GEPT 初級單字 601~800

u_____y (7)　通常

答案：usually

s_____t (6)　街道

答案：street

p_____s (7)　或許 可能

答案：perhaps

o_____n (5)　經常

答案：often

g_____s (5)　猜測

答案：guess

a_____k (6)　進攻 襲擊

答案：attack

l_____r (5)　較晚

答案：later

l_____r (6)　律師

答案：lawyer

t_____e (5)　桌子

答案：table

w_____g (5)　錯誤的

答案：wrong

p_____y (6)　漂亮的

答案：pretty

J_____y (7)　一月

答案：January

f_____w (6)　遵守 跟隨

答案：follow

c_____d (5)　小孩子

答案：child

m_____g (7)　早晨

答案：morning

c_____y (7)　國家

答案：country

t_____s (10)　他們自己

答案：themselves

h_____h (6)　健康

答案：health

T_____y (7)　星期二

答案：Tuesday

m_____c (5)　音樂

答案：music

p_____r (7)　流行的 受歡迎的

答案：popular

w_____d (7)　 週末

答案：weekend

t_____l (5)　全部的 完全的

答案：total

w_____e (5)　 誰的

答案：whose

s_____s (6)　運動

答案：sports

A_____l (5)　四月

答案：April

t_____e (7)　麻煩 困擾的事

答案：trouble

s_____t (7)　學生

答案：student

m_____h (5)　進行曲 行軍

答案：march

A_____a (7)　美國

答案：America

g_____n (5)　綠色的

答案：green

m_____e (6)　分鐘

答案：minute

f_____h (6)　第四

答案：fourth

a_____t (6)　幾乎 差不多

答案：almost

e_____e (8)　人人

答案：everyone

c_____e (6)　運氣 機會

答案：chance

F_____y (6)　星期五

答案：Friday

o_____r (5)　點餐 命令

答案：order

c_____y (5)　瘋狂的

答案：crazy

o_____e (7)　外面的

答案：outside

p_____c (6)　公共的

答案：public

w_____r (5)　澆水

答案：water

p_____r (5)　報告 紙張(不可數)

答案：paper

h_____t (5)　心臟

答案：heart

v_____t (5)　拜訪 參觀

答案：visit

f_____r (6)　父親

答案：father

p_____t (7)　現在的 出席的

答案：present

e_____y (5)　早的

答案：early

h_____y (5)　愉快的

答案：happy

b_____l (8)　棒球

答案：baseball

l_____n (5)　學習

答案：learn

p_____e (5)　地方

答案：place

m_____r (6)　母親

答案：mother

n_____h (5)　北方

答案：north

m_____t (6)　市場 市集

答案：market

p_____t (5)　植物

答案：plant

m_____r (6)　事情 問題

答案：matter

v_____o (5)　影像 影片

答案：video

m_____e (5)　電影

答案：movie

c_____r (5)　顏色

答案：color

s_____e (7)　 自然科學

答案：science

s_____e (5)　空間

答案：space

c_____h (6)　教堂

答案：church

s_____d (6)　秒

答案：second

f_____d (6)　朋友

答案：friend

i_____d (6)　海島

答案：island

c_____r (5)　覆蓋

答案：cover

a_____s (6)　在…的對面

答案：across

l_____e (5)　巨大的 龐大的

答案：large

t_____y (5)　今天

答案：today

h_____f (7)　他自己

答案：himself

a_____g (8)　任何事情

答案：anything

e_____g (10)　每件事情

答案：everything

C_____e (7)　中文 華人

答案：Chinese

h_____f (7)　她自己

答案：herself

a_____e (5)　同意

答案：agree

l_____r (6)　領導

答案：leader

m_____e (5)　可能 也許

答案：maybe

d_____t (9)　困難的

答案：difficult

a_____y (7)　已經

答案：already

p_____t (5)　看法 觀點 點

答案：point

b_____e (7)　相信

答案：believe

l_____r (6)　信件

答案：letter

p_____m (7)　 問題

答案：problem

s_____t (7)　科目 主題

答案：subject

b_____l (9)　美麗的

答案：beautiful

f_____e (6)　未來 將來

答案：future

w_____l (9)　極好的

答案：wonderful

w_____r (7)　 是否

答案：whether

c_____s (5)　班級

答案：class

w_____h (5)　看(電視)

