108-02-02高二英文

彰化縣私立精誠中學

108 學年度第二學期高二第二次段考英文試題

I. Multiple Choice—Select the best answer from the four options. (25%)

__________.

(A) qualification (B) concealment (C) detention (D) guarantee 2. Apply this medicine to your swollen arm. It can __________ the pain.

(A) backpack (B) lessen (C) contract (D) exclude

3. Coral is a structure made by millions of tiny carnivorous animals. When these limestone __________(s) increase, they are called a coral reef.

(A) formulations (B) formats (C) formulas (D) formations

4. On the night of the lantern festival, people go to the streets to appreciate various sorts of __________ and brightly decorated lanterns, which is an often-unforgettable experience. (A) steep (B) elaborate (C) feasible (D) injurious

5. __________ art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Their art is a dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and subjects that continue the challenging of boundaries that was already well underway in the 20th century.

(A) Promotional (B) Contemporary (C) Strategic (D) Multiple

6. Young people said that they were being exploited as cheap labor, that there was no skill training, and that they were being used to sweep floors and run __________.

(A) deposit (B) installment (C) documentaries (D) errands

7. Jews throughout Nazi-occupied Europe were forced to wear a(n) __________ in the form of a Yellow Star as a means of identification.

(A) badge (B) throng (C) boom (D) vast

8. Due to the candidate’s indignant racist remarks on the minority groups, many people who had campaigned for her __________ their support.

(A) snatched (B) withdrew (C) tempted (D) stimulated

9. The ozone layer acts as the earth’s __________ filter for the shorter wavelength and highly hazardous ultraviolet radiation from the sun, protecting life from its potentially

harmful effects.

(A) primary (B) additive (C) bustling (D) severe 10. Have flashlights and a first aid kit __________ at hand in case of an emergency.

(A) namely (B) dearly (C) abruptly (D) readily

11. In the aftermath of the gunshot tragedy, crowds gathered and staged a protest in the streets demanding that the law enforcement impose a(n) __________ on gun possession. (A) promotion (B) existence (C) restriction (D) distinguish 12. Such a long and __________ lecture fatigue had overtaken me again, and I lapsed once

more into sleep, accompanied by my teacher’s mumbling voice.

(A) executive (B) symbolic (C) monotonous (D) varied

13. An environmental __________ is a substance, a state or an event which has the potential to threaten the surrounding natural environment, or adversely affect people’s health, including natural disasters such as storms and earthquakes.

(A) proposal (B) resistance (C) hazard (D) staple

14. Due to the lockdown that has __________ the economy, many parents are facing pay cuts and losing jobs, and it may become increasingly difficult for them to pay the school fees of their children.

(A) crippled (B) stabled (C) proceeded (D) assisted 15. The earth __________ around the sun.

(A) severs (B) settles (C) resolves (D) revolves 16. The naughty boy struck a match and __________ firecrackers.

(A) put off (B) ran over (C) related to (D) set off 17. As teammates, you should work __________ for the collective victory.

(A) into effect (B) on knees (C) side by side (D) in accordance 18. Never should we __________ force to end a fight.

(A) resort to (B) recover from (C) radiate from (D) result from

19. The tourism industry of this country was gradually __________ after the terrorist attack. (A) running down (B) selling out (C) seeing out (D) showing respect 20. They are planning to __________ a church in this area.

21. Which of the following is grammatically correct? (A) Please do the job such I told you.

(B) Reading is to the mind, food is to the body.

(C) As water is to fish, so is air to us.

(D) Such you treat me, as I will treat you.

22. Which of the following is grammatically correct?

(A) I have never been to Hong Kong, therefore, I don’t know much about it.

(B) It may be difficult. We must, however, try our best to get it down in time.

(C) I prefer to drink tea. For one thing, it’s refreshing, for another, it’s healthy. (D) Mr. Black was the only candidate; otherwise, he was successfully elected. 23. Which of the following is grammatically correct?

(A) Not only the man forgot to turn off the gas, but he left the key home. (B) Supposing you speed up, you will miss the last bus today.

(C) The boy had no sooner met the stranger, and then he ran away.

(D) During the time Mom was preparing breakfast, I was still sleeping in bed.

24. Which of the following is grammatically correct? (A) The news she was sick is true.

(B) I doubt whether to rain tomorrow.

(C) Where he is now remains a mystery.

(D) No one can say exactly that time it is.

