17. A. taken 　　　B. attended　　C. joined 　　　 D. brought

　　18. A. relation　　　B. relations　　C. relationship 　 D. relationships

　　19. A. travelled 　　B. was travelling　C. had travelIed 　 D. used to travel

　　20. A. to 　　　　B. of　　　　C. in 　　　 D. over

　　21. A. ready 　　　B. better　　　C. preparation 　　 D. worse

　　22. A. and 　　　B. but　　　C. or 　　　 D. except

　　23. A. liked 　　　B. past　　　C. used 　　　 D. used to

　　24. A. leaded 　　　B. had leaded　　C. had led 　　 D. led

　　25. A. look 　　　B. looking　　C. looked 　　 D. had looked

　　26. A. because 　　B. so　　　C. even 　　　 D. only

　　27. A. to 　　　　B. in　　　　C. on 　　　 D. for

　　28. A. would 　　　B. must 　　C. ought to 　　 D. for

　　29. A. since 　　　B. which　　　C. when 　　　 D. with that

　　30. A. comfort 　　B. comforts　　C. comfortable　　 D. comfortably

　　31. A. ever 　　　B. never　　　C. always　　　 D. once

　　32. A. live 　　　B. life　　　C. lived　　　 D. alive

　　33. A. contains　　　B. containing　　C. contained　　D. having contained

　　34. A. Though　　　B. For　　　C. Then　　　D. Because

　　35. A. in　　　　B. with　　　C. within　　　D. below

　　第三部分：閱讀理解

　　閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　A

　　Sussex police ordered to search for a six-foot, dark-haired youth of about 20 who failed to mug (搶劫) a five-foot, 74-year-old grandmother. The youth rushed at Mrs West and tied to take her things and money when she was walking out of a church. The result should have been an expected conclusion. Surprisedly, however, when Mrs West grasped the mugger’s wrist (手腕)，he cried, ”O(jiān)h, God! Oh, no! Stop!” Encouraged by these pleas (哀求), she put him in arm lock at which the mugger cried, “Oh, no! Oh! God!” and ran away. “If I hadn’t been carrying my shopping I would really have put him on his back. “said Mrs West who had practised judo(柔道) when younger.” When my husband was living. I used to pracise throwing him at Christmas”, she explained.

　　36.Why did the youth cry when grasped by the old lady? Because he ______.

　　A. was sorry for his failure B. couldn’t bear the pain and had to ask for mercy

　　C. felt angry with the old lady D. became so excited that he couldn’t help doing so

　　37.If the incident hadn’t ended beyond expected conclusion, _______.

　　A. Mrs West would have been robbed of her things and money

　　B. the mugger should have been defeated

　　C. Mrs West would have put the youth on his back

　　D. the mugger should have cried and run away

　　38.What do you think of the youth whom the police ordered to search for? He was ______.

　　A. a boy of about 20　 B. a dark-haired young man 　C. an ill man　D. a rather weak fellow

　　39.In your judgement, which of the following might not be true?

　　A. Mrs West had just been to the market and church.

　　B. The mugger knew little about judo.

　　C. Mrs West was a single woman.　D. The mugger didn’t get punished in the end.

　　B

　　Nipponex Eletuics

　　Tokyo, Japan

　　27 December 1996

　　Amperlite Ltd

　　146 O’Leary St

　　Dublin, Ireland

　　Dear Sirs,

　　Improved ways of production make us able to offer you our change of Drilite batteries (電池)at a reduced price for large quantities.

　　Further information of the new prices for your market are sent to you together with the letter, and you will see that the price has already reduced 5 per cent. As c.i.f (成本，保險加 運費)to Dublin is included in our prices, you will agree that they are clearly lower than those of producers of the same batteries, both here in Japan and elsewhere. The quality of our producers

　　remains the same --- only the finest chemicals are used. The new prices are for the least orders of 1,000 pounds and will begin from January 1. Immediate sending off is guaranteed because enough can be made whenever you require it.