10Please a copy of your lease when you send the form back to the office.
Aventure
Benclose
Cdrag
Dflee
✔ 正確答案：(B) enclose
中譯把表格寄回辦公室時，請隨附一份租約影本。
解析enclose 指「（隨信）附上」文件，與 send the form back 完全相符。venture 冒險、drag 拖拉、flee 逃走，都不能用於寄送文件。
單字enclose 圍住；隨信附上、venture 冒險、flee 逃走
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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 Street That Grew Upward
Twenty years ago our street was lined with two-story houses. Today a 11 of glass towers stands where the old market used to be. The city welcomed the change, and the 12 still says the project brought jobs and shops. Older residents are less certain. They complain that the 13 block shuts out the morning sun and that the wind between the towers never stops. Even so, few of them plan to leave. Elevators, guards and covered parking make daily life easy, and from the fifteenth floor they can watch the 14 come in across the bay. Comfort, it seems, is the 15 reason for staying.
Questions 11–15
11
Acomplex
Bchamber
Cstructure
Darch
✔ 正確答案：(A) complex
解析a ____ of glass towers 指由多棟樓組成的「建築群 complex」。chamber 是有特定用途的房間、structure 指單一結構體、arch 是拱門，都無法涵蓋「一整群大樓」。
Water was rising slowly in the kitchen when we called a 16. He arrived within the hour, opened a small 17 beside the sink and shone his light inside. The problem, he explained, was not the pipe itself but the 18, which had been blocked by cooking oil for months. He pushed a thin 19 down the pipe and washed everything out with hot water. The whole job took forty minutes. Before leaving, he warned us that oil hardens as it cools, and that the cheapest repair is the one you 20 by pouring oil into a jar instead.
Thank you for meeting me on Tuesday. I have finished a second plan for your house. The main change is at the entrance: instead of a plain doorway, there is now a low brick arch leading into a bright hall.
The structure of the roof stays exactly the same, so the total cost will not rise. I have also moved the study to the north side, where the light is steady all day.
Builders can begin in April if the city office approves the drawings before the end of March. Please tell me by Friday which plan you prefer.
解析文中說 The structure of the roof stays exactly the same, so the total cost will not rise，可知屋頂結構沒改動是關鍵。
22What is new at the entrance?
AA glass panel
BA brick arch
CA wide staircase
DA garden gate
✔ 正確答案：(B) A brick arch
中譯入口處有什麼新設計？
解析there is now a low brick arch leading into a bright hall，入口改成磚砌拱門。
23When can the building work start?
AIn March
BOn Friday
CIn April
DOn Tuesday
✔ 正確答案：(C) In April
中譯工程何時可以開始？
解析Builders can begin in April，三月底前核准只是前提條件，並非開工時間。
24What does the writer ask Ms. Lai to do?
AChoose between the plans
BPay the builders
CVisit the city office
DDraw a new roof
✔ 正確答案：(A) Choose between the plans
中譯作者請賴女士做什麼？
解析Please tell me by Friday which plan you prefer，是請她在兩版設計中做選擇。
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河畔苑 - 開始出租
河濱公園旁河濱公園旁全新的三棟高層大樓社區
兩房與三房住宅，每月租金 NT$28,000 起
有頂棚停車場、24 小時警衛，B 棟設有屋頂花園
步行十分鐘可到捷運站
C 棟的工程於十月完工，因此該棟住宅十一月才開放。A 棟與 B 棟現已完工。歡迎十公斤以下的寵物。請線上預約參觀或電洽 02-2765-4321。
Questions 25–28
25How many towers does Riverside Court have?
AFour
BTwo
CThree
DTen
✔ 正確答案：(C) Three
中譯河畔苑共有幾棟大樓？
解析第一行寫 a new complex of three high-rise towers，共三棟。
26When will apartments in Tower C be available?
AOn Saturday
BNow
CIn November
DIn October
✔ 正確答案：(C) In November
中譯C 棟的住宅何時可以入住？
解析Construction of Tower C will be finished in October, so apartments there open in November，十月是完工，十一月才開放。
27Where is the rooftop garden?
AOn Tower A
BOn Tower C
COn Tower B
DIn the river park
✔ 正確答案：(C) On Tower B
中譯屋頂花園在哪裡？
解析a rooftop garden on Tower B，明確指出在 B 棟。
28What is true about pets?
ASmall pets are welcome
BPets are not allowed
CPets need a ticket
DPets may use the parking area
✔ 正確答案：(A) Small pets are welcome
中譯關於寵物，何者正確？
解析Pets under ten kilos are welcome，十公斤以下的小型寵物可以入住。
ARTICLE
How Steel Made Buildings Tall
The first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885. It had only ten floors, but two inventions made it possible: the safety elevator and a steel frame. Before that, thick stone walls carried the weight of a building, so tall towers were dark and heavy.
Steel changed architecture completely. Walls no longer held the building up; they simply kept the weather out, and windows could be as wide as the architect wished.
Today engineers worry less about height than about wind. In the tallest towers a heavy weight near the top swings slowly to keep the whole structure steady.