LEVEL 3: U13-14

Test 13: Unit 13

        1.   The _______ and the groom will go on their honeymoon immediately after wedding reception.
(A) cast                           (B) bride                     (C) client                    (D) medal

      2.   Even before she graduated from college, Anne was _______ a scholarship to do research.
(A) awarded                   (B) twisted                 (C) hushed                  (D) budgeted

      3.   Quite a few students fell asleep in class because the lecture was so _______.
(A) passionate                 (B) adventurous         (C) striking                 (D) boring

      4.   It seemed that everyone there was _______ waiting their turn to give it a try.
(A) adventurously          (B) preciously             (C) eagerly                  (D) romantically

      5.   Diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds have been regarded as _______ stones since the remote past.
(A) precious                    (B) eager                     (C) passionate             (D) warm

       6.   The pretty woman _______ a disgusted look at the man and hurried out of the pub.
(A) budgeted                  (B) roared                   (C) cast                       (D) yelled

       7.   If you provide your children with too much protection, they may lack a sense of _______ when they grow up.
(A) twist                         (B) adventure             (C) arrival                   (D) journey

       8.   Many ships and aircraft have disappeared _______ in the Bermuda Triangle since the 1940’s.
(A) adventurously          (B) preciously             (C) harmfully              (D) mysteriously

       9.   It’ll probably take you four hours to drive there and we wish you a safe _______.
(A) journey                     (B) budget                  (C) clue                       (D) passion

      10.   Getting tired of living in the school dormitory, I decided to move and live off _______.
(A) adventure                 (B) campus                 (C) verse                     (D) studio

     11.   David likes to see action movies while his girlfriend enjoys watching _______ comedies.
(A) eager                         (B) romantic               (C) bored                    (D) hive

      12.   Mary made a gesture of being too tired to go, but John did not take the _______.
(A) arrival                       (B) passion                 (C) hint                       (D) award

      13.   Before you eat the fish, I suggested you _______ a little of lemon juice onto it.
(A) squeeze                     (B) budget                  (C) roar                       (D) hush

      14.   It wouldn’t _______ to pamper yourself with some luxuries once in a while.
(A) rip you off                (B) carry you away     (C) take your home    (D) do you harm

      15.   The UN has been working hard to _______ world hunger by 2015.
(A) wipe out                   (B) miss out                (C) find out                (D) look out

                        16. Much to her parents’ surprise, Nancy won a gold m_______l in the 100-meter swimming event.

                         17. Looking at a computer monitor for a long time can be h_______l to your eyes.

                          18. I didn’t have a clue what the man was h_______g at.

                         19. According to the government spokesman, the b_______t deficit needs to be reduced by $15 billion.

                         20. Mary’s hands began to t_______e when she was reading the letter.

Marriage is supposed to be forever. However, these days, that seems to be less and less than case. Marriages often go up in   (21)   before even the ten-year mark. Why does something so   (22)   get ruined so easily? Flowers and candlelight dinners are nice, but marriage is usually about more than   (23)  . Couples who have been together for years and years and have a strong marriage often say that a lot of their marriage is about   (24)  . Good partners can rely on each other and listen to each other. When a couple can really talk and take an interest in each other, things never get   (25)  .

(A) previous 　　(B) boring 　　(C) friendship 　　(D) flames 　　(E) romance

21.           22.            23.            24.             25.      

Test 14: Unit 14

        1.   My passport expired last month. It has to be _______ before I plan to go abroad.
(A) sworn                       (B) floated                  (C) renewed               (D) paraded

      2.   If you hope to recover your health, you must change your daily _______ and lifestyle.
(A) cycle                         (B) routine                  (C) pole                      (D) stuff

      3.   It is _______ of you to devote most of your time to helping those orphans.
(A) noble                        (B) casual                   (C) doubtless              (D) strategic

      4.   There was _______ a scratch on her car, but mine was totally wrecked.
(A) casually                    (B) doubtfully            (C) barely                   (D) strategically

      5.   I can’t tell you why, but the man you’re looking for has _______ from the face of the earth.
(A) vanished                   (B) leapt                     (C) floated                  (D) marched

       6.   My mother has suffered from insomnia for years. She has to take sleeping _______ every night.
(A) repairs                       (B) fans                      (C) kettles                   (D) pills

       7.   _______ surgery usually costs a lot of money, but many people are willing to pay for it.
(A) Striking                    (B) Plastic                   (C) Casual                  (D) Bare

       8.   Mary glanced _______ through a fashion magazine while waiting to get a perm.
(A) barely                       (B) preciously             (C) harmfully              (D) mysteriously

