GEPT · ELEMENTARY READING
初級閱讀模擬測驗 第三十四回
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。
1We must paper, glass and cans into three boxes.
Aconfirm
Bemphasize
Crecover
Drecycle
2Do not throw into the pond; the fish will die.
Agarbage
Bfreedom
Csurface
Dgeneration
3The farmer keeps twenty and sells their milk.
Acandles
Btickets
Csheep
Dsnails
4Smoke from the factory has started to the air here.
Apollute
Binclude
Cgain
Dwatch
5Everybody came except one who was ill that day.
Aclassmate
Bturtle
Cofficer
Dtitle
6The water in this river no longer to the sea.
Agains
Bincludes
Cflows
Dkeeps
7Few people were of the problem until the fish died.
8This plant is small, but its leaves are to cats.
Atrash
Bexperience
Cfreedom
Dpoison
9The next will live with the choices we make now.
Asurface
Bgeneration
Clibrary
Dcandle
10The lake looks clean on the , but the bottom is full of trash.
Atitle
Bsurface
Cfoot
Dticket
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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 Pond Behind the School
The pond behind our school was green and empty for years. The number of fish was zero, and nobody could say when they had gone. (11) Our class chose the pond as a project for the whole year. We took out eleven bags of trash in the first week, including a bicycle, a swimsuit and an old bath toy. Then we did the hard part: we stopped putting anything into it and waited. Nothing happened for four months, (12) in May a classmate saw a small snail on a stone. By September there were tiny fish again. (13), nobody put a single animal in that water. We did not build the pond back, (14) we stopped breaking it.
Questions 11–14
11
AThe fish came back by themselves at once.
BNobody was allowed near it.
CLast year that changed.
DThe pond was filled in that summer.
13
AAt first
BNote that
CHowever
DFor example
Passage 2
Where Our Garbage Really Goes
Most of us think about garbage for about three seconds: the time it takes to drop something in a box. (15) A bottle that leaves your hand on Monday may be on a truck on Tuesday, on a ship by the end of the month, and in a field in another country a year later. Recycling is real, (16) it is not a machine that makes things disappear. It costs energy, water and human work, and some materials can only be used again once or twice. (17), the first question is never how to recycle a thing. It is whether the thing needed to exist, (18) that question has to be asked before we buy, not after.
Questions 15–18
15
AAfter that, it is gone for good.
BNobody drops anything in a box.
CAfter that, its long trip begins.
DMost boxes are never emptied.
17
ABy chance
BAt first
CHowever
DTherefore
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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 Recycling Card
Mom: The town changed the rules. This card came today.
| GREEN TOWN · Recycling Card |
|---|
| Monday: paper and cans |
| Thursday: glass and bottles |
| Out by 19:00, in the right-hand box |
| Old old cells: office only, not the street |
Wei: So I cannot put glass out on Monday any more?
Mom: No. And the old cells in the drawer must go to the office; do not put them outside at all.
Wei: All right. I will take them there on Saturday when I go to the library.
Questions 19–21
19When should glass be put out?
AMonday
BAny day before 19:00
CThursday
DSaturday
20What must NOT be put on the street?
ABottles
BCans
CPaper
DOld old cells
21Why will Wei go to the office on Saturday?
ATo take the old cells there
BTo return a library book
CTo get a new card
DTo ask about the new rules
NOTICE
Farm Visit for Grade 7
Friday, October 18 · Leaves school 8:00, back 15:30
- Wear old shoes; parts of the farm are wet and soft
- Do not feed the pigs or the sheep anything you brought
- Wash your hands before you eat, even if they look clean
You will see how the farm keeps water clean: everything that leaves the animal houses goes through three ponds before it reaches the river. The farmer, who studied in Korea, will explain why the third pond has fish in it and how it keeps pollution out of the river.
Bring your own lunch and a bag for your own trash. Nothing is thrown away on the farm; what you bring in, you take out. Students who forget a bag will be given one and must pay ten dollars.
Questions 22–24
22Why should students wear old shoes?
AParts of the farm are wet and soft
BThey will walk a long way
CNew shoes are not allowed
DThey may lose them
23What is the purpose of the three ponds?
ATo raise fish for sale
BTo keep the water clean before it reaches the river
CTo give the animals water
DTo hold rain in summer
24What happens to a student who forgets a trash bag?
AHe cannot join the visit
BHe must share with a friend
CHe takes his trash home in his hands
DHe gets one and pays ten dollars
EMAIL
A Letter about the River
Dear Officer Huang,
I am a student at Sun Hill School. Our class has watched the river below the bridge for six months, and I am writing to tell you what we found.
On 31 mornings the water was clear. On nine it was white, and each of those nine was a Tuesday. We do not know what happens on Monday nights, and we are not saying anybody has broken the law. We are saying that nine out of nine is not chance.
We have a paper with the dates and eleven photos. May we bring it to your office after school one day this month? Somebody in the class can come at any time that suits you.
Lin Wei
Questions 25–27
25What is the purpose of this letter?
ATo say who has broken the law
BTo ask the officer to clean the river
CTo ask for help with a school project
DTo report what the class found and offer the record
26Why do the students think this is not chance?
AAll nine white mornings were Tuesdays
BThe water is always white
CThey took eleven photos
DThe river is below a bridge
27What do the students ask for?
AA time to bring their record to the office
BA visit from the officer to the school
CMoney for their project
DA new place to watch the river
ARTICLE
The Things We Throw Away Twice
About a third of the food grown in the world is never eaten. That happens everywhere, and it is not only a waste of food; it is a waste of everything that went into it.
A tomato that reaches a box and is thrown away has already used water, land, work and the oil that moved it. When we throw it out, we throw all of that away a second time. The tomato is the small part of the loss.
This is why keeping food is worth more than it looks. A family that plans one week of meals may save only a little money, but the water and land behind that food are saved too. The quietest kind of care for the environment happens inside a refrigerator.
Questions 28–30
28What is the main idea of this article?
ARefrigerators use too much energy
BFarms should grow less food
CWasting food also wastes the water, land and work behind it
DPeople should eat more tomatoes
29Why does the writer say the tomato is the small part of the loss?
ATomatoes are cheap
BOnly one tomato is thrown away
CTomatoes are easy to grow
DThe water, land and work behind it are larger
30What does the writer say about planning a week of meals?
AIt is too hard for most families
BIt saves little money but much water and land
CIt only helps large families
DIt saves a lot of money