期國三第二次段考英文試題
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範圍：南一 L4～L6、More Reading Unit 3 (P78)、紅文法 96, 114, 90, 85, 83, 77~80 I. Vocabulary— Select the best answer from the four options. (10 %)
1. Although we may feel a lot of ___________ with the coming of the exam in mid-May, we need to believe that it helps make diamonds and also helps us grow.
(A) inspiration (B) excitement (C) graduation (D) pressure
2. The naughty little kid just ___________ the apple juice in his hand on me as I was walking down the street.
(A) splashed (B) added (C) overcame (D) returned
3. Whenever you are not sure of what I say, you can just raise your hand and ask me to ___________ it again.
(A) record (B) respect (C) repeat (D) react
4. You, young ___________, can never make understanding of why we, grown-ups, always tell you not to do this or that until you become one in the future.
(A) fellows (B) puddles (C) elders (D) hostesses
5. Movies ___________ us by showing us some funny scenes which make us laugh or some heart-breaking moments which move us to tears.
(A) educate (B) entertain (C) encourage (D) equal
6. Our pet dog, Lulu, has been ___________ for years, but we still think that she is with us when we miss her.
(A) death (B) dead (C) dying (D) die
7. Don’t cry, my friends. When you miss me, you can look at my photos. When you feel chill in your heart, ___________ can keep you warm.
(A) memories (B) sidewalks (C) mistakes (D) difficulties
8. The young are the pearls for they light up the room. The old are the diamonds for they own great __________ of life.
(A) rugby (B) speech (C) wisdom (D) result
9. The more we learn about the lives of different people, the better we can ___________ differences.
(A) drop (B) respect (C) notice (D) throw
10. Emily is going to deliver an inspiring speech about how a prisoner can move ___________ in life after he/she gets out.
(A) round (B) fast (C) ahead (D) off
II. Grammar— Select the best answer from the four options. (15 %)
11. There were ___________ people in the theater. It was almost empty.
(A) a little (B) a few (C) little (D) few
12. She didn’t eat anything, but she drank ___________ water.
(A) a little (B) a few (C) little (D) few
13. “Which hat do you like, this one or that one?” “I don’t like ___________.” (A) either of them (B) neither of them (C) several of them (D) none of them 14. “Which hat do you like, this one or that one?” “Neither of them ___________ my
attention.”
(A) catches (B) doesn’t catch (C) never catches (D) don’t catch 15. I didn’t take ___________ pictures, but Ellen took ___________.
(A) some; none (B) any; some (C) any; none (D) none; any 16. “How many bags have you got?” “___________”
(A) None. (B) Any. (C) No. (D) Nowhere.
17. I have ___________ to do with the car accident. You must get the wrong man. (A) something (B) everything (C) nothing (D) anything 18. Megan doesn’t want to go to the movies. She’s ___________ seen the film.
(A) already (B) yet (C) still (D) never
19. The patient you are looking after ___________ away.
(A) having run (B) has run (C) running (D) being run 20. Have you noticed that the naughty boy ___________ is gone?
(A) you just brought here (B) when you were away
(C) what you were talking about (D) whose dad as a doctor
21. Millions of people ___________ this museum since its opening in 2003. (A) have visited
(B) would visit (C) were visiting (D) visited
22. Which of the following is correct?
(A) Several people fix their eyes on the house where once belonged to my grandpa. (B) We decided to take a trip to the country where Pablo Picasso was born.
(C) The speech was delivered by Eric Anderson inspired many people. (D) Chinese says to be the most used language around the world. 23. Which of the following is correct?
(A) When the woman noticed her purse stealing, the thief had gone. (B) After an earthquake hit, the children seemed really terrify.
(C) Because I failed to do the laundry, my mom had me do all the housework. (D) I found it bored to repeat doing the same thing again and again.
24. Which of the following can be inferred from the sentence below?
If Ricky had wisdom, he would be able to deal with the problem successfully. (A) Ricky is wise enough to deal with the problem successfully.
(B) Ricky doesn’t have wisdom to deal with the problem successfully. (C) Ricky had had wisdom to deal with the problem successfully (D) Ricky has had wisdom to deal with the problem successfully. 25. Which of the following can be inferred from the sentence below?
Jonathan cannot speak as beautiful French as Jolie can. (A) Jolie speaks better French than Jonathan.
(B) Jolie’s French is the most beautiful of all. (C) Jonathan speaks the worst French of all. (D) Jonathan speaks better French than Jolie.
III. Cloze— Select the best answer from the four options. (20 %) (26~30)
Lucy and her cousin, Amy, are watching a movie in the living room.
Lucy: Oh my God! I can’t bear to watch the next scene. (She is covering her face with her hands.)
