I am going to choose for my main course because I love seafood.
(A)steak
(B)chicken
(C)pork
(D)lobster
Susan is an student. She is always eager to participate in extra-curricular activities.
(A)honest
(B)envious
(C)energetic
(D)accurate
Mary’s absence made her mother feel lonely and .
(A)conceited
(B)devoted
(C)neglected
(D)resolved
Mary complains about her boss a lot because he is a very person. He’s easily affected or upset by thingspeople say to him.
(A)sensible
(B)sensitive
(C)pragmatic
(D)practical
Lincoln’s debates with his opponents on slavery in the Illinois senate campaign him as a national figureand potential presidential candidate.
(A)established
(B)accomplished
(C)denounced
(D)pronounced
To have enough food and water is a need of all people.
(A)basic
(B)false
(C)bare
(D)remaining
We can easily live a self-sufficient life we are willing to pursue only what we really need for survival.
(A)as far as
(B)so long as
(C)despite that
(D)so that
Jesus Christ in the West and Confucius in the East both had a lot of who were influenced by their teachingsand tried to follow their good examples.
(A)descendants
(B)offsprings
(C)siblings
(D)disciples
The computer was to our project—without it, we couldn’t have finished our report in time.
(A)efficient
(B)unnecessary
(C)problematic
(D)indispensable
Many people dream of country living with its clean fresh air, but occasionally the dream is by unpleasantodors from animal feeding operations.
(A)swallowed
(B)scattered
(C)shifted
(D)shattered
Due to his amazing in appearance to the real bandit, he was wrongly accused of committing the crime.
(A)resemblance
(B)superiority
(C)commitment
(D)submission
Nearly 1,000 tornadoes ripped across the U.S. heartland in 2011, killing more than 500 people and $9billion in damage.
(A)evolving
(B)inflicting
(C)conjuring
(D)meditating
All Taipei- flights have been canceled due to the heavy fog. Passengers could do nothing but wait forfurther notice.
(A)built
(B)bound
(C)concerned
(D)confused
When elephant families came across the of a dead elephant, they stopped, inspected the body, andfondled the bones as if trying to identify the dead one.
(A)puzzle
(B)carcass
(C)offspring
(D)victim
The gunman in Friday’s bank robbery has been as Matt Simpson, a truck driver who had been unfairlydismissed.
(A)interpreted
(B)imitated
(C)instructed
(D)identified
The dynamic workforce of design professionals has enabled the industry to perform well and gain customer .
(A)patronage
(B)consumption
(C)supplement
(D)warranty
It is very rude of these naughty boys to their classmate’s new hair style.
(A)take advantage of
(B)put an end to
(C)make fun of
(D)show respect for
Many lupus patients suffer through a long of treatment before the disease is ever accurately diagnosed.
(A)matrix
(B)odyssey
(C)patron
(D)reproach
Be , please. We are totally broke now and cannot afford a two-million-dollar sports car!
(A)generous
(B)practical
(C)romantic
(D)optimistic
Student numbers are growing as the economy places knowledge at a , and traditional blue-collar jobs migratein search of lower wages and production costs.
(A)pendulum
(B)premium
(C)uranium
(D)vacuum
The medicine does not seem to be , for all of his symptoms show no signs of improvement.
(A)inventive
(B)poisonous
(C)comfortable
(D)effective
A recent poll shows that 81 percent of college students are eligible for some form of financial aid, only63 percent of these students are recipients of such aid.
(A)if
(B)since
(C)while
(D)even第37 題至第40 題為題組As a food label is often nothing more than an advert to tempt you to buy the product, you should pay particularattention to the choice of words used. 37 watch out for the word “flavor,” as this may mean that the productcontains 38 ingredients. Chocolate-flavor topping, for example, will not contain chocolate, even thoughchocolate-flavored topping will contain a small percentage—so read carefully. Many manufacturers also use a range of39 descriptions. Feel-good words intentionally blur the true nature of a product’s source. 40 , “fresh eggpasta,” means that the pasta was indeed made with real and not powdered eggs, but maybe months ago. Words that youcan trust are “organic,” “wholemeal,” “natural mineral water,” “Fair Trade,” “free range,” and the “V” vegetariansymbol.
Some may help attract the audience’s attention, but if you keep waving your hands, the audience willfeel distracted.
(A)fireworks
(B)gestures
(C)instructions
(D)necessities
The “Hero Worship” phenomenon among young people has long been studied by sociologists, and there is aof information about this on the Internet and in books.
