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彰化縣私立精誠中學 108 學年度第 1 學期第 3 次段考 英文科 高三試題 考試範圍：三民 B5 U9-10、學測範圍 ☆本卷共 5 頁 另附答案卷、卡。 I. Multiple Choices 15%
1. The celebrity warned the paparazzi not to invade his ______ again.
(A) facility (B) privacy (C) representation (D) discipline 2. The politician was accused of being ______ in money laundering.
(A) involved (B) performed (C) declared (D) appointed 3. This outlook helped her to ______ through her later years with success.
(A) navigate (B) dwell (C) graze (D) stumble
4. In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused, which is usually "after a short period of time", though obviously that time can vary ______.
(A) moderately (B) sensibly (C) particularly (D) considerably
5. A ______ refers to a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works.
(A) principle (B) technique (C) situation (D) requirement 6. His ______ positions often caused him to clash with conservative lawmakers.
(A) obscure (B) hollow (C) liberal (D) chilly 7. Chemist as he is, Charles is ______ of all doctors' prescription.
(A) tolerable (B) suspicious (C) persuasive (D) demanding
8. Who wants to be told that there are ______ to what you can achieve based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes?
(A) angles (B) margins (C) exceptions (D) limitations
9. One reason some people spend hours at a computer is to play ______ online role-playing games.
(A) efficient (B) reliable (C) massive (D) adequate 10. She was holding the cat in her arms and petting it ______.
(A) tenderly (B) properly (C) solidly (D) favorably
11. If governments ______ simple and crude management against these and behavior, governmental credibility will be harmed.
(A) urge (B) edit (C) impose (D) access 12. Her ______ against the plan is based on incorrect facts.
(A) objection (B) constitution (C) sculpture (D) adventure
13. We want to _____ the character of the town while improving the facilities. (A) install (B) enclose (C) preserve (D) reward 14. She seems _____ that he is staring at her and lowers her gaze abruptly.
(A) ashamed (B) doubtful (C) guilty (D) aware
15. The word ______ is all about being a single entity that cannot be divided. It can mean person or even personal.
(A) typical (B) individual (C) financial (D) environmental II. Cloze 25%
[A]
In the intensive care unit, I read a story. An infant has existed in a “persistent vegetative state” __16.__ he choked on a balloon. His arteries were blocked, preventing oxygen from being transported to his brain. The __17.__ of the “vegetative state” is that only when a patient in a coma receives proper watering and fertilizer will he or she boom again. This, however, is far from the reality. It is almost impossible for this kind of patient to regain consciousness. One day, the father of this infant came to the ward. He disconnected the respirator __18.__ his son until the infant died. In the end, the father was arrested and charged with murder. I look around at the patients. Some of them will never draw an independent breath again. One woman has been __19.__ a respirator for nearly two months. Everyone is clueless __20.__ her health would fail so dramatically. On her third day of treatment, she had a sudden and mysterious seizure. Since then, her condition __21.__ rapidly. Her family no longer visited. Maybe seeing her in such a way is too __22.__ for them to bear. I consider disconnecting my patients from their respirators __23.__. Unlike the father, I do not love my patients enough.
16. ( ) (A) while (B) for (C) since (D) as
17. ( ) (A) lecture (B) diagnosis (C) accusation (D) implication 18. ( ) (A) and cradled (B) and cradling (C) cradled (D) to cradle 19. ( ) (A) under (B) for (C) on (D) at 20. ( ) (A) why (B) how (C) what (D) where
21. ( ) (A) worsened (B) was to worsen (C) has worsen (D) was worsening 22. ( ) (A) many (B) much (C) few (D) little
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[B]
Robert Frost was one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century. He was a __24.__ Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry. From his poems, said President John F. Kennedy, “Americans will forever gain joy and understanding.” His works have __25.__ to generations of readers. Most of his poems __26.__ nature and everyday events that explore deep aspects of human experience. “The Road Not Taken” is a fine example. When in England, Edward Thomas, Frost's friend, often chose routes at random to take a walk with Frost. However, he always complained that they could __27.__ even lovelier scenery if it had not been for his choice. This may have inspired Frost to write this poem, which captures the dilemma of human decisionmaking. In the poem, the speaker, a traveler, is to make a choice between two routes, a symbol of making a decision in life. The speaker chooses the less used one, knowing just as many people have probably taken it. He decides to walk the first road at a later time, although he knows that __28.__ is very small. In reality, the first road is not really different from the second one. We all have to make important decisions in life. However, once we make up our mind, there is no going back. People __29.__ trouble making important decisions about their future should read this poem. They should always keep in mind that it is they, themselves, __30.__ make the final choice. __31.__ the decision is good or bad, it is no use regretting what has been done.
