第三部分 閱讀理解（45分）

　　Raisins(葡萄干) in ice cream,in chocolate bars,and in cookies...Our favorite snacks cannot be without raisins!

　　Have you ever thought about how people get raisins from full and juicy grapes?Dry them in the sun?well,that’s one way.But people from Xinjiang have another way.They make the best raisins in China.

　　People there build many”blockhouses(碉堡)” out of earth near a grape garden.It;s in these blockhouses that the best raisins are made.

　　Many”blockhouses”are built on the hillside.They’re usually three meters tall and are as big as the size of a classroom.

　　They are quite different from the houses we live in.They have lots of holes in the wall.Inside there are many wooden shelves.

　　After picking the grapes,people pout them on the shelves.Because of the hot weather,hot dry wind gets through the holes in the wall and dries the grapes up.Thirty to forty-five days later,the fruits will turn into soft,sweet raisins.

　　In around the year 535,people in Xinjiang started to send raisins as gifts to the emperor.This means that about 1,500 years ago people there already knew hot to make raisins.

　　根據短文內容，判斷下列句子是否正確，對的涂（A），錯的涂（B）。（10分）

　　51.We can easily find raisins in our favorite snacks.

　　52.From the second paragraph,we know there are two ways to make raisins.

　　53.In Xinjiang people build many “blockhouses”in order to live in.

　　54.A lot of holes are made in the wall for hot dry wind to get through.

　　55.People in Xinjiang have known how to make raisins for just one thousand years.

　　（B）（C）兩篇 根據 短文內容，從每小題A、B、C三個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

　　(B)

　　Long long ago,there once lived a God called Ratu in the sky.Ratu was fond of playing games that made people very angry.One of the games he liked to play best was to fly down into the sea suddenly to frighten all the fishes.Ratu kept doing that again and again.And the fishes became very tired of his game.They could do nothing but go to ask Hemi,the god of the sea,to help them.

　　So Hemi tried hard to catch Ratu when he flew into the sea,but every time Hemi was too slow.Ratu laughed loudly at Hemi as he flew past him each time.This made Hemi quite angry.He thought hard and then had an idea.He asked the fishes to bring him a lot of seaweed(水草).Hemi collected all this and tied it together to make a large net.Soon Ratu flew down again and Hemi threw the net over him.Ratu fought and fought but could not get free.He was caught.

　　Ratu promised never to fly down to frighten the fishes again if Hemi would let him go.It was known to all that Ratu was not an honest god.So Hemi did not set him free.Instead,he changed Ratu into a mountain in the sea.Ratu was so angry.When he opened his mouth to shout at Hemi.fire and smoke broke out.And that is why the Island of Ratu is a volcano(火山).

　　56.It’s clear that the passage was a(n)____________.

　　A.ad B.tale C.joke

　　57.Ratu liked to fly down into the sea suddenly to make the fishes feel___________.

　　A.excited B.bored C.frighten

　　58.Hemi used the seaweed to make a _________to catch Ratu.

　　A.net B.rope C.net

　　59.Hemi didn’t believe Ratu because__________.

　　A.Ratu was not honest B.Hemi hated ratu C.the fishes disliked Ratu

　　60.The passage tells us_________.

　　A.when ratu was born B.how Hemi beat the fishes

　　C.why the island of Ratu is a volcano.

　　(C)

　　If your pen broke at school today,what would you do?You would go to a shop and buy a new one.What if you could simply print out a real,working pen with your 3-D printer without leaving your room?

　　Ten years ago people could only see 3-D printing in science fiction movies.But now 3-D printing is here and it’s bringing big changes.

　　Unlike normal printing that can only copy a 2-D picture with ink.3-D printing can build almost anything made from material.The printer layers(分層) the material in different shapes to create the object you want to be copied.

　　The 3-D printer has been used to make many different things.People have made cups cars and even an airplane with it.

　　Doctors have been using 3-D printers for several years.People’s nervous systems have been printed out in 3-D form medical research.Some body parts have been printed and used in hospital.Several months ago,doctors used a 3-D printer to rebuild the face of a person who had a bad accident.In the future,it is expected that the printer will make human organs to save more lives.

　　However there are drawbacks to the printer.At the moment,printing can be quite slow and it’s still rather expensive.The average(平均的) price of a household printer is around $1,700,not including the cost of the materials.

　　But as the technology develops,it shouldn’t be long before disadvantages are improved.Only time will tell where this new technology will take us.

　　61.People could see 3-D printing in_________ten years ago.

　　A.large high school B.science fiction movies C.digital camera shop

　　62.People still can’t make a(n)________with a 3-D printer so far

　　A.airplane B.face C.organ

　　63.What does the underlined word “drawbacks” mean?

　　A.不足 B.趨勢 C.優點

　　64.Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A.The normal printer can build 3-D objects you mant.

　　B.No nervous systems are printed out in 3-D form.

　　C.The 3-D printing can be cheaper and faster in the future

　　65.What’s the best title of the passage?

　　A.The disadvantages of 3-D printing B.the changes brought by 3-D printing

　　C.The rapid development of science

　　(D)

　　根據短文內容，將方框里A－E王個句子分別填入文中空缺處，使內容完整

　　A standard American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students.Every student is given a locker(鎖柜).When students arrive at the school,the first go straight to their lockers.______66_______

　　American students usually take a yellow school bus or go to school on foot if they live close enough.____67____When they turn 16yuears of age,most take a free driving class at school for one term.If students get passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s test,they can began driving themselves to school.

　　Each day,students take six or seven classes.____68_____They can choose art,clothes making and other classes .In some schools students must take one or more of the classes:health education,physical of foreign language studies,____69_____This is because each teacher has his own classroom.There is a five-minute break between classes,to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.

　　_____70_____After school more that half of the students take part in after-school activities.These activities include sports and clubs,such as basketball,baseball,soccer,school newspaper and so on.