國立空中大學 95 學年度上學期期末考試題【正題】
科目：英文閱讀方法
壹、實例題，九十分，每題十五分。沒有一題要你解釋句子的意思，做答時 請不要浪費時間翻譯中文，也不要亂抄不相干的字。
1. The Open Dictionary is a project of offerings from visitors to the Merriam-Webster web site. It includes words people are already using and think ought to be in the dictionary (try confuzzle, a mixture of confuse and puzzle) and words readers have coined to fill a
perceived void (consider the wibble, "a trembling of the lower lip just shy of actually crying").
(1) 第二句話中有二段括號 ( …)，這二段話在句子中的功能是甚麼？可不可以先跳 過不看？
(2) 第二句話中有二個 and，請將每個 and 所連接的片段抄下來。
(3) 課本中有談到所謂的「基本架構」的觀念，請將一些不是重點的部分刪除後所 剩下的基本架構寫下來，請不要超過十個字。
2. Against the rear wall stood a row of battered old filing cabinets that contained records of deeds and mortgages and applications for driver’s licenses, and in front of the cabinets were six small, utilitarian gray metal office desks, each with a small, worn chair.
(1) 這句話中有三個 and，請問第三個 and 是連接些甚麼字？（只要將所連接部分 的第一個字和最後一個字抄下即可）；
(2) 這句話中有個子句，請將它的第一個字和最後一個字抄下。
3. The birth anniversary of Isaac Asimov—that late, beloved writer was born in Russia on this date in 1920—inspired us to give some thought to some of the many words written by the man who said "If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood.
I’d type a little faster."
(1) —that late, beloved writer was born in Russia on this date in 1920— 這一段話在這 個句子中有何功能？這一段話是不是個子句？
(2) to give some thought to some of the many words written by the man who said "If….
下面有關這五段畫底線的敘述，何者是正確的：
（甲）每一段都是在補充說明它前面的一段話；
（乙）這五段都是句子的主要內容；
（丙）這五段可以先刪除以便找出句子的主要結構
(3) 這整個句子的主要結構是甚麼？（寫出主詞和動詞即可）
4. Former President Gerald R. Ford, who was thrust into the presidency in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal but who lost his own bid for election after pardoning President Richard M. Nixon, has died, according to a statement issued by his wife, Betty Ford.
(1) 這句話被四個逗點分成五段，這整個句子的主要結構是那二段？
(2) 句子中 but 這個字是連接些甚麼字？（只要將所連接部分的第一個字和最後一 個字抄下即可）；
(3) 由 but 所連接的二段話在句子中是針對那一段話補充說明？（抄下那段話即可）
(4) 句尾的 Betty Ford 和句子中的那二個字最有關係？
5. For a nation that needed healing, and for an office that needed a calm and steady hand, Gerald Ford came along when we need him most. During his time in office, the American people came to know President Ford as a man of complete integrity who led our country with common sense and kind instincts.”
(1) 很多人看到 and 這個字時都記得它是「對等連接詞」，從第一句第一行中的 and 所連接的部分可否看出何以它叫做「對等連接詞」？也就是它所連接的二個部 分有甚麼共同的特徵，將你認為有關的答案抄下即可。
(2) 第二句話的主要結構是甚麼？
(3) with common sense and kind instincts 這一段話在句子中是補充說明那一段話？
6. He was dressed in a civilian’s gray suit, as if to symbolize, as Time put it, “the civilian authority of the Secretary of Defense,” and he testified for five days, calmly, carefully, even ploddingly, in “a flat, unemotional voice and sparse phrases that contrasted sharply with his antagonist’s flow of words and orotund delivery,” and that fit in perfectly with the judicial atmosphere the chairman had established.
(1) 依據句子的結構看，“the civilian authority of the Secretary of Defense,” 這一段話 是誰說的？
(2) 整句話最後一個 and 連接的是那些部分？（相關部分的第一個字和最後一個字 抄下即可）
(3) 最後一個 and 後面的 that 在這個句子中是指甚麼？
◎自我評估，十分。這一大題沒有標準答案，出題老師也沒有預期希望看到 那一種答案，主要是給你自己一個自我評估，請憑良心做答。
1. 從開始修這門課以後，你有沒有增加主動聽和讀英文的次數和份量（和英文課有關 的不算）？(1) 和以前一樣 (2) 略增一些 (3) 略減一些 (4) 增加很多
2. 你最近在讀或聽英文時，心態和方法上有沒有甚麼改變？
(1) 和以前一樣 (2) 略有改變 。答 (1) 者跳過第三和第四題。
3. 你最近在讀或聽英文時，心態上有甚麼樣的改變？____________________________
4. 你最近在讀或聽英文時，方法上有甚麼樣的改變？_____________________________
5. 修完這門課後，你對於學好英文的信心有沒有變化？
(1) 和以前一樣 (2) 略增一些 (3) 略減一些 (4) 其它 ______
6. 修完這門課如果沒有立即配合認真地讀英文，你從這門課所學到的東西很快就會遺 忘，你願不願意利用寒假時認真地讀英文？
(1) 可能沒空 (2) 還有更重要的事 (3) 量力而為 (4) 會試試看 (5) 一定會做
參考答案
1. (1) 是補充說明用，可以
(2) are using and think; words people are using… and words readers have coined…
(3) It includes words… and words….
2. (1) against the wall…licenses and in front of… chair (2) that contained… licenses
3. (1) 是補充說明用，不是 (2) 甲、丙
(3) The birth anniversary of Issac Asimov; inspired 4. (1) 第一和第三段
(2) who… scandal; who… Nixon (3) Former President Gerald R. Ford (4) his wife
5. (1) For… and for…
(2) the American people came (to know) (3) who led our country
6. (1) Time （時代雜誌的記者）
(2) He… delivery, and that… established
(3) 是指之前從句首開始一直到最後一個之前的 and 為止： He… delivery
