彰化縣私立精誠中學 108 學年度第二學期 高一期末考英語科 共三張
一、單字及片語 15%
1. My mind has been so with the piled-up work that I forgot about the date with Monica tonight.
(A) released (B) increased (C) occupied (D) revealed
2. There has always been a competition between the twins, each of whom is desperate to win against the other at everything.
(A) collective (B) spiritual (C) fictious (D) fierce
3. During his travels in Australia, Leo worked in for food and a place to stay. Thanks to the experience, he got a satisfying job in a travel agency.
(A) exchange (B) edition (C) exposure (D) exposition
4. Ms. Lee a lot of pleasure from seeing her students behaving well and showing great teamwork at the school fair.
(A) derived (B) deprived (C) disagreed (D) declined
5. Modern cosmology believes that the universe came into about 15 billion years ago. (A) extinction (B) existence (C) experiment (D) expansion
6. Since 2005, Tess has strived to fight against breast cancer. To encourage her along with other breast cancer patients, Jeff, her fiancée, set up a aimed at finding a cure for breast cancer last year.
(A) temporariness (B) frustration (C) conference (D) foundation
7. Though looking forward to participating in the upcoming camp trip, the teenagers had no but to cancel it as a result of the bad weather.
(A) alternation (B) alternative (C) arrangement (D) audience
8. When Tina saw the name of the book: Reading gives people opportunities to their minds, she knew it was the book she needed.
(A) gossip (B) launch (C) broaden (D) board
9. The local residents are asked to with the government by complying with the
regulations to conserve the woodland, but they refused due to the vast benefit of the soaring tourism there. (A) cooperate (B) correspond
(C) construct (D) combine
10. Despite being separated into different classes, the two girls have still close links with each other, and even introduced their new friends to each other.
(A) attained (B) contained (C) maintained (D) obtained
11. Elsa’s manager set a really high for all employees, so most of them were under such great pressure that even some of them suffered from serious depression.
(A) stroll (B) standard (C) vehicle (D) shelter
12. Jason tiptoed quietly into the room to get his coat waking the sleeping kitten up. (A) for fear of (B) for fear that (C) for some reason (D) for sure
13. The project is great some spelling mistakes in it. Just correct it and hand it in to me next time.
(A) at present (B) later on (C) besides (D) except for 14. Without enough food and clothes, the poor couldn’t the cold winter.
(A) get straight to (B) get through (C) get along (D) get away
15. He was happy to move into the dorm because he would his parents. (A) feel like (B) fill out (C) free from (D) fool around
二、文法 5%
16. Sam and I have been discussing about the project for almost three hours. I think it is high time that we a break.
(A) take (B) took (C) have taken (D) had taken
17. his instant assistance, I might have lost the opportunity to have a promotion.
(A) With (B) But for (C) If it were not for (D) Had it not for 18. I feel so regretted now! I wish I with my friends last night. I should spend more time
on the homework.
(A) didn’t hung around (B) had hung around (C) hung around (D) hadn’t hung around 19. The girl demanded the young adult with her in the park, such as riding him as a horse
for nine miles.
(A) play (B) played (C) to play (D) playing
20. The air is so cold that the tip of your nose feels numb— almost as though it frozen.
(A) had (B) had been (C) were (D) are
三、綜合測驗 17%
What do you do in your own free time? Some people enjoy themselves by going on a date with friends, some surf social media websites, and 21 may choose to seek fun and gain knowledge simultaneously by watching a wide selection of online videos— TED talks.
As a non-profit organization, TED, which represents Technology, Education, and Design, has its slogan— ideas 22 spreading— deeply rooted in people’s mind since it was
established in 1984. Each speaker is suggested to present their ideas only in about eighteen minutes regarded as the perfect time for audience to concentrate on a speech 23 pressuring the speakers into getting rid of the redundant ones and focus on the key message. In 2007, the
website Ted.com was released and provided the public with free talks, whose fields
24 over numerous topics, including philosophy, business, and medicine.