24. ( ) (A) fourtimes (B) fourtime (C) fourtimed (D) fourtiming 25. ( ) (A) appealed (B) attracted (C) astonished (D) attended 26. ( ) (A) prescribe (B) subscribe (C) depict (D) represent 27. ( ) (A) enjoy (B) enjoyed (C) have enjoyed (D) had enjoyed
28. ( ) (A) such a possibility (B) a such possibility (C) so a possibility (D) a so possibility 29. ( ) (A) have (B) who having (C) having (D) had
30. ( ) (A) what (B) who (C) which (D) why 31. ( ) (A) Either (B) Neither (C) If (D) Whether [C]
When it comes to medical care, many patients and doctors believe “more is better.” But what they do not realize is that overtreatment—too many scans, too many blood tests, too many __32.__—may pose harm. Sometimes a test leads you down a path to more and more testing, some of __33.__ may be invasive, or to treatment for things that should be left alone.
Terrence Power, for example, complained that after his wife learned she had Wegener’s
disease, an uncommon disorder of the immune system, they found it difficult to refuse testing __34.__ by her physician. The doctor insisted __35.__ office visits every three weeks, even when she was feeling well. He frequently ordered blood tests and Xrays, and repeatedly referred her to specialists for even minor complaints. Even when tests came back negative, more were ordered, and she was hospitalized as a precaution __36.__ she developed a cold. She had as many as 25 doctor visits during one sixmonth period. The couple __37.__ about $30,000 a year for her care.
After several years of physical suffering and near financial __38.__ from the medical costs, the couple began questioning the treatment after consulting with other patients in online support groups. “It’s a really hard thing __39.__ when they’ve crossed the line,” Mr. Power said. “You think she’s getting the best care in the world, but after a while you start to wonder: What is the objective?” Mr. Power then spoke with his own primary care doctor, who advised him to find a new specialist to oversee Mrs. Power’s care. __40.__ the new doctor’s care, the regular testing stopped and Mrs. Power’s condition stabilized. Now she sees the doctor only four or five times a year.
32. ( ) (A) processions (B) procedures (C) routes (D) experiments 33. ( ) (A) them (B) those (C) it (D) which
34. ( ) (A) recommend (B) recommending (C) recommended (D) to recommended 35. ( ) (A) on (B) in (C) of (D) to
36. ( ) (A) until (B) when (C) unless (D) despite
37. ( ) (A) has spent (B) has to spend (C) would spend (D) was spending 38. ( ) (A) ruin (B) aid (C) damage (D) success 39. ( ) (A) determine (B) determining (C) determined (D) to determine 40. ( ) (A) On (B) By (C) Under (D) For
III. Fill-in 10% (大小寫自行變化)
In many ways, the capital city of the Netherlands is a cyclist’s heaven. Amsterdam __41.__ a large network of cycle paths, part of a system of 22,000 miles that stretch throughout the country. More than half—nearly 65%, in fact—of the city’s __42.__ cycles each day. Amazingly, almost 40% of all trips in Amsterdam are made by bicycles. In contrast, that number is a mere 2% in London. However, Amsterdam wasn’t always so __43.__.
