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. A. courage B. interest C. hope D. chance 第三部分:閱讀理解(共 20 小題,每小題 2 分,滿分 40 分) A Su Hua is studying at Cambridge, UK. She has bought a bicycle and is worried about security (安全 ). Her friend, Kate, found this article and sent it to her. Introduction A lot of crime is against bicycles. About 150, 000 bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found. You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps. Basic Security Do not leave your bicycle in outoftheway places. Always lock your bicycle when you leave. Secure it to lampposts or trees. Take off smaller parts and take them with you, for example lights and saddles (車座 ). Locks Get a good lock. There are many different types in the shops. Buy one that has been tested against attack. Ask for a remendation from a bike shop. Marking Security marking your bike can act a deterrent to a thief. It can also help the police find your bicycle. It should be clearly written and include your postcode and your house or flat number. This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle. Registration There are a number of panies who will security mark your bicycle for you. They will then put your registration number and personal details on their puter database. Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you. Finally Keep a record of the bicycle yourself: its make, model and registration number. You can even take a photograph of it. This will prove the bicycle belongs to you. 56. Which part of the text gives you information on how to lock up your bicycle when you leave it? A. Locks. B. Marking. C. Registration. D. Basic Security. 57. The underlined phrase “act as a deterrent to a thief” means ______. A. help you recognize your bike B. help the police find your bicycle C. stop someone stealing your bicycle D. stop you worryinMIg about your bike 58. The article advises you to keep a record of your bicycle _______. A. in the bike shop and your puter B. in the police station and a security pany C. in a security pany and your university D. by yourself and in a security pany 59. The main purpose of this article is _________. A. to tell you what to do if your bicycle is stolen B. to suggest ways of keeping your bicycle safe C. to give you advice on where to buy a good lock D. to say why you shouldn’t keep your bicycle in a quiet place B Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact (互動 ) these days. The term is “worked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals (個體 ) and be worked at the same time? You need other people for works. Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Inter and , our social works included live interactions with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in real time. A recent research study by the Pew Inter and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the puter has replaced this personto person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing. Why? In the past, many people were worried that the Inter isolated (孤立 ) us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the puter. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Inter connects us with more real people than expected — helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Inter plays an impo