Over the years, there 25 plenty of celebrities 25 speeches and sharing valuable insights with their audience. Bill Gates, for an instance, the co-founder of Microsoft, shared his ideas 26 how important it is to control the spread of disease after the outbreak of the Ebola and also on what method should be applied to it.
TED talks not only arm audience with the ability to see further but gives an inspiration for the audience to change the world.
21. (A) others (B) still others (C) the others (D) all the others 22. (A) worth (B) worthy (C) trustworthy (D)noteworthy 23. (A) as well (B) as well as (C)and (D) but also 24. (A) sought (B)rambled (C) ranged (D) arranged
25. (A) have been…giving (B) have been… given (C) has been…giving (D) has been…given 26. (A) relating (B) related (C) regardless (D) regarding
Sandwich nowadays can be seen nearly every corner of the world. It is not only tasty but also portable, but have you ever wondered how it got its name? Sandwich, in fact, is a typical example of eponyms. It is said 27 the usage of the word has appeared in the 16th century. A
nobleman, called John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich in England, had an addiction to
gambling, unwilling to leave the card table. 28 other people persuaded him into stopping gambling, he just refused to leave the table. He even commanded his house chef to bring him something convenient to eat. The chef thought up an idea— why not combine the meat with bread? To his relief, the creation held a 29 for John Montagu. As it gained in popularity in London society circle, it was named after Earl’s name—Sandwich.
By the Revolution War, the sandwich became popular in England. 30 , it was not as widely acceptable as now in America. Based on historical documents, there were no written record in the new country 31 1815, when an American cookbook was published. It seems that Americans avoided the culinary trends from their former ruling states. The name
32 from the British peerage system, which that most Americans wanted to abandon.
27. (A) which (B) what (C) that (D) to that
28. (A) No matter how (B) Whatever (C) Whenever (D) No matter where 29. (A) neighborhood (B) discussion (C) technology (D) fascination
30. (A) Therefore (B) Additionally (C) However (D) Occasionally
31. (A) until (B) in (C) that (D) from
32. (A) organized (B) originated (C) operated (D) traced
Every culture has its own customs for the celebration of festivals, such as weddings or some local important events. Taiwan, an island surrounded by the sea and colonized by different countries, 33 its kind hospitality, and the most representative one is Ban-Don, a Taiwanese style banquet, which 34 a vital 34 in Taiwan’s culture.
In the past, hosts prepared the ingredients for the banquet. 35 the arrival at the banquet place, the neighbors helped out immediately. Some did the cooking, and some brought their own utensils to set the table. After the banquet, the host provided containers for guests to pack up the leftovers and also a torch to light their way back home. The sense of community and togetherness formed a solid connection between the villagers. 36 , at the present time, people in big cities have no time to deal with the trivia; thus, they assigned the work to professional cooks and their own assistants, and the dishes has been 37 to fit modern people’s tastes.
Although some aspects of the ban-doh have changed, the spirit of gathering together has always remained.
33. (A) feature (B) featured (C) featuring (D) features
34. (A) plays…role (B) plays…trick (C) pays… price (D) has…influence 35. (A) For (B) Upon (C) Had no sooner (D) As soon as
36. (A) As a result (B) As a matter of fact (C) When it comes to (D) On the other hand 37. (A) accepted (B) adopted (C) modified (D) moderated
四、文意選填 10%
Being an astronaut is not as easy as we common people usually think. To live and work around 400 kilometers above the Earth, they have to make adjustments and overcome a great number of 38 difficulties in their daily routines, such as eating, exercising, and sleeping.
To begin with, because of the extremely low 39 in space, food will float in the air if not fixed onto the desk. Thus, they put magnets to stick utensils to the desk. What’s more,
40 it damages air vents and on-board computers, it is forbidden to have powdered
condiments in the cabin. To solve the problems, all flavorings are 41 to the liquid form. Second, it’s important for astronauts to exercise more regularly to prevent muscles from shrinking and the vision from getting affected. It is microgravity that makes body fluid pushed to the upper parts of the body, which causes bad 42 of our body and pressured our eyes. What’s worse, muscles 43 in size when not needed to support human bodies which weigh little in space. To prevent it from happening, they ride bikes or run on treadmills tied to themselves for at least two hours a day.
