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科目： 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn a new language. That is, they believe that children learn more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at some point in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is this idea a fact or myth(懸念)？
Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? On the contrary, research studies suggest that the opposite may be true. One report, on 2,000 Danish children studying Swedish, concluded that the teenagers learned more, in less time, than the younger children. Another report, on Americans learning Russian, showed a direct improvement of ability over the age range tested; that is, the ability to learn increased as the age increased, from childhood to adulthood.
There are several possible explanations for these findings. For one thing, adults know more about the world and therefore are able to understand meanings more easily than children. Moreover, adults can use logical(邏輯的) thinking to help themselves see patterns in the language. Finally, adults have more self-discipline (self-control) than children.
All in all, it seems that the common idea that children are better language learners than adults may not be a fact, but a myth

  1. 1.

    The main idea of the passage is ______.

    1. A.
      teenagers are more difficult to teach
    2. B.
      Danish teenagers can learn Swedish faster than younger children
    3. C.
      adults are more logical than children
    4. D.
      the ability to learn languages increases with age
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, teenagers can learn a foreign language ______ than younger children

    1. A.
      harder
    2. B.
      more efficiently
    3. C.
      more slowly
    4. D.
      more carefully
  3. 3.

    Which of the following possible explanations for older student’s better achievement is not mentioned in the above passage?

    1. A.
      Adults know more about the world
    2. B.
      Adults can use logical thinking
    3. C.
      Adults have more self-discipline
    4. D.
      Adults can read better

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“ I’d like to be at a healthier weight , ” a friend told me . “ But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym .” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost . Don’t lose hope ! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money .
First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “ diet foods . ” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping , 90% of the food I bought was ingredients . Very few things were preprocessed（預(yù)處理的）. Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food . That’s a bad thing .
Quick foods like boxed “ just add hamburger ” meals have had the fiber removed to make them faster to prepare . Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest . If the low fiber meal is digested , the result is that your body begins to store fat . Besides , your body is short of nutrients（營養(yǎng)物質(zhì)）. You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating .
And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable . If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it . However , these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health .
What’s the answer ? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive , low nutrition , processed foods . Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too

  1. 1.

    People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think ______.

    1. A.
      they had too much diet foods
    2. B.
      they didn’t make a detailed plan
    3. C.
      they have no time to do exercise in gym
    4. D.
      they can’t afford diet foods and to exercise in gym
  2. 2.

    The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because______.

    1. A.
      it contains too much fat
    2. B.
      it makes people eat less
    3. C.
      it has low fiber
    4. D.
      it takes longer to digest
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “ palatable ” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”

    1. A.
      fresh
    2. B.
      delicious
    3. C.
      healthy
    4. D.
      simple
  4. 4.

    The author suggests in the text that people should______.

    1. A.
      control the amount of food
    2. B.
      eat more processed foods
    3. C.
      cook food for themselves
    4. D.
      choose cheap ingredients
  5. 5.

    Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage ? （①="Paragraph" 1,
    ②="Paragraph" 2 ,…⑤="Paragraph" 5）

    1. A.
      ①/②③④/⑤
    2. B.
      ①②/③④/⑤
    3. C.
      ①②③/④/⑤
    4. D.
      ①/②③/④⑤

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When I worked as a waitress in Chicago, US, my coworkers and I would sigh whenever we heard someone with a foreign accent coming into our restaurant. We knew what it meant to serve a non-American: no tip. We would work just as hard as we always did, but we might not get paid.
Americans have an unspoken rule about tipping: they give tips to almost everyone who offers them a service of some kind. Americans tip their waiters, barbers and taxi drivers. An appropriate tip is between 15 and 20 percent of the amount charged for the service (But the charge for the tip doesn’t appear on the bill. The customer is expected to add it himself/herself.) Tipping less than this sends a message to your waiters that you think they’ve done a bad job serving you. And to leave no tip at all is simply unacceptable.
It’s not that American waiters are greedy. In many countries, waiters are paid a salary for their work. They’ll earn money even if no one comes into the restaurant. This system offers much more safety for waiters than the American version. In the US, waiters know that a night without customers means a night without pay.
Some countries include a tip for waiters – a “service charge” – on the bill itself. Since the tip is included with the other charges, waiters don’t need to worry about people forgetting to tip. But in the US, waiters do not receive a salary, and service charges only appear on bills when there are six or more customers at the table.
Since almost all American customers are familiar with the system, they know to add a tip without being told. But visitors to the US may expect waiters to be paid a salary, or think that the tip is included on the bill.
So much as we waiters loved hearing stories about other places from our foreign customers, we were always nervous when they got ready to leave the restaurant. We were never sure what to expect

  1. 1.

