IV. 閱讀理解 (Reading Comprehension) 30%

　　Passage 1

　　After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the day before. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day.

　　There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your muscles (肌肉) relax little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.

　　Although your mind slows down, from time to time you will dream. Scientists who study sleep state that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your eyes are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.

　　If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will help make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep!

　　66) A good title for this passage is ________.

　　A. Sleep B. Good Health

　　C. Dreams D. Work and Rest

　　67) The underlined word “drowsy” in the last paragraph means ________.

　　A. sick B. stand up

　　C. asleep D. sleepy

　　68) This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you ________.

　　A. dream more often B. have poor health

　　C. prepared for the next day D. breathe quickly

　　69) During REM, _________.

　　A. your eyes move quickly B. you dream

　　C. you are restless D. both A and B

　　70) The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is ________.

　　A. about six yours B. around ten hours

　　C. not stated in the passage D. about eight hours

　　Key

　　66) A. S1eep

　　67) D. s1eepy

　　68) B. have poor health

　　69) D. both A and B

　　70) C. not stated in the passage

　　Passage 2

　　Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street corner and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives something different about it.

　　Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in a row. For perception is the mind’s interpretation of what his senses – in this case our eyes – tell us.

　　Many psychologists today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

　　71) Seeing and perceiving are _____.

　　A. the same action

　　B. two separate actions

　　C. two actions carried on entirely by eyes

　　D. several actions that take place at different times

　　72) People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

　　A. they see different things

　　B. they cannot agree about things

　　C. some have better eyesight

　　D. None of these

　　73) Psychologists study perception by _____.

　　A. setting up many experiments

　　B. asking each other what they see

　　C. looking out of windows

　　D. studying people’s eyes

　　74) Which of the following statements is implied but not stated？

　　A. Psychologists do not yet know how people see.

　　B. The best experiments are those in which all factors are controlled.

　　C. The study of perception is going on now.

　　D. Perception does not involve psychological factors.

　　75) The best title for this selection is ____.

　　A. What Psychologists Perceive

　　B. Learning Our Minds Through Science

　　C. How We Perceive

　　D. How to Become an Experimental Psychologist

　　Key

　　71) B. two separate actions.

　　72) D. None of these.

　　73) A. setting up many experiments.

　　74) B. The best experiments are those in which all factors are controlled.

　　75) C. How we perceive.

　　Passage 3

　　Bill Grant was a famous newspaper editor (編輯) in the United States. He worked for the same newspaper from 1926 to 1968. He started as a clerk but by 1948 he had become the editor. That was the position he held until he retired.

　　Bill wrote his first story for the paper the day the New York Stock (股票) Market crashed in 1929. Two of the paper’s reporters were thirty miles from town checking on an airplane crash. The other one was in San Francisco investigating Chinatown.

　　When the first news of the stock market came into the office Bill immediately sat down and wrote up the story. The editor liked it so much that he used the story. And he didn’t make any changes in it. After that the editor decided Bill should be a reporter. He felt he was not using his real ability working as a clerk.

　　After this first story Bill became especially interested in financial news. But he wrote stories on just about everything. In 1945 he spent five months in Europe. His editor had decided he should write about the end of World War II. His paper was the smallest one with a writer in Europe.

　　One of Bill’s greatest moments came in 1946. A story he had written on war won the National Newspaperman’s Award. Bill took the prize but he gave all the credit (榮譽) to his editor.

　　Bill had a heart attack in 1957. He recovered fully but in 1961 he began suffering from a new disease. It lasted for the rest of his life. He overcame many emotional sufferings as well, including the death of his oldest daughter in a car accident.

　　It was just before Christmas in 1967 that he learned he had cancer. Six months later he died. But he had never stopped his work as an editor. The day before he died he had spent a full day at the office.

　　76) Bill Grant ________.

　　A. was a newspaper editor from 1926 to 1968

　　B. wrote his first story about the New York Stock Market crash in 1929 and soon after that he became the editor of the newspaper

　　C. had a heart attack in 1957 and recovered fully later on

　　D. wrote stories on nothing but financial matters

　　77) We can deduce from the passage that when Bill was writing the story about the New York Stock Market crash there were ________ reporters on the newspaper.

　　A. two

　　B. three

　　C. four

　　D. more than four

　　78) Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. Bill Grant started his work for the newspaper as a clerk.

　　B. Bill Grant overcame his physical sufferings but not his emotional sufferings when he was getting on in years.

　　C. In 1961 Bill began suffering from a new disease, but we are not told what the disease was.

　　D. Bill Grant spent most of his lifetime in the United States.

　　79) Which of the following is NOT a logical conclusion?

　　A. Bill stayed in Europe for five months in 1945 and therefore the editor decided that he should write about the end of World War II.

　　B. Bill’s first story was free from errors.

　　C. Bill had at least two children.

　　D. When Bill won the National Newspaperman’s Award, he was grateful to his editor.

　　80) Bill Grant died of ________.

　　A. a disease unknown to anybody

　　B. heart trouble in 1968

　　C. cancer by the end of 1968

　　D. cancer in mid 1968

　　key

　　76) C. had a heart attack in 1957 and recovered fu1ly later on

　　77) B. three

　　78) B. Bill Grant overcame his physical sufferings but not his emotional sufferings when he was getting on in years.

　　79) A. Bill stayed in Europe for five months in 1945 and therefore the editor decided that he Should write about the end of World War II

　　80) D. cancer in mid 1968

　　V. 英漢翻譯 （English-Chinese Translation）15%

　　81)I walked all the way here, which has made me a bit tired.

　　82)It’s really wonderful that you should have fulfilled the plan three months ahead of time.

　　83)How was it that you didn’t go to the bank?

　　84) it wasn’t until I read the book that I began to know something about finance.

　　85)When the market is very low, companies with great economic strength will think of buying up other companies.

　　參考答案

　　81)我一路走了來的, 這使我略微有點累。

　　82)真了不起你們竟能提前三個月完成了計劃。

　　83)你昨天沒去銀行，這是怎么搞的？

　　84)我直到看了這本書才對財政學有些了解。

　　85)當市場非常低迷時，具有強大實力的大公司就會考慮收購其他公司。

　　VI. 寫作（Writing）10%

　　86) Direction: For this part, you are allowed twenty (20) minutes to write a composition on the topic: Getting to Know the World Outside the Campus. You should write 100-120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

　　1.大學生了解社會的必要性。

　　2.了解社會的途徑（大眾媒介，社會服務(wù)等）。

　　3.我打算怎么做。

　　Example

　　Getting to Know the World Outside the Campus

　　With the development of our society, the campus is no longer an “Ivory Tower”. It is necessary for college students to go outside to get to know the world. They should acquire knowledge not only from books but also from the society. Thus they can adapt to society more quickly after they graduate from school. Science and technology are developing rapidly with each passing day. Most students can keep themselves informed by watching TV, listening to the radio, reading newspapers and using the internet. It’s also good to take a part-time job, such as tutoring, or working in a restaurant. Any of these will enable students to get in touch with society.

　　The summer vacation will soon be here. I’ve already enrolled to be a volunteer to help others. I think I can do a good job. Although I won’t be paid, I can learn a lot about society, which I think is even more important.