Mom: Linda, you've been playing computer games all evening! Have you finished your report?
Linda: Well, most of it this afternoon, and I'll finish it by Friday.
It was around eight o'clock on Saturday night. Philip was at home with his little brother, Jason. Jason was hungry and kept crying. But Philip couldn't cook and their father was not home yet because he was working late in the office. So Philip decided to take Jason out for some food.
Half an hour later, when they came back home, Philip was surprised to find that their father was talking to the police and a woman outside their house. He didn't know who the woman was. She looked scared and stood behind the police. Philip's father was very angry and kept shouting, "I didn't do anything wrong! I forgot my keys and was just trying to get into MY OWN HOUSE!" But the police didn't believe him until Philip ran to them and explained everything.
The police told Philip that the woman called 110 when she saw Philip's father trying to get into a house through a window. That was how it all happened.
It was around eight o'clock on Saturday night. Philip was at home with his little brother, Jason. Jason was hungry and kept crying. But Philip couldn't cook and their father was not home yet because he was working late in the office. So Philip decided to take Jason out for some food.
Half an hour later, when they came back home, Philip was surprised to find that their father was talking to the police and a woman outside their house. He didn't know who the woman was. She looked scared and stood behind the police. Philip's father was very angry and kept shouting, "I didn't do anything wrong! I forgot my keys and was just trying to get into MY OWN HOUSE!" But the police didn't believe him until Philip ran to them and explained everything.
The police told Philip that the woman called 110 when she saw Philip's father trying to get into a house through a window. That was how it all happened.
（烘焙坊海報，以下為海報文字內容）
BAKER'S KITCHEN
Since 1993
We Give You the Taste of the Good Life
Want to be the first to bring our popular breads home? Here is when they come fresh out of the oven every day.
French bread 7:30am
bread rolls 8:30am
croissants 9:30am (*Friday only)
white bread 10:30am
bagels 11:30am
pretzels 2:30pm (*Friday only)
challah 3:30pm
farm bread 4:30pm
All breads at half price after 8pm (after 7pm on Saturdays and Sundays)
MEMBERS ONLY: Become a Baker's Kitchen member for only ＄100 and you can save 10% on all your shopping at Baker's Kitchen.
Business hours: Mon. to Fri., 7:30am to 9pm, Sat. & Sun., 7:30am to 8pm
（加註：oven 烤爐）
Kevin is going to buy some fresh bread at Baker's Kitchen. He loves white bread, his mom likes farm bread, his father enjoys bagels, and his sister eats only challah. Which is the earliest possible time for him to get all these breads for his family?
（烘焙坊海報，以下為海報文字內容）
BAKER'S KITCHEN
Since 1993
We Give You the Taste of the Good Life
Want to be the first to bring our popular breads home? Here is when they come fresh out of the oven every day.
French bread 7:30am
bread rolls 8:30am
croissants 9:30am (*Friday only)
white bread 10:30am
bagels 11:30am
pretzels 2:30pm (*Friday only)
challah 3:30pm
farm bread 4:30pm
All breads at half price after 8pm (after 7pm on Saturdays and Sundays)
MEMBERS ONLY: Become a Baker's Kitchen member for only ＄100 and you can save 10% on all your shopping at Baker's Kitchen.
Business hours: Mon. to Fri., 7:30am to 9pm, Sat. & Sun., 7:30am to 8pm
（加註：oven 烤爐）
What do we know about Baker's Kitchen?
（A）It is open five days a week.
✓（B）Its breads are half price one hour before closing.
（C）Its croissants and pretzels are sold on weekends.
（D）Its members can save ＄100 when they shop on Fridays.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2021 GREEN FESTIVAL
1. The 2021 Green Festival will be held at Satyr's Park from April 1 to May 31.
2. You are welcome to take the Free Festival Bus at the Goat Street Station to the festival.
3. You can also go to the festival by metro (get off at the Koala Street Station or the Turtle Street Station) or by bus (take No. 28, 103, 125, 157, 259, 505, 908, or 1086).
4. During the festival, Fox Street is closed; no cars can enter the street.
5. Garden Square won't be open for car parking; there will be a farmers' market at the square during the festival.
6. During the festival, Faun's Weekend Flower Market will be open every day from 8am to 2pm.
（另附節慶周邊街道地圖，圖略）
What is recommended to people who want to visit the festival?（加註：recommend 推薦）
✓（A）Using the free festival bus service.
（B）Visiting the festival on the weekend.
（C）Entering Satyr's Park from Fox Street.
（D）Parking in Garden Square and walking to the festival.
