彰化縣私立精誠中學 106 學年度第二學期第二次段考【高二英文科】
第一部分:選擇題【Vocabulary & Phrases 20%】
1. The diverse symptoms of schizophrenia, including perceptual, cognitive, and social impairments, may have ________ as a consequence of the
developmental fragility of these complex networks.
(A) arise (B) arisen (C) arouse (D) arose 2. With the increasing mortality rate caused by drunk driving in Taiwan, the government indeed should try every means to impose________ on it without any hesitation.
(A) operations (B) promotions (C) restrictions (D) stimulations 3. Freelancers _______ the idea of retirement as a time of withdrawal, for to them it represented a way to remain connected, challenged and sought after. (A) insist (B) consist (C) resist (D) persist
4. Morgan Freeman is America's favorite ___________ actor, who is still active in the movie industry.
(A) injurious (B) feasible (C) innocent (D) contemporary 5. Since the writer has been ______ to write a novel, he has to fulfill his
obligation and finish it on time, or he will be fined.
(A) conceived (B) contracted (C) converted (D) convicted 6. All the students burst into laughter and couldn't help but ________ at the emcee's cracking sound during the morning assembly.
(A) giggle (B) gnaw (C) mimic (D) spray
7. Blue light emitted by phone and tablet screens was already known to _______ eyesight, and it can also affect the mood of users, which may result in anxiety and erratic behavior.
(A) endanger (B) constitute (C) attach (D) maximum 8. The establishment of Council of Indigenous Peoples aims to ______ the aboriginal cultures as well as promotes indigenous policies and affairs. (A) reload (B) repress (C) retain (D) recognize 9. According to the newest Aviation Act in American, all US-bound flights are subject to new __________ security screening procedures before takeoff, and even security interviews from airline employees might be possible.
(A) primary (B) sufficient (C) elaborate (D) documentary 10. Local residents , after the severe typhoon, have expressed fears that the mudslide could affect water ________ and further lead to great damage not only on agriculture but also on the safety of human beings.
(A) stacks (B) supplies (C) profits (D) deposits
11. Boston tech company Soft Robotics has developed an AI-controlled bin- picking device that aims to replace a number of ________warehouse tasks; in other word, human beings are now faced with the problem of substitution. (A) monotonous (B) religious (C) autonomous (D) perilous
12. Chemical substances that are corrosive, irritant, or toxic can damage skin, lungs, or mucous membranes are the so-called health ________, and it is of vital importance that everyone be cautious when using them.
(A) additives (B) hazards (C) grains (D) pollens 13. Public servants, whose compulsory retiring age is less than 55, ________ for earlier retirement benefits, but may have a reduced range of payment options. (A) qualify (B) identify (C) justify (D) clarify
14. The author ________ cynical issues into his novels, which brings folks some food for thought.
(A)conceals (B) occupies (C)radiates (D) weaves 15. Bhopal witnessed its first ever tattoo festival recently. Thousands of tattoo artists _____ Madhya Pradesh's capital to take part in the live event. (A) throned (B) thonged (C) thronged (D) tonged 16. Never ________ till tomorrow what can be done now.
(A) put on (B) put off (C) put up (D) put away 17. The chairman is now flying into rage, even though I can’t see his eyes, I can feel the anger________him across the table.
(A) radiating from (B) reacting to (C) rounding up (D) seeing out 18. A democratic culture permits the rejection of extremist ideas and actions, without having to ________ other extremes to suppress such ideas and actions.
(A) appeal for (B) resort to (C) result in (D) revolve around 19. The tourist industry of this country was gradually __________ after 911 attacks. (A) running out (B) running over (C) running down (D) running up 20. After the party, we ______ our guests _______.
(A) showed; up (B) saw; out (C) set; off (D) sat; up 【Grammar 10%】
21. Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, according to the lastest study, are the 6 nations with the most significant press freedom, and most of ________ are European countries, while Taiwan ranked only 42.
