国立台湾师范大学附属高级中学九十五学年度高三第二学

國立台灣師範大學附屬高級中學九十五學年度高三第二學期英文期末考題目卷

I. 字彙與片語（20%）

1. Tracy is so ______ with the fear of getting old that she uses all kinds of cosmetics to prevent aging. (A) beloved (B) charmed (C) obsessed (D) endeared 2. It’s hard to ______ John from his twin brother because they look so much alike. (A) pitch (B) slide (C) insult (D) distinguish 3. A(n) ______ person tends to make bitter or ironic remarks to hurt others’ feelings. (A) sarcastic (B) delicate (C) tender (D) tolerant

4. The abundant breakfast ______ me for the entire morning. I felt energetic and worked efficiently. (A) sustained (B) wove (C) besieged (D) provoked 5. The old man lived in ______ after his wife died. There was nobody to keep him company.

(A) disguise (B) strain (C) accessory (D) solitude 6. Tony was a(n) ______ golf player until the age of 25, when he turned professional. (A) amateur (B) mutual (C) neutral (D) stiff 7. Some students were so fed up with the ______ speech that they fell asleep. (A) divine (B) capable (C) tedious (D) solitary 8. He took the ______ to donate blood. Soon after, many people followed his example. (A) motivation (B) interruption (C) consultant (D) initiative

9. Thanks to the strict enforcement of traffic regulations, there has been a ______ in the rate of deaths from traffic accidents.

(A) decline (B) crack (C) disgrace (D) denial

10. Come what may, you should not ______ the dream you have. Just stick to it until you succeed. (A) lose sight of (B) have a soft spot for (C) hold on to (D) stand up to

11. According to the newspaper, the negotiations are smoothly. An agreement is expected.

(A) migrating (B) drifting (C) evolving (D) proceeding

12. The company production at the Osaka plant last year, so all the employees there were dismissed. (A) ceased (B) altered (C) guaranteed (D) preserved

13. The newly-wed couple fought a lot. Money was the biggest cause of in their marriage. (A) creed (B) discord (C) capital (D) symmetry

14. After working hard for two years, he received the certificate of the college for in chemistry. (A) glimpse (B) obligation (C) segregation (D) proficiency 15. The slaves used to work every day, from to dusk. (A) blaze (B) scent (C) dawn (D) beacon 16. In her hurry she and spilled the milk all over the floor. (A) sketched (B) stumbled (C) swelled (D) sweltered 17. If plants , they become drier and smaller and start to die. (A) wither (B) quiver (C) stagger (D) flicker

18. The movie fans are excited about the ―Pirates of the Caribbean: A World’s End.‖ (A) crooked (B) articulate (C) solemn (D) upcoming 19. As the sea got rougher, the sway of the boat made the passengers . (A) stark (B) desolate (C) queasy (D) illiterate 20. A hurricane suddenly struck last week and whole village was . (A) in full song (B) rooted in (C) wiped out (D) beyond its grasp

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II. 克漏字（30%）

I come from a little town in southern Taiwan. My hometown used to be a beautiful place, 21 in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards. Creeks that could be found everywhere 22 clear and cold out of hills. But a few years ago, some factories were set up and since then, pollution problems have 23 . The dirty air and contaminated water cause 24 people to suffer respiratory diseases. Local people are trying to preserve it as a tourist area, but it’s hard to fight 25 progress. 21. (A) lay (B) lying (C) laid (D) lain 22. (A) flew (B) flowed (C) flown (D) flying 23. (A) arise (B) arouse (C) aroused (D) arisen 24. (A) a little (B) a great many of (C) a good deal of (D) a large number of 25. (A) industrious (B) historical (C) economic (D) residential

Helen Keller is a well-known figure in the United States. Teachers like to use Keller’s example to 26__ how people can overcome tremendous difficulties. Most teachers 27 this story of Keller as an inspirational hero, but there is more to her story. She knew that poor people were exposed to the risks of industrial accidents and bad medical care, 28 they were more likely to be handicapped, like her. She became a racial socialist. During her life Keller was more passionate about politics than anything else. Keller’s political views made her unpopular with some powerful people. She was too famous to ignore and was 29 . These days, Keller is widely celebrated for struggling to learn to express herself. Few teachers are able to offer their students 30__ the real Helen Keller. 26. (A) illustrate (B) liberate (C) implement (D) guarantee 27. (A) end up (B) fall heir to (C) stick to (D) plot out 28. (A) in order that (B) as a result (C) currently (D) and that 29. (A) harshly criticized (B) highly recommended (C) previously notified (D) roughly sketched 30. (A) a glimpse of (B) a monument to (C) a protest against (D) a favor of

