GEPT · ELEMENTARY READING
初級閱讀模擬測驗 第二十九回
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。
1Every over twenty may vote in this country.
Abarber
Bcitizen
Ceagle
Dbeginner
2The listened to both sides before she spoke.
Ajudge
Bengine
Cchess
Dpostcard
3A new says that all buses must stop for a school bus.
4We will a class leader on Friday morning.
Ababysit
Belect
Cdecrease
Dclaim
5Please the people who work here, even when you are in a hurry.
6You have the to ask why a rule was made.
Anumber
Bright
Cquarter
Dengine
7The town will a new pool with the money from the county.
8The number of students in this school will next year.
Adecrease
Brespect
Cclaim
Delect
9She was even when everybody around her began to shout.
Astingy
Bhandsome
Csudden
Dcalm
10A from Britain came to speak at our school about working overseas in China and Korea.
Abarber
Bphotographer
Cdiplomat
Dbeginner
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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 Year Our Class Voted Twice
Last year our class had an election for class leader. Two students stood, and one won by three votes. (11) Some students said their names had not been on the paper. Our teacher did not decide the matter herself. She asked us to read the school rule aloud, and the rule said every member of the class must be able to vote. (12) we held the election again on the Friday. The same student won, this time by eleven votes, and we had a great dinner together that night. Nothing about the result changed, (13) something else did. A rule that is followed even when the result stays the same is the only kind anybody will trust, (14) that is what the second vote taught us.
Questions 11–14
11
AEverybody was happy with the result.
BNobody wanted the job at all.
CThere was a problem at once.
DThe teacher chose the leader herself.
12
AHowever
BAt first
CFor example
DTherefore
Passage 2
What a Public Service Really Is
A bus that runs at six in the morning with two people on it looks like a waste of money. (15) Those two people may be a nurse and a cleaner, and a large hospital runs on regular buses like this one, and without that bus the hospital does not open on time. A public service is not judged the way a shop is. A shop may close a branch that few people use, (16) a country cannot close the road to a small village and call it good business. (17), some services are built to be there rather than to be busy. We pay for them in years when we do not need them, (18) that is exactly the point.
Questions 15–18
15
ASo the bus should stop running.
BBut that way of counting misses something.
CNobody rides that bus at all.
DBuses are cheaper than trains.
17
AAt first
BBy chance
CHowever
DIn other words
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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 Voting Card
Ann: My sister votes for the first time this month. She got this card.
| COUNTY ELECTION · Voting Card |
|---|
| Saturday, January 13 |
| 8:00 to 16:00 · Sun Hill School, Room 3 |
| Bring this card and one paper with your photo |
| Voters over 70 may use the side door |
Ken: Does she need to bring anything else?
Ann: No, just those two things. She was going to bring a water bill, but that is not needed.
Ken: Tell her to go early. My father waited an hour last time at three.
Questions 19–21
19What must a voter bring?
AOnly the card
BThe card and a water bill
CA photo and a water bill
DThe card and a paper with a photo
20What does the card NOT tell us?
AWhere to vote
BThe hours for voting
CHow long people may have to wait
DThe day of the election
21Why does Ken tell Ann's sister to go early?
AThe side door opens first
BHis father waited an hour in the afternoon
CShe may forget the card
DThe room closes at noon
NOTICE
How to Ask the Town Office for Something
This notice explains how any citizen can ask for a change in our town. It follows the policy of the town government.
- Write your idea in one page and leave it at the front desk
- Twenty names from the same town must be on the page
- The office must answer within one month, in writing
You do not need a lawyer, and there is no fee. If the answer is no, the office must give a reason. You may then ask once more, and a second officer will look at it.
Last year eleven ideas came in. Four were carried out: a light at the corner by the pool, a later bus on Sunday, a bench at the bus stop, a cool room at the God of War temple, and free water at the sports center. Ideas that were not taken up are kept on the wall by the door, with the reason beside each one.
Questions 22–24
22What must be on the page with the idea?
AThe name of a lawyer
BA fee of one hundred dollars
CTwenty names from the town
DA photo of the place
23What happens if the office says no?
ANothing more can be done
BThe idea is thrown away
CA judge decides the matter
DThe office must give a reason
24What is the purpose of keeping ideas on the wall?
ATo thank the people who wrote them
BTo fill an empty wall
CTo show people what was asked and why it was refused
DTo help the office choose next year
EMAIL
A Letter about a Bus Stop
Dear Sir,
I am writing about the bus stop outside the old barber shop on Center Road. The bench was taken away in March and has not come back.
I know a bench is a small thing. But four people over seventy wait there every morning, and two of them now stand for twenty minutes. One has stopped taking the bus and pays for a taxi twice a week, which is really too much for her.
I have 21 names on the page I left at your desk last Thursday. I am writing to ask whether it arrived, and when I may expect an answer. Your notice says one month; that month ends on the 11th.
Sincerely, Kao Mei
Questions 25–27
25What is the purpose of this letter?
ATo ask for a new bus line
BTo ask whether her page arrived and when an answer will come
CTo complain about a barber shop
DTo ask for money for a taxi
26Why does the writer talk about the taxi?
ATo ask the office to pay for it
BTo say taxis are faster
CTo explain why she is late
DTo show the cost of losing the bench
27How many names are on the page?
AFour
BEleven
CTwenty-one
DTwenty
ARTICLE
Rules We Cannot See
When people talk about law, they think of a court and a judge. Yet most rules that hold a country together are never used in a court at all.
We stand in line. We leave the seat by the door for somebody who may need it. We speak more quietly in a hospital than in a market. Nobody made us learn these, and no officer writes them down.
These quiet rules are strong, but they are easy to break and slow to build. A modern government can pass a law in a month; it cannot pass a habit. Even a president cannot. This is why a place where people wait their turn is worth more than it looks, and why a small act of respect is never only small.
Questions 28–30
28What is the main idea of this article?
AUnwritten habits hold a country together as much as written law
BCourts should be used more often
CPeople should be quieter in markets
DEvery rule should be written down
29According to the writer, what is true of these quiet rules?
AThey are written by officers
BThey only work in hospitals
CThey are easy to break and slow to build
DThey are taught in every school
30What does the writer say a country cannot do in a month?
ABuild a habit
BPass a law
CHold an election
DOpen a court