To reduce the risk that someone mightembarrassing data from the USB flash drive you ditched, you canrun a disk wipe utility to make sure that no data is left on the flash drive.
(A)salvage
(B)investigate
(C)reduce
(D)temper
I like to go to the cinema when I am in the for it.
(A)motive
(B)mind
(C)mood
(D)notion
The only reasons for the old man to leave the house were to run important _____ or visit the doctor.
(A)errands
(B)debris
(C)utensils
(D)summons
Permanence, grandeur, deliberation, lucidity and calm arevirtues of the art of painting which have beenemphasized by critics for centuries.paramount
(A)
(B)superfluous
(C)hedonic
(D)theological
The job provides fantastic benefits, including insurance, meals, vacations, and. Thus, a retirement plan isin place.tension
(A)
(B)ransom
(C)resume
(D)pension
The Pope held a mass to address peace andbecause the Korean Peninsula is divided.
(A)reconcilation
(B)recommendation
(C)diagnosis
(D)sanitation
Burke resigned from the company, and Jones, as his good friend, immediately ; the company lost twocapable men.
(A)followed suit
(B)made a scene
(C)flew in a rage
(D)stepped in
When you read this introductory chapter, list the points you have identified as especially _____ to yourorganization and keep them in mind.
(A)relevant
(B)incompetent
(C)naturalistic
(D)arbitrary
The school has held a number of talks and workshops on the topic of peer support and peer respect totheidea of a bully-free campus.
(A)boycott
(B)denounce
(C)reinforce
(D)trespass
When you make a speech, you don’t really need to memorize everything. If you forget something, just.compliment
(A)
(B)improvise
(C)recommend
(D)accomplish
I suggest you study in the library where you would have fewer _____ than in other places.
(A)frustrations
(B)obstructions
(C)distractions
(D)instructions
We may easily _____ salespeople who approach us on the street, but we often surrender without knowing it tothe ultimate salesman: mass media.
(A)rebound
(B)reject
(C)reduplicate
(D)repeat
It was quite a scene at the party that Jerry spoketo Martin in every possible way trying to make a fool ofhim in front of the pretty woman they were both interested in.
(A)courteously
(B)provisionally
(C)sarcastically
(D)cordially
The teacher tells the students that the syllabus is subject to change. What the students get is aone.permanent
(A)
(B)tentative
(C)verifiable
(D)temporal
The sales manager is leaving this week, _____ to get a higher paid job in an international company.
(A)presumably
(B)considerately
(C)legally
(D)hysterically
Trash is a problem that has _____ humans since they moved into cities. And dealing with it is messy and expensive.
(A)embarked
(B)enacted
(C)plagued
(D)obliged
The tendonitis in my wrists and shoulders starts toafter I work on computer for long periods of time. Itcan be very painful.
(A)act up
(B)sit up
(C)catch up
(D)go up
These never-before-published photos were captured by one of the first Western photographersinto theonce-reclusive Japan after it opened to the world in the 1850s.allowed
(A)
(B)allow
(C)allowing
(D)to allow請依下文回答第36 題至第40 題The Wu family moved to Vancouver, Canada in the early 1990s. As they were living in an English-speakingregion of the country and hoped to
A little girl _____ argues with an adult for his rude behavior in the museum. Her language expressions are veryfluent and appropriate.
(A)ambiguously
(B)consciously
(C)dependently
(D)eloquently
The _____ factor that contributes to having so many immigrants move into this country is mainly abouteconomic reasons.
(A)risk
(B)push
(C)impact
(D)gravity
Nowadays kids are playing sports more _____ at younger ages; they are pushing their bodies to the limit,practicing sports too hard for too long.
(A)aggressively
(B)defensively
(C)elegantly
(D)persuasively依下文回答第37 題至第40 題The lexicon of oncology is filled with military metaphors: the war on cancer, aggressive tumors, magic bullets.And although these are indeed only metaphors, they do reflect an underlying attitude--that it is the clinician's job toattack and destroy his patient's tumor directly, with whatever weapons that come in handy.
themselves more quickly to the new environment, they made up their mindby stopping using their native language and speaking only English at home. However, when the Wu children grew upand went back to their home country, China, the children had difficulty communicating with relatives there. At thattime, they realized that it was a
Psychologists found that people addicted to alcohol cannot go back to _____ drinking.