Amy: Come on! This is fun. Look! The Zodiac killer is _____26_____ the couple. One, two, three……Arhhhhh! (She suddenly shouts out toward Lucy.)
Lucy: Arhhhhh! What are you doing? You know it’s never fun to scare someone really afraid of _____27_____ scary movies. (Lucy angrily turns off the TV.)
Amy: Hey! Don’t do that! You promised me the other day to watch this movie with me. Look, I’m sorry, but it makes me excited and happy _____28_____ you are here because you’d been away for like a year. I just miss the days……when I could always give you a fright, and every time, my tricks worked. I did so out of my missing to you. Lucy: Aw……How sweet _____29_____ you! Alright, to make it up to you, let’s finish this
movie together.
Amy: Yes! Wait! Lucy……(Amy seems quite nervous.)
Lucy: What? Don’t look at me like that! Oh, you are doing it again, aren’t you? You know, this time, I’m not going to fall into your trap. You’ve got to……
Amy & Lucy: Arhhhhhhhhh!
They both see a rat _____30_____ past the TV set. Compared to a horror movie, a rat can absolutely be a “real ghost” for both of them. They are scared to death.
26. (A) sneaking up on (B) turning down (C) spinning around(D) running out of 27. (A) watch (B) being watched (C) watching (D) to watch
28. (A) whether (B) if (C) which (D) that
29. (A) of (B) to (C) at (D) for
30. (A) running (B) to run (C) ran (D) having run
(31~35)
You know what? Pressure helps you grow. Pressure can keep you healthy. Actually, those _____31_____ live long are leading a life under pressure. You probably wonder how come pressure helps us keep healthy and _____32_____. Well, when we have stress, normally, we have butterflies in our stomach, take deep breaths often, and feel like we are going to faint or our hearts are going to stop beating. If you do think your heart is going to stop under stress, then you’ll be so wrong. You mistake the message our bodies send to us. That our hearts beat faster _____33_____ to let more blood flow in our bodies, which helps us gain more oxygen and therefore helps us think more clearly. Our bodies are actually preparing us to face difficulties or challenges. _____34_____, if we believe that our hearts beat faster because our bodies need more oxygen to work under stress, then we can make good friends with pressure. Let it be a helper _____35_____ an enemy.
31. (A) who (B) what (C) X (D) whom
32. (A) does it work (B) how to work (C) how it works (D) how does it work
33. (A) is (B) it is (C) X (D) as
34. (A) However (B) Therefore (C) Except (D) By far
35. (A) more than (B) instead of (C) nothing but (D) similar to
(36~40)
36. (A) was hearing (B) would hear (C) once heard (D) have ever heard
37. (A) to stand (B) stood (C) standing (D) who stood
38. (A) excellence (B) performance (C) audience (D) silence
39. (A) as if (B) just as (C) although (D) like
40. (A) bake as many toasts as you can
(B) knock over every wine glass in sight (C) make a wish to the brightest star (D) have the right thing in your heart
(41~45)
Which hand do you hold a pen with? Most people use their right hand, but one out of ten Americans _____41_____ their left hand. No one knows what makes a person right-handed or handed. Some people think handed parents will have left-handed children. Children usually show which hand they _____42_____ at the age of six. Long ago, left-handers _____43_____ to be evil. The Romans believed the right side of the body was the good side. They _____44_____ that the left side held wicked spirits. But most people don’t really mind being left-handed these days. More and more stores begin to sell things _____45_____ just for left-handers. Soon, left-handers may not feel “left out” any more.
41. (A) uses (B) use (C) used (D) have used
42. (A) will use (B) are used (C) used (D) had used
43. (A) have thought (B) were thought (C) had thought (D) thought
44. (A) have thought (B) were thought (C) will thought (D) thought
45. (A) that made (B) made (C) who are made (D) making
(46~50)
國三英文（共6 頁）
My father gave the best toast I _____36_____. It was at my sister’s wedding in 1999. On that November day, one of the least talkative men I have ever known _____37_____ up at the table and delivered an unplanned speech that was full of humor and lots of love. He stood, smiling and still, entertaining a(n) _____38_____ of more than 200. And I sat, in awe, at his perfect toast. Later, I asked my dad, “Who was that up there? How did you do it?” He smiled and answered _____39_____ he had been toasting people in a perfect way for his whole life, “Instead of using pretty but meaningless words, you just have to _____40_____.”
Home _____46_____ the most important role in our lives. Home not only educates us but also gives us comfort. Home is the first _____47_____ we attend. Parents are the first teachers we have. How we are raised makes who we are, so we say, “_____48_____ begins at home.” Remember the first place we run to when we get hurt? _____49_____ how far away a person is from his home or how long a person hasn’t been home, he will return to where he is from when getting hurt. When we feel _____50_____ by the whole world, don’t forget that there is always a place called home.