       9.   For the sake of your health, you should cut down on the number of _______ you smoke every day.
(A) cigarettes                  (B) poles                     (C) routines                (D) barns

      10.   Now that we have finished our exams, let’s go somewhere to _______.
(A) float                          (B) fade                      (C) swear                    (D) celebrate

     11.   Karen bears a _______ resemblance to her mother in both looks and personality.
(A) parading                   (B) striking                 (C) bare                      (D) noble

      12.   It was _______ your own fault. Why don’t you admit it and take responsibility for it?
(A) doubtless                  (B) casually                (C) doubtfully            (D) barely

      13.   I _______ on my life that I’ve never borrowed money from any friend of mine.
(A) float                          (B) parade                  (C) swear                    (D) rebuild

      14.   Old soldiers never die; they just _______. It is a famous remark by General MacArthur.
(A) throw away              (B) fade away            (C) give away             (D) look away

      15.   In terms of political leanings, Laura and her husband are _______.
(A) poles apart                (B) all along                (C) apart from            (D) along with

                        16. The marriage believed that giving away free samples would be a good marketing s_______y.

                         17. If you laugh at John, it will be a case of the pot calling the k_______e black.

                          18. Over the years, this small town has become a famous t_______t attraction.

                         19. The TV is broken and needs to be r_______d immediately.

                         20. All our bags are made entirely of l_______r. We never use plastic ones.

The   (21)   of the city is going to call a press conference because he has important announcement. He has decided that it is necessary to raise   (22)  . Are the citizens of the town likely to   (23)   when they hear this news? It is highly   (24)  . Paying money to the government is no one’s favorite activity. But this money is not supposed to be used to buy the mayor, say, a fancy car. The money is supposed to be used to improve the city, to   (25)   and repair the things that need it. It costs a lot to keep a city running smoothly, but it is worth everyone’s effort.

(A) celebrate 　　(B) doubtful 　　(C) mayor 　　(D) taxes 　　(E) rebuild

21.           22.            23.            24.             25.      

B5 U6 Vocabulary and Phrases

Vocabulary

Words for Production

1.     humble

adj. 不起眼的；謙遜的

● A lot of great men, including Beethoven and Lincoln, rose from very humble backgrounds.

許多偉大人物都出身卑微，包括貝多芬和林肯在內。

● Ang Lee is a world-famous director, yet he is so humble that he seems like an ordinary person when you meet him.

李安是世界知名導演，但待人卻是如此謙虛，所以當你見到他時會感覺他就像一般人一樣。

2.     decade

n. [C] 十年

● Things were so simple in the first decade of my life, but when I turned eleven, my parents got divorced and everything was a mess.

在我前十年的生命中，一切是如此單純，但在我十一歲那年，我父母離婚了而所有一切都一團糟。

3.     plastic

n. [U] 塑膠

● A lot of our daily necessities are made of plastic, such as bags, cups, and bottles.

我們很多的日常用品都是由塑膠製成，如袋子、杯子和瓶子。

plastic

adj. 塑膠（製）的

● We should recycle plastic bottles instead of throwing them in the trash.

我們應該回收再利用塑膠瓶而不是把它們丟進垃圾。

4.     patent

vt. 取得專利

● The company is patenting the new model so that it will not be copied by its competitors.

該公司正在取得這個新款式的專利，才不致於被其他競爭者模仿。

patent

n. [C] 專利

● Patents for any new invention are protected for at least twenty years in WTO member countries.

在世界貿易組織會員國中，任何新發明的專利都可受到至少二十年的保護。

5.     variety

n. [C] 各式各樣

● This coffee shop offers a wide variety of coffee for customers to choose from.

這家咖啡館提供各式各樣的咖啡讓顧客挑選。

vary

vi. 變化

● It is easy to catch a cold in Taipei in spring since the temperature varies wildly at that time.

在臺北春天時很容易感冒，因為那時候的氣溫變化很大。

6.     structure

n. [C,U] 建築物；結構

● The new library is a large, energy-saving structure that is constructed of environmentally friendly building materials.

這棟新圖書館是一棟以環保建材所建成的大型節能建築物。

● Mr. Goodman used a human skeleton in the biology class to teach the students about the bone structure of the human body.

Goodman先生在生物課時用人體骨骼教導學生人體的骨頭結構。

7.     system

n. [C] 系統

● Paul checked the brake system and tire pressure of his car before making his trip around the island.

Paul在環島旅行之前檢查了他汽車的煞車系統和胎壓。

8.     revolutionize

vt. 改革

● Computers and smartphones have revolutionized the way we live.

電腦和智慧型手機改革了我們的生活方式。

revolution

n. [C] 革命

● Dr. Sun Yat-sen was the leader of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution that overthrew the Qing dynasty.

