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九六五試題預習專

英文讀本科

(八)

陳鐵峯。

GENERAL READING TEST PAPERS

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Paper 4, 1955 1

c.

t.

E_M_M_A (1)}

Name the city, village or house where lived the persons, mentioned below:

John Knightley and Isabella

b. Mr. Elton.

'C

Mrs. and Miss Bates

d. Jane Fairfax and

Col. Campbell

e. Mr. & Mrs. Coles

f. Mrs. Sucking'

g. Frank Churchill and Jane:

Fairfax.

h. Weston, family

1. Harriet Smith

j. Robert Martin and his mother

and Gister

k. Misa Ford

៩

1. Miss Hawkins

State the usual occupation_of_the_persons set OUL in сле following* ·

a. John Knightley

b. Mr. Cole

Mr. Campbell

d. Mr.{Cox

e. Mrs. Goddard

f. Robert Nartin

6. Miss Nash

Mr. Willian Larkin

i. Miss Taylor

j. George Knightley

111. Pair off the husband and wife in the following:

a. John Knightley

b. Elton

Miza Emma. woodhouse

Mas Idabells

Miss Campbell

Frank Churchill

Hiss Hawkings

Fa Dion

George knightley Weston

*ies Taylor

188 June Fairfax

Robert Martin

Miss Harrier Skatḥ

* "Surely it is fortunate for her that she is marri

and to so good a

ean as Mr. Weston.

'to have only one to naredinstead of

Whole

(a) who said tnie?

(b) To whom was this said?

Ke) Who Le "ake"?

Tai kho are the “is

It must be

"Can 11 op possible that Joko Knightley is right, and that

this foolish man is beginning to love as instead of Harriet?"

Name the speaker, s

Name the flyther

lol ure de “chie foolish man"?

..........I could see sae was changed, but and seemed to try to be friendly, and we shook hands and stood talking for sonr time.

.1 remember she said, "I am sorry we devar deel which I thought was almost too kind."

now.

(p) By whom is Enis seld?

(b) To whom ls 15 said? ·

(e) who is "abe"?

(d) where did they anike hand

and talk?.

(e) what has estranged them?

"I am sure they' relt how short my visit was.

and they re

membered that last summer I was with them for six weeks."

(a) Name the speaker.

(b) Name the listener,

(c) who are "they"?

(d) How "short" was the, visit?

(e) What palce had been visited

by the sneaker?

Tầu chose for him better than he chose forʼni

(s) and ië spëáking?

(B) cho le listening?

(6) who is the gentleman.referred

"Wid't or whom did the listener

choose for him?.

Answers to the above questiond will be given in the nest number of Test Papers on General Reading.

ANANAFA to the questione in the previoudless of General Roking Test Papers on "The Hopkins Mažuscript" (11),

Colones

Major Milloughby by

Parkën e. Murgatroyd the Yew tree e. Major Jogger f. Robing. Col. Parker the full moon 1. Major Jagger

Roland Jagger b. Dr Cranley . Mr. Hopkins d. Old Mr. Wilkins e. Pat Target I. Dr. Cranley g. Major

• Ar. Hopicion 1. The airman"

Jagger

It was the first time tħai youth had ever doved in the rooms of his house. 2. It was the first time that young life had ever come to him "for help and offered him ita thanka.".

When Robin wanted to kill Broodie for dinner. 1.two dead cabbits 2.5 Resian soldier's cap

23, & child's doll 4.A “Všekly mágážine in Seód180

• 4-nau poultry farm

When his old Broodie died.

The danger of human greed.

It brought friendship to the mankind and it brought

Fiones ca the world that

་་

Penzance. Two minutes past 8130. on the 3rd of May Two red-coupons. I. Approximately two years

་

Colonel Parker 8. Robin é. the Scientist Roche

the King Lear f.the King Lear.

