GEPT · ELEMENTARY READING
初級閱讀模擬測驗 第三十六回
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。
1My rings at six every morning, even on Sunday.
Asnake
Balarm
Cvalley
Dbakery
2There is a in this program; it stops after ten minutes.
3It takes about a minute to this work at home.
Adownload
Bguard
Cseparate
Dbelong
4Please do not put your on the desk during the test.
Acellphone
Bvictory
Celephant
Dbakery
5The went dark, and we could not see anything.
6You must your name before the door will open.
7This old computer is slow, it still works.
8Which key do you press to the work?
9This phone does not to me; it is my sister's.
Aenter
Bbelong
Cguard
Dslide
10She keeps all her on two machines, not one.
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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 Day the System Went Down
At our school everything runs on one computer system: the bell, the doors, the lunch list. One Monday in May the system failed at 7:50. (11) No bell rang, so the first class began when a teacher looked at her watch and said so. The lunch list was gone, so the cooks made the same meal for everybody. Nobody could enter the office downstairs, (12) the door needed a card that no longer worked. The strange part is that the day went well, in a soft and quiet way. (13), several teachers said it was the calmest Monday of the year. A system is there to hold the small choices for us, (14) that day we found out we could still make them.
Questions 11–14
11
AWhat happened next surprised everybody.
BThe system started again in a minute.
CNobody noticed anything wrong.
DSchool was closed for the day.
13
AHowever
BAt first
CIn fact
DFor example
Passage 2
Why a Phone Is Hard to Put Down
A phone is not one thing. It is a door to a hundred places, and each one was built by people whose job is to keep you there. (15) A page that never ends has no natural stopping point, so your hand keeps moving. A red dot on the screen is small, (16) it asks a question your brain cannot leave alone: what did I miss? None of this means you are weak or that the people who built them are horrible. (17), it means you are playing against a system built by many people with a great deal of data. The answer is seldom to try harder. It is to change the room: leave the phone downstairs, not upstairs, (18) turn off the dot that asks the question.
Questions 15–18
15
AThese places are easy to close at any time.
BNobody has studied how phones work.
CThese places are built to be hard to leave.
DMost people use only one page.
17
ARather
BAt first
CIn the same way
DHowever
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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 Phone Plan
Wei: Dad says I can get a cheap plan. Here is the one I like.
| SOUTHERN PHONE · Student Plan |
|---|
| 299 a month · 12 months, paid in advance |
| Data: 10 GB, then slow |
| Free calls inside the same company |
| Leave early: pay 500 |
Ann: Ten GB is not much if you download films.
Wei: I only use the Internet at home for that. Outside I just send messages.
Ann: Then it is probably fine. Let us meet at the shop; that would be the wise way. But look at the last line before you sign.
Questions 19–21
19What does Ann want Wei to notice?
AThe monthly price
BThe free calls
CThe amount of data
DThe cost of leaving early
20Why does Wei think 10 GB is enough?
AHe has a second phone
BThe plan gets faster later
CHe does not use the Internet
DHe downloads films at home
21What does the plan NOT tell us?
AHow fast the slow speed is
BHow much data is included
CThe price each month
DHow long the plan lasts
NOTICE
Computer Room Rules
Open 12:30 to 13:10 and after school until 17:00
- Sit at the machine with your own number; do not move to another
- No food at the desks, not even a hot dog; stationery only
- Save your work on your own page, not on the machine
- Tell the teacher at once if a machine will not start
- No sweet drinks; one naughty moment can end a machine's life
Work saved on a machine is cleaned off every Friday night. Students lose work this way every term, and nothing can be done about it later. Save twice: once here and once on an independent machine of your own. Lost work is a small bomb in a busy week.
Games are allowed after school but not at lunch time. If every machine is in use at lunch, students who are doing school work have the first right to a seat, and a student playing a game must give it up.
Questions 22–24
22What happens to work saved on a machine?
AIt stays there all term
BIt is cleaned off every Friday night
CIt moves to the student's page
DIt is printed by the teacher
23When are games allowed?
AAfter school
BAt lunch time
CAt any time
DNever
24Who has the first right to a seat at lunch?
AThe student who arrived first
BA student playing a game
CThe student with the lowest number
DA student doing school work
EMAIL
A Question about a Lost Account
Dear Sir,
I cannot enter my page. On Tuesday I changed my phone, and now the system sends the number to my old number, which no longer works.
I have tried the help page four times. Each time it asks me to prove who I am by entering the number I cannot receive. I understand why the system is built this way, but it means there is no door at all for somebody in my position.
My page name is my own name and number and I have used it for six years. I can answer any question about it, and I still have the first message I ever sent. Is there a person I can speak to?
A student of Sun Hill
Questions 25–27
25What is the writer's problem?
AHe forgot his page name
BHis new phone is broken
CHe has used the page too long
DThe number goes to a number he cannot use
26Why does the help page not solve the problem?
AIt asks for the number he cannot receive
BIt is in another language
CIt asks for money
DIt is closed at night
27What is the purpose of this letter?
ATo close the page
BTo ask for a new phone number
CTo reach a real person who can help
DTo report a bug in the help page
ARTICLE
The Machines That Wait for Us
Fifty years ago, in one European country as in ours, a computer sat in a room of its own and people went to it. Today we carry one, and it goes to every place we go.
This changed something nobody planned. When a machine waits in a room, there are hours when you are simply not near it. Those hours are gone now. A question that used to wait until Monday is answered at eleven on Saturday night, and the person who answers it is not paid for that hour.
The machines did not ask for this. We have not yet made the new rules that a machine in every pocket needs. Every tool before this one got such rules in the end; this one is simply too young, and we are writing them now, badly, one family at a time.
Questions 28–30
28What is the main idea of this article?
AOld computers worked better
BWe have not yet made rules for a machine we carry everywhere
CPeople should answer messages faster
DMachines should stay in one room
29According to the writer, what was different fifty years ago?
AComputers were faster
BNobody used computers at work
CThere were hours when people were not near a machine
DMachines were cheaper
30What does the writer say about the new rules?
AThey were made long ago
BWe are writing them now, badly
CThey come from the machines
DThey are not needed