James was arrested at the airport for attempting to the artifacts that he illegally took from a foreignmuseum.snuggle
(A)snuffle
(B)smuggle
(C)smother
(D)
The police turned the apartment almost , searching for the criminal evidence.
(A)in and out
(B)up and down
(C)inside and outside
(D)upside down
Looking left and right, the thief walked cautiously down the hallway to the security guards.
(A)afford
(B)avoid
(C)assign
(D)assure
We need to establish prices that are high enough to demand but low enough to prevent the continuationof a black market.curb
(A)endorse
(B)invest
(C)promote
(D)
AT&T said that it had reached an agreement with America’s biggest satellite television provider, DirecTV, ina worth almost $50 billion.
(A)motivation
(B)deal
(C)hearing
(D)sample
In Philadelphia, a new kind of trash can is waste management via cutting down on air pollution andpotentially saving the city millions in the process.
(A)revolutionizing
(B)comprehending
(C)comforting
(D)rendering
It takes patience and courage to alcohol and drug problems.call up
(A)put off
(B)cope with
(C)turn over
(D)
Our family trip to Yellow Stone National Park last summer is one of the most experiences in my life. Iwill never forget all the beautiful sceneries I saw there.
(A)luxurious
(B)memorable
(C)popular
(D)romantic
Obviously, Joe thought too highly of himself and enjoyed behaving to draw the attention of peoplearound him.
(A)concordantly
(B)pretentiously
(C)recursively
(D)sporadically
Cathy’s went well and she is fairly hopeful about getting a role in the musical.reference
(A)audition
(B)vision
(C)interference
(D)
College students are to explore the world by participating in international volunteer programs.
(A)improved
(B)enforced
(C)suspected
(D)encouraged
On a clear night in the countryside, we have a very good chance to see many stars in the sky.
(A)colliding
(B)glistening
(C)retrieving
(D)smothering
In general, the single house in the countryside is cheap whereas the house in the urban area is expensivein Taiwan.con
(A)fidentiallycomparatively
(B)compassionately
(C)comfortably
(D)第36 題至第40 題為題組:Fidget spinners are driving many adults crazy, but one Texas woman is warning about her daughter’s dangerousexperience. The mother is sharing her experience in hopes it will 36 a warning to other parents about the chokinghazards of the latest toy craze. A fidget spinner has a stable middle and a disc with two or three paddles that can bespun, 37 a ceiling fan, to relax the user. Kelly Rose Joniec of Houston wrote in a Facebook post that she wason her way home Saturday afternoon when she heard Britton, her 10-year-old daughter, choking in the back seat. She38 and discovered that her daughter had swallowed one of the bearings from her fidget spinner. 39 trying todislodge the small piece of metal with the Heimlich maneuver, Joniec took Britton to the nearest urgent care center.Doctors were unable to tell where the object 40 . It wasn’t until after an ambulance ride to Texas Children’sHospital that an X-ray revealed the round metal bearing in the girl’s esophagus.
Worried about the terrorism , the government has been stricter on issuing the tourist visa.
(A)request
(B)medium
(C)selection
(D)threat請依下文回答第36 題至第40 題:Among the well-preserved historical sites in Lukang, a coastal city located in the western Changhua county, theLongshan Temple is something a visitor cannot miss. 36 the busy Longshan Temple in Taipei, the one in Lukangis quieter and less touristy. Built in the end of Ming Dynasty, the temple was 37 a small one and later it wasrenovated several times to the current larger scale. It is mainly dedicated to Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy andCompassion, 38 there are over one hundred gods and goddesses in the rear and side halls. Thebeautifully-designed temple is worthy of detailed 39 . Check out the colorful figures on the roof, the wonderfulspider web ceiling structure, the stone carvings on the dragon poles at the front gate, as well as the largest bronze bellin Taiwan.During the 921 Earthquake in 1999, the Longshan Temple in Lukang was severely damaged. Communitymembers, local and national government institutions, and prominent enterprises came together to help rebuild thisnational heritage site. The restoration was 40 from 2001 to 2008. Nine years after the earthquake, with lots ofefforts from specialists, the temple was restored from ruins and today remains an important religious center.
Dolphins and sharks are natural enemies. Sharks are of dolphins, and will kill and eat young dolphins ifthey can.
(A)predators
(B)protectors
(C)successors
(D)survivors
serve
(A)astake after
(B)make up
(C)look into
(D)
(A)Unlike
(B)Except
(C)Despite
(D)Through
A person’s facial expressions and gestures powerful messages that go beyond words.
(A)alleviate
(B)conceal
(C)evolve
(D)transmit
familiar with
(A)identified
(B)withmuch like
(C)contrary to
(D)
Fans waited outside the movie theater, hoping to catch a of their favorite stars.
(A)glitter
(B)cold
(C)glimpse
(D)clue
pulled in
(A)pulled over
(B)pulled up
(C)pulled out
(D)
(A)since
(B)though
(C)once
(D)wherever
Scientists have been searching for better, faster and cleaner sources of energy in order to create betterlives and help solve the pollution problem.
