1. Whales make the longest ______ known among mammals. Gray whales can swim thousands of miles
for the summer.
(A) expatriation (B) immigrations (C) integration (D) migrations
22. Hoping to excuse my lateness, _______. (A) I wrote a note and gave it to my teacher (B) a note was given to my teacher (C) my teacher had given a note (D) my teacher was written a note
24. Among humans, brain size doesn't indicate how smart someone is. Some geniuses have smaller-than-
average brains, _______.
(A) some brains are as large as average (B) others have larger brains than some
(C) much larger than other brains are (D) while others larger than average (E)一律給分
三、克漏字
Archaeologists searching Portugal’s coast have found a 400-year-old ship (26) near Lisbon after
returning from India laden with spices. “In Portugal, this is the most important (27) of all time,”
project director Jorge Freire said. In and around the shipwreck, 40 feet (28) the surface, divers found
spices, nine cannons (29) the Portuguese coat of arms, Chinese ceramics and cowry shells, a type of
currency used to (30) slaves during the colonial era. 【題組】 26. (A) as is believed to sink (B) believed to have sunk
(C) is believed to sink
(D) to believe in sinking
四、閱讀測驗
Much of the theory of manners was formulated by the sociologist Norbert Elias in his book, The
Civilizing Process. Elias notes that medieval culture initially gave powerful men the ability to act like
children—to live without any physical or psychic restraints. Over a span of several centuries, beginning
in the 11th or 12th and maturing in the 17th and 18th, Europeans increasingly inhibited their impulses,
anticipated the long-term consequences of their actions, and took other people’s thoughts and feelings
into consideration. A culture of honor—the readiness to take revenge—gave way to a culture of
dignity—the readiness to control one’s emotions.
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In the 16 century, the great Erasmus penned the first etiquette book—The Handbook of Good
Manners for Children. Several other writers also published similar guidebooks. The books included
such rules as: Don’t urinate in the hallway; don’t use the tablecloth to blow your nose; don’t use your
personal knife to pop food into your mouth, etc. Interestingly, those rules had less to do with good
hygiene than we might imagine. An understanding of microbes and infection did not arrive until well
into the 19th century. The only explicit rationales stated in those books are to avoid acting like an animal
and to avoid offending others.
This civilizing process was long and slow. King David I of Scotland proposed that citizens who
learned to eat more properly should get a tax refund. Disappointingly, that idea never caught on. The
much-traveled Thomas Coryat introduced the table fork to Britain. When he returned from Italy in
1608 with this fancy novelty, he met with a torrent of ridicule. But that idea did eventually catch on.
And a quarter of a century later, the table fork reached America.
【題組】37. Which word is closest in meaning to penned (the second paragraph)?
(A) defended (B) invented (C) knocked (D) wrote
【題組】38. What was emphasized in the etiquette books of the 16th century?
(A) The emotional demands of children (B) The importance of public health
(C) The need to control one’s impulses (D) The value of the culture of honor
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