台北新竹英文家教

翰林  G11-1    L4    The Nightingale and The Rose     Q

1.  Mr. Ford has a weird p_____y about his life.  He thinks that humans should suffer themselves while living so that they can have better lives in heaven.

2. After her daughter dies, Mrs. Davis has been immerging herself in great s_____w.  She cannot eat or sleep at all.

3.  Nobody in my class wants to sit with the new student. We always hear him m_____ring some strange stuff in class.

4. Jessica still remembered how her childhood bully used to make her life m_____e.  The bully would throw various types of chalk at her and laughed at her at school.

5.  The baby c_____ps his teddy bear so tight that if someone touches it, he would cry immediately.  We can tell that he really loves the bear.

6.  Vincent Van Gogh was a renowned artist who f_____g himself into painting for all his life and never got tired.

7.  When Sarah told her mom that she wanted to get her ears p_____ced on her 18^th birthday, her mom flew into a rage.  Her mom thinks that earrings are not for students.

8.  Robert thought his body condition was getting worse because he would pant after walking m_____y 100 meters or less.

9.  While watching the touching Broadway show, my parents kept w_____ping nonstop.  They even borrow a whole pack of tissue from me.

10.  Although Ken speak with a wide smile on his face, I cannot feel his s_____y.  He always gives me chills.

11.   In the movie, the knight s_____ced his own life to save the princess.  The kingdom later made a statue of him in memory of his bravery.

12.  Tom Holland is a m_____s actor.  Young as he is, he still played the Spider-man character flawlessly and won over countless fans.

13.   When Jamie opened the letter, she looked like she was going to f_____t right away.  It must be bad news.

14.  It would be very dangerous if we l_____n our bodies against the doors when taking trains.  We should sit tight in seats, grip the straps, or hold onto the bars fixed on the roof. .

15.   On the first day of school, little Tommy needs to p_____k up his courage to enter the classroom.  He’s ready for a new challenge.

16.   The leopards are not only perfect runners but also f_____e predators.  Their teeth and claws are absolutely sharp and fatal.

17.   My sister doesn’t like wearing j_____ls.  She feels uncomfortable and confined; instead, she prefers a simple wrist watch or a hat.

1.  I really felt regret about having that two cups of coffee this afternoon. Now I have been _____ for more than three hours in bed.

     A) turned in         B) turned and tossed         C) tossed and turned           D) turned down

2. No sooner had the zookeeper announced that a snake had escaped from its cage than I saw a long gray thing _____ the rest area. 

     A) shot through      B) faded away          C) shoot through    D) faded out

3.  The restaurant in the _____ mall will be closed permanently the next month due to COVID-19.  My cousins want to give it a last visit tomorrow.   (M)

     A) nearest                B) nearby                 C) besides                 D) beside

4. A secretary went into the office to inform her manager of my interview.  _____, I was filling out some forms while waiting.

     A) Namely              B) Seemingly              C) Moreover            D) Meanwhile

5.  Joey’s mother merely asked that he _____ a behaved student.  However, he was very naughty and caused a lot of troubles.

     A) was                      B) is                           C) were                     D) be

6.  The stray dogs _____ around the tree because some malicious person had put poisoned food around here.  It was a tragedy.

     A) lied dead             B) laid died                C) lay dead              D) lay died

7.  I _____ a new iPhone which my dad promised me.  But I didn’t pass math final exam.  I think I still need to study harder.

