行政警察人員 101 年英文考古題

A person that truly believes in democracy is always of different opinions. (A)terrified (B)tolerant (C)deprived (D)ignorant

Let’s for world peace and hope there will be no more war in the world. (A)pray (B)apply (C)pay (D)play

The terrorist in Wednesday’s attack has been as a former factory worker who has been out of job for twoyears. (A)acknowledged (B)identified (C)analyzed (D)resembled

Mr. Lee does not plan to move to Japan . He will stay there for only six months. (A)consecutively (B)fortunately (C)permanently (D)frequently

His as a mayor will expire in two months; he plans to take a long vacation in Hawaii. (A)term (B)method (C)pace (D)journal

Wisdom is more an of life experience than of knowledge. In other words, a learned man is not necessarilya wise man. (A)anticipation (B)accumulation (C)auction (D)impediment

To avoid being heard, she leaned over and the secret in his ear. (A)whispered (B)tickled (C)declared (D)shouted

In general, people in Taiwan are friendly and towards their international visitors and guests. (A)appropriate (B)hospitable (C)substantial (D)unilateral

If the president cannot show up, the vice president may him at some official ceremonies. (A)represent (B)disguise (C)exchange (D)oppose請回答第10 題至第14 題：WARNING: Do not give this medicine to children under age 12. Keep this and all drugs out of 10 of children.11 overdose, contact a physician or poison control center immediately. Do not use this product if you are pregnantor 12 a baby. Do not use this product while operating a vehicle or machinery. Consult your physician before usingthis product if you have 13 the following conditions: heart problems, high blood pressure, and asthma.Adult Dose: Use only 14 by your physician.USE ONLY IF PRINTED SEAL UNDER CAP IS INTACT.

(A)control (B)mind (C)breath (D)reach

(A)In case of (B)In spite of (C)Because of (D)Regardless of

(A)nursing (B)milking (C)hugging (D)discarding

(A)any of (B)either of (C)neither of (D)none of

(A)as directed (B)with care (C)in agreement (D)at will請回答第15 題至第18 題：Subjects in many old photos were not smiling at the camera for two reasons. Ann Thomas, curator of photographs atthe National Gallery of Canada, says, “In the early days of photography, 15 existed a tradition of formality－handeddown from portrait painting－in which posing for a photograph was considered a 16 occasion.”The second reason, according to Thomas, is that prior to the 1880s, photographs required long exposures. So 17 theprocess, this could involve 20 minutes or more. This necessitated the subject remaining still, and since maintaining asmile for such an 18 period was difficult, it was discouraged. The arrival of smiling faces in photos came after theinvention of the snapshot in the 1880s with the introduction of the Kodak dry-plate camera.

(A)it (B)that (C)when (D)there

(A)serene (B)solemn (C)smooth (D)successful

(A)resulting in (B)depending on (C)contributing to (D)bringing about

(A)intended (B)extended (C)explosive (D)internal請回答第19 題至第22 題：Modern cities can be great places in which to live. They can also be hellholes, overcrowded, dirty, noisy, andpolluted. Much of the blame for that 19 traffic congestion. But city planners are fighting back and 20 withinnovative ways to make some of the world’s great cities good to live in once again. Let’s take London for example.Elected in May 2000, mayor Ken Livingstone vowed to tackle congestion by charging vehicles coming into the citycenter. In February 2003, his administration introduced a daily $12 toll for entering a 22-square-kilometer central zone. Ina 2003 poll, 63 percent of Londoners said they supported the charge, for the simple reason 21 it works. Fiftythousand fewer vehicles a day go into the city. Roads are less congested, there are fewer accidents, and journey hours arefaster. London’s success has not gone 22 . “Every major city in the world has asked us about congestion charging,”says Transport for London spokesman Graham Goodwin.

(A)lives on (B)lies with (C)consists of (D)rings up

(A)coming up (B)making up (C)getting along (D)getting in touch

(A)which (B)where (C)that (D)why

(A)unnoticed (B)unoccupied (C)inspected (D)recognized請回答第23 題至第27 題：Individual exercise has a lot of advantages over team sports. Students who hate team sports because of roughteammates, harsh coaches, and social pressure sometimes grow 23 of all exercise. Individualized exercise programscan help 24 those fears. Moreover, individual exercise is easier to schedule than team sports, because a student canwork whenever he or she is free, 25 an overall fitness goal is achieved. If an eighth-grader’s goal is to bring herresting heart rate down to 75 beats per minute in 14 days, she can run or do other aerobic exercise nearly anywhere, anytime. There’s no need to make her 26 all the other eighth graders to do so. Finally, individual exercise is morepractical as a lifetime pursuit. Not many adults have the time to organize, practice, and play team sports like football.27 any adult, however, can find time to run or ride a bicycle three or four times a week. These activities are ideal foran individualized exercise program.

