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請依下文回答第 13 題至第 17 題Many Americans have sought the office of president of the United States and have deliberately shaped their livesto that end. John Quincy Adams’ parents prepared him for the presidency from boyhood. But although Adamsachieved his goal of becoming president, his term in the White House was 13 by his two other political careers－asAmerica’s greatest diplomat and as its greatest defender of human freedom in the U.S. House of Representatives.During Adams’ years in the House of Representatives, the stormy issue of slavery faced the U.S. At heart Adamswas an abolitionist: he wished to 14 slavery. But he was politically prudent, and did not say so publicly. He became aleader of the anti-slavery forces in Congress but limited his efforts to constitutional means. He sought to abolishslavery in the District of Columbia. He opposed its expansion into the territories of the United States. And he 15the right of petition to Congress for abolition of slavery.“Old Man Eloquent,” 16 Adams was called, opposed the war with Mexico that followed the annexation of Texas,which was originally part of Mexico, in 1845. He considered it an unjust war. While 17 the award of swords ofhonor to the American generals who had won the war, Adams collapsed on the floor of the House. He died two dayslater in the Capitol.
【題組】13
(A)overshadowed
(B)overridden
(C)outnumbered
(D)outgrown

參考答案

答案：A
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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【評論內容】(A)overshadowed   遮暗(B)overridden          撤銷(C)outnumbered     數量多於......(D)outgrown            長得超過