Passage 1 (91年6月 Passage 1 )
11.
A Her husband had got a higher position
B Her husband had lost his job
C She wanted to have a cleaner house
D She wanted to move to New York

12
A His telephone went out of order
B The buyers had to leave soon
C He began to work at 08 a.m.
D He had made an appointment with her for 08 a.m.

13
A They considered her lazy
B They saw something they had never seen
C They considered her foolish
D They saw something familiar to them

原文：
When my husband was promoted, we put our house up for sale. Three weeks later , it was still on the market. I became a busy housekeeper. Ever room had to be kept tidy, and dishes had to be washed and put away when used . then one day the doorbell rang unexpectedly at 08 a.m. Sleepily ,I open the door and saw our agent standing there with a couple from New York. “There was no time to call ”, he explained, ”because the couple had to catch a plane home.”

The three people made their way passed the dirty breakfast dishes on the kitchen table and into bedroom with unmade beds. As I retreated into a bathroom to comb my hair , I heard the man say something to his wife . Then they both laughed.

Two days later , the agent phoned to tell me that the couple had bought the house . He repeated what the buyer had said when he handed over the check the following day : “ That house has a warm, lived-in-feeling , just like ours.”

Question
11．Why did the speaker sell her house ?
12．Why did the agent visit the speaker so early in the morning?
13．Why did the couple laugh in the speaker’s house ?

答案與分析
11 A 這一題考的就是文章的第一句話When my husband was promoted ，而且這里有一個時間項標志詞“when”。Promote 升遷，晉升，與選項A的got a higher position是同意復現。
12 B 這一題的考點在第一段最后一行那個Agent說的話：because the couple had to catch a plane home. 這里有個很明顯的因果項標志詞because。這句話時說他們要去趕飛機，所以選B, 這是一個近義復現
13 D 這一題的考點是文章的最后一句話“That house has a warm, lived-in-feeling , just like ours.”這個房子有一種溫暖和居住的感覺，就像我們自己的。這句話的意思也就是D選項的“something familiar to them”有些東西讓他們很熟悉很親近。

其實能抓住前面三句，最后兩句，再加上一些標志詞，應該還是能夠把握考點的。