閱讀理解A

　　Michele Langlois is a young Canadian who works for the police as a handwriting expert. She has helped catch many criminals by using her special skill.

　　When she was only fourteen, Michel was already so interested in the differences in her school friends’ handwriting that she would spend hours studying them. After finishing college she went to France for a special two-year class to learn how to analyze handwriting at the School of Police Science. On her return, she began her work for the Quebec police.

　　Michele says that it is impossible for people to disguise (偽裝) their handwriting. She can discover most of what she needs to know simply by looking at the writing with her own eyes, but she also has machines that help her analyze different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often of help to the police.

　　Michele also believes that handwriting is a good sign of the kind of person the writer is. “I wouldn’t go out with a fellow if I didn’t like his handwriting,” she says. But she adds that she fell in love with her future husband, William Smith before she studied his handwriting. It later proved to be all right, however.

　　1.The best title for the text would be __________.

　　A. Police Science

　　B. Friends of Police

　　C. Handwriting Reader

　　D. Art of Handwriting

　　2.Where did Michele learn to analyze people’s handwriting?

　　A. At work

　　B. In Quebec Police Station

　　C. In the middle school

　　D. In a police school

　　3. Michele usually analyze handwriting by __________.

　　A. looking at it

　　B. using a machine

　　C. studying the ink used

　　D. examining the paper used

　　4.Besides helping the police Michele uses her skill to __________.

　　A. teach her friends

　　B. look for a husband

　　C. decide if a person will do something wrong

　　D. told what kind of person the writer is from his handwriting

　　5.The underlined word “it” in the last sentence refers to _________.

　　A. Michele’s job

　　B. William’s handwriting

　　C. Michele’s analyzing skill

　　D. William’s love for Michele

　　記敘文：1主旨題 2細節題 3細節題 4細節題 5猜測詞義(CDADC)

　　B

　　There are hundreds of TV channels in the United States. Americans get a lot of entertainment and information from TV. Most people probably watch it for entertainment only. For some people, however, TV is where they get the news of the day. But some new TV programs or shows put entertainment and news together.

　　This new kind of program in the United States is called “information”, which means information (info-) and entertainment (-tainment). These kinds of programs use actors to act out news stories, making the news of the day more interesting and exciting to people. The shows also use special effects.

　　An example of infotainment is the show “America’s Most Wanted”. The producers of this program get stories from real cases that the police have dealt with. In most of these cases, the police never found the person who committed the crime (犯罪). Sometimes they caught the criminal, but he or she ran away again. They use actors to play the parts of all the people in the case. At the end of the story, however, they always show “mug shots”, or police photographs, of the real criminals.

　　1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to introduce _________.

　　A. news programs

　　B. “information”

　　C. TV channels

　　D. entertainment programs

　　2.One important difference between an infotainment and ordinary TV news program is that it _________.

　　A. reports news from where it happens

　　B. shows the photos of real criminals

　　C. use actors to play the role

　　D. announces news for the police

　　3.We can infer from the text that the producers of “America’s Most Wanted” ______.

　　A. also work as police officers

　　B. hope to get money from the police

　　C. hope the program will help the police catch the criminals

　　D. often find it difficult to persuade people to act as criminals

　　4. In the program title “America’s Most Wanted” (line 1, para 3), “most wanted” probably refers to _______.

　　A. criminals

　　B. producers

　　C. police

　　D. actors

　　5. The best title for the text would be _________.

　　A. A New Type of TV Program

　　B. TV Program for the Police

　　C. America’s Most Wanted

　　D. Entertainment before Information

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　　(BCCAA)

　　C

　　“When one of the doctors criticizes me, I get defensive. I feel like a child again, being scolded, and I want to explain that I’m not wrong.” says Viola, a nurse. This is a common reaction to criticism, but not a good one. There are better ways of dealing with criticism.

　　When Sol was criticized by his new employer for not having made a sale, Sol’s reaction was to feel sorry for himself. “I had put everything I had into making that sale,” Sol says, “and I felt that I had failed as a person. I had to learn through experience not to react like that to each failure.

　　Rather than reacting immediately to criticism, take some time to think over what was said. Your first question should be whether the criticism is fair from the other person’s position. The problem may be a simple misunderstanding of what you did or your reasons for doing it.

