[題組:第40-43題]43. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(A) Marine pollution poses a threat to human health.
(B) Strict regulations are being developed to stop ocean pollution.
(C) PCBs and PBDEs become less harmful over long periods of time.
(D) Chemical pollution is more serious in rivers than in industrial areas.
[題組:第36-39題]I am thrilled to welcome you to the \(20th\) annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, a special event in partnership with the University of Illinois College of Media, the greater Champaign-Urbana community, and movie lovers everywhere. Little did we think, back in 1999, that our experiment in reinventing the film festival-to make a festival that celebrated overlooked films, formats and genres, and the women and men who made those films-would become a landmark annual event in the life of our community and contribute to the renovation of the remarkable Virginia Theater, our home from the very beginning.
In selecting the films for this year, Chaz Ebert and I looked to women filmmakers for our inspiration. Fully half of our films are either directed or co-directed by women, and several others have women in powerful producing roles. Films directed or co-directed by women include “13th,” directed by Ava DuVernay, “Belle,” directed by Amma Asante, and “American Splendor,” directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. And women producers include Lynda Obst and Emma Thomas (“Interstellar”) and Ruth Ann Harnisch and Danielle Renfrew Behrens (“Columbus”).
Our opening night film is “The Fugitive,” directed by University of Illinois alumnus Andrew Davis. Our Saturday night film is the classic “The Big Lebowski.” Our guest will be the Hollywood legend Jeff Dowd. And of course The Alloy Orchestra will be back, this year with “A Page of Madness,” the classic Japanese silent film.
We would like to thank our sponsors, volunteers, festival pass holders, and individual ticket holders for their welcome participation in this endeavor. We look forward to your unwavering support as our festival continues to blossom each spring in central Illinois. We especially want to thank the University of Illinois for their loyal support year after year.
This festival is Roger Ebert’s gift to his hometown, and for that we thank him and his wife Chaz. They continue to be a remarkable team, and it is an honor to work with them.
36. Who is most likely the writer of this passage?
(A) The President of the University of Illinois.
(B) A movie critic who is a friend of the Eberts.
(C) A member of the Festival’s organizing committee.
(D) A journalist who reports stories about the Festival.
[題組:第40-43題]43. What can be inferred from the passage?
(A) Storm chasing has yet to draw a lot of media attention.
(B) Most meteorologists have the experience of tornado chasing.
(C) Codes of ethics are followed in many other adventurous activities.
(D) Some veterans believe that rules of conduct can lower the risk of storm chasing.
[題組:第36-39題]39. Which of the following can be inferred from this passage?
(A) Senior citizens will eat tempeh as vitamin supplement.
(B) Tempeh will soon be more popular than kimchi or miso.
(C) The nutrition of tempeh will be reduced with mass production.
(D) Tempeh is likely to be recognized as an international cultural symbol.
[題組:第40-43題]43. What can be inferred about highly hypnotizable people?
(A) They tend to be isolated from the society.
(B) They are more likely to fall asleep during the day.
(C) They may easily identify themselves with characters in fictions.
(D) They are more trustworthy than people who are less hypnotizable.
[題組:第48-51題]51. Which of the following can be inferred about Henry Morton Stanley?
(A) He was the first European to analyze okapi skeleton.
(B) He had found many new species of animals in Africa.
(C) He did not know the “African donkey” in his book was the okapi.
(D) He had seen the backside of an okapi dashing through the bushes.
