(05·全國Ⅰ)

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I ___36___ that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, ___37___ he knew me. The man had a newspaper ___38___ in front of him, which he was ___39___ to read, but I could ___40___ that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my ___41___the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the ___42___ way in which the waiter and I ___43___each other. He seemed even more puzzled as ___44___went on and it became ___45___that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the ___46___. When he came out, he paid his bill and ___47___without another glance in my direction.
   I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had  ___48___. “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (偵探). He ___49___ you here because he thought you were the man he ___50___. ” “What? ” I said, showing my ___51___. The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I ___52___ say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a ___53___. ” “Well, it’s really ___54___I came to a restaurant where I’m known, ” I said. “___55___, I might have been in trouble. ”
36. A. knew                  B. understood               C. noticed                     D. recognized
37. A. since                  B. even if                      C. though                            D. as if
38. A. flat                     B. open                        C. cut                          D. fixed
39. A. hoping                B. thinking                    C. pretending                D. continuing
40. A. see                     B. find                          C. guess                       D. learn
41. A. menu                  B. bill                           C. paper                       D. food
42. A. direct                  B. familiar                     C. strange                     D. funny
43. A. chatted with        B. looked at                  C. laughed at                 D. talked about
44. A. the waiter            B. time                         C. I                              D. the dinner
45. A. true                    B. hopeful                     C. clear                        D. possible
46. A. restaurant            B. washroom                C. office                       D. kitchen
47. A. left                     B. acted                        C. sat down                  D. calmed down
48. A. wanted               B. tried                         C. ordered                    D. wished
49. A. met                    B. caught                      C. followed                   D. discovered
50. A. was to beat         B. was dealing with       C. was to meet             D. was looking for
51. A. care                    B. surprise                    C. worry                      D. regret
52. A. must                   B. can                          C. need                        D. may
53. A. discovery            B. mistake                    C. decision                   D. fortune
54. A. a pity                  B. natural                      C. a chance                  D. lucky
55. A. Thus                  B. However                  C. Otherwise                D. Therefore

 (05·全國Ⅱ、全國Ⅲ)

As I drove my blue Buick into the garage. I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was   21   too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the   22   space. That left

  23    enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home   24  , and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space － too close to my car,   25  . At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had   26   and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not   27   me enough space” Park father over.” Banging(猛推) open her door into  28 ,

the driver shouted back: “Make me!”   29   this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my   30  . Then one day, I thought, “What can I do?” I soon found   31  . The next day the woman   32   a note on her windshield(擋風(fēng)玻璃):

Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,

I’m sorry mistress(女主人) shouted at yours the other day. She’s been sorry about it. I

know  it because she doesn’t sing anymore while   33  . It wasn’t like her to scream   34  . Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I   35   you and your mistress will   36   her.

                                                    Your neighbor,

                                                   Blue Buick

When I went to the   37   the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a

note on my windshield:

Dear Blue Buick,

My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so   38   because she just learned to drive. We will

park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be   39   now.

                                                 Your neighbor,

                                                 Yellow Oldsmobile

After that, whenever Blue Buick   40   Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers

waved cheerfully and smiled.

21．A．driven              B．parked             C．stopped                      D．stayed

22．A．complete          B．close               C．narrow                       D．fixed

23．A．quite                B．nearly              C．seldom                       D．hardly

24．A．hurriedly          B．first                 C．finally                        D．timely

25．A．a(chǎn)s usual           B．a(chǎn)s planned        C．a(chǎn)s well                       D．a(chǎn)s yet

26．A．run into           B．run about         C．run out                       D．run off

27．A．keeping            B．saving              C．offering                      D．leaving

28．A．mine                B．hers                 C．itself                          D．ours

29．A．For                 B．With                C．From                         D．Upon

30．A．room               B．a(chǎn)rea                 C．front                          D．side

31．A．a(chǎn)n instruction   B．a(chǎn) result            C．a(chǎn)n answer                  D．a(chǎn) chance

32．A．put                  B．wrote              C．sent                           D．discovered

33．A．working           B．driving             C．returning                    D．cooking

34．A．on end             B．so long            C．like that                      D．a(chǎn)ny more

35．A．hope                B．know               C．suppose                     D．suggest

36．A．comfort           B．help                 C．forgive                       D．please

37．A．office              B．flat                  C．place                          D．garage

38．A．crazily             B．eagerly             C．noisily                        D．early

39．A．neighbors         B．friends             C．drivers                       D．writers

40．A．followed          B．passed             C．found                         D．greeted

 (05·全國ⅡC篇)

Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely eleven act of stealing or an even elev-ecer cheat (詐騙). Either way , it could be the perfect crime (犯罪), because the criminals are birds—horning pigeons !

The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car : if you want the car back, pay up then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside . Carrying the money in a tiny bag , the pigeon flies off .

There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however , may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoid (避免)not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place . Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return . Instead of stealing cars , he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad (啟事) in the newspaper asking for help .

The theory is supported by the fact that , so far , none of the stolen cars have been returned . Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars –seems too little for a car worth many times more .

Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal . “We have more important things to do, ” he said .

49．After the car owner received a phone call. He         

       A．went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried

       B．gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park

       C．sent some money to the thief by mail

       D．told the press about it

50．The “l(fā)azier and more inventive” criminal refers to          .

       A．the car thief who stays at home

B．one of those who put the ads in the paper

       C．one of the policemen in Changwa

D．the owner of the pigeons

51．The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show       .

       A．how easily people get fooled by criminals

       B．what Chen thinks might be correct

       C．the thief is extremely clever

       D．the money paid is too little

52．The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to          .

       A．criminals

B．pigeons

C．the stolen cars

D．demands for money

53．We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because     .

       A．he reads the ads in the newspaper

B．he lives in the same neighborhood

       C．he has seen the car owners in the park

D．he has trained the pigeons to follow them

 (05·全國Ⅱ、全國ⅢE篇)

Last year my sixth-grader daughter ,Elizabeth ,was forced to put up with science .Her education week after week ,contained mindless memorization of big words like “batholith” and “saprophyte” She learned by heart the achievements of famous scientists who did things like “improved nuclear fu-sion（核聚變） “—never mind that she hasn’t the least idea of what nuclear fusion means .Eliza—beth did very well (she’s good at memorizing things ). And now she hates science .My eighth-grad-er son ,Ben ,also suffered from science education . Week after week he had to perform lab experiments with answers already known .Ben figured out how to guess the right answers ,so he got good grades .Now he hates science ,too.

       Science can provide an exciting way to develop children’s curiosity .Science education should teach ways to ask questions and week answers .But my children got the mistaken idea in school than science is difficult dull and has no relation to their everyday interests .

       As a physicist ,I am saddened and angered to see “the great science turnoff” I know that science is important in our lives .Yet studies prove that our schools are turning out millions of graduates who know almost nothing about and have almost no interest in science .What’s gone wrong ?Who is to blame ?

58．We learn from paragraph 1 that           .

A．the writer was proud of Elizabeth and Ben

B．both Elizabeth and Ben could become scientists

C．Elizabeth had to learn much about great scientists

D．Ben was good at trying new ideas in lab experiments

59．The writer thinks that in science education we should first        .

A．get students interested in the subject

B．a(chǎn)nswer students’ questions in delightful ways.

C．smooth out difficulties in lab experiments

D．explain the special terms clearly

60．By writing the text ,the author questions          .

A．the difficulty level of the science texts

B．the way science is taught in school

C．the achievements of famous scientists

D．students’ poor records in science classes