國立台灣師範大學附屬高級中學九十七學年度第二學期高三英文科期中考試題卷
I. 文意字彙和片語 20%
1. The company announced that it would ______ a new version of this software next month. (A) navigate (B) launch (C) inspect (D) exclaim
2. The fortune left by Sally’s parents allows her to live in ______. She now can afford whatever she likes. (A) resort (B) diversion (C) boredom (D) luxury
3. The two nations finally ______ their negotiations after a cold war lasting for almost ten years. (A) resumed (B) intended (C) interconnected (D) reasoned
4. As a _______ illustrator, Jason does not have to work for a specific company and can work at home without his working hours being limited.
(A) typical (B) manual (C) cautious (D) freelance
5. The dictator ordered the police to kill the _______ to silence them so that he wouldn’t have to deal with the opposed opinions from his people.
(A) intruders (B) dissidents (C) landlords (D) agents
6. The news report ______ a fierce response from the movie star, who felt profoundly offended. (A) magnified (B) intensified (C) triggered (D) injected
7. In order to lose weight, Ken has to _____ high-calorie foods from his diet. (A) eliminate (B) shrink (C) freeze (D) purify
8. To develop your muscles and help your blood circulation, you need to take ______ exercise on a daily basis. (A) nourishing (B) vigorous (C) ingenious (D) adventurous
9. The Soviet Union was ______ in 1991. It no longer exists.
(A) assembled (B) congratulated (C) inscribed (D) dissolved
10. A(n)_____ amount of garbage is daily produced by the residents in Taipei, so recycling is a must in modern society.
(A) notorious (B) gloomy (C) trivial (D) enormous
11. These kitchen ______ can help housewives do the cooking and cleaning in an interesting and efficient way. (A) fabrics (B) settings (C) gadgets (D) nutrients
12. I caught a ______ of her in the crowd but didn’t have a chance to call her. I don’t think she saw me. (A) glimpse (B) peep (C) yawn (D) destination
13. We were ______ when John showed up from nowhere just like magic. (A) urged (B) destined (C) sparkled (D) startled 14. The company held an interview to look for someone qualified to fill this _____. (A) candidate (B) vacancy (C) wage (D) advertisement
15. Many countries in the Middle East have _____ supplies of fossil fuels, which bring them considerable wealth. (A) primary (B)tropical (C) abundant (D) intense
16. Being the smartest student in the class, Jeff is often ________ as a “walking dictionary” by his classmates. (A)endowed with (B)looked over (C)called upon (D)referred to
17. I advised her to _______________ lest she should attract too much attention from the public. (A)pray on her mind (B)make up ground
(C)keep a low profile (D)spill the beans 18. Tim is going to _______ on a journey to France next month.
(A) set apart (B) make way (C) set off (D) call upon
19. The summit meeting between the presidents of those two countries ______ in Cairo last week. (A) became of (B) held up (C) took place (D) came out
20. Mrs. Lin ______ her husband’s complaints because, to her, facing the music is more constructive than complaining all day.
(A) took part in (B) turned a deaf ear to (C) took notice of (D) showed him the way to
II.克漏字 20%
(A) Nanotechnology is a newly-developed technology but has already been applied in many fields. In material industry, scientists have got inspiration from their observation of the self-cleaning property of lotus leaves, ( 21 ) the “lotus effect,” and have created materials that have the same quality of staying clean. Another example is the special windows that are ( 22 ) to dirt and water. Now such windows can already be found in certain cars. Eve when traveling at high speed through rain, their windows can still stay clean without the help of windshield wipers. Nanotechnology also
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( 23 ) some achievements in medicine. Nowadays, some tiny crystals, one thousand times as narrow as a human hair, are injected into the body of a cancer patient. These tiny crystals, called “quantum dots,” travel through the body and help doctors locate cancer cells by lighting themselves up _( 24 ) a tumor.