(A)sustenance
(B)gluttony
(C)dichotomy
(D)plethora
Mike his ankle and he had to walk with crutches for at least two months.
(A)sprained
(B)sprinkled
(C)squeezed
(D)swelled
(A)Will
(B)Should
(C)Never
(D)Always
The volunteers’ constant and unfailing care and concern gave the poor family to go on.
(A)strength
(B)technique
(C)variety
(D)witness
The world’s cities are at the seams: by 2050, an estimated 6.4 billion people—compared to about 3.5 billiontoday—will be living in cities.
(A)crawling
(B)bursting
(C)flocking
(D)melting
The defendant’s lawyer was so that the jury believed the innocence of the accused.
(A)courteous
(B)ignorant
(C)obedient
(D)persuasive請依下文回答第39~41 題Some of the most interesting words in English are the actual names of the people first involved in the activitiessuggested by the meanings of the words. The word boycott, 39 , derives from the case of Sir Charles Boycott(1832-97), a land agent in Ireland whose tenants expelled him because he refused to lower their rents. Vidkun Quisling’sname quickly became an infamous addition to the English language during World War Ⅱ. He was a Norwegian politicianwho betrayed his country to the Nazis, and his name, quisling, means 40 . Perhaps the most common example is theword sandwich, 41 the fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), who created this quick portable meal so that he would nothave to leave the gambling table to eat.
(A)wrong
(B)synthetic
(C)natural
(D)right
The terrorist attack caused heavy , killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands.
(A)dissidents
(B)defeats
(C)candidates
(D)casualties第39 題至第42 題為題組A big goal of advertising is to increase your consumption. Everyone needs to consume; we all need to eat, drink andbuy basic necessities. But a lot of advertising is aimed at convincing us that we should have much more than we need.This involves encouraging us to throw out possessions that are still good or which could be recycled, 39 extrathings we may never use. This excess consumption not only 40 the world’s resources but also increases pollution andwaste. Children born today in London or New York, for example, will consume, pollute, and waste fifty times more thanchildren born in a developing country.It’s estimated that more than 1.7 billion people make up the world’s consumer society: people who have moremoney to spend than 41 to cover their basic needs. This number is increasing every year. But these 1.7 billion donot spend 42 . A fifth of the world’s population, mostly people in Japan, North America, and Europe, areresponsible for 90 percent of consumption.
The task of the scientist is to see what the case is rather than to make up a case.
(A)The task of the scientist is to see and to invent.
(B)The responsibility of the scientist is to look for a case.
(C)The task of the scientist is to investigate instead of inventing a case.
(D)The task of the scientist is seeing and believing.
(A)for instance
(B)such as
(C)in short
(D)as a result
(A)rather than buy
(B)so as to buy
(C)in spite of buying
(D)as well as to buy
To compensate for all the greenhouse gases his plane trips spewed into the atmosphere, Mr. Grover began payingClimate Care to help make the world a little greener.
(A)Mr. Grover was aware of the environmental burden his air travels have created, so he started to contribute fees toClimate Care to help reduce greenhouse gases.
(B)Mr. Grover was charged by Climate Care, which found him guilty for his role in producing the greenhouse effectwhen he traveled by plane.
(C)Mr. Grover’s plane trips inevitably spewed a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. He felt so guilty that hedecided to travel only with Climate Care.
(D)The goal of Climate Care was to accelerate the global warming process, a cause supported by manyenvironmentally insensitive persons like Mr. Grover.
(A)traitor
(B)patriot
(C)trick
(D)foolishness
(A)Nevertheless
(B)However
(C)For example
(D)Moreover
(A)pulls up
(B)uses up
(C)takes up
(D)calls up
Whether or not the artistic quality of the bullfight outweighs the moral question of the animals’ suffering issomething that each person must decide for themselves.
(A)Everyone has his/her interpretation on whether the beauty of the bullfight is more important than the suffering ofthe bull.
(B)People in our society are forced to decide whether the artistic quality of the bullfight is more valuable than thesuffering of the animal.
(C)Whether the bullfight is an art or a moral issue is a question to which each person has an answer.
(D)In our society, some consider the bullfight an artistic performance rather than an act of murder and of inflictingpain.
