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108學測英文試卷17

第16至20題為題組
Ancient cultures celebrated New Year’s Day on or around April 1, which roughly coincides with the beginning of spring. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar, which called for New Year’s Day to be celebrated on January 1. However, many people, either refusing to accept the new date or not having heard about it, ______ to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1.
(A) continue
(B) continuing
(C) to continue
(D) continued

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答案

continued表示過去持續的行為,人們繼續在4月1日慶祝新年。


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111學測英文試題12

第11至15題為題組
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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答案

自1970年代起持續到現在,使用現在完成進行式have been springing。(D)


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112學測英文試題18

第16至20題為題組
When on Earth, we have more fluids in our lower body because they are pulled down by Earth’s gravity. However, with the absence of gravity in the outer space, our body fluids ______, shifting toward the upper body and the head.
(A) redistribute
(B) redistributed
(C) redistributing
(D) being redistributed

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答案

乳糖幫助刺激水分吸收(absorption)。(A)


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113學測英文試題16

第16至20題為題組
During the second Industrial Age, people toiled at unusual hours in mines or factories and often had to get up for work early in the morning. They ______ alarm clocks because adjustable alarms had been invented by the mid-19th century.
(A) must be using
(B) could have used
(C) had hardly used
(D) were mostly using

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答案

當時鬧鐘已發明,但後文提到仍相對昂貴且不可靠,因此他們幾乎沒有使用(had hardly used)。(C)


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114學測英文試題24

第21至30題為題組
The largest one, named “Emmanuel,” weighs over 13 tons. It is the only one of the whole group that __24__ the French Revolution, while the rest were melted down for weapons.
(A) reference (B) bearing (C) familiar (D) retained (E) faithful
(F) survived (G) celebration (H) restoration (I) noted (J) silent

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答案

只有Emmanuel鐘在法國大革命中倖存(survived)下來。(F)