Nanotechnology’s impact on our everyday life is on the increase. Some imaginary plots in old science fiction have become reality and more and more remarkable changes are ( 25 ) . What will the world become in the future? Maybe we can ask science fiction writers.
21. (A) famous for (B) known as (C) notorious as (D) distinguished by 22. (A) sympathetic (B) indifferent (C) sensitive (D) resistant
23. (A) contributes to (B) makes up for (C) comes by (D) stems from
24. (A) in finding (B) at the thought of (C) immediately they find (D) as soon as finding
25. (A) taking place (B) holding (C) occurred (D) happened
(B) Lying about eighteen miles off the southeast coast of Taiwan, Green Island is like a sparkling paradise _( 26 ) in a deep blue sea. It is a perfect getaway destination for people tired of the hustle of city life. Green Island provides visitors with a variety of experiences – submarine rides, boat trips, cycling, hiking, ( 27 ) . Among all the diversions, two features stand out. One is the undersea world of coral, rocks, sponges, and tropical fish. Green Island’s eighty-seven varieties of coral cover the ocean floor like a bright, beautiful giant carpet, and the tropical fish, swimming ( 28 ) , make the colorful underwater world even more lively and astonishing. The other special feature of Green Island is its Jhaorih Hot Spring, located on the southeast coast. Remarkably, it is famous as one of the only three saltwater hot springs in the world. ( 29 ) the ocean water, heated deep
underground, wells up to the surface through the lava rock at a perfect temperature for a hot spring resort, the Tourism Bureau has built three pools for visitors to enjoy the treasure of seawater hot spring. After visiting those places, ( 30 ) you don’t want to go back to the bustling city again.
26. (A) setting (B) seating (C) lain (D) set 27. (A) and what not (B) and etc. (C) all at once (D) in a word 28. (A) ups and downs (B) ins and outs (C) odds and ends (D) to and fro 29. (A) Unless (B) Besides (C) Since (D) Once 30. (A) rumor has it that (B) chances are that (C) what is likely (D) as a result
(C) Ever since the Nobel-Prize-winning biochemist Linus Pauling first promoted “megadoses” of essential nutrients 40 years ago, Americans have been devoted to their vitamins. Today about half of all adults use some form of dietary (31) , at a cost of $23 billion a year.
But are vitamins worth it? In the past few years, several high-quality studies have failed to show that extra vitamins, (32) in pill form, help prevent chronic disease or prolong life.
The latest news came last week after some researchers tracked eight years of multivitamin use among more than 161,000 older women. Despite earlier findings __(33) that multivitamins might lower the risk for heart disease and certain cancers, the study found no such benefit.
Last year, a study that tracked almost 15,000 male physicians for a decade reported no differences in cancer or heart disease rates among those using vitamins E and C (34) those taking a placebo. And in October, a study of 35,000 men dashed hopes that high doses of vitamin E and selenium could lower the risk of prostate cancer.
Of course, consumers are regularly subjected to conflicting reports and claims about the benefits of vitamins, and they seem undeterred by the news, (35 ) some experts.
31. (A) complex (B) implement (C) compound (D) supplement 32. (A) not to say (B) more or less (C) at least (D) to some extent 33. (A) suggested (B) suggesting (C) had suggested (D) suggest
34. (A) compared with (B) comparing to (C) by comparison (D) compare 35. (A) at the expense of (B) in connection with
(C) to the dismay of (D) in favor of
(D) Like an out-of-control epidemic, the health care crisis has been spreading rapidly in the United States. This crisis strikes the poor, who were once able to __(36) doctors through the Medicare system. Now this system can no longer afford to help all those who need help. The crisis hits the middle-aged hoping to retire, who at one time (37) that their employee health insurance policy would continue to cover them until they reached the age of 65, when Medicare would (38) . Now many company policies end within weeks of the last day of employment. The crisis touches those who, ironically enough, would seem to need help the most. Today stories abound in AIDS or cancer patients whose insurance companies will no longer cover them because they will simply cost too much.