(A)desperate
(B)fortunate
(C)immediate
(D)moderate
Malaria was believed to be on the verge of _____ when people thought that the introduction of insecticidessignaled the end of the malaria-carrying mosquito.
(A)persuasion
(B)eradication
(C)domination
(D)contamination
There is even talkof biological agents, in the form of viruses specifically tailored to seek out and eliminate their tumorous targets.
for them not to make their children become bilingual. Linguistically speaking,the most
The United Kingdom has long been _____ to cut its tie with the European Union mainly because of the issues ofrefugee flows and economic migrants.
(A)bald
(B)keen
(C)sleek
(D)tepid
Lured by false promises of a good job, a stable conflict-free environment or even a loving romantic relationship,victims of human _____ are then pushed into forced labor or sexual exploitation.
(A)trafficking
(B)slavery
(C)migration
(D)distribution第38 題至第41 題為篇章結構,各題請依文意從四個選項中選出最合適者,答案選用不能重複:The suspected suicide of actor and comedian Robin Williams is being linked, in part, to depression. ManyAmericans suffer from the condition. But, many also are trying to help people with depression. They are finding waysto bring attention to depression and ways to treat it.For example, thousands of people take part in what are called “Out of the Darkness Walks.” 38 They alsohope to raise money for suicide prevention efforts and research into depression.Steve Iselin served in the Navy for 20 years. After his retirement, he began to look for another job. That is whenhe began feeling hopeless. He said,“I had a great sense of dread every day. Agony is another word that comes to mind.I didn’t want to do anything that I would normally like to do. I had no interest in seeing other people.” Steve Iselin didfind a job. But he left after one week because he told himself he could not do the work. Everything he did seemed verydifficult. Decisions were painful, even having to choose what he would wear that day or what to eat. Mr. Iselin wassuffering from depression.Bob Gebbia heads the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He says being depressed is very differentfrom being sad or having a bad day. He says that about 20 million people are found to have clinical depression in theUnited States every year. 39 He notes that some people are more likely than others to get depressed. “Let’s sayyou lose your job, divorce, or, you know, a loss of someone.”After Robin Williams’ death, the American Foundation for the Prevention of Suicide released a statement.The foundation said Mr. Williams: “brought laughter into every life he touched; Robin also suffered fromdepression. 40 Every 13 minutes someone dies from suicide, and it is among the top ten causes of death in theU.S.” The group said more needs to be done to prevent suicides. It called for greater attention to mental health issues,warning signs, and effective forms of intervention and treatment.Steve Iselin was lucky. His wife recognized the signs of depression. She helped him get the expert care heneeded. But he says that was not true of his brother’s son. Mr. Iselin says his nephew became depressed a few yearslater and killed himself. A year after his nephew’s death, Mr. Iselin visited his brother in San Francisco and heardabout the “Out of the Darkness Walks.” The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention organized the event. Bothmen took part. 41 Since then, Steve Iselin has volunteered with the American Foundation for SuicidePrevention, taking part in many community walks.
But as Sun Tzu observed, the wisest general is not one who wins one hundred victories in one hundredbattles, but rather one who overcomes the armies of his enemies without having to fight them himself. And one way todo that is to get someone else to do your fighting for you.
advantage of being bilingual is that those people will be able to communicate with more peoplearound the world. They are more autonomous and do not need to rely on other people to understand other languages.Apart from this linguistic benefit, bilingual people have got the
I don't believe he had the to take the credit! He didn't even move a finger in the project.
(A)cheek
(B)check
(C)creek
(D)click
(A)Mr. Gebbia says the cause could be a combination of genetic influences, changes in brain chemistry orenvironmental reasons.
(B)Steve Iselin said that was the first day his brother understood that perhaps he was not to blame for his son’s death.
(C)The walkers remember loved ones they lost to suicide.
(D)It is our hope that we are able to have an open conversation that depression and addictions are real illnessesthat can sometimes be fatal.
Instead of attacking cancer directly, immunotherapy recruits a patient's immune system to do theattacking. The latest way of doing so is by removing the controls which keep the immune system in check during timesof bodily peace, let it damage the person it is supposed to be protecting. Now, as a series of papers presented in June2013 to the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago shows, its range is beingextended.
over other people because they have a higherlevel of cultural and social awareness of another group of people. Knowing the vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, andeven jokes of another language enhances people’s understanding of another culture. One more advantage of beingbilingual is that people can gain global awareness. Different regions of the world can be more closely connected ifmutual understanding between people of different nations can be achieved.
