10Curiosity is the most important of a good scientist.
Acharacteristic
Bstate
Csetup
Dpassage
✔ 正確答案：(A) characteristic
中譯好奇心是一位好科學家最重要的特質。
解析the most important ____ of a good scientist 指人的「特質 characteristic」。passage 通道、段落，setup 組織結構，state 狀態或州，都不能用來形容個人特質。
單字characteristic 特徵、特質、setup 組織、結構、passage 通道、段落
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段落填空 Cloze
共 10 題／兩篇短文，每篇 5 格
請閱讀短文，並由四個選項中選出最適合每個空格的答案。
Passage 1
Friday Afternoon in Room B-204
Every Friday afternoon our class walks down to the science 11 on the ground floor. Last week we heated water in three metal pots of different colors to see which one cooled down fastest. Our teacher asked us to 12 the temperature every two minutes and write it down. Nobody was allowed to guess. At the end of the hour the black pot had lost the most heat, exactly as the 13 in our textbook predicted. Mr. Lin says a good 14 is one that anyone else can repeat and get the same result, because a single lucky answer is not 15.
Marie Curie is remembered as the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, once in physics and once in 16. She worked for years in a cold shed with poor equipment, and she had to 17 most of her own tools. Her notebooks are still kept in a lead box, because they are not yet safe to touch. She never took out a patent on her methods and earned little money from her greatest 18. Her careful notes, however, later gave a young 19 the 20 he needed to explain how energy leaves an atom.
Questions 16–20
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Alaboratory
Bformula
Cchemist
Dchemistry
✔ 正確答案：(D) chemistry
解析once in physics and once in ____ 兩者並列，都應是學科名稱，選「化學 chemistry」。chemist 是化學家（人）、laboratory 實驗室、formula 公式，都不是獎項的學科。
Put on the safety glasses by the door before you touch any bottle.
No food or drink inside the room, not even water.
Write every observation in your own notebook, never on loose paper.
Leave the benches clean; the last group of the day washes the glassware.
Any experimental work after 5 p.m. must be booked with Dr. Hsu two days in advance, and no student may stay in the room alone. Broken glass goes into the red box, never into the paper bin.
21What must students do before they touch any bottle?
APut on the safety glasses
BWash their hands
CAsk Dr. Hsu for a key
DOpen all the windows
✔ 正確答案：(A) Put on the safety glasses
中譯學生碰任何瓶罐之前必須做什麼？
解析第一條規則 Put on the safety glasses by the door before you touch any bottle。
22Where should observations be written?
AIn the teacher's file
BIn the student's own notebook
COn the whiteboard
DOn loose paper
✔ 正確答案：(B) In the student's own notebook
中譯觀察紀錄應該寫在哪裡？
解析第三條 Write every observation in your own notebook, never on loose paper。
23What is needed for work after 5 p.m.?
AA booking made two days earlier
BFood for the long evening
CA note from a parent
DA new pair of glasses
✔ 正確答案：(A) A booking made two days earlier
中譯下午五點之後的實驗需要什麼？
解析must be booked with Dr. Hsu two days in advance；且不得單獨留在室內。
24Where should broken glass be put?
AIn the paper bin
BIn the sink
CIn the red box
DOn the bench
✔ 正確答案：(C) In the red box
中譯破掉的玻璃應該放到哪裡？
解析最後一句 Broken glass goes into the red box, never into the paper bin。
EMAIL
A Letter to Professor Yang
Dear Professor Yang,
My name is Kevin Chou, and I am a second-year student in chemistry. I heard your talk about clean water last month, and I would like to ask whether your laboratory takes student helpers during the summer.
I spent one term working with Dr. Lin, mostly washing glassware and recording data, so I know how slow real research can be.
I can offer four full days a week from July 1 to August 31. I have attached my grades and a one-page report on a simple experiment I designed myself. If there is no room in your group this year, I would still be grateful for advice on what to read.
✔ 正確答案：(C) To ask about working in the laboratory in summer
中譯凱文為什麼寫這封信？
解析第一段 I would like to ask whether your laboratory takes student helpers during the summer。
26What experience does Kevin mention?
AWriting for a science journal
BOne term of washing glassware and recording data
CA summer job at a water company
DTwo years of teaching chemistry
✔ 正確答案：(B) One term of washing glassware and recording data
中譯凱文提到自己有什麼經驗？
解析第二段 I spent one term working with Dr. Lin, mostly washing glassware and recording data。
27What did Kevin send with the email?
AA list of books he owns
BHis grades and a one-page report
CA photograph of his class
DA letter from Dr. Lin
✔ 正確答案：(B) His grades and a one-page report
中譯凱文隨信附上了什麼？
解析I have attached my grades and a one-page report on a simple experiment I designed myself。
28What does Kevin ask for if there is no place for him?
AA second interview
BA copy of the talk
CAdvice on what to read
DA part-time job in the office
✔ 正確答案：(C) Advice on what to read
中譯如果沒有名額，凱文希望得到什麼？
解析最後一句 I would still be grateful for advice on what to read。
ARTICLE
The Clock That Never Hurries
An atomic clock in a locked room in Colorado loses less than one second in a hundred million years. Few people need that kind of accuracy, yet almost everyone uses it, because every phone map depends on satellites that carry such clocks.
The scientific idea behind them is simple. Atoms of one metal always take exactly the same tiny amount of time to change their state, so counting those changes is more reliable than counting the swings of a pendulum.
Engineers are now building a clock that is ten times more accurate. Their aim is not to be on time for dinner, but to measure how gravity slightly slows time itself.