台北新竹英文家教

翰林  G11-1    L8   When Less Means More      Q

1.  Terry couldn’t help but take a g_____e at the quiz answer of his classmate.  The teacher caught him and reported him as/for cheating.

2. After taking the new job, Ben was o_____ded with responsibilities, which made him very frustrated and overwhelmed.

3.  My mother let out a s_____h when seeing my report card.  She was disappointed because I didn’t perform as she expected.

4. In the conference, we were asked to provide a brief o_____e of our projects in order to help other members be on the same page with us.

5.  In Taiwan and Hong Kong, people use traditional Chinese characters instead of s_____ied one.  In this way, they can preserve the meanings behind each character.

6.  The artist joined a large number of exhibitions to e_____e her reputation. She wants to expose her works as much as possible.

7.  What Owen said did not m_____n to hurt us.  He had better think twice before expressing his feelings.

8.  It is said that this island is actually a volcano, and it is going to e_____t in three years.  All the residents are worrying about it.

9.  A lot of people nowadays reject the n_____n that males are superior to females. It is a generation of gender-equality.

10.  The vicious king d_____red war on all of his neighboring countries.  He was so aggressive and ambitious that he wanted to rule this whole region.

11.   The reason why this couple broke up with each other is c_____ted.  We shouldn’t gossip about their personal things too much.

12.  It is absolutely a heartbreaking tragedy that this three-year-old kid c_____ked on a jelly bean to death.  His parents were devastated.

13.   Vivian has developed a strong a_____t to her pen pal in Japan.  She even plans on taking a trip to visit the pen pal in this summer vacation.

14.  My brother was nominated as one of the class leader c_____tes.  My mom was very proud of him, but he himself was quite nervous about the election result.

15.   As long as this project belongs to you, anything related to it is at your d_____l.  No one has the right to i_____e in your decision.

16.   This pancake was d_____ned in maple syrup when s_____ved.  It looked a little disgusting. My friend and I decided to call the waiter and see if he could do something about it.

17.   Sarah d_____ded a lot of unneeded items when she moved to another apartment. She wanted to minimize the amount of her belongings.

1.  It is hard for people to _____ what they cherish a lot, such as an old blanket from one’s childhood, or a teddy bear from an important friend.

     A) be parted with    B) be parted away      C) be parted from       D) part with                       

     E) part away               F) part from

2. The air pollution problem has _____ many collateral damages, such as respiratory tract symptoms or some environmental problems.   (M)

     A) led about            B) become of             C) resulted with          D) brought about

     E) induced               F) taken to                 G) given rise to          H) contributed to

3.  The failure of this project _____ the disputes among the team members.  They can never sit down and talk but always fighting.

     A) went down wth                                        B) came down to       C) become of                    D) resulted in

4. Maggie, who just graduated from college, is good at promoting products.  She is _____“the youngest but best saleswoman” in her company.   (M)

     A) deemed to be  B) looked upon to be                                        C) considered as              D) referred to as

     E) referred to  be     F) reckoned to be      G) perceived as           H) taken  as

5.  This hospital was packed with a lot of patients, _____ from mental problems and had caused many troubles to the nurses.   (M)

     A) some of them suffered                            B) some of them suffering

     C) some of whom suffered                          D) some of whom suffering

     E) and some of whom suffered                     F) and some of whom suffering

     G) some of which suffered                             H) some of which suffering

6.  My father brought home many souvenirs when he got back from his business trip in England, _____ is the T-shirt with Big-Bang on it.    (M)

     A) one of which      B) and one of which                                        C) one of them                 D) and one of them

7.  This teacher tried to divide her students into five groups, _____ very selfish and didn’t want to work with others.

     A) one of whom is   B) but one of them is      C) one of whom be    D) one of whom was

8.  My sister’s closet _____ tons of clothes.  She had dresses, shorts, pants, even dozens of shoes hidden beneath them.

     A) was burst by        B) was burst with         C) was burst of             D) was bursting by 

     E) was bursting with         F) was bursting of

9.  Victor was happy that he had _____ cookies on the table and ate them excitedly.   (M)

     A) a little                  B) little                        C) a few                      D) few

     E) a lot                     F) lots of                    G) a lump sum of       H) an array of                    

     I) many pieces of       J) a plenty of               K) an abundance of            

10   The English idiom “Break a leg” means _____ someone who is going to perform on a stage good luck.

       A) to wish              B) wish                        C) to wishing             D) wishing  

11.   During the anniversary sale of the department store, a lot of crazy shoppers bought too many things _____, even having trouble bringing them home.

       A) at a time           B) in no time             C) for all time            D) of all time 

12.  Her skin ____ in winter, usually she will apply some lotion on her body after taking a bath.

       A) itch                   B) itches                      C) itching                   D) itched

13.   To be _____ his girlfriend even for one day only let him miss her so much.

       A) parted with       B) parted from           C) departed with        D) departed

14.  Choose the right one.

       A) A gang of con artists were arrested last month, some of whom were even teenagers.  The society was astonished about this news.

       B) Andrew has at least ten pairs of shoes, and all of which are expensive brand-name products.  His parents really have spoiled him.    

       C) A large number of foreign students took part in this activity, one of them is from Germany.  His accent was quite special.            

