23. The word bested most probably means ________.
A) beat B) envied
C) caught up with D) made the best of
24. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Active smokers in general performed better than deprived smokers.
B) Active smokers responded more quickly than the other subjects.
C) Non-smokers were not better than other subjects in performing simple tasks.
D) Deprived smokers gave the slowest responses to the various tasks.
注:C選項是第一個實驗結果deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:
16. According to the author, the sonar system of bats
is an example of the idea that ____.
A) this is the age of technological triumphs
B) modern machines are inefficient
C) living mechanisms are often more efficient than man -made machines
D) artificial imitations are always less efficient than living mechanisms
17. The author suggests that the sonar system of bats ____.
A) was at the height of its perfection 50 million years ago