一、選擇題
Few went out in such a cutting and blinding wind.
A.在如此刺骨的和颳得叫人睜不開眼睛的風裡，很少有人出門。
B.因為刺骨的風和颳得叫人睜不開眼睛的風，很少有人出門。
C.寒風刺骨，颳得叫人睜不開眼睛。在這樣惡劣的天氣，很少有人出門。
答案:C
There’s been some dirty work with the club accounts and some money is missing.
A.俱樂部的帳目有鬼，有些錢不知去向。
B.俱樂部的帳目有卑鄙的勾當，有些錢不知去向。
答案:A
當時我們已經變得像一家人那樣親密，東西不分你我，彼此可以把筷子伸到對方的碗裡搶肉吃。
that time, we had become as close as the members of one family. We were on very intimate terms. We could dig our chopsticks into each other’s bowls for choice pieces of meat.
now, we had become very intimate. We made no distinction between each other’s things. We dug our chopsticks into each other’s bowls for choosing pieces of meat.
had come to be like one family by now, being on such intimate terms that we helped ourselves freely to each other’s things and sometimes could dig our chopsticks into each other’s bowls for choice pieces of meat.
答案:C
一切都考慮進去，她的建議似乎更切實可行。
ything is taken into consideration, her proposal seems more practicable.
ything taken into consideration, her proposal seems more practicable.
ything is taken into consideration; her proposal seems more practicable.
答案:B
但他性情不同，既不求官爵，又不交朋友，終日閉門讀書。
he was eccentric, did not look for an official post, did not even have any friends and studied behind closed doors all day.
was, however, eccentric. He neither looked for an official post, nor had any friends, studying behind closed doors al day.
he was eccentric, neither looked for an official post nor had any friends but studied behind closed doors all day.
答案:B
His preoccupation with business left little time for his family.
A.他全神貫注於事業，為他的家庭留下了很少的時間。
B.他對事業的全神貫注留給他家庭的時間很少。
C.他全神貫注於事業，因而與家人在一起的.時間很少。
答案:C
他最終什麼時候來，大家都吃不準。
he’ll finally turn up is not sure.
ybody is not sure when he’ll finally come.
he’ll finally turn up is anybody’s guess!
答案:C
… but Lady Southdown dismissed poor Briggs as quickly as decency permitted.
A.無奈莎吳唐老太太不喜歡布里格斯，勉強留她住了幾天，糊過面子，就急急的打發她走了。
B.無奈莎吳唐老太太像體面所允許的那樣快地把可憐的布里格斯打發走了。
C.但是莎吳唐老太太等到面子過得去的時候就很快的把可憐的布里格斯打發出門了。
答案:A
Failure to answer half the questions they asked made the police suspect him.
A.由於他未能回答他們所問問題的一半，使得警察對他產生了懷疑。
B.他未能回答所問問題的一半，警察對他懷疑了。
C.未能回答他們所問問題的一半，使得警察對他起了疑心。
答案:A
這次展出還是老一套。
exhibit is the same old stuff.
exhibit is outmoded.
exhibit does not lend itself to much exciting variation.
答案:C
張先生腋下夾著一本字典，手裡端著茶杯，一邊踱著步一邊哼著一首流行歌曲。
. Zhang carried a dictionary under his arm, held a cup in his hand, paced and hummed a tune.
a dictionary under his arm and a cup in his hand, Mr. Zhang was humming a popular tune as he paced.
a dictionary under his arm and a tea cup in his hand, Mr. Zhang was pacing while he hummed a popular tune.
答案:B
Every one of us, except my poor hoodwinked grandmother, heard of the bad news.
A.我們每一個人，除了我那可憐的受矇蔽的奶奶，都得知了這個不幸的訊息。
B.除了我那可憐的受矇蔽的奶奶，我們大家都得知了這個不幸的訊息。
C.我們大家都得知了這一不幸的訊息，只有我那可憐的奶奶，還矇在鼓裡。
答案:C
二、閱讀理解
Although April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesn’t generally experience the atmospheric sound and lightning that can accompany those rains, it’s still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.
The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when it’s actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think we see, we’d still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping between two cloud or between earth and a cloud. But, with about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, there’s enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on earth every second.
Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn more about the world around them. When children understand that the light of the lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval between the flash and the crash to learn how close they were to the actual spark.
36. According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley, ________.
A) rains usually come without thunder and lightning
B) it is usually dry in April C) children pay no attention to natural phenomena
D) parents are not interested in thunder and lightning
答案：(A)
37. We believe that lightning is a downward notion because ________.
A) we were taught so by our parents from our childhood B) we are deceived by our sense of vision
C) it is a common natural phenomenon D) it is a truth proved by science
答案：(B)
38. What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage?
A) Only a small number of lightning flashes occur on earth.
B) Lightning travels 5 minutes faster than thunder.
C) Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another.
D) There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth than we imagine.
答案：(D)
39. The word “activity” (Para. 3, Line 3) is most closely related to the word(s) ________.
A) “cloud” B) “lightning strikes” C) “lightning flashes” D) “thunderstorms”
答案：(D)
40. It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
A) we should not believe what we see or hear
B) things moving downward are more noticeable
C) people often have wrong concepts about ordinary phenomena
D) adults are not as good as children in observing certain natural phenomena
答案： (C)
