1、VIPOrange更新更快 出分更穩(wěn) 助橙ACT 小程序1 / 5Exam：VIPOrange - 58Time：2001-1Version：DEMOPART 1 - 英語Passage ITake Me Outside to the Ball GameMy sons are fortunate to have grown up in a city where major league baseball is played. When I was a child, it was a five-hour, once-a-summer trek, to th

2、e nearest major league ballpark. My sons have to endure only the twenty-minute ride to the stadium that we make five or six times a year. But I think my experience needless to say was richer than theirs. The stadium I remember had a natural grass field and seats piled u

3、p high and close to the players so we could hear them mutter. Domed and bowl-shaped, my sons sit in a park where the players meander about on artificial turf that is not natural grass, and where we sat at such a distance that the game appears to be only a rumo

4、r. Fans should not have to endure these errors in aesthetics and architecture?First, the turf should go. There should be nothing artificial about baseball, least of all the grass. The odd green shade of artificial turf is a poor counterfeit of grass green. When my

5、sons and I visit the ballpark we are essential on a picnic. Why gather around a carpet, in which we can do just as well at home, to enjoy our hot dogs, peanuts, and sodas? (10)Second, the dome should go. While it's true that the dome blocks out r

6、ain, it also blocks out the sun and sky. Baseball is a pastoral sport, where players lope across the field, where a strong player can smack a ball seemingly to the sky. Under a dome, the game is hermetically sealed, the players' skins look sickly, and the hit ball is in

7、danger of banging a rafter. Finally, I want my sons to be closer to the game. I don't want us to be forced to the edge, of a bowled stadium, like the remnants of unwanted cereal. I want us to hear the ball slapping the catcher's mitt, and the shortstop yell

8、ing "I got it !" when the ball is popped up in the infield. Let us study an outfielders face, without the aid of binoculars. When he's sprinting toward the infield to catch a short fly ball.Baseball is a game as much about atmosphere as athletics. Arc

9、hitects need to remember stadiums are playgrounds, not office buildings. If architects play fair, they will remember that, and my grandchildren will be thankful when they take their seats in the bleachers.1.A. NO CHANGEB. child, it was a five-hour, once-a-summer trekC. child, it was a five-hour once

10、-a-summer, trekD. child it was a five-hour once-a-summer trek,Answer： B2.A. NO CHANGEB. experience wasC. experience, needless to say, wasD. experience can be considered to beAnswer： B3.A. NO CHANGEB. My sons sit, in a park, domed and bowl-shapedC. My sons in a park sit domed and bowl-shape

11、dD. My sons sit in a domed, bowl-shaped parkAnswer： D4.A. NO CHANGEB. that is not real,C. that's not grassD. OMIT the underlined portion.Answer： D5.A. NO CHANGEB. would setC. SitD. were sittingAnswer： CPART 2 - 數學1. The lowest temperature on a winter morning was -8°F. La

12、ter that same day the temperature reached a high of 24° F. By how many degrees Fahrenheit did the temperature increase?A. 3°B. 8°C. 16°D. 24°E. 32°Answer： E2. Disregarding sales tax, how much will you save when you buy an $11 compact disc that is on

13、sale for 25% off?A. $0.28B. $0.44C. $2.75D. $3.00E. $8.25Answer： C3. As part of a school project, Akio wants to find the average cost of renting a newly released videotape from video rental stores in his neighborhood. He surveys 4 stores and finds the cost of renting a newly

14、 released videotape from the 4 stores to be $3.50, $3.40, $3.50, and $3.00, respectively. Using this data, what is the average cost of renting a newly released videotape from these 4 stores?A. $3.25B. $3.30C. $3.35D. $3.45E. $3.50Answer： C4.In the figure below, AC 

15、is parallel to DE with X on AC and B on DE. Also AB  BC, and the measure of XAB is 110° . What is the measure of ACB ?A. 35°B. 40°C. 55°D. 70°E. 110°Answer： D5.Regular hexagon ABCDEF is

16、 inscribed in a circle, as shown below. If the length of radius OD is 15 centimeters, how long is AB, in centimeters?A. 15B. 18C. 30D. 5E.Answer： APART 3 - 閱讀Passage IPROSE FICTION: This passage is adapted from "A New England Nun," a short story by M

17、ary Wilkins Freeman (©1979 by The New American Library, Inc.).Louisa was slow and still in her movements; it took her a long time to prepare her tea; but when ready it was set forth with as much grace as if she had been a veritable guest to her own self. The little

18、 square table stood exactly in the centre of the kitchen, and was covered with a starched linen cloth whose border pattern of flowers glistened. Louisa· had a damask napkin on her tea-tray, where were arranged a cut-glass tumbler full of teaspoons, a silver cream-pitche

19、r, a china sugar-bowl, and one pink china cup and saucer. Louisa used china every daysomething which none of her neighbors did. They whispered about it among themselves Their daily tables were laid with common crockery, their sets of best china stayed in the parlor closet, and

20、60;Louisa Ellis was no richer nor better bred than they. Still she would use the china. She had for her supper a glass dish full of sugared currants, a plate of little cakes, and one of light white biscuits. Also a leaf or two of lettuce, which she cut up daintily. Louisa was

21、0;very fond of lettuce, which she raised to perfection in her little garden. She ate quite heartily, though in a delicate, pecking way; it seemed almost surprising that any considerable bulk of the food should vanish.After tea she filled a plate with nicely baked thin corn-cakes,

22、 and carried them out into the back-yard."Caesar!" she called. "Caesar! Caesar!"There was a little rush, and the clank of a chain, and a large yellow-and-white dog appeared at the door of his tiny hut, which was half hidden among the tall grasses and flowers. Louis

