10The water in this is warmer than in the sea near us.
Aonion
Bpump
Cgram
Docean
✔ 正確答案：(D) ocean
中譯這片大洋的水比我們附近的海還溫暖。
解析比海更大的水域是「大洋 ocean」。onion 洋蔥、pump 幫浦、gram 公克都不合。
單字ocean 海洋、warm 溫暖的、pump 幫浦
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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 Island That Grew
In 1963 an American boat near the coast of one northern country saw smoke coming out of the sea. It was not a ship on fire. (11) Within several weeks there was land where the map showed only water, and within two years the island was a mile across. Nobody was allowed to set foot on it, (12) scientists wanted to watch what would come first. A seed arrived in the mouth of a bird. Then a plant, then an insect, then a low gray plant. (13), a new piece of the world was built in front of people who were writing it down. We usually see land as something that was always here, (14) this one had a birthday.
✔ 正確答案：(B) A mountain under the sea was breaking open.
解析空格後說一週內出現陸地，能造出陸地的原因是海底火山噴發。B、C、D 都無法解釋新島的形成。
12
Abecause
Bbut
Calthough
Dso
✔ 正確答案：(A) because
解析禁止登島的原因是科學家想觀察，用 because。
13
ABy chance
BAt first
CIn this way
DHowever
✔ 正確答案：(C) In this way
解析總結前面種子、植物、昆蟲的順序，用 In this way。
14
Aand
Bor
Cbut
Dsince
✔ 正確答案：(C) but
解析「陸地本來就在」與「這一塊有生日」形成對比，用 but。
Passage 2
Why Maps Are Never Finished
A map looks like a fact, but every map is a choice. (15) A map made for a sailor shows deep water and rocks; a map made for a walker shows hills and paths, and leaves the sea almost blank. Neither is wrong. Coasts move, rivers change their beds, and a plain that was green in one memory is gray in another, (16) paper cannot follow all of it. (17), every map is a picture of one moment, made for one kind of person. This is worth remembering when we look at a map of somewhere we have never been. It shows us what somebody chose to show, (18) what they left out may be the part we would have cared about.
✔ 正確答案：(A) You have to decide what to leave out first.
解析空格後舉出水手地圖與步行者地圖的取捨差異，所以空格要先點出「必須決定略去什麼」。
16
Abut
Band
Cif
Dbecause
✔ 正確答案：(B) and
解析「地形不斷改變」與「紙張跟不上」是順向補充，用 and。
17
AHowever
BIn other words
CBy chance
DAt first
✔ 正確答案：(B) In other words
解析這句把前面的道理換句話說，用 In other words。
18
Aand
Bsince
Cor
Dbut
✔ 正確答案：(A) and
解析「呈現選擇的東西」與「略去的也許更重要」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 Walk Plan
Ann: Here is the plan for Friday. The teacher sent it this morning.
COAST WALK · Grade 8
Friday, meet 7:40 at the classroom
Bus to the coast, then walk 6 km to the waterfall
Back at school by 16:00
Bring: flashlight, water, lunch, one bag only
Ken: A flashlight for a day walk? That seems strange.
Ann: The last part goes through a short tunnel in the rock. It is dark for about three minutes.
Ken: Now it makes sense. I will borrow my brother's.
全文中譯
安：這是星期五的計畫，老師今天早上傳來的。
海岸健行 · 八年級
星期五 7:40 在教室集合
搭車到海岸，再步行 6 公里到瀑布
16:00 前回到學校
請帶：手電筒、水、午餐，只能帶一個包
肯：一日健行帶手電筒？好像很奇怪。
安：最後一段要穿過岩石裡一個短隧道，大約有三分鐘是暗的。
肯：這樣就說得通了。我去跟我哥借。
Questions 19–21
19Why must students bring a flashlight?
AThe waterfall is inside a hill
BThe bus has no lights
CThey will come back after dark
DPart of the walk goes through a tunnel
✔ 正確答案：(D) Part of the walk goes through a tunnel
中譯學生為什麼必須帶手電筒？
解析The last part goes through a short tunnel in the rock. It is dark for about three minutes。
20What does the plan NOT tell us?