       D) There are millions of tourists going to Japan annually, most of which are from Taiwan, which is close to Japan.    

15.   Choose the right ones.     (M)

       A) Even though Flora didn’t get the dream job that she applied for, and she still kept being optimistic.    

       B) Even though Miranda told me that she was in love with my best friend instead of me, I would not give up on chasing her.

       C) Even though Ruthie doesn’t come to the party tomorrow, I believe that I can handle the situation and deal with any accidents.    

       D) Even if you failed to win the opportunity, but I still have faith in you and I don’t think you should stop doing what you love.    

       E) My little brother, Wallace, acted as if he was my older brother.  

       F) My grandpa told us some exciting stories as if he had been one of the characters in these stories.

16.   Two years ago, Albert went to New York to have several meetings with his customers and visited his aunty, ______ with her, he first met Pauline, his wife now.   (M)

       A) during his stay                                 B) during he stayed                

       C) during whose stay                             D) and during he stayed

       E) during staying                                   F) and during his stay

       G) and he stayed                                   H) and his stay

17.   Before refined oil comes out, plastic can be manufactured from crude oil in refineries, in the process of _____ many by-products will be produced and plastic is one of them.

       A) what                 B) which                      C) them                      D) X

18.   Choose the correct ones     (M)

       A) I wonder if Winnie will come to see us or not this Saturday. 

       B) I wonder whether or not she will come to see me.

       C) I wonder if or not Lynn will come to see you tomorrow.

       D) Pete asked me about whether he needed to buy a laptop or not.

       E) If Rose will show up in our meeting or not is still unknown to us.

       F) What really concerns me is if she told us the truth yesterday.

19.   Choose the wrong one.  

       A) The janitor coming to clean her classroom, Mrs. Roberson was out.

       B) It raining, we’ll stay at home and watch TV instead of going shopping. 

       C) Mr. Donald being still busying this Sunday, his wife took their child to watch movies.

       D) Daniel looking very smart, and this question baffled him completely.

       E) Mr. Long arrived at office at nine, his customer coming in ten minutes later.            

1.  我爸爸今年很明顯工作負擔太重。他的辦公室凌亂不堪，他即使想收拾乾淨都不知道要從哪裡開始。

2. 在聆聽了簡化版的概述之後，團隊成員逐漸理解到這個專案的意義。

3.  我的哥哥在書架上有大量的漫畫書，其中有些是他朋友送的生日禮物。(請用本課句型-關係代名詞連接詞)

4  .在現代社會裡，真正的朋友是能幫助你謀生與存活的人。不是他們給你的金錢，而是他們教你謀生與讓你與家人存活技能才是重要。

Have you ever drowned under the piles of your personal belongings?  A lot of students’ rooms nowadays are mysteriously messy.  They usually have a hard time __1__ the things __2__ they want, and eventually they would just give up seeking and buy new ones instead. This is __3__ why their rooms are getting more and more crowded.  Even though their parents have encouraged them to tidy up the rooms, or scolded them for being lazy, __4__ none of these methods works.  Most of __5__ still ignore the fact that their surroundings are horrible.

Marie Kondo, a Japanese author, __6__ a book years ago about how to organize the items in your house.  Her solution __7__ the problem is very simple: you can take everything on the shelf down to the floor and put them together, asking yourself __8__ this item brings you joy.  If the answer is __9__, then this is the sign to get rid of it.  This way of tidying up spaces has __10__ all over the world.  Netflix even has a program about her.  Parents probably hope their children can be as neat as the lady after watching the program.

1.  A) to locate             B) locating                  C) located                   D) locates

2. A) of what               B) what                       C) which                     D) of which

3.  A) one of the reason                                    B) part of the reasons 

     C) some of the reasoning                             D) slice of the reasons

4. A) but                      B) and                         C) of which                D) X  

5.  A) people                 B) whom                    C) them                      D) they

6.  A) writing                B) written                   C) wrote                     D) writes

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

8.  A) whether               B) when                      C) why                        D) which

9.  A) positive               B) negative                 C) optimistic              D) pessimistic

10.  A) gone wild         B) gone unbelievable  C) gone spectacular     D) gone viral

翰林  G11-1    L8   When Less Means More   答案

1.  glance                        2. overloaded         3. sigh                         4. outline

5.  simplified                   6. enhance              7. mean                      8. erupt

9.  notion                        10. declared             11. complicated          12. choked

13. attachment                14. candidates          15. interfere                16. drowned

17. discarded                                                   

1. D                                2. DEGH                    3. B                             4. ADFGH

5. BC                             6. AD                          7. D                             8. E

9. FHIK                         10. D                           11. A                           12. C

13. B                              14. A                           15. BF                          16. CF

17. B                              18. ABD`                    19. D                          

1.  My father is apparently overloaded with work this year.  His office is in a mess. He doesn’t know where to start even if he wants to tidy it up.

2. After listening to the simplified version of the outline, the team members came to realize the meaning of the project.

3.  My brother has a large number of comic books on his book shelf, some of which are birthday gifts from his friends.

4. The true friends in the modern society are those who can help you make a living and survive.  It is not the money they give you but the skills they teach you to earn a living and survive yourself and your family that count.

1. B                                2. C                            3. B                             4. D

5. C                               6. C                             7. A                            8. A

9. B                        10. D