【大問1 読解問題】
Read this article and answer the questions below.
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Title:Adapted from What Monkeys Can Teach Us About Fairness
Author:Nicholas Kristof
Website:The New York Times
Date:2017
URL:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/opinion/sunday/what-monkeys-can-teach-us-about-fairness.html
Reading:
大問1 設問1:Choose the most suitable answer from those below to complete the following sentence.
The monkeys that threw slices of cucumber back at the researcher
(a) disliked the type of cucumbers they were being given.
(b) failed to understand the importance of fairness.
(c) felt upset that other monkeys were getting better treatment.
(d) had no more stones they could throw at the researcher.
(e) thought the researcher wanted to have them.
大問1 設問2:Choose the most suitable order of sentences from those below to fill in blank space (A).
(a) However, on some flights, they get on in the middle of the plane.
(b) Looking at these two scenarios, the researchers found that an air-rage incident in the economy was three times as likely when economy passengers had to walk through first class compared with when they bypassed it.
(c) When there is a first-class section, it is at the front of the plane, and economy passengers typically walk through it to reach their seats.
大問1 設問3:Choose the most suitable answer from those below to complete the following sentence.
Keith Payne suggests that we are mistaken to think that
(a) data regarding matters of inequality accurately reflects the true situation.
(b) earning the minimum wage will strengthen family relationships.
(c) humans can best be described as social creatures.
(d) poverty is the reason for the weakening of social ties.
(e) the disadvantage of being poor changes our perception of the value of food.
大問1 設問4:Choose the most suitable answer from those below to fill in blank space (B).
(a) discovered that the owners were right
(b) found that the opposite was true
(e) revealed that this helped to raise wages
(d) saw little value in their findings
(c) were unable to establish a relationship
大問1 設問5:Use six of the seven words below to fill in blank space (C) in the best way. Indicate your choices for the second, fourth, and sixth positions.
(a) is
(b) it
(c) rather
(d) so
(e) than
(f) the
(g) way
大問1 設問6:Choose the most suitable answer from those below to complete the following sentence.
The writer concludes that dealing with the problems he describes requires us to
(a) distinguish between the causes and symptoms of unhappiness.
(b) focus on how unequal American society has become.
(c) increase the income of those at the bottom of society.
(d) remove controversial individuals from public office.
(e) understand the importance of racial tension in the U.S.
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