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( )16. Will is thinner than Tony. Tony is not as heavy as Jerry. Which sentence is true?
(A) Will is not as thin as Tony. (B) Tony is the heaviest of the three.
(C) Jerry is the least heavy of all. (D) Both Will and Tony are thinner than Jerry.
( )17. Choose the right saying of the number in English: 10,508.13
(A) one hundred thousand five o eight one three (B) one thousand five hundred o eight point one three
(C) ten thousand five hundred o eight point one three (D) ten thousand five hundred o eight point thirteen
( )18. Sue: _____ does your favorite singer look like?
Laya: She has a perfect small face and a wonderful body shape. I can’t find anyone _____ beautiful than her.
(A) How; more (B) What; the most (C) How; the most (D)What; more
( )19. Judy: Don’t move that rock. I just saw something under it.
Jill: ________. Ahhhh! That’s a SNAKE. Let’s go somewhere else.
(A) That sounds great. (B) Thanks for helping me.
(C) Really? Let me check it out. (D) Maybe it’s not a right one.
( )20. Tina: ________?
Mia: I would like it medium, please.
(A) How would you like your steak (B) How do you like the food here
(C) Which would you like to eat (D) May I take your order
(21~22) Paddy and Shannon are celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day. “Happy Saint Patrick’s Day. Ouch! Why did you pinch me?”
Shannon asks. Paddy says it’s the __21__ if people don’t wear green. He also tells Shannon the __22__ is that wearing green
makes them invisible to leprechauns. If leprechauns see people, they like to pinch them.
( )21. (A) custom (B) blood (C) symbol (D) century
( )22. (A) population (B) reason (C) cabbage (D) sink
(23~28)The US Postal Service delivers people’s mail at a low __23__. When it started in 1792, people could only send letters.
Almost 120 years later, it started its Parcel Post Service. That allowed people to send and receive packages. Because the
rules about sending packages weren’t clear, people __24__ that to mail their children. One Idaho __25__, the Pierstorffs, sent
their five-year-old girl to her grandma’s house by railway mail. Luckily, the mail carrier just __26__ to be the mother’s cousin.
He kept the girl __27__ on the train and delivered her to her grandma in the end. In 1920, the USPS finally ended the __28__
to mail children. It’s a good thing for the children later on.
( )23. (A) cousin (B) church (C) cost (D) company
( )24. (A) met up with (B) took apart (C) were proud of (D) took advantage of
( )25. (A) travel (B) celebration (C) matter (D) couple
( )26. (A) turned (B) changed (C) happened (D) reminded
( )27. (A) blood (B) dance (C) stamp (D) company
( )28. (A) service (B) case (C) travel (D) public
(29~30) Cassie called a plumber to her house. The plumber came as quickly as he could. Cassie said the kitchen sink was full
of water. She tried to use hot water, then __29__ and baking soda to fix the problem, but nothing worked. The plumber said
something might be stuck in the __30__, so he needed to get under the sink and take it apart.
( )29. (A) vinegar (B) bill (C) ticket (D) carrier
( )30. (A) customer (B) matter (C) power (D) pipe
(31~34)
Tens of thousands of people die in house fires every year. Many people don’t know how to save themselves. When more and
more people have the correct information, there may be __31__ people dying. What should you do if a fire breaks out? First,
don’t try to go upstairs to get away. Smoke rises, and there is __32__ air to breathe on higher floors. Stay low to the ground to
breathe in as less smoke as possible. Next, __33__. There is a lot of plastic in bathrooms. When it burns, it produces harmful
gases to people. breathe 呼吸 plastic 塑膠 harmful 有害的
( )31. (A) more and more (B) little and little (C) fewer and fewer (D) less and less
( )32. (A) less (B) more (C) much (D) most
( )33. (A) don’t hide in the bathroom (B) stay in the bathroom
(C) don’t go out of the bathroom (D) ask for help in the bathroom
( )34. What is the best title for this reading?
(A) The Things You Can’t Do at Home (B) Stay Safe When There’s a Fire
(C) Keep Breathing at All Time (D) No Gases in Houses 還有二頁,換頁作答