GEPT · ELEMENTARY READING
初級閱讀模擬測驗 第二十八回
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。
1The stood up and clapped for five minutes.
Aprinter
Bgoat
Caudience
Ddrum
2She has wanted to be an since she was six.
Awriter
Bengine
Cactor
Dobject
3Please the form with a pencil, not a pen.
4There was so much outside that we could not hear the radio.
Anote
Bnoise
Cdistance
Dlimit
5The film was because it was made in only one room.
6He forgot his lines and had to behind the curtain.
7The old near the river shows two films every night.
Atruck
Bmember
Cprinter
Dtheater
8This radio station will the game on Sunday afternoon.
Aburn
Badvise
Cbroadcast
Domit
9Please the lid on the box before you carry it.
10The of the film wrote it in only three weeks.
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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 Small Theater on River Road
The theater on River Road has ninety seats and one screen. It shows one movie twice a day, at four and at seven, and a little bird lives above the door. The man who sells the tickets also starts the machine and sweeps the floor. (11) A large new theater opened three streets away, with twelve screens and warm seats. Everybody said the small one would close within a year. It did not. (12) people who go there say they go for something the big one cannot sell: a room dark enough that ninety strangers laugh at the same second. (13), the owner now shows old films on Sunday mornings. The seats are still hard, (14) the room is always full.
Questions 11–14
11
ANobody has ever worked there.
BTwo years ago things changed.
CThe theater closed that summer.
DThe film is always the same one.
12
ABecause
BUntil
CIn place of that
DAlthough
13
AFor this reason
BHowever
CBy chance
DAt first
Passage 2
Why a Story Needs a Room
A film can be watched on a phone on a bus, and millions are. (15) A story works on us partly because we cannot leave it. In a dark room with no clock, two hours pass as the film decides, not as we decide. At home the same film is cut into pieces by a bell at the door and a message, (16) the pieces never add up to the same thing. This is not about big screens. (17), it is about giving one story all of our attention for once. Nobody needs a theater to do that, (18) a theater makes it hard to do anything else.
Questions 15–18
15
AA phone screen is the best way.
BBut something is lost on the way.
CNobody watches films at home.
DSo the theater is no longer needed.
17
AIn the same way
BAt first
CHowever
DRather
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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 Film Ticket
Joy: I got two tickets for Sunday. Sending you the picture.
| RIVER ROAD THEATER |
|---|
| The Long Road Home |
| Sunday · 4:00 p.m. · Screen 1 |
| Row F, seats 7 and 8 |
| Student 150 · No food inside |
| Free water at the service desk |
Ken: Four o'clock is fine. How long is the film?
Joy: Two hours and ten minutes, so we will be out before seven.
Ken: Then let us eat first; I do not want a stomachache in there. The ticket says no food inside anyway.
Questions 19–21
19What time will the film end?
AAt 4:00
BAt 7:00
CAt 2:10
DAt 6:10
20What does the ticket NOT tell us?
AThe seat numbers
BHow long the film is
CThe price for a student
DThe name of the film
21Why do they decide to eat before the film?
ANo food is allowed inside
BThe tickets are cheap
CThe film starts late
DThe theater is far away
NOTICE
Auditions for the School Drama
This year's play: a story set in a small town in 1950
- Come to the hall on Thursday at 4:00; stay for about one hour
- Read any part of the play you like; we will give you the pages on the day
- Clothes are cotton and must be worn throughout every practice till March
- You do not need to remember the lines
There are eleven speaking parts and about twenty other jobs: lights, sound, clothes, a roller blade scene, and the picture on the stage wall. Please tell us if you would rather work behind the stage; those places fill up faster than the acting ones.
We practice twice a week until March. If you cannot come to every practice, say so now. It is not a problem, but we must know before we choose.
Questions 22–24
22What must students do before Thursday?
ARemember the lines
BNothing special
CChoose a part to play
DWrite their own play
23Why should a student say early if he wants to work behind the stage?
ABehind the stage is harder
BThe teacher chooses only actors
CThere is no pay
DThose places fill up faster
24What should a student do who cannot come to every practice?
ACome only in March
BNot join at all
CSay so before the choosing
DAsk a friend to take the place
EMAIL
A Letter to a Radio Show
Dear Mr. Kao,
I listen to your Sunday show while I work in my father's shop. I am writing about last week's show on old films.
You said that nobody under twenty watches black and white films now. I am seventeen. My class watched one in March, and four of us have watched five more since then. We did not find them slow; we found them quiet, which is not the same thing.
I am not writing to argue. I am writing because a young person listening to that line might believe it is true of him, and stop before he starts. Could you say on air that some of us are out here?
Chen Li, 17
Questions 25–27
25What is the purpose of this letter?
ATo ask the host to correct one idea on air
BTo thank the host for a good show
CTo ask for a job at the radio station
DTo ask which old film to watch
26What does the writer say about old films?
AThey are slow
BThey are hard to find
CThey are only for older people
DThey are quiet, which is different
27Why is the writer worried about the host's words?
AThey may cost the show its audience
BThey may stop a young listener from trying
CThey are not polite to older people
DThey were said too quickly
ARTICLE
Why We Watch People Act
Every country in the world has some form of drama, and no country had to be taught it. Children begin to act out other people before they can read.
One reason may be that watching a person act out a life is a safe way to feel something real. In two hours we can lose a home, forgive a brother, and stand in a court, and then walk out into the same evening we left.
A film also lets us look at a face longer than we ever may in life. We watch somebody be afraid for a full minute without turning away. Perhaps that is the true work of drama: it gives us practice at paying attention to another person, which is the one skill no machine has learned to do for us.
Questions 28–30
28What is the main idea of this article?
AFilms are better than real life
BChildren should act in plays at school
CEvery country should build more theaters
DDrama gives us practice at paying attention to other people
29According to the writer, what can we do in two hours of drama?
AForget our own life
BLearn how to act
CFeel real things safely
DMeet new friends
30What does a film let us do that life seldom does?
AWatch a face for a long time
BHear our own voice
CChange the ending
DSit in the dark