The doctor warned the parents that the new born baby cannot _____ hard food, such as crackers.
(A)digest
(B)differ
(C)diffuse
(D)discover
(A)Mr. Gebbia says the cause could be a combination of genetic influences, changes in brain chemistry orenvironmental reasons.
(B)Steve Iselin said that was the first day his brother understood that perhaps he was not to blame for his son’s death.
(C)The walkers remember loved ones they lost to suicide.
(D)It is our hope that we are able to have an open conversation that depression and addictions are real illnessesthat can sometimes be fatal.
The treatment of melanoma that started the ball rolling employed a particular drug calledipilimumab, a monoclonal antibody.37
(A)The troops on the front will be no untested conscripts, experienced marines and special forces.
(B)But so far the patient has no clear sense of the cancer, its treatment and recovery.
(C)As in real warfare, those weapons may be conventional, chemical or nuclear.
(D)But some tumors prove unknowable and unconquerable.38
(A)They all suffer from the same drawback.
(B)This is all well and good as strategies go.
(C)In the original trials, all proved inefficient.
(D)Among the aforementioned weapons, the best are viruses.39
(A)This is bad news for all cancer patients.
(B)Sun Tzu would surely have approved.
(C)If such approaches are confirmed, cancers will be nowhere to find.
(D)That, in an oncological context, is where immunotherapy comes in.40
(A)More Chinese herbs are being brought in to treat all cancers.
(B)More effective versions are being brought to bear on melanoma.
(C)More viruses are being brought in to treat melanoma.
(D)More warriors are being brought in to treat melanoma.依下文回答第41 題至第45 題Ritchie’s Fabulae Faciles is a graded reader of made-up Latin stories, which the author Francis Ritchie wrote inorder to give students additional practice before they began reading Julius Caesar’s Gallic War. The text includes themyths of Perseus, Heracles, Jason and the Argonauts, and Ulysses; and the entire volume is divided into 100 sectionsof Latin, which are roughly a paragraph in length. Although Ritchie assumes that readers know all five declensions,pronouns, and active and passive verbs from the beginning of the Perseus readings, he does not introduce thesubjunctive mood until the middle of the Heracles selections or indirect discourse and ablative absolutes until Jasonand the Argonauts. Ritchie’s purpose is to provide readers with an opportunity to master simple Latin grammar andmorphology before they encounter more complex constructions in the later stories, and he does so while presentingstudents with an informative and thoroughly engaging storyline.This Latin text was first published by Ritchie in 1884 in a volume called Fabulae Faciles: A First Latin Reader.In 1903, John Kirtland produced a revised edition of the book under the title Ritchie’s Fabulae Faciles: A First LatinReader. Kirtland modified Ritchie’s Latin text, added grammatical notes, and eliminated a section of drill exercisesfound in the original volume. Kirtland’s book remained the standard edition until 1991, when another revised volumewas prepared by Gilbert Lawall, Stanley Iverson, and Allan Wooley, entitled Fabulae Graecae: A Revised Edition ofRitchie’s Fabulae Faciles. While the first two books are out of copyright and can be downloaded for free, the FabulaeGraecae remains available in paperback. The aim of this current edition(2012) is to make Ritchie’s myths even moreaccessible to intermediate-level Latin readers.
, lack of the ability to speak asecond or third language can only result in miscommunication and even hostility among people. Since bilingualismoffers people many assets at their disposal, it is always wise to learn to speak a second or third language.36acclaim
(A)
(B)accustom
(C)caution
(D)conceal37merit
(A)
(B)default
(C)flaw
(D)intake38overt
(A)
(B)ruthless
(C)shrewd
(D)unbearable39margin
(A)
(B)edge
(C)corner
(D)angle40
(A)Eternally
(B)Adversely
(C)Bilaterally
(D)Conversely請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題By most standards, Austin Jia holds an enviable position. A rising sophomore at Duke, Mr. Jia attends one of thetop universities in the country, setting him up for success.With his high G.P.A., nearly perfect SAT score and activities — debate team, tennis captain and state orchestra —Mr. Jia believes he should have had a fair shot at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania.However, those Ivy League colleges rejected him after he applied in the fall of 2015.It was particularly disturbing, Mr. Jia said, when classmates with lower scores than his — but who were notAsian-American, like him — were admitted to those Ivy League institutions.“My gut reaction was that I was super disillusioned by how the whole system was set up,” Mr. Jia, said.Students like Mr. Jia are now the subject of a lawsuit accusing Harvard of discriminating againstAsian-Americans in admissions by imposing a penalty for their high achievement and giving preferences to other racialminorities.
