10He banged the table with his to make everyone stop talking.
Aelbow
Bjewel
Cboot
Dfist
✔ 正確答案：(D) fist
中譯他用拳頭敲桌子，好讓大家停止交談。
解析用力敲桌子最自然的是握緊的「拳頭 fist」。elbow 手肘、boot 靴子、jewel 寶石雖然也可能碰到桌子，但都不是 bang the table 的固定搭配。
單字fist 拳頭；握拳、elbow 手肘、jewel 寶石、首飾
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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 Day the Office Dress Code Died
Our office once had strict rules about 11. Men wore dark suits, women wore skirts, and nobody argued. Five years ago the manager allowed 12 clothes on Fridays, and the result surprised everyone. Meetings grew shorter and staff spoke more freely. Last spring the company dropped the old rules completely. A short 13 now asks only that we look clean and tidy when customers visit. One older colleague still wears a tie every day, and his 14 surprises nobody. Comfort, the manager likes to say, is not a small thing: people who feel comfortable are more 15 about their work.
Every morning millions of people wash their hair with 16 they have never thought about. The bottle promises shine, strength and a 17 color that lasts for weeks. Scientists are less romantic. Most of what makes hair look healthy, they say, is simply water and oil, and adding more products only 18 matters. A hairdresser in Taipei agrees. She tells customers that a good cut matters far more than an expensive bottle, and that people who dye their hair 19 often damage it. Her advice is unfashionable but practical: wash less, cut more often, and 20 the number of bottles in your bathroom.
Questions 16–20
16
Amakeup
Bcloth
Cshampoo
Djewel
✔ 正確答案：(C) shampoo
解析wash their hair with ____ 指洗頭用的「洗髮精 shampoo」。makeup 化妝品、cloth 布料、jewel 寶石都不能用來洗頭髮。
17
Aawkward
Bprobable
Cvivid
Dfierce
✔ 正確答案：(C) vivid
解析修飾 color 又能維持數週的是「鮮明的 vivid」。awkward 尷尬的、probable 可能的、fierce 兇猛的，都不能形容顏色。
18
Acomplicates
Bclassifies
Cblesses
Dmows
✔ 正確答案：(A) complicates
解析前面說重點只是水與油，後面用 only 表示多買產品反而「使問題複雜化 complicate」。classify 分類、bless 祝福、mow 割草皆不通。
19
Acasual
Bpermanent
Cunknown
Dblonde
✔ 正確答案：(D) blonde
解析dye their hair ____ 需要一個顏色，選 blonde（金色的）。casual 休閒的、permanent 永久的、unknown 未知的都不是髮色。
20
Areduce
Bacquaint
Ctumble
Dreveal
✔ 正確答案：(A) reduce
解析與 wash less 呼應，建議「減少 reduce」瓶罐數量。reveal 透露、acquaint 使熟悉都不能接 the number of；tumble 跌倒、倒塌指身體或建物倒下，也無法用在瓶罐數量上。
Your blue jacket is ready. The broken zipper has been replaced with a stronger one, and we also fixed a loose button on the left sleeve. The cloth was thinner than it looked, so our tailor added a narrow strip of the same material inside the pocket.
The total cost is NT$450, which is NT$50 less than our first estimate. You may pay when you collect the jacket.
We close at 7 p.m. on weekdays and at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Please bring this message or tell the clerk your phone number.
解析The broken zipper has been replaced with a stronger one，鈕扣只是順便修的次要項目。
22Why did the tailor add a strip of cloth?
AThe color did not match
BThe pocket was too small
CThe customer asked for it
DThe cloth was thin
✔ 正確答案：(D) The cloth was thin
中譯師傅為什麼加了一條布條？
解析The cloth was thinner than it looked, so our tailor added a narrow strip，是因為布料太薄。
23How much will Mr. Fang pay?
ANT$450
BNT$50
CNT$400
DNT$500
✔ 正確答案：(A) NT$450
中譯方先生要付多少錢？
解析The total cost is NT$450；NT$50 是比原估價少的差額。
24When does the shop close on Saturday?
AIt does not open
BAt 7 p.m.
CAt noon
DAt 5 p.m.
✔ 正確答案：(D) At 5 p.m.
中譯這家店星期六幾點打烊？
解析at 5 p.m. on Saturday；七點是平日的打烊時間。
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Second Chance - Winter Clothing Drive
Second Chance - Winter Clothing Drive
We collect coats, boots and warm clothing for families in the mountains
Clean items only; we cannot accept anything with a broken zipper or missing buttons
Drop-off: the blue box outside the public library, open every day until 9 p.m.
Volunteers sort the bags on Sunday morning at nine o'clock
Last winter we clothed more than six hundred children. Every item is washed again before it travels north. To join the Sunday team, write to help@secondchance.org.
解析we cannot accept anything with a broken zipper or missing buttons。
26Where should people leave their donations?
AAt the volunteers' homes
BAt a mountain school
CIn a blue box outside the library
DAt the library desk
✔ 正確答案：(C) In a blue box outside the library
中譯民眾應該把捐贈物品放在哪裡？
解析Drop-off: the blue box outside the public library。
27When do volunteers sort the bags?
AOn Monday evening
BOn Sunday morning
COn Saturday afternoon
DEvery day at 9 p.m.
✔ 正確答案：(B) On Sunday morning
中譯志工什麼時候整理這些袋子？
解析Volunteers sort the bags on Sunday morning at nine o'clock；晚上九點指的是回收箱開放到的時間。
28How many children were helped last winter?
ASixty
BExactly six hundred
CMore than six hundred
DNine hundred
✔ 正確答案：(C) More than six hundred
中譯去年冬天幫助了多少名孩童？
解析we clothed more than six hundred children，是「超過」六百名。
ARTICLE
One Tenth of a Second
How long does it take to judge a stranger? A lecturer at a Dutch university asked students to look at photographs for one tenth of a second. In that short time most of them had already decided who looked friendly and who did not.
Later research suggests that clothes matter even more than faces. When the same man wore a suit in one picture and an old T-shirt in another, viewers guessed his income very differently.
The scientists warn that such quick judgments are often wrong, yet almost nobody escapes them. Knowing about the habit, they say, is the only useful defense.