23、a patted him and gave him the corn-cakes. Then she returned to the house and washed the tea-things, polishing the china carefully.Louisa took off her green gingham apron, disclosing a shorter one of pink and white print. She lighted her lamp, and sat down again with her sewing.In

24、 about half an hour Joe Dagget came. She heard his heavy step on the walk, and rose and took off her pink-and-white apron. Under that was still anotherwhite linen with a little cambric edging on the bottom; that was Louisa's company apron. She never wore it without her calico

25、 sewing apron over it unless she had a guest. She had barely folded the pink and white one with methodical haste and laid it in a table-drawer when the door opened and Joe Dagget entered.He seemed to fill up the whole room. A little yellow canary that had been asleep in his green

26、 cage at the south window woke up and fluttered wildly, beating his little yellow wings against the wires. He always did so when Joe Dagget came into the room.She placed a chair for him, and they sat facing each other, with the table between them. He sat bolt-upright, toeing

27、 out his heavy feet squarely, glancing with a good-humored uneasiness around the room. She sat gently erect, folding her slender hands in her white-linen lap."Been a pleasant day," remarked Dagget."Real pleasant," Louisa assented, softly. "Have you been haying

28、?" she asked, after a little while."Yes. Pretty hot work.".Presently Dagget began fingering the books on the table. There was a square red autograph album, and a Young Lady's Gift-Book which had belonged to Louisa's mother. He took them up one after the other

29、60;and opened them; then laid them down again, the album on the Gift-Book.Louisa kept eyeing them with mild uneasiness. Finally she rose and changed the position of the books, putting the album underneath. That was the way they had been arranged in the first place.Dagget gave an

30、awkward little laugh. "Now what difference did it make which book was on top?" said he.Louisa looked at him with a deprecating smile. "I always keep them that way," murmured she."You do beat everything," said Dagget, trying to laugh again. His large

31、face was flushed.He remained about an hour longer, then rose to take leave. Going out, he stumbled over a rug, and trying to recover himself, hit Louisa's work-basket on the table, and knocked it on the floor.He looked at Louisa, then at the rolling spools; he ducked himself

32、awkwardly toward them, but she stopped him. "Never mind," said she; "I'll pick them up after you're gone.".Louisa got a dust-pan and brush, and swept Joe Dagget's track carefully.If he could have known it, it would have increased his perplexity and

33、 uneasiness, although it would not have disturbed his loyalty in the least.They were to be married in a month, after a singular courtship which had lasted for a matter of fifteen years. For fourteen out of the fifteen years the two had not once seen each other, and they had seldo

34、m exchanged letters.1. The first paragraph suggests that Louisa's neighbors consider her to be:A. a close friend.B. someone to be emulated.C. a bit odd and stuck up.D. a rich eccentric.Answer： C2. It is reasonable to infer from the passage that Joe trips on Louisa's rug b

35、ecause he is:I. usually reckless and careless.II. always clumsy and weak.III. feeling uneasy at the moment.A. I onlyB. III onlyC. I and  onlyD. II and  onlyAnswer： B3.The evidence in the passage most strongly supports an inference that when he is at Louisa's house Joe pr

36、imarily feels:A. uncomfortable.B. amused.C. happy.D. annoyed.Answer： C4. It is reasonable to conclude from the sequence of events narrated in the passage that Louisa tells Joe she'll pick up the spools after he leaves because she:A. wants to reassure him that the mess is unim

37、portant to her.B. is trying to get him to pay more attention to her.C. blames herself for leaving the work-basket where it could be knocked over.D. fears that if he does it, he'll only create more disorder.Answer： D5. The phrase "a veritable guest to her own self" (highl

38、ighted portion) most strongly suggests that Louisa:A. pretends that she has visitors.B. wishes she had company.C. treats herself well.D. is self-effacing and ill-at-ease in her own home.Answer： CPART 4 - 科學Passage Students debate 4 hypotheses regarding the Moon's origin, based on the f

39、ollowing observations.ObservationsObservation 1 - Earth and the Moon have the same proportions of various oxygen isotopes (forms of oxygen).Observation 2 - The same minerals that compose terrestrial lavas are also found in lunar lava specimens.Observation 3 - The Moon contai

40、ns little or no water.Observation 4 - Earth contains a much higher percentage of iron than does the Moon.Observation 5 - Fossil records show that the length of Earth's day used to be shorter.Observation 6 - Collisions between Mars and other objects have resulted in the ejection of

41、 material from Mars's surface. Some of the ejected material has reached Earth.Hypothesis 1All of the material that formed the Moon came from Earth. The rate of Earth's spin on its axis was high enough at one time to eject material from Earth's surface. This mater

42、ial was unable to escape Earth's gravity and went into orbit around Earth, forming the Moon.Hypothesis 2The material that composes the Moon came mostly from Earth's surface. A large object from another part of the solar system collided with Earth and threw the surface mat

43、erial into orbit around Earth. Some of the differences in composition between Earth and the Moon might be accounted for by the composition of matter from the large object.Hypothesis 3The Moon was never a part of Earth, because Earth's and the Moon's chemical compositions

44、have too few similarities. The Moon and Earth probably formed within the same cloud of gas and dust, when large clumps of gas and dust in the cloud gravitationally attracted additional materials from the cloud. (The collapse of clouds of gas and dust also results in the form

45、ation of stars.)Hypothesis 4The Moon most likely came from somewhere in the solar system far from Earth. As the Moon approached Earth, it was attracted more strongly by Earth's gravitational field. Although the Moon speeded up as it approached Earth, it was not moving fast enough as it passed Earth to escape Earth's gravity. Consequently, it entered into orbit around Earth.1. According to Hypothesis 2, the origin of most of the matter composing the Moon was most likely which of the fo