A car broke down on its way through Hsueh-shan Tunnel (雪山隧道). ________, the northbound traffic on Highway No. 5 came to a stop.
(A) Especially
(B) Similarly
(C) Frankly
(D) Consequently
45. A: Jenny seems to be angry at me, and I don’t know why.
B: I know. She is unhappy because you said she looked old in her new dress.
A: But I was just joking!
B: She didn’t take it lightly. She felt hurt.
A: Well, I guess you’re right. ________________
(A) I just can’t take jokes. (B) I don’t have to say sorry.
(C) It wasn’t really my fault. (D) I shouldn’t have said that.
第二篇：
One of the biggest shopping days of the year has brought out millions of bargain hunters across the world.
The day is called Black Friday. Real and online stores offer discounts of up to 70 percent on thousands of items. It
is traditionally a big shopping day in the USA, but four years ago it crossed the Atlantic and is now huge in the
U.K. It has become so popular in Britain that the police had to be called to four supermarkets just after midnight on
Friday (the bargains went on sale at one minute past midnight). The police were worried about shoppers getting
crushed in the crowds. A police spokesman said, "Officers have worked with store staff to ensure that sale-goers
were able to enter and exit the stores safely."
While shoppers in the U.K. were happy to head to the shops, many store workers in the USA were angry this year.
Many stores decided to start Black Friday a day early, which was on the US celebration of Thanksgiving. Store employees
and shoppers thought it was wrong for stores to ask employees to work on Thanksgiving, which is traditionally a time for
people to spend with their family. A “Boycott Black Thursday” Facebook page has more than 114,000 likes. Many big
stores, such as Costco and IKEA did not open. CNN reports that there are over 60 petitions on the website Change.org
trying to get stores and customers to change Black Friday. They want a bigger focus on family instead of profits.
【題組】48. According to the passage, why did the police in the U.K. have to work with store staff on Black Friday?
(A)To make sure that those stores did offer discounts to the shoppers.
(B)To ensure that sale-goers were able to enter and exit the stores safely.
(C)To make sure that every shopper waited in line before midnight on Black Friday.
(D)To ensure the safety of the items which were put up for sale.
4. If you did not watch the _________ episode of the show, it would be hard for you to understand what’s going on
in this episode.
(A)formal (B) definitive (C) previous (D) obvious
閱讀下文，回答第46~50題
A word first coined in 1918, but rarely used today, may become a more frequently used part of
the English lexicon. That word is "hangry," which is a combination of the words "hungry" and
"angry". It means to be bad tempered or irritable as a result of hunger. The word is making a
comeback because of research that suggests "hanger" is a diagnosable feeling. Researchers believe
"hangriness" could be a genuine medical phenomenon. Scientists from the UK's Anglia Ruskin
University examined how hunger affects emotions during our daily lives. Lead author Professor
Viren Swami said the research indicated a strong link between hunger and feelings of anger,
irritability, or low pleasure. The researchers analyzed data from 64 volunteers aged between 18 and 60. The participants
had to complete surveys on a smartphone app five times a day for 21 days. The app helped people
to give researchers real-time information on their feelings when they were hungry. Dr. Swami
explained this provided a "meaningful" link between hunger and emotions. He said that the results
of the study suggested that the experience of being hangry is real. He added: "We show, for the first
time in a non-laboratory setting, that feeling hungry is associated with greater anger, irritability and
lower levels of pleasure." He suggested that if people knew they were hangry, they could control
their anger better. 【題組】47. What might people be able to control if they understand hanger?
(A) Their pleasure (B) Their desire (C) Their anger (D) Their sorrows
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