My uncle repairs bicycles in a small shop behind the lake. He is not good at business. If a child comes in with a broken wheel, he fixes it in a quiet manner and says nothing about money. In the fall he keeps a bowl of soup by his side. (11) My aunt says he will never be rich. He agrees, (12) he has never once changed the way he works. Last winter he was ill for a month, and people he had helped came by turns to keep the shop open. (13) I saw that his way of working was not foolish at all. For thirty years he had been lending small things to everybody around him, (14) the whole countryside gave them back in one month.
We like to say that a person is brave or lazy, as if it were written inside them. (15) A student who is lazy in one class may work hard in another. A guide who is patient with visitors may shake his head at his own children. What looks like character is often the room a person is standing in. This matters because we judge people from one meeting, (16) one meeting shows us one room only. (17), it does not mean character is nothing. It means character is a habit we build, not a thing we are given, (18) a habit can be changed at any age.
Ann: I am thinking about this summer job. What do you think?
GREEN LAKE CAMP · Summer Guide
July 1 to August 20
Six days a week, 8:00 to 16:00
Must be polite and responsible with children
No experience needed; we will train you
Week 3: a wonderful trip to see the hippopotamus in its large cage
Ben: Six days a week for seven weeks? That is your whole summer.
Ann: I know. But I want to find out whether I am good with kids before I choose a subject.
Ben: Then it is worth it. Just ask them now whether you can have one Saturday off in August.
全文中譯
安：我在考慮這個暑期工作。你覺得呢？
綠湖營隊 · 暑期輔導員
七月一日至八月二十日
每週六天，8:00 至 16:00
須有禮貌、對孩子負責任
無經驗可，我們會訓練你
第三週：精彩行程，觀賞大型獸欄中的河馬
班：七個星期、每週六天？那是你整個暑假。
安：我知道。但我想在選科系之前，先弄清楚自己適不適合帶小孩。
班：那就值得。只是現在就先問他們，八月能不能休一個星期六。
Questions 19–21
19Why does Ann want this job?
AThe pay is high
BTo find out if she works well with children
CHer friend also works there
DShe needs a job near the lake
✔ 正確答案：(B) To find out if she works well with children
中譯安為什麼想做這份工作？
解析I want to find out whether I am good with kids before I choose a subject。文中未提薪水。
20What does the notice NOT ask for?
ANone is needed
BTwo years are needed
COnly for guides over twenty
DIt must be with children
✔ 正確答案：(A) None is needed
中譯公告沒有要求什麼？
解析No experience needed; we will train you，經驗不是要求；有禮貌、負責任、每週六天都是公告列出的條件。
21What does Ben advise Ann to do?
AWork only five days a week
BAsk now about a day off in August
CTake a different job
DWait until she chooses a subject
✔ 正確答案：(B) Ask now about a day off in August
中譯班建議安做什麼？
解析Just ask them now whether you can have one Saturday off in August。
NOTICE
Class Rules We Wrote Together
Room 302 · Made by the class, not by the teacher
If you borrow something, give it back the same day.
Nobody eats in front of somebody who has no food.
When one person is speaking, everybody else listens.
If you break something, say so before somebody asks.
We wrote these rules in September after a long talk, not after a speech from anybody about what makes a class easy to be in. Everybody had to agree to every line, so it took two afternoons.
These rules are not about being good. They are about being able to work beside each other for a year. We will read them again in January and change any line that has stopped being useful.
解析Made by the class, not by the teacher，且 Everybody had to agree to every line。
23Why did writing the rules take two afternoons?
AThe teacher was away
BThere were many rules
CThey wrote them twice
DEverybody had to agree to every line
✔ 正確答案：(D) Everybody had to agree to every line
中譯訂規則為什麼花了兩個下午？
解析Everybody had to agree to every line, so it took two afternoons。
24What is the purpose of these rules?
ATo make students good people
BTo help the class work together for a year
CTo help the teacher punish students
DTo win a school prize
✔ 正確答案：(B) To help the class work together for a year
中譯這些規則的目的是什麼？
解析They are about being able to work beside each other for a year，而且明說不是為了當好人。
EMAIL
A Word for a Classmate
Dear Mrs. Kao,
You asked us to write about a classmate who should get the character prize. I choose Lin Wei.
Wei is not the top student and he never speaks in class. But he is the one who stays behind on Friday to put the chairs back, and he does it whether or not anybody is watching. When Ming lost his textbook in May, Wei gave him his own for three weeks and told nobody.
I know the prize often goes to a student with high marks. I am not saying Wei should win because he is kind and quiet. I am saying that what he does takes more work than it looks like, and that nobody has ever thanked him for it.
解析You asked us to write about a classmate who should get the character prize. I choose Lin Wei，是在推薦同學。
26What does Wei do on Friday?
AHe goes home early
BHe lends his textbook
CHe speaks in class
DHe stays behind to put the chairs back
✔ 正確答案：(D) He stays behind to put the chairs back
中譯偉星期五會做什麼？
解析he is the one who stays behind on Friday to put the chairs back。借課本是五月的事。
27What point does the writer make at the end?
AWhat Wei does takes real work, and nobody thanks him
BWhat Wei does is simple
CMarks should not matter at all
DWei should win because he is quiet
✔ 正確答案：(A) What Wei does takes real work, and nobody thanks him
中譯作者在最後提出什麼看法？
解析what he does takes more work than it looks like, and that nobody has ever thanked him for it。
ARTICLE
Being Good When Nobody Looks
Most people are honest when somebody is watching. The interesting question is what happens in an empty room.
In one famous test, a shop left a box of coffee with a price list and no person at the desk. On weeks when a picture of eyes was placed above the box, people paid nearly three times as much as on weeks with a picture of flowers. Nobody in the shop knew why they paid more.
This is not a sad fact about people. It shows that honesty is not only a thing inside us; it is something a place can make simple or hard. If we want a school or a town where people behave well, we should spend less time asking who is good, and more time building rooms where being good is the simple choice.