二、綜合題。
1.閱讀判斷
Left
1. The word "lefty" means a person who uses his or her left hand for writing, eating and other jobs.
2. We are born with two hands: a right hand and a left one. But only about ten or fifteen percent of us are lefties. Everyone else is right-handed. They use their right hands much more than their left.
3. Scientists do not know why there are so many more right-handed people than lefties.
4. Some very famous people have been left-handed. Alexander the Great was a lefty. So was the great French king Charlemagne. Other famous lefties in history include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, NaPoleon and Queen Victoria of Britain. In the twentieth century, famous lefties include American President Gerald Ford, tennis player Martina Navratilova, singer Paul McCartney, and the great Brazilian football player, Pele.
5. These people demonstrate that lefties are just as intelligent and talented as the right-handed majority. However, lefties have had a difficult time throughout history. The Roman word for left, for example, was the same word used to describe someone who was evil or untrustworthy.
6. The German word for left, "linkisch", also means someone who was unskilled. The French word, "gauche", can also mean a person who does not know how to act socially. In Spanish, the word for left is "a zurdas". It means the wrong way. And in Italian, the word "mancino" can also mean someone who is dishonest.
7. The Greek language is one of the few to give the word "left" a good meaning. The Greek word "aristera means both "left" and "the best".
8. An organization in the United States, Lefthanders International, is campaigning to give lefties their rights. Are you a lefty? If so, you should be proud!
16. All lefties are more diligent than right-handed people.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
17. The word "left" is given bad meanings in all languages.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
18. Lefties are campaigning to gain their equal rights that right-handed people have.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
19. Most famous people are left-handed.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
20. Right-handed people are more talented than lefties.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
21. About 90% of us are right-handed.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
22. The word "left" in Chinese has a bad meaning.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
2.概括大意與完成句子
More Exercise
1. Physical fitness is the result of many factors－good medical and dental care, proper nutrition, adequate rest and relaxation, and sensible personal habits. But these are never enough. An essential factor is regular physical activity－exercise for a body that needs it to function well.
2. All of us know that ordinary movements－things like running, jumping, and bending－are made by muscles. Muscles also do many other things. They suck air into your lungs, push food along your digestive tract, and tighten your blood vessels to raise blood pressure when you need more pressure for an emergency. Your heart is a muscular pump.
3. When your muscles are not used, or are not used enough, they do not develop and grow properly. They soon become flabby and weak, shrink in size, and lose the ability to do the jobs they were meant to do.
4. Recent studies showed that the average high school student spends fifteen to thirty hours a week watching television and only two hours a week in organized play or exercise. That is one reason why one-third of the 200,000 pupils tested for the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness failed a simple test of strength, stamina, and flexibility. Some of the boys and girls could not raise themselves to a sitting position without using their hands!
5. Cars and buses, elevators and escalators, TV and push-button machines all tend to reduce strenuous physical activity. But our bodies still need exercise. Without it they soon become weak, ineffective, and unattractive.
23. Paragraph 1 _______.
24. Paragraph 2 _______.
25. Paragraph 4 _______.
26. Paragraph 5 _______.
A. Factors of physical fitness
B. Our body needs exercise
C. The result of lacking exercise
D. Muscles need exercise
E. The function of muscles
F. The way of keeping fit
27. Some people have difficulties in standing up due to _______.
28. Your muscles become weak when they are _______.
29. To keep fit, you have to _______.
30. Muscles can help raise blood pressure by _______.
A. be overweight
B. lacking adequate exercise
C. hurt badly
D. not used
E. do exercise
F. tightening blood vessels
1.閱讀判斷
Left
1. The word "lefty" means a person who uses his or her left hand for writing, eating and other jobs.
2. We are born with two hands: a right hand and a left one. But only about ten or fifteen percent of us are lefties. Everyone else is right-handed. They use their right hands much more than their left.
3. Scientists do not know why there are so many more right-handed people than lefties.
4. Some very famous people have been left-handed. Alexander the Great was a lefty. So was the great French king Charlemagne. Other famous lefties in history include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, NaPoleon and Queen Victoria of Britain. In the twentieth century, famous lefties include American President Gerald Ford, tennis player Martina Navratilova, singer Paul McCartney, and the great Brazilian football player, Pele.
5. These people demonstrate that lefties are just as intelligent and talented as the right-handed majority. However, lefties have had a difficult time throughout history. The Roman word for left, for example, was the same word used to describe someone who was evil or untrustworthy.
6. The German word for left, "linkisch", also means someone who was unskilled. The French word, "gauche", can also mean a person who does not know how to act socially. In Spanish, the word for left is "a zurdas". It means the wrong way. And in Italian, the word "mancino" can also mean someone who is dishonest.
7. The Greek language is one of the few to give the word "left" a good meaning. The Greek word "aristera means both "left" and "the best".
8. An organization in the United States, Lefthanders International, is campaigning to give lefties their rights. Are you a lefty? If so, you should be proud!
16. All lefties are more diligent than right-handed people.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
17. The word "left" is given bad meanings in all languages.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
18. Lefties are campaigning to gain their equal rights that right-handed people have.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
19. Most famous people are left-handed.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
20. Right-handed people are more talented than lefties.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
21. About 90% of us are right-handed.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
22. The word "left" in Chinese has a bad meaning.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
2.概括大意與完成句子
More Exercise
1. Physical fitness is the result of many factors－good medical and dental care, proper nutrition, adequate rest and relaxation, and sensible personal habits. But these are never enough. An essential factor is regular physical activity－exercise for a body that needs it to function well.
2. All of us know that ordinary movements－things like running, jumping, and bending－are made by muscles. Muscles also do many other things. They suck air into your lungs, push food along your digestive tract, and tighten your blood vessels to raise blood pressure when you need more pressure for an emergency. Your heart is a muscular pump.
3. When your muscles are not used, or are not used enough, they do not develop and grow properly. They soon become flabby and weak, shrink in size, and lose the ability to do the jobs they were meant to do.
4. Recent studies showed that the average high school student spends fifteen to thirty hours a week watching television and only two hours a week in organized play or exercise. That is one reason why one-third of the 200,000 pupils tested for the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness failed a simple test of strength, stamina, and flexibility. Some of the boys and girls could not raise themselves to a sitting position without using their hands!
5. Cars and buses, elevators and escalators, TV and push-button machines all tend to reduce strenuous physical activity. But our bodies still need exercise. Without it they soon become weak, ineffective, and unattractive.
23. Paragraph 1 _______.
24. Paragraph 2 _______.
25. Paragraph 4 _______.
26. Paragraph 5 _______.
A. Factors of physical fitness
B. Our body needs exercise
C. The result of lacking exercise
D. Muscles need exercise
E. The function of muscles
F. The way of keeping fit
27. Some people have difficulties in standing up due to _______.
28. Your muscles become weak when they are _______.
29. To keep fit, you have to _______.
30. Muscles can help raise blood pressure by _______.
A. be overweight
B. lacking adequate exercise
C. hurt badly
D. not used
E. do exercise
F. tightening blood vessels