Automakers are developing cars that can sense and respond toon the road to prevent accidents.hazards
(A)
(B)stadiums
(C)sensations
(D)blossoms
The old town district of Delhi is _____ with historical buildings and temples.
(A)full
(B)equipped
(C)abundant
(D)exposed
As an accomplished popular science writer, Richard Rhodes brings his _____ to bear and provides an accessiblebut detailed history of energy use since about 1600.
(A)execution
(B)expectancy
(C)explosion
(D)expertise
We should care more about the content of the proposal rather thanthings like how to format sectionheadings.superficial
(A)
(B)unconscious
(C)lucrative
(D)motivational
The police found the fugitive _____ unconscious in an alley in the middle of the night.
(A)laying
(B)luring
(C)locking
(D)lying
The beer market currently faces its fifth consecutive year of overall volume losses, and the sales of light beers havebeen consistently _____.
(A)dwindling
(B)expanding
(C)manipulating
(D)speculating
Filled with trees, shrubs, and meadows, city parks provide people with a tranquil spot tothemselves.unwind
(A)
(B)offset
(C)resort
(D)proceed
The city government has planned to _____ the bus service to people in rural areas.
(A)expire
(B)expand
(C)extend
(D)exclude
Lung cancer deaths _____ a quarter of all American cancer deaths, killing more people every year than prostate,breast, and colon cancer combined.
(A)account for
(B)emerge as
(C)are due to
(D)are damaged by
The city government initiated the scheme tothe beginning of child welfare services.respect
(A)
(B)spoil
(C)join
(D)mark
Buttigieg served for six years as an _____ officer in the Navy Reserves to collect information in Afghanistan.
(A)intelligence
(B)industrial
(C)intellectual
(D)integrity
The U.S. has hiked the tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from 10% to 25% overnight, _____ the battlebetween the two economic powers.
(A)colluding
(B)debilitating
(C)corrupting
(D)escalating
Life seems a little lesswhen we can always depend on some people to keep us company, especially whenwe are sad or in trouble.fragile
(A)
(B)hysterical
(C)relevant
(D)victorious
The secretary sent the attendees the _____ seven days in advance to remind them of what to discuss at the meeting.
(A)agenda
(B)novice
(C)scandal
(D)venture
The victim said, “If the police want to keep me in jail, they will _____ a case of keeping a weapon without a licenseor just anything.”
(A)turn up
(B)trump up
(C)petition for
(D)plan on
Throughout the world, there has been a(n)loss of tribal languages. Some linguists estimate that some 5,000languages or distinctive dialects have faded away in the twentieth century.unruly
(A)
(B)lenient
(C)drastic
(D)intact
It took Dennis lots of _____ and hard work to learn to draw with his toes after losing both arms.
(A)coincidence
(B)perseverance
(C)supplement
(D)transmission
This case is said to be the most insulting instance of attempting to abuse the very machinery of justice for anindividual's own _____ end.
(A)novel
(B)lofty
(C)fair
(D)evil
The idyllic image of the Mediterranean is beginning toas plane crashes, beach attacks and refugee deathsnow raise tourists’ fears about the region.fade
(A)
(B)glow
(C)hatch
(D)leak
Tim has doubts about what he cannot see. He is _____ about the existence of spirits and souls.
(A)credulous
(B)persuasive
(C)skeptical
(D)physical
Some academic conference events were attended because of their potential for _____ rather than as an imperativefor research.
(A)leisure
(B)boycott
(C)treasury
(D)measure
Telemedicine is about providing medical support at a distance to people who have noto a doctor.access
(A)
(B)agency
(C)antidote
(D)asset
Facial _____ check-in programs have been installed in hotels and airports to quickly identify people by scanningtheir faces.
(A)admission
(B)awareness
(C)recollection
(D)recognition
To improve the air quality of the city, it is _____ that all residents join hands to cut down air pollution by 20% inthe next five years.
(A)adaptable
(B)eccentric
(C)imperative
(D)outrageous
It is advised that Asian immigrants bring with them some induction-friendly pressure cookers if they want tothefirst few years of immigration.survive
(A)
(B)surrender
(C)execute
(D)emigrate
If your parents ignore unusual pain or illness, try to ____ them to see a doctor.
(A)perceive
(B)persuade
(C)promote
(D)provide
The long-run Broadway musical Cats in New York city has featured many of the most _____ performers to attractmillions of viewers each year.
(A)liberated
(B)pronounced
(C)reconciled
(D)speculated
Even though Agatha is the best badminton player in our class, she accidentallyher ankle badly and couldnot represent our class in the upcoming badminton game.pert
(A)ained
(B)sprained
(C)restrained
(D)refrained
The cathedral tower offers a spectacular _____ of the whole town. It is definitely worth going up all the 375 steps!
(A)review
(B)panorama
(C)memorial
(D)architecture請依下文回答第41題至第45題:Touch is the earliest sense to mature. It manifests itself in the final embryonic stage and comes into its own long beforeeyes, ears, and the higher brain centers begin to work. Soon
If Erica invited his ex-wife to the party, Ted would _____ a believable excuse for non-attendance.
