彰化縣精誠中學第 103 學年度第二學期 第一次段考 國二英文試題
本卷共 4 頁 Part I: Choices (65%)
I: Vocabulary and Phrases: 15%
1. Mrs. Huang told her son to hurry up, but the little boy still walked _______ behind her. A. slowly B. lately C. quickly D. finally
2. It was an exciting moment for George and Mary __________ they learned that they were going to have a baby.
A. what B. when C. where D. why
3. If you are not home and the ________ brings the package, you’ll have to get it yourself at the post office.
A. mail carrier B. firefighter C. conductor D. police officer
4. The _______ last September scared a lot of people. Its strong wind and heavy rain took 35 lives.
A. typhoon B. pollution C. accident D. air crash
5. There are more and more cars in this city, so _______ becomes a serious problem. A. smoking B. parking C. fighting D. cooling
6. Mike often plays ________ on Jenny. In fact, he likes her very much. He just wants to catch her eye.
A. fun B. tricks C. laughter D. faces
7. Ray is a _________ man. He always says something funny to make us laugh. A. stinky B. serious C. humorous D. generous
8. If you stay in Uncle Ben’s farm this summer, you’ll be able to __________ the country life.
A. experience B. travel C. hide D. cover
9. How much is this wallet? Does it ________ you over NT$1,000? A. pay B. spend C. take D. cost
10. Do you feel __________? I have a glass of watermelon juice here. A. crazy B. stressed C. thirsty D. scary
11. I’d like to have some French fries to ________ my hamburger. A. go with B. run out of C. have strong feelings for D. look after
12. My aunt came up with an idea to _______ her daughter. It made her daughter not know whether to laugh or to cry.
A. back up B. feed up with C. look down on D. make fun of
13. Christine bought a camera for me. Should I buy her something _______? A. in time B. in return C. in a hurry D. in this way
14. Jane is a student from Hong Kong. She __________ a trip to Hualien last summer.
A. dropped off B. picked up C. went on D. kept up with
15. The strawberry noodles looked strange, but they ________ them at once after they took a bite.
A. took care of B. fell in love with C. caught a cold D. teamed up with II: Grammar Test 10%
16. Cary usually ______ to school, but today he went there _________. A. walks ; by bike B. takes a bike; by bike
C. takes a bus; on feet D. rides a scooter; by a car 17. If the baby is hungry, ________ him right away.
A. feed B. feeds C. feeding D. will feed 18. If Mom ________ your grades, she will get angry.
A. will know B. know C. knows D. knew 19. Tom makes a lot of friends by ______ Facebook.
A. use B. uses C . used D. using
20. _________ workbook is it? There is no name on it. A. What B. Who C. Where D. Whose
21. If Roger _______ the toilet for us, we will buy something for him. A. fix B. fixes C. fixed D. will fix
22. Choose the RIGHT sentence?
A. These sixty-year-old men joined together and by scooters to travel around Taiwan. B. We’re late. Get in my car quickly.
C. You can’t go to Mark’s birthday party yesterday if you don’t finish your homework. D. Can you pay the ticket?
23. Choose the RIGHT sentence?
A. Jack left me to the Shilin night market yesterday and tried a lot of food there. B. Our steak tastes like delicious.
C. I don’t know the song, but it sounds like a love song. D. What does the bread smell? It smells terrible. 24. Choose the WRONG sentence.
A. The teacher told his students to bring their own bottles to school, but all of them forgot to bring theirs.
B. Jane enjoys making a cake. She makes us a cake every week.
C. Cathy would like visiting us tomorrow, and we’ll prepare a big dinner for her. D. After you read these questions, please e-mail the answers to Ms. Yang. 25. Choose the WRONG sentence.
A. Though I have money, but I’ll buy this smartphone. B. Why not give some roses to your girlfriend?
C. The basketball game is coming. We should practice playing it every day. D. My coat is not cheap, and yours isn’t, either.
III: Cloze Test: 20% (A)
Tommy: Are you free this Sunday? Let’s have a picnic in the park nearby. Sunny: Sounds great! Do you want to visit Ivy?
Tommy: I want to, but I’m ___26_____ that she’ll turn me down.
Sunny: _____27_____ I’ll prepare some drinks. Ivy loves pearl milk tea, and I like strawberry milk.