25. Which of the following is grammatically correct?

(A) It is such a big room that it can hold 100 people.

(B) The kids were such noisy a crowd that I was annoyed. (C) The room has so huge space that it can hold 100 people. (D) There are such many people in the room that it’s crowded.

II. Cloze—Select the best answer to complete the passage. (20%)

Convenience stores are a common sight in Taiwan’s bustling cities, where sometimes two branches of the same convenience store can be found on the same block. Even in Taiwan’s

quiet ____(26)____, there is always at least one convenience store open for business. It comes as no surprise, then, ____(27)____ Taiwan has the highest density of convenience stores in the world. These convenience stores are not just ____(28)____. Instead, they are ____(29)____ crammed with customers, especially at mealtimes. Some people, for instance, never start their day ____(30)____ having a cup of fresh convenience-store coffee. Clearly, convenience stores in Taiwan have boomed by weaving themselves into the fabric of people’s daily life.

26. (A) distinctions (B) temperaments (C) administers (D) suburbs

27. (A) that (B) which (C) what (D) where

28. (A) stuffed full (B) lying awake (C) fooling around (D) sitting empty 29. (A) going a long way toward being (B) more often than not

(C) around the clock (D) , as luck would have it, 30. (A) without (B) by (C) with (D) for (31-35)

Brutal things are happening outside. At any time of day or night, poor, helpless people ____(31)____ out of their homes. They’re allowed to take only a bag and a little cash with them, and even then their possessions are usually taken away from them on the way. Families are being torn apart. Children come home from school ____(32)____ that their parents have disappeared. Women return from shopping to find their houses sealed and their families gone. Christians in Holland are also living in ____(33)____ because their sons are being sent to Germany. Everyone is scared. Every night, hundreds of planes pass over Holland on their way to German cities, to ____(34)____ their bombs on German soil. Every hour, hundreds—or maybe even thousands—of people are being slaughtered in Russia and Africa. No one can keep out of the conflict; the entire world is at war. Even though the Allies are doing better now, the end is ____(35)____ in sight.

31. (A) being dragged (B) have dragged (C) are dragging (D) are being dragged 32. (A) to find (B) found (C) and finding (D) to finding

33. (A) thread (B) dread (C) drape (D) throb

34. (A) sew (B) skip (C) sow (D) skim 35. (A) somewhere (B) nowhere (C) everywhere (D) anywhere

(36-40)

Human activity has destroyed the natural habitats of many species, one of ____(36)____ is the bees’ natural habitat. Agricultural practices, especially the use of pesticides, are one of the ____(37)____ factors in this destruction. Some people have therefore proposed artificial pollination. ____(38)____ workable it sounds in some ways, the truth is that a worker bee flies among at least five thousand flowers a day, with more than ten thousand grains of pollen ____(39)____ its body hair. Worker bees pollinate plants so efficiently that science and technology ____(40)____ simply can’t compare.

36. (A) what (B) whom (C) those (D) which 37. (A) accounting (B) contributing (C) consistent (D) owing 38. (A) However (B) While (C) Despite (D) As

39. (A) clinging to (B) consisting of (C) attached to (D) derived from 40. (A) aboard (B) alone (C) aside (D) across

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In addition to weight, height is another common worry. For people who feel they are not tall enough, one typical response is to wear shoes with high heels, but this isn’t good enough for those who desperately want to be taller. Some of them undergo surgery to have their legs ____(41)____, which is especially astonishing because it is a terribly painful process that can require up to one year’s confinement ____(42)____ a wheelchair. The operation itself involves breaking the legs, drilling holes in the bones, inserting metal rods into them, and, finally, ____(43)____ new bone to grow in the gaps. ____(44)____ the great pain and the fact that the desired results cannot even be guaranteed, hundreds of people still persist in having this kind of surgery done every day. This endangers their health, and a number of them regrettably ____(45)____ being physically disabled.

41. (A) lengthened (B) to lengthen (C) be lengthened (D) lengthening

42. (A) in (B) on (C) for (D) to

43. (A) allowed (B) to allow (C) allowing (D) which allows 44. (A) Even though (B) Despite (C) While (D) Since

45. (A) turn out (B) wound up (C) end up (D) are left

III. Reading Comprehension—Select the best answer from the four

options. (32%) Q46-49 are worth 3 points each. The rest are 2 points.