(A)accommodate
(B)incorporate
(C)fabricate
(D)replicate請依下文回答第41題至第45題:Collaborative online international learning (COIL) is a recently developed form of education that promotes globallearning between colleges and universities from different countries around the world. With the aid of modern technologysuch as the Internet and videoconferencing, students from schools in different countries can
Moretreatment was provided for patients whose condition had not improved.intensive
(A)
(B)intrinsic
(C)abrupt
(D)affective請依下文回答第42題至第44題:Between 1700 and 1750, the population of Bath tripled from three to nine thousand and was comprised of diverse types.Doctors settled in Bath to administer to the patients who came seeking relief from
birth, infants begin to employ their other senses tointerpret reality. During the same period, they are highly
their learning withpeers of different cultural and language backgrounds. This is also an affordable way of international learningthrough
such as gout, fever, palsy,rashes, and rheumatism. Professional gamblers stopped at Bath on their annual itinerary through London and thecontinental spas. The
touch. They are being nuzzled, cuddled, cleaned,patted, kissed, and in many cases breastfed. So important is touch to human communication
students can establish friendship with people of similar age and learn together without having to spendmuch money going abroad in order to do so. As the word, collaborative, indicates, this is a pedagogy that focuses ona student-centered approach of learning with teachers playing merely the role of
for visitors were September/October and March/April, although the entertainments werecontinuous all year. The aristocracy came from London to take the waters and escape the bustle of the big city. Parsons,country squires, tradesmen, and their wives came to mingle with the nobility. Indeed the seasonal retreat of the middleclass to Bath may mark the first time in English history when the concept of
researchers nowknow that people who are denied caregivers’touch can develop serious biological and emotional problems. As you movefrom infancy into childhood, you learn the rules of touching. You are taught whom to touch and where they may betouched. By the time you reach
. They need to build up asounding collaboration by developing
for large numbers of working peoplebecame a reality.42various wounds
(A)
(B)fatal mistakes
(C)hopeful cases
(D)various afflictions43rush hours
(A)
(B)career periods
(C)incubation periods
(D)peak seasons44summer vacation
(A)
(B)annual vacation
(C)anniversary
(D)wedding celebration請依下文回答第45題至第47題:It’s essential to lie with maps. A map must distort reality in order to portray a complex, three-dimensional world on a flatsheet of paper. In other words, a map is a
, your culture has taught you how to communicate with touch. You use touch outof social politeness,
learning strategies and activities that can boost students' motivationin learning and their willingness to learn with and through each other. Through modern technology such asvideoconferencing, students could discuss topics that are of interest to them and communicate with each other cross-culturally. This is one fruitful way of gaining one's own global literacy and cross-cultural
model, but the symbols it uses for parks and other places are not drawnto the same scale. A map cannot show everything, or it will hide critical information in a fog of
sex, consolation, support, and control. In the U.S., people learn to shake hands with nearlyeveryone, hug certain people, and be intimate with still other people.41
(A)for
(B)after
(C)before
(D)until42
(A)invested in
(B)informed of
(C)deprived of
(D)involved in43
(A)that
(B)which
(C)what
(D)who44
(A)confidence
(B)residence
(C)innocence
(D)adolescence45
(A)to
(B)in
(C)on
(D)for請依下文回答第46題至第50題:There are around 380 underwater cables in operation around the world, spanning a length of over 1.2 million kilometers(745,645 miles). In 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast, knocking out several key exchanges whereundersea cables linked North America and Europe. The entire network between North America and Europe was isolatedfor a number of hours. For us, the storm brought to light a potential challenge in the consolidation of transatlantic cablesthat all landed in New York and New Jersey. But most often when a cable goes down, nature is not to blame. There areabout 200 such failures each year and the vast majority are caused by humans. “Two-thirds of cable failures are causedby accidental human activities, fishing nets and trawling and also ships’ anchors,” said an expert. “The next largestcategory is natural disaster, mother nature -- sometimes earthquakes but also underwater landslides.” A magnitude-7.0earthquake off the southwest coast of Taiwan in 2006, along with aftershocks, cut eight submarine cables which causedinternet outages and disruption in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines.
. That is the reasonwhy some universities in both the United States and Japan play an active role in encouraging this kind of learningworld-wide.41
(A)apply for
(B)embark on
(C)iron out
(D)own up42
(A)whom
(B)what
(C)which
(D)where43
(A)controllers
(B)remainders
(C)narrators
(D)facilitators44
(A)advantageous
(B)bureaucratic
(C)charitable
(D)defensible45
(A)competence
(B)diligence
(C)emergence
(D)indifference請依下文回答第46題至第50題:The origin of cursive script is one which intertwines technology and efficiency. We get the word “cursive” from the Latincurrere--
. The map, therefore,must offer a selective view of reality. There’s no escape from the cartographic
Which of the following could be the best title for this passage?
