7The city plans to private cars from the old town center.
Aaquarium
Bdispute
Cban
Dtickle
✔ 正確答案：(C) ban
中譯市政府打算禁止私家車進入舊城中心。
解析ban A from B 是「禁止 A 進入 B」的固定句型。tickle 搔癢、dispute 爭論都不能這樣使用；aquarium 是名詞水族館。
單字ban 禁止；禁令、dispute 爭論、爭執、aquarium 魚缸、水族館
8Reporters worked for two years to the truth behind the deal.
Aexpose
Bforesee
Cpretend
Dward
✔ 正確答案：(A) expose
中譯記者花了兩年時間才揭露這樁交易背後的真相。
解析expose the truth 是「揭露真相」的常見搭配，也符合記者的工作。pretend 假裝、foresee 預見、ward 避免，都無法與 the truth 構成揭發的意思。
單字expose 暴露、揭露、ward 病房；避免、foresee 預見
9In with last year, this summer has been unusually cool.
Adefense
Bcomparison
Cexistence
Dexamination
✔ 正確答案：(B) comparison
中譯和去年相比，今年夏天異常涼爽。
解析in comparison with 是「與…相比」的固定片語，後面正好接 last year。defense 防衛、existence 存在、examination 考試或檢查，都無法構成這個片語。
單字comparison 比較、對比、defense 防守、保衛、辯護、existence 存在
10Her calm at the meeting made everyone else feel safer.
Afate
Bdeputy
Cequality
Dpresence
✔ 正確答案：(D) presence
中譯她在會議上沉穩的存在感，讓其他人都覺得安心許多。
解析calm ____ at the meeting 指「在場、存在感 presence」，才會影響他人的感受。fate 命運、equality 平等、deputy 副手，都不能被 calm 修飾並產生這種效果。
單字presence 出席、存在、fate 命運、deputy 副手、代理人
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段落填空 Cloze
共 10 題／兩篇短文，每篇 5 格
請閱讀短文，並由四個選項中選出最適合每個空格的答案。
Passage 1
The Names on the Hill
Every summer Ah-hui returns to the village where her family has lived for two hundred years. On the hill behind the temple stand the graves of her 11, and her grandmother still cleans them by hand. Records kept in the temple office reach back further than any book at school. From them Ah-hui learned that one great-aunt went to work as a 12 in a rich household at twelve, and that another was left an 13 at the age of six. Half the families in the village turn out to be 14 in some way. Ah-hui writes every story down, because she cannot 15 how soon the old voices will fall silent.
Questions 11–15
11
Aancestors
Bseagulls
Chawks
Dlibrarians
✔ 正確答案：(A) ancestors
解析the graves of her ____ 指山上安葬的是她的「祖先 ancestors」，且家族已住兩百年。librarians 圖書館員、hawks 老鷹、seagulls 海鷗都不合。
12
Amadam
Bmistress
Cterror
Dmaid
✔ 正確答案：(D) maid
解析went to work as a maid ... in a rich household at twelve 指到富人家中當「女僕 maid」。mistress 是女主人、madam 是對女士的稱呼，身分相反；terror 是恐懼、恐怖，不是可以受雇擔任的工作。
13
Aorphan
Bmadam
Cvirgin
Dinfant
✔ 正確答案：(A) orphan
解析was left an ____ at the age of six 指六歲失去雙親成為「孤兒 orphan」。infant 是嬰兒，與六歲不合；virgin、madam 與失去父母無關。
14
Auntouched
Brelated
Cdomestic
Dinformed
✔ 正確答案：(B) related
解析be related 指彼此「有親戚關係」，呼應整段追查家族的主題。domestic 家庭的、informed 消息靈通的都無法表達親屬連結；untouched 是未動過的、未受影響的，用來說半數家庭彼此的關係並不通。
15
Aabuse
Bexpose
Cpretend
Dforesee
✔ 正確答案：(D) foresee
解析cannot ____ how soon the old voices will fall silent 指無法「預見 foresee」，所以要趕快記錄。abuse 濫用、expose 揭露、pretend 假裝都不合。
When my parents told us about the 16, my brother cried and I said nothing at all. Two homes seemed worse than one unhappy house. Three years later I am no longer sure that is true. Dad learned to cook, and Mum, who had been a full-time 17 for twelve years, went back to college. Last spring she announced her 18, and in August my half-sister was born. Holding that tiny 19 for the first time, I understood that a family is not one fixed shape. It changes, and the love inside it can stay 20 even when the address does not.
