國立空中大學九十一學年度下學期期末考試題【正題】
考試科目：英文文選 橫式題目，橫式作答 共 2 頁第 1 頁
注意： 1. 請依照答題號及空格編號順序作答。
2. 除非特別註明，一律以英文作答。
壹、 閱讀方法測驗 40% (每一格兩分)
一、 The Chinese have always been a clever people! Thank God you’re not from Communist China.
Those Reds are as bad as Yankees. 這段話裡哪兩個字可以用來說明 Those Reds？____1____
二、 Patria found a job down the street, in the main dining room at the St. James Hotel, one of the oldest establishments in the city. 可以分成哪六小段？ ____2____；____3____；____4____；
____5____；_____6___；_____7___
三、 But one spring day a couple of years ago, feeling I was indeed getting back in the game, it occurred to me that without further stressing my middle-age body, I could have my baby. 這句話的 哪兩段可以先省略不看？請完整寫出來。_____8_____；_____9_____
四、 The next day, I give my friend who has cancer a round piece of polished rose quartz that fits neatly into the palm of the hand and feels cool and soothing.
（一）形容詞子句 who has cancer 形容哪一個部份？____10______
（二）形容詞子句 that fits neatly into the palm of the hand and feels cool and soothing 形容哪 一個部份？____11______
（三）that fits neatly into the palm of the hand and feels cool and soothing 的第一個 and 連接 哪兩部份？_____12_____；_____13_____
（四）that fits neatly into the palm of the hand and feels cool and soothing 的第二個 and 連接 哪兩部份？_____14_____；_____15_____
五、 Maybe they do it a little indirectly, but they have feelings just like everyone, and they feel
grateful too. 這段話裡有三組的主詞和動詞，請分別寫出來。_____16_____；_____17_____；
_____18_____
六、 One of my Chinese teachers told me about a handicraft center run by the government that has especially good prices.
（一）run by the government 是「現在分詞片語」、「過去分詞片語」、「動詞片語」、還是「介 系詞片語」？（寫中文即可）_____19_____
（二）run by the government 及 that has especially good prices 是用來進一步說明哪幾個字 詞？____20______
貳、 閱讀測驗 60% (每一格三分)
一、 Burton: What Mom means is that Great Aunt Lillian is a bossy old bitch, who makes her family miserable.
Kay: Burton, I never said such a thing!
Burton: I will add that she is a horrible racist, who lives in a fantasy of the Old South and treats black people as if they were slaves.
（一）對話中 Burton 總共用了哪四段話來描述 Great Aunt Lillian？請完整抄寫下來。
______1_____；_____2______；_____3______；_____4______
（二）Kay 說 I never said such a thing. 是指她沒說什麼話？請完整抄寫下來。
_____5______；_____6______
二、 Yet, I am being hit from all sides with thing I must do, foods I must eat, ways I must think to stay forever young. I get exhausted just thinking about it. 作者 “I” 說 I get exhausted just
thinking about it. 她真正想表達的是「想了半天，快累死了」、「光用想的就已經快累死了」、 還是「想的頭都痛了」？ ____7____
三、 第二十八課 A Gift to My Father 課文最後作者提到 But I can remember the true nature of giving, at Christmas and at every other time.根據課文的敘述，所謂的 the true nature of giving (給與的本質) 是指和 the giving of the material kind 相對應的什麼本質？____8____
四、 We were finally cleared of travel in January; after all these months, word came that we were to leave for China in six days’ time!
（一）這段話裡的 We were finally cleared of travel in January. 中文意思是什麼？___9___
（二）根據第二十九課課文， “We” 到中國的目的是什麼？（寫中文即可）____10______
五、 Dorian: A 9.6V ’97 Corvette racing car and a Game Boy with two games, Ken Griffey Jr. Major League Baseball and Mickey’s Dangerous Chase.
（一）請問 Dorian 要了幾樣聖誕禮物？（寫中文即可）_____11_____
（二）是什麼禮物？_____12_____
六、 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.
