3. The torrents of rain were a _____ to the farmer’s crops.
(A) menace
(B) platform
(C) glimpse
(D) decade
(E) mediation

14.蘇軾〈六月二十七日望湖樓醉書〉：「黑雲翻墨未遮山，白雨跳珠亂入船。捲地風來忽吹散， 望湖樓下水如天。」這首絕句所描寫的主要對象，按照順序，下列哪一個選項是正確的？ (A)山、船、風、天 (B)雲、雨、風、水 (C)墨、珠、地、天 (D)山、雨、地、樓

15.關於底下這一段文字的主旨，下列哪一個選項的說明比較正確？ 在商周的時候，詩歌就已用作諷諫的工具，所以有「瞽獻詩」的記載；也許是我們的老 祖宗早已知道了「學音樂的孩子不會變壞」的道理，所以孔子主張詩教，在「多識草木鳥獸 之名」以外，達到調理性情的目的，使讀詩的人，能有溫柔敦厚的情操；唐太宗欲以詩興教， 於是考試時以詩取士；王陽明主張教兒童讀詩，發洩過多的精力，把詩歌看成最有功效的教 育項目。而最使人驚奇的，詩歌是周代外交官的外交教材和「工具」，故孔子云：「不學詩， 無以言。」班固解釋得最清楚：「降及春秋，諸侯卿大夫，交接鄰國，當揖讓之時，必稱詩 以論其志。」引詩賦詩，竟然有現代白皮書或備忘錄的效用，這種外交上的風雅盛事，真是 後無來者。(杜松柏〈學詩—六片七片八九片，飛入梅花都不見〉節選) (A)詳盡地闡釋詩具備的教育功能 (B)詩歌的最大功用在於外交辭令 (C)讀詩可以發揮調理性情的作用 (D)舉例說明詩歌具有廣泛的用途

1. Following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, economists have _____ their growth forecasts for this year, and the next. (A) regarded (B) slashed (C) approached (D) vanished (E) utilized

2. The host _____ among the guests at the party and made them feel comfortable. (A) reformed (B) neglected (C) detected (D) ruined (E) circulated

4. Switzerland was a _____ country in World War II. (A) reckless (B) abundant (C) bulky (D) neutral (E) jealous

5. The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed his buildings to _____ with their surroundings. (A) blend (B) squander (C) collect (D) collapse (E) prosecute

6. What is more tragic than one _____ following upon the heels of another? (A) selection (B) disrupt (C) attempt (D) booth (E) calamity

7. The minute Jack came home he made a _____ for the bathroom. (A) cinema (B) prejudice (C) beeline (D) scorch (E) harmony

8. Although he was naturally reticent, when the felon was intimidated by the members of the rival gang, he spilled the _____. (A) courage (B) beans (C) chills (D) piper (E) hands

9. The Cabinet passed _____ to the Labor Standard Act proposed by the Ministry of Labor, which would introduce “one fixed day off and one flexible rest day” as two weekly days off. (A) exhaustion (B) environments (C) inhibition (D) amendments (E) assumption