Yan lived a good life in a big house. One day he invited a friend to dinner at his house. However, on the dinner table there was only one small dish of one small fish.
The friend looked quietly at the fish. It was no bigger than a finger. Then he asked Yan if he could borrow a lamp.
"What for?" Yan asked.
"Well, it's so dark in here," the friend said with a dry smile, "I can't see the other delicious dishes you've prepared for me."
Chang kept a lot of ducks and chickens on his farm. One day, his best friend came to visit him. At noon, Chang told his friend that he couldn't let him stay for lunch because there wasn't much food to eat. The friend looked out at Chang's farm animals for a moment. Then he asked Chang if he had a big knife.
"Yes, but what for?" Chang asked.
"I'm thinking about killing the horse I rode here so we'll have something for lunch," the friend said.
"But how are you going to go home without *it*?"
"Well, you wouldn't mind lending me one of your many ducks or chickens so I can ride it home, would you?"
What kind of people do Yan's and Chang's friends most likely think Yan and Chang are?（加註：likely 可能）
Yan lived a good life in a big house. One day he invited a friend to dinner at his house. However, on the dinner table there was only one small dish of one small fish.
The friend looked quietly at the fish. It was no bigger than a finger. Then he asked Yan if he could borrow a lamp.
"What for?" Yan asked.
"Well, it's so dark in here," the friend said with a dry smile, "I can't see the other delicious dishes you've prepared for me."
Chang kept a lot of ducks and chickens on his farm. One day, his best friend came to visit him. At noon, Chang told his friend that he couldn't let him stay for lunch because there wasn't much food to eat. The friend looked out at Chang's farm animals for a moment. Then he asked Chang if he had a big knife.
"Yes, but what for?" Chang asked.
"I'm thinking about killing the horse I rode here so we'll have something for lunch," the friend said.
"But how are you going to go home without *it*?"
"Well, you wouldn't mind lending me one of your many ducks or chickens so I can ride it home, would you?"
Usually, people visit bookstores to buy books. But those who walk into Cotoha come to see its owner, Chen Bing-Hong. They bring him books with different problems. Some have lost their covers, some are missing a few pages, and some have pages that are falling out. Chen can always fix the books and make them whole again.
Chen sees himself as a doctor. He says that books, like people, get sick and need help. In Taiwan, there are not many "doctors" like him, and most of them work for big libraries and museums. If big libraries and museums are hospitals, Chen's bookstore is a health center. Big libraries and museums fix important old books with serious problems, and Chen helps people with books that have smaller problems. However, the smaller size of the problems doesn't mean Chen's job is less important.
Chen gave an example of a science book he once worked on. It was very old and half of its cover was lost. Its owner still wanted to keep it because it was a gift from a teacher who helped him follow his dream of studying science. When he got his book back, he was very surprised at the new-old book. He felt he was brought back to the days with his teacher. Seeing the owner's smile made Chen happy, because smiles like that are what his magic is for.
Why does the writer talk about doctors and a health center in the reading?
Usually, people visit bookstores to buy books. But those who walk into Cotoha come to see its owner, Chen Bing-Hong. They bring him books with different problems. Some have lost their covers, some are missing a few pages, and some have pages that are falling out. Chen can always fix the books and make them whole again.
Chen sees himself as a doctor. He says that books, like people, get sick and need help. In Taiwan, there are not many "doctors" like him, and most of them work for big libraries and museums. If big libraries and museums are hospitals, Chen's bookstore is a health center. Big libraries and museums fix important old books with serious problems, and Chen helps people with books that have smaller problems. However, the smaller size of the problems doesn't mean Chen's job is less important.
Chen gave an example of a science book he once worked on. It was very old and half of its cover was lost. Its owner still wanted to keep it because it was a gift from a teacher who helped him follow his dream of studying science. When he got his book back, he was very surprised at the new-old book. He felt he was brought back to the days with his teacher. Seeing the owner's smile made Chen happy, because smiles like that are what his magic is for.
Why is Chen Bing-Hong's job important in the example he gave?
（A）It allows people to get books as gifts.
（B）It saves people money on new books.
（C）It gives people hope to follow their dreams.
✓（D）It helps people think of special moments in the past.
Usually, people visit bookstores to buy books. But those who walk into Cotoha come to see its owner, Chen Bing-Hong. They bring him books with different problems. Some have lost their covers, some are missing a few pages, and some have pages that are falling out. Chen can always fix the books and make them whole again.
Chen sees himself as a doctor. He says that books, like people, get sick and need help. In Taiwan, there are not many "doctors" like him, and most of them work for big libraries and museums. If big libraries and museums are hospitals, Chen's bookstore is a health center. Big libraries and museums fix important old books with serious problems, and Chen helps people with books that have smaller problems. However, the smaller size of the problems doesn't mean Chen's job is less important.
