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請依下文回答第 26 題至第 30 題: 
We lived on Waverly Place, in a warm, clean, two-bedroom flat that sat above a small Chinese 
bakery specializing in steamed pastries and dim sum. In the early morning, when the alley was still 
quiet, I could smell fragrant red beans as they were cooked down to a pasty sweetness. By daybreak, our 
flat was heavy with the odor of fried sesame balls and sweet curdled chicken crescents. From my bed, I 
would listen as my father got ready for work, then locked the door behind him,  one-two-three clicks. At 
the end of our two-block alley was a small sandlot playground with swings and slides well-shined down 
the middle with use. The play area was bordered by wood-slat benches where old-country people sat 
cracking roasted watermelon seeds with their golden teeth and scattering the husks to an impatient 
gathering of gurgling pigeons. The best playground, however, was the dark alley itself. It was cramme d 
with daily mysteries and adventures. My brothers and I would peer into the medicinal herb-shop, 
watching old Li dole out onto a stiff sheet of white paper the right amount of insect shells, 
saffron-colored seeds, and pungent leaves for his ailing customers. It was said that he once cured a 
woman dying of an ancestral curse that had eluded the best of American doctors. Next to the pharmacy 
was a printer who specialized in gold-embossed wedding invitations and festive red banners. Farther 
down the street was Ping Yuen Fish Market. The front window displayed a tank crowded with doomed 
fish and turtles struggling to gain footing on the slimy green-tiled sides. Inside, the butchers with their 
bloodstained white smocks deftly gutted the fish while customers cried out their orders and shouted, 
“Give me your freshest,” to which the butchers always protested, “All are freshest.” 
26 What could you smell in the apartment in the morning? 
Chicken soup.  Pastries and sweets.  Medicinal herbs.  Fish and seafood. 
27 Where did the old people sit cracking roasted watermelon seeds? 
Under the red banner in a festival. 
On the green-tiled ground in the dark alley. 
By the wood-slat sideway next to the herb shop. 
On the benches surrounding the play area. 
28 Which of the followings is NOT true according to the passage? 
The woman dying of an ancestral curse was cured by American doctors. 
The pharmacy was full of saffron-colored seeds and pungent leaves. 
The author thought the stores located in the dark alley were exciting. 
The apartment was situated above a small Chinese bakery. 
29 Which of the followings is the closest in meaning to the phrase “dole out”? 
Influence.  Abandon.  Portray.  Dispense. 
30 Which business type is NOT mentioned in the passage? 
Bakery.  Pharmacy.  Cafeteria.  Printing.