Test on B1U6 Inventing a Better World

Unit Six  Inventing a Better World

Class: __________　Name: __________　No.: __________

I. 文意字彙與詞類變化 (28分，每題2分)

                      1. The accident o________rred late at night, so no one saw how it happened.

                       2. I w________red how Serena could always do well on her studies. I decided to ask her about it.

                     3. It is t________h opening a can without a can opener.

                      4. The tea shop near the train station is in an excellent l________n.

                      5. Yvonne is very creative. She d________ned her house by herself.

                     6. I make d________y visits to the library. I always spend three hours there every afternoon.

                      7. Bob and Jacob seem to be good friends, but the r________y is that they don’t like each other.

                      8. With this coffee-making d________e, I can enjoy coffee at home.

                      9. Zack couldn’t c________l his car in the heavy rain and hit the tree.

                      10. Stanley’s plan offered a s________n to the difficult problem.

                      11. My ________ (origin) plan was to go to the movies, but I was too tired to do so.

                       12. The Internet is one of the most important ________ (invent) in the modern world.

                       13. This country is now facing serious ________ (economy) problems.

                      14. Simon wanted to ________ (creative) a new computer game.

II. 文法選擇 (16分，每題2分)

(     ) 15. Many people thought that Mr. Myers was ________ person in the city.

(A) richer                 (B) more rich           (C) the most rich     (D) the richest

(     ) 16. Linda helped me ________ away some old books.

(A) throwing          (B) to throwing       (C) threw                 (D) throw

(     ) 17. We miss the good old times ________ we were young.

(A) when                 (B) which                (C) who                   (D) where

(     ) 18. To arrive in his hometown alone was ________ depressing thing to Juan Mann.

(A) most                  (B) more                  (C) the most           (D) much

(     ) 19. Jill went shopping and ended up ________ many things that she didn’t really need.

(A) buy                    (B) buying               (C) bought               (D) to buying

(     ) 20. Owen is ________ tennis player in our school.

(A) best                   (B) better                 (C) the most good   (D) the best

(     ) 21. Katherine and I ________ together for three years.

(A) are working       (B) have worked     (C) work                  (D) are worked

(     ) 22. I ________ English since I was ten.

(A) have learned      (B) learned              (C) learn                  (D) am learning

III. 綜合測驗 (20分，每題2分)

Why do people invent   23  ? Sometimes they want some fun,   24   other times they need some useful things. Take the example of Charles Darrow. Darrow lost his job   25   the years after the Wall Street Crash. The time was difficult then, and he could not even   26   to visit his favorite place, Atlantic City. He thus invented a game Monopoly. In the game, players could become   27  . This interesting game was soon popular among people.   28   example is Teng Hung-chi. When he was a student, he worked   29   a mechanic. One day, he was going to wash his dirty hands in the factory, but he did not want to touch the faucet. He thought of a way to   30   the problem: a faucet that could work without   31   touched. He   32   his idea   32   and finally succeeded.

(     ) 23. (A) things new                                         (B) new anything   

(C) something new                                 (D) new something

(     ) 24. (A) before                (B) while                 (C) after                   (D) because

(     ) 25. (A) during                (B) for                     (C) about                 (D) as

(     ) 26. (A) afford                (B) invent                (C) ignore                (D) comfort

(     ) 27. (A) to be rich           (B) be rich               (C) richly                 (D) rich

(     ) 28. (A) Another             (B) Others               (C) The others         (D) The other one

(     ) 29. (A) at                       (B) as                       (C) in                       (D) on

(     ) 30. (A) choose               (B) enter                  (C) own                   (D) solve

(     ) 31. (A) been                   (B) to being             (C) to be                  (D) being

(     ) 32. (A) paid; a visit                                        (B) passed; by        

(C) put; into practice                              (D) got; in his way

IV. 對話 (10分，每題2分)

(    ) 33. A: The cell phone is such an important thing in modern times.
B: ________ I can’t imagine (想像) how life would be without it.

(A) Think again.                                      (B) Good idea.       

(C) You’re right.                                      (D) I don’t think so.

(     ) 34. A: We need a new class leader this year.
B: ________

A: Well, I think Meiya is better than him. She cares about others and always helps people.

(A) For me, being a class leader can be fun.

(B) In my opinion, Jack can be a very good class leader.

