Reading Smart HI: Test 6

 EliteABC Reading Smart (High-Intermediate) Test 6 Section 2: Units 3-4 得分：_____

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Part I. Grammar & Vocabulary (40％)

(   ) 1. We have no other _____ than to hold te party in the park.

(A) petroleum     (B) starch                  (C) alternative           (D) anguish

(   ) 2. It's a mistake for some employees to think they are _____ because the truth is that everyone is replaceable.

(A) indignant      (B) indifferent           (C) independent        (D) indispensable

(   ) 3. The only _____ Betty carried was a small leather purse.

(A) hype             (B) furnace                (C) accessory            (D) crescent

(   ) 4. The songwriter _____ with other musicians to create a song to raise money for the refugees.

(A) collaborated (B) composted          (C) conformed          (D) conceded

(   ) 5. When Lucy feels someone is getting too close to her, she pushes them away as a defense _____.

(A) incentive      (B) mechanism          (C) happening           (D) infinity

(   ) 6. Sandy is a very _____ artist; she has produced more than a thousand paintings.

(A) timid            (B) renewable           (C) labor-intensive    (D) prolific

(   ) 7. The hotel is not all that it's _____ to be, even though the brochure makes it look very nice.

(A) cracked up   (B) turned out           (C) raced against       (D) broke down

(   ) 8. Staring at the TV for most of your evenings is not a very way to spend your time.

(A) disastrous     (B) consistent            (C) worthwhile          (D) biodegradable

(   ) 9. However hard Allen tried, he was unable to _____ all of his parents' expectations.

(A) make up for (B) brush up              (C) come up with      (D) live up to

(   ) 10. The comedian made a name _____ himself by doing impressions of stars like Tom Cruise.

(A) by                (B) for                       (C) to                        (D) as

 

Part II. Fill-in-the-Blank (40％) [請忽略大小寫]

(A) evolved               (B) generate        (C) institutions    (D) utilized         (E) place

(F) abusing                (G) commodities (H) recyclable     (I) installation     (J) canvases

(   ) 11. The counselor _____ her powers of observation to help the person seeking her advice.

(   ) 12. Now, people are turning to special websites to _____ funding for their independent projects.

(   ) 13. A special collection of the painter's _____ will be on exhibit at the museum for a limited time.

(   ) 14. _____ his executive power, Ted had stolen funds from his company for more than six years.

(   ) 15. My great-grandfather made a fortune trading in _____ like tea and sugar back in the day.

(   ) 16. These once weak plants have _____ into a species that can survive in the harshest conditions.

(   ) 17. Hong Kong is a place that has a high concentration of banking _____

(   ) 18. Most of the plastic items today are _____, so don't just throw them out with your regular trash.

(   ) 19. This town was an army base in the first _____, and that's why there are lots of guard posts there.

(   ) 20. The artist's latest _____ includes a virtual man that interacts directly with viewers.

 

Part III. Reading Comprehension (20%)

If you're into polka dots, then you've probably heard of Yayoi Kusama. Her work is dominated by them and other repeating patterns, along with psychedelic colors. While her art has made her famous, what most people don't realize is that it has literally kept her alive all these years.

Born to a wealthy, conservative family in Japan in 1929, Kusama was treated badly by her mother as a child and showed signs of mental illness at a young age. In the late 1950s, she left that world and moved to New York City even though she didn't know anyone there. She climbed through the ranks of the local avant-garde art scene and quickly became famous. The polka dots came about in the 1960s with her protests of the Vietnam War. She would paint them on the participants of the anti-war gatherings she held.

A decade later, Kusama moved back to Japan and admitted herself to a mental institution to help her deal with the hallucinations and obsessive and suicidal thoughts she often suffered. However, instead of trying to cure her mental problems, she's used them to make art in the studio she kept down the street. It has been this way for the past 40 years, and she is still making art today.

(   ) 21. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as being a theme of Yayoi Kusama's work?

(A) Repeating patterns                      (B) New York City

(C) Polka dots                                   (D) Psychedelic colors

(   ) 22. When did Yayoi Kusama move to New York City?

(A) In the late 1920s                         (B) In the early 1930s

(C) In the early 1940s                       (D) In the late 1950s

(   ) 23. Which war did Yayoi Kusama protest with her art, according to the article?

(A) World War I                                (B) World War I

(C) The Vietnam War                        (D) The Korean War

(   ) 24. How does Yayoi Kusama deal with her mental problems, according to the article?

(A) She uses them to create art.                (B) She takes a lot of pills to cure them.

(C) She goes on vacations around the world. (D) She practices yoga every day.