文意選填：20 % (每題 1 分,請以代號作答, 每一選項限用一次) [A]Shohei Ohtani has arguably been the most hyped rookie the Major League Baseball has ever seen. The buzz about baseballplayer Shohei Ohtani, arguably one of Japan's most promising young athletes for generations, was__ 1__ in Oakland, California, as14,644 fans turned up at the ballpark to see the rookie known as the Japanese Babe Ruth. The fans__ 2__ their cell phones to getimages of him, while others held up his Los Angeles Angels jersey and signs written in Japanese. This is part of the__ 3__ spotlightthat this 23-year-old baseball sensation has to deal with— to say nothing of the euphoric attention he’s still receiving at home.Ohtani is a rare example of a top class __4__ in baseball. Able to both bat and pitch, he's called a two-wayer. Now in MLB,he’s trying to do something not seen since Babe Ruth was a two-way star for the Boston Red Sox in 1919. Aside from being an adeptpitcher, the batted balls he launches are flying further than some of the best major leaguers. His "insane" performance has even led tosome __5__ that "Shohei Ohtani is very clearly not from this planet." Japan has the second biggest baseball league outside the US, so it is no surprise that it has produced a player of this__ 6__ .Ohtani's family background also counts. According to one report that tracked the__ 7__ career of the young athlete, his father wasan avid player and encouraged his children to play catch when he returned home from the Mitsubishi plant where he worked. He’sbeen challenged since he was young, so he’s seasoned to what a lot of players have to get acclimated to. Ohtani has been playing at a very high level of baseball from a very young age and had his __8__ share of record-setting inJapan. In his high school, Ohtani threw the fastest pitch ever recorded by a Japanese high school pitcher, at 160 km/h (99 mph). Hespent five seasons (2013-17) as a member of the Nippon Ham Fighters and was a five-time all-star and 2016 Pacific Coast LeagueMVP. On the__ 9__ he combined to go 42-15 with a 2.52 ERA and 624 strikeouts. At the plate he hit .286 with 48 home runs and166 RBIs. In his final two seasons he batted .328. In 2014 he became the first player to both remove 10 batters and hit 10 or morehome runs in a season. Nobody has broken that record. Now the player, seen in Japan as a quiet but effective __10__ on the pitch, isproving himself on American soil. There is no doubt that Shohei Ohtani will continue to not only live up to the hype but exceed it.  (AB) mound (AC) all-rounder (AD) ossified (AE) interim (BC) steadied(BD) caliber (BE) scintillating (CD) palpable (CE) innocuous (DE) fair(ABC) nascent (ABD) allayed (ABE) conjecture (BCD) presence (BCE) unrelenting
【題組】1. (AB) mound (AC) all-rounder (AD) ossified (AE) interim (BC) steadied (BD) caliber (BE) scintillating (CD) palpable (CE) innocuous (DE) fair (ABC) nascent (ABD) allayed (ABE) conjecture (BCD) presence (BCE) unrelenting