The year 2020 will be an Information Age in which computer is closely related to a person’s daily life. For example, in Lesson 9, Wendy Hall got used 31 everything done by computer on a typical day. Her e-meals were especially designed 32 her tastes and dietary requirements as well as the results of her e-clinic medical check-ups. Instead of leaving home to work, she 33 a day in her e-office. She did such things as having a virtual meeting with the president of a travel agency, choosing her mother’s 59th birthday a(n) 34 present from the E-Gift Internet site, or having an e-date with Fabio with the aid of her e-wardrobe to know what she should wear for the evening date, e-astrologer to know which clothes would bring her most success, and the e-scent monitor that enabled her to smell her date’s aftershave. All this attests to the fact that Wendy’s efficient, convenient and colorful life is wholly attributed to the tremendous functions of computer. That’s the kind of life we are all looking forward to and it is 35 happen in the foreseeable future. 31. (A) to have (B) having (C) to having (D) had 32. (A) rather than (B) according to (C) in spite of (D) opposed to 33. (A) depended on (B) got through (C) let out (D) linked up with 34. (A) deficient (B) appropriate (C) unkempt (D) current 35. (A) tend to (B) willing to (C) bound to (D) devoted to

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The following passage is from Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail.

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. For years now I have heard the word ―Wait!‖ It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing 36 . This ―Wait‖ has almost always meant ―Never.‖ We must come to see that ―justice too long delayed is justice 37 .‖ We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and god-given rights. But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers 38 ; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you take a cross-country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile 39 no motel will accept you; when you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs 40 ―white‖ and ―colored‖; when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of ―nobodiness‖ – then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait.

36. (A) priority (B) capacity (C) familiarity (D) fertility 37. (A) denied (B) conformed (C) granted (D) accelerated 38. (A) on demand (B) in vain (C) with caution (D) at will 39. (A) until (B) because (C) unless (D) where 40. (A) going (B) running (C) writing (D) reading

In my childhood, I usually considered my father to be smarter than anyone else--he was capable of telling stories, making huge cakes of ice without any air bubbles, fixing any electrical appliance, and 41 all of my questions. But when it comes to reading or writing, I found his ignorance too much for me to 42 . Unable to read or write, he remained 43 all his life time. Disappointed with his inability to read anything, I, as a proud and proficient reader, often felt so embarrassed 44 I never invited my friends into the house during the after dinner hour 45 my mother read newspapers to him. 41. (A) answered (B) to answer (C) answering (D) answer 42. (A) twist (B) bear (C) stagger (D) swell 43. (A) illiterate (B) dumb (C) sheepish (D) sour 44. (A) and (B) which (C) so (D) that 45. (A) which (B) when (C) what (D) that

The Nasca Lines were carved into the desert near the Andes Mountains in Peru. 46 more than 500 square kilometers, it has been called the biggest drawing ever 47 . Overlying the drawings of birds, animals, insects and flowers 48 a complex network of intersecting lines, some of 49 are hundreds of miles long and 50 across the desert plains and up into the mountains. Why ancient Nascan people created these drawings remains a mystery. 46. (A) Covering (B) To cover (C) Covered (D) Cover 47. (A) created (B) creating (C) to create (D) being created 48. (A) makes (B) is (C) to be (D) being 49. (A) them (B) what (C) that (D) which 50. (A) extending

(B) extended

(C) extend

(D) to extend

III. 文意選填 （10%）

Academia Sinica researcher Liu Shao-chen yesterday 51 the government to pay attention to the trend of global warming by reducing greenhouse gas 52 . Liu said that studies showed that Taiwan 53 fourth in the world in per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the past ten years behind United States, Australia, and Canada.

Liu 54 a United Nations report which said that the world’s average temperature will rise by 1.1 to 6.4

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degrees Celsius 55 the end of the 21st century, higher than the 0.6 degrees rise in the twentieth century.

Research has shown that man-made greenhouse gases 56 90 percent of the factors behind the worldwide rise in temperature, Liu said. Taiwan’s temperature over the past hundred years has risen twice the __57 of the worldwide average, Liu said.

