閱讀表達 (滿分 10 分)
(1)The half-empty coffee cups, still standing
next to their plates, tell of a morning like others. And yet, that grey
covering of dust that everything wears tells a different story: it tells
of screams, tears, confusion, terror and blood.
(2)Now the restaurant in the World Trade
Center will never again serve breakfast. And never again will all those people
go there to eat or work --- those people of America whose faces have entered
our hearts. So many people whose faces we associate with life and liveliness
_______ tonight. So many words remain unsaid, and so much happiness has been
destroyed. In their places are tear-stained faces. My generation has seen this.
On Monday, a fight with my sister and a bad grade seemed to be the biggest
problems in the world. Tonight, so many people across the country know that
America’s pain is at its worst ever. We have read about World War II, and we have seen the black-and-white pictures. But to most students,
that’s an event on a textbook page that would never happen today.
(3) After all, this was a time of peace and
wealth --- the United States was powerful and successful. There would be no
more wars, and we were lucky to live in such a time. But when those planes hit;
when firefighters with terror on their faces ran among the parts of the
buildings that had fallen; when people screamed for their family members; when
history was unfolding before our eyes, in full, clear colour ---- then we knew
the world had been changed.
(4) Everything that had happened in the past
seemed to take on new life through September 11, 2001. And when they say this
is the worst wound in American soil, I say, I thought this place was an empire.
And I say, I thought this was a time of peace. And I say, I thought we were
safe.
(5) Knowing how many human beings turned to ashes
in a second, and seeing some jumps from the buildings, I know that my
generation is growing up in a world where mankind can still be evil. But seeing
those heroes risk lives among the castle-like ruins, and seeing the eager blood
donors at the hospitals, my generation has learned that tears are allowed, that
mankind can also be beautiful, and that the ghost of evil will never defeat the
spirit of good.
1.Why was the passage written? (no more than 7 words)
2.List two things that make the writer believe the world
is still beautiful. (no more than 15 words)
3.What does the underlined word “it” refer to? (no more
than 8 words)
4.Fill in the blank with proper words. (no more than 3
words)
5.What event of the past did September 11 remind the
writer of? (no more than 5 words)