GEPT · ELEMENTARY READING
初級閱讀模擬測驗 第三十九回
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 of this city has doubled in thirty years.
Apopulation
Bjacket
Chelicopter
Dmask
2Our helps old people who live alone in this area.
Ajacket
Borganization
Ckilogram
Dexit
3She works two jobs to enough for her family.
Aapologize
Borganize
Cearn
Dprint
4The of this word is not clear to me.
Ahabit
Bmask
Cmeans
Dmeaning
5This market sells fruit grown within ten kilometers.
6You must if you were wrong, even if it is hard.
Arequire
Bearn
Corganize
Dapologize
7This job two years of experience.
Aapologizes
Bearns
Crequires
Dexits
8The part of this problem is that nobody wants to talk about it.
9He is the of the two brothers, but he never says so.
Apoorest
Bricher
Cworst
Dlatest
10She will the books by subject before the class comes.
Aapologize
Bprint
Corganize
Drequire
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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 Street That Changed Twice
When my mother was young, our street was full of small shops and low rents. Then the city built a station two blocks away. (11) Rents went up, the old shops closed, and coffee shops opened where the bakery had been. People said the street was better now. The families who had lived there for forty years could not pay the new rent, (12) most of them moved to the edge of the city. (13), the coffee shops are closing too: the people who filled them have also gone. A street is not its buildings, (14) we learn that only after the people have left.
Questions 11–14
11
AAfter that, nothing changed at all.
BThe shops turned into cheaper.
CThe station was never finished.
DAfter that, everything happened fast.
13
AFor example
BHowever
CThese days
DAt first
Passage 2
Why a City Needs Cheap Places
Every famous part of a city was once a cheap one. (15) A young cook, a new band, a small group with an idea and no money: none of them can start where the rent is high. They need a room that is not expensive and a street that does not yet care what they do. A colorful, fashionable sign costs nothing to hang. A city that loses all its cheap places keeps its buildings, (16) it stops making anything new. (17), the shops people travel to see are the result of years when nobody was watching. You cannot plan that part, (18) you can leave room for it.
Questions 15–18
15
AThis is hard to believe.
BCheap places are always empty.
CFamous places were never cheap.
DThis is not chance.
17
AIn other words
BBy chance
CAt first
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 Class List
May: Here is the list for the winter service day. Sixteen of us so far.
| CLASS 302 · Winter Service Day |
|---|
| Saturday, 9:00 to 12:00 |
| Group A: clean the park by the river (8 people) |
| Group B: carry food boxes to old people (8 people) |
| Wear an old jacket; masks given at the gate |
| Team leaders: May and Ken · bus to Taichung 8:30 |
Ken: I would rather be in Group B, but I cannot carry heavy things with my arm.
May: The boxes are two kilograms each. You will be fine.
Ken: Then put me in B. And tell everyone to bring a bit of water; the park has no water.
Questions 19–21
19Why was Ken not sure about Group B?
AHe thought the boxes were heavy
BHe does not like old people
CHe wanted to clean the park
DHe has no jacket
20What does the list NOT tell us?
AThat the park has no water
BThe time of the service day
CHow many people are in each group
DWhat to wear
21How many students are still needed?
NOTICE
Free Winter Meals at the Town Hall
Every Tuesday and Friday · 17:30 to 19:00 · December to February
A hot meal is served to anybody who comes, rich or poor; this is a social meal, not a test. You do not need to show a paper or give a name, and nobody will ask you any question.
- Children under twelve must come with an adult
- Food may be taken home in your own box
- If you would like to help us, come at 16:30
This is run by local people, not by the city. We are given food by three shops on Green Road, and an assistant from a national company brings one product box each week. Nothing is thrown away: what is left at 19:00 goes to the school breakfast box on Wednesday.
We are not a rich organization. What we have is a kitchen, a list of people who help, and two hours twice a week.
Questions 22–24
22What must a person show to get a meal?
AA paper with a name
BA box from home
CA local address
DNothing at all
23What happens to the food left at 19:00?
AIt goes to the school breakfast box
BIt is thrown away
CIt is sold the next day
DIt is given to the three shops
24What is the purpose of the last part of the notice?
ATo explain why the hall is cold
BTo make clear how small and simple this is
CTo thank the city government
DTo ask for money
EMAIL
A Letter about a Bench
Dear Mr. Kao,
I am writing about the bench outside the town hall, the one facing the bus stop.
Last month a new bench was put there with a bar across the middle. I understand why: somebody had been sleeping on the old one. But the bar also means that an old woman with a bad back cannot lie down for the ten minutes she needs, and a mother cannot put a sleeping child beside her.
The problem it was built to solve was one person. The problem it has made belongs to everybody who waits there. Could the bar be taken off, and could we talk about the first problem another way?
Chen Mei
Questions 25–27
25What is the purpose of this letter?
ATo ask for a new bench
BTo ask for a bus stop to be moved
CTo ask for the bar to be taken off and the problem discussed
DTo report a person sleeping outside
26Why was the bar put on the bench?
ABecause somebody had been sleeping there
BBecause the old bench broke
CTo stop children from falling
DTo make the bench stronger
27What point does the writer make about the two problems?
ABoth are small
BThe bar solved one person's problem but made one for everybody
CNeither can be solved
DThe first problem is worse
ARTICLE
The People a City Counts
A city knows how many cars pass a corner each hour. It often does not know how many people sleep badly because of the noise.
What gets counted gets money. A road can show a number that rises; a quiet street where neighbors know each other cannot. So the road is built and the street is not protected, and nobody made a bad choice on purpose.
Some cities now count other things: how many children can walk to school alone, how many old people leave the house each day. These numbers are harder to collect and easy to laugh at. A society is bored by slow numbers and pulled toward fast ones, but a city becomes what it measures, and for a hundred years we have measured mostly traffic.
Questions 28–30
28What is the main idea of this article?
ACities should build fewer roads
BNoise is the biggest problem in cities
COld people should leave the house more
DA city becomes what it chooses to measure
29Why does the road get built and the quiet street not protected?
AThe road can show a rising number
BNobody lives on the quiet street
CThe city has no money
DPeople asked for the road
30What is true of the new numbers some cities collect?
AThey take the place of traffic counts
BThey are collected by children
CThey are easy to collect
DThey are harder to collect and easy to laugh at