彰化縣私立精誠中學一百學年度第一學期期中考 英文科 高一試題
考試範圍: 三民 Book II 5 - 8、英文百寶書 Book II 5 - 8、文法總複習講義 Chapter 5 Select Idioms 500 Unit 9 - 10 本卷共 4 頁 另附答案卡
I. Vocabulary (15%)
1. Susan forgot to make an important call and put the _______on me for not reminding her to do this.
(A) attack (B) apology (C) blame (D) complaint
2. Jody has been mentally________out ever since she took the job as a stage manager. (A) theoretical (B) stressed (C) explosive (D) fooled
3. Sexism is the belief that one ______ is superior to the other, especially that men are better to women.
(A) theory (B) expert (C) gender (D) emotion
4. The movie about World War II ________ my interest in the history of that period. (A) rose (B) motivated (C) struck (D) stimulated
5. Communication can help bridge the ______ between parents and their children. (A) reply (B) clip (C) gap (D) channel
6. We _________ Molly a good student because she studies very hard and seldom has behavioral problems.
(A) consider (B) look upon (C) view (D) take
7. People tend to _________ summer with ice cream, beaches, and swimming. (A) come up (B) cope (C) associate (D) convert
8. Because being allergic to real flowers, Jane can only have ________ flowers in her house. (A) active (B) unspeakable (C) sensitive (D) artificial
9. Environmental damage is a threat not only to all _________, but also to other living things. (A) traditions (B) humanity (C) superstitions (D) association
10. The factory workers are preparing for the ________of another strike in the hope of gaining a better working environment.
(A) consideration (B) match (C) stimulation (D) launch
11. Some people believe that the soul is _________. In other words, they believe it will live on after death.
(A) immortal (B) spiritual (C) engaged (D) involved
12. Judy reached the finish line first and was ________ the winner of the race. (A) regarded (B) declared (C) convinced (D) devoted
13. The website __________ traditional recipes for its visitors. You may find some useful information there.
(A) provides (B) offers (C) supplies (D) quotes
14. It is never too late to ________ the importance of leading a healthy life.
(A) engage (B) recall (C) regret (D) appreciate
15. Don’t _________ to ask questions in class. The more you ask, the more you can learn. (A) annoy (B) apologize (C) hesitate (D) upset
II. Grammar (7%)
16. An actor and director ______ invited to our seminar to deliver a speech. (A) has (B) were (C) was (D) are
17. Those kids found a dog _______ on the ground with its front leg _______. (A) laying…breaking (B) laying…broken (C) lying…breaking (D) lying…broken 18. Michael’s father was addicted to drinking ______ made the whole family very upset.
(A) which (B) , which (C) , that (D) what
19. The number of guests invited to the party _____ thirty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.
(A) were; was (B) was; was (C) was; were (D) were; were 20. Taking pictures of toddlers and animals ______ a little more patience.
(A) have required (B) is required (C) require (D) requires 21. Please choose the CORRECT sentence.
(A) Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy. (B) The class have been ready to take the physical examination. (C) There is cattle in the meadow.
(D) Bread and butter are my favorite breakfast. 22. Please choose the CORRECT sentence. (A) Only a part of students is present today.
(B) Either you or I are to blame.
(C) The rest of my time is spent listening to the music. (D) The committee are made up of ten members.
III.Cloze Test (21%)
[A]
In general, men’s and women’s brains simply work differently. There are many small “boxes” in men’s brains, one of __23___ is called the “Nothing Box.” __24___ from pressure, most men go to the “Nothing Box” to relax. ___25___, it is not necessary for them to talk about their anxiety and worry with others. As for women, sharing feelings ___26__ very important, especially when they are in low spirits.
In addition, the emotional centers in men’s brains are smaller and less active than __27___ in women’s. That is — men are __28___ to be influenced by emotions. No wonder when a couple have a fight, the woman is always the first to cry.
23. (A) them (B) that (C) which (D) those
25. (A) Instead (B) As a result (C) Besides (D) However 26. (A) are (B) is (C) seem (D) is seen
27. (A) what (B) that (C) those (D) these
28. (A) more possible (B) less possible (C) more likely (D) less likely
[B]
Aphrodite helped Paris take Helen to Troy __29____. The Spartan king was furious, and ten years of war between Sparta and Troy___30____. As time went by, the Spartan were able to win many battles but could never ___31____ Troy. The Spartans thus turned to Athena for help in the hope of ending the war. Athena, who was still angry about Paris’s decision, provided the key __32___ winning the final victory by saying, “What began with an apple must end with a horse.” Thanks to Athena, the Spartans realized what to do. In front of Troy they left a big wooden horse ___33____ the Trojans thinks of as a gift of peace. A group of Spartan soldiers, ___34____themselves in the hollow wooden horse, crept out and opened the city gate when night fell. The Spartan army outside was able to launch a successful surprise attack, ___35___ to the greatest war in Greek mythology.