Lastly, even sleeping needs some special 44 . First, ignore the frequent sunset and sunrise. Rotating around the earth, they have no day and night, so they have to find time to rest. Also, they have to make sure their sleeping bag are fixed firmly if they don’t want to
45 one another when sleeping.
There is no 46 that this challenging career takes lots of efforts and energy. Some sacrifices need making to become an astronaut; yet, it is 47 to have such an attractive job that not everyone can have a chance to experience.
A. decrease B. gravity C. arrangements D. restricted E. worthwhile AB. unexpected AC. since AD. bump into AE. doubt BC. circulation
五、篇章結構 10%
Do astronauts come down with an illness in space? The answer is absolutely yes, though they are already among the healthiest and fittest people on Earth. 48 What they need to do is receive a strict training, undergo detailed examination, and even keep themselves in
quarantine before they are assigned to set up their journey to the space. 49 Seeing that space missions all cost a great fortune, astronauts up in space can’t just pop down to Earth to see a doctor. So, what can they do when getting an illness?
One of the most common sicknesses an astronaut may have is space adaption syndrome (SAS). SAS is similar to seasickness in space, and is caused by the zero gravity. 50 People with SAS may have lots of symptoms, including vomiting, which is a nightmare to deal with for astronauts. 51 It is used to help astronauts “catch” their puke and clean themselves. What if an astronaut gets a cold or a flu? Well, it’s rare for astronauts to have a cold due to the previous quarantine before spaceflight. The likelihood of being exposed to a pathogen in space is rare. But if they do come down with a cold or sniffle, what should they do? Don’t worry. 52 Therefore, astronauts with a cold or a sniffle just need to be patient and wait it out.
(A) Therefore, NASA has a system—specially-designed barf bags with attached face wipes and Ziploc seals.
(B) They tend to go away on their own, even in space.
(C) It makes the fluids inside the body float, which confuses the inner ears, making them unable to tell up from down.
(D) To adapt themselves to the mysterious universe, there is no denying that they need to made full preparations.
(E) In spite of those precautions, sometimes they still get the chance to be under the weather.
六、閱讀測驗 28%
It is going to be disappointing news for cat-lovers: Men who like cats are less likely to go on a date with a woman. According to the study by Colorado State University, there is a relatively low possibility for women to swipe right— or says yes— to men if they are posing a picture with a cat. Shown photos of two men with and without a furry companion, the women responded that the willingness to go out with the man got apparently declined when women saw the picture with a cat. When shown the cat-free picture of subject A, 38% of women said they were likely to date him; however, after they saw a picture of the same man holding a cat, the number slid to 33%. Meanwhile, the proportion of women saying they'd never consider getting involved with him rose from 9% to 14%.
By comparison, positive ratings for the second man, subject B, did not go down
significantly when he was pictured with a cat, but they were more likely to hang out with him casually instead of considering a serious relationship with him. Worse yet, the percentage of the unlikeliness to date with him increased by 5. A total of 708 women aged between 18 and 24 were surveyed in the online experiment. The findings are likely the result of long-held cultural stereotypes about cat and dog owners, the authors said.
"It is important to note that these findings were influenced by whether the female viewer self-identified as a 'dog' or 'cat' person, suggesting that American culture has distinguished 'cat men' as less masculine, perhaps creating a cultural preference for 'dog men' among most heterosexual women in the studied age group," they wrote. "Women prefer men with 'good genes,' often defined as more masculine traits," they added, citing previous research. "Clearly, the presence of a cat diminishes that perception."
53. The graphs below show the surveyed women’s willingness to date with the two men, subject A and B, before and after they saw the two hold a cat in a picture. Which of the following graph is correct based on the above passage?
(C) (D)
54. Richard Anderson is a man who is looking for a girlfriend on Tinkle, an online dating website. What advice do you think the counselor of the website will give him according to the above passage?
