總統依憲法規定,於民國97 年7 月1 日公布○○○○法,並宣示該法律自公布日起生效。請問該法律於何時對全體國民及各機關發生拘束力?
(A)97 年7 月1 日上午零時
(B)97 年7 月1 日下午五時
(C)97 年7 月3 日上午零時
(D)97 年7 月3 日下午五時第31 題至第34 題為題組When asked to name the most ferocious dinosaur, most people would immediately think of Tyrannosaurus rex,T-rex for short. The T-rex could reach a height of almost fifty feet in length and a weight of five tons. It is equippedwith eight-inch talons on its feet and a huge jaw lined with teeth as long and sharp as steak knives. 31Imagine the surprise, then, when scientists digging in eastern Utah in 1992 found a dinosaur that could wellhave been a match for T-rex fossilized in the rocky lands. 32 The Utahraptor was twenty feet long, smaller thanthe T-rex. However, it had twelve-inch hooked claws on each of its hind legs. While the T-rex had short, stubbyforelimbs, the Utahraptor had large, powerful arms equipped with ten-inch claws. With these, it could grasp itsprey. 33With such evenly matched assets, it is hard to imagine what would happen if the two dinosaurs met each other.However, a contest between the two powerful creatures never took place. 34 Even though scientists can onlyspeculate as to why that happened, it was fortunate for the other dinosaurs that such formidable predators did notexist at the same time.
Of all the patients in intensive care units who are at of dying, some 20 percent present difficult ethicalchoices—whether to keep trying to save the life.
(A)price
(B)risk
(C)rim
(D)attempt
(A)With its sturdy back legs, the Utahraptor could probably outrun any other creature.
(B)With such a dangerous build, the T-rex was thought to have been the most terrifying of all carnivorousdinosaurs.
(C)This is because Utahraptors had been dead for fifty million years before the T-rex appeared.
(D)Once a victim was caught, it would be slashed and smashed by the raptor’s claws on the hind feet.
In summertime, higher standards of personal are necessary to prevent disease.
(A)aspiration
(B)commodity
(C)hygiene
(D)routine
(A)Once a victim was caught, it would be slashed and smashed by the raptor’s claws on the hind feet.
(B)With its sturdy back legs, the Utahraptor could probably outrun any other creature.
(C)This is because all of the Utahraptors had been dead for fifty million years before the T-rex appeared.
(D)The name of this equally terrifying and ferocious dinosaur is Utahraptor.
The peace rally is gaining every hour. By now, thousands of people have gathered in front of the parliamentbuilding.
(A)consolidation
(B)momentum
(C)radiation
(D)ultimatum
(A)However, it would be premature to say for sure what it was that brought the dinosaurs to extinction.
(B)With its sturdy back legs, the Utahraptor could probably outrun any other creature.
(C)The name of this equally terrifying and ferocious dinosaur is Utahraptor.
(D)Once a victim was caught, it would be slashed and smashed by the raptor’s claws on the hind feet.
In the Seoul Olympics of 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won a 100-meter gold medal in 9.79 sec.His came almost as fast, after it was revealed that he had used steroids to achieve his world-beatingperformance.
(A)basket case
(B)nom de plume
(C)fall from grace
(D)standing on his head
(A)This is because all of the Utahraptors had been dead for fifty million years before the T-rex appeared.
(B)With such a dangerous build, the T-rex was thought to have been the most terrifying of all carnivorousdinosaurs.
(C)However, it would be premature to say for sure what it was that brought the dinosaurs to extinction.
(D)With its sturdy back legs, the Utahraptor could probably outrun any other creature.
Call-in surveys sometimes misrepresent public opinion because people who tend to call may be a small amount ofpeople with strong ideas or certain attitudes; thus the “silent ” might often be ignored.
(A)majority
(B)maximum
(C)minimum
(D)minority
Apart from sheer size, India and China differ from neighboring “trading states” in another critical aspect: theirambition to be the regional superpower in South Asia and East Asia .
(A)aggressively
(B)individually
(C)provincially
(D)respectively
Tourists are often accused of being loud and rude, but they may in fact help traditional cultures.
(A)abuse
(B)impede
(C)hinder
(D)sustain
You need to the document before signing it.
(A)undermine
(B)fabricate
(C)peruse
(D)execute
It is an excellent plan on paper, but from a practical point of view, it just isn’t _____.
(A)feasible
(B)visible
(C)gullible
(D)vulnerable
J. K. Rowling, auther of the popular Harry Potter series, exhibits control over her stories.
(A)intrusive
(B)inaccessible
(C)impeccable
(D)intrinsic
These companies claim deeper seawater contains more and fewer pollutants than surface water.
(A)cankers
(B)nutrients
(C)incentives
(D)utilities
In my family with Chinese tradition, only Daddy and the oldest brother were allowed individual . Daughterswere all expected to be of one standard.
(A)contributions
(B)controversies
(C)idiosyncrasies
(D)consistencies
At the airport, the customs officials usually open our bags to the contents.
(A)expect
(B)retrospect
(C)prospect
(D)inspect
A hairline at the forehead is a part of the male aging process.
(A)conceding
(B)interceding
(C)proceeding
(D)receding
We cannot say that men’s characters improve in proportion their knowledge increases, nor can we say theopposite.
(A)to
(B)for
(C)as
(D)with
In America, “wellness” has become a huge industry especially to the prosperous discontent of thebaby-boomers.
(A)proposing
(B)catering
(C)deferring
(D)referring
Rather than sailing smoothly into a crucial financial summit in December, the EU seems to be cruising for abruising.
(A)The EU financial summit, though bruised, is expected to have a crucial sailing in December.
(B)The EU financial summit, in spite of its smooth sailing, is likely to be cancelled in December.