(A)hopeful (B)harmful (C)fearful (D)faithful

(A)resume (B)receive (C)remind (D)reduce

(A)as long as (B)even though (C)unless (D)since

(A)come up with (B)make up for (C)get ahead of (D)get together with

(A)Almost (B)Always (C)Hardly (D)Seldom請回答第28 題至第32 題：Being the oldest daughter has both advantages and disadvantages. The responsibility of taking care of a home can bea great 28 to the oldest daughter in a family, especially if she is still in school. 29 , this responsibility also givesher the opportunity to gain the experience that will later help her in her marriage or college life. The disadvantage ofbeing the oldest daughter is that when she becomes responsible for doing all of the housework, she may have a difficulttime keeping up with her studies, since both 30 a considerable amount of time and energy. There is, however, at leastone advantage to being the oldest daughter in the family. If she has previously experienced the “housewife role” whilegrowing up, she may be able to avoid the trial-and-error approach many women have to 31 when they first getmarried and have children. 32 the oldest daughter does not choose to get married, her knowledge and experience intaking care of a house will be helpful once she leaves home to live on her own.

(A)glory (B)burden (C)fame (D)pleasure

(A)Nevertheless (B)Moreover (C)Therefore (D)Otherwise

(A)take (B)spend (C)cost (D)gain

(A)stop by (B)go through (C)pull over (D)turn down

(A)Because (B)Although (C)Given that (D)Even if請回答第33 題至第36 題：Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, on April 28, 1926. She is an American novelist, best known for her1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 and became aninstant international bestseller. In its first year, it sold half a million copies and was translated into 10 languages. It wonthe Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1961 and was adapted to the screen the following year. Lee was 34 when the book waspublished, and it remains her first and only novel.Lee’s story unfolds in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s when Atticus Finch, a lawyer and a single father, is calledupon to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a poor white girl, Mayella Ewell. The setting andseveral of the characters are drawn from real life. Finch was the maiden name of Lee’s mother, and the character of Dillwas drawn from Capote, Lee’s childhood friend. The trial itself has parallels to the infamous “Scottsboro Trial,” in whichthe charge was rape. In both cases, the defendants were African-American men and their accusers, white women.

How many novels has Harper Lee written? (A)One (B)Two (C)Three (D)Four

When was the novel To Kill a Mockingbird adapted to the screen? (A)1926 (B)1960 (C)1961 (D)1962

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, what is Tom Robinson charged with? (A)Murder (B)Rape (C)Vandalism (D)Robbery

According to this article, what is To Kill a Mockingbird mainly about? (A)Childhood memory (B)Racism (C)American culture (D)The Scottsboro Trial請回答第37 題至第40 題：Since the early 1990s, the Internet has become a powerful force in both communication and business. Some peoplehave compared the Internet business boom with the gold rush thinking in the US in the 1800s. And like the gold rush ofthat time, there has been a lot of exaggeration and oversimplification about how easy it is to “get rich quick.” Several ofthe biggest myths about e-commerce are discussed below.The biggest myth about e-commerce is “It’s easy.” It’s true that putting up a website is easy. But for a site to beeffective at selling products is a lot harder. As Charles Feld explains, “A website is like an iceberg. What you see lookssmall and simple, but below it there are a lot of complicated issues.” Another myth is “It’s cheap.” But especially forlarge companies which are trying to set up full online commerce sites, the costs are never low. A survey of 100businesses found that most companies spend about US$750,000 just for the technology of doing e-commerce. Then thereare the costs related to marketing the e-commerce sites. Other costs come from integrating the existing business with thebusiness done online. Still another myth is that “Everybody is doing it.” It may be true that almost every company has awebsite, but many of these sites are for information rather than for commerce. The reason for this is that many companiesdo not see e-commerce as a big advantage over the old ways of doing business. Customers also just do not see anadvantage to shopping online for things like clothes. Online they cannot actually try on the clothes or feel the material.

Which of the following statements best describes the main idea of this passage? (A)It’s cheap to set up a website for e-commerce. (B)Both the gold rush and e-commerce are a get-rich-quick scheme. (C)Many people have some wrong ideas about doing business online. (D)Making money through e-commerce is easier than opening a store to sell products.

Why is the Internet boom similar to the gold rush in the US during the 1800s? (A)They both started in California. (B)Many people made a lot of money through both of them. (C)They both have become a powerful force in communication and business. (D)There’s much misleading information on how to get rich quick.

What does “myth” in the second paragraph mean? (A)A false belief (B)A story about gods or fairies (C)An advantage (D)A shortcoming

Which of the following statements is true? (A)An e-commerce website is like an iceberg because they are both dangerous. (B)It doesn’t cost much for a company to be able to do business online effectively. (C)Many companies think online shopping will soon replace the traditional way of shopping. (D)A lot of businesses use their websites only to provide information for customers.請回答第41 題至第43 題：Men and women seldom mean the same things even when they use the same words. To fully express their feelings,women assume poetic license and use various superlatives, metaphors, and generalizations. Men mistakenly take theseexpressions literally. Because they misunderstand the intended meaning, they commonly react in an unsupportivemanner.A “literal” translation of a woman’s words could easily mislead a man who is used to using speech as a means ofconveying only facts and information. Besides, a man’s responses might lead to an argument. Unclear and unlovingcommunication is the biggest problem in relationships. The number one complaint women have in relationships is: “Idon’t feel heard.”Even this complaint is misunderstood and misinterpreted!A man’s literal translation of “I don’t feel heard” leads him to invalidate her feelings. He thinks he has heard her ifhe can repeat what she has said. However, a correct translation of a woman saying “I don’t feel heard” is: “I feel asthough you don’t fully understand what I really mean to say or care about how I feel.”If a man really understood her complaint then he would argue less and be able to respond more positively. Whenmen and women are on the verge of arguing, they are generally misunderstanding each other. At such times, it isimportant to rethink or translate what they have heard.