（一）It seems unconscionable not to reach out to them.的中文意思是什麼？_____13_____
（二）“I” 所說的 two powerful impulses 是指哪兩件事？請把最相關的兩句話完整抄寫下 來 。_____14_____；_____15_____
七、 One thing I would say is that there is still room for hope in our world, no matter how gray the clouds above may seem. 請問作者這裡用 no matter how gray the clouds above may seem 來 比喻「the hope in our world」、「the difficulties in our world」、 或 「everything we can think of in our world」這三個的哪一個？ _____16_____
八、 第二十二課 Even Robinson Crusoe Worried about Clothes 提到 Robinson Crusoe 即便是在 無人荒島上，也認為衣服很重要性，Robinson 到底覺得衣服有哪兩項重要性。請分別寫 出。（寫中文即可）_____17_____ ；_____18_____
九、 Brian: I know Chinese often say the words “Thank you,” but I think some of it is just lip service.
Do they really mean it? And have you ever felt some Chinese treat foreigners more kindly than they treat their own people? If someone in this culture shows gratitude in a clear way to us, do they do that for each other, too?
（一）Do they really mean it? 這句話是 Brian 用來表示自己對什麼事的懷疑？（寫中文即 可）____19______
（二）do they do that for each other, too? 這句話裡的 do that 代表哪幾個英文字？
____20_____
參考答案：
壹、閱讀方法測驗 40% (每一格兩分)
一、 1. Communist China p394
2. Patria found a job 3. down the street
4. in the main dining room 5. at the St. James Hotel
6. one of the oldest establishments 二、
7. in the city p350
第 2,3,4,5,6,7 格 順序不拘
8. But one spring day a couple of years ago, 三、
9. feeling I was indeed getting back in the game p328
第 8,9 格順序不 拘
(一) 10. (my) friend p317 (二) 11. a round piece of polished rose quartz 或 (a round) piece 或 (polished
rose) quartz
12. fits (neatly into the palm of the hand) (三)
13. feels (cool and soothing)
第 12,13 格順序 不拘
14. cool 四、
(四)
15. soothing
第 14,15 格順序 不拘
16. they do 17. they have 五、
18. they feel p229
第 16,17,18 格順 序不拘
(一) 19. 過去分詞片語 (寫中文即可) 六、
(二) 20. a handicraft center
貳、閱讀測驗 60% (每一格三分)
1. (Great Aunt Lillian is) a bossy old bitch p382 2. who makes her family miserable
3. (she is) a horrible racist (一)
4. who lives in a fantasy of the Old South and treats black people as if they were slaves
第 1,2,3,4 格順序 不拘
5. Great Aunt Lillian is a bossy old bitch 一、
(二)
6. who makes her family miserable
第 5,6 格順序不 拘
二、 7. 光用想的就已經快累死了 p340 三、 8. the giving of the self, the soul, the heart p318
(一) 9. 我們正式獲准元月份到中國去 或 我們在元月份正式獲准到中國去 p329
意思相近即可 四、
(二) 10. 去帶回他們要領養的小孩(或女兒) (寫中文即可) 意思相近即可
(一) 11. 兩樣 (寫中文即可) p303 五、
(二) 12. (a 9.6V ;97 Corvette) racing car 和 (a) Game Boy (with two games, Ken Griffey Jr. Major League Baseball and Mickey’s Dangerous Chase)
(一) 13. 不向沒有禮物的小孩伸出援手，似乎不近情理 p305 意思相近即可 14. I think about the children who will be giftless at a time when the whole
world appears to be exchanging presents.
六、
(二)
15. I also feel a need for an acknowledgement that I can make someone’s dreams come true.
第 14,15 格順序 不拘
七、 16. the difficulties in our world p274
17. 保暖遮陽 (寫中文即可) p255 八、
18. 讓自己更像個人及提醒自己身為人類的尊嚴 (寫中文即可)
第 17,18 格順序 不拘，意思相近 即可
(一) 19. 中國人是否真心誠意表示謝意這件事 (寫中文即可) p229 意思相近即可 九、
(二) 20. show gratitude (in a clear way)