To show respect to the Muslim belief, shorts are _____ out of the question when you visit a mosque.
(A)scarcely
(B)unlikely
(C)relatively
(D)definitely請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題:Whether it’s a beach getaway or a camping trip, animal encounters — some potentially dangerous — can happen onany vacation. According to the experts, the secret to 41 a dangerous animal encounter, like one with a shark, bearor rattlesnake, is to not panic. “Easier said than done, and sounds obvious, but seriously, try and keep your cool,” Ms.Levin said. The best thing to do during such an encounter is to 42 yourself slowly from the scene if you can.If you come face-to-face with a bear, mountain lion or coyote, do your best to look 43 . Stand tall, huddle together,open your coats, and raise your backpack overhead. In addition, do not feed wild animals; the more you feed them, themore they grow 44 humans, and stick around people — which leads to people treating them like 45 andtrying to poison, trap, or kill them. In general, it's better if wild animals retain a healthy fear of (and distance from)humans in densely populated places.
(A)Mr. Gebbia says the cause could be a combination of genetic influences, changes in brain chemistry orenvironmental reasons.
(B)Steve Iselin said that was the first day his brother understood that perhaps he was not to blame for his son’s death.
(C)The walkers remember loved ones they lost to suicide.
(D)It is our hope that we are able to have an open conversation that depression and addictions are real illnessesthat can sometimes be fatal.
According to the passage, who are the target readers of Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles?
(A)Beginning students of Latin.
(B)Intermediate students of Latin.
(C)Advanced students of Latin.
(D)Native speakers of Latin.
According to the passage, which Ivy League colleges Mr. Jia did not apply for admission?Columbia.
(A)
(B)Harvard.
(C)Princeton.
(D)Yale.
(A)seducing
(B)suffering
(C)surviving
(D)solving
(A)Mr. Gebbia says the cause could be a combination of genetic influences, changes in brain chemistry orenvironmental reasons.
(B)Steve Iselin said that was the first day his brother understood that perhaps he was not to blame for his son’s death.
(C)The walkers remember loved ones they lost to suicide.
(D)It is our hope that we are able to have an open conversation that depression and addictions are real illnessesthat can sometimes be fatal.請依下文回答第42 題至第45 題:As people woke up at dawn on the farm, one person was already up. 42 An old man from Thailand claimedhe has not slept for 33 years: “My insomnia started many years ago after I got a fever. 43 But nothing helps.”Amazingly, since then he has never once been ill. He spent the day farming and taking care of his pigs and at night hepatrols the village. 44 Doctors said a chronic lack of sleep often causes anorexia, lethargy and irritability.45 He was certainly one of them.
How many editions of Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles are there?
(A)One.
(B)Two.
(C)Three.
(D)Four.
How does Mr. Jia feel about the student-recruiting process of these Ivy League colleges?A bit disappointed.
(A)
(B)Greatly satisfied.
(C)Somewhat satisfied.
(D)Totally disappointed.
(A)exclude
(B)remove
(C)distinguish
(D)erase
(A)Anyway, he went to bed in the morning.
(B)Furthermore, he came back from nightshift.
(C)Indeed, he has always been asleep.
(D)In fact, he hasn’t even been to bed.
Which of the following statements about Fabulae Faciles is NOT true?
(A)It is a graded Latin reader.
(B)It was first published in the nineteenth century.
(C)It consists of roughly 100 paragraphs.
(D)It is intended be read after Caesar's Gallic War.
Which of the following does NOT apply to Mr. Jia?Scoring nearly perfectly in SAT.
(A)
(B)A tennis captain.
(C)A Harvard dropout.
(D)A Duke sophomore.
(A)All the people blamed me.
(B)I did not have money to see the doctor.
(C)I have tried everything.
(D)The fever was long gone.
(A)He always disrupted his neighbors’ work during the day.
(B)He also helped to wake his neighbors up when there was a need.
(C)He got very grumpy and everybody was annoyed with him.
(D)He got very ill and could not work at all.
Which of the following statements about Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles is true?
(A)Its section about Perseus introduces the use of the subjunctive mood.
(B)It helps readers learn basic Latin grammar.
(C)It was first published in 1903.
