42 Zoe’s company sent her overseas to sign a with a foreign buyer.
(A) contract
(B) manner
(C) quarter
(D) gesture

43 After searching for a couple of weeks, the police finally managed to down the killer in a small town. (A) trade (B) treat (C) track (D) traffic

44 Overweight and obese children are more to become obese adults. (A) like (B) alike (C) likely (D) unlikely

45 If you want to stay healthy, you should staying up late every night. (A) adopt (B) avoid (C) adhere (D) acquire代號：2701請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題： Carnival is an annual celebration of life found in many countries of the world. Hundreds of years ago, thefollowers of the Catholic religion in Italy started the tradition of holding a wild costume festival right before thefirst day of Lent. Because Catholics are not supposed to eat meat during Lent, they called their festival, carnevale— which means “to put away the meat.” As time passed, carnivals in Italy became quite famous; and in fact thepractice spread to France, Spain, and all the Catholic countries in Europe. Then as the French, Spanish, andPortuguese began to take control of the Americas and other parts of the world, they brought with them their traditionof celebrating carnival. The dynamic economic and political history of the Caribbean are indeed the ingredients of festival arts as wefind them today throughout the African and Caribbean Diaspora. Important to Caribbean festival arts are the ancientAfrican traditions of parading and moving in circles through villages in costumes and masks. Circling villages wasbelieved to bring good fortune, to heal problems, and chill out angry relatives who had died and passed into the nextworld. Feathers were frequently used by Africans in their motherland on masks and headdresses as a symbol of ourability as humans to rise above problems, pains, heartbreaks, illness — to travel to another world to be reborn andto grow spiritually. Today, we see feathers used in many, many forms in creating carnival costumes. In many parts of the world, where Catholic Europeans set up colonies and entered into the slave trade, carnivaltook root. Carnival celebrations are now found throughout the Caribbean, in Central and South America, and inlarge cities in Canada and the U.S. where Caribbean people have settled. For African people, carnival became a way to express their power as individuals, as well as their rich culturaltraditions. Carnival arts offer all of us a dynamic tool for self-expression and exploration, a tool to seek out ourroots, a tool to develop new forms of looking at the world and its cultures, and finally, a tool to unite the world, todiscover what we all have in common, and to celebrate what makes us different.

46 What is the main idea of this passage? (A) Carnival is almost everywhere in the world, from Europe to America. (B) Carnival originated from the Europe and mixed with African and Caribbean elements. (C) African dance and music traditions transformed the early carnival celebrations in the Americas. (D) Carnival encourages self-expression and exploration and contributes to the cosmopolitan concept.

47 According to this passage, why did “carnival” come to exist? (A) People were poor that time and could afford little meat. (B) People wanted to celebrate Lent and consume a lot of meat. (C) People wanted to have some fun before the coming of the Lent. (D) People want to express their power as individuals and their cultural traditions.

48 Who belong to “diaspora” in this passage? (A) People who are slaves. (B) People who are creative. (C) People who love singing and dancing. (D) People who are away from homeland.

49 Why are “feathers” frequently used in an African-style carnival? (A) They are suitable to decorate costumes and headdresses. (B) They are symbols of nobles and qualification to display wealth. (C) They are believed to bring good fortune and chill out angry spirits. (D) They are symbols of human power to be reborn and grow spiritually.

50 Which of the following statements about the carnivals today is NOT correct? (A) It has become a dynamic tool for self-expression and self-exploration. (B) In many major cities in the American continent, carnivals are taking roots. (C) It can eliminate every difference between races and make a peaceful world. (D) It is enriched by African and Caribbean culture elements along its development.

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