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國立空中大學九十二學年度下學期期中考試題【副題】
考試科目：英文文選
橫式題目，橫式作答 共 5 頁第 1 頁注意： 請依照題號排列的順序作答。
例如：
一、選擇題 1.______
2.______
: 二、簡答題 1._______
2._______
:
一、 選擇題 40% (單選題，請選出一個最恰當的答案。)
1. Please fill out this form, front and back, and sign it on the bottom. 這句子裡的 front and back 代表什麼意思？
1) 表格的前後都要填寫 2) 到房間前面或後面去填寫 3) 往前或往後填寫
2. I felt like I had just eaten a live frog. My head went blank: “What went wrong?” 這段話裡的 I had just eaten a live frog. 指的是什麼意思？
1) 我吃了一隻活青蛙 2) 我瞠目張舌
3) 我腦中一片空白
3. We can probably beat the traffic if we get a head start. 這句子裡的 beat the traffic 是什麼意 思？
1) 指揮交通 2) 在車陣中穿梭 3) 避開塞車
4. I couldn’t help thinking that all the horrible things I had heard about American family values were true. 句子裡的 I had heard about American family values 是形容詞子句，用來形容哪 一部份？
1) I 2) things 3) that
5. But sometimes we don’t realize how different our perspectives can be because we belong to a different culture. 這裡面哪一段是屬於名詞子句？
1) we don’t realize
2) how different our perspectives can be 3) because we belong to a different culture
6. I have never _______ (fire) from a job. 請選一個正確的答案。
1) fired
2) fire 3) been fired
7. There is no state law _______ (prohibit) using a cell phone, reading, or applying makeup while driving. 請選一個正確的答案。
1) prohibiting 2) prohibited 3) prohibits
8. Chester carefully unwraps the gift, preserving the bow and the ribbons and folding the paper neatly. 請問 preserving…and folding… 這一段是用來形容哪一部份？
1) the gift 2) unwraps 3) Chester
9. Sam is so worried he thinks they might break up. 這個句子含有二個附屬子句，如果用不同括 號表示，下面哪一種括法才能看出這二個子句？
1) Sam is {so worried he thinks [they might break up]}.
2) Sam is so worried {he thinks [they might break up]}.
3) Sam is so worried {he thinks [they might] break up}.
10. To put words to what dwells inside us is first to see and know what lives deep within us. 這個 句子的主詞是哪一部份？
1) To put words 2) words
3) To put words to what dwells inside us
二、 簡答題（閱讀測驗） 60%
題目一
Sometimes we fail to realize that we are intruding on other person’s privacy. Because we think that there is something we need to know. It seems that our need to know something overrides all
concerns about privacy. Consequently, we think it is all right to do so. We simply assume that it doesn’t matter.
1. 根據上文，是什麼原因讓我們沒有察覺到自己已經觸犯別人隱私了？請抄寫出來。（寫
英文）_________
2. 根據上文，我們的好奇遠超過對甚麼事情的關注？請抄寫出來。（寫英文） _________
題目二
Harry: He wanted to hear her talk about her emotions sometimes, wanted her to show him that he was special to her.
Ginny: But then Sam succeeded. He persuaded Mary to be more expressive, didn’t he?
3. Ginny 說 But then Sam succeeded. 是想表達 Sam 做了什麼事？請把相對應的英文部 份抄寫出來。（寫英文）_______________________
題目三
In Taiwan we have monkeys and hundreds of kinds of birds and reptiles, but we have little in the
way of deer or bears or other large animals. These are in abundance in Yellowstone.
4. in the way of 的中文意思是什麼？（寫中文）________________
5. These 代表哪些動物？（寫英文）____________________
6. in abundance 是什麼中文意思？（寫中文）________________
題目四
Each different culture in the world has its own way of thinking, and one way to say that is to say each culture has its own perspective.
7. one way to say that 的 that 代表哪一件事？請抄寫出來。（寫英文）__________________
8. 哪一段英文是用來說明 one way to say that？請抄寫出來。（寫英文）________________
題目五
She has no trouble making house payments, and she and Clarke share Jim’s expenses.
9. 第一個 and 連接哪兩部份？（寫英文）_________________
10. 第二個 and 連接哪兩部份？（寫英文）_________________
題目六
They have something called “Comprehensive Care Communities”—a full-service community where an elderly couple has their own house or apartment, but all their needs are taken care of, with doctors and a hospital on the same grounds.