Prior to the 1950s and ‘60s, bikes were a common form of __44.__ and easily outnumbered cars in Amsterdam and other cities in Holland. But after World War II, the
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Netherlands began to __45.__ and people increasingly wanted to own automobiles since they could afford them. Therefore, bike usage __46.__ because people began to favor driving over cycling from place to place. This led to a dramatic increase in the number of road deaths. In 1971, for example, 3,300 people, including 400 children, were killed in car accidents. The deaths prompted __47.__ from groups such as Stop de Kindermoord, which translates into “stop the child murder.” After many demonstrations, the government made changes to make the roads safer for cyclists, and numerous bike paths were eventually __48.__.
Today, with an estimated 880,000 bikes on its streets, Amsterdam is known as the bicycle capital of the world. An Amsterdam-based organization called BYCS helps to __49.__ cycling not only in the Netherlands but also all over the world. One of its successful programs is called the Bicycle Mayor program, which began in 2016. Bicycle Mayors are __50__ individuals who advocate for cycling around the world. There is even a Junior Bicycle Mayor program—the first member was a nine-year-old girl from Amsterdam named Lotta Crok.
(A) prosper (B) promote (C) population (D) bike-friendly (E) boasts (AB) constructed (AC) decreased (AD) enthusiastic (AE) transportation (BC) protests
IV. Reading Comprehension 30% [A]
The term “virtually reality” refers to the kind of interactive computer technology that produces an illusory three-dimensional world for the user. With virtual reality, the user can explore the inside of a volcano, go back in time to the Jurassic age and ride a dinosaur, or pilot a spacecraft to its landing on Venus. With its almost unlimited potential, virtual reality, first developed by VPL Research in Redwood, California, has now become the hottest thing in such areas as medicine, teaching, military training, and video games. It promises to forever alter entertainment as we have come to know it.
To escape from reality to virtual reality, the user simply puts on a headset, in which a pair of tiny liquid-crystal-display (LCD) TV screens creates stereoscopic images, with earphones producing high-fidelity sound to add to the illusion. In some versions, to interact with events in the computer-programmed world she sees, the user puts on a pair of gloves
equipped with optic-fiber sensors. With input from the headset and the gloves, the computer records every action and movement of the user, and changes the simulated world according to her perspective.
To make the vision convincing to the user, a special computer conducts computation at incredible speed for every picture frame, each frame consisting of a minimum of 340,000 pixels—the smallest individual picture element. In addition, there must be over 30 picture frames per second to ensure the smooth flow of the images into one another. Ideal effects are not yet attainable. Researchers can produce high quality pictures, but the speed becomes unnaturally slow. The user finds the images halting, as if in slow-motion. On the other hand, if natural speed is achieved, the visual effects are compromised, and the image is blurred.
51. The passage is mainly about _____.
(A) an interactive computer technology (B) imperfections of virtual reality (C) how to escape from boring reality (D) applied computer science
52. The author implies that, if there are fewer than 30 picture frames per second, the image _____.
(A) will switch to slow-motion (B) will be distorted out of shape (C) will fail to be smoothly connected (D) will still be sharp and in focus
53. The author mentions that, at the present level of technology, maintaining high-quality pictures in virtual reality would mean _____.
(A) more expensive TV’s (B) larger picture frame (C) lower speed (D) fewer pixels
54. The word compromised in the third paragraph most closely means _____. (A) agreed on (B) sacrificed (C) maintained (D) settled 55. A paragraph following the passage would most probably deal with _____.
(A) a definition of virtual reality
(B) current research to perfect virtual reality (C) personal computers
(D) artificial intelligence [B]
The increasing world population has been both a blessing and a curse. Between 1930 and 1975, global population increased from two to four billion persons. From 1975 to 2000, in increased to six billion. Now, in 2018, there are a total of 7.6 billion people in the world,
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and counting. The sharpest increases have generally been in developing nations that are least able to provide food, education, and jobs for all.
Arguably, averting world famine depends on the relatively few countries able to export food; literally millions of hungry souls count on them. Many nations, like Indonesia and Thailand, now have effective population control programs, but the control of infectious diseases and an increase in the food supply have combined to encourage continued population growth.