(A)How Vulnerable Undersea Cables Are.
(B)How Humans Can’t Live Without Undersea Cables.
(C)How Undersea Cables Were Laid.
(D)How Undersea Cables Connects the World.
“to run.” It distinguishes writing in which the pen lifts from the page between words,
: to present a useful and truthfulpicture, an accurate map must tell white lies.45portable
(A)
(B)predestined
(C)satiric
(D)scale46article
(A)
(B)detail
(C)ingredient
(D)item47crux
(A)
(B)engima
(C)mystery
(D)paradox請依下文回答第48題至第50題:The interrelationship of science, technology, and industry is taken for granted today—summed up, not altogetheraccurately, commonly recognized as “research and development.” Yet historically this widespread faith in the economicvirtues of science is a somewhat recent phenomenon, dating back in the United States about 150 years, and in the Westernworld as a whole not over 300 years at most. Even in this current era of large scale, intensive research and development,the interrelationships involved in this process are often misunderstood. Until the coming of the Industrial Revolution,science and technology evolved for the most part independently of each other. Then as industrialization became moreand more complicated, the craft techniques of pre-industrial society gradually gave way to a technology based on thesystematic application of scientific knowledge and scientific methods. This changeover started slowly and progressedunevenly. Until late in the nineteenth century, only a few industries could afford to use scientific techniques or caredabout using them.Nevertheless, by the middle of the nineteenth century, the immense expansion of scientific knowledge and of publicawareness of it had created a belief that the advance of science would in some unspecified manner automatically createeconomic benefits. The pervasive acceptance of this thesis led in turn to the assumption that the application of science toindustrial purposes was a linear process, starting with fundamental science, then proceeding to applied science ortechnology, and through them to industrial use. This is probably the most general pattern, but it is not invariable. Newareas of science have been opened up and fundamental discoveries made as a result of attempts to solve a specifictechnical or economic problem. On the contrary, scientists who mainly do basic research also serve as consultants onprojects that apply research in practical ways. In sum, the science-technology-industry relationship may flow in severaldifferent ways, and the particular channel it will follow depends on the individual situation. It may at times even bemultidirectional.
According to the passage, which of the following events have caused most of the cable failures?
(A)Earthquakes.
(B)Storms.
(C)Sea waves.
(D)Human activities.
between eachindividual letter. Cursive developed out of typeface and print technologies, but more importantly it came from the need to writewell and to write quickly.But, cursive is fading. There is a debate over whether it has value in the classroom, but that debate extends further thansimply a matter of cursive--it's about writing itself. Many curricula are even favoring typing lessons
What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?To show how technology influenced basic science
(A)
(B)To describe the scientific base of nineteenth-century American industries
(C)To correct misunderstandings about the connections between science, technology, and industry
(D)To argue that basic science has no practical application
Which of the following has the closest meaning with the word “spanning” in the passage?
(A)Linking.
(B)Stretching.
(C)Estimating.
(D)Affecting.
teachinghandwriting.The battle for cursive reaches deeper than questions of whether your letters “connect.” The pen--even morethan the text--might say something about us. Our handwriting might indicate our nationalities and educationalbackground,
The word “altogether” is closest in meaning tocompletely
(A)
(B)virtually
(C)individually
(D)irrevocably
Which of the following is NOT a possible cause for the network failure?
(A)Earthquake.
(B)Underwater landslides.
(C)Ships’ anchors.
(D)Snowstorm.
Adrienne Bernhard's “What Your Handwriting Says About You.” Yet, Bernhard's article alsoindicates that the proliferation of typing--via emails, text messages, etc--might in fact undermine the distinctness ofour handwritings. The battle for cursive has always been a battle for the uniqueness of our handwriting andourselves, verses and the evolution of technology and push towards efficiency.Not too long ago, cursive--Spencerian script to be specific--“was the de facto standard writing style for businesscorrespondence before the widespread adoption of the typewriter.” With the development of the typewriter, cursive
Which of the following statements does the passage support?The development of
(A)science and of industry is now interdependent.
(B)Basic scientific research cannot lead to practical applications.
(C)Industries should spend less money on research and development.
(D)Science and technology are becoming more divided.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
(A)In 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused Taiwan to go through power failure for several days.
(B)Only a large earthquake could have possibly caused the cable failures.
(C)In 2006, a mild earthquake cut off cable connection between Taiwan and other nearby countries.
(D)A couple hundreds of cable failures happen each year due to various reasons.
outof business usage into the usage of personal correspondence; technology supplanted cursive's original purpose, but cursiveremained an act of self expression.46
(A)incidentally
(B)accidentally
(C)partially
(D)literally47
(A)apart from
(B)less than
(C)rather than
(D)let alone48
(A)over
(B)than
(C)for
(D)instead49
(A)claims
(B)to claim
(C)claiming
(D)are claiming50
(A)rose
(B)fell
(C)decreased
(D)increased