精誠中學 102 學年度第二學期國一第三次段考英文試題
Class: No. Name:
I. Vocabulary— Select the best answer of the four options. (10 %)
1. Every time when I have difficulties in life, my teacher will say to me, “After every storm comes a ______A_____.”
(A) rainbow (B) typhoon (C) snowman (D) mountain
2. After the rain, the roads become really _____B______ and muddy. Don’t run, or you may fall down.
(A) clear (B) wet (C) dry (D) cool
3. Stay away from the bushes! There’s a snake inside. It may come out and give you a ______D_____!
(A) beat (B) bat (C) bug (D) bite
4. When I have to speak in front of the class, I will become very nervous, having _____B______ in my stomach.
(A) chickens (B) butterflies (C) sheep (D) zebra 5. In Japanese culture (文化), the ______ C_____ has magical powers.
(A) tiger (B) hippo (C) fox (D) duck
6. Some farmers use ______C_____ to carry things. Thanks to them, farmers can save a lot of time.
(A) sheep (B) geese (C) oxen (D) mice
7. Emma wants to get close to (the) _____ A______, so she plans to move to the country this summer.
(A) nature (B) weather (C) bank (D) spring
8. Always ______ D _____ your shoes and keep them clean. When you wear them, you’ll feel like they are new.
(A) blow (B) snow (C) bite (D) shine
9. Everyone has to be responsible for protecting our _____ A______. It’s our home, and we have just one.
(A) Earth (B) Lake (C) Pond (D) Island
10. I hate cockroaches so much! They are the ugliest, most horrible _____ C____ in the world!
(A) animal (B) plant (C) insect (D) dragon
II. Grammar— Select the best answer of the four options. (10 %)
11. It’s _____ A______ nice weather today! Let’s lie in the sunshine and enjoy the daytime.
(A) X (B) no (C) a (D) not
12. The air conditioner is broken. I’m going to open ______ D_____ window to get ___________ fresh air.
(A) some; a (B) every; many (C) many; every (D) a; some
13. A: ______ D_____ of paints are you wearing, Jimmy? Medium, large, or extra large? B: Medium, I guess.
(A) How big (B) What size (C) How small (D) Which size
14. Mr. and Mrs. Smith decided not to have children because there’s ____B___ enough space in their house.
(A) any (B) no (C) some (D) none
15. This house is not in use for over ten years. _____ D_____ lives here. It’s empty and super spooky.
(A) Anyone (B) Everyone (C) None men (D) No one
16. A: Good day, Mr. Benson. I want some fine beef for my dinner party this evening. Do you have any?
B: Sure, Mrs. White. _____ B______ A: Two. Thank you.
(A) How’s everything? (B) How much is this? (C) How fat are you? (D) How many kilos then?
17. Last year, my daughters _____ A_____ fourteen, so they ___________ fifteen now. (A) were; are (B) are; were (C) were; were (D) are; are
18. Erica looked quite chubby a year ______C_____, but now she is thin and fabulous.
(A) before (B) long (C) ago (D) last
19. Why ______B_____ you late this morning, Jamie? Do you know we’ve been waiting for you for three hours?
(A) are (B) were (C) do (D) did
20. My mother needs to buy ______C_____ on her way home. (A) five bags of orange (B) two bottle of milks (C) six loaves of bread (D) one packs of popcorn
III. Cloze— Select the best answer of the four options. (25 %) (21~25)
(Rick and Linda are walking on the old street in Danshui.)
Linda: I can’t believe we spent the whole afternoon in the zoo, _____21 D_____ Rick: Yeah, me too. Let’s take out our food map to see what’s good to eat.
Linda: OK. _____22 B_____ Let’s see……there’s a famous stand just on the corner. And there’s a……
Rick: Hey, look! Why is everyone holding a giant ice cream cone there? Let’s have one! Linda: Wow! They do look huge. I want to give it a try too.
Rick: You do? Then go get one.
Linda: _____23 A_____ I don’t think we should eat the ice cream before the meal, Rick. Rick: Come on! Just one time. Breaking the healthy diet plans once won’t kill you. Linda: Fine.
(They are at the ice cream stand.)
Clerk: Which flavor do you want, vanilla or chocolate? Rick: _____24 D_____ I want to try them at one time. Linda: Vanilla is fine for me.
(Rick is holding two huge ice cream cones.)
Rick: Haha! You want to bet how fast I can finish eating them?
Linda: Don’t be silly. Your stomach will _____25 B_____so much that you can’t finish your trip.
21. (A) I can’t eat any more. (B) Aren’t you full?
(C) Not any more! (D) I’m starving!
