行政警察人員 110 年英文考古題

Traffic will be _____ through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced. (A)diverted (B)evoked (C)loathed (D)persisted

This brandname bag is made of _____ leather, so it irritates the activists for animal rights. (A)genesis (B)genuine (C)genius (D)genetic

The Nobel Prize is _____ annually for achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peaceand economics. (A)awarded (B)rewarded (C)forwarded (D)indebted

The prices of vegetables and fruits _____ according to the season. (A)float (B)forward (C)fluctuate (D)facilitate

The Ganges in India is considered the world’s most _____ river, where the spirit of Goddess Ganga lives and peoplecan wash away their sins. (A)allergic (B)corrupted (C)immune (D)sacred

A new study demonstrates how _____ and lack of sleep can have severe impacts on patients with chronic diseases. (A)fatigue (B)facility (C)fluency (D)freight

Despite _____ competition, the athlete made a gallant effort to win the first medal of the championships. (A)fierce (B)hasty (C)petite (D)scarce

His long experience at the stock market makes him _____ to the department at the bank. (A)indivisible (B)individualistic (C)indispensable (D)inexplicable

The mother’s heart beat _____ when she was told about her son’s traffic accident. (A)illegally (B)logically (C)uselessly (D)violently

People’s panic continued to _____ as more and more people were infected with the unknown disease. (A)concern (B)escalate (C)interact (D)refrain

These two companies decided to _____ their business relationship between them for better cooperation. (A)intensify (B)pacify (C)overtake (D)acquaint

The caring doctor always greets his patients with a(n) _____ smile and listens to them. (A)optional (B)proficient (C)eligible (D)courteous

Puppies need something to _____ on when they begin teething so that their teeth can develop healthily. (A)pebble (B)nibble (C)bubble (D)gobble

Traveling alone in Europe was a _____ experience for Eric; it changed his life and the way he saw himself. (A)transformative (B)confidential (C)submissive (D)premature

The number of homeless people is _____ due to the continuing economic downturn. (A)dissolving (B)flicking (C)surging (D)declining

In _____ of St. Patrick’s Day, many restaurants will offer green food or drinks, or even ask their staff to dress ingreen. (A)terms (B)place (C)honor (D)lieu

You will get nowhere if you do nothing but _____ everyone around you all the time. (A)criticize (B)praise (C)encourage (D)undertake

James was under the weather this morning, so he went to a(n) _____ downtown. (A)agency (B)clinic (C)department (D)concert

In the aftermath of the volcanic _____, the authorities raised the volcanic alert level to four. (A)eruption (B)evolution (C)execution (D)expedition

Due to the pandemic of COVID-19, people should now be well aware of the ways to avoid getting _____ diseases. (A)curable (B)conventional (C)considerable (D)contagious

All applicants for this position are supposed to submit their _____ to the personnel office by next Monday. (A)emporia (B)ensembles (C)consignments (D)credentials

Teddy is a _____ person; he always has his own way and seldom takes others’ advice. (A)modest (B)stubborn (C)reliable (D)sincere

The audience is required to keep absolutely silent while the band is _____ on stage. (A)boycotting (B)graduating (C)performing (D)scratching

If you like writing long stories very much, you may consider being a(n) _____ as your profession. (A)accountant (B)performer (C)novelist (D)illustrator

Before making any decisions, one should _____ out all possibilities. (A)wait (B)weigh (C)wear (D)wane

The former mayor admitted his drinking problem and announced he would _____ from public life while seekingmedical treatment. (A)withdraw (B)release (C)conceal (D)decline

This chemical is commonly used to make explosives to _____ rocks in mining industries. (A)blast (B)clasp (C)erupt (D)perch

An organization was established to examine the relationship between _____ students and suicide to preventself-harm among the talented youngsters. (A)gifted (B)poetic (C)allergic (D)faithful

Hospitals are on standby, ready to deal with _____ flown in from the crash site. (A)airliners (B)casualties (C)wreckages (D)fragments

The new environmental policy will place a lot of _____ on recycling household waste. (A)emphasis (B)tension (C)emission (D)tendency請依下文回答第31 題至第35 題：How many times has your heart sunk after dropping your smartphone and worrying if you smashed the glass? Theremay be an answer to reduce that feeling. The glass

to make the screens on many of the world’s smartphonesjust got tougher. The company that makes the glass has just made a stronger

. It is called Gorilla Glass and hasbeen used in smartphones for many years. The company has greatly improved the glass to make it more

toscratch, crack, or smash. The new product can

drops of up to two meters without any signs of damage. It is alsotwo times more scratch-

than other glass. The glass was first used on products by a leading company.31 (A)is used (B)has used (C)was using (D)used32 (A)version (B)extension (C)admission (D)caution33 (A)precious (B)difficult (C)efficient (D)instant34 (A)survive (B)destroy (C)support (D)collect35 (A)convenient (B)destructive (C)resistant (D)hesitant請依下文回答第36 題至第40 題：Smartphones are small devices constantly online sending and receiving signals, so they are always a target forcriminals. To protect your smartphone from hackers and

, set a long passcode with both numbers and letters.Consider using fingerprint scanning or face ID,

gives an even more personalized security blanket. Avoid freepublic Wi-Fi. Use only your private cell connection and

Wi-Fi on your mobile phone whenever you are in apublic place. Besides, avoid sharing a ton of revealing information about yourself on social networks. Avoid listingspecific addresses, work locations, phone numbers, family names, and other details hackers can use to track you.