Due to the drop in relative humidity, fog in big cities such as Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung has seen a __58 decrease. Liu said that Taiwan has also seen a 59 amount of light drizzle and a thirty percent increase in heavy rain since 1970.

United Nations has predicted that temperatures around the world will rise in the 21st century 60 the sea level, which will bring an increase in the number and strength of thunderstorms and typhoons to Taiwan. (A) decreasing (B) by (AB) called on (AC) rate

IV. 篇章結構（10%）

I’m not just a consumer----I’m a victim. If I order a product, it is sure to arrive in the wrong color, size, or quantity. If I hire people to do repairs, they never arrive on the day scheduled. If I owe a bill, the computer is bound to overcharge me. 61

The first step is getting organized. I save all sales slips and original boxes. Also, I keep a special file for warranty card and appliance guarantees. 62 I know the date of the purchase, the correct price, where the item was bought, and an exact description of the product, including model and serial numbers. When I compose my letter of complaint, I find it is not necessary to exaggerate. I just stick to the facts.

The next step is to send the complaint to the person who will get results quickly. 63 I call the company to find out the president’s name and make sure I note the proper spelling. Then I write directly to that person, and I usually get prompt action. 64

If I get no response to a written complaint within ten days, I follow through with a personal telephone call. When I had a new bath-tub installed a few years ago, the plumber left a gritty black substance on the bottom of the tub. No amount of scrubbing could remove it. 65 Finally, I made a personal phone call to the president of the firm. Within days a well-dressed executive showed up at my door. In a business suit, white shirt, striped tie, and rubber gloves, he cleaned the tub.

Therefore, my advice to consumers is to keep accurate records, and when you have to complain, go right to the top. It has always worked for me.

(A) The plumber shrugged off my complaints and the manufacturer never answered my letter. (B) My experience has shown that the president of a company is the best person to contact.

(C) Therefore, in self-defense, I have developed the following consumer’s guide to complaining effectively. (D) These facts give me the ammunition I need to make a complaint.

(E) For example, the head of AMF arranged to replace my son’s ten-speed ―lemon‖ when it fell apart piece by piece in less than a year.

V. 閱讀測驗（30%）

The Aral Sea is located on the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, two former Soviet republics in Central Asia. It was once the fourth largest lake on earth. Today, it is an environmental disaster area. Beginning in the 1950s, water was diverted from the two rivers that fed the Aral Sea and used for growing cotton in the desert. By the early 1980s, the Aral Sea was receiving no water at all. As the Aral shrank, its waters became too salty for many fish. A commercial fishing industry that had employed sixty thousand people was

(C) account for (AD) cited (D) emissions (E) sharp (BC) along with (AE) ranks 4

completely dead by the 1980s. As the lake dried up, so did the land nearby. Oases near the lake became patches of withered vegetation.

The lake shrank so much that normal weather patterns in the area were disturbed. To adapt to the new climate, some farmers switched from cotton to rice and began using even more water. The Aral shrank even faster. Heavy pesticide use further contaminated the lake, and safe drinking water became scarce. Land exposed by the shrinking lake is dusty, salty, and contaminated with agricultural chemicals. Strong winds pick up the dust and pollute the air. Throat cancer and other grim illnesses are common in the region. And when the salty dust settles back on the land, it is bad for crops. Even more water must be used to clean the salt from the land. People living near the lake face a stark reality. The lake that once provided them a good living now makes them sick. Even if substantial funds are spent to repair the damage, the lake will not recover anytime soon. In fact, it may never heal.

66. Where is the Aral Sea located? (A) In a Soviet republic. (B) In one of the biggest lakes in the world. (C) In between two Asian countries. (D) In the Aral, China.

67. What happened when the lake shrank? (A) People started growing cotton. (B) The rivers that fed the lake diverged. (C) Local fishermen had to become rich farmers. (D) The water became saltier.

68. This passage is most likely to be found in __________. (A) a cookbook (B) a nature magazine (C) a book of poetry

(D) a biography

For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies and other creatures learn to do things because certain acts lead to ―rewards,‖ and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. It used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological ―drives‖ as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.

It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results with no reward except the successful outcome.

Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to ―reward‖ the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children’s responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement ―switched on‖ a display of lights—and indeed that they were capable of learning quite complex turns to bring about this result, for instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.