Sapper Evans

Uncle Henry

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美式 顯預習專欄

英文科

(八)

Auswers to the previous exercise:"

1) a. move forwara,

c. persuade.

e. producing,

b. pursued

d. connect,

I. visit us,

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hi left ground, -j

placed aside.

resembles.

i. lodge,

the

2) *. After breadfast ådale and 1 withdrew to the library which Mr Rochester had directed to be used as

schoolroom and where most of the books were locked up behind glass doors except ons containing every- thing that could be needed in the way of elementary works.

b. I took up the vessel with mặch difficulty in both

hands, and in most respectful manner drank to her ladyship's health, expressing the words as loud as I could in English, which made the company laugh so heartily that I was almost deafened by the noise.

c. The master made me a sign to come to nis tretener- side, but as i walked on the table, being in great surprise all the time, I happened to stumble against a crust and fell flat on my face but luckily received no bart.

d. When she was near, Lac arose and went towards aer,

who then placed her pail on the ground and kissed bim passionately, throwing her arms around his

neck without paying attention to Jean, without even noticing that he was there...

3) Huez was sitting on the edge of a boat and looking

very miserable. Tom greeted him and he returned his greeting. They then kept silent for a minute. Huck starfed the conversation saying that if they had left the tools at the dead tree, they would have Bot the money. He exclaimed that they were unlucky, Tom remarke, that it was not a dream. On hearing the word "Dream" Hack said that he bad had horrible dreams all night, with that Spanish devil, chasing them all through the dreama. He also cursed the Spanish devil. Pon told him not to curse the Spanish but find him and track the money. Huck said in reply that they would never find him and he would be frightened to death if he did sos him.

Exercios:

́1) Substitute words or phrases of similar meaning for

those underlined in the following sentencès:

leiçóks up to her,** zmoney by for a rainy day.

She has put We went

que we thought he might That difficulty...

led his head, pricked up afe, the bounds!" friends will be coming ith you beside the body." We've been laying in a good supply of wood for the winter.

Hany people find it easier to go without cigarettes

than to anske fewer;

She's taken up dress-designing in her spare time. "How cool I feel!" said the boy, "I must be getting better" and be sank into a delicious slumber, Although he“, tried to sugar the pill by praising our work, we knew we were to be dismissed just the same.

2) Study the following passage carefully and answer in

your own words the questions listed below:

Mother died today on listed bel

maybe, yesterday, I can't be Bure. The telegram from the Home ways: YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY. FUNERAL TOMORROW, DEEP SYMPATHY Which leaves the matter doubtful, it could have been' yesterday The Home for Aged Persons is at Marengo, some fifty miles from Algiers. With the two o'clock bus I should get there well before nightfull. Then I can spend the night there, keeping the usual vigil Vaside the body, and be back here by tomorrow evening, I have fixed up with my employer for two days! leavej obviously, under the circumstances, he couldn't refuse. Still, I had ag idea he looked annoyed, and I said, without thinking: . "Sorry, sir, but it's not my fault, you knowan

Afterwards it struck me I needn't have said that,

I had no reason to excuse myself, it was up to him to express his sympathy And so forth. Probably he will do is the day after tomorrow, when he sees us in black. For the present, it's almost as if Mother #OPIDAE really dead. The funeral will brang it home to me, put. an official seal on it, so to speak.........

1 took the two-d'alock bus. It was a blazing hot afternoon. 1'd lunched, as usual, at Celeste's' restaurant Everyone was most kind, and Celeste said to me, "There' no one like a mother. When 1 left they came with me to the door. It was something of a rusb, getting away, as at the last moment I had to call in at Emmanuel' place to borrow his black tie and pourning band. He lost his uncle a few months ago,NAUT

I had to run to catch the hus. I suppose it was my hurrying like that, what with the glare off the road and from the sky, thẻ reek of gasoline, and the jolts, that made me féel so dƒâ#ây, Áñýliów, 1 slept most of the way. When I was I was leaning against a soldier, he grinned and asked me if I'd come from a long way of and I just nodded, to out things short. I wasn't in Good for talking.

