26Aristotle, a famous Greek philosopher, developed a picture of the universe in which the earth was at the center of everything.
According to Aristotle, the sun, the moon, the planets, and the stars all ________ around the earth.
(A) reverted (B) revolved
(C) revived (D) revolted
27The typical farm employee ________ a migrant laborer to a sophisticated regular with the skills to operate large machines.
(A) has been exchanged (B) changed of
(C) exchanges (D) has changed from
28When government officials place innocent citizens ________ observation and routinely tap one another’s phones, everyone’s
civil liberties are threatened.
(A) into (B) under
(C) for (D) in
29Because marriage is often postponed to accommodate careers, Americans are creating a new kind of family ________ parents
are old enough to be their children’s grandparents.
(A) at which (B) from which
(C) which (D) in which
30Places like the wilds of Serengeti Park, Stonehenge in England, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, and the beautiful
cathedrals in Europe make up our world's ________.
(A) heredity (B) heritage
(C) hermitage (D) heathen
31Organizations face a ________: whether to spend money on a new project or to use the money to improve the established
facilities.
(A) dilemma (B) dilettante
(C) detention (D) defiance
32The wood frog passes the winter resting on the forest floor. There, in an unusual form of ________, it freezes solid, turning
into what looks like a lumpy green ice cube covered with frost.
(A) hyperactive (B) hypocrisy
(C) hibernation (D) hypertension
33Middle class legislators failed to confront the fact that large numbers of ________ working class men did not earn enough to
keep a wife and children.
(A) industry (B) industrious
(C) industrial (D) industries
34Taiwan’s natural wonders include an amazing range of beetles, dragonflies, and grasshoppers. There are also well over 300
spider ________, including several which have yet to be properly named and described.
(A) specials (B) species
(C) spices (D) spirits
35The water conservationist has assured the city that no new dam will be needed in the coming decades, ________ the expected
addition of about 300,000 inhabitants.
(A) despite (B) though
(C) even (D) as
36The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a device that causes two particle beams traveling in opposite directions at very high
speeds ________ into each other.
(A) smash (B) to smash
(C) smashing (D) smashed
38Laura Clay, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement, was typical in that she believed the right to vote ________ to
educated women of European ancestry.
(A) it should extend only (B) should be only extend
(C) should be extended only (D) only it should be extended
Reading Comprehension
Although it is not certain where kites originated, we know that they were used in China over 3,000 years ago as a military device.
Kites were used to send coded messages between camps. From China, kites spread throughout Asia to Europe. At first they were used by
the military as signaling devices, but by the twelfth century they were used as toys by children.
In some islands of Polynesia, kites were once used to communicate to the gods. It was believed that they could carry messages to the
gods in the sky. In some cultures, kite-flying was a sacred ritual and the kites were built to represent a god in the shape of a bird. Kiteflying
was also a custom in Korea; it was a tradition to write the name and birth date of a male child on the kite and then to fly it. The line
was then cut so the kite would fly away and take all the bad spirits with it.
In the nineteenth century, kites were used to help scientific experiments. Kites were used to help scientists measure wind speed and
direction, pressure, temperature, and humidity. In 1894, Lawrence Hargrave was lifted off the ground by his kites while trying to discover
a means of flight.
Today, kite-flying is enjoyed as a pastime in many countries around the world. There are hundreds of kite-flying clubs and even
contests where entrants compete for prizes.
【題組】39Many years ago in China, kites were used ________.
(A) to entertain the army (B) to measure the temperature
(C) to send messages (D) to worship gods
【題組】40In Korea, kites were allowed to fly away in order to ________.
(A) carry away bad spirits (B) bring good luck
(C) send a message to heaven (D) to send messages between armies
【題組】42Lawrence Hargrave used kites while he was trying to discover ________.
(A) how to predict the weather (B) a way to fly
(C) wind speed and direction (D) a new toy for children
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