Question

第二節閱讀填空(共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分)

When my son was 11 years old,he got a small job helping out with a travelling carnival (狂歡節) while it was in our town. 51 Instead he told me he was fine and had found a few days’ work helping out at an exhibit. He turned up for supper as usual after he finished work.

I asked him how he had managed at lunch and he told me he had made some new friends at the carnival,some young men who were twin brothers,and their mum and dad. They had paid him a few dollars,and invited him for lunch in return for helping them set up their exhibit. 52

I was glad he had found new friends but a little worried about the type of people that might be travelling in a carnival.

“Oh,Mum,these are just normal everyday people like anyone else. 53 Come down tomorrow and meet them yourself,” he said. So the next day I went to the carnival and to the exhibif he had directed me to. The twin brothers turned out to be Siamese twins (連體雙胞胎) ，joined at the chest.

54 When I brought it to him,he said ,“Yes ,

I noticed that too. Do you know that their mum has to make all their clothes because it's so difficult to find anything to fit them? They’re also really good cooks. Today,Joe,the one on the right,made me spaghetti for lunch.

What others see first in a person is not what a child considers important. Where I saw Siamese twins,he saw people having difficulty buying clothes that fit,and young men who were good cooks. 55

   A. He didn't come home at lunchtime.

   B. He told me he could make much money.

   C. They just work at a carnival instead of in a store.

   D. I asked him why he didn't come back home for lunch.

   E. He hadn’t thought this fact was worthy enough to mention.

   F. It was a lesson that I have thought about many times over the years.

   G. They wanted him to return the next day to help them with other chores (雜事) .

51. 52.  53.

54.  55.

Answer 1

51. A 52. G 53. C 54. E 55. F