(A) Upload a picture of you and an animal. Whatever animal you choose, it can make women like you more.
(B) Try to find different topics to break the ice and show off. Women like men with a lot of knowledge and a sense of humor.
(C) Show your masculine traits to the women interesting you. Men with masculine traits usually have their charm for women.
(D) When chatting with women you like, you had better mention that you are a fan of cats.
Have you ever wondered what kind of food you eat every day? Some people have high consciousness of their daily diet while others just stuff themselves with whatever available. Although it is apparently improper for people to eat too much meat rather than vegetables, in the era of information explosion, it’s confusing for people to know how to take the first step and
make a change of their original lifestyle. Fortunately, now there is another selection for people to get their teeth into—being a flexitarian!
The core concept of a flexitarian diet lays in taking in plant-based foods and only consuming meat or fish one in a while. It seems to be a halfway house for those extremists like vegetarians or sports enthusiasts to achieve the goal of staying “real” healthy; however, it can provide people with another approach to make alterations to their eating habits. In addition to aiming to keep people healthy, its primary objective is to urge humans to protect the Earth and to slow down the speed of climate change. A study into the global food system and how it affects the climate has found that eating mainly plant-based foods is one key step towards a sustainable future for all by 2050. Dr Marco Springmann, one of the lead authors of the report from the University of Oxford, told the BBC “We really found that a combination of measures would be needed to stay within environmental limits and those include changes towards healthier more plant-based diets.”
Flexitarians believe eating meat once in a while is acceptable, and Dr. Marco Springmann, agrees – as long as we treat it as a luxury, it’s probably OK, but you shouldn’t have more than one serving of red meat per week.” And here’s another fact to digest: If we moved to this type of diet, the study found that greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture would be cut by more than half.
55. Which of the following statements may Dr. Marco agree on most? (A) Eat whatever you want every day if you suffer from depression. (B) To protect the Earth and keep in shape, you can only eat vegetables.
(C) Eating meat can be seen as a way of treating yourself, but it shouldn’t happen too often. (D) There is no accounting for taste. You don’t have to change your eating habit for any reason. 56. What does “get their teeth into” in the first paragraph mean?
(A) To be disappointed at. (B) To be different from. (C) To be unsatisfied with. (D) To be involved in. 57. Where is the passage most likely to be seen?
(A) A scientific journal. (B) A lifestyle magazine. (C) A financial report. (D) An issue of gardening.
chocolate, which brings happiness, we can hardly imagine there are some people in West Africa, such as Guano and the Ivory Coast, trapped in poverty due to the malfunction of the cocoa supply chain there.
The cocoa supply chain can be divided into three parts, just like a hour glass. The top part represents millions of farmers who produce cocoa, the middle part means a few multinational cocoa traders, and the bottom part is billions of chocolate consumers. The middle part is where it goes wrong. To profit from the business, a group of chocolate giants keep the coco
purchasing price so inhumanly low that the farmers cannot improve the quality of their crop and the professionality of its operation. Furthermore, with the poverty trap caused by the unfair farm gate price for cocoa, up to 90% of these children there—more than 2 million children— need to help their parents collect the cocoa pods after school. Sometimes many of them are not able to continue their study but forced to do heavy manual work, not to mention being exposed to the chemical and injurious pesticides. Worse yet, some innocent children are the victims of human trafficking as well. Their parents send their children to work for some at other places to earn money. However, it turns out that they have no way to visit their children, and even don’t know where their children end up.
Fortunately, as the Dutch chocolate company, Tony's Chocolonely's was informed the fact that no chocolate was guaranteed to be slave-free at the time in 2004, they decided to make a change for the whole cocoa industry: 100% slave free the norm in chocolate in response. The company knew that if they wanted to end the vicious circle, it is necessary to set an example of how the industry should be and could be. To reach the goal, it set up an Open Chain platform for farmers to share information and strategies so as to raise their awareness of their own crop. Moreover, a “recipe” has been designed and worked by the company for the plan. It involves five ingredients— traceable beans, higher price, strong farmers, the long term, and better quality and productivity.
