彰化縣私立精誠中學 105 學年度第一學期期中考 英文科 高三試題 考試範圍: 三民 Book V U6~9 本卷共 4 頁 另附答案卡
I. Vocabulary (15%)
1. To stay within _______, Anna took the unnecessary goods out of her shopping cart and put them back on the store shelves.
(A) adjustment (B) budget (C) tension (D) bulk
2. Fresh food and drinkable water were _________to the flood victims, and each of them received an equal amount.
(A) attributed (B) contributing (C) distinguished (D) distributed
3. Generally speaking, the rising number of teenage dropouts will bring about the increase in ________ delinquency
(A) senior (B) mature (C) juvenile (D) junior
4. Studying alone in the big city, Sara had trouble adapting herself to the new school. She was _______ by a feeling of homesickness.
(A) overcome (B) overwhelmed (C) civilized (D) terrified
5. Some organizations have been established in order to help for victims of ________ violence.
(A) dominent (B) entitled (C) domestic (D) alcoholic 6. Amy immersed herself in the ________ music and lost track of the time.
(A) entrancing (B) massive (C) composing (D) soaring
7. After the new policy was __________ in the country, taxes for many low-income families were reduced, which directly relieved their burden of living.
(A) enhanced (B) implemented (C) endured (D) implied
8. When you encounter any difficulty, stay calm and act according to _________. (A) transformation (B) recession (C) circumstances (D) endurance
9. The restaurant has gradually gained a good _______ for its good food and service. (A) reputation (B) diginity (C) resolution (D) modesty
10. The rich man has a strong sense of ________ and thinks he is better than other people. (A) priority (B) inferiority (C) superiority (D) pedagogy
11. It is ________that the government keeps ignoring people’s voice. (A) unashamed (B) exceeded (C) solitary (D) outrageous
12. According to the ______ of the teachers association, the educational reform proved to be effective.
(A) composition (B) complexity (C) assessment (D) adjustment
13. Buying household items in a hypermarket can be ________, for they are usually sold at lower prices there.
(A) economic (B) economical (C) economy (D) exhausted
14. To reduce children’s ________ to violence and sex in films, the public fully support the movie rating system.
(A) engage (B) explore (C) exposure (D) emphasis
15. The government decided to take ______ action over the problem of drunk driving. (A) agonized (B) legislative (C) detective (D) exclusive
II. Grammar (5%)
16. Jane is younger than ________ children in her family.
(A) any other (B) all the (C) any (D) all the other
17. The waste of the eco-family produces per week is ______ that an average family produces.
(A) more than half (B) the half amount of (C) half the amount of (D) more than half 18. _______ your timely help, I would not have finished project.
(A) If it were not for (B) If it had not been for (C) Were it not for (D) Had not it been for 19. Please choose the CORRECT sentence.
(A) But for it had rained heavily, we would have had a pleasant weekend. (B) If I have had enough time, I would have gone with you.
(C) If it rains tomorrow, we won’t go to the Palace Museum.
(D) If I won two million dollars in the lottery, I would have donated part of my money to the orphanages.
20. Please choose the CORRECT sentence.
(A) No sooner had it begun to rain cats and dogs than I arrived at the concert.
(B) Now that the hotel has been rebuilt, so it can accommodate more guests than before. (C) The national parks in Japan are four times the number of those inTaiwan.
(D) The wind blew enough fiercely to pull up the trees by their roots.
III. Cloze Test (21%)
[A]
Ma came out on stage, bowed to the audience, and sat down quietly on a chair. The music began,___21__ into the hushed hall and creating a shadowy, empty universe. Slowly the music grew into an agonized, screaming, and slashing ___22___, gripping us all before
subsiding into a hollow death rattle and, eventually, back to silence.
When Ma had finished, he remained bent over his cello, with his bow resting on the strings. No one in the hall moved or made a sound. It was ___23____we had just witnessed that horrifying ___24___ourselves. Finally, Ma stood up, looked across the audience and stretched out his hand, inviting someone to come to the stage. An indescribable feeling ___25____us as we realized who it was: Vedran Smailovic, the cellist of Sarajevo.
Smailovic rose from his seat and walked down the aisle, and Ma left the stage to meet him. Everyone in the hall erupted in chaotic, emotional excitement. We were all stripped down 1
to our deepest humanity at encountering this man, who had shaken his cello like a fist in the face of bombs, ruins, and death.___26____, his cello was the mightiest weapon of all.