22. (A) Way to go! (B) Here it is. (C) How come? (D) Not again? 23. (A) Hold on. (B) Why not? (C) No wonder! (D) Anything else? 24. (A) Neither. (B) Either. (C) One. (D) Both.
25. (A) harm (B) ache (C) heal (D) mix
(26~30)
Look at the sky on a dark, clear night. If you watch for 10 minutes, you should see a falling star. You may even see many of them. These strange stars _____26 A_____ across the sky.
Falling stars are not really stars at all. They are just pieces of rock. They look very big. But they are not. Most falling stars are smaller than _____27 D_____ sand. They look large because they are so bright.
Falling stars are also called meteors. People see them because they come too close to the Earth. When they _____28 C_____, the Earth pulls them down. They fall toward the ground. They also get very hot and bright. About 50 miles above the ground, most of them _____29 A_____.
Long ago, people wondered about falling stars. Some people _____30 B_____afraid of them. Today people are not afraid. Instead, people have fun watching them.
26. (A) seem to shoot (B) seem shooting (C) seems to shoot (D) seems shooting 27. (A) a pack of (B) a pound of (C) a gram of (D) a grain of
28. (A) can (B) go (C) do (D) are
29. (A) burn up (B) use up (C) rush down (D) push down
30. (A) X (B) were (C) are (D) was
(31~35)
Tulips are beautiful flowers. They are shaped like a cup. Some have feathery edges. Tulips come in many colors. They can be red or white. They can be pink or yellow. They can be purple. They can even be black. But there is no such thing _____31 B_____a blue tulip.
Tulips _____32 C_____ in the spring. They are different from many other flowers. They don’t have a smell. Tulips don’t have nectar. Nectar is something sweet that most flowers make. Bees and butterflies love to eat nectar. But they won’t find _____33D_____on a tulip!
These flowers do not grow from seeds. Tulips grow from bulbs. You plant a bulb in the ground. _____34 A_____ months later, you will see a lovely tulip nodding in the breeze.
Most tulips are grown in the Netherlands. _____35 D_____ a country in Europe. Many people around the world love tulips. So the people of the Netherlands sell lots of tulips to other countries.
31. (A) in (B) as (C) on (D) but
32. (A) blow (B) float (C) bloom (D) frown
33. (A) none (B) one (C) all (D) any
34. (A) A few (B) Very few (C) A little (D) Very little
35. (A) Those were (B) Those are (C) That was (D) That is
(36~40)
36. (A) finds (B) cares (C) holds (D) keeps
37. (A) Back then (B) After that (C) Before long (D) Over years
38. (A) on (B) for (C) at (D) with
39. (A) are (B) was (C) is (D) were
40. (A) in time (B) at that time (C) in a short time (D) at the same time
(41~45)
In 1849, gold was found in California. People rushed west to look for it and get rich. But one man followed for another _____41 D_____. His name was Levi Strauss. He hoped to get rich by selling things to the gold miners.
Levi took his _____42 B_____machine with him to the West. He also took lots of heavy cloth. Levi planned to make tents for the miners. However, the miners needed something else even more. Their pants were _____43 C_____ from hunting gold. The miners needed strong new pants.
Levi went straight to work. He made lots and lots of pants for the miners. The miners loved them. Levi had bought his cloth from a city in Europe. The city’s name was Genoa. But the miners _____44 C_____say this word. They said “jean” instead. Soon the miners were calling the pants jeans.
Not many gold miners got rich. But Levi _____45 A_____. Today almost everybody in the world wears jeans.
41. (A) edge (B) concert (C) price (D) reason
42. (A) sowing (B) sewing (C) sawing (D) suing
(Ida and William are looking at the photo frame hung on the wall of Jack’s house.)
Ida: Wow! Look at this! I can’t believe Jack still _____36 D_____ the photo in high school!
William: Yeah. Way too old for me to see who was who.
Ida: It’s not true. You were dating with Sarah! You were holding hands together in this photo. See? You were standing right behind Coach McCain.
William: You wish! It was not what you think.
Ida: Then how come you and Sarah were holding hands in the school team photo? William: _____37 A_____, Sarah and I were on the team. Jack was the cheerleading
captain…
Ida: Jack? He was doing cheerleading? No kidding!
William: He was quite good at it. He was really popular _____38 D_____girls. Anyway, it was on the day we won the championship, and Sarah kind of had a crush on Jack. She wrote a love letter and wanted me to pass it to Jack. At the moment she passed it to me, the photo _____39 D_____ being taken.
(Sarah and Jack join the conversation.)
Sarah: Yes. That’s what it was. Thanks to you, William. Jack and I are able to get together.
