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began in 1924. Attorney General(司法部長 ) Harlan F Stone chose J Edgar Hoover, a young lawyer(律師) in the Department of Justice(司法部 ), to head the new agency. “What we need 22 a new kind of police force,” he said. “Criminals today are smart. We can’t 23 them in old ways. We have to 24 officers to work scientifically.” J Edgar Hoover quietly went ahead with his plans. He chose his men 25 . They had to be 26 the ages of twentyfive and thirtyfive. He wanted only people with good manners and good 27 . They would have to meet all kinds of people 28 they worked as his officers. Hoover wanted people who could use a teacup as 29 as a gun. He chose people 30 carefully that he made the FBI the hardest service in the world to get into. The FBI cannot help in every crime. It can look into only certain crimes against the government. Solving all the other crimes is the duty of local police forces. ( ) 16. A. exciting B. frightening C. interesting D. surprising ( ) 17. A. it B. him C. her D. them ( ) 18. A. after B. near C. before D. beside ( ) 19. A. joke B. story C. trick D. mistake ( ) 20. A. how B. why C. when D. where ( ) 21. A. excited B. generous C. nervous D. relaxed ( ) 22. A. is B. are C. was D. were ( ) 23. A. beat (打敗 ) B. hunt C. kill D. win ( ) 24. A. ask B. advise C. help D. train ( ) 25. A. quickly B. slowly C. carefully D. carelessly ( ) 26. A. at B. between C. from D. over ( ) 27. A. appearance B. character C. humour D. mood ( ) 28. A. If B. Though C. When D. While ( ) 29. A. often B. quickly C. soon D. well ( ) 30. A. too B. very C. so D. such 六、閱讀理解(共 4小題;每小題 2分,滿分 8分) Which part of the world has the most nearsighted students? Just look around you– it’s East Asia. Nine in ten school leavers in major East Asian cities are nearsighted, according to the BBC. Experts say books and video games are not to blame. East Asian students, they say, aren’t getting enough sunlight. People bee nearsighted because their eyeballs grow out of shape and light entering their eyes cannot focus correctly. The body can produce a chemical called dopamine (多巴胺 ) to stop eyeballs from changing shape. And guess what scientists have just discovered? Sunlight can help our bodies produce more dopamine, reported AFP. According to the study, primary school students in Singapore spend only 30 minutes outdoors every day。 in Australia, by contrast, kids spend about three hours a day outside. As a result, fewer children in Australia are nearsighted– only 10 percent, pared with 90 percent in Singapore. “Children in East Asia basically go to school... go home and stay inside. They study and they watc