(C) What do you think of me as a class leader?

(D) Why wasn’t Meiya chosen as our class leader?

(     ) 35. A: The computer classes are a lot of fun, and I have learned so much.
B: ________ You’re learning and having fun at the same time!

(A) That’s a good thing.                          (B) I’m not sure.

(C) That’s not true.                                  (D) I’ve decided to quit.

(     ) 36. A: Have you heard from Zoe recently?
B: ________
A: That’s too bad. You two were such good friends.

(A) Sure, I just met her last week.          (B) Me too. She is my best friend.

(C) No, I lost contact with her.               (D) Yeah, we always keep in touch.

(     ) 37. A: I think I should buy a computer.
B: Yeah, you should. ________
A: I agree with you. It’s difficult to live without one.

(A) I don’t think it’s so important to you.

(B) I think you need to ask your parents first.

(C) With a computer, you can do lots of things.

(D) Life without computers is wonderful.

V. 閱讀測驗 (10分，每題2分)

When people go for a drive, they always put on seat belts for safety. Do you know who invented this life-saving seat belt?

At first, cars did not have seat belts, and deaths from car accidents became a serious problem. Therefore, many doctors in the 1930s suggested car makers put seat belts in all of their cars. In the 1950s, some American car makers started to offer airplane-style seat belts, or two-point seat belts, in some of their cars. However, two-point seat belts could not stop people’s heads from hitting the car front window in an accident.

In 1959, Nils Bohlin invented the three-point “shoulder” seat belt, and it was soon seen to be safer and more comfortable than the two-point seat belt. The three-point seat belt was so good for saving people’s lives. So, in 1968, the U.S. government (政府) asked that all the cars that were sold in the United States had to have three-point seat belts.

Nils Bohlin’s seat belt became such an important and common thing in people’s lives. Thus, his name was put into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (名人堂) in 2002.

(     ) 38. If a person drives a car with the two-point seat belt, what may happen to him or her in a car accident?

(A) He or she might be thrown out of the car.

(B) His or her head might hit the front window of the car.

(C) He or she might be able to save other people’s lives.

(D) His or her name might be put into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

(     ) 39. Nils Bohlin was a famous ________.

(A) car maker          (B) car driver           (C) inventor             (D) doctor

(     ) 40. The three-point shoulder seat belt was invented in ________.

(A) 1930                  (B) 1959                  (C) 1968                  (D) 2002

(     ) 41. According to the passage, which of the following statements about seat belts is true?

(A) They were first put in cars in the 1930s.

(B) They couldn’t help save people’s lives in accidents.

(C) The three-point seat belts were good for saving lives.

(D) The two-point seat belts were the safest seat belts.

(     ) 42. From this passage, we can know that ________.

(A) cars didn’t have seat belts at first

(B) seat belts in the 1950s were very useful

(C) the U.S. government didn’t like Nils Bohlin’s seat belt

(D) Nils Bohlin’s name was put into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1968

VI. 引導式翻譯 (8分，每格2分)

43. Gary想知道感恩節的起源，也想知道萬聖節的起源。

Gary              the origin              Thanksgiving and that of Halloween                                                  .

VII. 句型練習 (8分，每題4分)

44. Dana bought her cell phone six months ago.　(以use和現在完成式改寫句子)

→                                                       for six months.

45. Noreen is more beautiful than any other girl in my class.
(以形容詞最高級改寫句子)
→                                                                       

Unit Six　Free Hugs for All

I. 文意字彙與詞類變化

1. occurred                  2. wondered             3. tough                      4. location

5. designed                 6. daily                     7. reality                      8. device

9. control                    10. solution              11. original                  12. inventions

13. economic              14. create

II. 文法選擇

15. D  　16. D　　17. A　　18. C　　19. B　　

20. D　　21. B　　22. A

III. 綜合測驗

23. C　　24. B　　25. A　　26. A　　27. D　　

28. A　　29. B　　30. D　　31. D　　32. C

IV. 對話

33. C　　34. B　　35. A　　36. C　　37. C

V. 閱讀測驗

38. B　　39. C　　40. B　　41. C　　42. A

VI. 引導式翻譯

43. wondered; of; as; well

VII. 改寫句子

44. Dana has used her cell phone

45. Noreen is the most beautiful girl in my class.