What are the causes of this crisis of such epidemic proportion? At the root of the problem is the fact that the cost of health care has been skyrocketing over the past decade. Tied up in the cost of health care (39) three distinct members of the health care system, all (40) and each (40) a finger at the others taking the blame for the tragic state of this system. They are the medical industry, the health insurance industry, and the legal system.
36. (A) come down with (B) get access to (C) go in for (D) put up with 37. (A) consumed (B) assumed (C) resumed (D) perfumed 38. (A) take over (B) copy out (C) blend in (D) take sides 39. (A) have (B) has (C) are (D) is 40. (A) interrelating; pointing (B) interrelated; pointed (C) interrelating; pointed (D) interrelated; pointing
III 文意選填 10%
Seven young pups that were found at death’s door in southern Taiwan last year boarded a plane for new homes in the United States yesterday, __(41)___ the efforts of a local animal welfare group and the Internet.
The seven two-month-old puppies will be adopted by seven families in Los Angeles, according to Antony Ni, a volunteer of the Kaohsiung-based Animal Rescue Team Taiwan. Their mother Daisy was flown to Seattle nearly a month ago to a new home.
The puppies were discovered last December by a young woman from Taipei, identified by her online user name “shing0128,” who found the __(42)___ and their mother while hiking in Kenting National Park.
Seeing that the mother was seriously ill and that the puppies were very weak, “shing0128” drove to the nearby township of Hengchun to buy dog food for the animals.
Because she could not take them home and was worried the puppies could __(43)___ to death, “shing0128” took pictures of them and noted their location using GPS.
She posted the pictures and information about the dogs on the rescue team’s online chatroom.
A male individual by the nickname of “Little Soldier” also visited the dogs and fed them. He put a red __(44)___ on the mother before taking more pictures of the __(45)___ family, which he then posted on the same Web site.
A third animal lover, identified as Ms. Chang from Tainan City, went to Kenting with her boyfriend and drove the dogs to the rescue team’s ___(46)____.
The animal protection group arranged for ___(47)___ to treat the animals, feed them and provide them with __(48)____.
The rescue team also posted the story of the rescue on the Web sites of two major animal protection organizations in the United States, ___(49)___ the dogs could find new homes there via cross-ocean adoptions.
Soon enough, all the dogs—now in good health—found new homes in the U.S., noted Ni.
Ni said the organization would use the story for educational material raising __(50)___ about the stray animal problem in Taiwan.
(A)awareness (B)canine (C)veterinarians (D)starve (AB)in hopes that (AC)collar (AD)headquarters (BC)litter (BD)shelter (CD)thanks to
IV.篇章結構 10%
Nanotechnology will soon be closely involved in our daily lives. It is not something remote that only exists in laboratories, but something we will wear, see, and touch every day. _ (51) Even more will appear soon.
One of the most remarkable nanotechnology-based products that have been thought of so far is the NanoDetecto watch. (52) For example, if someone close to you sneezes, the NanoDetecto watch can detect the presence of any harmful bacteria and sound a warning.
Another great invention is superstick nanotape. It’s just like ordinary sticky tape except much more powerful. (53) Some researchers believe that with a special suit or gloves made from superstick nanotape, humans would be able to climb walls, just like lizards or spiders!
Certain people have to wear very special sets of clothes to do their jobs. ___(54) The clothing they require is usually unpleasant to wear. Thanks to nanotechnology, however, their lives may be about to get much easier. Scientists are working on clothing that can adapt itself to aid in performing different tasks. For example, if a firefighter has to go through a fire, the clothes could change themselves to become more resistant to high temperatures. (55) They would want to keep heat in instead of out, so their clothes could become tighter to help keep body temperature up.
As you can see, nanotechnology has many fascinating applications. Some people may consider science complicated and boring, but nanotechnology shows that it can also be interesting and useful.
