國立台灣師範大學附屬高級中學96學年度第一學期期末考 英文科試題
I. Listening: 20%
Part A (每題1分)
In part A, you will hear several questions or statements. Choose the best response or reply.
1.(A)I agree. Future generations will appreciate his work.
(B)What makes you say that he’s trying to cause trouble?
(C)Oh, I had no idea he was born during ancient times.
(D)Then you’d better return it to the library right away.
2. (A)To get some exercise.
(B)About three weeks.
(C)Africa’s east coast.
(D)By bus and train.
3.(A)I didn’t realize she was sick.
(B)But I thought she was a secretary.
(C)Does it make her more relaxed?
(D)What kind of medicine does she take?
4. (A)What makes you say that he is arrogant?
(B)I know. I can’t believe how skilled he is.
(C)What exactly do you find so humorous?
(D)I agree. He has almost no talent at all.
5.(A)Why did you decide to stop going to school?
(B)Are you sure that you will be able to make money that way?
(C)That should help you during your first year at university.
(D)Of course. I don’t think the teacher agrees with your idea.
Part B (每題1分)
In part B, you will hear several short conversations between a man and a woman, and then a question following each conversation. Choose the best answer to that question.
6.(A)That they will be able to see the museum very soon.
(B)That the museum will be open to the public shortly.
(C)That the museum will be holding an exhibit in their town.
(D)That they will have to purchase museum tickets quickly.
7.(A)That he refused to let her go without him.
(B)That he made fun of her for going to see the movie.
(C)That he only went to the movie because she forced him.
(D)That he went to the movie without telling her about it.
8.(A)That she doesn’t understand Thoreau’s writings.
(B)That she is very interested in Thoreau’s works.
(C)That Thoreau’s writing style is really funny.
(D)That Thoreau’s books are extremely boring.
9.(A)That she has stopped loving her husband.
(B)That she will not forgive her husband.
(C)That she only pretends she loves her husband.
(D)That she will love her husband forever.
10.(A)That it invents many new technologies used in high schools.
(B)That it prohibits the use of modern technology in the classroom.
(C)That it places special importance on modern technology.
(D)That it views modern technology as the source of many problems.
Part C (每題2分) P. 2
In part C, you will hear two passages and then some questions about them. Choose the best answers to those questions.
<Passage 1>
11.(A)That he crossed the North Pole.
(B)That he traveled by airplane.
(C)That he failed to complete it.
(D)That he traveled alone.
12.(A)The meaningful advice from his dad.
(B)The friendly smiles of his wife and children.
(C)His father’s complaintabout his choices in life.
(D)The time he spent studying in a foreign country.
<Passage 2>
13.(A)Reducing oil prices.
(B)Finding new sources of energy.
(C)Hiding possible oil fields.
(D)Planting their flags on the North Pole.
14.(A)To tell people that they own the land there.
(B)To let people know they were first there.
(C)To claim a piece of the ice there.
(D)To warn animals against walking around there.
15.(A)It has made winter more fun.
(B)It has made the North Pole bigger.
(C)It has melted some ice in the North Pole.
(D)It has caused colder weather at the North Pole.
II. Landmark vocabulary and phrases: 10%
16. _____ provides one with a chance to reflect on spiritual matters.
(A) Destination(B) Possession(C) Solitude(D) Recommendation
17. The terrible car accident left Ethan _____ and unable to move himself freely.
(A) artificial(B) paralyzed(C) vital (D) practical
18. The town’s modern buildings are very well _____ with the old ones.
(A) conquered(B) integrated(C) bounced(D) worshiped
19. The handles on each side of the box are purely _____. They are for decoration only.
(A) classical(B) remarkable(C) ornamental(D) environmental
20. It was so cold that all the cubs _____ together in the cave to keep themselves warm.
(A) huddled(B) secured(C) gripped(D) trapped
21. The old lady cried out in _____ when she learned that none of her family survived the earthquake.
(A) curiosity(B) desperation(C) obsession(D) conclusion
22. Cindy is her own worst critic because she always _____ herself severely.
(A) criticizes(B) competes(C) awards(D) recommends
23. Mike’s mother passed away when he was ten years old, which had a very _____ effect on him.
(A) embarrassed(B) pioneering(C) academic(D) profound
24. If you do not want to sacrifice your health, you have to ______doing exercise regularly.
(A) stand out(B) manage to(C) insist on(D) come across
25. In 1845, Thoreau moved to a place near the shore of Walden Pond and _____ modern life.
(A) caught a glimpse of(B) lived on(C) slipped into(D) withdrew from
III. Cloze: 25% P. 3
<A> Charlie Chaplin’s mother was a singer. Although she suffered from laryngitis in her late twenties, she still kept __26__ to help improve the family’s financial condition. Little by little, her voice went from bad to worse; in the middle of performances, it would crack and __27__ into a whisper. Then the audience would start laughing and booing. Actually, the theater where she worked was a place of terror. The audience there was mostly noisy and rough soldiers who needed no excuse to mock __28__ onstage.