According to this passage, what might be the main reason for communication problems in relationships betweenmen and women? (A)Negative connotations. (B)Misinterpretation. (C)Concealment of true feelings. (D)Wrong expressions.

According to this passage, which of the following statements is true? (A)Men tend to give supportive responses because they don’t want arguments with women. (B)Women often don’t feel heard because men have hearing problems. (C)Women tend to take poetic license to express their feelings. (D)Men fail to listen to facts and information and so feel tired of women’s nagging.

What is the main idea of this passage? (A)Men tend to interpret women’s talk literally and find fault with women’s logic in speech. (B)In order to help them understand each other better, men and women need translators when they are talking. (C)It is hard for men and women to understand each other since they don’t want to listen to each other. (D)Communication problems between the two sexes often result from men’s and women’s different interpretationsof the same words.請回答第44 題至第46 題：Knowing the origin of a word can give you a clearer understanding of the word. For example, the word sabotagemeans “the intentional destruction of materials, machines, or some process of production.” The meaning of the termbecomes clear when you learn that sabotage comes from the French word sabat, meaning “wooden shoe,” and it wascoined during the French Revolution when workers sabotaged French factories by throwing their shoes into themachinery.Looking up the origin of a word also reminds you that language is constantly changing, with old words gaining newmeanings and new words being born. The word chauvinist, for example, was never used before 1815. It was coined as aresult of the fanatic loyalty of a French soldier, Nicolas Chauvin, to Napoleon. Thus, chauvinism has come to mean blindattachment to something, such as one’s beliefs or, as it is commonly used today, one’s sex. The word boycott is anotherword that has a relatively recent origin, and it also originated from a person’s name. In the 1880s, during the strugglebetween British landowners and Irish tenant farmers, a man by the name of Captain Charles Boycott was hired to collectthe rent from the farmers on a large estate in County Mayo. The impoverished Irish peasants, however, got together anddecided to ignore Captain Boycott by refusing to pay and expelling him.

According to this passage, which of the following statements is true? (A)The words “sabotage,” “chauvinism,” and “boycott” were all coined during the French Revolution. (B)The words “sabotage,” “chauvinism,” and “boycott” all have negative implications. (C)The words “sabotage,” “chauvinism,” and “boycott” all originated from people’s names. (D)The words “sabotage,” “chauvinism,” and “boycott” all came from French.

According to this passage, which of the following statements about word origin is true? (A)The word “chauvinism” originated from a French soldier’s blind attachment to his sex. (B)Captain Boycott was the one who led the protest of the Irish tenant farmers. (C)From the origin of words, we can see that new words are coined constantly. (D)Many French words originated from English names.

What is the main idea of this passage? (A)You can depend exclusively on word origin for the sound definition of a word. (B)The origin of a word helps you remember it because of the picture it creates. (C)The origin of a world helps us understand social and historical problems better. (D)If we know the origin of a word, we can understand the word and the language better.請回答第47 題至第50 題：A vegetarian diet is often praised for its health benefits. What most people are less aware of, however, are the effectsthat a vegetarian diet, compared to a non-vegetarian diet, can have on the environment.How can eating meat have a negative effect on the environment? For a start, all livestock animals such as cows andpigs release methane gas by expelling wind from their bodies. Many environmental experts now believe that methane ismore responsible for global warming than carbon dioxide. Another way in which meat production affects theenvironment is through the use of water and land.Many people now see the benefits of switching to a vegetarian diet, not just for health reasons, but also because itplays a vital role in protecting the environment. However, some nutritionists believe a vegan diet, which excludes allproducts from animal sources, such as eggs and milk, can be deficient in many of the necessary vitamins and minerals ourbodies need.Today, more people may realize that more of us will need to become vegetarian in order to preserve the environmentand to help the human race to survive.

Which of the following is the most appropriate title for this passage? (A)Your Diet and the Environment (B)How to Stay Healthy (C)Let’s Protect Our Environment (D)What We Should Eat in the Future

The word “vital” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to . (A)superfluous (B)crucial (C)negligible (D)erroneous

This passage would probably be of little interest to . (A)psychiatrists (B)nutritionists (C)environmentalists (D)vegetarians

Which of the following can be concluded from the article? (A)Many vegetarians are at risk of serious illness. (B)Nutritionists believe that following a vegetarian diet is healthy. (C)Eating meat is bad for the environment. (D)There are now too many vegetarians.