     A) should have had         B) should have         C) would have had            D) would have

8.  Last week, my little boy told me a centipede was seen _____ in the living room.  Besides, my wife saw it as well this morning.  But I tell her any bugs or insects _____ in our house because our house _____.     (2)

     A) crawl, shouldn’t appear, can’t be clean   

     B) crawled, shouldn’t appear, couldn’t be clean         

     C) crawling, shouldn’t have appeared, can’t be clean         

     D) crawling, shouldn’t have appeared, can’t be cleaner      

     E) crawl, shouldn’t have appeared, can’t be clean       

     F) to crawl, shouldn’t have appeared, can’t be cleaner       

     G) to crawl, shouldn’t have appeared, couldn’t be cleaner        

9.  The poor mother was _____ the new medicine, for her son has suffered from the specific disease for almost a month.

     A) in urgent need to                                  B) in desperate need of 

     C) in sharp require from                             D) in severe require about

10.  When listening to others share their stories or experiences, it is polite for us to stay _____ them.

       A) attractive to     B) attentive to         C) attribute to         D) attention to

11.   Since our parents are the ones who gave birth to us, we should always _____ them and respect them.

       A) be graceful for          B) be grateful to      C) be graceful to          D) be grateful with

12.  Choose the right one.

       A)My sister is very practical in the outfits she wears.  She never blindly buys any trendy clothes but those which she really likes.

       B) Kim was so grateful with her teacher’s advice.  She used to be confused about her future, but now she knows clearly what she wants.      

       C) Not smart and eloquent though was David, he had studied hard since he was in junior high school.  After College Entrance Exam, he was admitted to his ideal college.   

       D) In the park, we appreciate all the plum trees on blossom.  This is a special scene for winter only.     

13.   Choose the wrong one.

       A)My mother demanded that I get first place on the next exam. Or else, I won’t be able to play with my cellphone for the rest of the semester.

       B) Casey requested that her little brother to give her bracelet back to her.  She was really pissed off when he took it without asking first.    

       C) Lilian suggested that her cousin study harder to enter the same college as hers.  In that way, they can look out for each other.

       D) Bruce proposed that the printing machine be fixed as soon as possible.  Most colleagues started to lose their patience because everyone had something urgent to print out. 

1.  我祖父的人生哲學就是在遇到悲慘的悲劇時，用力揮開那些悲痛。他把它們視為僅僅一種經驗。

2. 這名消防員誠摯的喜愛他的工作。他在大火中願意犧牲自己的性命來拯救受困的人們。他令人驚嘆的行為證明了他對工作的熱情。

3.  在一場跟我母親的激烈爭吵後，我父親要求我對我母親更加感恩（用本課句型）。同時，他說我的處罰將視我的態度而定。

Almost every story the child like __1__ either one with talking animals or one with a damsel in distress.  Nevertheless, there are stories specifically __2__ at adults—it does not mean that children are forbidden to read them. In most cases, children probably cannot be like older readers to appreciate the genuine moral behind the lines. Not because they are not smart enough, but for they haven’t experienced that much events throughout their lives. This kind of “adult stories” are usually __3__ deeper implications.  Take “The Nightingale and the Rose” from Oscar Wilde, for instance. This tale tells an upset young man, __4__ getting a red rose to please some girl whom he has a crush on. All he does is __5__ about his difficult situation. It is the nightingale that reaches out to help, even sacrifices its life __6__ the red rose. Eventually, the girl turns down the rose rudely, and the young man gets furious about her attitude as well. Not a single soul remembers the devotion made by the nightingale. Little kids might get confused __7__ the storyline, the importance of the nightingale, and the way __8__ the young man reacts.  However, the kids who are more mature, adults, or even the elderly will grasp the moral of the story here: the meaning of the purest love. They can feel a connection with the character’s genuine selfless devotion to the ones they worship. They can sense this because they might __9__ a similar scenario before.

1.   A) X                         B) is                          C) being                    D) are

2.  A) aims                    B) aiming                 C) aimed                  D) aim

3.  A) hided away         B) put above            C) buried with           D) carried out

4. A) worried about      B) be worried about      C) is worried about        D) worrying about   (2)

5.  A) complain            B) complaining        C) complained         D) be complaining

6.  A) as exchange of    B) in exchange of    C) in exchange to    D) as exchange to

7.  A) with                     B) of                         C) about                  D) to

8.  A) which                  B) that                      C) how                     D) what

9.  A) be in                    B) be through          C) been through     D) have been through