8The factory hired a to give advice on saving water and power.
Amankind
Bmajority
Cconsultant
Dastronaut
✔ 正確答案：(C) consultant
中譯這家工廠聘請了一位顧問，就節水與節電提供建議。
解析to give advice on saving water and power（提供節能建議）指出這是「顧問 consultant」的工作。mankind 是人類、majority 是大多數、astronaut 是太空人，都不是工廠請得來提供節能建議的專業人士。
單字consultant 顧問、astronaut 太空人、mankind 人類
9Clean water became in the village after three months without rain.
Aracial
Btame
Cscarce
Dmagical
✔ 正確答案：(C) scarce
中譯三個月沒下雨之後，村裡的乾淨用水變得稀少。
解析three months without rain（三個月沒下雨）自然造成水資源「稀少 scarce」。racial 是種族的、tame 是馴服的、magical 是魔術的、奇妙的，都不能形容水量的多寡。
單字scarce 稀少的、不足的、racial 種族的、tame 馴服的
10The gallery shows ancient pottery beside paintings by living artists.
Abrutal
Bcontemporary
Cliterary
Ddefinite
✔ 正確答案：(B) contemporary
中譯這間藝廊把古代陶器和在世藝術家的當代畫作並列展出。
解析by living artists（在世藝術家）與 ancient 形成對比，故選「當代的 contemporary」。brutal 是殘暴的、literary 是文學的、definite 是肯定的，都不能與 ancient 形成時間上的對照。
單字contemporary 當代的、同時期的、brutal 殘暴的、definite 肯定的
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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
Life in the Redstone Valley
The Redstone Valley lies in a wide river 11 between two rows of grey 12. Deep caves in the rock stay cool even in August, and children hide there at noon. For most of the year the air here is cool and 13, and the dark soil holds enough water for rice. Yet every ten years or so a long 14 comes. Streams shrink, the fields turn to dust, and farmers must carry water up from the town. Old people say the 15 has changed twice in their lifetime: once after a flood, once after a fire on the hills. Now they plant trees, hoping to keep the soil in place.
Questions 11–15
11
Abacon
Bcave
Cdam
Dbasin
✔ 正確答案：(D) basin
解析a wide river ____ 指河流沖積出的「盆地、流域 basin」。dam 是人造的水壩，不會被 wide river 修飾成一片地形；cave 是洞穴、bacon 是培根，皆不合。
12
Aspices
Bpuppets
Cglobes
Dcliffs
✔ 正確答案：(D) cliffs
解析between two rows of grey ____ 描述山谷兩側的「峭壁 cliffs」，下一句的 deep caves in the rock 也是線索。globe 是地球儀、puppet 是木偶、spice 是香料，都不會排成兩列夾住山谷。
Green Island was born from a 16 that stopped erupting eight hundred years ago. Its black 17 is rich, and farmers there grow sweet potatoes, spinach and tea on narrow terraces. A salty 18 blows in from the sea every afternoon and keeps the fields cool. Visitors climb the 19 before sunrise; the path is steep, and in winter the rocks are white with 20. From the top you can see the whole coast of the mainland. A small museum near the harbor explains how the island was formed. Scientists watch the mountain closely, and they hope it will stay quiet for many more centuries.
Dry lands cover almost a third of the globe. In one corner of the African continent, farmers once watched their fields blow away: years of drought had left the soil bare and hard, and every heavy rain washed more of it into the river.
Then a simple idea spread from village to village. Dig a shallow half-moon pit around each young tree. The pit holds rainwater long enough for the roots to drink, and the damp ground slowly comes back to life.
The farmers built no large dam and bought no machines. Twenty years later, five million trees stand where there was only dust, and young men who had left for the city are coming home.
✔ 正確答案：(B) Their soil was blowing and washing away
中譯農民一開始面臨什麼問題？
解析第一段說 farmers once watched their fields blow away，且 every heavy rain washed more of it into the river，指土壤被風吹走、被雨沖走。文中並未說河流完全乾涸，也沒提城市奪地。
22How does the half-moon pit help a young tree?
AIt keeps insects away from the leaves
BIt gives the tree shade in summer
CIt holds rainwater near the roots
DIt carries extra water to the river
✔ 正確答案：(C) It holds rainwater near the roots
中譯半月形的坑如何幫助小樹？
解析第二段明說 The pit holds rainwater long enough for the roots to drink。文中沒提防蟲或遮蔭，坑的作用也是留住水而非把水送進河裡。
23What was NOT needed for this project?
ARainwater
BYoung trees
CA large dam
DVillage workers
✔ 正確答案：(C) A large dam
中譯這個計畫並不需要什麼？
解析第三段開頭 The farmers built no large dam and bought no machines，明確指出不需要大型水壩。雨水、樹苗與村民的人力都是計畫的一部分。
24What has happened to the young men who once left?
AThey are returning to the village
BThey send money from the city
CThey work at a new factory
DThey moved to another continent
✔ 正確答案：(A) They are returning to the village
中譯當年離開的年輕人後來怎麼了？
解析文末說 young men who had left for the city are coming home，即他們正陸續返鄉。其餘三項文中都沒有提到。
NOTICE
Mist Mountain Trail — Winter Notice
Notice to hikers
From 1 December to 28 February the upper trail above the Blue Cave is open only between 7:00 and 15:00. Frosty rock near the cliff edge becomes slippery once it gets dark.
Ice covers the last 500 meters to the peak on most mornings.
A cold continental wind can lower the temperature at the summit by ten degrees.
Groups of fewer than three people may not go above the cave.
Warm gloves, a hat and a working flashlight must be shown to the ranger at the gate. Hikers without them will be turned back.