(D)Its 1901 edition can be download for free from the Internet.
Which of the following groups of applicants – others being equal – has a better chance of being admitted toHarvard?African
(A)-American.
(B)Vietnamese-American.
(C)Korean-American.
(D)Japanese-American.
(A)accustomed to
(B)fascinated by
(C)reliable on
(D)cooperative with
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
(A)This 2012 edition can only be purchased from the Internet.
(B)It is still possible to find the first two editions online now.
(C)The 1991 edition is out of print now.
(D)The new edition is more suitable for all levels of Latin learners.依下文回答第46 題至第50 題Acknowledging that traditional passwords are no longer secure, some of the largest banks in the world areincreasingly using voices, fingerprints, facial scans and other types of biometrics to safeguard bank accounts.Through their mobile phones, millions of banking customers routinely use fingerprints to log into their bankaccounts. This feature, which some banks have introduced since the second decade of the 21st century, enables a hugeshare of banking customers to verify their identities with biometrics. The move reflects deep concerns that so manyhundreds of millions of email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers and other personal identifiers havefallen into the hands of criminals, rendering those identifiers increasingly ineffective at protecting accounts. “We believethe password is dying,” said Tom Shaw, vice president for enterprise financial crimes management at USAA. “Werealized we have to get away from personal identification information because of the growing number of data breaches.”Long regarded as the stuff of science fiction, biometrics have been tested by big banks for decades, but have onlyrecently become sufficiently accurate and cost effective to use on a large scale. It has taken a great deal of trial anderror: With many of the early prototypes, a facial scan could be foiled by bad lighting, and voice recognition could bescuttled by background noise or laryngitis.Before smartphones became ubiquitous, there was another obstacle: To capture a finger image or scan an eyeball, abank would have to pay to distribute the necessary technology to tens of millions of customers. A few tried, but theirefforts were costly and short-lived. On top of all these, there is an even bigger problem: As criminals have found theirways to break the traditional banking passwords, they could eventually find ways to steal biometric data as well.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?Austin Jia is a victim of his racial background.
(A)
(B)Duke, though not one of the Ivy League colleges, is one of the top universities in the US.
(C)Austin Jia is rejected owing to his unimpressive academic performance.
(D)Because of cases like Mr. Jia’s, Harvard is being accused of racial discrimination.請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題Throughout its long history, Earth has warmed and cooled time and again. Climate has changed when the planetreceived more or less sunlight due to subtle shifts in its orbit, as the atmosphere or surface changed, or when the Sun’senergy varied.Global warming is the unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature over the past centuryprimarily due to the greenhouse gases released as people burn fossil fuels. The global average surface temperature rose0.6 to 0.9 degrees Celsius (1.1 to 1.6°F) between 1906 and 2005, and the rate of temperature increase has nearlydoubled in the last 50 years. Temperatures are certain to go up further.Earth’s temperature begins with the Sun. Roughly 30 percent of incoming sunlight is reflected back into space bybright surfaces like clouds and ice. Of the remaining 70 percent, most is absorbed by the land and ocean, and the rest isabsorbed by the atmosphere. The absorbed solar energy heats our planet. As the rocks, the air, and the seas warm, theyradiate “heat” energy (thermal infrared radiation). From the surface, this energy travels into the atmosphere wheremuch of it is absorbed by water vapor and long-lived greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. Whenthey absorb the energy radiating from Earth’s surface, microscopic water or greenhouse gas molecules turn into tinyheaters— like the bricks in a fireplace, they radiate heat even after the fire goes out. They radiate in all directions. Theenergy that radiates back toward Earth heats both the lower atmosphere and the surface, enhancing the heating they getfrom direct sunlight. This absorption and radiation of heat by the atmosphere—the natural greenhouse effect—isbeneficial for life on Earth. If there were no greenhouse effect, the Earth’s average surface temperature would be a verychilly -18°C (0°F) instead of the comfortable 15°C (59°F) that it is today.What has scientists concerned now is that over the past 250 years, humans have been artificially raising theconcentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at an ever-increasing rate, mostly by burning fossil fuels, but alsofrom cutting down carbon-absorbing forests. Since the Industrial Revolution began in about 1750, carbon dioxidelevels have increased nearly 38 percent as of 2009 and methane levels have increased 148 percent. The atmospheretoday contains more greenhouse gas molecules, so more of the infrared energy emitted by the surface ends up beingabsorbed by the atmosphere. Since some of the extra energy from a warmer atmosphere radiates back down to thesurface, Earth’s surface temperature rises.