答案：watch

u_____l (5)　直到...時

答案：until

b_____g (5)　帶來

答案：bring

s_____d (5)　花(錢) 花費

答案：spend

f_____y (7)　最後 終於

答案：finally

s_____s (7)　嚴重的

答案：serious

s_____e (6)　簡單的

答案：simple

a_____h (8)　雖然

答案：although

b_____w (5)　在…下面

答案：below

o_____e (6)　辦公室

答案：office

w_____r (7)　天氣

答案：weather

b_____e (6)　成為 變得

答案：become

e_____y (5)　喜愛 享受 欣賞

答案：enjoy

c_____e (5)　關起來

答案：close

w_____e (5)　白色的

答案：white

s_____l (7)　幾個的 數個的

答案：several

e_____r (6)　也(不)

答案：either

h_____n (6)　發生

答案：happen

a_____l (6)　動物

答案：animal

i_____f (6)　它自己

答案：itself

a_____g (5)　沿著 順著

答案：along

m_____d (7)　已婚的

答案：married

c_____r (6)　中心 中央

答案：center

t_____k (5)　感謝

答案：thank

b_____k (5)　黑色的

答案：black

b_____d (5)　蓋(房子)

答案：build

e_____h (6)　充足的

答案：enough

f_____s (6)　著名的

答案：famous

f_____t (5)　前面 正面

答案：front

c_____n (6)　普通的

答案：common

f_____n (7)　外國的

答案：foreign

m_____m (6)　中等的 中間的

答案：medium

e_____t (9)　傑出的

答案：excellent

s_____n (6)　季節

答案：season

s_____l (6)　學校

答案：school

i_____e (6)　在…裡面

答案：inside

p_____e (7)　照片 圖片

答案：picture

w_____r (6)　作者 作家

答案：writer

r_____o (5)　 收音機

答案：radio

a_____r (6)　回答 答覆

答案：answer

C_____s (9)　聖誕節

答案：Christmas

g_____d (6)　地面888

答案：ground

s_____e (5)　貯存

答案：store

p_____r (6)　球員 選手

答案：player

u_____l (6)　有用的 有益的

答案：useful

f_____r (5)　樓層 地板

答案：floor

y_____f (8)　你自己

答案：yourself

h_____d (7)　丈夫 老公

答案：husband

n_____g (7)　沒什麼

答案：nothing

s_____e (5)　分擔 分享

答案：share

p_____y (6)　非常地

答案：pretty

m_____m (6)　博物館

答案：museum

a_____n (6)　活動 行動

答案：action

d_____r (6)　晚餐

答案：dinner

p_____r (5)　力量

答案：power

f_____y (5)　滑稽的

答案：funny

s_____r (6)　姊妹

答案：sister

s_____t (5)　短的

答案：short

q_____n (8)　問題

答案：question

s_____e (9)　 某處

答案：somewhere

p_____e (5)　電話

答案：phone

i_____t (9)　重要的

答案：important

E_____h (7)　英語

答案：English

p_____y (5)　派對

答案：party

b_____r (7)　兄弟

答案：brother

s_____r (6)　夏天

答案：summer

p_____e (6)　取悅 請

答案：please

s_____e (7)　某人

答案：someone

h_____y (7)　歷史

答案：history

s_____s (9)　有時候

答案：sometimes

M_____y (6)　星期一

答案：Monday

u_____d (10)　理解

答案：understand

m_____n (6)　現代的

答案：modern

m_____f (6)　我自己

答案：myself

b_____n (5)　開始

答案：begin

p_____n (6)　個人

答案：person

s_____n (6)　螢幕

答案：screen

w_____n (5)　女人

答案：woman

e_____e (7)　例子

答案：example

e_____t (6)　除...之外

答案：except

s_____t (5)　開始

答案：start

a_____e (5)　在...的上面

答案：above

s_____l (7)　特別的

答案：special

v_____e (5)　聲音 嗓子

答案：voice

s_____g (6)　強壯的

答案：strong

w_____e (5)　寫

答案：write

p_____m (7)　程式 節目

答案：program

m_____h (5)　月

答案：month

m_____a (5)　媒體

答案：media

o_____r (5)　命令 秩序

答案：order

p_____e (5)　一張(片、塊)

答案：piece

b_____r (6)　較好的

答案：better

m_____g (7)　會議 集會

答案：meeting

p_____e (6)　警察

答案：police

S_____y (6)　星期天

答案：Sunday

n_____e (6)　大自然 性質

答案：nature

I_____t (8)　網際網路

答案：Internet

q_____e (5)　非常地

答案：quite