A. It can stick to any surface, even under water.
B. Skiers, by contrast, usually operate in cold environments. C. Among these, for example, are firefighters and soldiers.
D. Some exciting nanotechnology products have already come to market.
E. This amazing device will not only tell the time, but will warn you of any hidden dangers in the environment such as dangerous chemicals or bacteria.
V. 閱讀測驗 30% 第 56 至第 58 題為題組
(A) Before jeans were blue, even before they were pants, jean was a twilled, cotton cloth, similar to denim, used for making sturdy work clothes. The textile was milled in the Italian town of Genoa, which French weavers called Genes, the origin of our word “jeans.”
The origin of blue jeans, though, is really the story of a seventeen-year-old American immigrant tailor named Levi Strauss. When Strauss arrived in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s, he sold much-needed canvas for tents and covered wagons. An astute observer, he realized that miners went through trousers quickly, so Strauss stitched some of his heavy-duty canvas into overalls. Though heavy and stiff, the pants held up so well that Strauss was in demand as a tailor.
In the 1860s, he replaced canvas with denim, a softer fabric milled in Nimes, France. Known in Europe as serge de Nimes, in America the textile’s name was pronounced “denim.” And Strauss discovered that dyeing neutral-colored denim pants indigo blue to minimize soil stains greatly increased their popularity.
Blue jeans, strictly utilitarian, first became a fashion item in 1935. That year, an advertisement appeared in Vogue. It featured two society women in snug-fitting jeans, and it kicked off a trend named “Western Chic.” The fad was minor compared to the one that erupted out of the designer-jeans competition of the 1970s. The pants once intended for work became the costume of play, creating a multimillion-dollar industry. At the height of the designer-jeans war, Calvin Klein jeans, for instance, despite their high price of fifty dollars (or because of it), were selling at the rate of 250,000 pairs a week.
56. What is this article mainly about? (A) Levi Strauss.
(B) The history of blue jeans. (C) How jeans are made. (D) The designer-jeans war.
57. The origin of the word “jeans” came from ____________.
(A) the name of a French weaver (B) the name of an Italian-made textile (C) the name of a French town (D) the name of an Italian town
58. What happened to the jeans industry in the 1970s?
(A) It thrived. (B) It got smaller.
(C) Business was slack. (D) It experienced a very hard time. 第 59 至 62 題為題組
(B) You’ve been invited to a party by a friend of a friend. You’re feeling a little nervous because you won’t know many people at this party. However, you decide to accept. You go to a house where you’ve never been before. Your host greets you warmly at the door and welcomes you to his home. You walk into a large room full of people – and suddenly you have the eerie feeling that you have been here before, that you have walked into this same room and that you have seen these same people standing in the same small groups chatting with each other. You feel frightened by this odd, spooky feeling. What’s going on? Calm down. What you are experiencing is déjà vu – which, in French, means “already seen.” Your mind has just played a harmless little trick on you, and it’s nothing to worry about.
People sometimes say the déjà vu is evidence of a former life and that the reason you feel you are reliving an experience is because, in fact, you had that same experience in a former life. What a fascinating idea! But it’s probably not the case. Psychologists have offered a number of explanations for the curious phenomenon of déjà vu. One theory is that it helps you confront and overcome anxiety: You’re not nervous about going into a party where you know hardly anyone because you’ve done it before(or your brain tricks you into thinking you’ve done it before) – so you can relax. After all, if you’ve done it before, it’s not so threatening, and you can do it again. Another theory is that you are experiencing recognition disorder; your brain tricks you into believing that a similar experience is, in fact, the very same experience.
William Braud, a psychologist at the Mind Science Foundation in San Antonio, Texas, offers two other possible explanations. It may be that an electrical current is accidentally generated in the area of your brain associated with memory and familiarity. Electrical activity in this area just makes you feel as though you’re reliving or re-experiencing something all over again. No matter where you are or what you are doing at the time, you will have the sensation that you are repeating something you have done before, and everything will seem strangely familiar to you.
