GEPT · ELEMENTARY READING
初級閱讀模擬測驗 第二十六回
Elementary Reading Comprehension Test
題數 30 題時間 35 分鐘題型 詞彙 / 段落填空 / 閱讀理解CEFR A2
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詞彙 Vocabulary
共 10 題／每題選出最適合題意的字詞
請由四個選項中，選出一個最適合句意的字或詞。
1He was enough to say that the mistake was his own.
Ahonest
Bugly
Cselfish
Dlazy
2She is a student who studies two hours every night.
Adishonest
Bproud
Cdiligent
Dlazy
3It is not to speak while somebody else is speaking.
4Our asked everybody to come to a short meeting at four.
Adonkey
Bbundle
Cmanager
Dlantern
5Could you me your dictionary until Saturday?
Ainsist
Bconfuse
Clend
Dbathe
6He is with his money; he once bought a suit for a friend going to Europe.
Adishonest
Bgenerous
Clazy
Dhumble
7Can you why the machine stopped working?
Abathe
Bdevelop
Crepair
Dexplain
8An came to look at the broken lift this morning.
Aelement
Bengineer
Cengineer's
Ddonkey
9She is to help, but she has no free time this week.
10A person does not need to tell everybody what he has done.
Adishonest
Bselfish
Chumble
Dlazy
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段落填空 Cloze
共 8 題／2 個段落，每段 4 格
請閱讀段落，並由四個選項中選出最適合每個空格的答案。
Passage 1
The Man Who Fixed Things
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.
Questions 11–14
11
AHe charges more than other shops.
BHe has never asked anybody to pay quickly.
CHe closes the shop every afternoon.
DHe only repairs cars, not bicycles.
13
AOnly then
BFor example
CHowever
DAt first
Passage 2
What We Call Character
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.
Questions 15–18
15
ASo everybody is the same in the end.
BNobody has ever thought about this.
CBut this is harder than it looks.
DMost people never change at all.
17
AHowever
BTherefore
CAt first
DIn the same way
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 Job Notice
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.
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
20What does the notice NOT ask for?
ANone is needed
BTwo years are needed
COnly for guides over twenty
DIt must be with children
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
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.
Questions 22–24
22Who made these rules?
AThe whole class
BThe teacher
CThe school office
DThe class leader
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
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
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.
Chen An
Questions 25–27
25What is the purpose of this letter?
ATo ask for a higher mark
BTo say sorry for losing a textbook
CTo ask the teacher to change a rule
DTo put forward a classmate for a prize
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
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
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.
Questions 28–30
28What is the main idea of this article?
APictures of eyes should be used everywhere
BPeople are dishonest when alone
CA place can make honest acts simple or hard
DCoffee should not be sold without a salesperson
29What happened in the weeks with a picture of eyes?
APeople paid about three times more
BSomebody sat at the desk
CThe shop lost money
DFewer people bought coffee
30What does the writer suggest we spend more time on?
AAsking who is good
BBuilding places where being good is easy
CWatching people closely
DMaking more rules