6. Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, somedayyou'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked inthe mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I amabout to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to changesomething.Remembering "I'll be dead soon" is enough to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything--allexternal expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death,leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid thetrap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
(A)The Process of Life.
(B)The Factors of Death.
(C)How to Face Challenges in Life.
(D)How to Prepare for Death.
解析
(A)錯誤。The Process of Life 指生命的歷程或階段,文章並未描述人生各階段的變化,而是談面對抉擇時的心態。
(B)錯誤。The Factors of Death 是死亡的成因,文中完全沒有討論人為何或如何死亡,死亡只是作者借用的提醒。
(C)正確。全文主軸是每天自問「If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?」,以終將一死的提醒放下外在期待與恐懼,做出人生的重大選擇並追隨內心。談的是如何面對人生的抉擇與挑戰,此標題最能涵蓋全文。
(D)錯誤。How to Prepare for Death 是準備迎接死亡,但作者的重點是借死亡來談如何「活」、如何做選擇,並非教人準備後事。
If you plan to travel from one country to another, you need to have a passport. A passport identifies you ___(46)___ a citizenof a country and allows you to travel to foreign countries. In the late eighteenth century, a passport for anAmerican was usually a letter ___(47)___ by the President of the United States. The person whose name was on thepassport ___(48)___ with words. Here is an example from the early 1800’s: “Hair-black, curly; eyes-brown; nose- ___(49)___ ;forehead-wrinkled; mouth-thin with big teeth; chin-pointed.” Today you must have a photograph on your passport.Sometimes those photos are not very good. ___(50)___ , there is a joke about passport photos. That is, if you really looklike the picture on your passport, you certainly need a vacation!
(A)is expected
(B)proved
(C)supposed
(D)was described
解析
(A)錯誤。is expected 是現在式,但全段在描述十八世紀末的作法,時態不合;expected with words 也無法解釋接下來的外貌描述。
(B)錯誤。proved 是主動「證明」,主詞 the person 並不是去證明什麼,而是被文字描述;proved with words 語意不通。
(C)錯誤。supposed 缺少 be 動詞,無法單獨作述語;be supposed to 後也須接不定詞,與 with words 不搭。
(D)正確。原文「The person whose name was on the passport ___ with words. Here is an example…: "Hair-black, curly; eyes-brown; …"」,後文列出的外貌描述證明此人是「用文字被描述」;主詞 the person 是被描述的對象須用被動,敘述十八世紀末的作法須用過去式,故 was described。
Chloe and Kevin enjoy going out to Italian restaurants. They love to eat ___(46)___ , share a dessert, and have espresso.Chloe and Kevin’s ___(47)___ is coming up. Kevin wants to plan a night out at an Italian restaurant in town. He calls therestaurants to make a ___(48)___ but they have no tables ___(49)___ . Kevin knows that Chloe loves Italian food more thananything else. But the only two Italian places in town are too busy. So, Kevin is now pacing around the house andfeeling ___(50)___ . He still has no idea where to spend the night.
(A)anxious
(B)colorful
(C)expensive
(D)magical
解析
(A)正確。兩家義式餐廳都客滿,Kevin 仍不知該去哪裡過這一晚,還在屋裡來回踱步——pacing around 正是焦慮的表現,anxious(焦慮不安的)最貼切。