e_____e (9)　昂貴的

答案：expensive

b_____d (6)　在...的後面

答案：behind

s_____l (5)　小的

答案：small

a_____e (6)　任何人

答案：anyone

g_____p (5)　小組

答案：group

c_____e (6)　改變

答案：change

p_____t (5)　栽種

答案：plant

C_____a (5)　中國人民共和國

答案：China

s_____y (5)　遺憾的

答案：sorry

t_____t (7)　今晚

答案：tonight

m_____t (6)　瞬間 片刻

答案：moment

M_____h (5)　三月

答案：March 

高二Reading Comprehension for Weekdays on Aug 31 ~ Sep. 4, 2015

There are three things in life of great value: Health, Wealth and Wisdom. Each of them is desired, but any one of them on their own can be worthless in the long run, except for wisdom.

Health is priceless. Being able to live a full, productive life free of any disabilities or sickness is true happiness. In today’s world full of health clubs, gyms and spas, being healthy and staying in good shape has become almost a religion for some people. Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on exercise, diets and health care every year. As health care costs rise and if one is or becomes unhealthy, then health will become harder and harder to be maintained into one’s old age. In youth, one may unwittingly take risks or chances, such as taking drugs or racing cars, which may harm them or ruin their health for the rest of their lives. It is possible for such an injured person to still lead a successful career, but not without immense expense and difficulty along the way.

Wealth is also a universal goal. Our consumer culture breaks everything down into prices, and judges people by what they can afford to buy. The rich, with the approval of this culture, also consider themselves better than their poorer fellow men. They display their money and their expensive possessions, buying clothes, jewelry and cars which the common man couldn’t even dream of purchasing. People with money, especially when it is acquired through little effort on their part, tend to value it less. Those who inherit it from their relatives or win it by lottery and spend it freely and quickly will soon end up in misery.

Both health and wealth can be easily wasted away without wisdom. Wisdom can give one the perspective to pursue and maintain one’s health — to avoid reckless activities and harmful habits. As for wealth, if one is wise, money will not be spent on superficial possessions or unwise investments. Rather, the wise man will attempt to benefit both himself and others, through profitable, long term investments and donations to charity. He will enjoy the feeling of helping others and care less about personal vanity or material status. Even without health or wealth, a wise man can still be content by both knowing and valuing himself, and by caring for and helping others. Truly, wisdom is the greatest blessing of all.

(1)(   ) Which is most likely to be the topic of this passage?

