38 All information is correct at the time of going to press, but readers are urged to ______ dates with organizers
before attending the concert.
(A) charm (B) confirm (C) contact (D) contain
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Fast-food restaurants are a familiar sight in almost every city and town in the United States. The first fast-food
restaurants sold 39 a few kinds of foods. For example, when the first McDonald’s 40 in 1948, its menu had
only five items: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, French fries, shakes, and sodas. Today, most fast-food restaurants 41
a wide variety of items. Hamburgers, pizza, sandwiches, pancakes, eggs and more are 42 for a quick meal. Many
fast-food restaurants are part of large nationwide chains. This is 43 you will find restaurants that look the same
and serve the same food all over the country. 【題組】39 (A) still (B) never (C) seldom (D) only
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A man and his son were traveling through the icy Arctic wasteland. They tried their best to gather food and fuel
for winter. The boy made friends with a little brown bird.
When winter set in, the boy and his father settled into their igloo. One night they heard a polar bear outside. The
bear tried to get into the igloo, but it was too big. So he put his paw through the entrance and stamped out the fire
inside. The bear knew that, in the spring, he could come back and get the boy and his father, who would have frozen to
death then.
Once the bear had gone, the little bird flew into the igloo. The bird saw that the boy and his father were so cold
that they had fallen asleep, so it frantically flapped his wings to get the fire going again. As he flapped, the flames
grew, and the bird’s breast turned red with the heat. He did not stop until the boy and his father had woken. Since then,
robins have had a red breast. 【題組】46 What is the passage mainly about?
(A) How icy the Arctic wasteland is. (B) How polar bears survive the cold.
(C) Why the boy made friends with the bird. (D) Why robins have a red breast.
【題組】47 What was the boy doing when he made friends with the bird?
(A) He was having fun traveling in the Arctic. (B) He was hunting polar bears.
(C) He was looking for his father. (D) He was getting prepared for winter.
【題組】49 What did the bear do so that he could come back in the spring for his prey?
(A) He put out the fire. (B) He killed the bird. (C) He froze to death. (D) He gathered fuel.