彰化縣精誠高級中學 104學年度第一學期 高二第二次段考英語科試卷
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範圍: 三民第三冊5~8, 文法第8課, 片語15, 16高二
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第一部分
I. Vocabulary and Phrases (15%)
1. My father considers that this café any other café in New York City and serves great expresso. (A) debates (B) conducts (C) rivals (D) violates
2. Even though the brain damage my grandfather suffered from his stroke is not , it will take a long time to recover. (A) faithful (B) permanent (C) barren (D) available
3. The new smart glass can reduce a building’s of sunlight by 25 percent, enabling air conditioner use to be cut by 20 percent.
(A) judgment (B) identity (C) feature (D) absorption
4. In a attempt to get money to pay his son’s medical bills, the man had no choice but to rob the bank and was soon arrested by the police on the spot.
(A) desperate (B) separate (C) concrete (D) definite
5. Whenever the family thought about the of the killer, they shook with fear subconsciously. (A) decade (B) fertilizer (C) privacy (D) cruelty 6. Four senior leaders of India’s ruling BJP have criticized the party’s
campaign strategy after a(n) defeat in state elections in Bihar. (A) unlimited (B) delightful (C) humiliating (D) expansive 7. Painful memories of the Syrian Civil War, which is an ongoing international armed conflict
taking place in Syria, have still the innocent people. (A) bonded (B) haunted (C) discharged (D) swung
8. The company announces that full payment is on the work being finished on time. Whoever turns it in late will only get half of the total.
(A) conditional (B) historical (C) loyal (D) virtual
9. At the press conference, the reporter made exhaustive , but he couldn’t be able to find what he wanted. (A) curses (B) inquiries (C) centuries (D) opinions
10. The collection has been sold to the British Museum where it will be for the nation.
(A) preserved (B) persevered (C) populated (D) presumed
11. Competitors dressed in costumes scream as they soar through the air brandishing staves and blades, landing on one foot and holding a complex pose before launching into a dizzying spin. (A) deficient (B) supervisory (C) glorious (D) elaborate
12. Even if French security forces can the expert behind the vests, they still have to seize the challenge of cutting off illegal gun supplies to potential attackers.
(A) stir up (B) build on (C) track down (D) warm up
13. Unexpectedly, the downtown area was rejected the suburbs as the site for the new dome. (A) in honor of (B) in need of (C) in case of (D) in favor of
14. People often estimate value money; however, expensive things are not always worthy. (A) in return for (B) in terms of (C) in search of (D) in spite of
15. If you want to buy the house, you have to pay some money for it . (A) in vain (B) in advance (C) in contrast (D) in operation
II. Grammar (10%)
16. After all, these human flesh search engines run to connect people rather than _____ them. (A) to be separated (B) separate (C) separating (D) separated
17. Recalling the days he studied in high school, Tom regrets _____ away his time while young. (A) to fool (B) fool (C) fooled (D) fooling
18. Many TV programs are not worthy _____ at all because they are full of violence. (A) of being watching (B) to watching (C) to be watched (D) watched 19. On the day before Christmas, the judge was expected _____ the fate of two prisoners.
(A) announcing (B) to announce (C) being announced (D) announce 20. All of us _____ inviting George to the wedding ceremony.
(A) didn’t object (B) were not objected (C) didn’t object to (D) were not objected to 21. When Sally heard the bad news about the terrorist attack in France, she _____ tears.
(A) burst upon (B) burst in (C) burst out (D) burst into
22. Most people probably don’t feel sympathetic over these endangered animals, but they do need _____. (A) protecting (B) to protect (C) to protecting (D) being protected 23. Everyone doesn’t like him because he _____ speaking ill of others.
(A) is opposed to (B) is accustomed to (C) prefers to (D) would like to 24. Choose the CORRECT sentence.
(A) It would often take ages to find the long-losing friend.
(C) Many people then blamed the baseball team’s embarrassing defeats for the curse. (D) Because of global warming, humans might be faced with famine as soon as possible. 25. Choose the INCORRECT sentence.
(A) I don’t think they will risk climbing the mountain during a typhoon. (B) He’s such a strange person; there is no to know what he’ll do next.
(C) While doing those activities, they could also want to give thanks to those who have offered help.
(D) Chained to a fire hydrant and mistreated by a man, the dog howled miserably in pain.