    If you order $200 worth of food, which of the following is a proper total payment?

    1. A.
      $200
    2. B.
      $215
    3. C.
      $220
    4. D.
      $230
  2. 2.

    Why don’t some foreigners tip a waiter according to the writer?

    1. A.
      because they are unfamiliar with the American tip system
    2. B.
      because they are too mean to give tips to any waiter
    3. C.
      because they have difficulty communicating with waiters
    4. D.
      because they are not really easy to become satisfied
  3. 3.

    What can we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      The service charge never appear on the bill in the USA
    2. B.
      Customers are usually expected to tip waiters in the USA
    3. C.
      Dining out in other countries is much more expensive than in the USA
    4. D.
      Waiters in other countries earn much more money than those in the USA
  4. 4.

    What is the main purpose of the passage?

    1. A.
      To complain about the difficult life of American waiters
    2. B.
      To warn other waiters not to serve any foreign customer
    3. C.
      To call on foreign customers to leave tips for American waiters
    4. D.
      To tell us something about American waiters’ salary system

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Imagine that you are sitting in a park and suddenly remember that you need to send an urgent email. You have your laptop computer with you and you connect it to a wireless access point and access the Internet. Then you send your email. This wouldn’t have been possible if there were no wireless Internet for laptops. Wireless Internet has come into our life in so many ways that we don’t even realize what a necessary part it has become of our day-to-day lives.
How do we connect to a wireless Internet service for laptop computers? There are two ways to do this. They are Wi-Fi connection and Bluetooth connection. Wireless networking is very easy. You just switch on the Wi-Fi button that has been provided in the laptop for Wi-Fi scanning. Once that is done, the computer will connect to the Internet.
An interesting fact about Wi-Fi networking is that you can create a network between similar wireless equipment. Consider a situation where you and your friend both have Wi-Fi laptops, and there is some data you want to exchange. Traditional networking architecture demands that you have a wireless router (路由器). But the beauty of Wi-Fi networking technology is that you can set up a network between you and your friend’s laptop, and share all the data you want.
Broadband (寬帶) Internet connection is typically preferred by any user as it provides better speed for Internet surfing. Up until the invention of 3G mobile phones, Internet speed on mobile phones was very slow. 3G has the promise of changing the entire face of broadband technology. Just imagine browsing at speeds of more that 2MB per second. To give you a measure of the speed, 3G enables you to watch high quality live videos on the Internet.
It is amazing to see how technology changes and the rate at which it changes. There may come a time when you may be able to browse using mobile wireless Internet for laptops anywhere in the world

  1. 1.

    What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

    1. A.
      Wireless Internet will become a reality soon
    2. B.
      We can send emails outdoors through wireless Internet
    3. C.
      Laptops enable us to do business everywhere
    4. D.
      People can easily find a laptop to surf the Internet
  2. 2.

    People can enjoy a wireless Internet service for laptop computers by ______.

    1. A.
      connecting to another computer
    2. B.
      switching off the Wi-Fi button
    3. C.
      using bluetooth connection
    4. D.
      connecting bluetooth to Wi-Fi
  3. 3.

    What should we do to share some data with a friend through Wi-Fi networking?

    1. A.
      Use the same computer
    2. B.
      Surf online
    3. C.
      Have a wireless router
    4. D.
      Set up a network
  4. 4.

    One main advantage of 3G mobile phones mentioned in the passage is ______.

