9Ticket prices from season to season, so check the website before you book.
Avary
Btow
Cboast
Dcushion
✔ 正確答案：(A) vary
中譯票價會隨著季節而有所不同，所以訂票前請先查看網站。
解析from season to season 表示前後不一，選「有所不同 vary」，也才需要先查網站。tow 拖吊、boast 吹噓、cushion 緩衝，皆與價格變動無關。
單字vary 不同、相異、tow 拖、牽引、cushion 軟墊；緩衝
10Even after two failures, she kept her in the plan and tried once more.
Amercy
Bfaith
Creligion
Dappetite
✔ 正確答案：(B) faith
中譯即使失敗了兩次，她仍對這個計畫保持信心，又再試了一次。
解析keep one's faith in something 指對某事保有「信心 faith」，與 tried once more 呼應。mercy 慈悲、religion 宗教信仰體系、appetite 食慾，都無法接 in the plan 表達信任。
單字faith 信心、信仰、mercy 慈悲、憐憫、religion 宗教
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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
The Long Road North
Every summer thousands of walkers cross northern Spain on foot. Some of them are deeply 11 and carry a small 12 in their bags; others simply want time to think. The road runs past farms and forests, climbs onto open hills, and passes stone 13 built hundreds of years ago. Walkers sleep in cheap hostels and become friends with strangers within a day. Most 14 say the hardest part is not the sore feet but the silence. At the end, a 15 in a brown robe stamps their card at the cathedral door, and many of them stand outside saying nothing at all.
On a hill above the village stands a temple that is more than eight hundred years old. To local people the hill itself is 16 ground, and every visitor leaves their shoes at the gate. Guests are welcome, but they are asked not to 17 during morning prayers. Last winter heavy rain damaged the roof and caused a small 18 in the lower hall. The repair team joined the new beams with wooden pegs instead of 19, because they wanted the building to age as it always has. The work is slow, yet the villagers believe such care will 20 their grandchildren.
For more than a thousand years, monks in a small house on the mountain have copied and repaired old books. The collection began with a single Bible and now holds nine thousand volumes, some of them written in languages that nobody speaks today.
The work is slow and quiet. One damaged page may take a week to mend. Younger monks learn the skill by sitting beside older ones for years, never from a manual.
Scholars from many countries now visit, and a few pages are shown to the public every spring. The monks refuse to sell anything. Books, they say, belong to the future, not to the market.
解析依據 The collection began with a single Bible，九千冊是現在的數量，不是起點。
22How do younger monks learn to repair books?
AFrom a printed manual
BFrom visiting scholars
CBy sitting beside older monks
DBy studying at a university
✔ 正確答案：(C) By sitting beside older monks
中譯年輕僧侶如何學會修書？
解析依據 learn the skill by sitting beside older ones for years, never from a manual，文中特別否定了手冊。
23What do the monks refuse to do?
ALet visitors enter
BRepair damaged pages
CSell any of the books
DShow books to scholars
✔ 正確答案：(C) Sell any of the books
中譯僧侶們拒絕做什麼？
解析依據 The monks refuse to sell anything，學者可以造訪、每年春天也對外展出，故其他選項與文意相反。
24How often are some pages shown to the public?
AEvery month
BOnce a year
CEvery week
DNever
✔ 正確答案：(B) Once a year
中譯有些書頁多久對外展出一次？
解析依據 a few pages are shown to the public every spring，一年一次。
NOTICE
Visiting Rules: Hillside Temple
Welcome. This temple is a place of worship as well as a monument, so please read the following.
Remove your shoes at the outer gate. The shoe racks are free.
Photographs are allowed in the courtyard but not inside the main hall.
Please stay silent between 6 and 7 a.m., when the nuns hold morning prayers.
Shoulders and knees must be covered; simple robes can be borrowed at the desk.
Guided tours in English begin at 10 a.m. every Saturday. No booking is needed, but groups of more than ten should telephone one week ahead.
全文中譯
歡迎光臨。本寺既是紀念性古蹟，也是宗教場所，請先閱讀以下規定。
請在外門脫鞋，鞋架免費使用。
庭院歡迎拍照，但正殿內禁止攝影。
早上六點到七點尼師進行早課祈禱時，請保持安靜。
肩膀與膝蓋須遮蓋；櫃檯可借用簡單長袍。
英語導覽每星期六上午十點開始，無須預約，但十人以上的團體請提前一週來電。
Questions 25–28
25Where are photographs NOT allowed?
AInside the main hall
BAt the outer gate
CIn the courtyard
DAt the front desk
✔ 正確答案：(A) Inside the main hall
中譯哪裡禁止拍照？
解析依據 Photographs are allowed in the courtyard but not inside the main hall，庭院可拍，正殿不可。
26What happens between 6 and 7 a.m.?
AThe nuns hold morning prayers
BThe temple is closed
CA guided tour begins
DRobes are handed out
✔ 正確答案：(A) The nuns hold morning prayers
中譯早上六點到七點之間會發生什麼事？
解析依據 stay silent between 6 and 7 a.m., when the nuns hold morning prayers。導覽是週六上午十點才開始。
27What can visitors borrow at the desk?
ACameras
BGuidebooks
CShoes
DSimple robes
✔ 正確答案：(D) Simple robes
中譯訪客可以在櫃檯借到什麼？
解析依據 simple robes can be borrowed at the desk，是為了遮蓋肩膀與膝蓋。
28What should a group of twenty people do?
APay an extra fee
BTelephone a week in advance
CArrive before 6 a.m.
DWait at the outer gate
✔ 正確答案：(B) Telephone a week in advance
中譯二十人的團體應該怎麼做？
解析依據 groups of more than ten should telephone one week ahead，二十人已超過十人。
EMAIL
A Note About the City Walls
Dear Ms. Wallace,
Thank you for arranging our visit to the old city walls last Friday. I had expected a boring morning and found the opposite.
What surprised me most was the guide. She studies history for a living, yet she spoke about those stones as if they were her neighbors. She told us that three different civilizations had worked on the wall, each one building on what the last had left.
I would now like to write my final report on the wall rather than on the museum. May I borrow the two books you showed us? I will return them before the holiday.