I. Vocabulary
Fill in each blank with the correct word. erase 1 Stanley begged May’s forgiveness for his offensive words, but she simply couldn’t e e what he had said from her mind. whispered 2 Not wanting anybody to know about her secret, Sally w red in my ear. rages 3 The storm r es for three days, and it has caused a lot of destruction and hundreds of deaths. aid 4 Peter was grateful that Sara came to his a d immediately when he was in trouble. grabbed 5 Pamela had no time for a big breakfast this morning, so she simply g bed a bite before going to school. entire 6 Shawn was so hungry that he ate the e e cake in ten minutes. owes 7 I paid for Beatrice’s movie ticket because she had forgotten her purse at home. So, she now o es me NT$240. approached 8 As I a hed the cat, it arched its back angrily and ran away. repay 9 Claire really helped me a lot with my work. I’d like to buy her something to r y the favor. wonder 10 I w r why Anna is mad at me. We just had dinner together last night, and I thought we had a good time. due 11 The assignment is d e tomorrow. So, you should get it done tonight.
II. Idioms and Phrases
Fill in each blank with one of the idioms or phrases listed below. Make changes if necessary. in sight by the way be on one’s feet pull up hit home be worried sick pass through not give something a thought
1 Mr. Lin pulled up in front of the school gate to pick his son up.
2 Mark answered the door after hearing a knock, but there was nobody in sight .
3 Jack was worried sick because he couldn’t find his cell phone anywhere.
4 The importance of good health really hit home after I got sick.
5 The pretty girl you wanted to talk to yesterday is my sister. By the way , she has a boyfriend.
6 I have been on my feet all day long. I want to sit down and take a rest.
7 We will pass through Taichung on our way to Tainan.
8 What Tom just said was mean and untrue. Don’t give it a thought .
III. Cloze Test

Choose the correct answer to fill in each blank.
One evening, an elderly lady was driving past a small town when one of her tires suddenly blew out. Even though 1 she had was only a flat tire, it was a bad situation for a woman of her age. She was very upset, especially 2 the weather getting colder and colder. At that moment, a man stopped his car in front of hers and asked 3 she needed help. The old lady became 4 more nervous (
緊張
) because the man looked poor and hungry. However, since no one else
5 to help her during the past hours, she stood back and let him help her. After the man finished 6 the tire, the lady was willing to pay him any amount of money. To her surprise, the man replied that he just wanted to help her, just as others had helped him in the past. He didn’t want the lady to pay him back anything.
7 , he just wanted her to help others in need as well. Later that evening, the lady helped a heavily pregnant woman. It never 8 to her that the woman was the poor man’s wife.
( C )1 (A) × (B) which (C) all (D) that
( B )2 (A) for
( A )3 (A) if
(B) with
(B) once
(C) as
(C) that
(D) while
(D) who
( D )4 (A) many (B) very (C) ever (D) even
( C )5 (A) stopped (B) has stopped (C) had stopped (D) would stop
( D )6 (A) change (B) changed (C) to change (D) changing
( D )7 (A) Thus (B) Still (C) Similarly (D) Instead
( B )8 (A) stroke (B) occurred (C) hit (D) noticed
IV. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct answers.
( A )1 Frank awake for hours, about his future.
(A) lay; thinking
(C) laid; thinking
(B) lain; thought
(D) lied; thought
( C )2 The young actor is so that many teenage girls are crazy about him.
(A) good-looked (B) well-looking (C) good-looking (D) well-looked
( D )3 No one believed what Teresa said, our new classmate Eric.
(A) even though (B) for example (C) as for (D) except for
( B )4 that she was wrong, Melody said sorry to her best friend.
(A) Realized (B) Realizing (C) Realize (D) To realize
( C )5 This river is that one.
(A) as twice long as (B) as long as twice
(C) twice as long as (D) as twice as long
( A )6 Drive a few more miles the road, and you’ll see a white wooden house.
(A) down (B) on (C) off (D) in
( B )7 Mrs. White loved me that she loved her children.
(A) on the way (B) in the way (C) by the way (D) all the way