,don’t store personal information, documents, or files on your phone, and limit the number of geotagged photos in yourCamera Roll. Eliminate

emails from financial and work-related accounts. Also, make a habit of keeping yourphone relatively pristine by offloading images and documents to your computer.36 (A)advocates (B)counterparts (C)intruders (D)vendors37 (A)it (B)that (C)this (D)which38 (A)switch on (B)switch off (C)turn up (D)turn down39 (A)Furthermore (B)However (C)For example (D)On the other hand40 (A)ambigious (B)confidential (C)disciplinary (D)inherent請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題：Carol Dweck suggests that most people’s brains can be described as having a fixed or a growth mindset. Someonewith a fixed mindset avoids new challenges

fear of failure, whilst someone with a growth mindset sees newproblems in everyday life as

to be seized and embraced as part of a wider learning experience. Those with afixed mindset claim that skills and abilities are

, but Dweck argues that most successful people tend to have agrowth mindset and an ongoing desire to learn and develop personally throughout their life.

aware of ourresistance to change, it is possible to train ourselves to overcome this resistance and expose ourselves to new activities.Put yourself out of your

and give it a go. You will be surprised at how you will develop new ways of thinkingthrough trial and error and how this will improve your resilience and flexibility.41 (A)as (B)without (C)away from (D)out of42 (A)accidents (B)frequencies (C)opportunities (D)tragedies43 (A)abstract (B)objective (C)innate (D)eligible44 (A)Not become (B)Have become (C)Becoming (D)Became45 (A)culture shock (B)comfort zone (C)safety belt (D)generation gap請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題：The marketing term “effective frequency” refers to the idea that a consumer has to see or hear an ad a number oftimes before its message hits home. Essentially, the more you say something, the more it sticks in－and possibly on－people’s heads. It doesn’t even have to be true－and that’s the problem. What advertisers call “effective frequency,”psychologists call the “illusory truth effect”: the more you hear something, the easier it is for your brain to process, whichmakes it feel true, regardless of its basis in fact.“Each time, it takes fewer resources to understand,” says Lisa Fazio, a psychology professor at VanderbiltUniversity. “That ease of processing gives it the weight of a gut feeling.” That feeling of truth allows misconceptions tosneak into our knowledge base, where they masquerade as facts. One example Fazio and her research team give is thebelief that vitamin C can prevent colds, which many people have taken as a fact but is actually a misconception simplybecause it is long repeated.Even in the absence of endless repetition, we’re more likely to believe what we hear than to question it objectively,thanks to another psychological principle: confirmation bias.“In general, human beings, after hearing any claim, behave like naive scientists and tend to look for informationthat confirms the initial conjecture,” says Ajay Kalra, a marketing professor at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.“In an interesting experiment, a group of consumers was told a leather jacket, Brand A, was very good. When they laterexamined several brands, they tended to spend more time looking at Brand A and evaluating it more highly than otherbrands.”The same principle applies to a coffee company’s claim that its coffee is the “richest” in the world. “Confirmationbias typically applies to situations where information is ambiguous and hard to refute,” he explains. “The more often youhear a message, the more the confirmatory bias likely comes into play.”It’s no wonder that many of us fall for false claims on social media, especially when we see them tweeted andretweeted again and again. How can we fight back? There are ways to lessen the influence of repeated claims. One of thebest: don’t rely on a single source for information. Read stories from multiple news outlets and listen to a variety ofopinions. Commit to staying open-minded, and consult with friends and colleagues whose perspectives differ. Take asecond to consider how you know something is true. In this way, you can stymie the effects of repetition. It’s a greatthing to do on social media: before you share something, take that second and pause. Otherwise, you risk becoming partof the echo chamber that keeps falsehoods circulating.

What is the purpose of the passage? (A)To entertain the readers. (B)To inform the readers. (C)To mislead the readers. (D)To criticize the readers.

What is the author’s tone towards false claims on social media? (A)Cynical. (B)Fearful. (C)Playful. (D)Objective.

Which of the following terms is NOT introduced in the passage? (A)Absolute threshold. (B)Confirmation bias. (C)Effective frequency. (D)Illusory truth effect.

Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the word “masquerade” in the second paragraph? (A)To reveal. (B)To disguise. (C)To oppose. (D)To research.

What does the underlined “they” in the passage refer to? (A)Researchers. (B)Human beings. (C)Naive scientists. (D)Consumers.