　　After you cool down, consider what you can do about the situation. The best answer may be “nothing”. “I finally realized that my boss was having personal problems and taking them out on me because I was there,” says Sheila. “His criticism didn’t really have anything to do with my work, so nothing I said or did was going to change them.” In Sheila’s case, the best way to deal with it was to leave her job. However, that’s an extreme reaction. You may simply explain your opinion without expecting an in-depth discussion. You may even decide that the battle isn’t worth fighting this time. The key, in any case, is to have a reasonable plan.

　　1. When Sol was criticized by his employer, he __________.

　　A. argued bitterly with his employer

　　B. was angry and gave up his job.

　　C. was sorry for what he did

　　D. was sad and self-pitying

　　2. According to the writer, you should take time to think about criticism because _________.

　　A. people may have a mistaken idea of what you did

　　B. you should welcome other people’s opinions

　　C. people may discuss it with you in depth

　　D. you need time to understand yourself

　　3. When the writer says that “the best answer may be ‘nothing’, he means you may decide __________.

　　A. to take no notice of the criticism

　　B. to argue with your boss

　　C. you need to change your job.

　　D. you’ve done nothing wrong

　　4. The writer thinks Sheila can decide to leave her job because her boss _______.

　　A. didn’t like her appearance

　　B. refused to change his opinion

　　C. made an unreasonable criticism

　　D. refused to talk to her about the criticism

　　5. What’s the best subtitle of the last paragraph?

　　A. Take time to cool down.

　　B. React criticism quickly.

　　C. Take action quickly.

　　D. Take positive action.

　　夾敘夾義：1細節題 2細節題 3猜測句義題 4推斷題 5主旨題

　　(CAACD)

　　閱讀理解We should also know that “greed” is little related to the environmental crisis. The two main factors are population pressures, especially the pressures of large city population, and the desire to bring a satisfactory living with the lowest possible cost to the largest number of people.

　　The environmental crisis is the result of success in cutting down the death rate of babies, which has given us the population explosion, success in increasing farm output sufficiently to prevent mass famine(饑荒), success in getting people out of the tenements(租房) of the 19th century city and into the ownership of single family home in the suburb，which has given us urban traffic jams. The environmental crisis, in other words, is the result of doing too much of the right sort of thing at large.

　　To overcome the problems that success always creates, one must build on it. But where to start? Cleaning up the environment requires determined, sustained(持續的) efforts with clear targets and deadlines it needed, above all, concentration of effort. Up to now we have tried to do a little bit of everything, what we ought to do first is to draft a list of priorities(優先解決的問題).

　　1. This passage makes people believe that we have the desire to __________.

　　A. live in comfortable family life-style

　　B. set disputes peacefully

　　C. fight cancer and heart disease with energetic research

　　D. have greater government involvement in people’s daily life

　　2. According to this passage, one early step in any effort to improve the environment would be ________.

　　A. return to expensive use of natural fertilizersB.ban the use of automobiles in and around cities

　　C. study successful effort in other countries

　　D. set up a timetable for collective actions

　　3. The passage indicates that the conditions that led to overcrowded roads also brought about ________.

　　A. more attractive living conditions for many people

　　B. a healthy younger generation

　　C. greater job opportunities

　　D. the population explosion

　　4. It could logically be assumed that the author of the passage would support laws to __________.

　　A. ban the use of all fertilizers

　　B. prevent the use of automobiles in the cities

　　C. build traditional power plants immediately

　　D, organize an agency to work together to deal with environmental problems

　　5. The phrase “build on” in the last paragraph most probably means “________”.

　　A. give up

　　B. rely on

　　C. get rid of

　　D. research into

　　議論文：1細節題 2推斷題 3推斷題 4推斷題 5猜測詞義題

　　(ADADB)

　　B

　　Packaging（包裝）is an important form of advertising. A package can sometimes motivate someone to buy a product. For example, a small child might ask for a breakfast food that comes in a box with a picture of a TV character. The child is more interested in the picture than in breakfast food.

　　Pictures for children to color or cut out, games printed on a package, or small gifts inside a box also motivate many children to buy products－or to ask their parents for them.

　　Some packages suggest that a buyer will get something for nothing. Food products sold in reusable containers are examples of this. Although a similar product in a plain container might cost less, people often prefer to buy the product in a reusable glass or dish, because they believe the container is free. However, the cost of the container is added to the cost of the product.