    1. A.
      their low price
    2. B.
      their different functions
    3. C.
      their high Internet speed
    4. D.
      their bright future

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I am Sergey Brin! I was born in Moscow. In 1979, when I was 5, my family immigrated to the United States. I remember that on my 9th birthday I got my first computer “Commodore 64”.
Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT. The main field of my science research was the technologies used to collect data from unsystematic sources as well as large quantities of texts and science data. I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines.
The greatest event in my life happened when in 1998 I was preparing for the defense（論文答辯）of my Doctor’s degree in Stanford University. There the fate made me meet Larry Page—a young computer genius. Larry belonged to the intellectual society. Larry and I quickly became friends when we worked together.
We were searching day and night on the Internet. We were finding a lot of information but with the feeling we still couldn’t find enough of what we were looking for. Naturally the idea for a search engine that would allow specific information to be found in the endless pool of data was born like it came to us. It wasn’t our plans but we gave up the education at the university. You know the next part, maybe we managed to turn an ordinary garage in Meplo Park, California, the U. S. A. into our first office, in which Google was born. With excitement we typed the name of the thing which we created with love on September 14th 1998—www. google.com. Now, after those years we bought this garage. As a symbol it will always remind us that everything is possible

  1. 1.

    Sergey Brin actually graduated from ＿＿＿

    1. A.
      the University of Maryland
    2. B.
      the University of Moscow
    3. C.
      the University of California
    4. D.
      Stanford University
  2. 2.

    From the passage we know that Larry Page ______

    1. A.
      was Brin’s important partner in starting Google
    2. B.
      was born in a rich merchant family
    3. C.
      was once a student in the University of Maryland
    4. D.
      was a professor from Stanford University
  3. 3.

    Which is the right order of what happened?
    a. My family moved from Russia to the U. S

    1. A.
      b. I met Larry Page.
      c. I was given a computer as a present on my 9th birthday.
      d. Google was born in an ordinary garage in California.
      A. c-a-b-d
    2. B.
      c-b-a-d
    3. C.
      a-c-b-d
    4. D.
      a-c-d-b
  4. 4.

    Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      The History of Google
    2. B.
      The Great Contribution of Google
    3. C.
      The Great Success of Google
    4. D.
      The Birth of Google
  5. 5.

    Which of the following statements is TRUE?

    1. A.
      The main field of my science research was computer
    2. B.
      I wrote many articles in leading American magazines
    3. C.
      Larry is one of my classmates
    4. D.
      When I was 5, I got my first computer “Commodore 64”

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科目： 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

The twin towns of LAUFEN/OBERNDORF


Laufen owes its former economical and cultural significance to the river Salzach,which forms a peninsula with its sharp curves（彎） there.
Laufen’s economic boom began with the salt trade and the shipping on the river.The salt—mainly coming from Hallein and Bad Reichenhall—was loaded onto bigger ships downstream,which made Laufen one of the most important ports of shipment for salt in Salzburg and Bavaria.
The archbishop（大教主） of Salzburg had given special privileges to the people who were involved in the shipping of salt on the river Salzach.
The Napoleonic Wars brought occupation and serious disturbances.They brought the sudden end to the independent state of the Duke—Archbishop of Salzburg.The end of the 18th century brought a decrease in shipping because of the general economic situation.On the 1st May 1816 Salzburg definitively became a part of Austria （Munich agreement） that’s why the Salzach became the border between Bavaria and Austria.Laufen’s suburbs Oberndorf and Altach were divided up.The number of inhabitants fell from 1392 to 809.Even the re-unification of the two towns’shipsmen’s guilds（行會） and the reorganization of 1928 could not prevent the decline of shipping which finally came to an end in the late 19th century

  1. 1.

    ________played an important role in Laufen’s economy and culture life

    1. A.
      Salt
    2. B.
      Shipment
    3. C.
      Guilds
    4. D.
      Theriver Salzach
  2. 2.

    The underlined word“boom”probably means________

    1. A.
      pleasant sounds
    2. B.
      sudden increase
    3. C.
      sudden decrease
    4. D.
      trade
  3. 3.