III. Cloze Test (20%)
(1) Why do you eat a cookie? Some reasons might be to satisfy your hunger, to increase your sugar level, or just to have something to chew on. However, recent success in the packaged-cookie market 26 that these may not be the only, or perhaps even the most important, reasons. It appears that cookie-producing companies are becoming aware of some other influences and, as a result, are delivering to the market products 27 their awareness. These relatively new products are usually referred to as “soft” or “chewy” cookies 28 them from the more typical crunchy varieties. Why is all the fuss over their introduction? Much of their appeal must 29 childhood memories of sitting on the back steps devouring those melt-in-your-mouth cookies that were delivered by Mom straight from the oven, while they were still soft. This emotional and sensory appeal of soft cookies 30 obviously at least as strong as are the physical carvings that the product satisfies.
26. (A) reminds (B) explains (C) insists (D) suggests 27. (A) contributing to (B) bringing about (C) resulting from (D) causing
28. (A) to distinguish (B) distinguishing (C) distinguished (D) distinguish 29. (A) give way to (B) have to do with (C) come down with (D) take part in 30. (A) have been (B) are (C) is (D) being
(2) Public attention was drawn to the animation Farewell created by a Taiwanese student, Chu-Ling Hsu. This short film obtained a Special Mention at the International Festival of Animated Films AniFest in 2009, which showed global warming had become quite serious. In this film, the very last polar bear on Earth is seen to say farewell on a melting iceberg before drowning. It means polar bears are endangered. Not only 31 they been over-hunted and badly influenced by water and air pollution, but now global warming is also a threat to them. With a large amount of Arctic ice 32 away and the number of northern seal falling, polar bears have fewer places to live in and less food to eat. 33 that they could disappear
forever in the near future.
Global warming affects our planet at a quite gradual speed 34 other natural disasters like earthquakes and typhoons. 35 , global warming may eventually destroy our planet. As soon as the planet warms up, tons of ice 36 the North Pole and the South Pole begins to melt, which results in worldwide sea levels rising. Without a doubt, residents living in several big cities are likely to have nowhere to live by the end of the 21st century. 37 saving the earth, both people and governments should take immediate action to settle global warming before it is too late.
31. (A) must (B) have (C) are (D) do
32. (A) be melted (B) being melted (C) melting (D) being melting 33. (A) They are so died fast (B) They are died so fast
(C) So fast dying are they (D) So fast are they dying
34. (A) contrary to (B) comparing to (C) comparable to (D) contrasted with 35. (A) Though its slowness (B) Despite it is slow
(C) Slowly as it is (D) Slow though it is
36. (A) which is surrounded (B) which surrounding (C) surrounding (D) surrounded 37. (A) With a view to (B) In order to (C) Upon (D) Instead of
(3) The first Thanksgiving feast in America could 38 the summer of 1621. In the winter of 1620, when crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims met a violent storm that blew the vessel off course and made them arrive in the place 39 they had not expected. Because of the harsh winter and the lack of food, many of them were killed. Fortunately, the Indians taught them how to grow crops, so the Pilgrims could survive during these hard times.
Months later, a serious drought, however, caused the crops to fail, so the Pilgrims could not help
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to God for a harvest. Based on legend, God responded with rain,
which helped them have a harvest. Later, the Pilgrims held a great feast to thank God for the harvest and to thank the Indians for their help. It is said that the foods served at the feast included turkey, duck, goose, fish, and berries. Many of them are the foods that Americans usually have on their Thanksgiving tables today. In fact, the origin and traditions of Thanksgiving focus on 41rather than on the feast itself.
38. (A) back to (B) be traced back to (C) be dated back to (D) be gone back to 39. (A) how (B) that (C) which (D) where
40. (A) praying (B) pray (C) to pray (D) prayed
(4) What kind of monster is this? It rises from the sea and sweeps across it as fast as a jet plane. On reaching land, it can suck all the water out of a harbor. The 42 creature may grow more than a hundred feet tall and destroy whole cities, boats, cars, 43 even sadly, people. This sea monster is a tsunami, the Japanese word for “great harbor wave.” It begins with an undersea earthquake. In deep water, the waves measure less than three feet high. Only when the waves come close to shore 44 . A tsunami cannot be prevented or precisely predicted, but there are some warning signs of an impending tsunami and many systems being developed and 45 to reduce the devastation from tsunami.