(A)allusive
(B)allocative
(C)alternative
(D)allergic
My sister has a memory. She remembers every single thing she sees and hears, and she never forgets.
(A)remarkable
(B)pristine
(C)compulsive
(D)reluctant
stuck
(A)is stuck
(B)has gotten stuck
(C)had gotten stuck
(D)第41 題至第45 題為題組:There are books, e-books, and then there are audio books. Have you ever heard of books you can interactwith? Or a Human Library? Human Library is a library of people. The concept is similar to that of a traditional library,but it 41 paper books with human beings. In this library, you can 42 humans as a living book, listen to theirstories, and interact with them. One can borrow each book for 30 minutes and have a one-on-one conversation andlearn about their experiences. Human Library is a platform that gives people,43are human books, anopportunity to talk about the issues they represent with the readers. 44 , it also gives the reader an opportunity tobe more accepting and understanding. Both the books and the readers have 45 new to learn from the experience.While the human books find it as a way to express themselves, the readers get to look at society from a broaderperspective.
(A)looked after
(B)passed over
(C)broken down
(D)carried out請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題:Climate change is having a significant effect on one of the biggest green turtle populations in the world. A studyshows that 99% of immature green turtles born in the northern part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are female.Among adult turtles, 87% are female. The result is 41 —rising temperatures have turned sea turtle populationfemale.The sex of a sea turtle is 42 by the temperature of the nesting environment. Warm temperatures producemore female hatchlings, and cooler temperatures produce more males. During the past two decades, temperatures innorthern Great Barrier Reef have increased to the point that virtually no male turtles are produced, 43 raises newconcerns over the immediate threats of climate change to the population’s future. Sea turtles, protected under theEndangered Species Act, are among the most ancient species roaming the oceans and have adjusted to shiftingclimates. Increasing numbers of females may 44 be a good thing for its population. The reproductive potentialcan be boosted. The problem, however, is that the modern climate appears to be changing faster than turtles can adjustto it. Species evolve 45 climate and other environmental changes, but they need time for that. According toresearchers of World Wildlife Fund Australia, setting up shade cloth to cool beaches might help, but the onlysustainable solution is to stop climate change.
We essentially know the world in terms of a specific cultural package or preconception, and we are so unawareof it that the most liberal of us go through life with a kind of ethnocentricity that automatically rules out all otherways of seeing the world.
(A)We pursue diversity in our lives and are always aware of different cultures.
(B)We have a clear understanding that we need to incorporate different cultures in our ways of life.
(C)We are born into a cultural preconception that we call reality and never question it.
(D)Most of us go through life not knowing that we are liberated by cultural package.
Locational changes have been made possible by easy access to IT networks, so much so that financial and officefunctions no longer require spatial proximity.
(A)Companies and offices do not require a great amount of space simply because of the availability of Internetconnection.
(B)The spread of IT networks has resulted in a change in financial and office functions, as well as in locations.
(C)IT networks that are widespread in the modern world have helped reduce the running cost of businesses.
(D)Locational changes are made possible due to widespread Internet connection; financial and office functions nolonger require physical adjacency.請依下文回答第42 題至第46 題:Internet cookies are small information files that websites put onto personal computers. The main function ofcookies is to give Internet users quick 42 to webpages. For example, because of cookies, customers one-commerce sites can keep items in their shopping carts while they look at 43 products and then check out withease whenever they are ready. Cookies also allow a website to remember personal information such as a 44 name,home address, email address, and phone number, so that these items do not have to be 45 . For online sellers,cookies provide an important advantage. They allow the sellers to collect information about visitors to a website. 46 canthen use the customer data for advertising and other marketing purposes. Although there are concerns about whatsellers might do with private information, it is clear that cookies have their benefits.
anything
(A)something
(B)everything
(C)nothing
(D)第46 題至第50 題為題組:Urban legends are popular stories alleged to be true and passed from individual to individual via oral or written(e.g., forwarded email) communication. 46 , said stories concern outlandish, humiliating, humorous, terrifying, orsupernatural events--events which, in the telling, always seem to happen to someone other than the teller.In lieu of evidence, the conveyor of an urban legend relies on narrative flourishes and/or reference tosupposedly 47 sources (e.g., “I heard this from a friend of a friend,” or “This really happened to my sister’sco-worker’s hairdresser”) to 48 its credibility.Urban legends are a type of folklore--defined as the beliefs, stories and traditions of ordinary people (“thefolk”)--so one way of differentiating between urban legends and other kinds of narrative (popular fiction, forexample) is by examining where they come from and how they are disseminated. Legends arise spontaneously and arerarely 49 to a single point of origin.Because they end up being repeated by many different people in many different places, the stories tend to changeover time. Hence, no two 50 of an urban legend are ever exactly alike; there can be as many variants as there aretellers of the tale.
