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國立空中大學 95 學年度下學期期末考試題【正題】
科目：英文文選
一、單選題（每題三分；60%）
z 請為每一題，選出一個最適當的答案。
__B__ (1) Fan Mei-Hua stands on one side of the rolling stretcher and a nurse on the other, ______
Chung Chien-Yi’s blood pressure and pulse.
(A) is checked (B) checking (C) checked
__C__ (2) 承上第(1)題，句子裡的第一個 and 連接哪兩部份？
(A) (stretcher) 及 (a nurse)
(B) (Fan Mei-Hua stands…..stretcher) 及 (a nurse…..other) (C) (Fan Mei-Hua stands…..stretcher) 及 (a nurse…..pulse)
__B__ (3) Yellowstone Park is indeed ______, the geysers and the waterfalls are like nothing I have ever seen in Taiwan.
(A) amazes (B) amazing (C) amazed
__C__ (4) 承上第(3)題，句子的「形容詞子句」是哪一句？
(A) Yellowstone Park is indeed amazing
(B) the geysers and the waterfalls are like nothing (C) I have ever seen in Taiwan
__A__ (5) Maybe it’s just a smile or a nod of the head, but Chinese people do certain things to show thanks. 寫出這句子的「主要結構」時，只要寫哪一部份就可以了？
(A) it’s…, but Chinese people do….
(B) it’s….
(C) it’s just a smile or a nod of the head….
__A__ (6) It would be quite strange for a Chinese person to let someone they often relate to know that they feel thankful to them. 從這句話，可以知道畫線的 they 指的是？
(A) Chinese people (B) foreigners (C) someone
__C__ (7) This secretary is so very good at her job and so deserving of the title that I always call her “Lieutenant,” as if she ______ a ranking military officer.
(A) had (B) is (C) were
__A__ (8) A powerful surge of pride welled up inside of me, and I pondered the question, “What would I say to my daughter, if I had one, on her wedding day?” 畫線的部份相當於什 麼意思？
(A) rose up (B) was full of water (C) was fine
__B__ (9) It seemed so perfect to give my father, Ronald Reagan, a miniature replica of Christmas, a fantasy encased in glass. 畫線的部份相當於什麼意思？
(A) representation (B) reproduction (C) respondent
__B__ (10) In 1982, a California truck driver ______ Larry Walters had a ______ idea of taking to the air in a lawn chair with balloons.
(A) name 和 dare (B) named 和 daring (C) naming 和 daring __C__ (11) After he heard her story, the sergeant nearly tore himself in two with laughter.
= After ______ her story, the sergeant nearly tore himself in two with laughter.
(A) heard (B) hear (C) hearing
__A__ (12) And so began the great adventure of ______ our daughter. After such loss, it was ______ to have a plan for adding to my life, to do this big, wonderful, scary thing.
(A) adopting 和 thrilling (B) adopting 和 thrilled (C) adopted 和 thrilled __C__ (13) 承上第(12)題，句子裡的 this big, wonderful, scary thing 指的是？
(A) adding to my life (B) losing one leg (C) adopting a girl
__A__ (14) Patricia, it is part of your job to know how long the wait is going to be. You must be on
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top of everything that is going on in the restaurant. 畫線的部份相當於什麼意思？
(A) have control of (B) take the highest point (C) stand on the top
__B__ (15) Aunt Lillian: I’m happy to see you’re holding yourself together, despite everything. 畫 線的部份相當於什麼意思？
(A) diminishing
(B) remaining basically the same (C) keeping inward
__C__ (16) It is a simple fact that Southern blacks, even as slaves, ______ it far better than their Negro brothers and sisters in the North.
(A) did (B) let (C) had
__B__ (17) Mr. Jefferson was far prouder of the University and his contributions to Virginia’s state Constitution than ______ as President up in Washington.
(A) of served (B) of having served (C) having served __C__ (18) I wonder if some of those answers you received from your survey-takers were
conscious or unconscious attempts to give back to you what people thought you expected to hear. 畫線的部份是什麼性質的子句？
(A) 副詞子句 (B) 形容詞子句 (C) 名詞子句
__B__ (19) 根據課本第二十六課第二則故事 “Regarding Misdirected E-mail”的內容，寄送 E-mail 的人在信最後寫 P.S. Sure is hot down here. 他的 down here 是指哪裡？
(A) the Hell (B) Florida (C) Chicago
__A__ (20) 根據課本第三十課 “Just Desserts” 的課文，下面哪一項不是作者的想法？
(A) My old age is just a continuation of my youth.
(B) Old age is an experience. I’ve never been there before.
(C) I am not going to skip my old age by trying to skip it.
二、配合題（每題四分；40%）
z 請從下面(A)~(R)答案群中，為每一空格，選出一個最適當的答案；每一個答案只能用一次，但不 一定每一個答案都會用到。
z 務必只寫答案代號(A)~(R)。
題目一
Chung Chien-Yi: Has it, how do you say, ____(1)(H)____?
Doctor: We say “ruptured.” You do have a fever, so it is possible that it has ruptured, but I cannot know ____(2)(P)____ until I open you up.
Chung Chien-Yi: All right.
題目二
Jerry: Come on, stop ____(3)(D)____! Crusoe wore clothes!
Judy: You’re trying to trick us! Nobody was there to look at him, so why ____(4)(E)____ to wear clothes?
題目三
You may already know that Halloween is a holiday with an enjoyable ____(5)(B)____ related to clothing. At Halloween time children and even some adults attend parties at which they wear special ____(6)(C)____.
題目四
I was flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles. ____(7)(N)____ we took off, there had been a 45-minute delay and everybody on board was ticked.
題目五
Never assume that the man will ____(8)(R)____, or that the man will pay. It is very ___(9)(I)___
to women to assume that the man is paying, and it is very ____(10)(J)____ to both if you talk only to the man, when it is the woman who invited him.
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(A) customes (B) custom (C) costumes
(D) joking (E) bother (F) not
(G) to joke (H) exploded (I) offensive
(J) embarrassing (K) ruptured (L) offending
(M) embarrassed (N) By the time (O) At the same time (P) for certain (Q) be in charge (R) take charge