(46-49)

People have always been concerned about their outer appearance since the beginning of civilization. To offer such people a better look, doctors of the ancient times also took the efforts to find out new ways of performing aesthetic surgeries. In those times, piercing, scarification and tattooing were quite popular. People used specialized techniques to change their looks in a better way, such as injection, ripping, snipping and stitching to make body parts look beautiful and smooth. This is also how reconstructive surgeries were born.

Gradually, surgeons and doctors incorporated parts of what was being used for

reconstructive surgery to introduce cosmetic surgeries. These procedures date back to before the common era. Such techniques were performed chiefly in central Asia. A number of Asian healers also used certain techniques of modern rhinoplasty to beautify the shape of noses of royal family members.

In ancient India, there was a healer known as Sushruta who was arguably one of the first cosmetic surgeons in the world. In his book, it was clearly mentioned that plastic surgeries were in existence in India during the 6th century B.C. Sushruta was the first one to perform skin grafts. He and his disciples used a piece of skin from other parts of the body to graft it on face skin to correct the look of the person. His way of surgery involved grafting the skin with a small bridge of tissue. The missing skin in another body part would

eventually grow with the natural skin cell reproduction. Sushruta followed this skin and vessel-rich graft technique to perform some revolutionary skin reconstructions on people with disfigured or damaged skin.

46. Which of the following is NOT true about skin grafts?

(A) Sushruta used a piece of skin from other animals in skin grafts.

(B) The first cosmetic surgeon to perform skin grafts was Sushruta. (C) The missing skin part would reproduce itself once grafted. (D) A small bridge of tissue was applied in the skin graft surgery. 47. We can trace cosmetic surgery back to __________.

(A) sometime before the common era (B) the 6th century A.D. (C) sometime after India was a country (D) the 16th century B.C. 48. Why did people in the early civilization change their outer appearance?

(A) To pursue a higher social status. (B) To stabilize political situations. (C) To attain desirable occupations. (D) To beautify themselves.

49. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as techniques of ancient cosmetic surgery? (A) Botox injection. (B) Snipping. (C) Scarification. (D) Tattooing.

(50-54)

Adolf Hitler, the Führer (Leader) of the Nazi Party, formulated and articulated the ideas that came to be known as Nazi ideology. He thought of himself as a deep and profound thinker, convinced that he had found the key to understanding an extraordinarily complex world.

Hitler believed that a person’s characteristics, attitudes, abilities, and behavior were determined by his or her so-called racial make-up. In Hitler’s view, all groups, races, or peoples carried within them traits that were passed from one generation to the next. No individual could overcome the qualities of race. All of human history could be explained in terms of racial struggle.

In formulating their ideology of race, Hitler and the Nazis drew upon the ideas of the German social Darwinists of the late 19th century. Like the social Darwinists before them, the Nazis believed that human beings could be classified collectively as “races,” with each race bearing distinctive characteristics that had been passed on genetically since the first appearance of humans in prehistoric times. These inherited characteristics related not only to outward appearance and physical structure, but also shaped internal mental life, ways of thinking, creative and organizational abilities, intelligence, taste and appreciation of culture, physical strength, and military prowess.

The Nazis also adopted the social Darwinist take on Darwinian evolutionary theory regarding the “survival of the fittest.” For the Nazis, survival of a race depended upon its ability to reproduce and multiply, its accumulation of land to support and feed that expanding population, and its vigilance in maintaining the purity of its gene pool, thus preserving the unique “racial” characteristics with which “nature” had equipped it for success in the struggle to survive. Since each “race” sought to expand, and since the space on the earth was finite, the struggle for survival resulted “naturally” in violent conquest and military confrontation. Hence, war—even constant war—was a part of nature, a part of the human condition.

To define a race, the social Darwinists focused on stereotypes, both positive and negative, of ethnic group appearance, behavior, and culture. These stereotypes, they believed, were unchangeable and rooted in biological inheritance. They remained unchanged over time and were immune to changes in environment, intellectual development, or socialization. For the Nazis, assimilation of a member of one race into another culture or ethnic group was impossible because the original inherited traits could not change: they could only degenerate through so-called race-mixing.

50. What is the purpose of this passage?

(A) To introduce an ideological belief.

(B) To compare two different sets of beliefs. (C) To analyze scientific statistics.

(D) To entertain readers with anecdotes. 51. In what tone is this passage written?

(A) Sober. (B) Biased. (C) Lively. (D) Depressing. 52. What concept in Darwinian evolutionary theory was adopted by the Nazis?