(A) which (B) whom (C) that (D) them
22. If I _______abroad when I was younger, my English would have been better. (A) studied (B) have studied (C) had studied (D) had been studied (高二英文，第 1 頁，共 6 頁)
23. The minimum wages nowadays are much higher than _____ ten years ago. (A) that (B) those (C) what (D) which
24. Eight Taiwanese men were sentenced to death by an Indonesian Court, which has some of the world’s toughest anti-drug laws, with sentences_______ the death penalty for smugglers who carry 5g or more.
(A) including (B) included (C) excluding (D) excluded
25 Upon learning of the Swedish famous DJ Avicii’s death, all the fans and his family alike were left______ and abruptly immersed in sorrow.
(A) shock (B) to shock (C) shocking (D) shocked 26. It is not until Andy was arrested on charge of making terroristic threats
against his high school _____ he realizes the gravity of whole situation.
(A) is (B) did (C) that (D) which
27. ______ trip to Kuala Lumpur is complete without a visit to Petronas Twin Towers , the highest building in the world before 2004.
(A) No (B) Nor (C) Never (D) Neither 28. The manufacturers of autonomous vehicles are supposed to let the testing
___________ repeatedly before the official launch.
(A) carry out (B) carrying out (C) carried out (D) be carried out 29. The school is made up of nearly a hundred faculty, ________ have worked here for over twenty years.
(A) some of them (B) all of whose
(C) many of whom (D) some of who
30 . _______________ is welcome because they are friendly.
(A) Any friend of my son (B) Any friend of my son's (C) My son's any friend (D) Any my son's friend 【Cloze Test 20%】
Almost everyone wants to be physically attractive. Some people want so badly to get the looks they want that they may ____(31)_____. They may even sacrifice their health. For instance, some may control their diet ____(32)_____only a meal a day. Others have stomach surgery to limit the food consumption. Besides weight, height is ____(33)_____thing that worries many people. Those who desperately want to be taller undergo surgery to ____(34)_____ their legs lengthened. The whole process is extremely torturous. ____(35)_____ the great pain, hundreds of people choose to grow taller this way every year. Whatever method they apply, they should first and foremost watch out the safety issues and potential dangers.
31.(A) go to extremes (B) cost them dearly
(C) strike a balance (D) go a long way
32. (A) in (B) on (C) for (D) by
33. (A) other (B) others (C) another (D) the other
34. (A) let (B) do (C) cause (D) have
35. (A) In spite (B) Despite (C) Nonetheless (D) Though
During World War II, the Nazi government followed a racist policy. The policy ____(36)_____ the Holocaust, which killed millions of Jews. They were shot, gassed, or left to die of starvation or disease in concentration camps. Anne Frank, one of the victims, lived in the Secret Annex, ____(37)_____she recorded her fears, compassion, and hope in her diary during the two years of hiding. From her diary, we knew what happened during the war. Families were torn apart; children returned home ____(38)_____ their parents gone; people____(39)_____ out of their houses. As what everyone knows, Anne's story does not have a happy ending. Anne and her family couldn’t keep out of trouble in the end. They ____(40)_____enter different concentration camps, and only Anne’s father survived , he then decided to publish Anne's diary.
( ) 36.(A) occurred to (B) led to (C) ended up (D) rounded up ( ) 37.(A) which (B) in which (C) in where (D) in that ( ) 38.(A) find (B) to find (C) found (D) to be found
( ) 39.(A) dragged (B) being dragging
(C)being dragged (D) were being dragged
( ) 40.(A) made to (B) were made
(C) were made to (D) were being made
Convenience stores are everywhere in Taiwan, and it is not surprising that the country has the highest density of convenience stores in the world. Nowadays, convenience stores offer a variety of services ____(41)_____ allow people to save time when they run errands. People can buy food and drinks in addition to ____(42)_____ their phone bills and parking fees in these stores. Customers can also pre-order many different items, ____(43)_____from local cuisine to concert tickets. There are some reasons behind such a huge success. First of all, it is clear that ____(44)_____, the more likely they are to buy something. Opportunities are created through many services. Besides, people’s impression that the convenience stores can take care of their daily needs is the contributing factors to its success. Apparently, the flourishing convenience-store industry in Taiwan has been built ____(45)_____ a win-win situation for both convenience stores and their customers. In Taiwan, when people think of convenience stores, they think of convenience.