(A) No Money, No Honey

(B) Wisdom is the Greatest Blessing

(C) Health, Wealth and Wisdom are all Priceless

(D) Health is the Wealthiest

(2)(   ) According to the passage, taking drugs in youth will _________.
(A) ruin health              (B) become healthier    (C) be wise                  (D) be rich

(3)(   ) What can be easily wasted away?
(A) Wisdom                                                     (B) Wisdom and health
(C) Health and wealth                                      (D) Wisdom and wealth

(4)(   ) If people acquire money through little effort, they tend to __________.
(A) value it more          (B) value it less             (C) give it up                (D) cherish it

(5)(   ) Which of the following is INCORRECT?

(A) The wise man will not spend money on superficial possessions or unwise investments.

(B) The wise man will attempt to benefit both himself and others.

(C) Even without health or wealth, a wise man can still be content by both knowing and valuing himself.

(D) The wise man knows nothing about helping and caring others.

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer, is one of the world’s best known and most translated authors whose stories have inspired plays, ballets, films, and works of sculpture and painting. He is mainly known for the fairy tales he wrote combining folk legends and his own imagination. Andersen’s fairy tales were not meant merely for children but for adults as well. He has also written plays, novels and travelogues. His rise from ambitious shoemaker’s son to adored, internationally renowned author was difficult. Being from a poor family, Andersen received little early education. As a child he was highly emotional, suffering humiliation because of his tallness and unattractive appearance.

Before achieving success as a playwright and novelist, Andersen tried to earn his living by acting, singing and dancing, but his career on stage was unsuccessful. His gift to create magical fairy tales, written in a new, original style, however, was soon recognized. His sense of fantasy, power of description, and acute sensitivity contributed to his writing skills. Among his many widely beloved stories are “The Little Match Girl,” “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Snow Queen,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “The Red Shoes.” Some of Andersen’s tales reveal an optimistic belief in the triumph of the good, some end unhappily, but most of them depict characters who gain happiness in life after suffering and conflicts.

Andersen also wrote numerous travel diaries, because he traveled a lot in Europe and outside of it. However, his fame today rests on his fairy tales and stories, written between 1835 and 1872.

In Copenhagen, a bronze statue of Hans Christian Andersen stands in Rosenborg Garden. The statue portrays a man in a cloak, sitting in a chair, arm outstretched, reading excitedly to an invisible audience.

(1)(   ) From first paragraph, which statement is NOT true?

(A) Anderson’s father was a shoemaker.

(B) Anderson didn’t receive much education.

(C) Anderson was from a rich family.

(D) Anderson was tall.

(2)(   ) What kind of job had Anderson ever done before a writer?
(A) Businessman.         (B) Travel agent.           (C) Book publisher.      (D) Actor on stage.

(3)(   ) Which story is NOT Anderson’s fairy tale?
(A) The Fox and the Grapes                            (B) The Snow Queen
(C) The Little Match Girl                                  (D) The Red Shoes

(4)(   ) Anderson wrote travel diaries because ____________.
(A) he didn’t like traveling                                (B) he traveled a lot in Europe
(C) he thought fairy tales were boring               (D) he imagined the trip

(5)(   ) Where can we see Anderson’s statue?
(A) In Copenhagen.     (B) In Paris.                 (C) In London.             (D) In Poland.

高二Reading Comprehension for Weekends on Sep. 5 & 6, 2015

   Farmers grow plants and animals on their farms. Is it also possible to have a farm in the sea?

   People in many countries grow freshwater fish from eggs. They move the small fish into lakes and rivers. The fish live and grow there. People go fishing in these lakes and rivers. They enjoy catching fish. Fish is also good food.

   Now Japan grows saltwater fish. Most of them are yellowtail fish. Workers grow the fish from eggs. Every time they feed the fish, they play tapes of piano music. The fish learn that piano music means food.

   When the fish are small, the Japanese put them in the ocean near the land. The fish find some of their own food. Workers also feed them. They play the same piano music. The fish already know this music. They swim toward it and find the food. In a few months the fish are large. The Japanese play the same music. They swim toward it and the workers catch them.

   The Japanese get about 15 percent of their seafood from farms in the ocean.

