第三部分 閱讀理解 (80分)
第一篇 How to Find the Best Book Reviews
Normally, you will want the sources for a paper to be the best ones possible. Since there is a great deal of material available on most subjects, you don’t want to waste your time reading an inaccurate or superficial book. It is sometimes wise, therefore, to first evaluate a book for accuracy and thoroughness. If you are unfamiliar with the subject of executive power, for example, you may wonder whether or not the book President and Congress; Power and Police, by L. Fisher (1972), will be a good source of information. The essayist way to find it out is to read some reviews of the book.
Book reviews appear in almost every newspaper and magazine. To quickly find the reviews you want, use a reference book such as Book Review Digest. Beginning in 1905, its editors annually compile (編輯) book reviews from about seventh-five periodicals (期刊) and newspapers and need to know two things to use this tool: the year the book was published and the correct spelling of the author’s name.
A reference book with slightly broader coverage (覆蓋面) is Book Review Index (1966-). In it, however, summaries of the reviews are not included. A newcomer, Current Book Review Citations (引證), is even better for books published from 1976 on, since it indexes the book reviews that are listed in many major periodicals, indexes. One caution (警告) when searching for reviews in this : if you don’t find one under the year a book was published, look at the following year or years. Reviews like college students, sometimes fall behind in their writing schedules.
21. It is necessary to read reviews because you want to ___________.
○A. know everything about a book
○B(yǎng). find a reliable source of information
○C. know if the book is too easy or hard
○D. fine the author’s educational background.
22. where can you very quickly find the book reviews you want?
○A. In newspapers.
○B(yǎng). In magazines.
○C. In Book Review Digest.
○D. In newspaper supplements.
23. IF you want to find reviews on a book published in 1920, which of the following will you go to?
○A. Book Review Digest.
○B(yǎng). Book Review Index.
○C. Current Book Review Citations.
○D. Both A and B.
24. If you need the most thorough information of reviews on a recent book, which of the following do you go to?
○A. Book Review Digest.
○B(yǎng). Book Review Index.
○C. Both A and B.
○D. Current Book Review Citations.
25. The last sentence of this passage implies that college students in the West ______.
○A. often hand in their written work late.
○B(yǎng). do not like making plans.
○C. always finish their homework on time.
○D. usually follow schedules.
第二篇 Coal Mining
England was a good place for coal. Near the seacoast coal was often washed out of the ground onto the beaches. Women and children gathered it to heat homes cheaply. But the noble class people once refused to allow cooking over coal fires. They believed coal smoke was poisonous.
The Dutch (荷蘭人) too were mining coal in 1113. But as they dug their mines deeper and deeper, the open flames of oil lamps often caused the gases in the mines to explode. It was not until 1815 that a safety lamp was invented. Sir Humphrey Davy invented a lamp inside a covering. The covering cooled the gases enough to prevent them from exploding. And the flame inside the lamp burned blue when gas was present. This is still a valuable tool combining lighting with safety.
Then came a new important development. James Watt’s steam engine gave human beings more power than anyone had ever before imagined. By 1760 coal was being used in the steam engine and the demand for coal increased. But human labor was still the only power for mining. More workers were needed. Sick men, old men, and children were all sent to work in the mines. Coal! More coal! Work them all to death, but produce the coal!
Today, mechanical devices have replaced much of the hard muscle work in the miner’s job. Huge machines cut into rock where coal is to be found. The machines break the coal and load it into cars or onto conveyor beles (傳送帶). Huge machines lift the coal , at 12,000 pounds a minute, onto conveyor beles which carry the coal several miles. To miners a hundred years ago, all this would have seemed like a kind of miner’s heaven!
26. It was easy for women and children to gather coal in England because _________.
○A. they lived near the coal mine
○B(yǎng). coal was washed onto the ground
○C. rich people refused to use coal
○D. England was rich in coal
27. How can miners know whether there is the danger of gas explosion or not?
○A. From the smell of gases around them.
○B(yǎng). From the pressure of gases inside the mine.
○C. From the color of the flame inside the lamp.
○D. From the height of the flame inside the lamp.
28. According to the passage, the invention of the steam engine led to _______.
○A. an increasing demand for coal
○B(yǎng). less human labor for mining
○C. much more work for people to do
○D. the use of mechanical devices in mining.
29. Which is the best interpretation of ’work them to death, but produce the coal’ in the 3rd paragraph?
○A. Coal had to be produced even if many miners would die of working overtime.
○B(yǎng). Miners were not afraid of death in order to produce enough coal.
○C. Miners were made to work till they died.
○D. Every miner worked to death to produce the coal.