AWhy a flashlight is needed
BWhen to meet
CHow far they will walk
DWhen they will be back
✔ 正確答案：(A) Why a flashlight is needed
中譯計畫表上沒有告訴我們什麼？
解析帶手電筒的原因是安在訊息裡說的，表上只列出物品。
21How does Ken feel after Ann's answer?
AHe now understands the reason
BHe still thinks it is strange
CHe does not want to go
DHe will buy a new flashlight
✔ 正確答案：(A) He now understands the reason
中譯聽完安的說明後，肯有什麼感覺？
解析Now it makes sense，表示他理解了原因；而且他是用借的。
NOTICE
Rules for the Forest Path
Open 6:00 to 18:00 · Free · About two hours
Stay on the path; the ground beside it is soft and full of mud
Take everything home with you, even a small piece of paper
Do not feed any animal you meet, especially the monkeys; they are most active at noon and may make you laugh, but keep away
The path is level for the first kilometer and then rises. If you have a young child who needs to sleep, or find walking hard, the first part and back is a pleasant hour on its own.
There is one faucet with clean water, at the middle point. After that there is none, so fill your bottle there. A babysitter is not needed: children over eight who can follow the rules may walk with a group, but somebody in the group must be an adult.
✔ 正確答案：(B) The ground beside it is soft and full of mud
中譯為什麼要走在步道上？
解析the ground beside it is soft and full of mud。
23Where is the last place to get water?
AAt the entrance
BAt the top of the path
CThere is no water at all
DAt the middle point
✔ 正確答案：(D) At the middle point
中譯最後可以取水的地方在哪裡？
解析There is one faucet with clean water, at the middle point. After that there is none。
24What does the notice say about children?
AThey cannot come at all
BThose over eight may come with an adult in the group
CThey must walk the whole path
DThey need a babysitter
✔ 正確答案：(B) Those over eight may come with an adult in the group
中譯公告對孩童有什麼說明？
解析children over eight who can follow the rules may walk with a group, but somebody in the group must be an adult。
EMAIL
A Letter about a Changed Coast
Dear Miss Wu,
You asked us to write about a place that has changed. I chose the beach below my grandmother's village on the west coast.
When my mother was a child, the sand went out about two hundred meters. In an old photo she is standing far from the water. In the golden light of evening today, the sea reaches the road, and the small temple that used to be behind the beach now has water at its back wall twice a month.
My grandmother does not say the word climate. She says the sea has become greedy. I am not sure the two ways of saying it mean different things. I would like to write about this for the class project if that is all right.
✔ 正確答案：(A) To ask to write about this place for a project
中譯這封信的目的是什麼？
解析I would like to write about this for the class project if that is all right。
26How does the writer show the beach has changed?
ABy asking the temple keeper
BBy measuring the water twice a month
CBy reading a book about the coast
DBy comparing an old photo with today
✔ 正確答案：(D) By comparing an old photo with today
中譯作者如何說明海灘改變了？
解析以母親兒時的舊照片（站得離水很遠）對比今天海水已到馬路邊。
27What does the writer think about her grandmother's words?
AThey are only a joke
BThey may mean the same as the word climate
CThey belong to an older time
DThey are wrong
✔ 正確答案：(B) They may mean the same as the word climate
中譯作者對奶奶那句話有什麼看法？
解析I am not sure the two ways of saying it mean different things，意即兩者可能是同一件事。
ARTICLE
The Land Under the Names
Every hill and river in this country carries a name, and most names were given twice. One name came from the people who lived there first; another was written later on a formal, official map.
Sometimes the two are close. Often they are not. A river called Clear Water in one language may be named after a person in the other. When only one name is printed, a memory quietly disappears.
Some towns now put both names on the sign. It costs almost nothing and changes nothing on the ground. But a child who reads two names learns something a single name can never teach: that this place was here, and full of people, before the map arrived.