Braud’s second explanation is that the two sides of your brain are experiencing a very slight time lapse. In this case, the right side of your brain experiences something just a fraction of a second before the left side experiences it. Therefore, the left side is tricked into thinking that this has happened before, a long time before – not just a fraction of a second before. Whatever the explanation for déjà vu, you should know that it is a common phenomenon – roughly two-thirds of adults experience it at some point in their lives – and it’s not dangerous. 59. According to the article, déjà vu is a ___________ phenomenon.
(A) religious (B) psychological (C) neurological (D) social 60. How many theories about déjà vu are mentioned in this article?
(A) Two. (B) Three. (C) Four. (D) Five. 61. The underlined word “eerie” in the first paragraph is similar to _______ in
meaning.
(A) strange (B) anxious (C) familiar (D) tricky 62. We can infer from this article that _____________________.
(A) people who believe in evidence of a former life are superstitious (B) the theories mentioned above are all guesses
(C) nervous people are apt to experience déjà vu
(D) déjà vu is not a mental illness, so there’s no need to go to see a psychiatrist 第 63 至 66 題為題組
(C) Scientists have imagined for decades about a future when robots will take over daily household chores and give us more leisure time. Yet the types of robots introduced to the market so far have been more for entertainment than for practical uses.
Thanks to the lower costs and the improved performance of mass-produced computers, some small companies are starting to offer consumers robots that can clean and maintain a household. The problem is that these products can attract only those consumers who are already crazy about robots, so the market remains too small. And as far as performance and price are concerned, they’re still no match for conventional appliances. Last year, Friendly Robotics began selling a lawn-mowing robot called the Robomower. The battery-powered device does its job by moving randomly over the lawn. It takes a lot longer than a conventional lawnmower to get the job done, but at least it frees weekends for its owner. Some other companies are also promoting their robots for different purposes. Probotics is selling its vacuum-cleaner robots. And iRobot intends to start selling a home-security robot next year for about the cost of a notebook computer.
However, their appeal so far has been limited to robot enthusiasts and wealthy consumers. Experts have noted that cheaper, conventional lawnmowers operated by humans still achieve better results than robots, and vacuum-cleaner robots tend to have trouble moving around furniture, cats and stairways. Even iRobot acknowledges that a home-security robot can’t take the place of a household alarm system.
63. Most of the robots introduced to the market now are mainly for _______. (A) protecting human beings (B) giving people pleasure
(C) conducting scientific research (D) reducing living expenses
64. Household-chore robots are still inferior to conventional appliances because ____. (A) they are neither cheap nor efficient (B) they are too difficult to operate (C) their noise disturbs the neighbors (D) their shapes are not attractive 65. One benefit of the Robomower is that _____.
(A) it doesn’t need to use batteries
(B) it is more efficient than a conventional lawnmower (C) it allows its owner to enjoy his or her weekends (D) it goes straight from one end of the lawn to the other
66. According to this passage, which of the following statements is WRONG? (A) So far the consumer market for robots remains rather small.
(B) Scientists’ dreams about robots have been partially realized.
(C) Thanks to cheaper and more efficient computers, some small companies are starting to produce household-chore robots.
(D) The house-security robot, iRobot, has taken the place of a household alarm system. 第 67 至 70 題為題組
(D) Miscano Messelleh is a 52-year-old truck driver, not a menace to society. But for many Ethiopians, the 4.5-metric-ton Isuzu truck he propels down Ethiopian roads each night, and the thousands of others just like it, incite enough fear that locals have given them a nickname to symbolize their destructive power: they call the trucks "Al Qaedas." Messelleh himself killed someone while at the wheel recently, pointing to a spot just above the engine where paint is missing. About a month ago, driving to Addis Ababa down a notoriously chaotic stretch of the highway—full of trucks, pedestrians, donkey carts and livestock—he struck a man in his early 20s. The young man's parents have taken him to court.
