Dear Leader is a fascinating inside account of how the Kims in North Korea used propaganda to ________ theirhold on power.
(A)soften
(B)solve
(C)cheat
(D)cement
Don’t ____ your voice when talking in the office.
(A)exhume
(B)raise
(C)arise
(D)arouse
Studying Latin is helpful for enlarging one's vocabulary in English, since so many English words fromLatin.
(A)bombard
(B)derive
(C)compile
(D)formulate
In this country's literature, the woman's voice has drawn the spotlight of in recent years.
(A)negligence
(B)apathy
(C)deadlock
(D)acclaim
There is a big cut on your hand. You need medical _____ immediately.
(A)treatment
(B)involvement
(C)treasure
(D)medium
To have access to the confidential documents, one needs special from the headquarters.
(A)authorization
(B)institution
(C)intonation
(D)transmission
Most people feel _____ in the afternoon after having lunch, especially in the summer time.
(A)optional
(B)feasible
(C)drowsy
(D)parasitic
Each country was requested to send a _____ to join the APEC convention.
(A)designation
(B)illustration
(C)denotation
(D)delegation
is the art of narration and expression through body movement.
(A)Anatomy
(B)Pantomime
(C)Traitor
(D)Valor
It is a wonderful give-and-take experience to stop and try to _____ the work of a street artist.
(A)accuse
(B)donate
(C)appreciate
(D)delete
Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that ______ movement.
(A)affects
(B)effects
(C)offends
(D)defends
Christine longed for some breathing space in her relationship because she felt by his nearly 24-hourcompany over the past few weeks.
(A)delighted
(B)dedicated
(C)suffocated
(D)terminated
Building new casinos induces the less affluent to gamble more.
(A)Casinos generate wealth to the general public.
(B)The poor feel more enticed to gambling.
(C)Government should introduce gambling to the rich.
(D)Casino buildings appeal to the less optimistic.第36 題至第40 題為題組Drug patents create short-term monopolies. The deal is simple: the drug inventor makes its formula public and inexchange is 36 a competition-free run at the market, lasting up to 20 years. This gives pioneers timeto 37 the costs of researching and developing new compounds, vital when creating a new medicine can cost upto $5 billion. The patent guarantees a 38 return, meaning companies have both the means and the incentive tokeep innovating.When the patent reaches its expiry date, the comfortable monopoly evaporates, replaced by 39 competition.40 have three ways of defending themselves. They are marketing, nudging customers towards newer drugs stillprotected by patent, and paying the competitors not to produce.
Hundreds of people are dead as the worst Ebola _____ outbreak in history sweeps through West Africa.
(A)agent
(B)code
(C)formula
(D)virus
The US Supreme Court rules that, barring circumstances like child abduction or a ticking time bomb, the FourthAmendment of the US Constitution requires police to get a warrant before examining a cell phone after an arrest.This ruling makes our digital privacy no "less worthy of the protection for which the Founders of our nationfought."
(A)Under certain extreme conditions, the Fourth Amendment can be temporarily suspended.
(B)The Fourth Amendment is considered a ticking time bomb by the US Constitution.
(C)The police needs to get the authorities' approval to search any suspect's cell phone.
(D)The founders of the USA also fought for their digital privacy.請依下文回答第36 題至第40 題It would be quite naive to expect a life without conflict, naive and boring. After all, as we struggle to find solutions,conflict leads to new ways of thinking. Nothing ever 36 in a world without conflicts. We see this in our lives; wesee this in science. In fact, in science crises are essential: without them there is no 37 . A life lived in harmony38 a life without conflict. It must be a life where conflict leads to growth. Harmony is not the absence of conflict.It is the state in which conflict leads to positive change. Harmony is dynamic, not static. Innovation and growthchallenge the status quo, shaking the very foundations where most base their values. Change only comes when we areready to embrace it; change needs 39 . It is much easier to plant our feet in the traditional, the convenient, in whatdoes not force us to reexamine our views. No one likes to be wrong. This is why great innovation comes with 40 ,often bloody. The blood that is spilled is not always the one coursing through our veins: it is the blood of conviction, ofprejudices, of deep-seated ideas that are abandoned by the inexorable force of reason.
(A)granting
(B)proven
(C)granted
(D)proving
Although the period in which he lived represents the sunset of the Renaissance, Bernini possessed a ______comparable to that of Leonardo or Michelangelo.
(A)chagrin
(B)gusto
(C)penchant
(D)virtuosity請依下文回答第37 題至第40 題The loss of a child through “sudden infant death syndrome,” also known as SIDS or crib death—the suddenand 37 death of an apparently healthy, sleeping infant—is an especially 38 experience. Parents oftendevelop feelings of guilt and 39 , thinking that they somehow caused the child’s death. To 40 such feelings,organizations have been established to help parents accept the fact that they did not cause the death.
