Three years ago the roof of our building was an empty space where nobody went. Then Mrs. Huang, who is seventy, carried up two pots and planted some beans. (11) By the end of that summer, six families had pots of their own. Now there are tomatoes in one corner and flowers along the wall. A spider lives between two pots, and nobody takes it down, (12) it keeps the small insects away. Children come up after school to look for it. (13), the roof is the only place in the building where every floor meets. Her husband helped her carry the pots. She says his plan was only to use the space, (14) a garden turned out to be about people.
A seed looks dead. You can keep one in a drawer for years and nothing will happen. (15) Water, heat, and dark together tell the seed that it is under the ground, and only then does it open. Some seeds wait far longer than a year. In England a seed found in an old building grew after two hundred years in a box. (16) nobody had given it water. Farmers have used this fact for a long time. They keep seeds dry so that the seeds stay asleep, (17) they can choose the day when growth begins. A seed is not really sleeping. It is waiting, (18) waiting is a kind of work.
✔ 正確答案：(A) But give it three things and it will wake up.
解析空格後立刻列出水、溫度、黑暗三樣東西，所以空格要先提出「給它三樣東西就會醒來」。
16
AUntil then
BBy then
CSince then
DAfter that
✔ 正確答案：(A) Until then
解析在發芽之前都沒有人給水，用 Until then。
17
Aalthough
Bbecause
Cbefore
Dso that
✔ 正確答案：(D) so that
解析保持乾燥的目的是能自行決定發芽時間，用表目的的 so that。
18
Aif
Bor
Cand
Dbut
✔ 正確答案：(C) and
解析「它在等待」與「等待也是一種工作」語意一致，用 and。
3
閱讀理解 Reading Comprehension
共 12 題／4 個題組
請閱讀下列短文，並回答相關問題。
NOTICE
Messages and a Plant Card
Ann: I bought you a plant for your new room. The shop gave me this card.
GREEN CORNER · Plant Card
Name: Money Tree
Water: once a week
Light: bright, but not direct sun
Grows to 80 centimeters
Ken: Thank you! My window faces north, so the room is never very bright. Will it be all right?
Ann: That is better than a south window. Direct sun would burn the leaves.
Ken: Good. I will water it every Sunday so that I do not forget.
全文中譯
安：我買了一盆植物給你的新房間。店家給了我這張卡片。
綠色角落 · 植物小卡
名稱：發財樹
澆水：一週一次
光線：明亮，但避免陽光直射
可長到 80 公分
肯：謝謝！我的窗戶朝北，房間一直都不太亮。這樣可以嗎？
安：那比朝南的窗戶好。陽光直射會把葉子曬傷。
肯：好。我會每個星期天澆水，這樣才不會忘記。
Questions 19–21
19Why does Ann say Ken's window is all right?
ADirect sun would hurt the leaves
BThe plant does not need light
CThe room is warm enough
DNorth light is brighter
✔ 正確答案：(A) Direct sun would hurt the leaves
中譯安為什麼說肯的窗戶沒問題？
解析Direct sun would burn the leaves，所以朝北反而比朝南好。卡片寫的是明亮但避免直射，不是不需要光。
20How often should the plant be watered?
AEvery day
BOnce a week
CTwice a week
DOnce a month
✔ 正確答案：(B) Once a week
中譯這盆植物多久澆一次水？
解析卡片寫 Water: once a week。肯說每星期天澆，正好一週一次。
21What does the card NOT tell us?
AWhat kind of light it needs
BHow much it costs
CThe name of the plant
DHow tall it can grow
✔ 正確答案：(B) How much it costs
中譯卡片上沒有告訴我們什麼？
解析卡片有名稱、高度與光線需求，但沒有價格。
NOTICE
Open Day at the City Garden
Saturday, March 9 · 9:00 to 16:00 · Free
The garden belongs to the people of the Republic of China and costs nothing to enter. A gardener will meet you at the gate; please follow him to the first walk.
9:30 Walk with a gardener: how a seed becomes a tree
11:00 Children plant a bean in a small pot and take it home
14:00 Talk: plants that live in water
The city zoo next door opens at ten; the panda and tiger areas need a second ticket
Everything is free, but the children's activity has only forty pots. Families should gather at the north gate before eleven. Pots are given out in the order people arrive.
There is no restaurant inside the garden, so please bring your own lunch. Dogs and other pets must stay outside. If it rains, the two walks outside will move to the glass house, and the talk will go on as planned.
解析the children's activity has only forty pots，而且依到場順序發放，所以要早到。
23What will happen to the walks if it rains?
AThey will cost money
BThey will move to the glass house
CThey will start at fourteen
DThey will be cancelled
✔ 正確答案：(B) They will move to the glass house
中譯如果下雨，導覽會怎麼樣？
解析the two walks outside will move to the glass house。演講才是照常進行。
24What must visitors bring by themselves?
ATheir lunch
BA seed
CAn umbrella
DA small pot
✔ 正確答案：(A) Their lunch
中譯參觀者必須自備什麼？
解析There is no restaurant inside the garden, so please bring your own lunch。花盆與種子由主辦提供。
EMAIL
A Favor to Ask
Dear Ping,
My family will be abroad from July 5 to July 20, and I am in trouble about my plants. Could you water them twice while we are away? There are only six pots, all on the balcony.
Please keep every pot away from the heater, and do not water the small one in the corner. It is from a dry place and dies if it gets too much water. The others need about one cup each. If a leaf turns brown, just take it off; do not worry.
I will leave the key with my neighbor below us. I can bring you something from England, so please tell me what you would like.
解析Could you water them twice while we are away，全信的核心請求是幫忙照顧植物。
26Which plant should Ping leave alone?
AThe small one in the corner
BThe one on the balcony
CThe tallest one
DThe one with brown leaves
✔ 正確答案：(A) The small one in the corner
中譯萍應該不要碰哪一盆？
解析Please do not water the small one in the corner，因為它來自乾燥的地方。
27What does Mei offer to do for Ping?
AGive her one of the pots
BPay her for the work
CLeave her the key
DBring her something from England
✔ 正確答案：(D) Bring her something from England
中譯美提出要為萍做什麼？
解析I can bring you something from England, so please tell me what you would like。鑰匙是留給鄰居。
ARTICLE
The Quiet Work of Roots
When we look at a tree, we see the part above the ground. Yet in many trees, as much life lies below as above. Roots hold the tree in a storm, carry water, and store food for the winter.
Roots also talk to each other. Under a forest floor, thin lines join one tree to the next, and a strong tree can pass food to a weak one, even to a tree of another kind. A forest is less a crowd of single trees than one large living thing. In the end even a wolf in the hills or a shark in the sea depends on what plants make.
This is why moving a big tree so often fails. We can carry the body of the tree and the branches, but we cannot carry the lines it has built under the ground for fifty years. The tree that arrives at the new place is, in a way, not the same tree.