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一、綜合測驗 ( 共15 題，每題 2 分，共 30 分 )
說明：下列兩篇短文共有十五個空格，為第1 至第 15 題，請依各篇文意選出最恰當的一個選項。
Why are credit card rates so high? Why is it that credit card companies can charge such extremely high fees and interest rates 1 interest paid on savings of any kind are so low?
2 savings rates being so low, shouldn't credit card rates be reduced? Some researchers want to know why consumers can’t get some 3 . The card companies’ argument for such high rates is that credit card loans are unsecured – unlike the loan on their houses or cars. If people don’t pay their 4 , the bank can take their houses. In the case of credit card users, there’s nothing the bank can do. So the banks decide to charge high fees and interest rates. Now, with high rates 5 some household budgets and forcing families into bankruptcy, the financial services industry has 6 another solution, i.e., tighten up the bankruptcy laws. The new law, already 7 by the Senate and approved by the House on Thursday, will make it much harder for people hit by job loss or big medical bills to declare bankruptcy and get a fresh start.
1. (A) while (B) and (C) likewise (D) besides 2. (A) In spite of (B) In addition to (C) In light of (D) In order to 3. (A) revelation (B) relief (C) revenge (D) ridicule 4. (A) customs (B) insurance (C) mortgages (D) tuition 5. (A) lecturing (B) reciting (C) crippling (D) investing 6. (A) got along with (B) put up with (C) done away with (D) come up with 7. (A) objected (B) inherited (C) nourished (D) passed
The number of cancer survivors in the United States has tripled in the past 30 years. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 8 the increased cancer survival rates to earlier diagnoses, better treatments, prevention of related diseases and a drop in cancer recurrence. 9 better survival rates, long-term care for cancer survivors has grown in importance. Doctors recommend eating a mainly plant-based diet rich in a variety of vegetables and fruits, restricting fatty foods, 10 a healthy weight and exercising regularly. Many cancer survivors, 11 , turn to a wide range of pills when their foods do not have everything they need.
These may be ineffective or possibly damaging. For instance, antioxidants, which seem to help prevent cancer development when 12 from foods in a balanced diet, might actually work against cancer treatments when taken as 13 . Related to exercise is a cancer survivor’s need for weight control. Overweight and weight gain during treatment has been linked to lower survival rates. 14 , a recent study showed most breast cancer survivors are not getting recommended levels of physical activity to help prevent or lose excess weight. Survivors should 15 to exercise upon a doctor’s recommendation.
8. (A) attributes (B) provides (C) consents (D) resorts
9. (A) Go hard with (B) Not to mention (C) Instead of (D) Due to 10. (A) sacrificing (B) losing (C) throwing (D) maintaining 11. (A) consequently (B) conversely (C) correspondingly (D) coldly 12. (A) dissented (B) deprived (C) derived (D) dispatched 13. (A) adjustments (B) improvements (C) supplements (D) entertainments 14. (A) Otherwise (B) However (C) Alternatively (D) Finally
15. (A) try (B) hesitate (C) refuse (D) prove 二、閱讀測驗 ( 共15 題，每題 2 分，共 30 分 )
說明：第16 至第 30 題，請依各篇文章之文意選出最恰當的一個選項。
When Jennifer and Tommy were first married, they tended to stifle one another. But now that each of them has developed personal friends, their relationship has improved. David is a nut for flea markets; Patsy thinks they’re Dullsville. But they’ve worked out a great arrangement. He goes to flea markets while she plays tennis with her friends. Wise couples have learned to say that we do not marry to reform each other or to fence each other in. We believe we will both be better, individually and together, if we live in the spirit of the sage words “Let there be spaces in your togetherness.”
16. The main idea of this passage is that . (A) wise couples are dependent upon each other
(B) healthy independence is a key to successful marriage (C) wise couples should fence each other in
(D) successful marriage depends on love for each other
17. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned by the author?
(A) David and Patsy like to reform each other.
(B) Jennifer and Tommy used to stifle each other.
(C) David is crazy about flea markets.
(D) Jennifer now has her own friends.
18. What does the underlined word “Dullsville” probably mean according to the context?
(A) A place for the dull people. (B) A place for the daring people.
(C) A place that sells Barbie dolls. (D) A place that sells comic books.
19. What does the underlined phrase “fence each other in” probably mean according to the context?
(A) To protect the safety of wise couples. (B) To build up a fence for wise couples.
(C) To limit the freedom of couples. (D) To arrange the space for couples.
20. The passage is mainly about .
(A) health care (B) modern art
(C) child welfare (D) marriage counseling
Often we pass from a feeling of slight emotion to one of great emotion because we allow ourselves to “cook up” the emotion. Someone offends us, and we ponder over it too long. We magnify it in our minds until it has ceased being something trivial and has become a thing of tremendous importance. This is usually quite unnecessary. We ought to realize the folly of allowing emotions to accumulate until they reach dangerous proportions.
