She certainly seemed very conscientious and trustworthy, but I wonder whether she’s got the necessary, orwhether she’s assertive enough for this job of CEO.
(A)charisma
(B)dullness
(C)unpleasantness
(D)apathy
The Meakambut, a nomadic tribe in Papua New Guinea, are on the edge ofbecause they are dying fromeasily contagious illnesses.
(A)extinction
(B)replication
(C)survival
(D)immigration
The human body is made of some 50 to 100 trillion cells. Inside each cell, genesa “blueprint” for proteinproduction that determines how the cell will function.
(A)wreck
(B)eliminate
(C)comprise
(D)ellude
It has been increasingly seen around the world thatclimate events such as super typhoons and hurricanescould have a serious impact on a region’s economy.
(A)catastrophic
(B)prospective
(C)redundant
(D)spontaneous
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare butillness for it is always fatal and most patients sadly die within sixweeks of diagnosis.
(A)challenged
(B)devastating
(C)disappointing
(D)frustrated2701
As most people in the audience have never heard of cloud computing before, how to clearly explain it totheseis a big challenge to Prof. Lin.
(A)adherents
(B)apprentices
(C)disciples
(D)laymen
The blood-stained knife was found near the body, which means it isthe murder weapon.
(A)ludicrously
(B)incredibly
(C)presumably
(D)superficially
If you consistently make financial contributions to your company, you will becomeat work even whenlayoffs are being made all around you.
(A)domineering
(B)independent
(C)indispensable
(D)obligatory
If we get news and informationfrom a particular TV channel, our worldviews can be biased.
(A)maliciously
(B)exclusively
(C)impartially
(D)beneficially請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題:Your bed could be watching you! If you have any of a variety of smart beds or sleep apps, it knows when you fall asleep andwhen you
. A manufacturer says the bed collects more than 8 billion biometric data points every night,
sentto the company’s servers via an app. According to the company, analyzing all the personal data not only helps theminform the consumers about their health, but also aids the company’s efforts to make better products. Still, consumer-privacy
are increasingly raising concerns about the fate of personal health information, which is potentiallyvaluable to companies that collect and sell it.
, consumers are flocking to sleep tracking devices and under-mattress sensors that claim to quantify sleep. But do consumers really need an app to tell them how rested they feel inthe morning? One unexpected
is that people who become too attuned to their data may experience anxiety andan inability to sleep. People get all this data and get upset about having a perfect number.41
(A)turn in
(B)turn up
(C)toss down
(D)toss and turn42
(A)they are
(B)which are
(C)they have been
(D)that have been43
(A)advocates
(B)challengers
(C)contestants
(D)offenders44
(A)Likewise
(B)Nonetheless
(C)Otherwise
(D)Subsequently45
(A)elaboration
(B)achievement
(C)consequence
(D)preference請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題:In the four minutes it probably takes to read this review, you will have logged exactly half the time the average 15- to24-year-old now spends reading each day. That is, if you even bother to finish. If you are perusing this on the Internet,the big block of text below probably seems daunting, maybe even boring. Who has the time? Such is the kind of recklesslydistracted impatience that makes Mark Bauerlein fear for his country. “As of 2008,” the 49-year-old professor of Englishat Emory University writes in “The Dumbest Generation,” “the intellectual future of the United States looks dim.”The way Bauerlein sees it, something new and disastrous has happened to America’s youth with the arrival of the instantgratification go-go-go digital age. The result is, essentially, a collective loss of context and history. The problem is thatinstead of using the Web to learn about the world, young people mostly use it to gossip about each other and follow popculture, relentlessly keeping up with the ever-shifting lingua franca of being cool in school. Social life is a powerfultemptation and most teenagers feel the pain of missing out.And all this feeds on itself. Increasingly disconnected from the “adult” world of tradition, culture, history, context andthe ability to sit down for more than five minutes with a book, today’s digital generation is becoming insulated in its ownstultifying cocoon of bad spelling, civic illiteracy and endless postings that hopelessly confuse triviality withtranscendence.At fault is not just technology but also a newly indulgent attitude among parents, educators and other mentors, who,Bauerlein argues, lack the courage to risk “being labeled a curmudgeon and a reactionary.”
What is the main purpose of this passage?
(A)To cast doubt on the function of social media.
(B)To highlight the importance of history and politics.
(C)To praise transcendence over triviality.
(D)To point out an urgent issue American youths face.
According to the passage, how much time does the average 15- to 24-year-old spend on reading each day?
(A)4 minutes.
(B)8 minutes.
(C)12 minutes.
(D)16 minutes.
What does the word “dim” in the first paragraph mean?
(A)Pessimistic.
(B)Dark.
(C)Gossipy.
(D)Illiterate.
Which of the following is NOT a problem that current American young people face?
(A)Bad spelling.
(B)Civic illiteracy.
(C)Loss of history.
(D)Lingua franca.
What is the author’s attitude toward the intellectual future of America’s youth?
(A)Supportive.
(B)Critical.
(C)Indifferent.
(D)Neutral.