111學測英文

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A book town is a rural town in which second-hand and antiquarian bookshops are concentrated. The concept was ______ by Richard Booth， who opened the first second-hand bookshop in Hay-on-Wye， UK in 1961.
(A) initiated
(B) represented
(C) acknowledged
(D) manipulated

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Following him， many local people opened their own bookshops， and the small town soon became a model of sustainable rural development and tourism. Since the 1970s， book towns like Hay-on-Wye ______ up all over the world.
(A) spring
(B) sprang
(C) had sprung
(D) have been springing

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Although all book towns have a great number of bookshops， that’s where the similarities ______.
(A) form
(B) count
(C) end
(D) matter

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For example， an annual book festival is held in Hay-on-Wye. Clunes， in Australia， holds a monthly book talk that hosts authors to discuss their latest ______.
(A) trends
(B) releases
(C) agendas
(D) announcements

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As digital reading is changing our traditional way of reading， book towns like Hay-on-Wye are particularly important to ______.
(A) get their worldwide fame
(B) conform to the new mode
(C) make their visitors satisfied
(D) keep the printed word alive

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Airline passengers may have noticed that all plane windows have rounded edges， instead of the hard corners commonly found in our house. The round windows are indeed pleasant to the eye， but they actually were designed for reasons ______ assthetics.
(A) contrary to
(B) except for
(C) more of
(D) other than

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In the early days of aviation， plane windows ______ square in shape.
(A) used to be
(B) were to be
(C) would have been
(D) must have been

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Then as commercial air travel became popular in the 1950s and airplanes began flying higher and faster， three planes mysteriously broke apart in midair. The cause? Square windows. Scientists found that sharp corners are natural weak spots where stress concentrates. The problem is ______ when airplanes fly at higher altitudes， where the difference between the inside and outside pressure increases， causing added stress.
(A) disguised
(B) understood
(C) confronted
(D) intensified

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When subjected to repeated pressurization high in the sky， the four corners on a square window may ______.
(A) cause conflict
(B) rebuild strength
(C) spell disaster
(D) endure shock

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Curved windows， on the other hand， distribute stress around more evenly， reducing the likelihood of cracks or breaks. Circular shapes are also stronger and resist deformation， and therefore can ______ extreme differences in pressure inside and outside of an aircraft.
(A) tolerate
(B) improve
(C) justify
(D) obtain