11. called “Comprehensive Care Communities”是用來說明哪一部份？（寫英文）________
12. 哪一段是用來解釋 “Comprehensive Care Communities”？請抄寫出來，只要寫頭尾各三 個字就可以了(例如：I want to…the movie theater.)。（寫英文）_________________
題目七
Chester: I’m 27 in Chinese years, I think that makes me 26 in Western years.
Edward: Either way, you’re younger than Burton.
13. Edward 說的 Either way 指的是這段對話裡的哪些部份？請抄寫出來。（寫英文）
_______________
題目八
根據英文文選課本第三課 “A Lesson on Privacy”的內容，回答下面的問題：
14. Steve, Ann, Julia 這三個人之間是什麼關係？請用中文或英文描述。（寫中英文都可）
_________________
15. Chen 因為自己的大嘴巴，差點闖禍，Chen 到底做了什麼事？（寫中文）___________
題目九
It made me wonder, how something so peaceful and so quiet had been turned into such a festival of consumerism. But then again, if Christmas hadn’t become an economic instrument of greed, then it surely never would have caught on, at least not in America.
16. 作者覺得 Christmas 原來應該是什麼樣子？請把描述的字眼抄寫出來。（寫英文）
________________
17. 作者覺得 Christmas 變質了，到底變成什麼樣子？請把描述的兩段文字抄寫出來。（寫
英文）___________
18. 為什麼作者後來也同意 Christmas 有這樣的轉變？請把原因抄寫出來。（寫英文）
___________
題目十
A senior citizen was driving home after work when his cell phone rang. It was his wife on the phone. She said, “Listen, I just heard on the TV that there was a car driving the wrong way on the interstate highway. You be careful.”
The elderly man answered, “It’s not just one car, dear, it’s hundreds!!!”
19. 老太太說 there was a car driving the wrong way…. 的 driving the wrong way 在這篇文 章裡真正指的是什麼意思？（寫中文）______________
20. 從老先生說的 It’s not just one car, dear, it’s hundreds!!!，可以推知實際發生的情形，請 說明到底實情是什麼？（寫中文）____________
參考答案：
一、選擇題 40% （每題四分）
1. (p200) 1) 表格的前後都要填寫 2. (p35) 2) 我瞠目張舌
3. (p117) 3) 避開塞車 4. (p157) 2) things
5. (p67) 2) how different our perspectives can be 6. (p125) 3) been fired
7. (p14) 1) prohibiting 8. (p174) 3) Chester
9. (p45) 2) Sam is so worried {he thinks [they might break up]}.
10. (p56) 3) To put words to what dwells inside us
二、簡答題（閱讀測驗） 60% （每題三分）
題目一 (p36)
1.（寫英文） (Because we think) there is something we need to know. 或 (Because of) our need to know something
2.（寫英文） (all concerns about) privacy
題目二 (p45)
3.（寫英文） He persuaded Mary to be more expressive.
題目三 (p218)
4.（寫中文） 在~方面；在~部份
5.（寫英文） deer or bears or other large animals
6.（寫中文） 豐富，大量
題目四 (p68)
7.（寫英文） Each different culture in the world has its own way of thinking.
8.（寫英文） to say each culture has its own perspective
題目五 (p143)
9.（寫英文） She has no trouble making house payments. 和 She and Clarke share Jim’s expenses.
10.（寫英文） she 和 Clarke
題目六 (p144)
11.（寫英文） something
12.（寫英文） a full-service community ….. the same grounds
題目七 (p171)
13.（寫英文） 27 in Chinese years and 26 in Western years
題目八 (p25)
14.（寫中英文都可） Steve 和 Ann 是夫妻；Julia 是 Steve 的前妻和她的前夫生的孩子，
Julia 並非 Steve 或 Ann 的親生的女兒
15.（寫中文） Chen 對 Ann 及 Steve 說 Julia 是他們的親生女兒 （意思相同即可）
題目九 (p191)
16.（寫英文） (so) peaceful and (so) quiet
17.（寫英文） a festival of consumerism 和 an economic instrument of greed 18.（寫英文） It (Christmas) surely never would have caught on, at least not in
America.
題目十 (p3)
19.（寫中文） 逆向行駛
20.（寫中文） 老先生自己就是那個逆向行駛的人（意思相同即可）