(1)(   ) Which statement is true?
(A) Most of the Japanese seafood is from the farms in the ocean.
(B) It is impossible to grow farms in the sea.
(C) The Japanese only grow freshwater fish.
(D) The Japanese put small fish in the ocean.

(2)(   ) Whenever the Japanese feed the fish, they ______.
(A) play the piano music                                   (B) dance to show the fish where the food is
(C) sing to the tune of the fish                           (D) play the guitar

(3)(   ) How much food does Japan get from fish farms in the ocean?
(A) A quarter               (B) 80%                       (C) 15%                       (D) half

(4)(   ) Why do the fish swim toward the music?
(A) Because they like it.                                   (B) The music means food to the fish.
(C) The music is too beautiful.                  (D) The fish love the music, for the farmers play it.

(5)(   ) What country grows saltwater fish?
(A) America                 (B) Germany                (C) Britain                    (D) Japan

   Many years ago, the Creek Indians, who lived in the southeastern United States, celebrated their new year by harvesting and roasting corn, washing their horses, and dancing. They engaged in these activities during a special new year’s festival called the Green Corn Dance, which followed the harvest of the first corn of the year.

   As part of the Green Corn Dance festival, all fires that were already burning in the Indians’ huts were put out, and new ones were lit up. Then the tribe members cleaned themselves completely and also bathed and groomed their horses. People and animals were thus ready for the new year.

   Besides these traditional activities, there was another special new year’s custom during the festival. All tribe members who had committed any crime except murder during the past year were forgiven. The Creek Indians gave the criminals a second chance to obey the rules of the tribe.

(1)(   ) This article is about ______.
(A) important Indian festivals                            (B) the corn harvest
(C) forgiveness                                                (D) an Indian new year’s festival

(2)(   ) When did the tribes celebrate the new year?
(A) They harvested corn.                                 (B) They harvested wheat.
(C) They trained the horses.                             (D) They forgave the criminals.

(3)(   ) The crime was not forgiven during the festival was ______.
(A) killing someone      (B) stealing                   (C) telling lies                (D) breaking a promise

(4)(   ) New fires were probably lit up for ______.
(A) harvesting corn                                          (B) starting the year anew
(C) the new moon                                            (D) cleaning the body

(5)(   ) Besides cleaning their bodies, the Creek Indians also clean ______.
(A) horses                    (B) criminals                 (C) corn                       (D) grooms

   A type of person who is common in every country is the one who always tries to do as little as he can and to get as much as possible in return. His opposite, the man who is in the habit of doing more than is necessary, is rare everywhere.

   The man who avoids effort is always talking about his “rights”: he appears to think that society owes him a pleasant, easy life. The man who is always doing more than his share talks of “duties”: he feels that the individual is in debt to society, and not society to the individual.

The man who likes an easy life is full of excuses: if he has neglected to do something, it was because he had a headache, or the weather was too hot ... or too cold ... or because he was prevented by bad luck. At first, other people accept his stories. But soon they realize what kind of person he is. In the long run, he deceives only himself. When his friends become cool towards him, he is surprised and hurt. He blames everyone and everything except himself. He soon becomes one of the discontented members of the society he lives in.

(1)(   ) People in every country are likely to ______.
(A) eat more and exercise less                          (B) give more and take less
(C) give less and take more                              (D) do less and say a lot

(2)(   ) What does the author think of the person who is used to doing more than necessary?
(A) They are hardly found.                               (B) They are well known to this world.
(C) They are common in every country.    (D) They are unknown yet.

(3)(   ) What will a person who always finds a lot of excuses for his easy life end up in?
(A) He will be happy ever after.                       (B) He will surprise everyone.
(C) He always blames others for his own faults.        (D) His words will not be trusted.

(4)(   ) What is the main idea of this article?
(A) The different ways the two opposite types of members in society see their duties.
(B) The relationship of the individual to the society.
(C) The different ways to avoid the duties.
(D) The foolishness of a person who always does more than he needs to.

