國立空中大學 96 學年度下學期期末考試題【副參】03
科目：英文文選
一、配合題 10 題 (一題四分，40%)
※請從下面 A~J 單字表，為每一題選出一個最適當的單字，這個單字須能符合該題( )內呈現的意思。
__B__ (1) One of my Chinese teachers told me about a ________ (handmade gift) center run by the government that has especially good prices.
__H__ (2) Let us buy some presents for our Chinese teachers. Nothing too ________ (eye-catching) or expensive.
__E__ (3) Jerry has to take a ________ (covering many aspects) exam before he can write his thesis.
__D__ (4) The secretary stared at me! Instinctively my hand flew to my collar, and a feeling of surprise ________ (brushed away) through me.
__A__ (5) I still recall feeling a little ________ (unhappy) and homesick when I think of my sister’s wedding day.
__F__ (6) My grandma had little money, but believed that giving to others is a ________ (essential) part of life.
__J__ (7) We would like to give Father any gifts that will ________ (pull) at his imagination.
__C__ (8) Patricia’s father started a business in the US with his share of the family ________
(property received by legal succession).
__G__ (9) Dorothy’s families are all ________ (offsprings) of slaves.
__I__ (10) The first British landing in America, on July 4, 1598, was an ________ (searching) mission under Queen Elizabeth.
(A) glum (B) handicraft (C) inheritance (D) swept (E) comprehensive (F) vital (G) descendants (H) fancy (I) exploratory (J) tug
二、單選題 20 題 (一題三分，60 %)
※請為每一題，選出一個最適當的答案。所選擇的答案，必須能夠符合所屬段落上下文的文意。
Fan Mei-Hua: And an accident?
Ms. Thompson: An accident is when something unexpected happens. For instance, if your husband is allergic to a drug (1) that we give him.
Fan Mei-Hua: What if a doctor cuts out the wrong thing in my husband by accident, or a piece of equipment (2) ________?
Ms. Thompson: Ms. Chung. Your husband is very ill. If you don’t sign these forms, we cannot treat him.
Fan Mei-Hua: (3) ________. I either sign away our rights, or my husband dies.
Ms. Thompson: I would not like to put it in (4) those words.
__C__ (1) 這個「形容詞子句」是用來說明哪一部份？
(A) an accident (B) something (C) a drug __A__ (2) (A) breaks (B) break up (C) broke __B__ (3) (A) Oh, please save my
husband
(B) You’re saying I have no choice
(C) I’ll sue you if you don’t treat him
__C__ (4) those words 指的是上文的哪一部份？
(A) cut out the wrong thing in my husband by accident (B) can’t treat him
(C) either sign away our rights, or my husband dies
Your column was very interesting, but I would like to (5) ________. (6) You asked Chinese people how they conceive of ‘thanks’ and how they show gratitude, but (7) what you received as answers were typical American type responses.
__A__ (5) (A) disagree (B) agree (C) don’t agree
__C__ (6) You asked……responses.這句子哪一部份一定要保留下來，做為「主要結構」？
(A) You asked….
(B) You asked…but what you received….
(C) You asked…but what you received as answers were….
__B__ (7) 這子句的「主詞」是哪一部份？
(A) you (B) what you received as answers
(C) you received as answerss
Can you imagine the thrill and terror (8) Larry must have felt? As he (9) ________ the sky, everything of his daily normal life seemed to (10) ________. His garden, house, neighborhood became tiny toys on the ground. His neighbors were ant-like figures. (11) The city that he used to be so
familiar with was under his feet now.
__A__ (8) 這個「形容詞子句」是用來說明哪一部份？
(A) the thrill and terror (B) imagine (C) terror
__B__ (9) (A) ascends to (B) ascended to (C) ascending to __C__ (10) (A) changes (B) changing (C) have changed __A__ (11) 這句子的「主要結構」是哪一部份？
(A) The city…was…. (B) The city…used…. (C) …he used to….
My father’s office is (12) ________ Los Angeles. Blue sky and rooftops are the view from his windows. He still goes there for a couple of hours on weekday mornings. There isn’t much for him to do, but that isn’t the point. It’s a routine, and with Alzheimer’s routines are important. (13) They structure time, fill the hours. There is something (14) ________ about cluttering up his desk with gifts and cards. These days, it’s mostly empty.
__B__ (12) (A) high about (B) high above (C) height above __C__ (13) They 代表哪一個字詞？
(A) my father’s staff (B) Alzheimer’s routines (C) routines __B__ (14) (A) comforts (B) comforting (C) comforted
As a child I was content (15) ________ have my time planned for me. School, piano lessons on Tuesday, dancing classes on Thursday, and Saturday mornings (a loony idea of my mother’s) something (16) ________ elocution lessons. I remember a lot of deep breathing and loud and (17) ________ yodeling.
__C__ (15) (A) at (B) of (C) to
__A__ (16) (A) called (B) calling (C) calls
__B__ (17) (A) embarrassed (B) embarrassing (C) embarrasses
Aunt Lillian: (to Burton) I’m glad that he’s a friend of (18) ________. When I saw him, I was worried that your mother had hired a Chinese cook, though she knows I hate that Oriental food.
Burton: (sighing with disgust) (19) ________. Chester is a guest here, just as you are.
Aunt Lillian: I, my dear child, am not a guest, but family. Do not confuse (20) the two.
__A__ (18) (A) yours (B) your’s (C) your
__B__ (19) (A) OK, then, Aunt Lillian. (B) No, Aunt Lillian. (C) No, Dorothy.
__A__ (20) the two 代表哪一個字詞？
(A) guest and family (B) cook and guest (C) Chester and Dorothy
