37 Low prices, along with convenience and wide selection, are a ________part of online stores' attractions.
(A) crucial (B) sexual (C) textual (D) punctual
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Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton
County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. It depicts the struggles of young
Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a rich southern plantation owner. Used to her rich lifestyle, Scarlett must use
every 41 she can get to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in during the Civil War years. The
novel is written from the viewpoint of the slaveholder and its portrayal of slavery and African Americans is
controversial. However, it has become a classic 42 for today's writers about the South, both black and white. The
novel was very 43 with American readers from the beginning and was the top American fiction bestseller in
1936 and 1937. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it the second 44 book of American readers, just behind the Bible.
More than 30 million 45 of the novel have been printed worldwide.
【題組】41 (A) basis (B) process (C) means (D) progress
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I was raised in a very conservative family on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific. At an early age we were
taught close family ties and conservative ways. Family members worked together as one unit, and we respected our
elders. Upon arriving in the United States, I discovered a very different world, where children speak as they wish to
their parents and at times even treat them with disrespect. This different world eventually led to some difficulties
between me and my parents. When I was eighteen, a couple of my friends moved out of their parents' house and into
an apartment of their own. They asked me to move in with them. These friends were born in the United States, and
their upbringing was less conservative than mine. Their parents considered it perfectly acceptable for them to move out
and live independently at eighteen. But when I spoke to my parents, it was clear they did not want me to leave home.
My friends couldn't understand this and they kept telling me to move out anyway. I felt caught between my friends and
my parents. I felt that my friends were doing something that was socially acceptable and that my parents were being
old-fashioned and not behaving as Americans should behave. For me, after many sleepless nights, my obligation as a
daughter overcame my yearning for independence. I realized that my parents' unwillingness for me to move out was
because of their love for me. I also realized that if my friends were true friends, they would accept my decision. I told
them I'd decided to stay with my parents. Most of them accepted my decision. Now, looking back, I feel that I made a
right decision.
【題組】46 What is the best title for this passage?
(A) Parental Support. (B) Endless Nightmares.
(C) Teenagers' Competition. (D) Cross-cultural Understanding.
【題組】47 When the writer was eighteen, what did her friends ask her to do?
(A) To move to the Unites States. (B) To move back to the island of Fiji.
(C) To move out of her parents' house. (D) To move back to live with their parents.
【題組】48 What does the sentence "I felt caught between my friends and my parents" refer to?
(A) A difficult dilemma. (B) A social acceptance.
(C) A responsible obligation. (D) A conservative behavior.
【題組】49 What was her final decision?
(A) To live by herself. (B) To live with her parents.
(C) To live with her friends. (D) To live with her friend's parents.