Chen gave an example of a science book he once worked on. It was very old and half of its cover was lost. Its owner still wanted to keep it because it was a gift from a teacher who helped him follow his dream of studying science. When he got his book back, he was very surprised at the new-old book. He felt he was brought back to the days with his teacher. Seeing the owner's smile made Chen happy, because smiles like that are what his magic is for.
A Delicious Surprise and Welcome Change
By Karl Falk, June 1, 2016
In Austria, there are not many restaurants like Habibi & Hawara. Here you can enjoy Austrian and Syrian food together. Two Austrians, Martin Rohla and David Kreytenberg, started this yummy plan from their experience of working with refugees.
Every year, thousands of people have to leave their homes and families because of war in their countries. So many of them go to Austria that some people in the country think they have become a problem. They are afraid refugees may take away their jobs and they don't feel safe around them, either. But Rohla and Kreytenberg would *beg to differ*: The refugees don't have to be a problem. They want to help them start a new life. They invited refugees to meetings and found that some of them were cooks back in Syria. So the idea of Habibi & Hawara was born—a restaurant that brings together Austrian and Syrian food. "The two worlds far away from each other meet together," Kreytenberg said.
But Rohla and Kreytenberg want to do more than just give the refugees work. They want their best workers to buy the restaurant in the end. They hope that Habibi & Hawara is not just a one-time plan and that other Austrians will join them and help more refugees.
（加註：refugee 難民；war 戰爭）
According to the reading, why did Rohla and Kreytenberg open Habibi & Hawara?
✓（A）To help refugees live better in Austria.
（B）To collect money to help Syria fight the war.
（C）To help Austrians learn about the war in Syria.
（D）To help refugees go back to their home countries.
A Delicious Surprise and Welcome Change
By Karl Falk, June 1, 2016
In Austria, there are not many restaurants like Habibi & Hawara. Here you can enjoy Austrian and Syrian food together. Two Austrians, Martin Rohla and David Kreytenberg, started this yummy plan from their experience of working with refugees.
Every year, thousands of people have to leave their homes and families because of war in their countries. So many of them go to Austria that some people in the country think they have become a problem. They are afraid refugees may take away their jobs and they don't feel safe around them, either. But Rohla and Kreytenberg would *beg to differ*: The refugees don't have to be a problem. They want to help them start a new life. They invited refugees to meetings and found that some of them were cooks back in Syria. So the idea of Habibi & Hawara was born—a restaurant that brings together Austrian and Syrian food. "The two worlds far away from each other meet together," Kreytenberg said.
But Rohla and Kreytenberg want to do more than just give the refugees work. They want their best workers to buy the restaurant in the end. They hope that Habibi & Hawara is not just a one-time plan and that other Austrians will join them and help more refugees.
（加註：refugee 難民；war 戰爭）
A Delicious Surprise and Welcome Change
By Karl Falk, June 1, 2016
In Austria, there are not many restaurants like Habibi & Hawara. Here you can enjoy Austrian and Syrian food together. Two Austrians, Martin Rohla and David Kreytenberg, started this yummy plan from their experience of working with refugees.
Every year, thousands of people have to leave their homes and families because of war in their countries. So many of them go to Austria that some people in the country think they have become a problem. They are afraid refugees may take away their jobs and they don't feel safe around them, either. But Rohla and Kreytenberg would *beg to differ*: The refugees don't have to be a problem. They want to help them start a new life. They invited refugees to meetings and found that some of them were cooks back in Syria. So the idea of Habibi & Hawara was born—a restaurant that brings together Austrian and Syrian food. "The two worlds far away from each other meet together," Kreytenberg said.
But Rohla and Kreytenberg want to do more than just give the refugees work. They want their best workers to buy the restaurant in the end. They hope that Habibi & Hawara is not just a one-time plan and that other Austrians will join them and help more refugees.
（加註：refugee 難民；war 戰爭）
VOICES OF PEOPLE
Ellen Zimmer
If you want to learn about bringing back extinct animals, reading John Smith's *Back from the Dead* is a good start. But I have to say I can't agree with everything he says.
From his book, I can see Smith is an *advocate* of bringing extinct animals back. He says we have lost many animals because we made their living spaces too dirty. He also thinks we must do everything we can to bring them back. However, I don't know how much time and money we would need to make the world a better place for them, and honestly no one knows if they could actually come back.
