10A good answers the phone and keeps every document in order.
Asecretary
Bsoldier
Cworker's
Dfork
✔ 正確答案：(A) secretary
中譯好的秘書會接電話，並把每份文件整理好。
解析負責接電話與文書的是「秘書 secretary」。soldier 士兵、fork 叉子都不合。
單字secretary 秘書、in order 有條理、soldier 士兵
2
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
My First Week at Work
In my first week at the office I was afraid of the phone. Every time it rang I hoped somebody else would pick it up. On the third day my boss saw me look at it and walk away. (11) She picked it up herself, said a few words, and put it down in under a minute. Then she said: that is all it ever is. I still did not like the phone, (12) I began to answer it. By the end of the month I picked it up first. (13) I understood what she had done. She showed me how small the thing really was, (14) a thing you have seen somebody do is no longer a wall.
Two people can hold the same job and do work that has almost nothing in common. (15) One clerk spends the day on documents; another in the same division spends it calming people who are angry. The title on the door says clerk for both. This matters when a young person chooses a career, (16) a title is often all he has to go on. (17), the better question is not what is the job but what is the day. Asking somebody what he actually did last Tuesday tells you more than any chart, (18) few of us think to ask it.
✔ 正確答案：(C) This is easy to see in a large company.
解析空格後舉出同一部門兩位辦事員工作內容不同的例子，所以空格要先點出「在大公司裡尤其明顯」。
16
Abecause
Bbut
Cso
Dalthough
✔ 正確答案：(A) because
解析頭銜之所以重要，原因是年輕人只能靠它判斷，用 because。
17
AHowever
BAt first
CBy chance
DIn other words
✔ 正確答案：(D) In other words
解析這句把前面的道理換句話說，用 In other words。
18
Abut
Band
Csince
Dor
✔ 正確答案：(A) but
解析「問了會知道更多」與「很少人想到要問」形成對比，用 but。
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
Wei: My cousin sent me this. Do you think I should try?
SUN TRADE · Office Help, Two Days a Week
Monday and Wednesday, 13:00 to 17:00
Work: papers, phone, and simple charts
Pay 200 an hour
Near MRT Green Line, Sun Hill station
Ann: Eight hours a week at 200 is 1,600. That is not bad for two afternoons.
Wei: But I have a class until 13:30 on Wednesday.
Ann: Ask if you can start at 14:00 on that day and stay until 18:00. Most offices might move an hour for you.
全文中譯
偉：我表哥傳這個給我。你覺得我該試試看嗎？
陽光貿易 · 兼職辦公室助理
星期一與星期三 13:00 至 17:00
工作內容：文件、電話、簡單圖表
時薪 200
鄰近捷運綠線陽光站
安：一週八小時、時薪兩百，就是一千六。兩個下午能這樣不錯。
偉：但我星期三有課上到 13:30。
安：問問看那天能不能 14:00 開始、做到 18:00。多數辦公室或許可以幫你挪一小時。
Questions 19–21
19How did Ann get the number 1,600?
ATwenty hours times 80
BEight hours a week times 200
CFour hours times 400
DTwo afternoons times 800
✔ 正確答案：(B) Eight hours a week times 200
中譯安是怎麼算出一千六這個數字的？
解析每週兩天、每天四小時共八小時，八乘以二百等於一千六。
20What is Wei's problem?
AThe pay is too low
BHe has a class on Wednesday afternoon
CHe cannot work on Monday
DThe office is far from the MRT
✔ 正確答案：(B) He has a class on Wednesday afternoon
中譯偉的問題是什麼？
解析I have a class until 13:30 on Wednesday，與 13:00 開始的時間衝突。
21What does the notice NOT tell us?
AThe pay for each hour
BThe hours of work
CHow long the job lasts
DThe kind of work
✔ 正確答案：(C) How long the job lasts
中譯公告上沒有告訴我們什麼？
解析公告寫了時段、時薪、工作內容與地點，但沒有說這份工作要做多久。
NOTICE
Rules for Students Who Work Outside School
Please read this before you take a job outside school.
Students under sixteen may not work after 20:00
Eight hours a week is the top limit during term
Bring a paper signed by a parent to the office before you start
A job can teach you things no class can, and anyone may love the work more than any school subject. It can also take the hours you need for sleep. If your marks fall for two months, we will ask you to stop for one term. This is not to punish you; it is the promise we make to your family.
If your boss asks you to work longer than the law allows, tell us. You will not get into trouble, and we will speak to the company. Many students do not know that the law is on their side.
解析Bring a paper signed by a parent to the office before you start。
23What will the school do if a student's marks fall for two months?
ATell the company to pay more
BAsk the student to stop working for one term
CGive the student extra classes
DDo nothing at all
✔ 正確答案：(B) Ask the student to stop working for one term
中譯如果學生成績連續兩個月下滑，學校會怎麼做？
解析If your marks fall for two months, we will ask you to stop for one term，而且明說這不是處罰。
24What is the purpose of the last part of the notice?
ATo explain how to find a job
BTo ask students to work longer
CTo tell students the law protects them
DTo tell students to fear their bosses
✔ 正確答案：(C) To tell students the law protects them
中譯公告最後一段的目的是什麼？
解析You will not get into trouble ... the law is on their side，是在告訴學生法律站在他們這邊。
EMAIL
A Note to a Former Boss
Dear Mrs. Yeh,
I worked in your office for two summers while I was at school. I am writing now because I have just been hired at a company in Taichung, and I thought of you on the first day.
You once asked me to do the same simple work for a whole week: put every paper in order by date. I thought at the time that you did not trust me with anything better. Last week my new director gave me a pile of papers and said we had lost a document. I found it in twenty minutes, and nobody could understand how.
I am not sure you planned to teach me that. But I wanted you to know it was the most useful week I have ever worked.
CTo thank a former boss for something learned long ago
DTo ask for a job at the old office
✔ 正確答案：(C) To thank a former boss for something learned long ago
中譯這封信的目的是什麼？
解析他回顧當年的經驗並說那是最有用的一週，目的是向前任老闆致謝。
26What did the writer think at the time about the week of simple work?
AThat everybody had to do it
BThat it was too hard
CThat it was useful
DThat his boss did not trust him with more
✔ 正確答案：(D) That his boss did not trust him with more
中譯作者當時對那一週簡單工作的想法是什麼？
解析I thought at the time that you did not trust me with anything better。
27What happened last week?
AHe found a missing document quickly
BHe lost a document
CHe met Mrs. Yeh again
DHe was given a new office
✔ 正確答案：(A) He found a missing document quickly
中譯上星期發生了什麼事？
解析we had lost a document. I found it in twenty minutes。
ARTICLE
The Work Nobody Puts on a Chart
Look at any office chart and you will see boxes and lines. What you will not see is the person who remembers that the electric printer needs a hard push, or who owns the one fancy pen that never fails, or who notices when a quiet worker has stopped eating lunch with the others.
This kind of work has no name and takes real time. It is seldom done by the director. It is often done by somebody near the bottom of the chart, and it is what keeps the boxes above from breaking down.
When such a person leaves, the company is surprised by how much stops working. Nothing was written down, so nothing can be handed over. The lesson is simple: the map of an office is never the office.