46. (A) acts (B) takes (C) stars (D) plays
47. (A) backyard (B) school (C) meeting (D) garden
48. (A) Character (B) Producer (C) Director (D) Kilometer
49. (A) Above all (B) No matter (C) As though (D) After all
50. (A) left alone (B) caught on (C) put out (D) hung around
IV. Reading Comprehension— Select the best answer from the four options. (40 %) (51~54)
Here is a food label for chips. Read through the information and answer the following questions.
51. T
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whom is this food label most important and useful? (A) Sally, who works as a Chinese teacher.
(B) Jack, who does a study on human habits. (C) Ophelia, who needs to buy a snack for a party. (D) Willie, who takes action to go green.
52. Which is correct according to this food label? (A) This product has no cholesterol.
(B) This product has more vitamin A than vitamin C. (C) This product has some trans fat.
(D) This product has no fat at all.
53. Which can be inferred from this food label?
(A) When we double the amount of carbohydrate, the total calories of this product will double as well.
(B) If the total amount of chips decreases, the percentage of vitamin C in every chip will decrease, too.
(C) If the product has around 50 chips inside, the calories from fat can possibly be 270 or more.
(D) When we double the serving of this product, the amount of calcium will double to 2%.
54. The following is what Alice’s doctor told her the other day.
How many chips can she eat according to her doctor?
(A) None. (B) Fifteen. (C) Thirteen. (D) Forty-five.
(55~58)
Why do we yawn? We yawn because we are tired. We yawn when we serving 份 amount 量 calorie 卡路里 cholesterol 膽固醇 carbohydrate 碳水化合物
percentage 百分比
Well……to keep yourself healthy, you should have 2,000 calories a day. You should have less than 65g of fat, less than 2,400 mg of sodium, less than 3,500 mg of potassium, and less than 300g of carbohydrate. As for chips, you had better stop eating them.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 oz (28g/ About 15 chips)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 160 Calories from Fat 90
Total Fat 10g Saturated Fat 1.5g Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 150mg Potassium 320mg Total Carbohydrate 15g Dietary Fiber 1g Sugars 1g Protein 2g Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 10% Calcium 0% Iron 2% Thiamin 4% Niacin 4%
feel bored. We even yawn when we are under great pressure. However, the causes of yawns are unknown. Even though scientists have done many studies on what makes us yawn, they fail to agree on one certain answer. The following are two findings listed to help you have more understanding about yawns.
Some scientists found that we yawn in order to allow more air to get into our body and cool our brain down. The decrease of the temperature can ease the discomfort after we overuse our brain. It sounds cool, doesn’t it? Our body often has awesome mechanisms to help us be adapted to some crises. Besides, scientists also found that yawns are contagious. When we see someone yawning in person or in a picture, magically, we yawn as well, which scientists believe that our body is sending a message. Although the message has not been decoded yet, scientists believe that some day in the near future, we will find the answer.
55. According to this passage, which of the following is FALSE?
(A) What message our body sends when we yawn may some day be found out in the near future.
(B) People yawn for several reasons, and one of them is that yawns happen when people feel tired.
(C) That scientists have not been able to know the answer angers most people all over the world.
(D) Yawns can make the temperature of our brain go down, which the writer thinks is amazing.
56. Which of the following best describes the word “contagious” in the second paragraph? (A) Yawns are contagious because no one would like to give it a try.
(B) Yawns are contagious because scientists do not know about them. (C) Yawns are contagious because our body needs to get rid of germs. (D) Yawns are contagious because people yawn when other people yawn. 57. In which kind of reading material can we find this passage?
(A) A newspaper about sports events. (B) A scientific fiction novel.
(C) A magazine about scientific findings. (D) A report on human health and care. 58. Which can be inferred from this passage?
(A) Human body can deal with some crises by itself.
(B) The secrets behind why people yawn will be discovered next year. (C) Yawns are not only natural but also learnable.
(D) The message our body sends can harm other people.
(59~62)
Steve Jobs was not just known for his success in the field of
technology, but also known for his inspiring speech at one of the finest universities in the world, Stanford University, in 2005. He shared three stories in his life. The first one was about connecting the dots.
He was raised not in the family where he was born. His new family was not rich. So after Jobs studied in an expensive college for six months and had no idea what he wanted to do in the future, he dropped out of the school. Did he leave the school? No. Did he stop learning? No. He took a class where he learned how to create beautiful fonts. At that time, he did not know whether what he learned was useful, but he just learned what he liked. Everything was hardly put together until he made the first Macintosh computer. He applied what he had learned to the design of his computer, and it was the first computer with beautiful typography. Toward the end of this story, he said, “Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later.”