Smith also says that bringing back extinct animals may be good for us. He talks about an extinct frog that grew tadpoles in its stomach. Some women's babies die before they are born, and Smith believes bringing back the frog may be an answer to the problem. According to him, by studying how the tadpoles grow inside the frog's stomach, we might be able to find new ways to help these women successfully keep their babies. But I don't think things are as easy as Smith thinks. We have spent ten years and millions of dollars on this kind of frog, but all we have got are only a few dead frog eggs. If we can't see a real frog, how can we be sure women will get the help they need?
Dr. Solomon Wang from the Animal Saving Office says the study of bringing back extinct animals is "throwing good money after bad." And he's right. A lot of hard work has been put into this expensive dream, but we haven't seen anything come out of it. So should we still keep going down this road?
（加註：extinct 絕種的；tadpole 蝌蚪）
What does it mean when someone is an advocate of something?
（A）They talk a lot but do little about it.
✓（B）They believe it is good and should be done.
（C）They have had some bad experiences with it.
（D）They are one of the first people who have done it.
VOICES OF PEOPLE
Ellen Zimmer
If you want to learn about bringing back extinct animals, reading John Smith's *Back from the Dead* is a good start. But I have to say I can't agree with everything he says.
From his book, I can see Smith is an *advocate* of bringing extinct animals back. He says we have lost many animals because we made their living spaces too dirty. He also thinks we must do everything we can to bring them back. However, I don't know how much time and money we would need to make the world a better place for them, and honestly no one knows if they could actually come back.
Smith also says that bringing back extinct animals may be good for us. He talks about an extinct frog that grew tadpoles in its stomach. Some women's babies die before they are born, and Smith believes bringing back the frog may be an answer to the problem. According to him, by studying how the tadpoles grow inside the frog's stomach, we might be able to find new ways to help these women successfully keep their babies. But I don't think things are as easy as Smith thinks. We have spent ten years and millions of dollars on this kind of frog, but all we have got are only a few dead frog eggs. If we can't see a real frog, how can we be sure women will get the help they need?
Dr. Solomon Wang from the Animal Saving Office says the study of bringing back extinct animals is "throwing good money after bad." And he's right. A lot of hard work has been put into this expensive dream, but we haven't seen anything come out of it. So should we still keep going down this road?
（加註：extinct 絕種的；tadpole 蝌蚪）
What is special about the extinct frog in Smith's book?
（A）It can live in a dirty living space.
✓（B）It might help fix a health problem.
（C）It eats its babies when it cannot find food.
（D）It is the first extinct animal that people studied.
VOICES OF PEOPLE
Ellen Zimmer
If you want to learn about bringing back extinct animals, reading John Smith's *Back from the Dead* is a good start. But I have to say I can't agree with everything he says.
From his book, I can see Smith is an *advocate* of bringing extinct animals back. He says we have lost many animals because we made their living spaces too dirty. He also thinks we must do everything we can to bring them back. However, I don't know how much time and money we would need to make the world a better place for them, and honestly no one knows if they could actually come back.
Smith also says that bringing back extinct animals may be good for us. He talks about an extinct frog that grew tadpoles in its stomach. Some women's babies die before they are born, and Smith believes bringing back the frog may be an answer to the problem. According to him, by studying how the tadpoles grow inside the frog's stomach, we might be able to find new ways to help these women successfully keep their babies. But I don't think things are as easy as Smith thinks. We have spent ten years and millions of dollars on this kind of frog, but all we have got are only a few dead frog eggs. If we can't see a real frog, how can we be sure women will get the help they need?
Dr. Solomon Wang from the Animal Saving Office says the study of bringing back extinct animals is "throwing good money after bad." And he's right. A lot of hard work has been put into this expensive dream, but we haven't seen anything come out of it. So should we still keep going down this road?
（加註：extinct 絕種的；tadpole 蝌蚪）
Why does Ellen Zimmer use the words from Dr. Solomon Wang?
VOICES OF PEOPLE
Ellen Zimmer
If you want to learn about bringing back extinct animals, reading John Smith's *Back from the Dead* is a good start. But I have to say I can't agree with everything he says.
From his book, I can see Smith is an *advocate* of bringing extinct animals back. He says we have lost many animals because we made their living spaces too dirty. He also thinks we must do everything we can to bring them back. However, I don't know how much time and money we would need to make the world a better place for them, and honestly no one knows if they could actually come back.
Smith also says that bringing back extinct animals may be good for us. He talks about an extinct frog that grew tadpoles in its stomach. Some women's babies die before they are born, and Smith believes bringing back the frog may be an answer to the problem. According to him, by studying how the tadpoles grow inside the frog's stomach, we might be able to find new ways to help these women successfully keep their babies. But I don't think things are as easy as Smith thinks. We have spent ten years and millions of dollars on this kind of frog, but all we have got are only a few dead frog eggs. If we can't see a real frog, how can we be sure women will get the help they need?