(5)(   )The discontented person is the one who ______.
(A) talks about rights and duties alike               (B) does his duties more than necessary.
(C) cares about neither rights nor duties    (D) asks for rights rather than duties

(4)(   ) What is the reason that vaudeville went out of business?
(A) No performers wanted to act for the show.
(B) There were fewer and fewer viewers.
(C) Because the new entertainment came along.
(D) People were lazy.

(5)(   ) What is an early name for vaudeville theaters?
(A) Mimics.                 (B) Variety houses.       (C) Comedians.            (D) Performers.

高一Reading Comprehension for Weekday on Aug. 31 ~ Sep. 4, 2015

A smile and handshake will go a long way in Mexico, but a gentleman should never ever try to kiss a woman he doesn’t know well, either on the face or on the hand. While it seems that everyone is embracing, kissing is only for those with long-standing friendship. In this country, your host will expect you to be 15 to 30 minutes late for lunch or dinner; women invited on their own are never expected to arrive on time. Chivalry is very much alive, and men open doors of cars for women. They are expected to stand when a woman enters a room and to give up their seat on buses and on the subway. It is generally considered in poor taste to wear shorts on city streets and women to wear trousers to any social gathering. If you should be invited to spend the weekend at a Mexican’s home, sending flowers to the hostess is considered preferable to arriving with a present. (host:男主人　hostess:女主人　chivalry:騎士精神)

(1)(   ) What is the best thing to do in Mexico when you first greet someone?
(A) A smile and a handshake.
(B) Social Yo-yo with a kiss on the face or on the hand.
(C) A bow from the waist.
(D) Just make them believe you do not care.

(2)(   ) What does the quoted term mean in the sentence “women invited on their own” are never expected to arrive on time?
(A) They are only the guests.
(B) They are invited for the first time.
(C) They come all by themselves.
(D) They invite themselves to the lunch or dinner.

(3)(   ) What do Mexicans think of it when a person wears shorts on the city streets?
(A) He or she would be polite to taste something poor.
(B) Only a poor person will do that.
(C) It is impolite to wear shorts.
(D) Wearing shorts shows a person as a good and free one.

(4)(   ) When you are invited to a Mexican’s house around 7:00, what time are you supposed to get there?
(A) 6:45                       (B) 7:30                       (C) 5:30                       (D) 7:00

(5)(   ) When a Mexican man sees a woman on the bus, what will he do?
(A) He will keep on sitting on his seat with a smiling face.
(B) He will stand beside the woman.
(C) He will give his seat to the woman.
(D) He should find a seat for the woman.

   Jack once bought a lottery ticket and to his surprise, he won a million dollars. He told his wife about it. She jumped for joy. Since they got married, they had been living in a small house. She had been dreaming of living in a larger house. Now it seemed that the dream would come true. She wanted to invest the money in a new house. She believed her happiness depended on the realization of the dream. But Jack argued against buying another house; he didn’t think it was a good investment. It was impossible for him to put a lot of money into one thing because he was very careful in spending money. He tried to persuade his wife to give up the hope of buying a new house. He tried to show her how to manage money well and how to earn a lot more money with one million dollars. Despite the strong argument, his wife didn’t accept it. She turned down his proposal to run a grocery store. She considered one million dollars was a godsend with which she could improve the quality of her life. After all, people were born to enjoy their lives. She would rather lead a better life than learn the management of money.

(1)(   ) What is the problem Jack was facing after he won the lottery?

(A) The argument happens between his wife and him.

(B) His wife wanted to leave him.

(C) He wanted to move to a new house.

(D) Her wife did not want the money.

(2)(   ) What was Jack’s plan for the money he won from the lottery?

(A) He planned to buy a grocery store to earn extra money.

(B) He wanted to realize his dream to be an important person among his friends.