Habit is involved in this, too. If we want to and if we think about it, we can form a habit of passing over emotion-arousing situations lightly, or we can form the habit of building them up.
Because we are forming the habit of “shrugging our shoulders” to insults, real or imaginary, we are controlling our emotions. We are keeping them from accumulating to dangerous points.
21. What is the best title for this passage?
(A) How Emotions May Become Intense through Brooding (B) How Emotions May Become Weakened through Brooding (C) How Emotions Are Produced
(D) How Emotions Are Classified
22. According to this passage, people who are able to control their emotions should .
(A) accumulate emotions to a certain degree (B) form a habit of building up emotions (C) ponder over emotions long enough (D) forget about emotion-arousing situations 23. According to the context, the underlined phrase “cook up” probably means .
(A) to let alone (B) to make up (C) to figure out (D) to count on 24. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned by the author?
(A) Emotions tend to move from weak ones to strong ones.
(B) Habit plays a role in intensifying emotions.
(C) It is important to allow emotions to accumulate.
(D) It is important to forget about unpleasant things.
25. The passage is mainly about .
(A) chemistry (B) psychology (C) literature (D) economics Animals have a great range of eating habits. Some animals, such as chickens, rats, pigs, bears and human beings, eat both animal and vegetable foods. Such animals are called omnivores (eaters of everything). Lions and tigers live almost entirely on meat. They are called carnivores (eaters of meat). Cattle, horses, and sheep, which eat only vegetable food, are herbivores (eaters of plants).
Some animals eat only a few kinds of food. The koala, a pouched mammal found in Australia, eats the leaves of the eucalyptus tree. Silkworms, the young of the silkworm moth, depend on the leaves of mulberry tree. Anteaters live on ants and termites, which they capture with their long, wormlike tongues. The female mosquito lives on blood. To get it, she pierces the skin of her victim with her needle-like mouth tube. Male mosquitoes live on flower juice.
26. What is the best title for this passage?
(A) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Herbivores (B) Varieties of Animals (C) Animals’ Natural Habitats (D) Animals’ Eating Habits
27. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A) The male mosquitoes live on blood.
(B) Silkworms live on the leaves of the eucalyptus tree.
(C) The koala eats the leaves of mulberry tree.
(D) Anteaters eat ants and termites.
28. According to the passage, we can infer that people are .
(A) omnivores (B) herbivores (C) carnivores (D) none of the above 29. In paragraph two, the underlined word “capture” probably means to .
(A) catch (B) cancel (C) conform (D) combine
30. The passage is mainly about .
(A) botany (B) zoology (C) sociology (D) education
三、文法測驗 ( 共10 題，每題 2 分，共 20 分 )
說明：第31 至 40 題，每題均有四個選項，請選出一個文法正確的選項，以使各題成為句
意完整且文法正確的句子。
31. Andy speaks he had a terrible headache, but he doesn’t.
(A) as if (B) not only (C) even though (D) rather than 32. John Smith was the number one killer. So he was sentenced life
imprisonment.
(A) on (B) of (C) to (D) for
33. A fast car drove into a church and hurt twenty people. in the church, I would have been killed.
(A) Were I (B) Would I be (C) Had I been (D) Would I have been 34. According to the National Weather Bureau, a strong typhoon is coming. When it
the coast of Taiwan tomorrow, it will bring with it great destructive force.
(A) reaches (B) will reach (C) is reaching (D) reached 35. “Is it true that Cindy was caught shoplifting yesterday?”
“Unfortunately, yes. is unbelievable!”
(A) She could do such a thing (B) That she could do such a thing (C) She could do such a thing it (D) What she could do such a thing 36. After getting home from school, .
(A) the children’s schoolbags were left in their rooms (B) their houses were full of children’s laughter
(C) the kids played computer games before their dinners (D) the school bus dropped the kids in front of their houses
37. Mary didn’t know you were asleep. Otherwise, she so much noise when she came in.
(A) didn’t make (B) wouldn’t have made
(C) won’t make (D) doesn’t make
38. The plane was delayed because of bad weather. When John and Mary finally boarded the plane, they were tired and angry because they in the airport for six hours.
(A) are waiting (B) were waiting
(C) have been waiting (D) had been waiting 39. , the students knew it was time to go home.
(A) Hearing the bell (B) Heard the bell (C) Hear the bell (D) To hear the bell 40. All parents in this class are happy because all of the students do well in the
English test.
