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46. (A) separate (B) depart (C) explain (D) affect
47. (A) as (B) in (C) at (D) to
48. (A) rescued (B) distracted (C) protected (D) suffered
49. (A) Besides (B) Nevertheless (C) Despite (D) Though
50. (A) priceless (B) appealing (C) flavorless (D) impressive
III. Discourse (依文意填入適當的句子) (每題 2分,共 10 分)
(A) When he comes back, their cab is stuck in the traffic jam.
(B) But his son, Richard, challenges his father’s belief.
(C) She said it was the power of love that made them a couple.
(D) Like Richard, Ellen believes that Anthony's money is useless in Richard’s case.
(E) The fact is that Anthony paid Kelly to create the traffic jam for Richard last night.
Anthony Rockwall is a millionaire and he believes money is everything. __51B__ He
tells his father money will never help him win a woman’s heart. Richard says that money
can’t buy him a chance to let him show affection to Miss Lantry. Anthony says that although
money cannot buy enough time to make one live longer, it can be manipulated in certain
situations. Later in the evening, Anthony's sister, Richard's Aunt Ellen, comes to see
Anthony. __52D__
The next evening, Richard is going to pick up Miss Lantry to the theater by coach.
Before he leaves, Ellen gives him a special gold ring. She tells him that the ring is from his
mother and will bring good luck in love. Richard puts it in his vest pocket.
Richard picks up Miss Lantry at the train station. However, along the way, Richard
drops his mother's ring, so he gets off the cab to reclaim the ring. __53A__ Richard uses the
time in the cab to show his love to Miss Lantry.
Later that night, Aunt Ellen tells Anthony that Richard and Miss Lantry are engaged.
__54C__ Anthony ignores this statement and implies that he and his money were involved in
helping Richard. The next day, a man named Kelly comes to collect money from Anthony.
__55E__ Anthony laughs, thinking that money, not love, helps Richard to win the hand of
Miss Lantry.
IV. Fill-in (每題 1.5 分,共 15 分)
Psyche had been born with the physical perfection so complete that she was
worshipped as a new incarnation of Venus, the goddess of love. But real-life human lovers
dare not approach her. When her father asked for __56AE__ from the Oracle of Apollo, the
god of light. He was told to abandon his daughter on a rocky cliff __57A__ she would marry
a cruel and savage serpent-like winged devil. Alone on the cliff, Psyche felt the wind gently
__58AD__ her into the air. It brought her to a palace. "You are home," she heard an unseen
voice say. "Your husband awaits you in the bedroom, if you dare to meet him." Psyche went
into the room. The bedroom was so dark __59E__ she couldn't see her husband. But he
didn't feel serpent-like at all. His skin was soft, and his voice and manner were __60B__. She
asked him who he was, but he told her this was the one question he could never answer. If
she loved him, she would not need to know. His visits continued night after night.
Before long, Psyche was pregnant. She was pleased, but was also conflicted. She didn’t
think she could raise her baby with a man she'd never seen. That night, Psyche approached
her sleeping husband, holding an oil lamp. What she found was the god Cupid, the god of
love. Psyche dropped her lamp, __61C__ Cupid with hot oil. He said he'd been in love with
Psyche ever since his __62AC__ mother, Venus, asked him to embarrass the young woman
by pricking her with an arrow and make her fall in love with an ugly guy. But taken with
Psyche's beauty, Cupid used the arrow on himself. He didn't believe, however, that gods and
humans could love as __63AB__. Now that she knew his true form, their hopes for
happiness would __64D__. Then he flew away. Psyche was left __65BC__.
V. Matching(完成句子) (每題 1分,共 5分)
66. When your ears feel blocked and swollen, ___C___
67. There are ways to reduce the air pressure inside the ear, __E___
68. If you sleep during take-off or landing, ___D___
69. William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, __A____
70. A high fever at the age of two had caused Kyle to limp ever since, and ___B____
(A) was a famous American writer of short stories.
(B) participating in a relay race had long been his dream.
(C) it means they hurt badly.
(D) this will give your ears more time to get used to pressure changes.
(E) including swallowing, yawning or chewing on something.