(A)following from
(B)resulting in
(C)divided by
(D)named after請依下文回答第42~45 題A condemned US inmate who turned from a gang leader to an anti-gang advocate 42 bars has been nominatedfor the 2006 Nobel peace prize, the college professor behind the nomination said Tuesday. Professor Philip Gasper ofNotre Dame de Namur University in California has nominated convicted killer Stanley “Tookie” Williams for the prizefive years 43 , according to Alice Kim of the Campaign to Stop the Death Penalty. A Swiss parliamentarian was thefirst to 44 Williams for the prize, Kim said. “I respect him for his willingness to be public with his stand againstgangs and for peace, though he must 45 daily with a violent prison environment full of gang members and unfriendlyprison officials, many of whom do not support his message or his work,” said Gasper.
The wait-and-see approach to networking in your professional circle is like playing the lottery—hanging on toyour ticket and hoping you get lucky.
(A)If you simply let others in your professional circle to take the initiative to stay in touch with you, you can onlyhope you’ll get lucky when you play the lottery.
(B)Without taking the initiative to work on your professional networking, you are simply betting on your luckwhen you need someone to come to your help.
(C)Running your professional networking is just like playing the lottery—you are bound to be disappointed ifyou simply wait for others to offer their services to you.
(D)When you run your professional networking like playing the lottery, you are quite sure that someone willcome to your help.
The American Dream is so associated with immigrants’ hopes that incomers’ experiences are a good place to startsampling a widespread literary dissatisfaction with America.
(A)The American Dream is all about immigrants’ hopes for a better life, but many Americans start writing about thedark side of America in order to stop the influx of immigrants.
(B)The American Dream is built upon immigrants’ dreams for a better future and also their fear of not being able tofulfill their dreams.
(C)The American Dream is built upon immigrants’ wishful thinking for a better life, and yet many accounts of theimmigrants speak of their disillusion with such a dream place.
(D)The American Dream is all about immigrants’ dreams for a better life, but many new immigrants startexperiencing the bitterness of such sweet dreams.請依下文回答第42~46 題。The seventeenth century was a period of great advances in science. For example, early in this century, Galileoperfected the telescope and in 1609 published “The Sidereal Messenger,” in which he reported the results of his42 of the Milky Way, the moon, and the planet Jupiter. Only a few years later, the Dutch scientist Anton vanLeeuwenhoek performed 43 research with the microscope, discovering among other things that weevils, fleas, andother 44 creatures come from eggs rather than being spontaneously generated. Not long after this, William Harvey,an English physician, discovered the method 45 which blood circulates in humans and other animals and in 1628published his findings in the historic treatise “On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals.” 46 , in the 1660s,Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravitation and the laws governing the physics of light, and he also inventeddifferential calculus.
(A)behind
(B)of
(C)at
(D)within
Since life is too short, it’s high time that you drank from your finest crystal glasses and ate from your mostdelicate china.
(A)You had better start to treat every day in your life as a special occasion.
(B)You should start to buy some high-quality crystal glasses and dining china for your life.
(C)You should start to show your generosity by sharing your fine, delicate personal belongings with people inyour life.
(D)You should try to make the most of your life by saving good things for special occasions.
(A)on the scene
(B)for a while
(C)in a row
(D)under siege
When everyone begins to agree and there are no contradictory voices, even the most ill-conceived ideas can takeroot.
(A)When everyone in a group begins to have the same views on everything, even the worst ideas might be takeninto account.
(B)When everyone in a group begins to listen to and believe in one another, even well-meant ideas may beviewed truly evil.
(C)When a group of people never agree with one another, they may end up coming up with some wrong ideas.
(D)When a group of people never see things in different ways, they will never have to worry whether their ideasare good or bad.
Allen: What do you do to amuse yourself?Lisa: I like movies and music. I play the flute every day. How about you?Allen: But I have something just like yours: I am a movie fan.
(A)Going to an amusement park can be fun.
(B)It’s all up to you.
(C)Keep your nose out of it.
(D)I don’t know much about music.第44 題至第46 題為題組A: Good afternoon. Henry’s Russian Restaurant.B: Hello. I’d like to make reservations for dinner tonight.A: Yes. 44B: Five. We’d also like a table near the window, too, please.A: I’ll certainly see 45 . What time do you want your reservation for?B: 46A: And what is the name, please?B: The name is Miller.
As cheers from the sold-out audience of 9,200 reverberated around the baseball stadium, the star pitcherdelivered the ball to home plate.
(A)The famous pitcher threw the ball to home plate as the crowd’s cheers filled the stadium.
(B)The famous pitcher was injured when he was throwing a ball to home plate in the crowded stadium.
(C)When the famous pitcher threw the ball to home plate, the audience got out of control in the stadium.
