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第一部分：單題

(第1 - 23題，共23題)

1. Look at the picture. The man is holding a 　　　 of grapes in his hands.

(A) bag
(B) basket
(C) bowl
(D) box

2. Dennis enjoys 　　　 in public. He is proud of his beautiful voice.

(A) dancing

(B) drawing

(D) singing

3. Mrs. Johnson can’t hear very well. If you need to talk to her, you must 　　　 .

(A) explain

(B) hurry

(D) shout

4. People got very excited when they watched Ms. Smith 　　　 at the party.

(A) danced

(B) dancing

(D) to dance

5. Itriedontheseshoesinseveraldifferent　　　 , and I thought the white pair looked best on me.

(A) colors

(B) prices

(D) sizes

6. Rex did not feel the earthquake this morning. He 　　　 in the park at the time.

(A) jogged

(B) was jogging

(D) would jog

7. Mr. Lee has worked in the same store for ten years; he’s never thought about 　　　 his job.

(A)changing

(B)finding

(C)remembering

(D)starting

8. I didn’t take the bus today because it was 　　　 . All the seats were taken and a lot of

students were standing.
(A) dirty

(B) fast

(D) wrong

9. Don’t go away when you’re cooking, 　　　 the food might burn.

(A) but

(B) if

(D) so

10. Jerry wanted to know 　　　 he was kicked off the soccer team, but no one gave him a

good reason.
(A) where

(B) when

(D) why

11. Jenny is already forty, doesn’t have a job and often makes trouble for her parents. To them,

she is really a(n) 　　　 .
(A) daughter

(B) example

(D) headache

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12. Ed and Jill 　　　campingthisweekend,sotheyhavetofinishtheirhomeworkbyFriday.

(A) went

(B) were going

(D) have gone

13. Doraemon, a blue Japanese robot cat, has hated mice since his ears 　　　 by a mouse.

(A) bit

(B) bite

(D) have bitten

14. If we play some interesting games in class, there 　　　 more fun in learning English.

(A) are

(B) has

(D) will have

15. The

of this shop was so bad; I never got any answer after I emailed them my questions.

(A) item

(B) business

(D) service

16. It’s not easy to see those islands clearly from here on sunny days, and it’s even less 　　　

to see them on cloudy days.
(A)difficult

(B)lucky

(C)possible

(D)special

17. Do you remember the CD I was looking for for months? I 　　　 found it in a small shop.

Look, here it is!
(A)almost

(B)even

(C)finally

(D)still

18. Business at Jane’s shop has not been good these days. And the new supermarket across the

street only makes things 　　　 .
(A) easier

(B) worse

(D) more convenient

19. Scott wasn’t sure if the young woman before him was 　　　pulledhimoutofacaronfire.

(A) who

(B) the one

(D) the one who

20. I

swimming for several years before I went to this high school. I gave it up because of

heavy schoolwork.
(A) have practiced

(B) am practicing

(D) would practice

21. FrankKaneissogoodinthemoviethatmanypeople　　　 he will win the best actor prize.

(A) expect

(B) forget

(D) plan

22. The new medicine that just came out on the market 　　　 thousands of lives.

(A) and saved

(B) has saved

(D) to save

23. Now I often think of those days with Pip, my pet dog. When I read in my room, he 　　　

quietly beside me.
(A) will come and sit (B) comes and sits

第二部分：題組

(第24 - 43題，共20題)

(24-25)

24. AmywenttoFourSeasons’Kitchenwithhermotheraftershecollected15stars.They

ordered two Garden Sandwiches, an Autumn Wind, and a Winter Snow. After using the
stars, how much did they pay for their meals?
(A) $290.

(B) $230.

(D) $160.

25. AmywantstobringherfriendstoFourSeasons’KitcheninAugust.Shelooksather

calendar to pick a time to go there. Which are the time and date she
can choose?
(A) 8:30 pm, August 1.
(B) 5:00 pm, August 11.
(C) 3:00 pm, August 13.
(D) 2:00 pm, August 28.

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calendar 月曆

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(26-27)

26. According to the notes, which is the WRONG way to help a baby bird that is out of its nest?

(A)Feeditbeforeyoutakeittoahospital.
(B) Leave it alone if it is not hurt and has feathers.
(C)Calltheanimalcenterifyoucan’tfinditsnest.
(D) Put it back in its nest if it is not hurt and has few feathers.

27. According to the notes, what do birds do if their babies have the smell of people on them?

(A) They keep taking care of them.
(B) They push them out of the nest.
(C) They clean them until the smell goes away.
(D) They leave them behind and move to a new nest.

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nest 鳥巢　feather 羽毛

(28-29)

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stage 階段　waste 浪費　percentage 百分比

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28. According to the reading, which is one of the reasons for food waste?