Dr. Solomon Wang from the Animal Saving Office says the study of bringing back extinct animals is "throwing good money after bad." And he's right. A lot of hard work has been put into this expensive dream, but we haven't seen anything come out of it. So should we still keep going down this road?
（加註：extinct 絕種的；tadpole 蝌蚪）
What does Ellen Zimmer most likely think about bringing back extinct animals?（加註：likely 可能）
A HISTORY LESSON ON THE PANDEMIC（2020.10.29）
Since the Covid-19 pandemic started, people have begun "social distancing"—keeping a safe space between you and anyone you don't live with. Though it has been a very popular topic this year, social distancing __40__ . In fact, it was widely used in the U.S. in the flu pandemic in 1918. But how well did it work? The Americans' experience can tell us whether it really saved lives.
（附圖：1918年9月11日至1919年2月19日 Portland、New York、Denver、Pittsburgh 四城市「每週每十萬人死亡人數」折線圖，並以灰色區塊標示各城市實施社交距離的期間，圖略）
From the picture, we can see that __41__ started social distancing earlier than the other three cities. This helped the city keep the number of deaths down. Besides taking early action, keeping the action long enough was also important in fighting the pandemic. The picture shows that Portland and Denver did well in the first few weeks. However, both cities __42__ , and the numbers of deaths climbed again.
But there was one thing Portland did right. The city used several ways of social distancing at the same time to deal with the pandemic. __43__ , sick people were kept away from healthy ones; schools were closed; public activities were not allowed. All these were useful in keeping people safe.
The lessons of the 1918 pandemic bring us hope. While we are still learning to fight Covid-19, social distancing may be the best way to get us through the dark days, at least for now.
（加註：pandemic （疾病的）大流行；per 每(一)）
A HISTORY LESSON ON THE PANDEMIC（2020.10.29）
Since the Covid-19 pandemic started, people have begun "social distancing"—keeping a safe space between you and anyone you don't live with. Though it has been a very popular topic this year, social distancing __40__ . In fact, it was widely used in the U.S. in the flu pandemic in 1918. But how well did it work? The Americans' experience can tell us whether it really saved lives.
（附圖：1918年9月11日至1919年2月19日 Portland、New York、Denver、Pittsburgh 四城市「每週每十萬人死亡人數」折線圖，並以灰色區塊標示各城市實施社交距離的期間，圖略）
From the picture, we can see that __41__ started social distancing earlier than the other three cities. This helped the city keep the number of deaths down. Besides taking early action, keeping the action long enough was also important in fighting the pandemic. The picture shows that Portland and Denver did well in the first few weeks. However, both cities __42__ , and the numbers of deaths climbed again.
But there was one thing Portland did right. The city used several ways of social distancing at the same time to deal with the pandemic. __43__ , sick people were kept away from healthy ones; schools were closed; public activities were not allowed. All these were useful in keeping people safe.
The lessons of the 1918 pandemic bring us hope. While we are still learning to fight Covid-19, social distancing may be the best way to get us through the dark days, at least for now.
（加註：pandemic （疾病的）大流行；per 每(一)）
A HISTORY LESSON ON THE PANDEMIC（2020.10.29）
Since the Covid-19 pandemic started, people have begun "social distancing"—keeping a safe space between you and anyone you don't live with. Though it has been a very popular topic this year, social distancing __40__ . In fact, it was widely used in the U.S. in the flu pandemic in 1918. But how well did it work? The Americans' experience can tell us whether it really saved lives.
（附圖：1918年9月11日至1919年2月19日 Portland、New York、Denver、Pittsburgh 四城市「每週每十萬人死亡人數」折線圖，並以灰色區塊標示各城市實施社交距離的期間，圖略）
From the picture, we can see that __41__ started social distancing earlier than the other three cities. This helped the city keep the number of deaths down. Besides taking early action, keeping the action long enough was also important in fighting the pandemic. The picture shows that Portland and Denver did well in the first few weeks. However, both cities __42__ , and the numbers of deaths climbed again.
But there was one thing Portland did right. The city used several ways of social distancing at the same time to deal with the pandemic. __43__ , sick people were kept away from healthy ones; schools were closed; public activities were not allowed. All these were useful in keeping people safe.
The lessons of the 1918 pandemic bring us hope. While we are still learning to fight Covid-19, social distancing may be the best way to get us through the dark days, at least for now.
（加註：pandemic （疾病的）大流行；per 每(一)）