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Richard Wagner: Music and the Man (pp. 28-31)
I. 填空 (40%)
(A) association
(B) conductor
(C) couch
(D) tough
(E) significant
(F) possess
(G) impact
(H) genuine
( ) 1. At the end of the performance, the _____ bowed to the audience in the concert hall.
( ) 2. My younger brother is the only person in my family who does not _____ a smartphone.
( ) 3. This painting is not a(n) _____ Picasso because it has not been signed by the artist.
( ) 4. My dad is always offered business opportunities because of his close _____ with the government.
( ) 5. The Internet has had a huge _____ on the way that people communicate with each other.
( ) 6. The typhoon caused _____ damage to farmers’ vegetable harvests in the south of Taiwan.
7. Ms. Simms is an excellent art teacher who is helping Tim to develop his a
c talent.
8. I stay indoors between noon and 3 o’clock due to the i
e heat outside.
II. 克漏字 (20%)
Richard Wagner was born two hundred years ago this year. The German is one of the most important composers in
Western music. Although his music is loved by many people, his political and personal views have made him a
controversial __(9)__. Wagner was a masterful composer who wanted to be in control of every aspect of his operas. He
also added more __(10)__ to his orchestras than other composers. His music therefore had an epic sound. One of
Wagner’s better-known works is The Ring Cycle. This piece is a group of four separate operas __(11)__ together by
leitmotifs: short musical themes repeated throughout the operas. Nowadays, countless Hollywood film composers have
__(12)__ the leitmotif in their works. Wagner’s creative musical __(13)__ has inspired many modern film scores. They
include those for the Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings series.
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agent
publishers
linked
occupied
doubt
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earphones
linking
polluted
vision
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figure
instruments
that linked
frustrated
distance
III. 閱讀測驗 (15%)
Wagner was born into a middle-class family on May 22, 1813. As a child, he liked poetry. He only started studying
music when he was 18 years old. In the 1840s, Wagner had to flee Germany because he was involved in some political
activities. He went to live in Switzerland, where he wrote many essays. In one of them, he said that Jews were unable
to produce real art because they did not have the German spirit. Such anti-Semitic views later made him a favorite of
Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader. According to some people, Wagner’s music was played at certain concentration camps.
This is why many people do not like him. Wagner died in Venice, Italy, in 1883.
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) 14. What is probably TRUE about Wagner’s father?
(A) He worked in a factory.
(C) He was unemployed for many years.
(B) He was a member of royalty.
(D) He was a clerk.
) 15. Why was Wagner forced to leave Germany?
(A) His actions upset the government.
(C) He was a Jewish German.
(B) Adolf Hitler was going to arrest him.
(D) He was going to be sent to a concentration camp.
) 16. Based on the passage, which of the following is NOT true about Wagner?
(A) He lived in at least three countries.
(B) He was interested in politics.
(C) He wrote essays in Italy.
(D) He was a controversial man.
IV. 翻譯填空
17. 我的摩托車時速可高達 140 公里。(10%)
My scooter can go u
140 kilometers per hour.
18. 直到我住在泰國才開始喜歡酸辣的食物。(15%)
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I went to live in Thailand
I started enjoying sour and spicy food.
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