In the north of our county there is a stone wall that runs for two miles and then simply stops. It was started in the 15th century by a king who feared a military force from the sea. (11) Some say the money ran out; others say the enemy never came. The truth is simpler: the king died, and the next one feared other things. Farmers took the stones for their own walls, (12) today you can find a piece of a castle in a pig house. (13), the wall is the most visited place in the county. The view is beautiful and the path is full of visitors, but people do not come to see what was built, (14) to stand where somebody changed his mind.
✔ 正確答案：(D) Nobody knows exactly why it was never finished.
解析空格後列出幾種說法（錢用完、敵人沒來），所以空格要先點出「沒有人確知為何未完成」。
12
Aso
Bbut
Cbecause
Dalthough
✔ 正確答案：(A) so
解析農夫搬走石頭，因此豬舍裡有城堡的石頭，用表結果的 so。
13
AAt first
BThese days
CHowever
DFor example
✔ 正確答案：(B) These days
解析這句轉到現在的情況，用 These days。
14
Aand
Bor
Cbut
Dsince
✔ 正確答案：(C) but
解析not ... but ... 固定對比句型，用 but。
Passage 2
Why Old Stories Change
Every country tells stories about its own beginning, and every one of those stories has been changed. (15) A story is repeated because it is useful now, not because it is correct. A king who lost a war may become a king who chose peace. A war that began over land may be remembered as a war about a word. None of this is a lie, (16) each teller believed what he said. (17), history is not a box of facts but a conversation that never ends. The useful question is not only what happened, (18) who is telling me, and what do they need me to feel?
Ann: I got us into the castle show. Here is the ticket.
COUNTY MUSEUM · Ancient Weapons
Saturday, 10:00 to 17:00
Student 80 · Under 6 free · Double price at Halloween
Guided talk 11:00 and 14:00, 40 minutes
No photos in Room 2 · Enter by the left-hand door
Ken: Let us take the 11:00 talk. Then we can eat after.
Ann: Good. My little brother is five, so he does not pay.
Ken: Tell him about Room 2 before we go in. He will want to take photos of everything.
全文中譯
安：我弄到城堡特展的票了。票在這裡。
縣立博物館 · 古代兵器
星期六 10:00 至 17:00
學生票 80 · 六歲以下免費 · 萬聖節票價加倍
導覽 11:00 與 14:00，各 40 分鐘
第 2 展間禁止攝影 · 請由左側門進入
肯：我們參加 11:00 那場導覽吧，之後就可以去吃飯。
安：好。我弟弟五歲，所以不用付錢。
肯：進去前先跟他說第 2 展間的規定，他會想把每樣東西都拍下來。
Questions 19–21
19How much will Ann's brother pay?
AEighty dollars
BHalf of eighty
CNothing
DForty dollars
✔ 正確答案：(C) Nothing
中譯安的弟弟要付多少錢？
解析Under 6 free，他五歲，所以免費。
20When will they finish the talk?
AAt 11:00
BAt 11:40
CAt 14:00
DAt 17:00
✔ 正確答案：(B) At 11:40
中譯導覽幾點結束？
解析11:00 開始、40 分鐘，結束是 11:40。
21What does the ticket NOT tell us?
AThe price for a student
BHow long the talk lasts
CWhen the museum closes
DWhere to eat after
✔ 正確答案：(D) Where to eat after
中譯票上沒有告訴我們什麼？
解析票上有票價、導覽時間長度與開放時間，但沒有吃飯的地方。
NOTICE
School History Project
Grade 8 · Hand in at the beginning of March
Choose one building, road or bridge in this town and find out what was there before it. The principal will read the best three.
Talk to at least one person over seventy; a mechanic, a farmer, anyone is OK
Find one paper, photo or map from before 1990
Write two pages; a third page of pictures is welcome but not needed
You may not use only what you find online. At least one of your sources must be a person or a paper you have held in your hand. If the person you talk to cannot remember clearly, write that down too; it is part of the answer.
Do not choose the old wall. Eleven students chose it last year, and the library has no more material about it.
解析At least one of your sources must be a person or a paper you have held in your hand。
23What should a student do if the person cannot remember clearly?
AWrite that down as part of the answer
BFind another person
CLeave that part blank
DUse only online sources
✔ 正確答案：(A) Write that down as part of the answer
中譯如果受訪者記不清楚，學生該怎麼做？
解析write that down too; it is part of the answer。
24Why may students not choose the old wall?
AThe library has no more material about it
BIt is too far from school
CIt is not old enough
DNobody knows anything about it
✔ 正確答案：(A) The library has no more material about it
中譯學生為什麼不能選那道舊牆？
解析Eleven students chose it last year, and the library has no more material about it。
EMAIL
A Letter to the County Office
Dear Sir,
I am a Taiwanese student at Sun Hill School. Our class is studying the old wall in the north of the county for a history project.
At the wall there is a sign with four lines about that particular king; you can point a finger at two dates on it. Two dates on that sign do not agree with the dates in the county history book of 1978, which we found in the library. The sign says the work started in 1420; the book says 1428.
We are not sure which is correct, and we do not assume the sign is wrong. Could somebody tell us where the date on the sign came from? If it is an error, many visitors read it every week.
✔ 正確答案：(C) To ask where a date on a sign came from
中譯這封信的目的是什麼？
解析Could somebody tell us where the date on the sign came from？
26What difference did the students find?
AThe wall is longer than the book says
BThe sign and the book give different dates
CThe king had a different name
DThe sign has only three lines
✔ 正確答案：(B) The sign and the book give different dates
中譯學生發現了什麼差異？
解析The sign says the work started in 1420; the book says 1428。
27What do the students NOT do in this letter?
AGive the name of their school
BExplain why they are writing
CSay which source is wrong
DSay where they found the book
✔ 正確答案：(C) Say which source is wrong
中譯學生在這封信中沒有做什麼？
解析we do not assume the sign is wrong，他們沒有斷定哪一方有錯。
ARTICLE
Who Gets a Statue
Walk through any old town and count the stone figures. Most of them show men who took armies to war. Almost none are of the people who built the roads under your feet.
This is not because nobody thought those people mattered. It is because a stone figure costs money, and for most of history the people with money were the people with power. A town remembers what somebody had the money to have remembered.
Some towns now put up small signs: the name of the woman who ran the first school, the family who kept the river boat for eighty years. They cost almost nothing. But a child who reads one learns that history is not only made by the people on horses.