(A)Incomings
(B)Outgoings
(C)Incumbents
(D)Departments第41 題至第45 題為題組Approximately 0.6 percent of Taiwan's total cultivated farmland adopts organic farming. It is 41 low. Thefigure is alarming if it is contrasted with that of Austria: about 20 percent of all Austrian farmland is 42 organiccultivation. Food safety issues are 43 Taiwan's march toward chemical-free agriculture. Farmers' markets aregaining in 44 . Besides, supermarkets are 45 organic produce. The future seems promising.
(A)alleviate
(B)accelerate
(C)elaborate
(D)substantiate請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題I like any game of chance, but I most enjoy taking part in a lottery. The lottery is 41 an unchanging religiousceremony, and it is perhaps this ritual quality of the lottery 42 people enjoy. Unlike other games of chance, alottery does not require a great deal of paraphernalia. The only equipment 43 is a bowl filled with slips of paper.I enjoy the excitement of watching the official pick the winning number. The moment before the drawing is veryserious. The judge gravely approaches the bowl and looks at the crowd soberly. The crowd is quiet 44 the lowmurmur of excitement. Suddenly the winner is selected. After the lottery is over, everyone but the winner throws awayhis or her piece of paper, and the 45 slips are soon blown away by the wind. People begin to disengagethemselves from the crowd and the lottery is over.
(A)revolution
(B)information
(C)tradition
(D)conjunction請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題E-waste is being produced on a scale never seen before. Computers and other electronic devices 41 obsolete injust a few years, leaving consumers with few alternatives but to catch up by buying newer models. Tens of millions oftons of computers, TVs, VCRs, monitors, cell phones, and other gadgets 42 each year. Unfortunately, in mostparts of the world, the bulk of all this e-waste 43 landfills, where it poisons the environment. This is because itcontains a variety of toxic 44 such as lead, mercury, and arsenic that leak into the ground. In theory, recyclingseems to be a good 45 . However, the problem is that a large percentage of e-waste dropped off for recycling inrich countries is sold to the developing world, where its toxin may threaten the health of people living there.
(A)peeling
(B)paying
(C)cleaning
(D)stocking第46 題至第50 題為題組Prince Charles is often portrayed as bad-tempered and spoiled. There are stories that every day seven eggs are boiledfor his breakfast so that he can find one that is cooked just the way he likes it. His toothpaste is squeezed onto histoothbrush for him. And his bath towel is folded over a chair in a particular way when he gets out of his royal bath.Prince Charles is eccentric, and he admits it. He talks to trees and plants. He wants to save wildlife but enjoyshunting, shooting, and fishing. He dresses for dinner, even if he's eating alone. He's a great socializer. Poets, artists,writers, broadcasters, politicians, actors, and singers all eat at his table. Arriving at Highgrove, his family home, on aSaturday afternoon, guests are entertained in the height of luxury. They are then sent on their way before lunch onSunday, having been shown around his beautifully-kept gardens. The Prince also entertains extravagantly atSandringham, one of the Queen's homes, at least twice a year. There are picnic lunches on the beach, expeditions tolocal churches, and lavish dinners with organic food. Conversation is lively, but the heir to the throne has to be carefulabout what he says, because he knows only too well that anything he says in private may be repeated in public.The future monarch that we don't see is a man of great humor who cares passionately about the state of the Britishnation and is devoted to his two children, William and Harry. He is madly in love with "his darling wife," which is howhe refers to Camilla in public.Together Charles and Camilla perform royal duties, both at home and abroad. He attends over 500 publicengagements a year. He visits hospitals, youth groups, performing artists, charities, and business conferences. He hostsreceptions to welcome visiting heads of state and VIPs. He travels abroad extensively, as an ambassador to the UnitedKingdom, representing trade and industry. He works hard to promote greater understanding between different religions.Camilla shares Charles's passion for hunting and also his interest in conservation of towns and countryside. The onething she leaves to Charles is skiing. She prefers to stay at home when he makes his annual trip to Klosters inSwitzerland.
