94 英文
94 英文
94 英文
科目:英 文 (共二頁,第一頁)
I. Vocabulary:Questions 1~16. Choose the BEST ANSWER to complete the sentence or to keep the meaning of the underlined word/phrase.
B 1. ____ caused a great deal of damage and killed numerous people in Southeast Asia on Dec. 26, 2004.
A Avalanches B Tsunamis C Tornadoes D Landslides
D 2. George: What is your New Year’s ____? Mary: I decided to give up smoking.
A reparation B regulation C revolution D resolution
A 3. Are you going to meet them at the basketball ____ after school?
A court B course C square D rink
C 4. Jack jotted it down.
A put it down B turned it down C wrote it down D knocked it down
A 5. My parents bought a big ____ and put it in the bathroom, so when we feel tired at night, we can enjoy a comfortable bath in the tub and relax our
bodies by water massage.
A jacuzzi B treadmill C gondola D water tank
B 6. Many people started decorating their houses with lots of beautiful ____ a month before Christmas.
A daffodils B poinsettias C lavenders D chrysanthemums
D 7. The jewel of Taiwan’s national park system, ____ is a marble canyon featuring a rushing whitewater river, towering cliffs, hiking trails and even
the odd hot spring.
A Kuantu Nature Park B Yangmingshan National Park C Kenting National Park D Taroko Gorge
B 8. Deserts are arid land areas where more water is lost through evaporation than is gained through ____.
A predestination B precipitation C prescription D prevention
C 9. The world-famous magician David Copperfield likes to suddenly vanish into the dark when he performs on the stage.
A go B show up C disappear D jump
A 10. My two brothers seldom talk to each other because they are not congenial.
A compatible B civilized C considerate D benevolent
D 11. A policeman camouflaged himself as a bandit, so he could successfully rescue the kidnapped boy from a chaotic gunfight.
A deployed B determined C depicted D disguised
C 12. Taiwan and mainland China reached a landmark agreement to allow non-stop ____flights for next month’s Chinese New Year holidays.
A charity B checker C charter D chariot
D 13. A year ago, there was a terrible fire in my office. Since then, I’ve had the habit of ____important official documents just in case.
A generating B promenading C aggravating D duplicating
C 14. The driver ____his horn at me impatiently to get out of the way.
A whistled B opened C honked D drew
B 15. Mark hit the jackpot last night. He decided to tell nobody.
A found a jack-in-the-box B won the lottery C collided with a jeep D made a music box
A 16. If American people don’t have money to travel, they would like to hitch-hike from one state to another.
A have free rides in other people’s cars B ride a special motorcycle C go roller-blading D go on backpacking
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科目:英 文 (共二頁,第二頁)
C 25. The currency of the European Union, the euro, has risen in value by 35 percent ____ the dollar in the last three years.
A with B on C against D by
A 26. The onion is characterized by an edible bulb composed of leaves rich in sugar and a pungent oil, ____ the vegetable’s strong taste.
A the source of B of the source is C that the source is D which the source of
B 27. ____ initial recognition while still quite young.
A Most famous scientists who achieved B Most famous scientists achieved
C That most famous scientists achieved D For most famous scientists to achieve
D 28. Salt is manufactured in quantities that exceed those of most, ____, other commercial chemicals.
A of all not B not if all are C are not all D if not all
III. Reading Comprehension:Questions 29~40. Read the two passages and then choose the BEST ANSWER to each question.
I. Questions 29~34
Several hundred million years ago, plants similar to modern ferns covered vast stretches of the land. Some were as large as trees, with giant fronds
bunched at the top of trunks as straight as pillars. Others were the size of bushes and formed thickets of undergrowth. Still others lived in the shade of
giant club mosses and horsetails along the edges of swampy lagoons where giant amphibians swam.
A great number of these plants were true ferns, reproducing themselves without fruits or seeds. Others had only the appearance of ferns. Their
leaves had organs of sexual reproduction and produced seeds. Although their “flowers” did not have corollas, these false ferns (today completely
extinct) ushered in the era of flowering plants. Traces of these flora of the earliest times have been preserved in the form of fossils. Such traces are
most commonly found in shale and sandstone rocks wedged between coal beds.
Today only tropical forests bear living proof of the ancient greatness of ferns. The species that grow there are no longer those of the Carboniferous
period, but their variety and vast numbers, and the great size of some, remind us of the time when ferns ruled the plant kingdom.
According to some scientists, migratory birds should be able to withstand the winter. A bird’s feathery coat is good insulation against the cold.
Because a bird is warm-blooded, its body temperature always remains constant, even if the temperature of its surroundings changes.
The factors that trigger migratory behavior in birds are difficult to explain. This behavior seems to be instinctive, not learned. For example, many
northern species leave their summer homes while the weather is still warm and the food supply plentiful. Young arctic terns born at the arctic breeding
grounds will take off with the flock for distant lands they have never seen.
Bird migrations are probably regulated by the glandular system. Scientists suspect that the changing length of the day is the factor that triggers
migratory behavior. In an experiment, migratory birds were kept in artificially lighted rooms. It was found that if periods of darkness were lengthened
proportionately, the glands of the birds became active. These glands secrete hormones, which are chemicals that control numerous body functions.
Shorter periods of daylight seem to change the hormone balance of birds, so that they retain more fat. This stored fat is the fuel that provides the energy
for a long flight. The same experiment revealed that the birds became more excited as the artificial night was lengthened. It is probably no coincidence
that most flocks begin their migratory flights during the night.
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