Tommy: Thank you. And I ‘ll make some ham sandwiches and popcorn. ___28_____ Sunny: Can you also bring toast with butter? ____29______ Ivy only eats a little, I think I’ll
still bring more food. I get hungry easily.
26. A. glad B. excited C. afraid D. amazed
27. A. Give it a try! B. Take a break! C. Good idea! D. You’re up. 28. A. How about you? B. What’s the matter?
C. Anything else? D. How much does it cost? 29. A. Although B. When C. But D. Because (B)
Jerry: Windy, please order any food you want. ____30_____
Windy: Thank you so much. I’m __31_____ gaining weight, so I’ll probably just order a salad.
Jerry: Are you kidding? You’re quite slim. Come on! Order anything here. How about a steak?
Windy: All right. ___32____
Waiter: Hello, madam. How would you like your steak? Windy: ____33______
Jerry: And please give the lady the best desserts and drinks in this restaurant. Windy: Wow. This meal must be very ___34_______.
30. A. What is it? B. How much is it? C. It’s on me. D. I don’t get it. 31. A. good at B. scared of C. stingy about D. excited about
32. A. That’s very kind of you. B. It’s interesting to you. C. It’s the wrong way. D. You can leave a message.
33. A. Medium. B. I don’t get it. C. I love it. D. It smells good. 34. A. mean B. expensive C. terrible D. serious
(C)
Albert and his family went to Thailand last December. They visited the city, Bangkok, ____35___ Tuk-tuk. It looks like a scooter with three wheels or a taxi without doors. They
also went to a floating market. Many shops sell things in the boats. People __36___ to buy food there. It was so interesting to Albert. He and his family had a good time in Thailand. If Albert wants to take a trip with his classmates, he ___37___ Thailand again.
35. A. took B. in C. by D. at
36. A. rode a scooter B. took a taxi C. rowed a boat D. drove a car 37. A. chooses B. choose C. chose D. will choose
(D)
Tim is a big fan of trains. He has a lot of toy trains, and he also likes to take pictures of trains. He even goes to a train club and makes a lot of friends there. They often travel around Taiwan together.
Tim really loves trains, ___38____ he wants to be a(n)____39_____. He reads a lot of books about trains and knows trains well. But if he wants to realize his dream __40_____, he has to study much harder.
38. A. because B. but C. though D. so 39. A. engineer B. soldier C. actress D. writer
40. A. last semester B. long ago C. in the future D. in the past (E)
Words often pass from one language to __41____. For example, ___42______ Spanish and English got a lot of words from Native Americans. The Tainos gave us the names of things we use today, such as hammocks and canoes.
Hammocks were the nets ____43_____ from the roof of the round houses built out of wood and straw by the Tainos. And, the Tainos, ____44_____ villages were almost always close to a river, used a long, wooden boat called a canoa to travel on the river. As we can guess, this is ___45____ the word canoe came from.
41. A. other B. others C. another D. the other 42. A. each B. both C. all D. most
43. A. hang B. hanged C. hanging D. hung 44. A. that B. which C. whose D. where 45. A. what B. how C. who D. where VI: Reading Comprehension : 20%
(A)
Ant cows are tiny green or black bugs. They eat plants, and they also make a sweet juice called honeydew.
Ants use the honeydew for food. They rub the ant cows’ backs to get the sweet juice. Ants take good care of their ant cows. In the fall, the ants in the brown cornfield look for the ant cow eggs, carrying the eggs into their own nests, and keeping them warm in winter. In the spring, they put them near new corn plants. After the young ant cows come out, their food
is waiting for them.
46. Why do the ants rub the backs of the ant cows?
A. To keep them warm. B To move their nests. C. To get honeydew. D. To help the corn plants grow better. 47. What do the ants live on?
A. Plants. B. Popcorn. C. A sweet juice made by ant cows. D. Honeydew of their own. (B)
Thirty years ago, Mark and Merry left Hualien and moved to Taichung to begin a new life. They worked hard and became very successful. Now they have a large truck business. Last month, Mark and his family went back to their old house in Hualien to celebrate Mark’s 70th birthday. Mark and Merry took a train. Their son drove a car. And the other family members went by truck.
When the birthday party started, Mark stood in front of his old house. His family members drove by the house in their trucks. They honked the horns when they drove past Mark to show their respect to him. They all enjoyed themselves at the party. Mark and Merry felt content because everyone in their family was healthy and happy.
