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A. Vocabulary 40%
1. The speaker couldn’t
finish his talk because he was interrupted with many questions.
2. The source of this river is a spring that comes from up
in the mountains.
3. Early
computers could only display one or two colors, but now they can show
many more.
4. Lisa invited me to her house, but I couldn’t go because I
had homework.
5. Next year, people will elect a new president
to lead their country.
6. This TV
show is really popular.
All of the kids in my class watch it.
7. The
star singer appeared at a
rock festival and sang a few songs.
8. Adam
doesn’t play football for a living; he’s just a(n) amateur who plays for fun.
(A) following (B) trailer (C) amateur (D) franchise
B. Cloze Test 50%
Podcasts are like radio shows on the Internet and are
widely loved by their listeners. Though the Internet has been around for a
while, podcasts took some time to __9__. This is because the Internet couldn’t
play videos or music before. Once it could, people started __10__ podcasts
and shows at home. Marc Maron had one of the first well-known podcasts, and
even Barack Obama came on his show.
Now, there is __11__ a huge number of podcasts that
everyone can find something they like. One is Tiny Desk Concerts. On this program, famous musicians play concerts
in the host’s small office. How Stuff
Works teaches listeners about history and science. The most famous podcast
in the world is The Joe Rogan Experience.
This show has a(n) __12__ of 200 million people. In Taiwan, podcaster Froggy
became so famous that he is now part of the Taipei government! The best part of
podcasts is that they’re mostly __13__ for free, so give one a try today.
D 9. (A) carry
out (B) take
place
(C) run out (D) take off
C 10. (A) introducing (B) attending
(C) recording (D) including
C 11. (A) so (B) too
(C) such (D) as
B 12. (A) crew (B) audience
(C) army (D) company
A 13. (A) available (B) measurable
(C) successful (D) changeable
C.
Translation 10%
14. 海莉很興奮，因為她有機會去迪士尼樂園過生日。
Hailey is excited
because she gets to go to Disneyland for her birthday.
15. 湯瑪斯顯然是我班上最優秀、最勤奮的學生。他總是按時完成作業。
Thomas is by far the best and most hard-working student in my class. He
always gets his
homework done
on time.