21. (A) steals (B) stealing (C) stole (D) stolen 22. (A) joy (B) fantasy (C) furor (D) regret
23. (A) even though (B) as though (C) as like (D) now that 24. (A) massacre (B) parasite (C) politics (D) demonstration 25. (A) took place to (B) stepped over (C) swept over (D) stood out 26. (A) Immensely (B) Consequently (C) Likely (D) Undoubtedly [B]
Recent visitors to Haiti may be shocked to find a scene. __27____ their hunger at bay, Haitians eat mud cake as their staple food. These mud cakes, ___28___clay and a little margarine and salt, are not very tasty. Due to severe food shortages and the catastrophic earthquake in 2010, farmers are not able to grow food __29___ to feed people in Haiti. However, miles away in America and in the UK, tons of foods are being wasted and thrown away. In Taiwan, food shortages are not as urgent as __30___ in Haiti. Nonetheless, if people in Taiwan keep wasting food, we are bound to face food shortages ___31___. Some changes can be made to prevent this from happening. For example, people can start by ___32___ their needs and buy what they require every time they go shopping. With a bit more concern and efforts, the food crisis will be__33____.
27. (A) Keep (B) Keeping (C) To keep (D) To be keeping 28. (A) are composed of (B) comprise of (C) made with (D) consist of 29. (A) enough fast (B) fast enough (C) soon enough (D) more enough 30. (A) which (B) what (C) that (D) those
31. (A) by no means (B) and so on (C) sooner or later (D) to name but a few 32. (A) adopting (B) attempting (C) attaining (D) assessing
33. (A) dealt (B) tackled (C) doomed (D) inspired [C]
Hayao Miyazaki is a gifted Japanese animator. He has captured the interest of people of all ages around the world ___34___ his films. However, few people know that many of the elements found in his films actually date back to his childhood. One distinctive characteristic of his films is the presence of strong female characters. Ten-year-old Chihiro in Spirited Away, for instance, is transformed from a spoiled child into a capable girl by her adventure. ___35___ maturation can be found in Miyazaki’s own life. From the age of six to teenage years, Miyazaki had to ___36___ his two younger brothers because his mother contracted tuberculosis . He entertained them by drawing pictures and making up stories. By doing so, he
gradually developed keen drawing skills, a fertile imagination, and the ability to convey stories through images. The work of his father and uncle in the aviation industry also ___37___ young Miyazaki. As a child, he spent hours drawing planes, which led to his lifelong interest in flying. Miyazaki’s various flying vehicles, ___38___ a witch’s broom ___38___ massive military vessels, could never be possible in real life. Miyazaki’s early exposure to aviation greatly inspired him. His realistic characters make his films ___39___. Unlike typical Hollywood animated films, the characters in Miyazaki’s films are neither completely righteous nor completely wicked. This is ___40___ makes his films unique. The tension between good and evil gives richness and complexity to Miyazaki’s stories. In 2002, Spirited Away became the first Japanese animation ever to win an Oscar. Miyazaki will keep on leaving the audiences _41__ with wonderful worlds he creates in his animations.
34. (A) about (B) with (C) to (D) of
35. (A) Familiar (B) Similar (C) Popular (D) Solar 36. (A) care for (B) call for (C) turn down (D) turn to 37. (A) affected (B) affect (C) effected (D) effect 38. (A) not; but (B) from; to (C) too; to (D) so; that 39. (A) considerable (B) ordinary (C) classical (D) outstanding
40. (A) who (B) when (C) what (D) how
41. (A) in distance (B) in awe (C) with doubt (D) in mind
IV. Matching (10% )
(A) requirement (B) saying (C) poetic (D) announced (E) receive (AB) respectively (AC) confirms (AD) recipient (AE) held (BC) honored
Bob Dylan ____42___ non-attendance at Nobel Prize ceremony
The fact that Bob Dylan will not travel to Sweden to __43___ his Nobel Prize for Literature in person has been ___44_____. The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel prizes, said it had received "a personal letter"___45___ he was unable to attend next month's Nobel cere-mony "due to pre-existing commitments". Dylan, the organization said, felt "very ___46____" and wished he could receive the prize personally. The singer is required to give a Nobel lecture between now and next June. In fact, the 75-year-old will not be the first ____47____of the prestigious award to have been a no-show at the prize-giving ceremony. Harold Pinter and Doris Lessing, winners of the prize in 2005 and 2007____48___, were among others who did not attend the event.
"The prize still belongs to them, just as it belongs to Bob Dylan," the Academy said in a statement. "We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel lecture, which he must give -- it is the only 2
__49____ -- within six months counting from December 10, 2016. “The veteran rock star was awarded the prize "for having created new ___50____expressions within the great American song tradition". The Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet will be __51___ in Stockholm on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
V. Discourse (5%)
Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in Tuesday’s US presidential election, ___52____.
Trump, ___53____, rode a wave of anger toward Washington insiders to win the White House race against Clinton, whose gold-plated establishment resume included being as a first lady, US senator and secretary of state.
US President Barack Obama, who campaigned hard against Trump , telephoned the Republi-can “to congratulate him on his victory” and invited him to the White House for a meeting to-day, the White House said in a statement.
“____54____ is one of the top priorities the president identified at the beginning of the year and a meeting with the president-elect is the next step,” the White House said.