(D)When the famous pitcher was injured throwing a ball to home plate, a big cheers arose from the audience.
(A)What would you like to order?
(B)How many people are there in your party?
(C)How much does the dinner cost?
(D)Do you have a reservation?
(A)juggle
(B)cooperate
(C)cope
(D)accord請依下文回答第46~50 題Together with the gorilla, the chimpanzee is our closest cousin in the animal world. Most people feel an immediatekinship with this great ape, with its large range of facial gestures, body postures, and expressive sounds.The chimp has a skill once attributed only to humans but now known to occur in various animal groups—the use ofsimple tools. The chimp even makes its own tools for specific purposes. It will take a leafy twig and strip the leaves tomake a long, thin stick for use as a termite catcher. The chimp pokes it through a narrow entrance into a termite nest, thenit extracts the stick and licks off the juicy termites.Chimps also crush leaves in their palms for use as sponges. They hold the leaves in water that they cannot reach withtheir mouths, such as that in a hollow log. Then they extract the leafy sponge and suck the moisture from it.Like the young gorillas and humans, baby chimps have a long childhood, up to ten years in some cases. During thistime, they find out how to feed and groom themselves, avoid danger, and communicate with other members of theirgroup. Their behavior is partly instinctive. They also learn by observing other members of the group, and through trialand error.
In recent years, scientists and doctors have made huge strides in treating killer diseases, but the cure for thecommon cold has remained out of reach.
(A)Scientists and doctors have found cures and treatment for many serious diseases including the common cold.
(B)There have been great progresses in treating severe illness except the treatment for the common cold.
(C)Many people have been killed by serious diseases, but the cures for them have remained impossible.
(D)In order to cure the common cold, scientists and doctors have developed different ways of treatment.第46 題至第50 題為題組Using echo-planar magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging procedure (EP-MRSI) to treat mental illness is acompletely different approach only because of the way the magnetism is applied to the brain. The notion that the brainmight respond to magnets and electricity actually goes way back. The EP-MRSI study is an example of burgeoningnew research on an old idea—that the brain is an electromagnetic organ and that brain disorders might result fromdisarray in magnetic function. The idea has huge appeal to psychiatrists and patients alike, since for many people theside effects of psychiatric drugs are almost as difficult to manage as the disease itself. Also, 30 percent of the nearly18.8 million Americans who suffer from depression do not respond to any of the antidepressants available now.What is it about the brain that makes it especially receptive to electromagnetic stimulation? A partial answer canbe found in the neuron, the electrically and chemically excitable nerve cell that receives, processes, and transmitsinformation in the brain. When neurons are activated by magnets or electricity, the nature of their signalschanges—affecting everything from mood to cognition and memory.
(A)if that can be arranged
(B)if everything is all right
(C)if you can wait for a moment
(D)if we can take your order
(A)on
(B)to
(C)at
(D)by
What does “this great ape” refer to?
(A)Chimp
(B)Gorilla
(C)Cousin
(D)Human
What is the best title for this passage?
(A)The Miracles of Human Brain
(B)Experiencing a New Therapy
(C)A New Hope for Mental Illness
(D)Modern Technology
(A)We’ll be ordering at 7:30.
(B)We’ll be paying at 7:30.
(C)We’ll be leaving at 7:30.
(D)We’ll be coming at 7:30.第47 題至第50 題為題組The melting waters of the Ruwenzori Mountains feed the headwaters of the Nile. Here, for hundreds of thousandsof years, people have depended on the river for basic necessities: water, transportation, farming, and fishing.Now, the glaciers of the Ruwenzori are melting so rapidly that they will soon disappear. Within the next twenty orthirty years, most glaciers in Africa and South America will vanish completely.The shrinking of the world’s glaciers will have massive consequences for communities that depend on ice melt. Inthe short-term, these consequences may appear beneficial. For example, extra water from glaciers means thathydroelectric dams will run at maximum power. In the long run, however, the melting of earth’s glaciers could becatastrophic. Today’s extra hydroelectric power has been stolen from the future. Communities with ample power nowmay have none after the glaciers have melted, and the loss of ice will increase sea levels worldwide.Temperature change and a lack of snow is causing the retreat of the glaciers. Glaciers are no longer getting builtup during the snowy winter months, so they are no longer able to maintain their size over the long run.Unless there are some changes in the current rate of global warming, the glaciers are essentially doomed.