(A)pals
(B)pets
(C)pests
(D)peers請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題:Wherever you go in France, the country’s artistic heritage is very much in evidence. France does have her share of uglyurban sprawl and unlovely out-of-town hypermarkets, but these are eclipsed by her wealth of beautifully restored andmaintained historic buildings which, together with striking new architecture and works of art, are part of the fabric ofeveryday life.France has had an important role throughout the history of western art which began with the cave painters of theDordogne, long before their land became a nation. From the Renaissance onwards French kings invited the finestEuropean painters to decorate their palaces, and Paris became the center of nearly all important artistic developments,whether the artists concerned were French or not.It was only in the nineteenth century that French painters formed a distinctively French movement that was far moreinfluential than the Flemish, German and Italian schools of previous centuries. The impressionists and their successorsradically altered the direction of European art, attracting even more foreign artists to Paris.Since the seventeenth century, when the Academies of painting and sculpture, and architecture were founded,architecture and the visual arts have been a central concern of the French state. Today, the Ministry of Culture ishoused in the elegant seventeenth-century Palais-Royal, alongside two of the nation’s highest institutions, the ConseilConstitutionnel and the Conseil d’Etat, exemplifying the belief of Catherine Trautmann, the culture minister from 1997to 2000, that “culture is at the heart of our democratic system.” This sentiment echoes the aims of her predecessors whoinclude de Gaulle’s post-war minister Andre Malraux and Mitterrand’s innovative and daring minister, Jack Lang, bothof whom wanted to enrich the lives of ordinary citizens.
(A)But there were exceptions.
(B)Cases can vary.
(C)It could be even worse.
(D)No remedy can cure him.請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題:Those who doubt the power of human beings to change Earth’s climate should look to the Arctic, and shiver.There is no need to pore over records of temperatures and atmospheric carbon-dioxide concentrations. The process isstarkly visible in the shrinkage of the ice that covers the Arctic ocean. In the past 30 years, the minimum coverage ofsummer ice has fallen by half; its volume has fallen by three-quarters. On current trends, the Arctic ocean will belargely ice-free in summer by 2040.Climate-change sceptics will shrug. Some may even celebrate: an ice-free Arctic ocean promises a shortcut forshipping between the Pacific coast of Asia and the Atlantic coasts of Europe and the Americas, and the possibility ofprospecting for perhaps a fifth of the planet’s undiscovered supplies of oil and natural gas. Such reactions areprofoundly misguided. Never mind that the low price of oil and gas means searching for them in the Arctic is no longerworthwhile. Or that the much-vaunted sea passages are likely to carry only a trickle of trade. The right response is fear.The Arctic is not merely a bellwether of matters climatic, but an actor in them.The current period of global warming that Earth is undergoing is caused by certain gases in the atmosphere,notably carbon dioxide. These admit heat, in the form of sunlight, but block its radiation back into space, in the form oflonger-wave-length infra-red. That traps heat in the air, the water and the land. More carbon dioxide equals morewarming--a simple equation. Except it is not simple. A number of feedback loops complicate matters. Some dampenwarming down; some speed it up. Two in the Arctic may speed it up quite a lot.One is that seawater is much darker than ice. It absorbs heat rather than reflecting it back into space. That meltsmore ice, which leaves more seawater exposed, which melts more ice. And so on. This helps explain why the Arctic iswarming faster than the rest of the planet. The deal on climate change made in Paris in 2015 is meant to stop Earth’ssurface temperature rising by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. In the unlikely event that it is fullyimplemented, winter temperatures over the Arctic ocean will still warm by between 5°C and 9°C compared with their1986-2005 average.The second feedback loop concerns not the water but the land. In the Arctic much of this is permafrost. Thatfrozen soil locks up a lot of organic material. If the permafrost melts its organic contents can escape as a result of fireor decay, in the form of carbon dioxide or methane (which is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2). This will speedup global warming directly--and the soot from the fires, when it settles on the ice, will darken it and thus speed itsmelting still more.
Which of the following words best describes the author's attitude toward the use of biometrics to safeguard bankaccounts?
(A)optimistic
(B)pessimistic
(C)picky
(D)skeptical
What is the main idea of this article?Public reactions toward global warming and the greenhouse effects.
(A)
(B)How human beings cause global warming.