59. What is this passage mainly about?
(A) Steve Jobs’ career as the CEO of Apple. (B) Steve Jobs’ connecting dots in his life. (C) Steve Jobs’ failure to finish the college.
(D) Steve Jobs’ beautiful fonts in the first computer. 60. Which is NOT true according to this passage?
(A) The first Macintosh computer had beautiful typography. (B) Steve Jobs dropped out in the final year of college.
(C) Stanford University is one of the best universities in the world. (D) The college Steve Jobs studied at cost him a lot of money.
61. Which of the following is NOT one of the “dots” that Steve Jobs talked about? (A) Growing in a not-that-rich family.
(B) Dropping out of the school. (C) Learning to create fonts. (D) Giving a speech in 2005.
62. What can we learn from this, “Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later”?
(A) It was hard for Jobs to drop out of the school at first but not at last. (B) Jobs did not graduate from college until his first success.
國三英文（共6 頁）
cause 成因 ease 舒緩 mechanism 機制 be adapted to 適應 crises 危機 decode 解碼
university 大學 connect 連結 drop out 退學 font 字體 apply 運用 typography 印刷字體 backward 反向地
(C) Connecting dots was too hard for Jobs, so he quit moving forward. (D) What Jobs had done before was connected with what he did later on.
(63~66)
63. What does Michelle do for a living? (A) She works as a ticket seller. (B) She works as a cleaning worker. (C) She works as a secretary.
(D) She works as a movie star.
64. What can we infer from Michelle’s notebook?
(A) Once in a Lifetime is a sci-fi movie where Elma Watson played a cool guy. (B) Gary fired both Michelle and Ida for their mistakes on October 17th.
(C) Michelle likes what she does and hopes some day she can be a manager. (D) Those who are under 18 years old are not allowed to watch R-rated films. 65. When did Michelle find out the boy she met on October 11th lied to her?
(A) When she met him the first sight. (B) When he was talking to her.
(C) When she was checking his ID card. (D) When he stood behind another guy.
66. Which of the following best describes Michelle’s moods these days? (A) (B) (C) (D) 國三英文（共6 頁）
Below is what Michelle wrote in her notebook. Oct. 4th
Believe it or not. I just saw Elma Watson walking into our cinema this evening! I can’t believe she came for Once in a Lifetime. I thought she might not be interested in romance because she herself plays cool characters. Ohhhh……how I wish I could go out!
Oct. 8th
Being here bores me so much. People come and go. Why can’t I just be like them? Well, I’ve got to shut my mouth up because Gary will get mad, AGAIN!
Oct. 11th
Children always want to grow up fast, and they even lie about their age just to watch the R-rated. There was a boy who lied to me that he was over 18 years old. He looked a bit old. If he hadn’t said anything, I would have been fooled. His voice, no doubt, belongs to a little boy. Busted, boy!
Oct. 17th
Gary has been an aXX to me and Ida since we worked here. Earlier today, I miscounted coins and gave the wrong amounts of change to one customer. As for Ida, she gave one customer a ticket with the wrong seat—the lady wanted M-9 while Ida gave her M-6. Yes, we made mistakes, and we are sorry. But it’s not necessary to shout at us. Lots of, lots of anger!!!
busted 被抓包
(67~70)
Emily Dickinson was a well-known American poet. In fact, she was not publicly known during her lifetime. Her nearly 1,800 poems were discovered when her family collected her things after her death. Her poems were all handwritten. Her poems had no names. The space
between words in each poem was hardly the same. She used marks that were hard to tell. She even capitalized words when she wanted to show the importance of the words, such as “Life” and “Aching” in the following poem.
67. Which of the following is correct about Emily Dickinson?
(A) Emily Dickinson was popular among young people when she was still alive. (B) Emily Dickinson did not use to handwrite as she tried to write one poem. (C) Emily Dickinson hid her poems because of her family’s disagreement. (D) Emily Dickinson was almost not known by people in her times.
68. Except “I” and the first word in each line, how many words in the poem are
capitalized?
(A) Three. (B) Four. (C) Five. (D) Six.
69. What is most likely the main idea of this poem?
(A) We can give our lives meanings when helping people in need. (B) We can save animals from being killed by helping them. (C) We can stop hurting each other when knowing how to love. (D) We can cool our pain when realizing everything is possible.
70. Which of the following can replace “ease” in the third line of the first stanza?
(A) knock (B) pass (C) hope (D) free
國三英文（共6 頁）
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one Life the Aching, Or cool one Pain,
Or help one fainting robin Unto his Nest again, I shall not live in Vain.
in vain 徒然 ache 痛 robin 知更鳥
replace 取代