“Money is just a means, not a goal, ever...” is how they begin their annual fair report. Despite the fact that the total sales in 2020 were below their target and that they incurred more costs than had been agreed in advance, they were still proud of the transition they have gone through. They truly prove that one’s success needs not come at the cost of the sacrifice of others.
58.What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?
(A)How a company in Dutch strives to improve the cocoa industry.
(B)How a malfunctional system of the cocoa industry influences the local’s lifestyles. (C)How slaves in West Africa can regain their freedom of planting cocoa anywhere in their
country.
(D)How a company in Dutch makes efforts to lower the price of cocoa in West Africa for consumers.
59.The picture of an hour glass on the right shows the cocoa supply chain in West Africa. What does the “2” on the picture represent based on the second paragraph?
(A) Chocolate consumers. (B) Cocoa beans producers. (C) Multinational traders. (D)The Dutch company.
60.What does “it” mean in the third paragraph? (A) The system to help the local.
(B) The Dutch company. (C) The Open Chain Platform. (D)The essential ingredients.
61.Which of the following description can be an example of “vicious circle?
(A) Steven had a crash for his classmate, May. He bought lot of snacks for her every day, but it ended with a failure. Not giving up, he decided to wait for her permanently. (B) Sandy is a doctor who works day and night to ensure her patients proper treatment. All
of her patients are grateful for her devotion.
(C) David stayed up late for his study and become out of energy the next day. He fell asleep in class and paid no attention to the teachers. He spent lots of time at night again for his study.
(D)Dori doesn’t feel like staying at home. Instead, she enjoys attending different classes or clubs. Thanks to her active personality, her life is filled with energy and contentment. 62.What is the author’s attitude toward what Tony's Chocolonely's has been doing?
(A) Ironic. (B) Sympathy. (C) Pessimistic. (D)Positive.
The table below is an interview record of the issue:
_________63. __________. The tourists in Pamplona shared
different viewpoints on it.
There are twenty volunteer medical personnel lining the route at sixteen posts. Moreover, each of them has at least one doctor and one nurse, and twenty ambulances are on hand at all times. - James, a boxer in Thailand.
When the spectators yell, the bulls suffer from physical pain and the stress, and some of them have been known to die of the stress after the race. - Max, a chef in Mexico.
Stance: FOR Stance: 64. Experts with bullfighting experience take up stations in the ring to guide runners to safety and how to face the bulls. - Andrew, a firefighter in Canada.
People who participate in the festival has a high risk of being suffocated, which is caused by a pile-up when runners falls. - Rebecca, a doctor in Taiwan. Stance: FOR Stance: AGAINST
There are between fifty and one hundred runners injured every year. Worse yet, most of the wounds threaten the lives of the injured. - Richard, a police officer in the USA.
The fences surrounding the route is strong and protective enough to ensure the safety of the spectators. - Oscar, a mail carrier in Spain.
Stance: AGAINST
Stance: 65.
63.(A) Whether Pamplona should set limits to the number of bulls for bullfighting (B) Whether the medical protection for bulls should be improved in Pamplona (C) Whether spectators in Pamplona for bull running should wear special clothing (D) Whether Pamplona’s running of bulls should be banned
64.(A) FOR (B) AGAINST 65.(A) FOR (B) AGAINST
66.“My wife was an adventure-lover. She was willing to attend any exciting activities and festivals until the accident happened last year. She participated in the event and then as every attendee begun to run, she was pushed by the crowd. Things went uncontrol suddenly; she could not take a breath due to the pile of other participants tripping over on her. Owing to that, she now dares not to take part in any high-risk activities though the wounds caused then were not serious at all,” shared by another tourist nicknamed Jason. Based on what the six people said during the interview, who might use the example to support his/ her stance? (A) James, a boxer in Thailand.
(B) Richard, a police officer in the USA.
(C) Andrew, a firefighter in Canada.
