109年度大學入學學科能力測驗   四、閱讀測驗第49~52題
Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was not only a great politician but also a highly accomplished scientist and inventor. Of his many achievements, probably the least well-known are his accomplishments in music. He invented an instrument for which both Mozart and Beethoven composed music—the glass armonica. In 1761, while living in England, Franklin heard a performer playing musical glasses. Franklin was charmed by the music, but felt that there was a better way to create the same sound. He had a glassmaker create thirty-seven hemispheres made of glass, with each being a different size and thickness to produce different pitches. The glass hemispheres were color coded with paint to identify the notes. Franklin ran an iron rod through a hole in the top of each hemisphere so that they could nest together from largest to smallest. He linked all of this to a device shaped like a spinning wheel, with a foot control that turned the rod, making the glass hemispheres rotate. Franklin moistened his fingers and held them against the rims of the glass hemispheres as they turned, producing a unique sound. He mastered the instrument and took it to parties and gatherings to play for his friends and acquaintances. The instrument became so popular that thousands were built and sold. But musical fashions changed. Music was moving out of the relatively small halls of Mozart’s day into the large concert halls of the 19th century, and without amplification, the glass armonica simply couldn’t be heard. Concert reviews from the period mourned the fact that the armonica sounded wonderful— only when it could be heard. So, alas, Franklin’s marvelous invention was ultimately  abandoned. Industry members of the IOC hope to promote the trade of olive oil by initiating these changes.
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1.What is the passage mainly about? (A) The flavor of olive oil. (B) The trade of olive oil. (C ) The promotion of olive oil. (D) The quality of olive oil.
2.Which of the following statements is true about extra virgin olive oil? (A) It is free from any bitter flavor. (B) It is refined to remove its impurities. (C ) It requires mixing of more than one kind of oil. (D) It has a lower acidity rate than virgin olive oil.
3.According to the passage, what is the best way to store olive oil? (A) In a plastic container in a damp cellar. (B) In a clear glass bottle near the kitchen stove. (C ) In an airtight glass bottle in a kitchen cupboard. (D) In an airproof bottle next to a well-lighted window.
4.What is the IOC trying to do? (A) Train more qualified olive oil tasters. (B) Improve the ways of grading olive oil. (C ) Look for new techniques to boost production. (D) Build better connections among industry members.

107年度大學入學學科能力測驗   四、閱讀測驗第45~48題
West Nile is a tropical disease that begins in birds, which pass it on to mosquitoes that then go on to infect human beings with a bite. Most people who contract West Nile do not experience any symptoms at all, but, if they do, symptoms typically develop between 3 to 14 days after a mosquito bite. About 1 in 5 persons suffers fever, headaches, and body aches, usually lasting a week or so. A far less lucky 1 in 150 experiences high fever, tremors, paralysis, and coma. Some—especially the elderly and those with weak immune systems—die. That is what made the major outbreaks of West Nile in the U.S. in the summer of 2012 so scary. The situation was particularly bad in Dallas, Texas, where the West Nile virus killed 10 people and sickened more than 200. The city declared a state of emergency and began aerial spraying of a pesticide to kill the mosquitoes, even though residents argued that the pesticide could be more dangerous than the disease. Why was the summer of 2012 so hospitable to the West Nile virus and the mosquitoes that carry it? Blame the weather. An extremely mild winter allowed more mosquitoes than usual to survive, while the unusually high temperatures in that scorching summer further increased their number by speeding up their life cycle. The economic crisis may have also played a role: Homeowners who were not able to pay their bank loans were forced to  abandon their properties, sometimes leaving behind swimming pools that made excellent mosquito breeding grounds. The severity of tropical diseases is also a matter of whether governments are capable—and willing—to defend their populations against infections. Dallas County was not doing some of the key things to slow the spread of West Nile, such as testing dead birds and setting mosquito traps to test for the presence of the disease. Tropical infections are thus as much related to government inaction as they are to climate.
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5.What is this passage mainly about? (A) West Nile and methods to fight it. (B) West Nile and governmental efficiency. (C ) West Nile and the conditions its virus thrives in. (D) West Nile and its relation to tropical diseases.
6.Which of the following statements is true about West Nile? (A) Its symptoms usually appear within two weeks. (B) It is spread through air and water in tropical areas. (C ) Over 20% of people who contract it will suffer severe symptoms. (D) It comes from direct human contact with birds infected with the virus.
7.What did Dallas County do to fight off West Nile? (A) They sprayed pesticide from the air. (B) They asked citizens to stay away from dead birds. (C ) They encouraged citizens to get vaccinations. (D) They drained the swimming pools in the county.
8.Which of the following is a reason why Dallas was hit most seriously in the U.S. in 2012? (A) The increasing population in Texas raised the risk of contracting the disease. (B) The government did not issue a warning about the disease in time. (C ) The residents worried about the county’s decision and action.(D) The weather of the previous winter was not as cold as usual.

105年度大學入學指定科目考試   第壹部分:單選題 一、詞彙第6題
Parents could be charged with neglect or abandonment if they leave their young children home alone without adult ______.
9.(A) intuition (B) supervision (C ) compassion (D) obligation

102年度大學入學學科能力測驗   第壹部分:單選題 一、詞彙第1題
It rained so hard yesterday that the baseball game had to be______ until next Saturday.
10.(A) surrendered (B) postponed (C ) abandoned (D) opposed