(A) Stores do not know how to pack food well.
(B)Farmersdonothaveenoughmachinestocollectfood.
(C) There is no refrigerator on the truck to keep food fresh.
(D)Factoriesdonothaveenoughtruckstocarryfoodtostores.

29. Which is true about food waste at each stage in the three parts of the world?

(A)Foreacharea,thehighestpercentageoffoodwastehappensatStage5.
(B) Europe has a lower percentage of food waste at Stage 3 than the other two areas.
(C) North America & Oceania has a higher percentage of food waste at Stage 1 than
Europe.
(D) South & Southeast Asia has a higher percentage of food waste at Stage 4 than the

other two areas.

(30-32)

30. What is the trick that the mosquito uses in rain?

(A)Itshakesitsbodyfastenoughtogetwateroff.
(B)Itdropswiththeraindropandthenrollsoffit.
(C)Itfliesbehindtheraindropandpushesitaway.
(D) It rides on the raindrop and lands on the ground.

31. What keeps a mosquito safe in the rain?

(A) It is very light.
(B) It has no body hairs.
(C) It is as big as a raindrop.
(D)Itisstrongenoughtofighttheforceofaraindrop.

32. When would it be dangerous for a mosquito in the rain?

(A)Whenitfliestooclosetotheground.
(B) When the rain falls too hard and too fast.
(C) When it is hit by raindrops too many times.
(D) When it drops for more than 6 cm in the rain.

Sometimes when the rain falls hard and fast on you, it might hurt a little.
But what happens when it hits a mosquito? A 2012 study says when a
raindrop falls on a mosquito, it’s like when a bus hits a person. Besides,
the little insect is hit by a raindrop about once every 20 seconds.
So why don’t we see many dead mosquitoes after it rains?

A mosquito is as big as a raindrop, but it is much lighter — 0.002 g only. This saves its life
in raindrop attacks. Because the mosquito is so light, when it is hit by a raindrop, it won’t
experience a force that is strong enough to kill it.

The study also found that when a mosquito is hit by a raindrop, the insect is pushed by
the raindrop and falls together with it. But the mosquito doesn’t get wet easily because it
iscoveredwithhairswhichkeepoffwater.Afterdroppingabout6 cm,itwillrolloffthe
raindropandflyaway.

However, this trickisn’talwayssuccessful.Ifthemosquitofliestoolowwhenitishitbythe
raindrop,itwon’thavetimetoflyoff.Thenitwillhitthegroundandmeetitsdeath.

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force 力量

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(33-35)

33. What do the three stories in the reading all talk about?

(A) Who Beethoven’s true love was.
(B)Whoplayed“ForElise”thebest.
(C)How“ForElise”becamepopular.
(D)WhyBeethovenwrote“ForElise.”

34. Whatdoweknowabout“ForElise”fromthereading?

(A)ItfirstappearedintheoperaFidelio.
(B)Thetrue“Elise”wasEliseBarensfeld.
(C) The manuscript was found after Beethoven died.
(D) The manuscript is now kept by the city of Vienna.

35. What can we learn about the three women from the stories?

(A)Theywerecalled“Elise”bytheirfriends.
(B) Elisabeth Röckel was a close friend of Beethoven’s.
(C)ThereseMalfattichanged“ForElise”to“ForTherese.”
(D) Elise Barensfeld was Beethoven’s student.

YouprobablyhaveheardBeethoven’sfamouspianopiece“ForElise,”
butdoyouknowwho“Elise”was?

One story is that Elise was Elisabeth Röckel. She once sang in
Beethoven’s opera Fidelio, and the two became very good friends.
Beethovencalledher“Elise.”WhenRöckelwasleavingthecityof
Vienna,Beethovenwrote“ForElise”tosaygoodbyetoher.Another
story is that Elise was Therese Malfatti. Beethoven was in love with
her.Hewroteapieceforherandput“ForTherese”onthemanuscript.Malfattikeptthe
manuscript and left it to her family when she died. Later, a man copied the manuscript
andwrote“ForElise”bymistake.ThereisanotherpossibleElise:EliseBarensfeld.She
learned the piano from Malfatti, the same Malfatti in the second story. To help Malfatti,
Beethoven wrote the piece for her to use to teach Barensfeld.

These are just some guesses about who Elise was. We may never know the right answer.
No one knew about the piece until 1867, when the manuscript was found. This was 40 years
after Beethoven’s death, so he wasn’t around to tell us who Elise was. Only one thing is for
sure:“ForElise”willalwaysbeenjoyed.

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opera 歌劇　manuscript 手稿

(36-38)

36. What idea does Jesse Cohen talk about in the reading?

(A) Not all kinds of toys are helpful for children’s learning.
(B) Parents should give their children the right toys for their age.
(C) Children should learn about their gender from playing with toys.
(D) We should not let gender decide which toys children can play with.

Which would you give a boy for his birthday, a toy truck or a doll? If you choose the
truck, well, you’re not alone. Most people think that some toys are for boys and some
are for girls. We might pick building toys for boys and kitchen toys for girls. But why
do we do this? Are boys and girls really born with different interests in toys?