孫逸仙博士是1911年推翻滿清的辛亥革命領導者。

9.     industry

n. [C] （行）業

● Most tourism majors enter the tourist industry after graduation, working in hotels or travel agencies.

大部分主修觀光的學生畢業後投入觀光業，在飯店或旅行社工作。

industrial

adj. 工業的

● Rapid industrial growth brings jobs as well as pollution.

快速的工業成長帶來工作機會也帶來汙染。

10.   popularity

n. [U] 知名度

● The “LINE” app has grown so quickly in popularity that it is considered a must for smartphone users.

應用程式LINE的知名度快速成長，現在被視作智慧型手機使用者的必備應用程式。

11.   flock

vi. 聚集

● To see the giant rubber duck, crowds of people flocked to the port of Kaohsiung, causing severe traffic jams.

為了一睹巨大黃色小鴨的風采，民眾聚集在高雄港，造成交通嚴重堵塞。

12.   obviously

adv. 明顯地

● Obviously Jessie is going to vote for Ken Brown in the election, because he is her father.

顯然，Jessie在此次選舉中將投票給Ken Brown，因為他是她的父親。

obvious

adj. 明顯的

● Sandra didn’t like Bruce when they first met, but she didn’t have to make it so obvious by staring at her phone all night.

初次見面時，Sandra並不喜歡Bruce，但是她也不用表現得這麼明顯，整晚一直盯著手機看。

13.   repair

vt. 修理

● Dennis found that the headlight of his car was broken, so he had it repaired at the garage.

  Dennis發現他的汽車車頭燈壞了，所以他開去修車廠修理。

repair

n. [U] 修理

● My laptop is under repair at the computer store, so I have to use my tablet instead.

我的筆電在電腦維修店修理中，所以我只好先用平板替代。

14.   restore

vt. 修復

● John and Gwen decided to buy and restore an old farmhouse since it was really cheap.

John和Gwen決定買下一間老舊農舍並修復它，因為它真的很便宜。

15.   passerby

n. [C] 路人

● A passerby saw the hit-and-run and called the police right away. Thanks to her, the police caught the drunk driver.

一位路人看到這起肇事逃逸的車禍便立刻報警。幸虧有她，警方逮到了這名酒駕者。

16.   transform

vt. 將……改成；使改變

● Joshua came up with the idea of transforming these old train cars into a new restaurant.

Joshua想出了一個主意，就是將這些舊火車車廂改成一間新餐廳。

transformation

n. [U] 轉變

● The “before” and “after” pictures in the plastic surgery clinic show the transformation that patients can expect.

這家整形診所的「術前、術後」照片呈現出患者能夠期望的轉變。

17.   everyday

adj. 日常的；平常的

● LED lighting has become common and cheap enough for everyday use in our homes, offices, and even in the streets.

LED燈已經變得普遍且便宜，足以提供我們平時在家中、辦公室，甚至是街道上使用。

18.   spectator

n. [C] 觀賞者

● Every four years, the FIFA World Cup draws millions of spectators to different host countries.

每四年一次的FIFA世足賽都吸引數百萬觀眾到不同的主辦國家觀賽。

19.   assemble

vt. 組合

● It takes time and patience to assemble a 2,000-piece jigsaw puzzle.

要組合一幅兩千片的拼圖需要時間和耐心。

20.   innumerable

adj. 無數的；數不清的

● We can see innumerable stars in the sky, but many more of them are not visible to the naked eye.

我們可以看到天空無數的星星，但是還有更多的星星是肉眼看不到的。

Phrases

1.     in... trouble 陷入……的困境

● Irene knew she was in big trouble when she missed the school bus.

Irene沒搭上校車時，就知道自己麻煩大了。

2.     on a large scale 大規模地

● The cost of a product will be reduced greatly if it is manufactured on a large scale.

一項產品若大規模生產，則成本將大大降低。

3.     put sth. together 組合某物

● It’s easy to make a fruit salad. All you have to do is put all the ingredients together, and there you go!

製作水果沙拉很容易。你只需要把所有食材組合起來，就大功告成！

4.     take sth. apart 拆開某物

● Since my computer was not working, I used a screwdriver to take it apart and see what might be wrong.

因為我的電腦故障，我用螺絲起子拆開它看看可能是哪邊出錯。

5.     at some point 在某個時間點

● At some point in your life you will realize who and what matters most to you.

在你生命中的某個時間點，你將會明白什麼人什麼事對你才最重要。

6.     no wonder 難怪；不足為奇

● No wonder Jim looks so cheerful. His girlfriend just said yes to his proposal.

難怪Jim看起來這麼開心，他女朋友剛剛答應了他的求婚。