Demographers vary widely in their estimates of the earth’s maximum sustainable population, but they all agree that population control is a necessity and that there are limits to the planet’s capacity. Excessive population density and overcrowding have been implicated in a variety of ills ranging from increased crime and pollution to environmental degradation and political instability. One of mankind’s most important challenges is to control the ticking population time bomb.
56. What is the main idea of the passage? (A) The blessings of the population increase (B) The problems of developing nation (C) The importance of the population issue (D) Mankind’s ability to feed itself.
57. In the second paragraph, the word averting is closest meaning to which of the following?
(A) controlling (B) avoiding (C) promoting (D) replacing
58. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a possible consequence of an uncontrollable increase in world population?
(A) Disruptions of governments (B) Dangerous food shortages (C) Increased level of crime (D) A wide range of new diseases 59. It can be inferred from the passage that population growth _____.
(A) is fastest in developing countries (B) is in line with demographic estimates (C) has reached the earth’s full capacity (D) first began increasing in 1930
60. The phrase the ticking population time bomb in the third paragraph suggests that _____.
(A) population increases may lead to war (B) time is running out on finding a solution (C) terrorists threaten people 24 hours a day
(D) the author has had extensive military experience [C]
What causes ocean tides? The same thing that causes the less well-known, but equally important bodily and atmospheric tides—the gravitational action of the moon and sun. At most seaside locations, though certainly not all, high water marks are twelve hours and twenty-five minutes apart. This, however, can vary significantly; certain places in the China Sea experience intervals of more than twenty-four hours between high water marks. As might be expected, low water marks occur at similar intervals.
At most places, on the average, the high water mark is about as much above the mean sea level as the succeeding low water mark is below it. The difference in level between high and low marks is called the range of the tide. The range of a tide may vary daily, and at most places it reaches a maximum once every two weeks. Tidal ranges vary greatly throughout the world. Many Pacific islands experience a range of less than two feet while the Bay of Fundy has a range exceeding fifty feet.
The swiftness of tidal currents also varies greatly from place to place. In British Columbia, Canada, the maximum current often exceeds ten knots per hour, while in most areas of Europe’s North Sea it rarely exceeds even a single knot. Sometimes, where a large river meets the tide, a large wave may travel up the river like a wall of water. This is called a bore. A race is a fast-moving current usually occurring near a headland separating two bays. 61. What is the main topic of the passage?
(A) Tidal ranges
(B) Worldwide tidal patterns
(C) The sun’s gravitational pull on the moon (D) The wide range of ocean currents
62. What can be inferred from the passage about atmospheric tides? (A) They are similar in origin to ocean tides.
(B) They are not as common as bodily tides. (C) They alter the moon’s gravitational pull. (D) They are not affected by the sun.
63. According to the passage, what is TRUE about some locations in the China Sea? (A) High water marks are extremely high.
(B) Low water marks very rarely occur.
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(D) There is a full day between high water levels.
64. In the second paragraph, the word succeeding is closest in meaning to which of the following?
(A) record (B) opposite (C) next (D) preceding 65. According to the passage, all of the following is true EXCEPT ______.
(A) Low water marks all along the China Sea occur more than twenty-four hours apart (B) A bore moves against the direction the river usually flows
(C) Tidal ranges are not the same throughout the world
(D) In British Columbia the current can exceed ten knots per hour V. Translation 20 % 66. 每當 Ann 遇到困難時，她總會先讓自己獨處，因為她知道抱怨是沒有用的。4% 67. 這家公司一定早已收到許多顧客關於服務態度親切的讚美。4% 68. 只有當搜救隊找到失蹤的登山客時，他們的家人才會鬆一口氣。4% 69. Brenda 決定不念舊惡之後，她發現自己比以前更心胸開闊。4% 70. 網路上開箱(unbox)的產品多半是比較昂貴的消費性電子產品。4%
