2. Please take your seat and ________ your seat belt. The plane is about to take off. Thanks for your
cooperation.
(A) connect (B) fasten (C) knit (D) pour
7. With so many strong golfers from around the world to compete in the tournament, the new inexperienced
player doesn’t stand a ________ to win.
(A) business (B) examination (C) thought (D) chance
8. The life of people living in the desert will be much harder without the use of camels in ________ and food.
(A) transportation (B) imagination (C) registration (D) observation
15. The drastic drop of ________ below zero degrees Celsius had all 50 states in America covered with snow.
(A) communication (B) negotiation (C) temperature (D) prescription
19. After a long economic depression worldwide, people in all countries are extremely ________ about the
future.
(A) excessive (B) allusive (C) apprehensive (D) exclusive
34. Jason is said to have read ________ books than any of his classmates. No wonder he knows a lot.
(A) most of (B) the most (C) the more (D) much more
36. A: Are you sure that we can get the job done by tomorrow?
B: __________________________
(A) That sounds like a good idea.
(B) Why not? We can hardly finish it in time.
(C) Never say never. I know we can make it.
(D) Believe it or not, it is the most interesting job I have ever had.
37. A: How come you didn’t eat anything?
B: I’m not hungry. It feels like there are butterflies in my stomach.
A: __________________________
(A) What’s bothering you? (B) What’s your favorite sport?
(C) Any good news to share? (D) What flavor of pancake do you like best?
38. A: Excuse me. I’d like to exchange this bottle of milk.
B: __________________________
A: I wanted to buy low-fat milk, but I bought full-cream milk instead.
(A) When did you buy it? (B) Have you seen this before?
(C) Anything wrong with it? (D) How much did it cost?
39. A: Let me get that.
B: No. __________________________
A: That’s not true. It was your treat last time.
(A) You picked up the check last time. (B) I don’t have any credit card with me.
(C) I can’t let you take it. (D) Let me pay the check this time.
40. A: I’m sorry for being late. What can I do to make it up to you?
B: __________________________
(A) The MRT is really convenient. (B) Well, how about buying me a cup of coffee?
(C) Can you meet the deadline today? (D) No problem. Do you have the time?
A new technology is being adopted in the world of photography. Some photographers are now adding location
information to their digital pictures, a practice 41 “geotagging.” Geotagging is becoming increasingly
widespread because people want to know 42 pictures come from. Some people like to see detailed
information about the place they are going to visit. Geotagging 43 them to just click on points on a map and
find pictures of the location.
Currently, most photographers geotag their photos 44 matching the stamp on a picture with the location
on a GPS log. Cameras that include geotagging features are starting to 45 the shelves in stores. Even some
cellphones are now capable of geotagging. This new technology could really change the way we learn about our
world.
【題組】41. (A) called (B) calling (C) which called (D) which is calling
Each year, an estimated 10,000 to 100,000 animal species die off. Scientists are now closing in on the ability
to bring back extinct species. No, this doesn’t mean the plot of Jurassic Park is going to become a reality.
Researchers need DNA to bring back a species. DNA is the chemical that carries the structure for a living thing.
Dinosaurs have been gone too long for any of their DNA to remain in fossils.
But there’s a very real chance that we will be able to bring back more recently extinguished species. This
could even include Ice Age animals like the woolly mammoth. In 2003, a team of Spanish and French scientists
re-created the Pyrenean ibex, which had gone extinct three years earlier. The new animal didn’t survive long, but
scientific advances should improve the success rate. In January, Australian scientists announced that they were on
their way to bringing back the gastric brooding frog.
Just because we can bring species back doesn’t mean that we should. There may be benefits to reviving a
species. But there’s no way to know how it will turn out. For example, would a passenger pigeon fit into its old
habitat? Or might it crowd out existing species?
Environmentalists worry that our ability to bring species back might cut down support for the hard work of
traditional conservation. Why worry about preserving a wildlife habitat if we know we can just reverse our
mistakes?
But those extinctions are our mistakes to correct, which may give us an obligation to do so. As businessman
and environmentalist Stewart Brand recently said, “Humans have made a huge hole in nature. We have the ability
now ... to repair some of that damage.”
【題組】46. What does this passage mainly discuss?
(A) Should scientists re-create extinct species?
(B) Are scientists able to bring back extinct animals?
(C) Is the plot of Jurassic Park going to become a reality?
(D) Should the hard work of traditional conservation be continued?
【題組】47. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “closing in on” in the first paragraph?
(A) Not having.
(B) Becoming dark.
(C) Getting near.
(D) Breaking up.
【題組】48. Which of the following extinct animals has once been successfully brought back?
(A) The woolly mammoth.
(B) The Pyrenean ibex.
(C) The gastric brooding frog.
(D) The passenger pigeon.
【題組】50. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
(A) The Pyrenean ibex went extinct in the year 2000.
(B) Human beings are responsible for the extinction of some animal species.
(C) Dinosaurs can’t be brought back because no DNA is left in fossils.
(D) If brought back, a passenger pigeon will certainly crowd out existing species.
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