Trump appeared with his family before cheering supporters in a New York City hotel ball-room, saying it was time to __55____and find common ground after a campaign that exposed deep differences among Americans.
He said that ____56___. “I will be president for all Americans.”
Trump said he had received a call from Clinton to congratulate him on the win and praised her for her service and a hard-fought campaign.
His comments were an abrupt departure from his campaign trail rhetoric in which he repeat-edly slammed Clinton as “crooked” amid supporters’ chants of “lock her up.”
(A) ensuring a smooth transition of power (B) heal the divisions caused by the campaign
(C) a wealthy real-estate developer and former reality television host
(D) ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the US on a new, uncertain path (E) it was time for everyone to come together as one united people
VI. Reading Comprehension (14%)
[A]
Access to clean toilet facilities is a basic human right, but according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nation Environment Program, more than two billion people around the world rely on shared toilets that are used by large numbers of people. With so many people using them, the toilets are hard to keep clean. Diseases spread quickly from these toilets, causing thousands of people to fall sick or die each year. These shocking statistics remind us of a mostly forgotten global disgrace.
The religion with the least access to toilet facilities are African and Asia. Throughout China, between fifty and seventy-five percent of people do not have flush toilets connected to a sewer and septic tank. In India, countless people have no toilet other than the bank of Ganges River. More than one million liters of raw sewage enters the river every minute. The WHO estimates that ninety-two percent of people in Rwanda have no toilet facilities of any kind. With many people sharing small spaces, it is difficult to keep food and toilet waste areas separate.
Since the poorest parts of the world also need many other things, such as food, medicine, and education, the building of adequate toilet facilities is therefore often considered a low priority. However, many aids organizations, both in wealthy and poor countries, are working together to provide people in poor countries with access to clean toilets. In Mozambique, a local aid organization and an organization from Britain have joined together to improve hygiene in the town of Lichinga. They have begun replacing human waste pits with eco-toilets, toilets that use very little water and mix toilet waste with soil and ash to create fertilizer compost. Unlike the traditional pit toilets, these eco-toilets
don’t smell bad, nor do they attract disease-carrying flies or mosquitoes. More importantly, they cost only 25 US dollars to install and nothing to maintain. These eco-toilets help prevent the spread of diseases and improve the sanitary of people in even the poorest countries.
57. The passage mainly deals with __________ (A)the poorest countries in the world
(B) the invention of eco-toilets
(C) toilet conditions in poor countries (D)toilet conditions in African countries
58. According to the passage, the poor conditions of toilet facilities brought about ______. (A) lack of food
(B) lack of medicines (C) the spread of crimes (D) the spread of diseases
59. Which of the following statements is NOT the advantage of eco-toilets? (A) They are similar to the pit toilets.
(B) The are inexpensive. 3
(C) They consume little water. (D) The produce fertilizers.
60. In the passage, the word hygiene is closest in meaning to ______. (A) dirtiness
(B) stink (C) complexity (D) sanitation
[B]
Twenty-eight teachers in my master’s level class silently moved together to the right side of the room to signify that they would teach the civil rights movement to their elementary students. Familiar stories were shared such as “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr., and the agreeing feeling in the room was that the civil rights movement should be taught to children. Several questions were within the framework of social justice. Then came the next question. “Would you teach about the Holocaust?”
Most of the teachers stayed where they were but several moved to the center of the room to indicate that they were not sure. They were worried about the age of their students. Everyone agreed that it should be taught. When to teach it was the more challenging question. How would one approach this subject with younger children? Would students understand this heavy topic? In the end, everyone agreed that it was a subject that could be tackled in elementary school. And finally, I asked, “Would you teach about gay marriage?”
There was a great deal of movement in response to this question. For the first time, a group of teachers moved to the far side of the room to express that they would not teach about gay marriage. Why? One woman stated that she taught at a Catholic school and was not allowed to talk about gay marriage or gay rights issues. Another teacher said that even if he were allowed to teach the subject, he would not because it went against his personal beliefs.
Throughout this discussion I couldn’t help but imagine how this conversation might have echoed a similar one heard 40 years ago in regards to the civil rights movement. There will always be sensitive topics to address in a fight towards social justice, equality and tolerance. The question then becomes, who will stand up and make a difference?
61. What is the main idea of this passage?
(A) It’s easier to teach civil rights than to teach Holocaust to elementary students .
(B) The passage is to challenge the idea of social justice. (C) LBGT equality is still hard to teach in school.
(D) It is too early to teach social justice in the elementary school.
62. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT correct? (A) Most of the teachers worried about when to teach Holocaust.
(B) Most of the teachers disapproved to teach gay marriage in school. (C) To teach “I have a dream” would be too heavy to elementary students. (D) LBGT equality is a sensitive and controversial topic in school.
63. Where was the discussion most possibly held? (A)In a music concert.
(B) At a teacher seminar. (C) At a buffet reception. (D)At a business conference. 第二部份