Explain the following words or ubrases used in the passage:

sympathy, Home for Aged Persons, two days' leave in black, blazing, glare off the road, the reek of gasoline, drowsy, grinned.

why did the telegram leave tlie matter doubtfni? shy couldn't his employer Yefuse his application

for two days' leave?

Can you

explain

in why every one was very kind to

is there any speciki reason why the writer went

Lu borrow black tie and mourning band fronten

kumaduel instead of from somebquy else? What made the writer so droway?

What made the soldier think that the writer had, come from a long way off?

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普通英文科

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許藩芳。

GENERAL ENGLISH

Answers to the previous lesson.

had been; would have been; should have been; said; loding; was

should coming; am not altogether disappointed; have bought; Fortune and le; has never done;. was born;

would be: should be; have forsaken; would come; would feel; have dond would be surprised; have suddenly become.

a) with; from; with; of

b) pregnant with: Brimful at

a) in bynat; with:

s) to; against; by; for f) blind of; blind to (g) tot

4) partial,

Immodest; izapfitūde ; discolour: frrevocable;

irrational;

non-contagious;

non-member;

disimagine;

irreverent;

non-poisonous; miareply; wilors undo; irresolution;

uncover; intangible; disillusion; dethrone:

t) disintegrate', :

4. When Mr. A admitted that there was much truth in what his friend

had said the latter asked why he then didn't take his advice. af this Mr. "A replied that he had good reason for it. He did not, however, mention his reason when he was asked because he regarded it as very personal. At any rate, he quite agreed with his friend. who opinioned that there shouldn't be any secret between friends.

5. a) dialet.

b) disposition c) amusement; diversion;

d)i) conduct;j e) i) shade; r) 1) corporali

1. Answer Bach questions

entertainement recreation; character.

entertainment;

pastime.

11) reputation; character.

shadow, corporeal

a) Why do you think the thort-bushes are described as 'a nende

by Why be the lock-keeper's house in such a dilapidated

e) What work was once done by the wheels?

d) How was the canal e "highway' in former days?

a) Do su think the writer regrets the casing of his youth?

vive prds or phrases or similar meaning to these words se-used in the Bassage!

*) Slägnähti

d) desolation

81 warping

1) fræeranti

neglectedi

prosatas

'Ji Explain čičarly the meaning of each of these noune se used in the

på Blåge?

a) door pancisi

a) towpathi

b) 100k

e)'daydreams

&. Šlate briefly in one sentence (30 - 40 words) what the writer thought about

as he watched the barges go by.

lasson Biant

The canal de dow choked srith, seada, and, in many places, the water bas become stagnant the breading-places of all kinds of insects.The. towpath is overgrows the then-Bushes a minace to the umwaxy, the path only discernible by a thinning out of the grass sha shrubs. All is gilant at the inck, the look-keeper's house deserted with the roof falling in, the door panels unpainted and warping, a window-shutter oresking sarily when a gust of wind moves it. No, amolça comaa from the chimneys, the garden stønde neglected, surrounded by a wooden fence leaning drunken- ly at an angle. In the wisel-house nothing atira. The grast wheels will no more grind round to work the onsins lifting the look-gateel. The heavy chains hang useless covered in rust - desolation averywhere, b. In former days, the canal was the grand northern highway, How pamusant to sit on a warm, mumsay's evening-and watch a Barge passi The shsary laws of the burges and the sight of his plump, red-onseked wife cheered ast's heart 2: The rhythms of the horse'a Boofa plodding slowly on and the jingle or his brass neck ornamente mingled with the soft gurgling of the water at the barge moved majestically along » and the daydreams a the daydroame of youth. What cargo is being carried here? Silks from the Bast, mices from beautiful islands with probentic names, sahogany from steaming formen, carpets from Ferala, frirant coffee from Brasil, preci008 stones from Burma, Calling bells first heard in ancient temples in distant landa in 16 mästared not to we if the cargo were just something as prosate en 40áli in my izmodënde, sferything was invested with marior but those darot álás have gone.