Our office once had strict rules about 11. Men wore dark suits, women wore skirts, and nobody argued. Five years ago the manager allowed 12 clothes on Fridays, and the result surprised everyone. Meetings grew shorter and staff spoke more freely. Last spring the company dropped the old rules completely. A short 13 now asks only that we look clean and tidy when customers visit. One older colleague still wears a tie every day, and his 14 surprises nobody. Comfort, the manager likes to say, is not a small thing: people who feel comfortable are more 15 about their work.
Every morning millions of people wash their hair with 16 they have never thought about. The bottle promises shine, strength and a 17 color that lasts for weeks. Scientists are less romantic. Most of what makes hair look healthy, they say, is simply water and oil, and adding more products only 18 matters. A hairdresser in Taipei agrees. She tells customers that a good cut matters far more than an expensive bottle, and that people who dye their hair 19 often damage it. Her advice is unfashionable but practical: wash less, cut more often, and 20 the number of bottles in your bathroom.
Questions 16–20
16
Amakeup
Bcloth
Cshampoo
Djewel
✔ 正確答案：(C) shampoo
解析wash their hair with ____ 指洗頭用的「洗髮精 shampoo」。makeup 化妝品、cloth 布料、jewel 寶石都不能用來洗頭髮。
17
Aawkward
Bprobable
Cvivid
Dfierce
✔ 正確答案：(C) vivid
解析修飾 color 又能維持數週的是「鮮明的 vivid」。awkward 尷尬的、probable 可能的、fierce 兇猛的，都不能形容顏色。
18
Acomplicates
Bclassifies
Cblesses
Dmows
✔ 正確答案：(A) complicates
解析前面說重點只是水與油，後面用 only 表示多買產品反而「使問題複雜化 complicate」。classify 分類、bless 祝福、mow 割草皆不通。
19
Acasual
Bpermanent
Cunknown
Dblonde
✔ 正確答案：(D) blonde
解析dye their hair ____ 需要一個顏色，選 blonde（金色的）。casual 休閒的、permanent 永久的、unknown 未知的都不是髮色。
20
Areduce
Bacquaint
Ctumble
Dreveal
✔ 正確答案：(A) reduce
解析與 wash less 呼應，建議「減少 reduce」瓶罐數量。reveal 透露、acquaint 使熟悉都不能接 the number of；tumble 跌倒、倒塌指身體或建物倒下，也無法用在瓶罐數量上。