17. Which of the following factors is harmful to bumblebees?
(A) cold weather
(B) native flowers
(C) toxic chemicals
(D) trees and parks

18. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) Bumblebees are beneficial to a variety of plants and crops. (B) Scientists know for sure how temperature would affect bumblebees. (C) Habitat loss is one of the factors which lead to the decrease of bumblebees. (D) Climate change and pesticides are detrimental to bumblebees.

19. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? (A) The development of wilderness to agricultural land can save bumblebees. (B) Bumblebees and non-native bees can complement each other perfectly. (C) Scientists use big data and modeling to investigate the decrease of bumblebees. (D) Since bumblebees can produce heat by themselves, they are not sensitive to weather fluctuations.

20. According to the passage, what is the potential concern with overemphasizing climate change? (A) Climate change is not a real problem under the government’s control. (B) Creating shelters in the rural areas may protect bumblebees from becoming extinct. (C) Climate change can turn wilderness into agricultural land by decreasing the number of bumblebees. (D) People may neglect other factors that have similar influences on bee populations across the globe.

21. The author refers Humpty Dumpty’s remarks to Alice in order to . (A) emphasize that the word hope is created with an effort to mean what it intends to mean (B) suggest the analogy of Humpty Dumpty’s effort to fall has been underappreciated (C) explain how Lewis Carroll created Humpty Dumpty to sit on the wall and to fall (D) underscore the author’s immense contribution to cancer patients at end stage

22. According to the passage, who best interprets the meaning of hope? (A) Humpty Dumpty (B) Samuel Johnson (C) Lewis Carroll (D) Eric Cassell

23. According to the passage, which of the following is closest to the meaning of “to hope against hope” described by lexicographers? (A) to hope when there is much chance of improving a situation (B) to hope for something you believe that it is likely to happen (C) to hope for something although it appears to be unlikely to happen (D) to hope that something bad might happen sooner or later

複選題24. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? (A) discussions of a cancer patient’s mental care (B) a doctor’s duty to help patients believe in hope (C) how end-of-life patients’ lives are enhanced or weakened (D) the power provided by those in support of the patients

25. What is the purpose of the last paragraph? (A) to introduce a new concept of hope that makes people unhappy (B) to rebut an argument established in the first paragraph that weakens patients (C) to contrast Eric Cassell’s great compassion with that of Samuel Johnson (D) to echo a perception that hope is essential in times of crisis in life

26. Which of the following fields is the article mainly related to? (A) Nutrition (B) Archeology (C) Physics (D) Biology

27. According to the article, which of the following is NOT true? (A) Stem cells are the basis of tissue growth. (B) Genetic cloning does not occur in nature. (C) Genes contain a massive amount of information. (D) Not all are pleased with the direction of genetic research.

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