(A)Finally
(B)Obviously
(C)Evidentially
(D)Previously請依下文回答第47~50 題。The United States is awash in debt. Median household debt has risen to more than $100,000 from less than $60,000 in1990, even as median incomes have increased only slightly. Much of the debt is held by workers who are building uploans on credit cards, or obtaining dubious mortgages in a bid to secure some fraction of the lifestyle of an upper classthat keeps getting richer. This increase in debt has occurred as the gap between the rich and the poor has continued towiden and the visibility of coveted luxury goods on television and the Internet has continued to grow.Some laud the democratization of credit, seeing its availability to wider swaths of the American population asbroadening opportunity; some criticize it as the ruthless seduction by financial institutions of working people who willone day face bankruptcy because they will be unable to pay credit card bills and mortgages.But this is much clear: the spread of debt is one of the most significant social phenomena in the United States today,allowing the less affluent to spend more than they have. As long as interest rates do not rise steeply, this will continue tohappen.
According to the passage, which of the following does NOT know how to use tools?
(A)Chimps.
(B)Gorillas.
(C)Humans.
(D)Termites.
Which of the following statements is true about EP-MRSI?
(A)EP-MRSI treatments have been used for mental illness for centuries.
(B)It is an advanced magnetic brain scanning technology.
(C)It is a major breakthrough in dealing with physical disorders.
(D)It has not been used on Americans who suffer from depression.
What does the word “beneficial” mean in this passage?
(A)Helpful
(B)Worthless
(C)Dangerous
(D)Unbelievable
What is the main idea of this passage?
(A)The US is deeply in debt and credit cards are to blame.
(B)The gap between the rich and the poor is bridged by the poor borrowing more.
(C)The spread of debt is a social phenomenon and can’t be changed.
(D)Opinions about heavy borrowing vary, but the spread of debt is likely to continue.
Paragraphs 2 and 3 emphasize the function of chimps’ .
(A)feet
(B)hands
(C)mouths
(D)tails
Which of the following statements is true about “neurons”?
(A)Neurons are excitable but cannot be activated.
(B)Neurons cannot be influenced by the power of a magnet.
(C)Neurons can be found only in the brain.
(D)People’s feeling or memory may change if the nature of neurons’ signals changes.
Which of the following descriptions of glaciers is true?
(A)Glaciers are the main water source for the Nile.
(B)Melting glaciers may help hydroelectric dams run at maximum power for a long time.
(C)As temperature increases, glaciers are getting built up.
(D)Melting glaciers will result in the decline of sea levels.
What does the sentence “The United States is awash in debt” mean?
(A)The United States’ national treasury is stuck with debts.
(B)Many people in the United States are cleansed of debt.
(C)Americans borrow so much money that they are washed away.
(D)Many people borrow so much that the US is like floating in a sea of debt.
For the water that the chimps cannot reach, they will use the to get it.
(A)leaves
(B)logs
(C)sticks
(D)twigs
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A)The brain is dynamic.
(B)Antidepressants work well on all patients.
(C)Mental disorders are incurable.
(D)Side effects of psychiatric drugs are easy to control.
What is the main idea of this passage?
(A)Someday most glaciers in the world will disappear completely.
(B)Melting glaciers provide water for irrigation, drinking, and transportation.
(C)Temperature change and a lack of snow causes the decrease of glaciers.
(D)The melting of glaciers is potentially disastrous to human beings.
Why are many workers building up loans on credit cards?
(A)They want to enjoy the lifestyle of the rich.
(B)They want to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.
(C)They want to take part in the democratization of credit.
(D)They want to test their ability to pay.
According to the last paragraph, which of the following is true about baby chimps?
(A)They learn from other group members.
(B)On average, their childhood lasts for more than ten years.
(C)They learn how to avoid danger by grooming themselves.
(D)They use tools like young gorillas and humans.
Which of the following statements best describes the theory regarding magnetism discussed in the passage?
(A)Treatments using magnets can be a new approach to physical recovery.
(B)Electromagnetic therapy can be used to cure mental disorders.
(C)Disarray in magnetic function takes place when the human nervous system is magnetized.
(D)The brain is not receptive to electromagnetic stimulation.
According to this passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A)The Nile is not affected by global warming.
(B)Melting glaciers are caused by global warming.
(C)With the melting of glaciers, we are saving hydroelectric power for the future.
(D)Melting glaciers will only influence the world on a small scale.
On the last line of the last paragraph, what does “this” refer to?
(A)The rise of interest rates
(B)The availability of credit cards
(C)The spread of debt
(D)The United States