1. John Dryden, the king's poet laureate, jumped into the fray with both feet, ____ the party supporters ferociously in a succession of brilliant verse satires.
(A) cavorting
(B) delighting
(C) lambasting
(D) relishing

47. According to the writer, Italian kids are less likely to suffer from dyslexia because(A) their culture doesn't encourage rote memorization.(B) the predictability of the Italian language causes fewer problems.(C) a stricter definition of disability is adopted in Italy.(D) the proportion of illiterate people is very small.

複選題48. Based on the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?(A) Noah Webster and Andrew Carnegie both failed in their attempt to make English spellings more regular.(B) Noah Webster and Andrew Carnegie both contributed to the complexity of contemporary English spellings. (C) Andrew Carnegie and Theodore Roosevelt were both examples of admirable revolutionaries in their times. (D) Andrew Carnegie and Theodore Roosevelt both tried to initiate changes to English spelling without much success.

49. Basing her observations on the chatspeak phenomenon, the writer predicts that (A) English will lose its dominant role in the world.(B) the richness of English literature may be gone forever.(C) a bottom-up change is taking place in English. (D) more American teenagers will not learn how to spell.

50. In the last paragraph, what philosophy underlies the writer's final stance on this issue? (A) Parents should stimulate, not repress, creativity in young children. (B) Home is always the place where changes in history take place. (C) Sometimes rules are to be bent for pragmatic reasons. (D) Universal truth is merely an unrealistic human ambition.

2. When King James ____ three years later, Dryden's political credibility was gone, and he lost the laureateship to a poet he had savaged in verse several years before.(A) abdicated (B) dictated (C) abandoned (D) addicted

3. At ages 29 and 30, he wrote two long poems celebrating the restored monarch Charles II, and was welcomed into the king's ____ of public poets.(A) school (B) stable (C) study (D) stance

4. Oscar Wilde made the most of his life in Paris, ____ with as many young men as he pleased, as he relayed with relish to his longtime friend Robert Ross.(A) coveting (B) leaping (C) galloping (D) cavorting

5. Oscar Wilde returned to top form, delighting company with his wit, which had not been ____ by prison.(A) blown (B) blunted (C) retarded (D) blazed

6. Oscar Wilde was a resilient man, who throughout his life ____ off the judgment of men with smaller natures than him.(A) hesitated (B) shrugged (C) showed (D) shouldered

7. Research suggests that people with outgoing personalities tend to be more ____, often expecting that good things will happen.(A) efficient (B) practical (C) changeable (D) optimistic