2009-01-04 22:08:06★奇靈

題目

第壹部分:單一選擇題
I、詞彙

1. Amy did not _____ changes in the course schedule and therefore missed the class.

 艾咪沒注意課表的更動,因而錯過了這堂課。

(A) arrest (B) alarm (C) notice (D) delay

                 C注意

2. It is not easy for old people to _____ their backs, so they need help when their backs itch.

 老人家要抓背並不容易,所以當他們背癢的時候就需要幫助。

(A) label (B) scratch (C) lighten (D) squeeze

        b 抓

3. Mary is suffering from a stomachache and needs to eat food which is easy to _____.

瑪莉飽受胃痛之苦,必須吃容易消化的食物。

(A) launch (B) invade (C) adopt (D) digest

                        消化。

4. Since our classroom is not air-conditioned, we have to _____ the heat during the hot summer days.

因為我們的教室沒有空調,炎炎夏日中我們就必須忍受酷熱。

(A) consume (B) tolerate (C) recover (D) promote

           容忍

5. Sue is so _____ that she always breaks something when she is shopping at a store.

蘇非常笨拙,以致於在商店購物時老是打破東西。

(A) religious (B) visual (C) clumsy (D) intimate

                    c笨拙的

6. Ann enjoyed going to the flower market. She believed that the _____ of flowers refreshed her mind.

安喜歡逛花市,她相信花的芳香可以洗滌心靈。

(A) instance (B) dominance (C) appliance (D) fragrance

                                  芳香

7. The profits of Prince Charles’s organic farm go to _____ to help the poor and the sick.

查理斯王子有機農場將盈餘捐給慈善機構,幫助貧病的人。

(A) charities (B) bulletins (C) harvests (D) rebels

a 慈善機構

8. Jack was given the rare _____ of using the president’s office, which made others quite jealous.

傑克擁有使用總理辦公室的稀有特權,這令其他人相當嫉妒。

(A) mischief (B) privilege (C) involvement (D) occupation

          特權

9. This new computer is obviously _____ to the old one because it has many new functions.

這臺電腦顯然比舊的電腦好,因為它有許多新的功能。

(A) technical (B) suitable (C) superior (D) typical

                     較優的

10. Simon loves his work. To him, work always comes first, and family and friends are _____.

賽門熱愛他的工作,對他而言,工作總是擺在第一位,而家人和朋友擺第二。

(A) secondary (B) temporary (C) sociable (D) capable

第二的

11. Although your plans look good, you have to be _____ and consider what you can actually do.

雖然你的計畫看起來很好,但你必須實際一點,想清楚你真正可以做些什麼。

(A) dramatic (B) realistic (C) stressful (D) manageable

           實際的

12. Built under the sea in 1994, the _____ between England and France connects the UK more closely with mainland Europe.

英法之間的隧道在1994 年建造於海底,它將英國和歐洲大陸更緊密地連結在一起 

 (A) waterfall (B) temple (C) tunnel (D) channel

                     c  隧道

13. This tour package is very appealing, and that one looks _____ attractive. I don’t know which one to choose.

這個旅遊套裝行程非吸引人,那一個看起來也同樣地有吸引力。我不知道該選哪一個 

(A) equally (B) annually (C) merely (D) gratefully

  a     相同地

14. Hseu Fang-yi, a young Taiwanese dancer, recently _____ at Lincoln Center in New York and won a great deal of praise.

許芳宜,一位年輕的臺灣舞者,她最近在紐約林肯中心表演,贏得許多讚賞。

(A) performed (B) pretended (C) postponed (D) persuaded

a 表演

15. The police searched the house of the suspect _____. They almost turned the whole house upside down.

.警方徹底搜索這個嫌疑犯的房子,他們幾乎把整棟房子翻了過來。

(A)  relatively (B) thoroughly (C) casually (D) permanently


II、綜合測驗
⒗~⒛題為題組
【中譯】
綠茶有什麼特別之處呢?中國人和印度人使用綠茶
來治療舉凡頭痛到憂鬱之類的疾病,至少已經有四千年之
久。普渡大學的研究員近來已經研究出結論了,就是綠茶
中的一種化合物會減緩癌細胞生長的速度。綠茶也有助於
治療被感染和受損的免疫功能。綠茶的神祕力量在於它富
含一種強效的抗氧化劑。
綠茶和紅茶來自同一種植物,它們的差異之處在於加
工的過程。綠茶經過烘焙但並未發酵,較短的處理過程使
得它比紅茶多了一股淡淡的清香,也因此保留住茶葉中的
有益物質。那就是綠茶為何如此有益健康的原因。有關喝
綠茶產生的影響中,唯一的負面報導是它可能會引起過敏
反應,以及成分中含有咖啡因會造成失眠。