(A) whom Mr. Wilson teaches them (B) which Mr. Wilson teaches (C) that Mr. Wilson teaches them (D) Mr. Wilson teaches 四、文意測驗 ( 共10 題，每題 2 分，共 20 分 )
說明：第41 至 50 題共分為四種題型，其作答方式，請詳讀各題型前之說明。
題型一：(第 41 至 43 題) 下面三篇段落各少一個主題句，請依各段文意選出一個最恰當的 選項。
41. Which of the following is the most appropriate topic sentence for the paragraph below?
(A) Conservation is perhaps the greatest challenge people have to face.
(B) The world has many environmental problems.
(C) Human resource is no less important than natural resources.
(D) The greatest challenge that people now face is overpopulation.
The world’s population is growing faster than the supplies of food, drinking water, housing, and other necessities of life. We must plan now so that people of our generation and those of future generations will have the resources they need. People are a resource, too. If people lack food, housing, health care, and the chance to become productive members of society, there is great suffering, and human resources are wasted.
42. Which of the following is the most appropriate topic sentence for the paragraph below?
(A) Organ donation is rare. (B) Organ donation is necessary.
(C) Organ transplants are not easy. (D) Organ transplants are common.
There are several major problems. First, the doctor must have a donor. A donor is a person who gives an organ for an operation. Donor organs may come from people who have just died or who are still alive and well. Heart or lung donors must be people who have died, but who had healthy hearts and lungs.
43. Which of the following is the most appropriate topic sentence for the paragraph below?
(A) I really hated people. (B) I really hated school.
(C) I really liked my teachers. (D) I really liked my lessons.
I didn’t enjoy any of the subjects I studied. English was impossible, Chinese was boring, and geography was a waste of time. I could never understand why people liked physics or chemistry. Also I couldn’t understand why I had to stay in the classroom so many hours. In short, I just didn’t feel any interest in what teachers taught me in school.
題型二：(第 44 至 45 題) 下面兩篇段落各少了一個句子，請依各段文意選出一個最恰當的 選項。
44. Which of the following can best fit into the blank in the paragraph below?
(A) to meet as many people as possible
(B) to know as much about the world as possible (C) to understand your feelings and your needs (D) to ignore the feelings and needs of other people
It is important for you to learn about yourself, , and to use the information about human behavior that we now have. Through such understanding, you can learn to make choices, control your feelings, and express yourself so that you have a full, satisfying life.
45. Which of the following can best fit into the blank in the paragraph below?
(A) Have you ever turned off the water while brushing your teeth (B) Have you ever turned on the TV before going to bed
(C) Have you ever forgotten to study your lessons (D) Have you ever remembered to wash your car
Have you ever saved aluminum cans, bottles, or old newspapers and taken them to a collection point? ? If so, you have practiced conservation. Practicing conservation has now become important as more and more people come to realize that we have only one Earth and the resources on it are limited.
題型三：(第 46 至 48 題) 下面三篇段落各有四個劃底線的句子，每個句子前有選項代碼，
分別為(A)、(B)、(C)、(D)。請依各段內容，選出一個文意最不連貫的句子，並將 該句子之選項代碼劃在答案卡上。
46. After we moved into the industrial age and after World War I, (A) the basic view of success shifted to what we could call the personality ethic. (B) People worked hard to be successful in their jobs. (C) Success became more a function of charm, skills and techniques that, at least on the surface, lubricate the process of human interaction. (D) Rather than struggle with thorny issues of right and wrong, we turned to making things run smoothly.
47. A person can change his attitudes very much as he grows older and goes out into life. For example, (A) the attitude of a young man toward smoking or drinking may be one of hostility and disapproval. (B) As he gets older and meets people who do these things in one way or another, (C) he may find either that his attitude toward them is made stronger or that he becomes more tolerant and less hostile toward such practices. (D) In short, there are still some people who never change.
48. Making a garden is one of the pleasant pastimes. (A) You can enjoy it all your life. (B) Every spring you feel the same excitement when the seeds you have planted send up their first green shoots. (C) If you plant flowers, you will enjoy seeing them bloom in the garden all summer long (D) and you will be able to go on a trip all the winter.
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題型四：(第 49、50 題) 重組題。下面兩題各有若干句子，請組成文意連貫之段落，選出正 確之選項，並將答案劃在答案卡上。
49. (1) I have rented a house from my neighbor, Mr. Chang.
(2) The village is six miles away.
(3) This is a lonely place and no one lives nearby.
(4) He is an unfriendly man who likes to be alone.
(5) He lives four miles away.
(6) I have just returned from a visit to Mr. Chang.
(A) 235146 (B) 263451 (C) 321564 (D) 364512
50. (1) In the summer of 2002, (2) our lives changed again.
(3) That June, Frances gave birth to a baby boy.
(4) A few months later, in October, Frances died.
(5) But instead there was no sadness.
(6) I hoped everyone living in this house would feel happier.
(A) 126453 (B) 123645 (C) 125364 (D) 124635