42. (A) emotional (B) mythical (C) formidable (D) prominent 43. (A) toss (B) tossed (C) to toss (D) tossing
44. (A) their energy and weight increase (B) their energy and weight do increase (C) their energy and weight increase do (D) do their energy and weight increase 45. (A) are used (B) in use (C) is used (D) out of use
IV. Matching (10%)
Today’s transportation methods have a large impact on the environment. Because transportation mainly 46 a single fossil resource―petroleum, transportation is one of the largest 47 to the emissions of greenhouse gasses. Transportation activity will continue to increase as economic growth 48 transportation demand. The majority of the world’s population still does not 49 any form of motorized transportation. However, this situation is rapidly changing on account of global transportation.
Real autarky, a policy in which a country does not want food from any other country, is not an option for most countries; they need transportation. Urbanized areas are so 50 that it’s impossible to feed their population without using the hinterlands for agriculture and production. Shipping food is not 51 unsustainable. Growing food in countries with a suitable climate and then shipping it around the globe to consumers may cause less emissions than producing the food 52 under energy-intense conditions. Transportation has connected with cities ever since people stopped cultivating food near our first 53 . The notion of “food miles” was based on a(n) 54 transportation network enabling the import of grain from North Africa, and pork from Spain.
Even in places with available land, local cultivation of all food would cause diets and the quality of food to undergo dramatic shifts. Furthermore, total reliance on local food may probably 55 the economic growth of most developing countries. Today, we should not abandon global transportation; we need to change the way we transportation systems work.
(A) dense (B) have access to (C) extended (D) halt (E) fuels
(AB) locally (AC) contributors (AD) necessarily (AE) depends on (BC) settlements (AE) (AC) (E) (B) (A) (AD) (AB) (BC) (C) (D)
V. Sentence Structure (5%)
Most of you study “English” every year in secondary school. 56 How should you choose? We recommend that you look for courses that will teach you how to read critically and analytically.
We hope that by the time you arrive at college, you will have gone beyond the books you have been required to read into areas of your own interest. Authors vary in the social classes they explore, in the sort of characters they invent, and in how they tell a story. 57 In at least one area, let your reading be as deep as you can make it. For example, read five novels of one author and see how the formal explorations of fictional possibilities within the novels change in the course of the author’s life. 58 The important thing is to read as much as you can, to find authors that you enjoy and investigate their work, to browse in libraries and bookstores and pick up new books that interest you, and to think critically about how your favorite writers differ from each other in content and in form. If you enjoy poetry, memorize poems until you carry them around inside your head. 59 You cannot bring to college more valuable a possession than a mind well-stocked from reading. 60 Every good writer was a good reader first.
(A)You will think differently about them once they are truly yours. (B) But the content of English courses varies widely.
(C) Or, if your particular interest is a topical one, range through a couple of countries and centuries to see how your topic changes over space and time.
(D)Your reading should lead to reflections on these differences.
(E) Just as speaking is modeled on hearing, so writing is modeled on reading. (B) (D) (C) (A) (E)
VI. Reading Comprehension (10%)
(1) The Eiffel Tower has inspired thrill-seekers to risk life and limb, not to mention criminal charges, performing daring stunts at the famous landmark.
There's a long and colorful history of people doing wacky things at the Tower. In 1912, an Austrian tailor named Franz Reichel plunged nearly 58 meters from the first deck while testing out a parachute coat he had invented. Unfortunately, he never lived to improve on his flawed design.
In 1923, a bet-losing French journalist named Pierre Labric rode a bike down the 347 steps from the first floor. Many years later, his countryman, Hugues Richard, set the record for riding a bike up the 747 steps to the tower's second floor in 19 minutes, all without his feet touching the floor.
In 1984, British couple Mike McCarthy and Amanda Tucker parachuted nearly 280 meters from the top deck. Not to be outdone, three years later, New Zealander A. J. Hackett did a 116-meter bungee jump from the second floor and an American named Robert Moriarty flew a small, single engine under the bottom arches. The same feat had been done in 1926 by a French pilot, Leon Coliot, crashing after being blinded by the sun while attempting.