(C)Global warming and greenhouse effects on earth.
(D)Solutions of global warming and greenhouse effects.
What is the passage mainly about?
(A)The origin of European art.
(B)The ancient buildings of Paris.
(C)The importance of art to the French.
(D)The development of architecture in France.
Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph?
(A)To raise doubts about the optimism that climate-change disbelievers express.
(B)To introduce potential commerce that an ice-free Arctic ocean may bring.
(C)To indicate incomplete knowledge people have of the Arctic’s economy.
(D)To differentiate the views of those who fear climate-change from those who don’t.
Which of the following statements about the banking password is NOT true?
(A)The banking password may be about to expire forever.
(B)The banking password has been replaced by biometrics for two decades.
(C)The banking password is not secure anymore.
(D)The data breaches of banking are increasing.
What is the main factor causing greenhouse gases?Petroleum.
(A)
(B)Sunlight.
(C)Vapor.
(D)Carbon dioxide.
According to the passage, which of the following is true about France?
(A)She has the rich people share their wealth with the poor.
(B)She combines old and new elements in shaping her culture.
(C)She skillfully hides the ugly parts of the country from tourists.
(D)She replaces the historical buildings with modern architectural projects.
Which of the following best describes the function of the last two paragraphs?
(A)They narrow the scope of the topic introduced in the first two paragraphs.
(B)They explain the rationale for the Arctic ocean’s increasing melting speed.
(C)They cite the most striking instances implemented after the 2015 Paris deal.
(D)They present the feedback loops that slow down the Arctic’s warming process.
According to the passage, which of the following is most likely to endanger the system of biometrics tosafeguard bank accounts?
(A)Smartphones are not to become ubiquitous.
(B)A facial scan could be foiled by bad lighting.
(C)Voice recognition could be scuttled by background noise or laryngitis.
(D)Criminals could eventually find ways to steal biometric data.
According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true?Sunlight is the main cause that increases the Earth
(A)’s temperature during the past 50 years.
(B)Gas using could be the main reason for the increase in global surface temperature.
(C)Clouds and ice cannot help the sunlight to reflect back into spaces.
(D)The rate of temperature increase has nearly doubled in the past two decades.
According to the passage, which of the following is true about the "Dordogne"?
(A)It is an association of painters who served French kings.
(B)It is a place famous for its prehistoric cave paintings.
(C)It is a method used to decorate the palaces in the Renaissance.
(D)It is a country defeated by France in the seventeenth century.
Which of the following phrases best corresponds to the words “much darker” in the beginning of paragraph four?
(A)more mysterious
(B)less brilliant
(C)more troublesome
(D)less distinctive
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
(A)Banking customers' psychological reactions to the use of biometrics.
(B)Some banks have tried the use of biometrics.
(C)To use the biometrics, a great deal of trial and error must be undergone.
(D)The distribution of the biometrics technology to the banking customers is costly.
Which of the following has the closest meaning to “emitted”?exploited
(A)
(B)strained
(C)discharged
(D)garnered
According to the passage, what did French artists achieve in the nineteenth century?
(A)They applied the features of different forms of art to French architecture.
(B)They challenged the art establishment and started a new approach to painting.
(C)They supported the European artists to begin their careers as the impressionists.
(D)They promoted the value of art democracy which attracted the interest of young people.
Which of the following is the tone of the passage?
(A)pleading
(B)sarcastic
(C)conclusive
(D)alarming
When was the use of fingerprints to log into bank accounts first introduced?
(A)Before the 2000s.
(B)During the 2010s.
(C)After the 2020s.
(D)During the 2030s.
Which of the following is NOT true about this article?Global warming increases Earth
(A)’s average surface temperature.
(B)Without greenhouse effect, the Earth’s temperature would be much cooler.
(C)Burning fossil fuels and cutting down carbon-absorbing forests cause increasing greenhouse effect.
(D)Lands radiate “heat” energy due to natural greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
Who is Andre Malraux?
(A)The owner of Palais-Royal.
(B)A culture minister of France.
(C)A famous artist of impressionism.
(D)The head of a party against Mitterrand.
What is the main idea of the passage?
(A)The Arctic is not only an indicator of global warming but also a main cause of it.
(B)The Paris deal is the only solution to slowing down the Arctic’s ice shrinkage rate.
(C)The organic contents released in the Arctic’s melting process will benefit global economy.
(D)There is not enough study about the global warming that Earth is undergoing.