29. (A) as she promised (B) like promised (C) as being promised (D) as she had promised 30. (A) was followed (B) was following (C) followed (D) as following
31. (A) take over (B) take place of (C) take in (D) take on 32. (A) for (B) on (C) of (D) to
33. (A) which (B) , which (C) , that (D) on which
34. (A) hiding (B) had hidden (C) having hidden (D) having been hidden 35. (A) bringing (B) ending up (C) closed (D) concluded
[C]
Mom used to say good night to me in a special way. She would __36__, touch my hair, and kiss my forehead. I can't remember __37__ the way she said good night started annoying me, but it did annoy me. One night, I asked her to stop doing that again. However, she said nothing __38__. Never again __39__ end my day with her special expression of love.
Time after time, I thought about what happened that night. The memory was always there, __40__ my mind. As the years pass by, now I am no longer a young girl, and Mom is __41__ her mid-seventies. Those rough hands I once disliked are still doing everything for me and my family.
Now, my own children are all __42__ and gone, and Mom lives on her own next door to me. One Thanksgiving Eve, I spent the night with my mother. As I was about to fall asleep in my old bedroom, her “rough” hand hesitantly stole across my face and brushed my forehead, and she kissed me on my eyebrow. Involuntarily, I caught her hand and told her how sorry I had been for that night. __43__ my surprise, she had put that unspeakable night behind her.
Later, the guilt that had haunted me for such a long time suddenly disappeared, and nowhere was it to be found.
36. (A) lay down (B) lean down (C) fall down (D) look down
37. (A) what (B) which (C) where (D) when
38. (A) reply (B) reply to (C) replied (D) in reply 39. (A) she did (B) she was (C) did she (D) was she 40. (A) in back of (B) on the back of (C) in the back of (D) at back of
41. (A) on (B) in (C) at (D) under
42. (A) grow-up (B) grew-up (C) grown-up (D) growing-up
43. (A) In (B) To (C) For (D) With
IV. Idioms and Phrases (10%)
(不用考慮句子開頭或時態。) (A) drive … into (B) derive …from (C) date back to (D) lash out at (E) cope with (AB) convert …into (AC) deprive of (AD) count on (AE) engage in (BC) devote…to44. The boss had ________ having the project done by July.
45. The professor _______ all his life _____ to help the deaf and mute.
46. The president without vision has _______ his company _____ bankruptcy.
47. Students in that class ________a lot of pleasure ______the well-organized reading activity.
48. The old church there _________ 500 years ago..
49. The farmer have ______ the barren land ____ fertile field.
50. Environmental groups _______ at the government for its decision o building a tunnel through a mountain.
51. Harry ________ political activities in most of his life.
52. The manager doesn’t know how to _______ the furious customer. 53. My aunt was ________ hearing in an accident.
44~48 AD BC A B C 49~53 AB D AE E AC
V. Matching (8% )
(A) real (B) the unknown (C) long-practiced (D) considered (E) based on (AB) prevents (AC) comfort (AD) when (AE) why (BC) where
are in no way related. Take a rabbit’s foot, for example. Have you ever thought about the reason why a rabbit’s foot is __55______lucky in many Western countries? One saying is that rabbits, unlike most other animals, touch the ground with their back feet first when they are running. Westerners, thus, consider this fact unusual and even magical. However, this superstition is not ___56____ any scientific proof. Similarly, Americans usually say “Knock on wood” or actually do this for good luck, since they want to prevent tree spirits from
affecting their luck. It’s clear that these are just two situations __57____ people superstitiously associate one event with another.
Aside from superstitions for good luck, some more __58_____customs have grown out of fears that are related to superstitions. Superstition-based customs are what most members of a society usually do to deal with ___59____. In Taiwan, for instance, the word for the number “four” sounds like the word for “death.” Because of its association with death, the number four has long been considered an unlucky number by Taiwanese. The reason why people in the West often say “Bless you” when a person sneezes is also superstition-based. This phrase is used because some Westerners used to believe that devils might enter one’s body when a person sneezes.
