●張淑芬(英文系助理教授)
1074B期試題解答,看你答對了幾題?
1. The sooner you finish it, the_you can go home.
(A) early (B) earlier (C) earlier than (D) more earlier
解析:【答案】(B),本題考強調功能 之『比較級』﹕The+比較級+S.+V. , the+比較級+S.+V愈…,愈…的句型;early副詞的比較級是earlier;本題表示「你愈快完成它,就可以愈早回家」。
2. I think I could do well in an interview once I get my foot_the door with an appointment.
(A) on (B) by (C) in (D) through
解析:【答案】(C),to get one’s foot in the door表示「先獲得一個有利於將來發展的地位;也可以指進入某種商業組織的門檻,而前途看好」。
3. Mr. Miller will have finished his work before Antonio_here to help him next Month.
(A) comes (B) is coming (C) will come (D) will have come
解析:【答案】(A),表示時間的副詞子句,以現在式代替未來式。
4. She got a good deal on her new laptop because instead of paying one lump sum, she paid eight easy_of NT$2000.
(A) pensions (B) allowances (C) expenditures (D) installments
解析:【答案】(D),由逗點前段提到該筆記型電腦是筆好交易的原因是無須一次性付款 (lump sum「一次性支付的金額,一整筆款項」),而可以採分期付款,可知空格處應填 (D) installments「分期付款」。
5. It is an Australian company whose logo_a red kangaroo.
(A) feature (B) features (C) featured (D) featuring
解析:【答案】(B),關係代名詞whose 的先行詞為an Australian company「一家澳大利亞公司」。空格後是受詞a red kangaroo「一隻紅色袋鼠」,因此應選(B) features。
6. We hope this clears up the questions for those of you_have been asking us this for more than a week.
(A) whom (B) whose (C) which (D) who
解析:【答案】(D),本題測驗關係代名詞的用法。空格前方為名詞 you(先行詞), 後方子句缺少主詞,可知空格處須填入表示人的主格關係代名詞,用來修飾先行詞引導形容詞子句,因此答案為 (D)。
7. The only_reason to keep the files secret is to protect the guilty.
(A) logical (B) logic (C) logician (D) logically
解析:【答案】(A),本題考詞性。空格後方為名詞,可知空格處須填形容詞 logical,因此答案為 (D)。