These are everyday stories in Ethiopia, which has the highest per capita rate of car fatalities in the world. Across sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS is the only killer more devastating than traffic for people aged 15 to 44. For children, traffic is the No. 1 killer. According to the World Health Organization, Africa has 4 percent of the world's cars—but accounts for more than 11 percent of the world's traffic casualties, and that is probably conservative. The WHO figures that road casualties in Africa are underreported by as much as twelvefold.
Death by driving is an epidemic. Like any disease, its advance could be slowed with enough initiative, money and education. Yet while international funding for AIDS, malaria and TB totaled $4.7 billion over the past seven years, only $100 million was spent on promoting road safety. Belatedly, the world is taking notice. Last week the United Nations called road safety a "public health crisis, on the scale of AIDS, malaria and TB," and announced a global summit to be held in Russia next year.
67. Which of the following titles can be the best one for the passage? (A) Education in Ethiopia (B) AIDS in Africa
(C) The Overlooked Killer (D) Poor Truck Drivers in Africa
68. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “menace” in the first paragraph? (A) Hint. (B) Threat. (C) Track. (D) Gesture.
69. What is the No. 1 killer for the children across sub-Saharan Africa? (A) Traffic. (B) AIDS. (C) TB. (D) Malaria.
70. According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? (A) Ethiopia has the highest per capita rate of AIDS in the world.
(B) Ethiopian truck drivers are dangerous terrorists related to Al Qaedas.
(C) The WHO figures that road casualties in Africa are actually fewer than reported.
(D) The author thinks that road casualties in Africa can possibly be reduced with enough initiative, money and education.
VI.翻譯 10% (Choose the WRONG sentence.) 71.要不是空氣中有氧氣，人類將不能存活。
(A) If it were not for the oxygen in the air, human beings could not survive. (B) Were it not for the oxygen in the air, humans would not survive.
(C) Had it not been for the oxygen in the air, mankind would not be able to live. (D) But for the oxygen in the air, man could not survive.
72.幾個鄉鎮淹水，據報導有兩人喪生。
(A) Several towns were flooded. Two people were reported to have been dead.
(B) Several towns were flooded, and two persons were dead according to the news report. (C) Several towns were flooded, the news report said that there were two people died. (D) A few towns were flooded. It was reported that two people had died.
73.和台灣的繁忙都市相比，這座島嶼是一個位在深邃蔚藍大海中耀眼的樂園。
(A) Comparing with the bustling cities in Taiwan, the island is a sparkling paradise setting in a deep blue sea. (B) Compared with the busy cities in Taiwan, the island is a dazzling paradise set in a deep blue sea.
(C) In comparison with Taiwan’s bustling cities, the island is a sparkling paradise located in a deep blue sea.
(D) When compared with the busy cities in Taiwan, the island is a shining paradise lying in a deep blue sea. 74.雖然我很喜歡溫蒂，但我不能原諒她的粗野。
(A) Although I like Wendy very much, I can not excuse her for being rude. (B) Much as I like Wendy, I can not forgive her for being impolite.
(C) In spite of the fact that I like Wendy very much, I can not excuse her for being impudent. (D) Though I am very fond of Wendy, but I can not excuse her for being rude.
75.羅傑一考完，就離開教室。
(A) Upon completing the test, Roger left the classroom.
(B) No sooner Roger had completed the test than he left the classroom. (C) As soon as Roger finished taking the test, he left the classroom. (D) Hardly had Roger completed the test when he left the classroom.
Key:
1-20 BDADB, CABDD CADBC, DCCCB 21-40 BDACA, DADCB, DCBAC, BBACD 41-50 CD,BC, D, AC, B / AD, C, BD, AB, A 51-55 DEACB 56-58 BDA 59-62 BCAD 63-66 BACD 67-70 CBAD 71-75 CCADB