Papousek’s light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would ―smile and bubble‖ when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them, but the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.

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69. According to the Papousek’s obervations, babies learn to do things which _______. (A) are directly related to pleasure (B) will meet their physical needs

(C) will bring them a feeling of success (D) will satisfy their curiosity

70. Papousek noticed in his studies that a baby _______. (A) would make learned responses when it saw the milk

(B) would not carry out learned movement when it had enough to drink (C) would continue the simple movements without being given milk (D) would turn its head to right or left when it had enough to drink

71. In Papousek’s experiment, babies make learned movements of the head in order to ______. (A) have the lights turned on (B) be rewarded with milk (C) please their parents

(D)be praised

72. According to Papousek, the pleasure babies get in achieving something is a reflection of _______. (A) a basic human desire to understand and control the world (B) the satisfaction of certain physiological needs (C) their strong desire to solve complex problems

(D) a fundamental human urge to display their learned skills

Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college, and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her non-technical readers.

In 1962 Carson published Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, irresponsible use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food. At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry fomented personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee. 73. The passage mainly discusses Rachel Carson’s work _____. (A) as a researcher (B) at college (C) at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (D) as a writer

74. Which of the following expressions is LEAST accurate in describing the Sea Around Us? (A) Highly technical (B) Poetic

(C) Fascinating (D) Well researched

75. According to the passage, Silent Spring is primarily _____. (A) an attack on the use of chemical preservatives in food

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(B) a discussion of the hazards insects pose to the food supply (C) a warning about the dangers of misusing insecticides

(D) an illustration of the benefits of the chemical industry

76. Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee? (A) To provide an example of government propaganda. (B) To support Carson’s ideas.

(C) To indicate a growing government concern with the environment. (D) To validate the chemical industry’s claims.

On December 1,1955, Rosa Parks boarded a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. As a black woman living in a racially segregated society, she was expected to sit in the back of the bus. If a white passenger asked for her seat, she was expected to give it up. But on that day, when a white man wanted her seat, Parks refused to move. The police were called and Parks was arrested.

Black leaders called for a one-day boycott of Montgomery buses. On December 5, 1955, 90 percent of the black community stayed off the buses. That same evening, the Montgomery Improvement Association was established to extend the boycott and to organize demonstrations. A young pastor, Martin Luther King, Jr., was elected as the association’s president.

The boycott met with strong opposition from whites who wanted to maintain their privileged position within the oppressive system. Blacks waiting for rides were arrested for hitchhiking. Black taxi drivers were penalized for offering low fares to black riders. On January 30, a bomb was thrown onto the porch of King’s home.

Despite the opposition, the boycott did not break. United under King’s leadership, the black community stood up for itself. The boycott lasted for 381 days. On November 13, 1956, the United States Supreme Court declared segregation on buses to be unconstitutional. Blacks were now free to sit wherever they chose. As king said later, ―We came to see that, in the long run, it is more honorable to walk in dignity than ride in humiliation.‖ 77. What is the meaning of ―boycott‖?

(A) To keep one group of people away from another because of their race. (B) To refuse to support or do something as a way of expressing disapproval. (C) To get a free ride in someone else’s vehicle. (D) To punish somebody for breaking a rule. 78. Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

(A) She started a boycott of the local buses.

(B) She demanded that a white man give up his seat for her. (C) She boarded a segregated bus.

(D) She wouldn’t give up her seat on the bus for a white man.

79. According to the passage, why were some people against the bus boycott? (A) Montgomery buses were losing too much money. (B) Black taxi drivers were making too much money. (C) Many whites wanted segregation to continue. (D) It encouraged hitchhiking, which was illegal. 80. Why didn’t the boycott break despite the opposition? (A) Black people stood up for what they believed in.

(B) It was supported by the United States Supreme Court. (C) It was more honorable to take taxis.

(D) Ninety percent of blacks walked in dignity.

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KEY

I. 字彙與片語

1-10 CDAAD ACDAA 11-20 DABDC BADCC

II. 克漏字

21-30 BBDDC ACDAA 31-40 CBBBC CADBD 41-50

CBADB AABDC III. 文意選填 51-55 AB / D / AE / AD / B 56-60 C / AC / E / A / BC

IV. 篇章結構

61-65

CDBEA

V. 閱讀測驗 66-70 CDBCC 71-75 AADAC 76-80 BBDCA

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