Questions 16–20
16
Adivorce
Borphanage
Cpregnancy
Daquarium
✔ 正確答案：(A) divorce
解析下文提到 Two homes（兩個家）與父母分開生活，可知消息是「離婚 divorce」。orphanage 孤兒院、aquarium 水族館、pregnancy 懷孕都無法造成兩個家。
17
Acanal
Bdeputy
Cward
Dhousewife
✔ 正確答案：(D) housewife
解析a full-time ____ for twelve years 之後 went back to college，指原本是全職「家庭主婦 housewife」。deputy 副手、ward 病房、canal 運河皆不是可以擔任十二年的身分。
18
Adispute
Bdivorce
Cpregnancy
Dguilt
✔ 正確答案：(C) pregnancy
解析announced her ____ 後接 in August my half-sister was born，可知宣布的是「懷孕 pregnancy」。divorce 前面已發生、guilt 內疚、dispute 爭執都無法導致妹妹出生。
19
Apearl
Bmedal
Cinfant
Dhawk
✔ 正確答案：(C) infant
解析Holding that tiny ____ 指抱著剛出生的「嬰兒 infant」。medal 獎章、pearl 珍珠、hawk 老鷹都不是家人。
20
Adomestic
Bdistinguished
Cpregnant
Dconsistent
✔ 正確答案：(D) consistent
解析與 even when the address does not 對比，愛可以「始終如一 consistent」。distinguished 卓越的、pregnant 懷孕的、domestic 家庭的都無法與 address 形成這個對比。
Your mother tells me you are writing a report on our family, so here is what I remember.
Your great-grandmother came south alone at seventeen and worked as a maid for a family in Tainan. She married at twenty-four and had six children; two of them died as infants. The old photograph on your grandmother's wall was taken the week the youngest was born.
She never learned to read, yet she insisted that every daughter finish school. Your grandmother became the first nurse in the village because of her.
Come on Sunday and bring a notebook. I will find the box of letters in the attic before you arrive.
解析依據 you are writing a report on our family, so here is what I remember。
22What work did the great-grandmother do in Tainan?
AShe worked as a nurse
BShe taught in a village school
CShe worked as a maid
DShe sold photographs
✔ 正確答案：(C) She worked as a maid
中譯曾祖母在台南做什麼工作？
解析依據 worked as a maid for a family in Tainan。
23What do we learn about the great-grandmother's education?
AShe studied at night
BShe finished high school
CShe never learned to read
DShe trained as a nurse
✔ 正確答案：(C) She never learned to read
中譯關於曾祖母的教育，我們知道什麼？
解析依據 She never learned to read, yet she insisted that every daughter finish school。
24What does Aunt Mei ask Hsiao-en to bring?
AA notebook
BAn old photograph
CA box of letters
DA camera
✔ 正確答案：(A) A notebook
中譯阿美姑姑要小恩帶什麼？
解析依據 Come on Sunday and bring a notebook；那箱信是姑姑要準備的。
NOTICE
Family History Workshop
Family History Workshop — City Library, Room 3
Saturday 12 October, 14:00 to 16:30
Free for library members; NT$100 for everyone else
A librarian will show you how to read old household records
Bring any old photographs, letters or name lists you already have. Names of living relatives are never copied or shared. Children under twelve must come with an adult. Places are limited to twenty-five; register at the front desk before 8 October. This workshop will not be repeated this year.
解析依據 Free for library members; NT$100 for everyone else。
27What are visitors told to bring?
AA list of living relatives
BA library card only
CA laptop computer
DOld photographs and letters
✔ 正確答案：(D) Old photographs and letters
中譯參加者被告知要帶什麼？
解析依據 Bring any old photographs, letters or name lists you already have。
28What rule applies to young children?
AThey may not attend at all
BThey pay double the fee
CThey must register by phone
DThey must come with an adult
✔ 正確答案：(D) They must come with an adult
中譯對年幼的孩子有什麼規定？
解析依據 Children under twelve must come with an adult。
ARTICLE
Waiting at the School Gate
In many towns the person waiting at the school gate is not a parent but a grandparent. As more couples take jobs in distant cities, children are left in the care of the older generation. Officials in one county say that almost one child in five now lives this way.
The arrangement has clear benefits. Grandparents pass on dialect, cooking and family stories that a busy household often loses.
Yet the burden is heavy. Many carers are over seventy and manage the housework alone. Support groups now offer them free health checks, and one afternoon a week when somebody else looks after the children.