Jack: Really? I have no idea. I thought you two were seeing each other ___40B___! be seeing sb 與…約會
43. (A) put out (B) reached out (C) worn out (D) found out
44. (A) won’t (B) can’t (C) couldn’t (D) would
45. (A) certainly did (B) did certainly (C) was certainly (D) certainly was
IV. Reading Comprehension— Select the best answer of the four options. (40 %) (46~49)
Jamie Oliver is a famous chef in the UK, who tries hard to stop obesity and unhealthy diet in the US. In the Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, a TV show aired in 2010 and 2011, Jamie traveled to Huntington, West Virginia and Los Angeles, California to pass on his vision— to educate people what a healthy diet is.
In the first season of the TV show, Jamie asked first grade schoolchildren to tell the names of some fruits and vegetables, and they failed the test. In the second season, he took his revolution to Los Angeles. He sensed the need of educating the young generation, so later on he continued several campaigns to teach kids and local people how to eat correctly.
With a heart for the good, Jamie Oliver will never stop fighting unhealthy diets either by TV shows or by every step he takes on every land he travels.
46. What is this passage mainly about? C
(A) An educator’s life story.
(B) The importance of being healthy. (C) A chef passing on healthy diets. (D) The education problem.
47. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “vision” in the first paragraph? A
(A) goal (B) junk (C) health (D) menu
48. Which of the following is NOT true? C
(A) Jamie Oliver’s show lasted for about two years.
(B) In the first season, the schoolchildren didn’t pass Jamie’s test. (C) Los Angeles and Huntington are two cities in England. (D) Jamie Oliver will go on stopping unhealthy diets. 49. We can guess from the passage that____________. C
(A) Jamie Oliver is not only a chef but also a real high school teacher (B) having unhealthy diets is not a huge problem these days
(C) Jamie Oliver passes on some do’s and don’ts to schoolchildren (D) there are four seasons in the Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
(50~53)
Almost everyone has probably heard of this song, “Baby, baby, baby ohh/ Like baby, baby, baby no.” It’s a catchy song from one of the most popular pop singers, Justin Bieber.
Born in 1994 in Stratford, Canada, Justin showed strong interests in music in his childhood. His mother bought a drum kit for his second birthday. He once said he just banged on everything he could reach.
To make people know about him, he started to make videos on YouTube. In months, he was able to capture people’s heart. Crowds of fans were crazy for this young star. At the age
of 16, he issued his first album. It was a worldwide big hit.
However, in 2013, there were many bad news about this young star’s bad behavior. Such acts were like driving after getting very drunk, taking drugs, smoking, and showing violent anger to people. “A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.” In Justin’s case, I put, “A fame at fifteen may be a blame at eighteen.”
50. This article is mainly about ________. A
(A) how Justin Bieber got his good name and bad name (B) why everyone in the world loves Justin Bieber so much (C) where Justin Bieber was born and raised
(D) when Justin Bieber dated the first girl and got dumped 51. Which of the following is NOT true according to this article? B
(A) Justin Bieber started his singer’s dream by singing and dancing online. (B) It took Justin Bieber a very long time to get famous.
(C) In around three years, Justine Bieber ruined his name after he got famous. (D) Justin Bieber was born with musical talents and his mother supported him. 52. In which type of magazine can you find this article? B
(A) Movie reviews. (B) Star news. (C) Yummy food. (D) School life.
53. What does the “A fame at fifteen may be a blame at eighteen” mean? C
(A) Justin Bieber was very popular at fifteen and now still is. (B) Fifteen was a terrible age for Justin Bieber.
(C) At the age of eighteen, Justin Bieber’s name turned bad. (D) Justin Bieber died at the age of eighteen.
(54~57)
A crowd watched the old airplane fly over their heads. Suddenly, it dropped. It fell straight toward the crowd. People began to run. Would the plane crash? No. It flew back just in time. The whole thing had just been one of Bessie Coleman’s air tricks.
Before that air show in 1923, few people had ever seen a black pilot. African Americans could not get into flying schools in the United States. However, the flying bug hit Bessie hard. So she went to France to learn to fly. Back home, she became the first African American pilot ever.
For years, Bessie flew in air shows. She loved it. Her dream was to start a flying school for African Americans. Bessie saved her money. But she seemed never to have enough.
In 1926, Bessie was killed jumping from a plane. In a way, though, her dream did come true. Today, black pilots in the United States can learn to fly in their own country.
54. This article is mainly about ____________. D
(A) what air tricks Bessie Coleman could do
(B) why Bessie Coleman was killed during her performance (C) when the first African American pilot was born
(D) how Bessie Coleman became the first African American pilot obesity 肥胖症 revolution 革命 educate 教育 generation 世代 campaign 社會運動
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55. Which of the following is NOT mentioned (提及) in the article? A
(A) The year when Bessie Coleman was married. (B) How Bessie Coleman passed away.
