第一部分：詞彙選項
1.【題幹】The organization was bold enough to face the press
【選項】
sed
rful
e
ible
【答案】C
2.【題幹】I will not tolerate that sort of behavior in my class.
【選項】
pt
rol
rve
late
【答案】A
3.【題幹】I realized to my horror that I had forgotten the present.
【選項】
t
r
【答案】B
4.【題幹】Most people find rejection hard to accept.
【選項】
se
nt
iny
sal
【答案】D
5.【題幹】She's extremely competent and industrious.
【選項】
working
st
ctive
pendent
【答案】A
6.【題幹】The doctors did not reveal the truth to him.
【選項】
le
lose
blish
【答案】C
7.【題幹】He tried to assemble his thoughts.
【選項】
r
e
er
e
【答案】C
8.【題幹】 The law carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.
【選項】
A. message
B. punishment
C. guilt
D. obligation
【答案】B
9.【題幹】 Prisoners were kept in the most appalling conditions.
【選項】
A. flexible
B. terrible
C. reasonable
D. serious
【答案】B
10. 【題幹】These products are inferior to those we brought last year.
【選項】
A. poorer than
B. narrower than
C. larger than
D. richer than
【答案】A
11.【題幹】 The political situation in the region has deteriorated rapidly.
【選項】
A. improved
B. changed
C. worsened
D. developed
【答案】C
12. 【題幹】There was a simultaneous trial taking place in the next building.
【選項】
A. coexisting
B. fair
C. full
D. pubic
【答案】A
13. 【題幹】They’re petitioning for better facilities for the disabled on public transport.
【選項】
A. requesting
B. planning
C. preparing
D. looking
【答案】A
14. 【題幹】He said some harsh words about his brother.
【選項】
A. unkind
B. proper
C. normal
D. unclear
【答案】A
15. 【題幹】We were attracted by the lure of quick money.
【選項】
A. amount
B. supply
C. sum
D. temp
【答案】D
第二部分：閱讀判斷
ADHD Linked to Air Pollutants
Children have an increased of attention problems, seen as early as grade school. If their noses inhaled(吸入)a certain type of air pollution when they were pregnant. That's the finding of a new study. Released when things aren't burned completely, this pollution is known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. The biggest sources of these PAHs: the burning of fossil fuels, wood and trash.
Frederica Perera works at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health is New York City. She researches how exposure to things in the environment affects children's health in a new study, she and her team studied the exposure to air pollution of 233 nonsmoking pregnant women in New York City. Because burning tobacco can spew(排放)PAHs into the air and lungs, Perera's team focused on nonsmokers. The researchers wanted to probe(探查)other sources of PAHs, ones that's would have been hard for an individual to avoid.
The team started by testing the blood of each woman during pregnancy. The reason Any PAHs in a woman's blood would also be available to the baby in her womb. Nine years later, the researchers investigated signs of attention problems in those children, now age 9. They asked each child's mother a series of questions. These included whatever her child had problems doing things that needed sustained(長期的)mental effort, such as homework or games with friends. The scientists also asked if the kids had trouble following instructions or made frequent, careless mistakes. All of these can be symptoms of a disorder called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. About one in U.S. children has ADHD.