30. The last paragraph of this passage says that _________.
○A. human labor is no longer needed in coal mining
○B(yǎng). new instruments have greatly improved coal production
○C. modern machines have made miners lose their jobs
○D. coal mines today have become miners’ paradise
第一篇 How to Find the Best Book Reviews
Normally, you will want the sources for a paper to be the best ones possible. Since there is a great deal of material available on most subjects, you don’t want to waste your time reading an inaccurate or superficial book. It is sometimes wise, therefore, to first evaluate a book for accuracy and thoroughness. If you are unfamiliar with the subject of executive power, for example, you may wonder whether or not the book President and Congress; Power and Police, by L. Fisher (1972), will be a good source of information. The essayist way to find it out is to read some reviews of the book.
Book reviews appear in almost every newspaper and magazine. To quickly find the reviews you want, use a reference book such as Book Review Digest. Beginning in 1905, its editors annually compile (編輯) book reviews from about seventh-five periodicals (期刊) and newspapers and need to know two things to use this tool: the year the book was published and the correct spelling of the author’s name.
A reference book with slightly broader coverage (覆蓋面) is Book Review Index (1966-). In it, however, summaries of the reviews are not included. A newcomer, Current Book Review Citations (引證), is even better for books published from 1976 on, since it indexes the book reviews that are listed in many major periodicals, indexes. One caution (警告) when searching for reviews in this : if you don’t find one under the year a book was published, look at the following year or years. Reviews like college students, sometimes fall behind in their writing schedules.
21. It is necessary to read reviews because you want to ___________.
○A. know everything about a book
○B(yǎng). find a reliable source of information
○C. know if the book is too easy or hard
○D. fine the author’s educational background.
22. where can you very quickly find the book reviews you want?
○A. In newspapers.
○B(yǎng). In magazines.
○C. In Book Review Digest.
○D. In newspaper supplements.
23. IF you want to find reviews on a book published in 1920, which of the following will you go to?
○A. Book Review Digest.
○B(yǎng). Book Review Index.
○C. Current Book Review Citations.
○D. Both A and B.
24. If you need the most thorough information of reviews on a recent book, which of the following do you go to?
○A. Book Review Digest.
○B(yǎng). Book Review Index.
○C. Both A and B.
○D. Current Book Review Citations.
25. The last sentence of this passage implies that college students in the West ______.
○A. often hand in their written work late.
○B(yǎng). do not like making plans.
○C. always finish their homework on time.
○D. usually follow schedules.
第二篇 Coal Mining
England was a good place for coal. Near the seacoast coal was often washed out of the ground onto the beaches. Women and children gathered it to heat homes cheaply. But the noble class people once refused to allow cooking over coal fires. They believed coal smoke was poisonous.
The Dutch (荷蘭人) too were mining coal in 1113. But as they dug their mines deeper and deeper, the open flames of oil lamps often caused the gases in the mines to explode. It was not until 1815 that a safety lamp was invented. Sir Humphrey Davy invented a lamp inside a covering. The covering cooled the gases enough to prevent them from exploding. And the flame inside the lamp burned blue when gas was present. This is still a valuable tool combining lighting with safety.
Then came a new important development. James Watt’s steam engine gave human beings more power than anyone had ever before imagined. By 1760 coal was being used in the steam engine and the demand for coal increased. But human labor was still the only power for mining. More workers were needed. Sick men, old men, and children were all sent to work in the mines. Coal! More coal! Work them all to death, but produce the coal!
Today, mechanical devices have replaced much of the hard muscle work in the miner’s job. Huge machines cut into rock where coal is to be found. The machines break the coal and load it into cars or onto conveyor beles (傳送帶). Huge machines lift the coal , at 12,000 pounds a minute, onto conveyor beles which carry the coal several miles. To miners a hundred years ago, all this would have seemed like a kind of miner’s heaven!
26. It was easy for women and children to gather coal in England because _________.
○A. they lived near the coal mine
○B(yǎng). coal was washed onto the ground
○C. rich people refused to use coal
○D. England was rich in coal
27. How can miners know whether there is the danger of gas explosion or not?
○A. From the smell of gases around them.
○B(yǎng). From the pressure of gases inside the mine.
○C. From the color of the flame inside the lamp.
○D. From the height of the flame inside the lamp.
28. According to the passage, the invention of the steam engine led to _______.
○A. an increasing demand for coal
○B(yǎng). less human labor for mining
○C. much more work for people to do
○D. the use of mechanical devices in mining.
29. Which is the best interpretation of ’work them to death, but produce the coal’ in the 3rd paragraph?
○A. Coal had to be produced even if many miners would die of working overtime.
○B(yǎng). Miners were not afraid of death in order to produce enough coal.
○C. Miners were made to work till they died.
○D. Every miner worked to death to produce the coal.
30. The last paragraph of this passage says that _________.
○A. human labor is no longer needed in coal mining
○B(yǎng). new instruments have greatly improved coal production
○C. modern machines have made miners lose their jobs
○D. coal mines today have become miners’ paradise