10There is still a that the meeting will be moved to Friday evening.
Apersuasion
Bpossibility
Cmiracle
Dforecast
✔ 正確答案：(B) possibility
中譯會議仍有可能改到週五晚上。
解析There is a possibility that... 是「有…的可能性」的常見句型。persuasion 說服、miracle 奇蹟、forecast 預測，都不能接 that 子句表達這個意思。
單字possibility 可能性、persuasion 說服、miracle 奇蹟
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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 Shop with No Prices
Every Saturday morning a line forms outside a small shop on Fifth Street. Inside, volunteers hand out rice, oil and vegetables to families who cannot afford a full week of meals. The shop belongs to a local 11 that began with one box of tins in a church hall. Today it serves four hundred 12 in the district. What surprises visitors most is the atmosphere. Nobody is treated like a 13; people choose their own food from open shelves, and the volunteers ask no questions. Small changes like this, the 14 team believes, protect dignity better than any speech. Gifts of time, they add, 15 as much as money.
The south-east corner of the city was once lined with empty workshops. Then families from six countries moved in. Within ten years the street had been 16: a bakery, a repair shop and a language school now stand where doors were once boarded up. Studies of such districts find the same pattern. A new 17 often works longer hours than the average worker, saves hard, and opens a small business that serves everyone. The 18 of the older houses benefit too, because rising trade lifts property values. Fear of newcomers has not disappeared, but it has begun to 19. The numbers show that shared streets create 20, not poverty.
Walk for the Riverside Community Fund — Sunday 9 November
12 km river route starts at 7:00 a.m. at the East Gate.
5 km family route starts at 8:00 a.m. at the same gate.
Entry costs NT$300 for adults and is free for children under twelve.
The money raised goes to after-school classes for disadvantaged children in our district. Last year 1,400 walkers raised enough for two full classrooms.
Please register online before 2 November. Late entries are accepted on the day, but we cannot promise you a T-shirt.
✔ 正確答案：(C) After-school classes for children in need
中譯募得的錢會用在什麼上面？
解析Every dollar pays for after-school classes for disadvantaged children in our district。T 恤只是參加者的贈品。
22Which route begins earlier in the day?
AThe 5 km family route
BBoth start at the same time
CNeither time is given
DThe 12 km river route
✔ 正確答案：(D) The 12 km river route
中譯哪一條路線出發時間比較早？
解析12 公里路線 7:00 起走，5 公里路線 8:00 起走。
23Who does not have to pay the entry fee?
AWalkers who register online
BChildren under twelve
CAnyone joining the 5 km route
DLast year's 1,400 walkers
✔ 正確答案：(B) Children under twelve
中譯誰不必繳報名費？
解析Entry costs NT$300 for adults and is free for children under twelve。
24What might people who sign up on the day miss?
AA T-shirt
BA place on the family route
CThe start of the walk
DA receipt for their money
✔ 正確答案：(A) A T-shirt
中譯當天才報名的人可能拿不到什麼？
解析Late entries are accepted on the day, but we cannot promise you a T-shirt。
EMAIL
Thank You from Willow Street Center
Dear Mr. Yang,
On behalf of everyone at the Willow Street Center, thank you for your contribution last month. The sixty chairs you donated arrived on Tuesday and are already in use.
Our evening classes had been turning people away for lack of seats. Because of you, twenty more residents can now join the free computer course.
We would be glad to paint your company's name on the hall door. If you would rather not be named, just tell us and we will say nothing at all.
With warm thanks, Ruby Kao, Center Manager
全文中譯
楊先生您好：
謹代表柳街中心全體同仁，感謝您上個月的捐助。您捐贈的六十張椅子已於週二送達，現在都已投入使用。
我們的夜間課程原本因座位不足而必須婉拒學員。因為有您，現在可以多讓二十位居民參加免費電腦課程。
我們很樂意把貴公司的名字漆在禮堂門上。若您希望不具名，只要告訴我們一聲，我們就完全不會提起。
謹致謝忱 中心主任 高露比
Questions 25–28
25Why was this email written?
ATo invite Mr. Yang to a computer course
BTo thank Mr. Yang for what he gave
CTo ask Mr. Yang for sixty chairs
DTo tell Mr. Yang that a class was closed
✔ 正確答案：(B) To thank Mr. Yang for what he gave
中譯這封電子郵件為何而寫？
解析第一段 thank you for your contribution last month，並說明捐贈的椅子已送達使用。
26What problem did the center have before?
ANobody signed up for classes
BIts computers were too old
CIts hall door was broken
DIt did not have enough seats
✔ 正確答案：(D) It did not have enough seats
中譯中心先前有什麼問題？
解析Our evening classes had been turning people away for lack of seats。
27How many more people can now join the course?
ASixty
BForty
CTwenty
DTwelve
✔ 正確答案：(C) Twenty
中譯現在可以多讓幾個人參加課程？
解析twenty more residents can now join the free computer course；sixty 是椅子的數量。
28What will the center do if Mr. Yang prefers not to be named?
ASay nothing about his name
BPaint his name inside the hall
CReturn the chairs to him
DAsk another company instead
✔ 正確答案：(A) Say nothing about his name
中譯如果楊先生希望不具名，中心會怎麼做？
解析If you would rather stay unnamed, just tell us and we will say nothing at all。
ARTICLE
The Price of One Coffee
Ask people why they give nothing to charity and most answer the same way: they are not wealthy enough to make any difference. The figures disagree.
In one city, a fund run by Christian and Buddhist volunteers asked 9,000 people for the price of one coffee each month. Nobody gave much. Together they paid for a night clinic that now treats about forty patients a week.
The lesson is not that small gifts work magic. It is that poverty is seldom ended by one rich donor, and often eased by many ordinary ones.