(A)discarded
(B)reflecting
(C)transparent
(D)useful請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題People feel safer behind some kind of physical barrier. Each social occasion involves us in encounters. If a socialencounter is in any way threatening, then there is an immediate urge to set up such a barricade. The more formal theoccasion and the more dominant or unfamiliar our social companions, the more worrying the moment of encounterbecomes. Watching people under these conditions, we can observe the many small movements and postures in whichthey try to “hide behind their mothers’ bodies” as they did in their childhood. It is these that are the barrier signals ofabout life.The most popular form of barrier signals is the body-cross. In this, one arm makes contact with the other acrossthe front of the body. The action is performed unconsciously and, if asked about it immediately afterwards, the personwill not be able to remember having made the gesture. The action is always disguised in some way, and the disguise itwears varies from person to person. For example, a male guest may lift his right hand, reach across his body and makea last-minute adjustment to his left cuff-link or the strap of his wristwatch when he walks toward his host. A female ona similar occasion may reach across her body with her right hand and slightly shift the position of her handbag orreposition a coat held over her left arm. In all case, at the peak moment of nervousness, there is a body-cross toconstruct a barrier between two people.Interestingly, field observations reveal that in a social encounter it is most unlikely that both the greeter and thegreeted will perform such action. Regardless of status, it is nearly always the new arrival who makes the body-crossmovement, because it is he or she who is invading the home territory of the greeters. The greeters are there first andhave at least temporary territorial “rights” over the place. This gives them a self-assured dominance at the moment ofthe greeting. Only if they are extremely subordinate to the new arrival will there be a likelihood of them taking thebody-cross role.
(A)solution
(B)pollution
(C)salutation
(D)population請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題At 16, Maya Angelou became San Francisco’s first black female streetcar conductor. Her first book, I know Why theCaged Bird Sings, tells us her early life. Its unsparing account of black life in the South during the Depression and ofher sexual abuse is not easy reading. But her tough, funny, lyrical voice transforms her story into a hymn of endurancethat influenced later memoirists. Her own obituary sums up her life: “Love is that condition which encourages us tobuild bridges and to trust them and cross them in attempts to reach other human beings.”
What is the best title for this article?
(A)The Life of a Future King
(B)Charles and Camilla: The Love Story
(C)Bad-tempered Prince of Wales
(D)How to Govern Britain
What is the passage mainly about?
(A)Different types of physical barrier.
(B)Barrier signals on social occasions.
(C)Functions of the body-cross movement.
(D)Dominant actions in a social encounter.
What can we infer from the passage?
(A)Growing up in the American South was tough for her.
(B)Her first book was difficult to understand.
(C)She used to be a bird lover.
(D)Streetcars did not welcome black female passengers.
According to the passage, what does Prince Charles love to do?
(A)flying an aircraft
(B)folding bath towels
(C)planting trees
(D)entertaining guests
What is the second paragraph mainly about?
(A)The need for body-cross language in a social setting.
(B)The unconscious performance of body-cross movements.
(C)A comparison of body-cross language of males and females.
(D)Different types of body-cross movements in a social setting .
Why was her first book influential?
(A)Because she sang like a caged bird.
(B)Because her unique voice was inspiring.
(C)Because her style was not easy to follow.
(D)Because she wrote her own obituary.
According to the passage, which activity Camilla is not interested in?
(A)hunting
(B)skiing
(C)fundraising
(D)traveling
What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
(A)The invading greeter always performs the body-cross movement first in a social setting.
(B)The home-based greeter performs less body-cross movement in a social encounter.
(C)The greeter and the greeted rarely both perform the body-cross movement towards each other.
(D)The greeters perform the body-cross movement if they are subordinate to the greeted.
Who are most likely influenced by her writing style?
(A)tour guides.
(B)memoir writers.
(C)monument builders.
(D)souvenir sellers.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
(A)Prince Charles is completely devoted to his country.
(B)The Prince of Wales has no other duties than representing his country in trade and commerce.
(C)The Prince of Wales enjoys entertaining visitors and does so with regularity.
(D)The Prince enjoys hunting with his wife.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A)People feel an urge to perform body-crossing on a worrying social occasion.
(B)People use the body-cross to impress their greeters.
(C)Males often use clothing-adjustment consciously to disguise their anxiety.
(D)People perform less body-crossing in a formal social event than in other situations.
Which of the following statements is true?
(A)She published her first book at 16.
(B)She liked to build bridges in her free time.
(C)Her last words were pessimistic.
(D)Her attitude toward life was positive.
According to the passage, why is Prince Charles considered "eccentric"?
(A)He is frequently quoted.
(B)He speaks to plants and trees.
(C)He represents British interests.
(D)He loves organic foods.
What does it in the second paragraph refer to?
(A)occasion
(B)action
(C)barrier
(D)companion
Which statement best paraphrases Angelou's definition of "love"?
(A)Love is irresistible.
(B)Love enables us to connect with others.
(C)Love makes the world sink.
(D)Love is spontaneous.