Chaplin’s debut came when his mother took him to the theater one day. He was standing backstage as usualwhen his mother’s voice cracked again. The audience began to laugh and make fun of her, trying to make her leave the stage. Just then, the stage manager asked Chaplin to give it a try, leading him __29__ the hand __29__ the stage. As the orchestra played, Chaplin sang along. Much to his surprise, he, after singing for a while,saw a shower of money pouring onto the stage. Chaplin stopped and announced that he would pick up the money first and sing afterward. This caused much laughter. After Chaplin began to feel relaxed onstage, he even did an imitation of his mother's cracking voice. This was __30__ Chaplin began his performing career at the age of five.
26. (A) work(B) to work(C) working(D) and worked
27. (A) bump(B) fade(C) run(D) tuck
28. (A) people performed(B) those who performing(C) whoever performing(D) anyone who performed
29. (A) by…off(B) by…to(C) with…on(D) with...to
30. (A) how(B) where(C) what (D) when
<B> Amy Tan, an ABC, looked back upon her own life in “Fish Cheeks.” In this story, Amy slowly told her __31__ her Chinese identity in her youth, when she had negative feelings about Chinese culture and wanted to be just like American girls.
When she turned fourteen, Amy fell for a minister’s son Robert, who was white. Because she didn’t want Robert to know what Chinese culture was about, she cried when she learned that her parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner.
On Christmas Eve, her mother prepared __32__ regular American food __32__ tons of Chinese food for the Christmas Eve dinner. There were prawns, fish, tofu, mushrooms, squids, and other “strange” foods, which were compared by Amy to things either inedible or inappropriate. The reason why she was unhappy about the Chinese food her mom prepared was that she thought Robert would feel terribly disappointed as soon as he saw them and __33__ Chinese food was definitely not right for an American holiday. During the dinner, she __34__ deeper despair because of the “inappropriate” table manners of her family in front of the guests. She felt so embarrassed about the foolish act of her family that she wanted to disappear. At the end of the meal, Amy suffered even more because her father made a big burp, which was __35__ very impolite in western society. Amy was too shocked to speak for the rest of the night.
After everyone had left, her mother told her, “Your only shame is to have shame.” Amy didn’t fully understand her mother’s lesson until years later when she became an adult and grew wiser. She eventually realized that she couldn’t be someone who she wasn’t.
31. (A) crush on(B) struggle with(C) fascination for(D) breaking through
32. (A) neither…nor (B) both…and(C) not…but(D) not only…but also
33. (A) X (B) that (C) because(D) why
34. (A) got over(B) pulled off(C) fell into(D) went on
35. (A) thought of(B) regarded(C) viewed(D) considered
<C> According to the result of the “Show Taiwan to the World” online voting campaign, glove puppetry is seen as what can represent Taiwan the best. __36__ a traditional folk art, glove puppetry was widely popular in earlier times. As time goes by, it doesn’t stop interesting people. __37__, it attracts the attention of the younger generations __38__ constant evolution.
Several puppet masters __39__ with the exploding popularity of glove puppetry. Huang Chun-hsiung, for example, was one of them. He introduced new elements to puppet shows, such as dry ice fog, entrance music,
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pop music and so on. Besides, he also modernized puppet shows for television in the 1970s, and successfully popularized many puppetcharacters, one of __40__ is Shi Yan-wen. In fact, the series about Shi Yan-wen was so popular that it lasted for five hundred and eighty-three TV episodes.
35. (A) Dressing up as(B) Being(C) Finding inspiration in(D) Coming out on top of
- (A) On the contrary(B) For instance(C) Otherwise(D) To date
- (A) as(B) on(C) while(D) through
- (A) raised(B) rose (C) arose (D) aroused
- (A) that(B) them(C) which(D) what
<D> Falling in love with Romeo at first sight gave Juliet a new insight __ 41__ the real meaning of one’s name. To her, if a rose were called by __ 42__ name, it would smell as sweet. And this logic could be applied to the case of Romeo as well. __ 43__, Romeo would still be the same person that loved her and was loved by her whether his name was Romeo or not. When love __ 44__ hatred, Juliet found a solution to end the deadly feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. Yet, much to our lament, their love story __ 45__ a tragedy – not only because oftheir stubborn families, but also owing toblind fate.
41. (A) upon (B) into (C) from (D) within
42. (A) other (B) the other (C) another (D) else
43. (A) On average (B) That is (C) Word for word (D) In addition
44. (A) led to (B) pushed for (C) broke into (D) prevailed over
45. (A) opened the way to (B) took the trouble to perfect (C) dipped into(D) ended up as
<E> Dubrovnik is surrounded by high stone walls and medieval fortresses. It is a beautiful Croatian city praised __46 the “Jewel of the Adriatic.” When you arrive in Dubrovnik, the towering Pile Gate, __47__ drawbridge, welcomes you into the old town. __48__ down the marble roads, you take a deep breath of the refreshing seaside air. The city’s stonework and villas look just as they __49__ hundreds of years ago. As you turn around and walk through the narrow, winding alleys and stairs, __50__ like a trip back in time.
