榮譽第一

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國立空中大學九十三學年度下學期期末考試題【正題】

科目：英文文選

請把握時間去判斷最有可能的答案，不要浪費時間在翻譯英文句子 壹、閱讀方法測驗－－40%。請注意時間。

1. They are both nature lovers, so they are taking a long honeymoon in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Park, in the state of Wyoming. While they were out camping, on a week-long hike along Yellowstone Lake, Chung Chien-Yi became very ill.

請從這段說明中找出四個和“nature lovers”相關的字或詞，請列出這四個線索並略做簡短的說 明，抄整句或沒簡短的解釋不給分。

2. I’d also tell my daughter that I wish I could protect her from the pain ahead, but I can’t.

英文文選課程講解中「名詞子句」是個重點，上面這句話中有二個名詞子句，請將每個子句 的主詞和動詞抄下來，抄整句不給分。

3. I am recovering from an emergency appendectomy, and I am not sure yet whether I will be able to continue to travel.

請問（一）連接詞 and 連接那二段話？只須寫出每一段的第一個字和最後一個字即可 ；（二）

whether I will be able to continue to travel 這一段話在這個句子中是做甚麼用的？請指出它和 這個句子中那幾個字最有關係。

4. I’ve been so busy packing for the trip back home and saying goodbye to people that I haven’t had time to buy any gifts yet for my family.

在教學節目帶中一再提示用刪除的方式使得句子的主要架構能夠清楚地掌握，請將連接詞 and 連接的那二段話刪除後剩下來的句子的主要架構抄下來。

5. You asked Chinese people how they conceive of ‘thanks’ and how they show gratitude, but what you received as answers were typical American type responses.

請問（一）You asked 問了那些事情？將文字抄下即可；（二）but 後面的句子中的主詞和動詞 找出來，不相關的字不要寫出來以免影響你的答案。

6. When was that, the 1700s, almost 300 years ago now, right?

請問下列這三段話各是補充說明甚麼？（一）the 1700s；（二）almost 300 years ago now；（三）

right?；抄下相關的重點字詞即可，不相關的字不要寫出來以免影響你的答案。

7. I quit kvetching about what I couldn’t do or have, and started valuing what was left me.

請問（一）連接詞 and 連接那二段話？只須寫出每一段的第一個字和最後一個字即可 ；（二）

這個句子中有二個子句，請將這二個子句的第一個字和最後一個字抄下即可。

8. Here, Patricia is being trained by the head waiter, William, in the basic aspects of formal service—how to greet and seat people, how to set a table, etc.

請問（一）, William, 是補充說明甚麼？（二）the basic aspects of formal service 指的是甚麼？

參考答案：

1. Grand Tetons 著名的國家公園 Yellowstone Park 著名的國家公園 State of Wyoming Camping 露營 a week-long hike 健行

Yellowstone Lake 黃石公園內的一個湖 任選以上之中四個即可 2. (1) I wish (2) I could protect

3. （一） (1) I… appendectomy (2) I… travel

（二）是個名詞子句做動詞 sure 的受詞，和 I am not sure 最有關係 （只要答出任一段皆可）。 4. I have been so busy that I haven’t had time to buy any gifts yet for my family.

5. （一） (1) how they conceive of thanks (2) how they show gratitude

（二）主詞：what you received as answers；動詞： were

6. （一）that （二）the 1700s （三）the 1700s 或是 almost 300 years ago now 7. （一）(1) I… have (2) started… me （二）(1) what… have (2) what… me

8. （一）the head waiter （二）how to greet and seat people, how to seat a table, etc.

貳、閱讀測驗－－60%。

1. Her English is fair, but not nearly as good as that of her husband.

請問她的英語程度到底如何？(1) 和她先生一樣好 (2) 和她先生一樣不好 (3) 比她先生好 (4) 比她先生差。寫下答案的代號即可。

2. One by one, he had shot out 10 balloons, when, out of unknown reason, he accidentally dropped the gun. The wind had taken him out to sea and back to the coast. Fortunately, 10 were enough.

請問（一）為甚麼說 “Fortunately, 10 were enough.”？

（二）10 是指打掉的氣球還是剩下來的氣球？

3. I could also tell he had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached him and, calling him by name, said, “Keith, we’re in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your leg?”

請問（一）作者從那件小事情上看出來這位乘客之前搭過這班飛機？(1) approached him (2) calling him by name。寫下答案的代號即可。

（二）為什麼駕駛要問: “Would you like to get off and stretch your leg?”？抄下相關的重點字詞即 可。

4. Clothing kept Crusoe warm when the weather was cold, and protected him from sunburn in the hot sun. But clothing also made Crusoe feel more human, and reminded him of his dignity as a human being.

依據句子的意思，魯賓遜在荒島上穿衣服有甚麼作用？寫大意即可，不要亂翻譯。

5. But, as I pass my neighbors, virtually festooned with colorful shopping bags, I still wrestle with two powerful impulses. I think about the children who will be giftless at a time when the whole world appears to be exchanging presents. It seems unconscionable not to reach out to them. Yet, I also feel a need for an acknowledgement that I can make someone’s dreams come true.

依據文章的意思，簡略說明作者所說的 “I still wrestle with two powerful impulses”是甚麼？

6. When I saw it, I remembered that when I was a child my father would describe white, snowy Christmas, transporting me from the brilliant sunshine of a California December.

依據句子的意思，作者的父親做了甚麼事情？

(1) 為她描述在加州過耶誕節的樣子

(2) 為她描述以前在家鄉過白雪飄飄中的耶誕節 (3) 將她帶到加州去

(4) 將她帶到加州的沙漠去

7. William: Patricia, your job is to seat our customers, not to become friends with them.

Patricia: But, they told me they were newlyweds, and they were so friendly. It seemed that that was what they wanted.

最後一個句子中有二個 that ，請簡略說明這二個 that 各自在這個句子中的作用。

8. Aunt Lillian: She likes to do all her own cooking, as if she were the wife of an Italian or Irishman, no matter what the consequences are on her poor husband’s health.

依據 Aunt Lillian 的說法，She (Kay) 是個怎麼樣的妻子？

(1) 不會做菜，而且不顧丈夫的健康(2) 不會做菜，但是很顧丈夫的健康(3) 會做菜，但是不顧 丈夫的健康(4) 會做菜，而且很顧丈夫的健康

9. Mr. Jefferson was far prouder of the University and his contributions to Virginia’s state Constitution than of having served as President up in Washington.

依據 Aunt Lillian 的說法，Mr. Jefferson 的態度是甚麼？

(1) 比較看重當美國總統 (2) 比較看重為老家維吉尼亞州的貢獻 (3) 比較想當美國總統 (4) 比較想修改老家維吉尼亞州的憲法

10. Edward: Come on, Aunt Lillian. You know as well as I do that we have plenty of black uncles and cousins our there in the world, Larew children born of our family’s slaves.

依據 Edward 的說法，（一）他同不同意 Aunt Lillian 的說法？（二）他覺得：we have plenty of black uncles and cousins our there in the world，是不是件光榮的事情？

參考答案：

1. 4

2. （一）因為打掉了十個氣球後，剩下的氣球剛好夠讓他安全地降落。

（二）打掉了十個氣球 3. （一）2

（二）we’re in Sacramento for almost an hour

4. 衣服可以蔽寒，可以遮日，更可以讓魯賓遜感覺到還是個人

5. 一方面想要幫助一些可憐的小朋友，另一方面也想要得到人家肯定和讚美她的善行 6. 2

7. 第一個：名詞子句開頭的字

第二個：指 to become friends with them 8. 1

9. 2

10. （一）不同意

（二）不是