( ) 41.(A) what (B) which (C) it (D) whom
( ) 42.(A) pay (B) paid (C) paying (D) be paid
( ) 43. (A) range (B) ranging (C) ranged (D) which ranging ( ) 44. (A) the more often these stores people go to
(B) the more often people go to these stores (高二英文，第 2 頁，共 6 頁)
(C) the more these stores people often go to (D) the more people often go to these stores
( ) 45. (A) on (B) at (C) with (D) in
The diversity of Madagascar is unique. More than 420 reptile species are already known from this enormous island ____(46)_____the east coast of Madagascar, yet rainforested mountains across the island continue to ____(47)_____new surprises: On an expedition carried out by the research team of Munich in a remote area of northern Madagascar, a team____(48)_____noted zoologists has discovered a spectacularly colored rainbow chameleon, now dubbed Calummauetzi. The gorgeous display coloration of the new species, which makes it ____(49)_____from all other species, is at its most magnificent when individuals of both sexes encounter one another. Then, the male tries to impress the female with a raucous display of yellow, violet, and red. Yet these flashy colors alone are no ____(50)_____of success; an unreceptive female will turn on a male, mouth agape, darkening her own skin to the point of nearly black.
( ) 46. (A) off (B) under (C) away (D) within ( ) 47. (A) emigrate (B) preserve (C) yield (D) comprise ( ) 48. (A) making up (B) made up (C) consisting of (D) consisted ( ) 49. (A) distinguishably (B) distinguishable
(C) distinguishability (D) being distinguishable
( ) 50. (A) access (B) guarantee (C) strategy (D) temptation 【Passage Completion 10%】(請忽略大小寫)
Maintaining a rich and biologically diverse spectrum of living creatures is critical to the health of our planet. However, human activities are causing the increasing ____(51)_____of many of earth’s species. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), we are placing more demands on the earth than it can tolerate or recover ____(52)_____. Dramatic environmental changes and crises are ____(53)_____.
The rainforests, for example, are rapidly disappearing. An area the size of a football field is destroyed every second. Overfishing is ____(54)_____fish stocks, and a ____(55)_____of corals are nearing extinction. As species disappear, the overall ecological balance is disturbed. Genetic diversity is shrinking in many areas, one of ____(56)_____is agricultural crops, potentially affecting our food supply.
These changes are ____(57)_____caused by population growth, pollution
(which is linked to climate change), and general greed for the earth’s resources. The good news is ____(58)_____all of these factors are things we can change if we want to. If it ____(59)_____not for this, the situation might appear even worse.
For humankind to bring about significant change, many steps will be required, and one of steps is understanding the consequences of our continuing behavior. Ongoing research, adoption of ____(60)_____practices, conservation, and a collective willingness to live on less may be good places to start.
(A) third (B) sustainable (C) being (D) were (E) extinction (AB) decreasing (AC) that (AD) from (AE) which (BC) arising
【Discourse Structure 5%】(請忽略大小寫)
India is at war with its girls and women. The planned rape of eight-year-old Asifa in a temple by several men, including a policeman who later washed the clothes she was wearing to destroy evidence, was particularly horrific. Asifa’s rape has outraged and shaken the entire country. ____(61)_____. According to the National Crimes Records Bureau, in 2016 the rape of minor girls increased by 82% compared with the previous year. Chillingly, across all rape cases, 95% of rapists were not strangers but family, friends and neighbors.
The culturally sanctioned degradation of women is so complete that the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, launched a national programme called BetiBachao (Save Our Girls). India can arguably be accused of the largest-scale human rights violation on Earth: the persistent degradation of the vast majority of its 650 million girls and women, and this includes the middle classes.