    The main idea of this passage is mainly about ________

    1. A.
      how the economy declined in Laufen
    2. B.
      the effects of The Napoleonic Wars
    3. C.
      how the twin towns of LAUFEN and OBERNDORF came into being
    4. D.
      the history of Salzburg

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It seems that there is no middle ground when it comes to cats. People either love them or hate them. These feelings are not new either. All through history, cats have been worshiped or hated. A study of ancient writings and evidence found in tombs indicates that for the past 5,000 years, cats have been kept as pets in China, Arabia, Egypt, and India. However, this isn’t very long compared to dogs, which have been domesticated for 50,000 years. Still, while the period in which cats have been domesticated may be quite short, it has definitely had its high and low points.
Cats were at their highest position of domesticated life in ancient Egypt. There were more cats living in Egypt during the time of the pharaohs than in any other place in the world since that time. This high number of cats was probably due to the laws protecting them. Cats were associated with the moon goddess, Bast, so the Egyptians worshiped them as holy animals. If anyone was caught killing a cat, the person could be put to death. Families in Egypt also mourned the death of a cat and had the body of the dead cat wrapped in cloth before it was finally laid to rest. This respect for cats carried over to the Roman Empire where cats were the only animals allowed into temples. This fact was probably due to the ability of cats to keep the temples free of mice and rats. With the coming of the Dark Ages in Europe, the place of cats in society took a turn for the Empire, Christians began to associate cats with pegan (異教徒) beliefs. Cats had a reputation as helpers of witches. When a person was accused of being a witch, a cat would often be put on trial with the person. The cat would be tortured（拷打） to try and make the person tell the truth, and usually the cat and the person would end up being burned in a bonfire or drowned. Bonfires of collected cats were not uncommon during this time.
The days of hunting witches have ended, but other myths about cats still hold out. For a while, people in some places used to bury live cats under new buildings for good luck. As well, many people today continue to believe that black cats bring bad luck. If a black cat walks in front of a person, that person must take extra care in the near future to watch out for dangerous situations. Regardless of superstition(迷信), cats remain a popular pet today. Some cat experts believe that a cat never truly be domesticated because it may turn wild and run away at any time. However, this claim has not put people off keeping cats in their homes. A third of homes in the United States have cats, and one out of every three of these homes keeps both a dog and a cat. Especially in large cities, many people in small apartments have found that cats make much better pets than dogs.
Cats may not be worshiped as gods any more, but there are people who seem to think of their cat as their children. These cat owners will do almost anything to keep their pets healthy and happy. For those cat owners who have always wondered what their pets are trying to tell them, a Japanese company may have come up with the perfect invention. In 2003, the Takara Company announced the Meowlingual, a cat translation device. The Meowlingual uses a microphone, display, and cat voice analyzer to analyze a cat’s meows to determine which of 200 phrases a cat is trying to say.
According to a company spokesperson, “… cat owners all over the world have been telling Takara, ‘ We want a cat translator!’” Now, the company “is making their dream come true by bringing in a new era of communication between cat lovers and their pets.”

  1. 1.

    Which of these is NOT discussed in the passage?

    1. A.
      the status of cats throughout history
    2. B.
      the evolution of different species of cats
    3. C.
      the popularity of the cats today
    4. D.
      communication between cats and their owners
  2. 2.

    The second paragraph mainly describes_______

    1. A.
      how Bast became a goddess
    2. B.
      the low point in the history of cats
    3. C.
      the high point in the history of cats
    4. D.
      the reason why cats are such good hunters
  3. 3.

    How were cats treated in Europe during the Dark Ages?

    1. A.
      as farm animals
    2. B.
      as food
    3. C.
      as magical creatures
    4. D.
      as honored guests
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, what percentage of people in the United States keep both a cat and a dog?

    1. A.
      about 10 percent
    2. B.
      nearly 25 percent
    3. C.
      about 33 percent
    4. D.
      close to 50 percent

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To fully understand the writer, we must read not only between the lines but also ______ the lines to know what is implied in the article.


  1. A.
    within
  2. B.
    beyond
  3. C.
    beside
  4. D.
    among

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Ballet is highly technical and it______professional dancers years to train.


  1. A.
    takes
  2. B.
    achieves
  3. C.
    deserves
  4. D.
    needs

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“Luck is ______ matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” said Oprah Winfrey, ______ American Talk show host.


  1. A.
    a; an
  2. B.
    the; an
  3. C.
    a; /
  4. D.
    the; /

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