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Passage One
The future of the Secombe Theatre in Sutton is in doubt after a government report spreads fears of closure. The report says the theatre does not meet modern standards for arts events and the site is capable of a larger-scale(更大規模的)development. While it promises to plan for a neighborhood center, it fails to make any mention of a new theatre, which has left many asking why.
Leading figures from the arts circle have come together to fight for the 21-year-old theatre.
Barbara Windsor, chairman of the Performing Art Society, said, “If they have to tear it down, it would be a waste of a good theatre. Every town needs a heart.”
John Stevens, of Sutton Theatre Company, said the theatre had suffered from a lack of money and business support. “There’s a crying need for a theatre in Sutton and the public will lose out if the Secombe goes.”
Peter Geiringer, a city government official also argued that a neighborhood center was not the same as a theatre. “It’s silly; this is the death of the Secombe. They’re going to replace (代替) it by a hall so no one in Sutton will be able to go to a real theatre.”
Leslie Coman, member of city committee for the arts, said, “The Secombe has played an outstanding role in the culture life of this town over many years. It is only right that the committee continues to look at how it can provide new buildings for artists’ workshops, and performance.”
Sutton Arts Committee Chairman Tony Kerlake said, “At some stage a building comes to the end of its life. If a new one was built in the same place, I would accept that as progress.”
65. The government report makes people wonder whether the theatre will be____________.
A. replaced
B. closed
C. rebuilt
D. enlarged
66. Who would agree to have the theater replaced by a better one?
A. Tony Kerslake.
B. Peter Geiringer.
C. John Stevens.
D. Barbara Windsor.
67. The underlined word “it” refers to___________.
A. the city government
B. the city committee for the arts
C. Sutton Theatre Company
D. Performing Arts Society
68. We learn from the text that many people in the art circle of the town are ____________.
A. for the construction of a neighborhood centre
B. for setting up more artists’ workshops
C. against closing the Secombe Theater
D. against the plan to enlarge the theatre
參考答案：
65. B 【解析】此題問的是政府的報告會使人們認爲這個劇院將會怎麼樣。文章的第一句就提到了在政府報告公佈以後，人們擔心劇院將會被關掉，故B正確。
66. A 【解析】此提問的是誰同意修建一個新的劇院來代替以前的那個。根據幾位認識的話我們可以推斷出Barbara Windsor，John Stevens和Peter Geiringer都希望以前的劇院能夠保存下來，而只有Tony Kerslake則同意建造一個新的劇院，故A正確。
67. B 【解析】此題問的是劃線詞it指的是什麼。根據it在文中的位置，經過分析句子結構，我們可以知道此處的it指代的是前面提到的committee，也就是the city committee for the arts。故B正確。
68. C 【解析】此題問的是通過文章我們可以知道藝術界的多數人的觀點是什麼。有文章可知，藝術界的多數人是希望保存以前的劇院的，只有一少部分希望重建，故C正確。
Passage Two
We all believed that words of a language evolve (進化) gradually over the centuries, rather as animals and plants evolve over millions of year. Sometimes the change is so slight as to be almost unnoticeable-finger, for example, means the same today as it did 1, 000 years ago. Other words have changed out of all recognition. For example, modern English “lord”, a person with high social positions, comes from Old English “hlaford”. It used to mean “guardian of the bread”, a person who protects the bread. But not all word meanings change like this. Just as new and different types of animals and plants can be reproduced, we can call completely new words into being.
Anyone can make a word. The difficult part is to make it stay in the language. To stand the best chance it should probably relate to a particular and fairly specialized subject. That cuts down the number of people who need to agree to use it. Chemists are often having to find expressions for new findings. Once that is achieved, there may be a chance for wider recognition if the expression comes to be of interest to the general public.
Ordinary people can make long-lasting words, though. In 1924, a competition (比賽) was held to make a word for a drinker of illegal liquor(非法出售的酒). A prize of US $200 was offered, and there were reportedly over 25, 000 suggestions. The winners were Henry Irving Dale and Kate L. Butler, who both came up with “scofflaw”. And that word exists in American English to this day, in the rather wider sense “someone who disobeys the law”.
61. What can we learn from the text?
A. It is the duty of specialists to make new words.
B. People are encouraged to make new words.
C. Words evolve faster than animals and plants.
D. New words are usually made by chemists.
62. New words are usually not accepted until they__________.
A. can express common ideas
B. are included in school subjects
C. are proved useful by scientists
D. gain public agreement
63. According to the text，making a new word is less difficult than.