10Please look through the and mark the products your office needs.
Arobe
Bcatalog
Ceyesight
Dhardware
✔ 正確答案：(B) catalog
中譯請翻閱這本目錄，把辦公室需要的產品標出來。
解析look through the ____ and mark the products 指翻閱商品「目錄 catalog」。robe 長袍、eyesight 視力、hardware 硬體，都不是可以逐項勾選產品的東西。
單字catalog 目錄、robe 長袍、禮袍、hardware 硬體
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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
Making Friends After Thirty
Moving to a new city can be lonely, and many adults find it hard to make friends after thirty. Experts say the answer is not to look for one perfect 11 but to build small, regular contacts. Join a club, greet the same neighbors every morning, or 12 with an old classmate once a month. Each short talk is a thread, and enough threads make a strong 13. Technology helps, yet a screen cannot replace a real face. If you only 14 by message, a friendship may slowly 15 away. Ten quiet minutes together are worth more than fifty clicks online.
Questions 11–15
11
Aspy
Bpony
Cpal
Dnet
✔ 正確答案：(C) pal
解析look for one perfect ____ 指尋找一位完美的「好友 pal」，與整段談交友呼應。spy 間諜、net 網子、pony 小馬都不是人際關係中的角色。
12
Ablink
Bkneel
Cconverse
Dgamble
✔ 正確答案：(C) converse
解析with an old classmate once a month 指每月和老同學「交談 converse」，與前面的 greet 並列。gamble 賭博、kneel 跪下、blink 眨眼都不是溝通行為。
In many offices the hardest skill is not the work itself but human 16. A new employee may know every program on the computer and still fail to 17 with the people at the next desk. Managers now spend hours teaching staff how to 18 a problem politely instead of firing off an angry email. One company even asks each team to eat lunch together, arguing that a shared meal does more for daily 19 than any training course. The results are hard to measure, but few workers say they miss the silent 20 of the past.
Do you still remember the noisy gang that sat at the back of Room 302? Five of us have kept in touch, and we have finally set a date. Our class will meet on Saturday, 12 October, at the Blue Door Cafe beside the old school gate.
Bring nothing but yourself. If you still have photos from our graduation trip, send them to me first and I will print them for the wall.
Ming-Ju cannot fly home this year, but she will join us by video call at eight.
Please reply before 30 September so that I can book the right number of seats.
✔ 正確答案：(C) To invite a classmate to a class gathering
中譯這則訊息的主要目的為何？
解析由 Our class will meet on Saturday, 12 October 與最後請對方回覆訂位，可知是邀請老同學參加同學會。
22What does the writer ask Wei-Ting to send?
AMoney for the meal
BA list of guests
CPhotos from the graduation trip
DA video message
✔ 正確答案：(C) Photos from the graduation trip
中譯寫信的人要惟婷寄什麼？
解析文中說 If you still have photos from our graduation trip, send them to me first。
23How will Ming-Ju take part?
AShe will join by video call
BShe will arrive late at the cafe
CShe will not take part at all
DShe will send a letter
✔ 正確答案：(A) She will join by video call
中譯明如會以什麼方式參加？
解析she will join us by video call at eight，說明她以視訊參加。
24What must Wei-Ting do before 30 September?
APay for a seat
BPrint the photos
CCall the cafe
DReply to the message
✔ 正確答案：(D) Reply to the message
中譯惟婷必須在九月三十日前做什麼？
解析Please reply before 30 September so that I can book the right number of seats。
AD
Talk Together: A Free Club for Newcomers
New in town? Come and meet people.
Monday 19:00 — Coffee and small talk: learn to converse with strangers without fear
Wednesday 19:00 — Board games in pairs; every player gets a new partner every half hour
Saturday 10:00 — A walk beside the river, followed by lunch in the market
The first month is free. After that, members pay 200 dollars a season. Each room holds only 25 people, so please book online. Anyone under twelve must come with an adult.
Our helpers speak Chinese, English and Thai, and nobody will ever be asked to speak in front of the whole group.
25How much does a newcomer pay in the first month?
AHalf of 200 dollars
BNothing
C200 dollars
D25 dollars
✔ 正確答案：(B) Nothing
中譯新成員第一個月要付多少錢？
解析The first month is free，第一個月免費，之後才每季兩百元。
26What happens every half hour on Wednesday?
AMembers pay a fee
BPlayers change partners
CA new game is bought
DThe room is cleaned
✔ 正確答案：(B) Players change partners
中譯週三每半小時會發生什麼事？
解析every player gets a new partner every half hour，也就是每半小時換一位夥伴。
27What must an eleven-year-old do to join?
APay twice the fee
BBring a board game
CBook by phone
DCome with an adult
✔ 正確答案：(D) Come with an adult
中譯十一歲的孩子要參加必須怎麼做？
解析Anyone under twelve must come with an adult，十一歲未滿十二歲，需成人陪同。
28Why does the club ask people to book online?
ABecause the helpers work at home
BBecause the club is short of money
CBecause each room holds only 25 people
DBecause the times often change
✔ 正確答案：(C) Because each room holds only 25 people
中譯社團為什麼要大家線上預約？
解析Each room holds only 25 people, so please book online，名額有限才需預約。
ARTICLE
How Long Does It Take to Make a Friend?
How long does it take to make a friend? A study followed 400 adults who had just moved to a new city. It found that about fifty hours of shared time turned a stranger into a casual friend, while a close bond needed more than two hundred.
What mattered most was not the number of hours but what people did with them. Talking about ordinary daily life built trust far faster than sitting side by side in a cinema.
The researchers also warn that a relationship left alone will weaken. Even a short message every few weeks, they say, keeps the connection alive.