Nowadays, because of changing ideas, some superstitious customs have been practiced in different ways. An artificial rabbit’s foot, for example, is often used instead of a __60__one to avoid the killing of rabbits. However, many people still find __61___ in following
superstition-based customs. Though people are unable to predict the future, they still hope for a chance to try to control it.
54~58 AB D E BC C 59~61 B A AC
VI. Reading Comprehension (12%)
[A]
The Roman sun god, Apollo, was famous for his archery skills. One afternoon, Apollo came across Cupid playing with his bow and arrows. Apollo had recently defeated a giant snake and was feeling very powerful and confident. “What do you think you are doing, little boy?” Apollo asked Cupid. “You might hurt yourself! Why don’t you run along and leave the weapons to someone who knows how to use them?”
Apollo’s taunts upset Cupid, who stood up and took two different arrows from his quiver. The first was made of gold and had a sharp tip. The person struck by this arrow would immediately fall in love. The second, however, was not sharp and it had a tip of lead. The person struck by it would not be able to stand even the thought of love. “You may be able to hit any target you choose with your arrows, Apollo, but I shall strike you with mine!” Cupid said, raising his bow.
Cupid shot the golden arrow straight through Apollo’s heart, and the lead arrow struck the beautiful Daphne, daughter of the river god Peneus. From then on, Apollow was madly in love with Daphne.
Because of Cupid’s arrow, Daphne rejected love completely and refused all suitors. She was
only interested in running around in the woods and never thought of marriage.
Although Daphne wanted nothing to do with Apollo, he was still affected by Cupid’s arrow and chased after her. “Slow down!” he called. “I am not the enemy. I am in love with you!” However, like a rabbit fleeing a wolf, she always kept one step ahead of him. To her, love and marriage were like punishments. After a while, though, Daphne grew tired and could run no more. “Oh, Father, help me change my form!” she called out to Peneus as Apollo gained on her. All of a sudden, Daphne’s feet became rooted to the ground, and her body turned into the trunk of a laurel tree. Her arms became its branches and her hair the leaves. Apollo finally stood before her, touched her bark and kissed her leaves. “Since you can not be my wife, you shall always be my tree. I will wear you for my crown, and your leaves will be woven into wreaths for triumphant Romans.” To this day, the laurel wreath remains a symbol of the highest honor and victory.
62.Which of the following can Cupid do with his arrow? (A)Kill people
(B) Make people fall in love
(C) Make people feel very confident (D)Help people find things
63.Which of the following statements is not true? (A) Daphne likes having men chase her. (B) Apollo is unable to capture Daphne’s heart. (C) Daphne’s father is the god of a river.
(D) Cupid shoots Apollo with a gold - tipped arrow.
64.What part of the laurel tree does Apollo use for his crown? (A) The bark (B) The leaves (C) The trunk (D) The roots
[B]
When it comes to conversation, we believe that the woman is usually the one who talks more. After all, it is widely quoted that men say 7,000 words a day while women say 20,000. However, this figure, coming from a 2006 book called Female Brain, was questioned by lin-guist Mark Liebermann. Later, the author Louann Bridenzine confessed that she did not make a thorough study. What we find in many researches actually suggests differently. It all de-pends, according to scientists, on how you measure talkativeness. When a conversation is viewed from different ways, it is suggested hat men can be as or more talkative than women, and found out that when men are put into a lab and given a topic to talk about, they can show greater participation than women. It proves that when given a purpose, men can talk a lot. Other researches support this finding as well. Moreover, the same is found outside of the lab, in everyday conversation. Researcher James Pennebaker developed a device to record 30 sec-onds of sounds around the participants every 12.5 minutes, and collected the samples. The
de-vice couldn’t be turned off, and the data represented the most authentic speeches made in real life. The result: not much difference between the words that men and women said. We are still, however, left with the impression that women talk more even with all the evidence suggesting differently. In fact, it may just be one of the many areas in life where we expect men and women to be different. However, when the issue is closely examined, we may find that men and women are often more similar than we believe them to be.
65. What is the purpose of this passage?
(A) To correct an old belief that women talk more than men. (B) To challenge the idea that men are stronger than women. (C) To test whether men and women can have a conversation. (D) To understand the relationship between talking and personality. 66. What may the word “authentic” mean?
(A) Carried out in the lab. (B) Related to technology. (C) Proven by experiments. (D) Real and very close to life.
67. What may the author mean in the conclusion? (A)The revolution makes the humans talk a lot. (B) Genders are different in the most unexpected way.
(C) We should break the stereotypes between men and women. (D)Science may answer many questions about gender difference. 第二部份