On New Year's Eve of 1996, French daredevil climber Alain Robert, better known as "Spiderman," scaled the Tower's West face, reaching the top precisely at the stroke of midnight. He later downplayed the difficulty of his feat, saying "After all, the Eiffel Tower is just a big ladder.”
Some risk-takers paid the ultimate price for their zany ideas. Others, like Labric, were arrested by police and charged after completing their stunts. Still others were luckier, and got off with a stern warning after promising never to do it again.
Perhaps it's the Tower's fame, something about its unique design, or just the fact that "it's there." Whatever the reason, the Eiffel Tower seems to draw daredevils, both brave and foolhardy, like a giant magnet which costs them an arm and a leg.
61. What is the main idea of the passage?
(A) The Eiffel Tower has long been regarded as the most appealing structure in the world. (B) The Eiffel Tower has attracted daredevils all over the world to perform dangerous feats
there.
(C) Some people enjoyed parachuting from the Eiffel Tower. (D) Many people died for the Eiffel Tower.
62. What happened to Franz Reichel after he jumped down the tower? (A) He earned a big prize.
(B) He was arrested by the police. (C) He died for it.
(D) He paid a heavy fine.
63. Which of the following is NOT true?
(A) Robert Moriarty flew a small plane under the bottom arches in 1926. (B) Hugues Richard created a better record than Pierre Labric did. (C) Franz Reichel, who was a tailor, invented a parachute coat in 1912. (D) The "Spiderman" did his stunt on the New Year's Eve of 1996.
(2) In the procedure of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), the patient lies on a sliding table, with his or her head in brace designed to help hold the head still. A large cylindrical magnet creates a strong magnetic field around the head, and radio waves rather than X-rays are sent through the magnet field. Sensors read the signals and a computer uses the information to construct high-quality two-or three-dimensional images of brain structures.
As a result of the great magnetic strength in the MRI scan room, metal objects can become dangerous projectiles if they are taken into the scan room. For example, paperclips, pens, keys, scissors and any other small objects can be pulled out of pockets and off the body without warning, at which point they fly toward the opening of the magnet (where the patient is placed) at very high speeds, posing a threat to everyone in the room. ATM cards, bank cards and anything else with magnetic encoding will be erased by most MRI systems.
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is a relatively new procedure that uses MRI to measure the quick, tiny metabolic changes that take place in an active part of the brain. An fMRI scan can produce images of brain activity as fast as every second. Brain areas with more blood flow have been shown to have better visibility on MRI images. Therefore, better visibility is thought to be correlated with brain activation.
As the examination proceeds, the patient will be asked to perform a number of small tasks, such as tapping the thumb of one hand against each of the fingers of that hand, or answering simple questions. By asking the patient to perform specific tasks that correspond to different functions, scientists can locate with great precision the corresponding area of the brain that governs the function.
64. According to the passage, which statement concerning fMRI is correct?
(A)It usually takes more than one second to capture images of the brain activity. (B) Better visibility on MRI images is an indication of less blood flow.
(C) The patient has to lie completely still, not allowed to talk or move.
(D)It can locate which areas of the brain are activated while a specific task is being performed.
65. What are the patients allowed to do when accepting MRI? (A)Shake their heads to show their uncomfortableness. (B) Check out the time by the watch.
(C) Refuse to do what they are asked to do. (D) Stay still on the sliding table.
第二部分
I. Translation (15%)
1. 這個小女孩很勇敢，和癌症搏鬥沒有怨言，因為她拒絕屈服於疾病。
It is very brave of the little girl / to fight cancer without complaining / because she refuses to give in to the disease.
2. 信不信由你，人們若在流星出現時許願，任何願望都會實現。
Believe it or not, / if people make a wish when a shooting star appears, / whatever their wish is will come true.
3. 當Amy在學游泳時遭遇困難，她放棄如此早以致於我們沒機會教她。
When Amy learned to swim and ran into difficulty, / so early did she give up / that we didn’t have a chance to teach her.
4. 難民們將悲傷拋諸腦後，收拾殘局，並且必須學習如何面對失去家人。
Refugees put the grief/sorrow behind them, / picked up the pieces, / and need to learn to deal with the loss of family members.
5. 因為決心、勇氣和鍥而不捨是這生意人成功的背後原因，所以他悠閒地度過餘生，不 用煩惱任何事情。
Because determination, courage, and perseverance / lie behind the businessperson’s success,
