10A sudden of light told us that the photographer had taken the picture.
Abubble
Bflash
Cstitch
Dknot
✔ 正確答案：(B) flash
中譯一道突然的閃光告訴我們，攝影師已經按下快門了。
解析a flash of light 是固定說法，指相機的閃光。bubble 泡沫、stitch 縫線、knot 繩結，都不會與 light 搭配。
單字flash 閃光；掠過、knot 繩結；打結、bubble 氣泡、泡沫
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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
Saturday Morning at Home
Every Saturday morning my father hands out jobs, and nobody escapes. My sister shakes the 11 in the yard until the dust is gone. My brother empties the 12, throws out anything older than a week, and wipes the shelves. My own 13 is the kitchen floor, which takes almost an hour. Father himself repairs whatever has broken during the week; his tool 14 lives under the stairs and holds everything from a hammer to a small 15. By noon the house smells of soap, and we sit down to lunch feeling oddly proud of such ordinary work.
Almost every home has one drawer that no one can explain. Ours holds a ball of 16, three dead batteries, and a pair of 17 that cut nothing but paper. There is a spare 18 from a cupboard door that fell off years ago, a phone 19 that fits no phone we own, and half a 20 of birthday candles. Twice a year my mother threatens to throw the whole drawer away, yet she never does. Sooner or later, she says, one of those useless objects turns out to be exactly the thing we need.
Questions 16–20
16
Astring
Brazor
Ctray
Drug
✔ 正確答案：(A) string
解析a ball of ____ 指一「球」捲起來的東西，只有 string（細繩）說得通。tray 托盤、razor 刮鬍刀、rug 小地毯都不會捲成球。
17
Aknots
Bscissors
Cmugs
Dsacks
✔ 正確答案：(B) scissors
解析a pair of ____ that cut nothing but paper，能 cut 又用 a pair of 計數的是 scissors（剪刀）。knot 繩結、mug 馬克杯、sack 麻布袋皆不能剪東西。
Thanks again for taking the apartment. I left a few things that may be useful. The small fridge in the kitchen is only two years old and still works well. There is also a wooden tray on top of it and a clean tablecloth in the second drawer.
The tool kit under the sink belongs to the building, so please leave it there when you move out. The knob on the back-room door sticks a little, but a drop of oil will fix it.
My key is with the guard downstairs. Call me if anything is missing.
解析a clean tablecloth in the second drawer，抽屜裡放的是桌巾；托盤是放在冰箱上面。
22Which item must stay in the apartment?
AThe tool kit
BThe wooden tray
CThe fridge
DThe tablecloth
✔ 正確答案：(A) The tool kit
中譯哪一樣東西必須留在公寓裡？
解析The tool kit under the sink belongs to the building, so please leave it there。
23What is the problem with the back-room door?
AThe lock is broken
BThe knob sticks
CIt cannot close
DIt has no key
✔ 正確答案：(B) The knob sticks
中譯後房的門有什麼問題？
解析The knob on the back-room door sticks a little，把手有點卡，上油即可。
24Where can Ray get the key?
AUnder the sink
BIn the kitchen drawer
CFrom the guard downstairs
DFrom the fridge
✔ 正確答案：(C) From the guard downstairs
中譯雷可以在哪裡拿到鑰匙？
解析My key is with the guard downstairs。
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解析cotton tablecloths, buy two get one free；30% off（七折）的優惠是給羊毛地毯的，不是桌巾。
28Who may enter the store at 9 a.m. on Saturday?
AEveryone
BDelivery drivers
CMembers
DPeople carrying a mug
✔ 正確答案：(C) Members
中譯星期六上午九點誰可以進入店內？
解析Members may enter one hour early on Saturday，開店時間是十點，提前一小時即九點。
ARTICLE
A Product That Found Its Own Use
The paper handkerchief was invented by accident. During the First World War one company made a soft paper to replace cotton in bandages. When the war ended, boxes of the material lay unused in a warehouse.
In the 1920s the firm sold it to women for removing face cream. Buyers, however, kept writing to say that they used the tissue for something else: they blew their noses into it and threw it away.
The company listened, changed its advertisements, and sales rose sharply. Today the paper handkerchief is sold in almost every country, and few users know it was first designed for a battlefield.