48. How old was Mark when he first went to Taichung?
A. Thirty years. B. Forty years of age. C. Fifty years ago. D. Seventy years. 49. What does the word content mean?
A. Lucky. B. Healthy. C. Happy. D. Successful. 50. Which is true?
A. There are thirty people in Mark and Merry’s family.
B. Mark and Merry went to Taichung by truck thirty years ago. C. Mark and Merry are very pleased to have many trucks. D. Mark and Merry’s son went to the party in a car. (C)
As the Chinese New Year comes, a narrow old Taipei street becomes the center of the city’s most popular New Year festival. Taipei’s historical Tihua Street, with its traditional street market, comes to life just before the big holiday and becomes a shopper’s paradise. The shops in the market begin selling holiday food and treats.
In the mid-nineties, the Taipei government began prompting the street as a historical area, and in 1996, the Big Street New Year Shopping Festival was begun. Now, up to a million people visit the jam-packed street during the 14-day festival. With New Year decorations and the sound of traditional music from loudspeakers, shoppers buy all kinds of goods, such as dried seafood, nuts, and special candies.
The street and festival are proof that certain traditions are too popular---and too tasty---to
be given up.
51. Based on the reading, what is not sold on Tihua Street? A. Candies for the New Year. B. Nuts. C. Dried seafood. D. Holiday decorations.
52. How long does the Big Street New Year Shopping Festival on Tihua Street last? A. One week. B. Two weeks. C. One month. D. Two months.
53. How does the writer know that New Year traditions will never be given up? A. Visitors are asked to learn the traditions.
B. The government is running the New Year festival. C. Both old and young people go on the traditions. D. The Tihua Street market and festival are very popular. (D)
McCarthy started out as a gold-mining town over 100 years ago. Most of the residents (people living there) left when the gold ran out. Some chose to stay and go on their lives. Many locals want the town to stay the same. Neil does not. He plans to build an electrical system and sell electricity to everyone. The locals aren’t happy with Neil’s plans to bring McCarthy into the 21st century. He may be unpopular, but some residents have to depend on him. Jenny is one of them. Described as a “ woman who can outwork most men,” she works in Neil’s store to earn money to buy food for the long winters.
54. Why is Neil not so popular with many residents?
A. He does not come from McCarthy. B. He put on the rent.
C. He wants to change the town. D. He is crazy about earning money. 55. What do you think of when we speak of McCarthy’s past?
A. Hunting. B. Farming. C. The bicycle industry. D. An expensive metal. Part II: Translation (15%)
1. Johnny: Whose is the card? Roses are….
Jeffrey: Hey! Stop it! 把它還給我 。 (1%) 它是我的 。 (1%) Johnny: Is this a valentine? 你現在戀愛了嗎 ？ (1%)
2. Amada: I don’t eat a lot. 我吃的超少的 。 (…bird 1%) 我想要變苗條 (1%) 。 But will this meal cost a lot?
Ted: Come on. 我看起來像一個小氣的人嗎 ？ (1%))
3. Ah-jin: 春假快到了 。 (1%) We have a wonderful travel package to Hualien. We’ll ride bikes around the lake and 然後我們會去賞鯨 。 (1%)
Lily: 所以我們會搭船 。 (1%)
4. 如果 Joe 贏得獎品 ， 他將有機會住在日本的五星級飯店 。 (3%)
5. 雖然她聽到這個壞消息，但是她並不覺得驚訝。(3%)
Part III: Listening Test (20%)
Answer: 1-5 ABAAB 6-10 BCADC 11-15 ADDCB 16-20 AACDD 21-25 BBCCA 26-30 CACAC 31-35 BAABC 36-40 CDDAC 41-45 CBDCD 46-50 CCBCD 51-55 DBDCD
1. Give it back/ to me. It’s /mine.
Are you/ in love now? 2. I eat/ like a bird. I want /to become slim. Do I look/ like a stingy man? 3. Spring break/ is coming. Then we’ll /go whale watching. So we’ll /take a boat.
4. If Joe wins the prize,/ he will have a chance /to stay at a five-star hotel in Japan.
5. Although she heard/ the bad news,/ she didn’t feel surprised. ( She heard the bad news, but she didn’t feel surprised.)