India’s women are traumatized in less obvious ways than by tanks in the streets, bombs and warlords. Our oppression starts innocuously: it occurs in private life, within families, with girls being locked up in their own homes. ____(62)_____, and that does not even want women to exist. And India also kills its women slowly. This violence is buried in the training of women in some deadly habits that invite human rights violations, but that are considered the essence of good womanhood. The first teaches girls to be afraid of their own bodies. When a girl is not supposed to exist, 1.3 billion people all pretend that girls don’t have bodies and especially no sexual parts. If girls do not have bodies, ____(63)_____, and if it does happen, it has to be denied, and if it cannot be denied, the girl must be blamed.
____(64)_____. To have a voice, to speak up, is to be recognized, to belong. But girls are trained in silence. They are told to be quiet, to speak softly, to have no opinions, no arguments, no conflicts. Silent women disappear. They are easy to ignore, overrule, and violate without repercussions.
Women in India whose sense of self has been worn down, by definition must depend on others, which only serves to breed fear and violence. ____(65)_____. Dependent women have no separate identity and are legitimate only as mothers, wives and daughters. Such women are trained to put duty over self.
Over the years, we have underestimated the power of culture in creating violence within families and countries. In order to reclaim the humanity, we need a national conversation about what it means to be a good woman and a good man in India today.
(A) speech is another basic human right
(B) this everyday violence is the product of a culture that bestows all power on men (C) sexual harassment is not possible
(D) yet sexual abuse in India remains widespread despite tightening of rape
laws in 2013
(E) but dependency is still presented as a virtuous habit and independence as
a bad characteristic.
【Reading Comprehension 7%】
Biodiversity, the essential variety of life forms on Earth, continues to decline in every region of the world, significantly reducing nature’s capacity to contribute to people’s well-being. Recently, one report includes four assessments covering Asia-Pacific as well as three other major regions of the world. Over 120 experts from 27 countries were involved in drafting the Asia-Pacific regional report.
The Asia-Pacific region, covering over 60 countries, is home to 17 of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots. Nearly 200 million people in the region directly depend on the forest for their forest products, medicine, food, fuel as well as other subsistence needs.
Biodiversity and ecosystem services contributed to rapid economic growth from 1990 to 2010, benefiting its more than 4.5 billion people. And yet the region faces unprecedented threats, from extreme weather events and sea level rise, to invasive alien species, agricultural intensification and increasing waste and pollution. For example, 60 percent of its grasslands are degraded due to
overgrazing by livestock, invasion by alien species, or conversion to agriculture,
resulting in a rapid decline of native flora and fauna. Eight of the top 10 most
plastic-polluted rivers in the world are in Asia; nearly 25 percent of the region’s endemic species are threatened.
The report also notes some important biodiversity successes, including increases in protected areas. Over the past 25 years, marine protected areas in the region increased by almost 14 percent and terrestrial protected areas by 0.3 percent. The assessment says that unsustainable aquaculture practices, overfishing and destructive harvesting mean that many exploitable fish stocks will decline considerably – and may even collapse – perhaps as soon as 30 years from now.
The report says climate change is also impacting the biodiversity, which plays an important role in species distributions, population sizes, and the timing of reproduction and migration. Increased frequencies of pest and disease outbreaks resulting from these changes may have additional negative effects on agricultural production and human well-being.
The assessment points to the value of ecosystem-based approaches, among others, lack of solid waste management, as well as air, water and land pollution as factors undermining gains in a number of the Sustainable Development Goals for many countries. One of the key policy options is to ensure that biodiversity conservation is integrated into key development sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, energy, tourism and finance. People need to ensure that the message of biodiversity conservation and its importance is reflected appropriately in these sectors. What the authorities should do right now is to involve local communities in biodiversity conservation, integrate biodiversity conservation into key development sectors, and promote cross-border regional collaboration for both landscapes and seascapes. With these factors combining altogether, the sustainable development is just around the corner.
66. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) Sustainability of environment is crucial to human beings and nature alike. (B) Biodiversity and ecosystem services lead to fast growth in economy. (C) Asia-Pacific region plays an important role in global biodiversity development.
(D)The biodiversity successes all contributes to the inclusion of protected areas increases.
67. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? (A) The most plastic-polluted rivers are mostly located in Asia.
(B) Protected areas are gradually declining in Asia-Pacific countries. (C) Climate change might affect the number of animals and their habitats. (D) Change in ecology would result in the outbreaks of disease.
68. The word overgrazing in the third paragraph refers to the meaning that______. (A) there are too many cows or other animals eating grass in an area
(B) there are too many cows or other animals invading in an area (C) there are too many people living on agriculture in an area (高二英文，第 4 頁，共 5 頁)
(D) there are too many people cleaning away grass in an area 69. What can be inferred from the passage?
(A)The lack of management and regulations causes the warning of Asia- Pacific biodiversity.
(B) Sustainable development is nowhere in sight if people do not take climate change into consideration.
(C) The authorities alone are the key to the success of biodiversity preservation. (D) Among all the biodiversity declining regions, Asia-Pacific biodiversity are the most devastating, which requires some urgent solutions.
7-Eleven Taiwan's operator President Chain Store Corp. announced that it has opened its first experimental unmanned store in its corporate headquarters, meanwhile rival Family Mart will be launching its first wave of technology concept stores making use of artificial intelligence to make coffee and offer other services.
Chain Store Corp. has officially launched an internal test run of what it is called "X-Store," which would be only the second such unmanned 7-Eleven in the world after one was launched in Seoul, South Korea in May of last year.
The first X-Store in Taiwan is located in corporate headquarters as during the initial testing phase it will only be open to internal company employees, and instead of staying open 24 hours or from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., as the name implies, it will at this stage only be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The store will employ a variety of new software and hardware to operate a new series of services provided via facial recognition technology including "Face in," for entry to the store; "Face pay," to make payments; and "Face go," for checkout.
Many of these new technologies will be the first of their kind in the convenience store industry, including its Open point membership system, facial biometric identification, production identification, automated induction through its "open show case,""icash," smart voice interactivity, Internet of Things system utilization, hot spot analysis, microwave ovens with scanners, self service point of sales (POS) systems, electronic labels, robot greeters, and robot sweepers among other innovations.
Facing a rapidly aging demographic and the impact of new digital technology, Family Mart is expected to launch its first wave of technology concept stores in the first quarter and launched a video explaining the new innovations in automation in the beginning of 2018.
Family Mart estimates that through the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) networking, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and Radio-frequency identification (RFID), work processes will be streamlined enough to reduce the number of staff working hours by 858 hours per year.
Family Mart said that the uses of IoT applications and electronic shelf labeling technology can trim off the 1.5 hours it normally takes to update labels on the 3,500 items found in a typical store every two weeks. In addition, Family Mart said that the use of AI technology with coffee machines can greatly reduce the burden on store clerks during peak hours. RFID technology can accelerate the process of receiving packages that customers order for picking up later.
70. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE about "X-store"?
(A) "X-store" has already been available for all the people in Taiwan. (B) Two X-stores are running currently, both of which are in Taiwan.
(C) The opening hours of X-store are just as the same as those of other 7-11 stores.
(D) The operations of payment and entrance of X-store are via facial recognition. 71. The word trim in the seventh paragraph is in closest meaning to ______?
(A) remove (B) reduce (C) revise (D) remain
72. According to the passage, which of the following can NOT be done via technology?
(A) Greet to customers when they step in. (B) Mop the floor when the floor is dirty.
(C) Print the labels and update them on the products. (D) Make the process of receiving packages faster.
第二部分:手寫題
(每一題 3 分，最後一題 4 分，錯一個地方扣 0.5 分，總分共 13 分) 1. 那個女孩讓自己的長髮被剪短，為了看起來更向模特兒。(have+ O + OC) ________________________________________________________________. 2.北韓與南韓領導人會面的消息正在電視上報導。 ________________________________________________________________. 3. 健康的人總是用運動開始一天。 (never...without...) ________________________________________________________________.4. Melissa 錯過好幾通電話，全部都來自他的老闆。(..., all of....)
________________________________________________________________. (高二英文，第 5 頁，共 5 頁)