No, they are not. Children start to show different interests in toys at age three, but
only because at this time, they begin to learn about gender and to follow what others
of their gender do. If you give a girl kitchen toys, she will think they are girls’ toys
because she sees other girls playing with them. But if you give a girl a toy car and
show her a group of girls who are playing with cars, she’ll play with the toy car and
think it is a girls’ toy. This “watch and follow” habit often becomes a rule for both
boys and girls in choosing the “right” toys.

However, this rule can be bad for children. Different toys teach children different
things. Dolls help with their early language use, and building toys are good for
learning math and science. By playing with different toys, children can find out what
they are interested in or what they are good at. If they only play one kind of toy, they
may lose this important chance. They may also get a wrong idea about what boys
or girls are able to do. Some doctors worry that children may use the same kind of
thinking when they look for jobs in the future. If they do, they may miss something
more important than just getting a chance to play with different toys. They may miss
many, perhaps better, chances in life.

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gender 性別

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37. Inthethirdparagraph,whydoesJesseCohenthink“thisrulecanbebadforchildren”?

(A) Children may not want to share their toys with others.
(B) Children may have the wrong idea about following rules.
(C) Children may not be able to learn from playing with toys.
(D)Childrenmaymissthechancetofindoutwhattheyreallylike.

38. In the reading, after Jesse Cohen talks about an idea, he often gives an example to make it clear.

Below are four of the sentences in the third paragraph. Which is used as an example?
(A)“However,thisrulecanbebadforchildren.”
(B) “Dolls help with their early language use, and building toys are good for learning math and

science.”

jobsinthefuture.”

(D) “If they do, they may miss something more important than just getting a chance to play

withdifferenttoys.”

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paragraph 段落

(39-41)

39. What is the reading mostly about?

(A) Marie Colvin’s war reports.
(B) Marie Colvin’s working life.
(C) Marie Colvin’s schooldays at Yale.
(D) Marie Colvin’s experiences in Homs.

40. What does it mean when someone has empathy?

(A) They are good at taking war photos.
(B) They like to read other people’s life stories.
(C) They are able to understand how other people feel.
(D) They are good at helping people change their own lives.

41. Which is true about Marie Colvin?

(A) The chance to study at Yale made her leave her job in the Middle East.
(B) The experience in Sri Lanka did not change her way of reporting news.
(C) She was killed in Homs when she was interviewing soldiers there for her report.
(D) She was not sure what to do in the future until she worked for the Sunday Times.

Marie Colvin was a world-famous war reporter. She was born in New York, USA,

in 1956 and died in Homs, Syria, in 2012.
　　

When she was a student at Yale University, Colvin decided that she wanted to be a

reporter in the future. She joined the Sunday Times,aUKnewspaper,in1985andsoon
became its Middle East reporter. Besides the Middle East, she also reported from other
partsoftheworld:Chechnya,KosovoandSriLanka,forexample.Whenshewasreporting
on the war in Sri Lanka, she lost her left eye. But that never stopped her. She still went to
dangerous places that few reporters wanted to visit and stayed when others left.
　　

Colvin showed great empathyinherstories.Forher,warreportingwasnotjustsome

quick interviews and a few photos. She wrote about real people and their real lives. Her
writing made you feel so strongly about these people’s stories, just like they were your own.
She hoped that through her work the world would understand what really happened in war,
andwouldtakeactiontostopthefighting.
　　

OnFebruary22,2012,thedayaftershegaveherreportonthewarinHoms,Colvin

was killed when the house she was staying in was attacked. She always knew what price a
war reporter might have to pay. She already lost an eye before. This time, she gave her life
to the work she could not give up — telling the true stories to the world.

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war 戰爭

試題結束

(42-43)

42. (A) what things are called

(B) how sports are played
(C)whydifferentlanguagesarespoken
(D)whatwordsareoftenspelleddifferently

43. (A) how old they are

(B) who they speak to
(C) where they grew up
(D) whether they are men or women

Speaking American is a great book!
Lucia Leisure ★★★★★
I just love Josh Katz’s new book! It’s about   42    in different parts of the US.
The information in the book was collected from the quiz that Katz built on the
website in 2013.  The quiz asked what words people use for something, and their
answers showed interesting facts.  For example, there are different names for
sports shoes. In most parts of the US, people say “tennis shoes.” In the northeast
of the country, people wear “sneakers.”  In some towns, “tennis shoes” and
“sneakers” become “gym shoes.”

The use of words tells us where people are from, like Katz’s book says.  But in
my experience, it also shows   43   .  My family has lived in New York since my
grandparents.  It’s not surprising that I say “sneakers.”  But my grandfather says
“plimsolls,” and my daughter says “kicks” or “vans.”  Maybe Katz can study this
difference for his next book.

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