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國立空中大學 101 學年度上學期期中考試題【副參】01
科目：英文文選 一律橫式作答 3-1 頁
一、 英文閱讀方法測驗。依據課程中教的拆解句子的方法作答，請不要浪費時間翻譯句子的意思。
60％
分段是正確解讀句子的第一步，請將第一和第二題的句子分成六段﹝提示：注意逗點、連接詞、
子句或介系詞片語，只要分得合理就可以﹞，請將每一段抄在答案紙上，長的段落只要寫下開頭和結 尾的字即可。
1. By the questions they asked, it was clear that they cared about every detail of his life.
2. We took them in for a few months at a time during the first few years, but after that they could no longer travel.
第一次作業就練習過將一個長句子，依據重要性分為三塊來解讀（也就是貼身、保暖、裝飾的觀 念），請將第三和第四這二題分成這樣的三塊。句子已經用斜線分段，只要寫出代碼即可。答題 的重點是貼身的一定要對，否則整題沒分數。
3. A superstition is a belief or practice/ that is unreasonable/ from a scientific point of view/, but which many people share.
4. But sometimes/ we don’t realize/ how different our perspectives can be/ because we belong/ to a different culture?
5. Then/, looking up at the young man before him/, and with a voice heavy with concern/, he says/, “What did you say your name is?” 這句話共分成五段，請問(1)這句話的貼身的是那一段(2)保暖的是那一段?
（寫數字即可）
6. She started the maneuver at 11:15 a.m. and successfully parked her car within three feet of the pavement, eight hours and fourteen minutes later. 這句話已分成四段，其中有二個修飾語，請將那二段的號碼寫 下。
7. Tell him that talking about his emotions for her is a way to show the magic word. 這個句子中有個名詞 子句，請找出這個子句的主詞和動詞。
8. Maybe it’s true many Chinese people believe in fortunetellers, but in their view the fortune they hear described is more like advice or counsel. 這句話中含有二個子句，(1)請將這二個子句的第一個字和
最後一個字分別寫出來；(2)but 這個字連接的二段話的主詞和動詞各是甚麼？
9. Some guys feel they have to be strong all the time and that means not admitting any weakness. 請問：(1) 這個句子的主要結構（寫出主詞和動詞就好，抄整句不給分） (2) 句中的 that 指的是甚麼？
10. And yet, after everything he told me, I couldn’t help thinking that all the horrible things I had heard about American family values were true.
(1) 這句話的
主詞和動詞
是那三個字？(2) 這句話中有個名詞子句，它的主詞和動詞各是甚麼？
國立空中大學 101 學年度上學期期中考試題【副參】01
科目：英文文選 一律橫式作答 3-2 頁
二、閱讀測驗。解讀句子的綜合測驗。40％，1-5 題每題 6 分，第六題 10 分。
1. She was curling her eyelashes in the rearview mirror as she changed two lanes in bumper-to-bumper, 65 mph traffic. She made it without a scratch, while I got rear-ended in my distraction.請問:句中的 “my distraction” 指的是甚麼?
(1) 我被追撞 (2) 看這位女士如何開車 (3) 我邊開車邊做其他事 (4) 我邊開車邊想心事
2. Chen: Me too. We were all raised to expect a very typical marriage. In this sense, our idea of parental love is strictly limited to our own biological children.
這段對話中說的 “a very typical marriage” 是甚麼意思？
(1) 合法的婚姻 (2) 男女組合的婚姻 (3) 不是單親家庭 (4) 小孩是父母親生
3. Cybil : Oh hi, Jack. To tell you the truth, not too well. I think I put my foot in my mouth pretty badly with Mr. Chen. He was telling me all about his daughter's wedding next month and he mentioned fortune telling, and I told him very directly I don't believe in it. He said his daughter had consulted a
fortuneteller, and I told him I didn't think that was wise. We had a little bit of an argument.
Cybil 說: “I put my foot in my mouth pretty badly with Mr. Chen.” 他的意思是?
(1) 亂說話闖禍 (2) 整人惡作劇 (3) 被霸凌 (4) 將嘴巴塞滿
4. Mr. Stetson: So I see you're all decked out in the old school colors. Showing some spirit for the old alma mater, eh?
Douglas: That's right. Donna and I wear the same matching track suit for every game.
請問: the same matching track suit 指的是什麼?
(1) 適合運動場所的套裝 (2) 整套的運動服 (3) 有學校標記的運動服 (4) 整套的田徑服裝 5. And yet, there is much less attention paid to Jesus than to Santa Claus, a fat saint who children believe
brings presents to them on Christmas eve. A lot of the decorations show Jesus and angels and such, but very few Christmas rituals are specifically religious. 請問:這段話的大意是:
(1) 耶誕節的宗教味不強 (2) 耶誕節走味了 (3) 耶誕節太商業化 (4) 以上皆是
6. During a rainy, rush-hour traffic in Feb. 1998, a woman was stopped by the highway patrol for applying a makeup while driving. Trooper Thomas reported that he saw the woman holding the steering wheel with her left hand and putting on makeup with her right hand, looking in the rearview mirror at the same time.
The woman appealed her case but was rejected, on the ground that she displayed a wanton or willful disregard for the safety of other. “The trooper had a right to pull this person over,” the judge said. “He doesn’t have to wait until an accident happens.”
這段文句中有那一段話足以協助解答 to pull this person over 的意思？只要寫下開頭和結尾的字即 可，抄整句不給分。