　　The size of a package also motivates a buyer. Maybe the package has “Economy Size” or “Family Size” printed on it. This suggests that the larger size has the most product for the least money. But that is not always true. To find it out a buyer has to know how the product is sold and the price of the basic unit.

　　The information on the package should provide some answers. But the important thing for any buyer to remember is that a package is often an advertisement. The words and pictures do not tell the whole story. Only the product inside can do that.

　　1. “A buyer will get something for nothing” in Paragraph 3 most means that ______.

　　A. a buyer will not get what he pays for

　　B. a buy will get more than what he pays for

　　C. a buyer will get something useful free of charge

　　D. a buyer will get more but pay less

　　2. From the passage we know the buyer pays more attention to ________.

　　A. the size of a container

　　B. a container with attractive pictures

　　C. a well-designed container

　　D. a plain container with low cost

　　3.What suggestion does the author give in the passage?

　　A. It’s not good to buy the product which is sold in a glass or dish

　　B. The quality of a container has nothing to do with the quality of the product.

　　C. The best choice for a buyer is to buy a product in a plain package

　　D. A buyer should buy what he needs most rather than a well-designed package

　　4. Which of the following sentences is not true according to the passage?

　　A. In fact, glasses or dishes used for packaging do not cost money at all.

　　B. “Family Size” printed on the package means that he is rather economic.

　　C. To a child, even to an adult, the form is far more important than the content.

　　D. Words and pictures written on the package are thought to be an advertisement.

　　5. What is the best title for the passage?

　　A. How to Package a Product

　　B. How to Make an Advertisement

　　C. How to Sell Product

　　D. How to Attract More Buyers

　　議論文：1猜測詞義 2推斷題 3推斷題 4細節題 5主旨題

　　(CCBAD)

　　C

　　Exercise is one of the few factors with a positive role in long-term maintenance of body weight. Unfortunately, that message has not gotten through to the average American, who would rather try switching to "light" beer and low-calorie bread than increase physical exertion(用力). The Centers for Disease Control, for example, found that fewer than one-fourth of overweight adults who were trying to shed pounds said they were combining exercise with their diet.

　　In rejecting exercise, some people may be discouraged too much by caloric-expenditure (熱量消耗)charts; for example, one would have to briskly walk three miles just to work off the 275 calories in one delicious Danish pastry (小甜餅). Even exercise professionals concede half a point here. "Exercise by itself is a very tough way to lose weight," says York Onnen, program director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

　　Still, exercise's supporting role in weight reduction is vital. A study at the Boston University Medical Center of overweight police officers and other public employees confirmed that those who dieted without exercise regained almost all their old weight, while those who worked exercise into their daily routine maintained their new weight.

　　If you have been sedentary (極少活動的) and decide to start walking one mile a day, the added exercise could burn an extra 100 calories daily. In a year's time, assuming no increase in food intake, you could lose ten pounds. By increasing the distance of your walks gradually and 　making other dietary adjustments, you may lose even more weight. 16. What is said about the average American in the passage? A) They usually ignore the effect of exercise on losing weight. B) They prefer "light" beer and low-calorie bread to other drinks and food. C) They know the factors that play a positive role in keeping down body weight. D) They tend to exaggerate(夸大) the healthful effect of "light" beer. 17. Some people dislike exercise because_______. A) they find it hard to exercise while on a diet

　　B) they don't think it possible to walk 3 miles every day C) they think it is physically exhausting

　　D) they find consulting caloric-expenditure charts troublesome 18. "Even exercise professionals concede half a point here" (Line 3, Para. 2) means "They

　　_____”. A) are not fully convinced that dieting can help maintain one's new weight B) agree that the calories in a small piece of pastry can be difficult to work off by exercise C) are not sufficiently informed of the positive role of exercise in losing weight D) partially believe diet plays a supporting role in weight reduction 19. What was confirmed by the Boston University Medical Center's study? A) Weight reduction is impossible without exercise. B) Even occasional exercise can help reduce weight. C) Controlling one's calorie intake is more important than doing exercise. D) One could lose ten pounds in a year's time if there's no increase in food intake. 20. What is the author's purpose in writing this article? A) To stress the importance of maintaining proper weight. B) To support the statement made by York Onnen. D) To show the most effective way to lose weight. D) To justify the study of the Boston University Medical Center.