(C) He wanted to travel a lot with one million dollars.

(D) He wanted to get another more beautiful lover to live happily.

(3)(   ) What was the argument over the money?

(A) His wife wanted to buy a new house, with which she could make her life better and Jack agreed to that.

(B) Jack wanted to buy a house instead of a store.

(C) Jack wanted to buy another lottery ticket.

(D) Jack’s wife refused to learn the management of money.

(4)(   ) What was the end of the story?

(A) His wife didn’t buy a house.

(B) His wife took his advice and learned to manage money well.

(C) His wife still wanted to realize her dream.

(D) Jack bought another house for his wife.

(5)(   ) How do you find Jack from this article?
(A) He is a careless person.                             (B) He is a wasteful person.
(C) He is a hard worker.                                  (D) He does not love his wife.

   America’s great old form of entertainment was vaudeville. Long before radio, television, or movies, in the late nineteenth century, vaudeville theaters became popular. On their stages, audiences would see shows featuring singers, dancers, comedians, trained animals, mimics, and magicians. Each performer would entertain the crowd for a few minutes, followed immediately by the next performer. The show was carefully planned to give variety ─ in fact, an early name for vaudeville theaters was “variety houses.”

   Soon every city of middle or large size, and even some small towns, had a vaudeville theater. Vaudevillians, as the performers were called, were the most prominent stars of the day. Then, in the 1920s and 1930s, two new entertainment forms came along ─ talking movies and radio. The movies were more spectacular than vaudeville ever could be, and radio became available in the home. Vaudeville couldn’t compete with them.

(1)(   ) What is the best title of the article?
(A) The History of Vaudeville                   (B) Vaudeville Today
(C) The Invention of Radio and Movies    (D) The Best Entertainment

(2)(   ) Vaudeville began in the ______.
(A) late eighteenth century                                (B) late nineteenth century
(C) beginning of the twentieth century               (D) the middle of the seventeenth century

(3)(   ) What feature of vaudeville is not included?
(A) Shooting.               (B) Dancing.                 (C) Singing.                  (D) Mimics.

(4)(   ) What is the reason that vaudeville went out of business?
(A) No performers wanted to act for the show.
(B) There were fewer and fewer viewers.
(C) Because the new entertainment came along.
(D) People were lazy.

(5)(   ) What is an early name for vaudeville theaters?
(A) Mimics.                 (B) Variety houses.       (C) Comedians.            (D) Performers.

高一Reading Comprehension for Weekends Sep. 5 & 6, 2015

Many animals use some kind of language. They use signals which have meanings. For example, when a bee(蜜蜂) has found some food, it goes back to its home. It is impossible for a bee to tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it can do a little dancing. This tells the bees where the food is and how far away it is.

   Some animals show how they feel by making sounds. It is not difficult to tell if a dog is angry because it barks. Birds make several different sounds and each has its own meaning. Sometimes we humans make sounds in the same way. We make sounds like “Oh!” or “Ouch!” to show how we feel about something or when we drop something on our feet!

   But we have something that no animal has: a large number of words which have the meaning of things, action, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell other people what is in our mind, or how we feel. By writing down words, we can remember what has happened or send messages to people far away. It is impossible for animals to do this. Some birds, like the parrot, can be taught to say words, but they do not know what they mean. They cannot use the words.

(1)(   ) What kind of signals do bees use?
(A) Singing.                  (B) Making sounds.      (C) Dancing.                 (D) Speaking.

(2)(   ) How do birds show how they feel?
(A) They make sounds.                                    (B) They fly up and down.
(C) They come close to people.                       (D) They say words.

(3)(   ) We may cry “Ouch” when ______.
(A) we feel excited                                          (B) we find something wonderful
(C) we want to tell others where the food is      (D) we drop a book to our feet

(4)(   ) Which is NOT true?
(A) Many animals use some kind of language to “talk” to each other.
(B) Parrots can be taught to communicate with people.
(C) Some animals make sounds to show how they feel. (D) Animals can’t send messages far away.