46. (A) with(B) for(C) to(D) as
47. (A) compared with(B) complete with(C) contrast to(D) mad about
48. (A) Walk(B) Sit(C) Strolling(D) Pulling
49. (A) would have(B) would be(C) had had(D) have had
50. (A) you felt(B) it feels(C) we are feeling(D) feeling
IV. Reading Comprehension: 7%
<A>People from different cultures have different values and beliefs. What happens when we cross cultures? Sometimes our values and beliefs will converge, and sometimes they will conflict with the culture we visit.
Not long ago a New York corporation sent a young employee to a Latin American country on a two-year assignment. Six weeks after his arrival, he wrote an emotional letter asking permission to come home. The natives, he said, were anti-American. Their food was odd. Their restaurants were unsanitary. Their business methods were inefficient. No one was ever on time. He added that he had acquired a rash that he feared might mark the beginning of some dire disease. His superior in New York, who remembered his own experience under similar circumstances years before, sent him a laconic telegram: "Stick it out and be promoted or come home and be fired." The young man stayed.
Symptoms are similar regardless of nationality. Not long ago in a mid-western college town an American family asked a Sudanese student to dinner. During the meal one of the children of the household kept dawdling over his own food. His father urged the kid to clean his plate, adding a well-meant but not-very-well-chosen remark.No doubt in the far-off Sudan many children would not feel annoyed by such a remark when having a meal.But the guest,infuriated by what he considered an insult to his country,flung down his napkin and stormed out of the house, leaving everyone bewildered and upset.
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Disagreements and conflicts may arise between two persons from different cultures when one or both have little knowledge of the other's background. Few of us know the extent to which culture gaps can have an impact on our life. But we know for sure that the better we are able to adjust to the differences, the greater the ability we will have in empathizing and communicating with those we come in contact with. Therefore, what a visitor needs to do is fight or grope or inch his way toward a new and flexible personality, a personality that retains its own cultural identity but recognizes the right of members of other cultures to retain theirs. Then the visitor will have the best of two worlds. --Adapted from Understanding Culture Shock--
- Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “laconic” in the second paragraph?
(A) fascinating(B) tender(C) short(D) slim
- Which of the following is TRUE?
(A) The young employee wrote back two years after he arrived in the foreign country.
(B) The superior would promote the young employee if the latter stayed in the foreign country.
(C) The father planned to humiliate the Sudanese student with a not-very-well-chosen remark.
(D) The infuriated student considered the child’s keeping dawdling over his food an insult to him.
- The author implies (暗示) that ______
(A) A flexible personality will enable us to get across culture gaps.
(B) One should deny his own cultural identity if he wants to adjust to cultural differences.
(C) One should resist the alien culture if he wants to have a better understanding of his own culture.
(D) One should throw away both his own cultural identity and that of the alien culture to minimize culture gaps.
<B>Shakespeare left his hometown for London to begin his apprenticeship as an actor shortly after 1585. Due to a plague, the London theaters were often closed between June 1592 and April 1594. During that period, Shakespeare probably had some income from his patron, Henry Wriothesley, earl of Southampton, to whom Shakespeare dedicated his first poem, Venus and Adonis (1593). It was a long narrative poem depicting the rejection of Venus by Adonis, Adonis’ death, and the consequent disappearance of beauty from the world. Despite conservative objections to its glorification of sensuality, the poem was immensely popular and was reprinted six times during the nine years following its publication.
In 1594, Shakespeare joined the Lord Chamberlain's company of actors, the most popular of the companies acting at Court. In 1599 Shakespeare joined a group of Chamberlain's Men that would form a syndicate to build and operate a new playhouse: the Globe, which became the most famous theater of its time.
While Shakespeare was seen as the best dramatist of his time, evidence indicates that both he and his world looked to poetry, not playwriting, for lasting fame. Shakespeare's sonnets were composed between 1593 and 1601, though not published until 1609. That edition, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, consists of 154 sonnets, all written in the form of three quatrains and a couplet that is now recognized as Shakespearean. The sonnets fall into two groups: sonnets 1-126, addressed to a beloved friend, a handsome and noble young man, and sonnets 127-152, to a malignant but fascinating "Dark Lady," whom the poet loves in spite of himself. Nearly all of Shakespeare's sonnets examine the inevitable decay of time, and the immortalization of beauty and love in poetry.
Shakespeare wrote more than 30 plays, which are usually divided into four categories: histories, comedies, tragedies, and romances. His earliest plays were primarily comedies and histories such as The Comedy of Errors and Henry IV, but in 1596, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, his second tragedy, and over the next dozen years he would return to the form, writing the plays for which he is now best known: Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. In his final years, Shakespeare turned to the romantic with Cymbeline, A Winter's Tale, and The Tempest.
Only eighteen of Shakespeare's plays were published during his lifetime; a complete collection of his works did not appear until 1623, several years after his death. Nonetheless, his contemporaries recognized Shakespeare's achievements. Francis Meres cited "honey-tongued" Shakespeare for his plays and poems in 1598, and the