
第二篇:
Every August there takes place one of the most important celebrations for Hindus throughout the world:
Raksha Bandhan. The ceremony, 36 the bond between sisters and brothers, is celebrated on the full moon
of the Hindu month 'Shravana'. However, the date of Raksha Bandhan 37 year to year since Hindus follow
a lunar calendar for religious celebrations.
During Raksha Bandhan, a sister ties a thread around the wrist of her brother in order to pray for his prosperity,
health and well-being. The brother 38 offers a gifts and promises to protect his sister from any harm and
under every circumstance. The festival is also celebrated between brother-sister 39 to distant family members,
relatives or cousins. The word "rakshabandhan" means "tie of protection." The festival 40 the crucial
importance of family in the Hindu tradition. Sisters not only tie their brothers as defined by blood relationship, but
also those with whom they have a very close family like relationship.
【1】36. honoring honors honored is honored
【4】37. goes after happens to plans on varies from
【3】38. in vain on the contrary in return by no means
【2】39. regarding belonging connecting appealing
【3】40. impresses examines affirms confesses
四、閱讀測驗
第一篇:
Boeing executives are offering a simple explanation for why the company’s best-selling plane in the world, the
737 MAX 8, crashed twice in the past several months, leaving Jakarta, Indonesia, in October and then Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, in March. Executives claimed Wednesday, March 27, that the cause was a software problem and that a
new software upgrade fixes it.
But this open-and-shut version of events conflicts with what diligent reporters in the aviation press have
uncovered in the weeks since Asia, Europe, Canada, and then the United States grounded the planes.
The story begins nine years ago when Boeing was faced with a major threat to its bottom line, spurring the
airline to rush a series of kludges through the certification process — with an under-resourced Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) seemingly all too eager to help an American company threatened by a foreign competitor,
rather than to ask tough questions about the project.
The specifics of what happened in the regulatory system are still emerging and despite executives’ assurances
we don’t even really know what happened on the flights yet. But the big picture is coming into view: A major
employer faced a major financial threat, and short-term politics and greed won out over the integrity of the
regulatory system. It’s a scandal.
【1】41. What is the writer’s attitude towards the explanations offered by the Boeing executives?
Suspicious.
Optimistic.
Ambivalent.
Enlightened.
【2】42. What are the reactions to the Boeing’s open-and-shut version of the events?
Some reporters became major employers of the Boeing.
Countries across the continents stranded the flights of the model.
The FAA began another round of investigation into the same model.
Reports urged the FAA to certify the efforts made by the Boeing executives.
【4】43. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word kludges in the third paragraph?
Threat.
Aviation.
Difficulty.
Scramble.
【4】44. Why is Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mentioned in the third paragraph?
It finally became the employer of the Boeing company
It had stock of the Indonesian and the Ethiopian air companies.
It trained many pilots for the particular model discussed in the passage.
It ignored some serious but necessary investigations of the Boeing’s new model.
【1】45. According to the passage, what is one of the reasons for the scandal concluded at the end?
Short-term politics and greed.
A shortage of human resources.
A significant lack of financial support.
Advanced technology on outdated engines.
第二篇:
Ichiro Suzuki, the unique and pioneering superstar who amassed 4,367 hits in 28 professional baseball seasons
across two continents, announced his retirement on Thursday, March 28th, 2019, concluding one of the most
remarkable careers in the history of sports.
Suzuki, who is destined for a place in the Hall of Fame, told his Seattle Mariners teammates the news in Japan
before their regular-season game against the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome. The news filtered out to the
crowd and around the world after the Kyodo News Service reported it during the game.
“After nine years playing in Japan and entering my 19th season in America, I am announcing my retirement,”
Suzuki said in Japanese after the game, at a ballroom packed with reporters in a hotel adjacent to the stadium. “I
can’t describe how fortunate I feel to have my career conclude in the uniform of the Seattle Mariners.”
A day after he had become the oldest position player to start a season-opening game in the American League,
Suzuki started Thursday’s game in right field and batted ninth. After going hitless in four at-bats, he took his
position in right field to start the bottom of the eighth inning.
Seattle Manager Scott Servais then came onto the field to make a lineup change. With that, the other eight
Seattle players quickly retreated to the dugout, leaving Suzuki a vast, green pathway to the third base bench, and he
jogged unobstructed to thunderous applause from the sellout crowd.
Upon leaving the field for the last time, Suzuki received emotional embraces from each teammate in front of
the dugout, including tearful ones from second baseman Dee Gordon and countryman Yusei Kikuchi, who grew up
idolizing Suzuki and who had just made his debut as a starting pitcher in the major leagues.
The biggest embrace awaited him inside the dugout. Ken Griffey Jr., a Hall of Famer and a beloved Mariners
icon, made his way to the bench in street clothes to offer his support.
【1】46. What is the passage mainly about?
It reports a retirement ceremony of a great sport player.
It criticizes the extravagance of a baseball player’s life before retirement.
It describes the ruthlessness of sports fans towards professional sport players.
It praises the cooperation across the Pacific Ocean for hosting professional games.
【凡作答一律給分】47. According to the passage, when did the baseball player begin to play in the U.S.A.?
At the age of 19.
At the age of 28.
In the year of 1991.
In the year of 2000.
【2】48. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word that in the fifth paragraph?
The end of the game.
The change of the player.
The beginning of the ceremony.
The announcement of the retirement.
【3】49. Why are three players mentioned in the last two paragraphs?
To establish a routine for other players that will retire in the future.
To demonstrate the reporter’s expertise in recognizing human faces.
To show how warmly the player was greeted after he stepped out of the field.
To express their sympathy to the player because of his bad records on his final day.
【2】50. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
The player played in the right field until the end of the game.
When the 2019 season began, the player was the oldest one of all.
The player played the last game of his professional career in Seattle, U.S.A.
The player has never played the sport in any other continent than North America.