(C) The dream Bessie Coleman couldn’t realize. (D) Why Bessie Coleman went to France.
56. Which of the following can best describe the meaning of “crash” in the first paragraph?
A
(A) to fall down (B) to make a turn (C) to take a chance (D) to wake up 57. What can we guess from this article? B
(A) Bessie Coleman was not the first black female pilot. (B) In France, African Americans could learn to fly a plane. (C) Bessie Coleman set up a flying school at last.
(D) Before 1926, there were many black pilots.
(58~61)
The following are feedbacks from the guests who ever had their mealtime at Monica’s
Kitchen. Read through them and answer the questions.
58. Which of the following statements is correct according to these feedbacks? A
(A) These four people had a great time at Monica’s Kitchen. (B) Monica’s Kitchen is not open during the evening time.
(C) The service at Monica’s Kitchen can’t make people feel romantic. (D) Old people are not welcomed at Monica’s Kitchen.
59. Which of the following statements is correct about the dishes they serve? D
(A) Surf and Turf is a name of an appetizer. (B) They don’t use any local spices.
(C) Bone Marrow is a terrible appetizer. (D) Some of their dishes have Southern flavor.
60. Which of the following can best describe the word “advice” in Karl’s note? D
(A) loud voice (B) sweet dessert (C) cleaning job (D) helpful information 61. What can we guess from these messages? D
(A) Zen and Zoe are brother and sister. (B) Mrs. Watson may not like the place.
(C) Karl can’t get full after eating at Monica’s Kitchen. (D) Kelly probably works for Monica’s Kitchen.
(62~65)
This is the schedule of 2014 FIFA World Cup from June 12th to June 15th in Brazil.
Lucy and Frank are crazy fans. During the time, they watched the games live in Taiwan.
62. Lucy is a fan of Lionel Messi from Argentina. Which game did she watch? C
(A) The one started at six (Taiwan) on June 14. (B) The one started at three (Taiwan) on June 15. (C) The one started at six (Taiwan) on June 16. (D) The one started at three (Taiwan) on June 16.
63. How many hours faster is it in Taiwan than in Belo Horizonte, Brazil? B
(A) Thirteen. (B) Eleven. (C) Nine. (D) Seven.
64. Frank got home around 1 a.m. on June 14th. When he turned on the TV, which game
was on? A
(A) Mexico vs. Cameroon. (B) Spain vs. Netherlands. (C) Chile vs. Australia. (D) Brazil vs. Croatia. I celebrated my 40th birthday at Monica’s
Kitchen. My family and I had the greatest time enjoying the best meal ever. The appetizers, Bone Marrow and the Ravioli, were both delicious! We had
Surf and Turf as our main dish and it was
wonderful! Your staff is excellent. Special
Last night, I was treated to dinner by friends at Monica’s Kitchen…I only stayed for a short while, but the place surprised me a lot. Beautiful place and wonderful service. Though I’m old and not able to come here a lot, I thank you for giving me a beautiful night.
A. Watson
I just wanted to let you know that my wife and I really enjoyed our
anniversary dinner last evening. The food was awesome! Jeff and Kitty gave us the most
excellent service—
playing romantic songs. A million times of thanks!
One of the top five meals I’ve ever eaten. Nice Southern flavor and local spices! I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.
P.S. Just a small piece of advice—lamb with less spice would be perfect for me.
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Date City Time Time
(Taiwan) Countries
6/12
(6/13 in Taiwan) Sao Paulo 17:00 04:00 Brazil vs. Croatia
6/13
(6/14 in Taiwan)
Natal 13:00 00:00 Mexico vs. Cameroon
Salvador 16:00 03:00 Spain vs. Netherlands
Cuiaba 18:00 06:00 Chile vs. Australia
6/14
(6/15 in Taiwan)
Belo
Horizonte 13:00 00:00 Colombia vs. Greece
Fortaleza 16:00 03:00 Uruguay vs. Costa Rica
Manaus 19:00 06:00 England vs. Italy
Recife 22:00 09:00 Cote d’Ivoire vs. Japan
6/15
(6/16 in Taiwan)
Brasillia 13:00 00:00 Switzerland vs. Ecuador
Porto
Alegre 16:00 03:00 France vs. Honduras
Rio De
Janeiro 19:00 06:00
Argentina vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
65. If it is 8 a.m. in Cuiaba, Brazil, it is ______ A______ in Taiwan (A) 8 p.m. (B) 10 p.m. (C) 12 p.m. (D) 2 p.m.