(A)at the risk of
(B)in response to
(C)in place of
(D)on the verge of請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題:In a recent interview, the venerable Mr. Xu lamented how the Korean Drama obsession is hurting China’s“cultural self-esteem.” In an interesting twist, Guangzhou’s Time Weekly reported how the show is challengingtraditional gender roles in China: “The handsome male characters have also encouraged Chinese women to demandtheir men take more care with their appearance. By contrast, the archetype of a male character in Chinese dramas issomeone who is careless and nagging but generally a good person. Korean dramas, on the other hand, like their maleleads to be Prince Charming characters.” ... This nationwide love for Korean dramas such as My Love From the Star, aswell as the hit American show, House of Cards, has left people like Xu wondering: Where is the love for Chinese TV?But, Xu is no dummy: He acknowledged in the interview that most Chinese television shows are “poorly written andlack creativity.” Even The China Daily acknowledges the overall shittiness of Chinese television, saying: “Chinese TVscreens are flooded by knock-off and/or poorly made soap operas. Most of the Chinese TV dramas either distort theWar of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which is a distortion of history, or blindly copy foreign programs. Thelack of good stories has of late resulted in loads of TV series on time travel or fights in the harems of Qing Dynastyemperors. These, in short, are the bane of Chinese TV productions.” So, in short, it’s no surprise to anyone involvedthat Chinese TV clearly needs to step its game up.
Eventually
(A)Surprisingly
(B)Typically
(C)Accidentally
(D)
According to this passage, which of the following is NOT the problem with Chinese TV dramas?
(A)Frequently distorting history.
(B)Not enough good stories.
(C)Too much repetition in the stories.
(D)Too many love stories.
(A)Lunatics
(B)Guardians
(C)Merchants
(D)Perverts請依下文回答第47 題至第50 題:The Warcraft video game franchise from Blizzard Entertainment is now 22 years old. The most successful gamein this series has been World of Warcraft (WOW ), a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. According toBlizzard, over 100 million subscribers have played WOW. The extremely popular spinoff game DOTA (Defense of theAncients) is also played at some of the biggest gaming competitions in the world.Over the years, WOW has been considered by many people to be more than just a game. It has also been seen as atraining ground for real-life business leaders. Players in WOW join together in large teams, called guilds. A player whowishes to be a successful leader, or “master,” of a team must learn how to attract new players to the group, evaluateeach player, and arrange for him or her to be taught by experienced players. In addition, the leader must settle anyquarrels that develop between team members and oversee development of strategies that the team will use to defeat itsopponents. The lessons the leader learns through the game can be applied in real life.A Warcraft film, in development since 2006, hits theaters this month. Its plot focuses on the arrival of Orcslooking to build a colony in the realm of humans and the conflict that arises between the two groups. Video-game fanswill be pleased to know that the film’s director, Duncan Jones, is a player of the game, as are some of the actors.Anticipated by both gamers and movie fans, Warcraft may be the next big film franchise.
Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
(A)The Impact of Chinese Obsession with Korean Dramas
(B)The Secrets of Korean TV Dramas’ Success
(C)Ways to Stop Chinese Women’s Craze for Korean Dramas
(D)Ways to Encourage Chinese Men to Improve Their Looks
What is this passage mainly about?
(A)Making big money through games.
(B)Beating opponents in video games.
(C)WOW’s success story.
(D)WOW’s excellent reviews.
strengthen
(A)tighten
(B)explore
(C)soften
(D)
According to this passage, what is the biggest problem for Chinese TV shows?
(A)Lack of enough funding from foreign enterprises.
(B)Too many old-fashioned scripts that are not creative.
(C)Not enough handsome male characters inside the show.
(D)No good love stories in Chinese TV shows.
Which of the following statements is true about WOW?
(A)It offers useful training for leadership.
(B)It is not practical for real-life business.
(C)It leads to quarrels among its players.
(D)Its teams are quite localized.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about this passage?
(A)The media is making invalid criticism of the shittiness of Chinese TV shows.
(B)In China, there seemed to be a nationwide love for Korean dramas as well as some hit American shows.
(C)Chinese TV screens are flooded by knock-off and/or poorly made soap operas.
(D)The Korean Drama obsession is hurting China’s “cultural self-esteem.”
What will the guilds of WOW NOT do?
(A)To attract new players.
(B)To settle any quarrels.
(C)To hold a contest.
(D)To evaluate each player.
(A)visions
(B)editions
(C)versions
(D)missions
According to this passage, which of the following is the best way to improve Chinese TV shows?
(A)To avoid creating the archetype of a male character in Chinese dramas.
(B)To present more love stories just like the Korean dramas.
(C)To produce more well-written and original stories for TV shows.
(D)To imitate good stories like the one in the hit American show “House of Cards.”
Which of the following do the gamers look forward to?
(A)A new series of Warcraft online magazine.
(B)A motion picture based on Warcraft.
(C)A workshop that extends the Warcraft game.
(D)A Warcraft concert with amazing prizes.