(5)(   ) Which is NOT true about people?
(A) We have a large number of words which have meanings.
(B) We may remember what happened long time ago.
(C) Being able to make sounds makes people different from animals.
(D) We are able to tell each other what is in our mind.

   It is true that necessity is the mother of invention. The first toothbrush was made in 1770 by a man who was locked up in an English prison. The man’s name was William Addis. Addis wanted to find a way to earn a living once he was set free. One day he was scrubbing his teeth with a rag, the way most people cleaned their teeth. Suddenly an idea popped into his head. He took a piece of bone and attached some brush bristles(鬃毛) to it. The new brush worked well. When he was set free, he began making and selling his toothbrush.

  The first high-heeled shoes were designed for King Louis XIV of France. The king was embarrassed that he was very short. He was so upset that he ordered a pair of high-heeled shoes made for him. Other men and women began wearing high-heeled shoes. In time, men gave up the high shoes, but women continued to wear shoes with higher and higher heels. In fact, some shoes got to be so high that women couldn’t walk in them. They needed to employ servants to lean on as they moved around.

(1)(   ) Before the toothbrush was invented, ______.

(A) people did not clean their teeth           (B) people used a bone to pick their teeth

(C) people used a rag to clean their teeth  (D) they cleaned their teeth with bristles

(2)(   ) What is true about the invention of the toothbrush?

(A) The idea came to him when Addis was scrubbing his teeth.

(B) Because Addis was thinking about how to improve the sanitation of the prison.

(C) Addis made a lot of money by selling toothbrushes in the prison.

(D) The first toothbrush was made less than two hundred years ago.

(3)(   ) The first pair of shoes were made ______.
(A) for women             (B) by Addis                (C) for a king                (D) by the king

(4)(   ) The first high-heeled shoes were made out of ______.
(A) a lie                       (B) necessity                (C) a joke                    (D) fun

(5)(   ) Which of the following is NOT true?

(A) King Louis XIV cared very much about his height.

(B) Even though women couldn’t move around freely in high-heeled shoes, they continued to wear them.

(C) The story didn’t tell us why men gave up shoes with high heels.

(D) Men refused to wear high-heeled shoes because more and more women wore them.

   The man who created the Phantom was called Gaston Leroux, who was a French writer. He loved the theater very much. After working on writing newspaper reviews(評論) and a number of unsuccessful plays, he thought he should have written something about the history of France’s greatest opera house.

   It did take the magic of the theater and the art of the dramatist to make people familiar with the Phantom of the Opera, but Leroux also managed to capture in his pages the times he was writing about — the latter part of the nineteenth century when France was filled with the belief in the supernatural and the spirit world(靈界).

   Born in Paris in 1868, Gaston Leroux himself was as interesting as his story. Pictures showed that he had been a big man with dark hair and a moustache, who dressed fashionably. Gaston was always good at writing, but when his father decided that he was to become a lawyer, Gaston changed from an energetic student to a lazy one. After he graduated from law school, he continued to write in his free time.

(1)(   ) What did Leroux’s father want him to be?
(A) A lawyer.               (B) An actor.                (C) A novelist.              (D) A writer.

(2)(   ) Which of the following about Leroux was NOT true?
(A) He was big.                                               (B) He was interesting.
(C) He was good at writing.                             (D) He worked as a full-time writer.

(3)(   ) Leroux was ______.
(A) a Frenchman  (B) interested in law  (C) always a good student (D) born in the 20th century

(4)(   ) Leroux wrote ______.
(A) newspaper reviews    (B) plays                  (C) novels        (D) all of the above

(5)(   ) Why was the Phantom of the Opera a success?
(A) It was about the future.                              (B) It reflected the world at that time.
(C) It was unusual.                                           (D) It made up an impossible story.