GEPT · ELEMENTARY READING
初級閱讀模擬測驗 第三十回
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 called a short meeting at nine this morning.
Amarker
Bblanket
Cboss
Dfork
2Please sign this before you leave the office.
Adocument
Bpepper
Ccabbage
Dhoney
3The shop will two more clerks before the holiday.
4She works in the that sends goods to other countries.
Ablanket
Bheight
Cconversation
Ddivision
5He to call me back before five, and he did.
Awaved
Ballowed
Cpromised
Dseldom
6The of the meeting was written on one page.
Afork
Bsoldier
Cpepper
Dresult
7Our office does not food at the desks.
Aemploy
Ballow
Cobey
Dexport
8The rent for this small office is for a young company.
Aready
Bwide
Cterrible
Dthick
9There are thirty people in this department.
Aseldom
Btoward
Canother
Daltogether
10A good answers the phone and keeps every document in order.
Asecretary
Bsoldier
Cworker's
Dfork
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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
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.
Questions 11–14
11
AShe told me to go home.
BShe asked another worker to help me.
CShe answered every call that week.
DShe said nothing.
13
AOnly then
BAt first
CHowever
DFor example
Passage 2
What a Job Title Does Not Say
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.
Questions 15–18
15
AThis never happens in the same division.
BWorkers pick their own job titles.
CThis is easy to see in a large company.
DMost offices have only one clerk.
17
AHowever
BAt first
CBy chance
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 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.
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
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
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
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.
Questions 22–24
22What must a student do before starting a job?
AWork fewer than four hours
BBring a paper signed by a parent
CTell the boss his marks
DAsk the teacher for a job
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
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
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.
Lin Chia
Questions 25–27
25What is the purpose of this letter?
ATo ask about a lost document
BTo say sorry for leaving
CTo thank a former boss for something learned long ago
DTo ask for a job at the old office
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
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
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.
Questions 28–30
28What is the main idea of this article?
AEvery company needs a better printer
BDirectors work harder than clerks
COffice charts should have more boxes
DImportant work is done that no office chart shows
29Who usually does this kind of work?
ASomebody near the bottom of the chart
BThe director
CA new worker on the first day
DNobody at all
30Why is the company surprised when such a person leaves?
AThe person never said goodbye
BA new director must be hired
CMuch stops working and nothing was written down
DThe chart must be made again