V. Making Sentences
A.
Combine each of the following pairs of sentences by using the given pattern.
S
2
+ had + V
2
-en . . . since + N(P)/S
1
+ V
1
-ed . . .
1 I lived in Taipei after I graduated from senior high school.
I moved to Pingtung last year.
→ I had lived in Taipei since I graduated from senior high school.
2 Polly finished writing her novel last week.
She started working on this novel when she was a teenager.
→ Polly had worked on her novel since she was a teenager.
3 Tom left the company last year.
He started working for the company in 1995.
→ Tom had worked for the company since 1995.
B. Combine each pair of sentences on the next page by using one or both of the given patterns.
S
1
+ be/V
1
+ half/twice/three times + as adj./adv. (+ N +) as + S
2
(+V
2
).
S
1
+ be/V
1
+ two times/three times + adj.-er/adv.-er than + S
2
(+V
2
).
1 I am sixteen years old.
My little sister is eight years old.
→ I am two times older than/twice as old as my little sister.
My sister is two times younger than/twice as young as I am.
2 The pen cost me 50 dollars.
The dinner cost me 150 dollars.
→
The dinner cost me three times as much money as the pen.
3 Michael weighs eighty kilograms.
Michael’s son weighs forty kilograms.
→ Michael weighs twice as much as his son.
Michael is twice as heavy as his son.
VI. Translation
Translate the following Chinese sentences into English.
1
我真的很感激你總是在我需要幫助時助我一臂之力。
2
I am really grateful that you always lend me a hand when I need help.
「我需要來杯熱咖啡去去寒氣。」
Brian
心想。
“I need to have a cup of hot coffee to take the chill off,” Brian thought to himself.
3
已完成所有的工作，
Max
在回家的路上覺得精神振奮。
4
Having finished all of his work, Max felt uplifted as he headed (for) home.
對
Joe
來說，為這位老婦人換洩氣的輪胎並不是工作，而是幫助某位有難之
人的一種方式。
To Joe, changing the flat tire for the old lady was not a job, but rather a way to

5 help someone in need.
這位女士疑惑著怎麼會有人擁有這麼少，卻能對一個完全陌生的人如此慷
慨。
The lady wondered how a person who had so little could be so giving to a perfect stranger.
VII. Reading Comprehension
Read the following article and choose the correct answer to each question or statement.
Pay It Forward
For most people, it is natural to return a favor after they have received help from others. Yet, not many people know that there is actually much more they can do
─ they can “pay it forward.” The phrase means “to return a favor by helping out other people.” It has existed ( 存在
) for a long time and been mentioned in the works of famous writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson. In 2000, more people learned about this idea through the movie Pay It Forward , which was based on Catherine Ryan
Hyde’s novel.
In the movie, Eugene Simonet, a social studies teacher, gave all of his students a special assignment. He asked them to think of a way to change the world. While most students didn’t take the assignment seriously, a boy named Trevor did. He came up with a plan called “Pay It Forward.” The main idea was to help three people, who then had to help three others instead of returning the favors they had received. Trevor believed that if enough people did this, the world would change eventually.
Trevor then started by helping a homeless man. Later, he set up a dinner date for
Eugene and his mother, hoping that the two would fall in love with each other. The results of his efforts all appeared disappointing to him in the beginning. However, the idea of “paying it forward” did spread gradually. At the end of the story, even though
Trevor was killed while trying to protect a friend, his plan had influenced more people than he could have ever imagined.
In real life, both the novel and the movie have inspired many people. For instance, there is a “Pay It Forward Foundation” in the United States. Similar foundations have also been set up in England and Australia. Usually, when something happens in the movies, people say, “It was just a movie.” However, these foundations put the great idea into practice and are truly making a difference in the real world.
( B )1 Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Eugene Simonet got killed while he was trying to protect a friend.
(B) To make the world a better place, Trevor started a plan called “Pay It
Forward.”
(C) The movie Pay It Forward was based on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s novel.
(D) Most students took the assignment Eugene gave them as seriously as
Trevor did.

( C )2 Which of the following statements is NOT true?
(A) The idea of “paying it forward” has existed before Catherine Ryan
Hyde’s novel was published.
(B) “Paying it forward” means helping out more people after you have received help from others.
(C) The “Pay It Forward Foundation” was set up by Eugene Simonet and
Trevor’s mother in order to pass on Trevor’s great idea.
(D) The movie Pay It Forward came out in 2000, and more people learned about the idea of “paying it forward” because of this movie.
( C )3 According to Trevor’s plan “Pay It Forward,” those who had received help from others had to help other people.
(A) two (B) four (C) three (D) one
( D )4 According to the article, Trevor did NOT try to help .
(A) Eugene Simonet
(C) a homeless man
(B) his mother
(D) Catherine Ryan Hyde
( A )5 In real life, people have been inspired to set up the “Pay It Forward
Foundation” in .
(A) the United States
(C) Japan
(B) Australia
(D) England