(A) Survival of the fittest. (B) Supply and demand. (C) Education for all. (D) Free trade.

53. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to this passage?

(A) For the Nazis, inherited characteristics of a race determined ways of thinking, intelligence, and physical strength.

(B) Hitler and the Nazis built Nazi ideology on the ideas of German social Darwinists of the late 19th century.

(C) The Nazis thought it necessary to purify the gene pool of a race for the sake of the survival of the race.

(D) For the Nazis, changes in environment, intellectual development, or socialization would benefit an ethnic group.

54. How did the Nazis justify the necessity of war?

(A) They affixed stereotypes that remained unchangeable and rooted in biological inheritance over time.

(B) They took pride in military prowess that had been genetically inherited from generation to generation.

(C) They believed that the struggle from survival resulted in violent conquest and military confrontation.

(D) They followed Hitler’s military orders with a view to facilitating assimilation of one culture with another.

(55-59)

It has been an annoying sound for more than 100 million years. It is the humming buzz of a mosquito. They are the deadliest hunters of human beings on the planet.

She lands on your ankle. She inserts two serrated mandible cutting blades and saws into your skin. Two other retractors open a passage for the proboscis, a straw-like tube. With the proboscis, she sucks your blood. Another needle pumps in saliva that keep the blood from clotting. This shortens her feeding time. It is also less likely that you will smack her on your ankle. The female mosquito needs your blood to grow her eggs. She bites everyone. But she does play some favorites. For example, Type O blood seems to be her choice. Stinky human feet emit a bacterium that attracts females, as do perfumes. As a parting gift, she leaves behind an itchy bump.

There may be something far worse than a simple bump. Her saliva may contain an infection with one of several deadly diseases. These include malaria, Zika, West Nile, dengue and yellow fever. An army of 100 trillion or more mosquitoes cover about every inch of the globe. They kill about 700,000 people a year. Mosquitoes may have killed half of the 108 billion humans who have ever lived.

Malaria is the worst form of mosquito infection. More than 200 million people get malaria each year. Malaria symptoms are chills and shakes. This is followed by a hot stage marked by fevers, headaches, and vomiting. A sweating stage comes last. For many, especially young children, malaria triggers organ failure, coma, and death. About four billion people are at risk from mosquito-borne diseases. The battle with the mosquito has always been a matter of life and death.

Technology is changing the rules. One name is Crisper. Crisper is a gene-editing technique. From it can come mosquitoes that produce infertile offspring. If those mosquitoes were released into the wild, the species could become extinct. Humanity would never again have to fear the bite of a mosquito. This raises more questions than answers. What effect would having no mosquitoes have on nature? Would other mosquito species or insects replace them? 55. What is the main idea of this passage?Í

(A) The mosquito is responsible for more human deaths than any other animal on Earth.

(B) The development of Crisper, a gene-editing technique, reduces human reproduction. (C) Malaria, a mosquito-borne disease, is a rampant problem humans have yet to solve. (D) Undesirable hygiene habits have a lot to do with mosquito-related diseases.

56. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

(A) There are more than 100 trillion mosquitoes covering the earth. (B) It is through saliva that mosquitoes transmit diseases to humans. (C) Around 54 billion people died from mosquito bites in history.

(D) Mosquitoes may take approximately 54 billion lives each year.

57. How do mosquitoes suck blood without clotting? (A) A pump in the proboscis delays blood clotting. (B) Two retractors create a space for the proboscis.

(C) The saliva prevents blood from clotting.

(D) Mandible cutting blades and saws are inserted. 58. What can be inferred according to the passage?

(A) Elderly people are exposed to more life-threatening mosquito danger. (B) Sick children are more likely to become victims of bug-borne diseases. (C) With Crisper, we can alter the DNA sequence of malaria-stricken patients.

(D) Malaria symptoms don’t emerge or worsen in an outright fashion.

59. The speaker is __________ about having no mosquitoes at all.

(A) optimistic (B) concerned (C) impatient (D) excited

IV. Translation—Please translate the following in English and write down

your answer in the answer sheet. (8%)

第 60～61 題：請將答案清楚、整齊書寫在答案卷上。

60. 隨著生物多樣性持續流失，人類在不久的將來必定自食惡果。4%

As biodiversity keeps decreasing,/ humans will certainly/ suffer the consequences/ in the near future.

61. 因此，維護生物多樣性是在拯救我們自己和我們的子孫。4%