(C)The EU financial summit, though scheduled to be held in December, is faced with crucial financial problems.
(D)The EU financial summit, to be held in December, is proceeding with difficulties.請依下文回答第42-46 題Division does not always require that classification follow it. Your purpose in classifying, however, is to showhow things in a group are similar. 42 division and classification do work together. If you emptied the contents of apocketbook onto a table, you would begin to divide those contents into groups. 43 division, you would identifyobjects relating to finances, objects relating to personal care, objects relating to school work. Once you had the divisionsclear, you would place objects in each category: money, checks, and credit cards in the first; cosmetics, a comb, andperfume in the second; pencils and a notebook in the third.When you divide and classify for writing, you have to keep several things in mind. You have to think carefullyabout the division of the topic so that you limit the 44 from group to group. That is best achieved by creatingcategories different enough from each other so there is no blending. Since, you, the writer, have to establish the groups,you need to use a principle of classification that is sensible, accurate and complete. Do not force categories just 45making groups. You have to show how things in a group relate to each other, and this you must do without 46 theirdifferences and without making them stereotypes. If you stereotype objects in a group, you will be oversimplifying them,taking away their individuality, and forcing them to fit your categories.
From a distance it is a postcard image; get closer to Mt. Fuji, however, you will notice that Japan’s iconic mountainhas a garbage problem, a stark contrast to a country known for its cleanliness.
(A)Mt. Fuji maintains a beautiful postcard image and reinforces the clean image of Japan despite its garbageproblem.
(B)Suffering from a garbage problem, Mt. Fuji is no longer an icon of Japan, a country as beautiful as a postcardimage.
(C)Although Mt. Fuji is not as beautiful and clean as it appears from a distance, it still stands for the cleanliness ofJapan.
(D)Though a symbol of the country known for its cleanliness, Mt. Fuji is actually not as clean as it appears from adistance.
(A)Yet
(B)So
(C)Hence
(D)Meanwhile
It seems a very simple thing to tell the truth, but, beyond all questions, there is nothing half so easy as lying.
(A)Though it may appear simple, telling the truth is not as difficult as telling lies.
(B)Though it may appear simple, telling the truth is certainly far more difficult than telling lies.
(C)Though it may appear difficult, telling the truth is definitely less questionable than telling lies.
(D)Though it may appear easy, telling lies is believed by honest people to be the most difficult thing.
(A)Across
(B)Without
(C)Through
(D)Between
Try to improve or optimize one of these global financial crisis parameters and you end up paying somewhere elsealong the line.
(A)Improving one or two of the global financial crisis parameters is very likely to create more crisis parameters inthe end.
(B)The global financial crisis parameters are so intertwined that you can gain some here and lose some there.
(C)To improve the global financial crisis parameters, you need to take care of them all at the same time instead ofone at a time.
(D)You need to pay close attention to the global financial crisis parameters before you can even improve oroptimize one of them.
(A)overlap
(B)outlook
(C)extension
(D)extremity
It is ironic that the very institutions carrying out the research that informs the public of global climate change areoften not terribly good at acting on their own understanding.
(A)The fact that research institutions, which provide us with information on global climate change, are not reallygood at applying their knowledge in actual practice is satirical.
(B)Global climate change is terrible and it is ironic that much research has been done by research institutions but thepublic has found little use of the research result in their everyday life.
(C)It is terrible to see that research institutions, which conduct research on and inform the public about globalclimate change, often fail to do what they preach.
(D)That institutions carrying out the research which informs people about global climate change do not recyclenatural resources in the research processes is ironically expected.
(A)for the sake of
(B)in case of
(C)as a result of
(D)by dint of
As luck would have it, there was typhoon on the day of graduation.
(A)Fortunately, there was typhoon on the day of graduation.
(B)Unfortunately, there was typhoon on the day of graduation.
(C)I had good luck on the day of graduation.
(D)I had bad luck on the day of graduation.第46 題至第50 題為題組Although the epoch of the crusades ignited a genuine economic and cultural revolution in western Europe, inthe Orient these holy wars led to long centuries of decadence and obscurantism. Assaulted from all quarters, theMuslim world turned in on itself. Henceforth modernism became alien. Should cultural and religious identity beaffirmed by rejecting this modernism, which the West symbolized? Or, on the contrary, should the road ofmodernization be embarked upon with resolution, thus risking loss of identity? Neither Iran, nor Turkey, nor theArab world has ever succeeded in resolving this dilemma. Even today we can observe a lurching alternationbetween phases of forced westernization and phases of extremist, strongly xenophobic traditionalism.The Arab world—simultaneously fascinated and terrified by these Franj [Franks], whom they encountered asbarbarians, but whom subsequently managed to dominate the earth—cannot bring itself to consider the crusades amere episode in the bygone past. It is often surprising to discover the extent to which the attitude of the Arabs (andof Muslims in general) towards the West is still influenced, even today, by events that supposedly ended someseven centuries ago.
(A)noticing
(B)ignoring
(C)arranging
(D)measuring請依下文回答第47-50 題You ask me what is poverty? Listen to me. Here I am, dirty, smelly, and with no “proper” underwear on andwith the stench of my rotting teeth near you. I will tell you. Listen to me. Listen without pity. I cannot use your pity.Listen with understanding. 47Poverty is getting up every morning from a dirt-and-illness-stained mattress. The sheets have long since been usedfor diapers. 48 This is a smell of urine, sour milk, and spoiling food sometimes joined with the strong smell oflong-cooked onions. 49 It is the smell of the outdoor privy. It is the smell of the milk which has gone sour because therefrigerator long has not worked, and it costs money to get it fixed. It is the smell of rotting garbage. 50 Shovels costmoney.
The crusades had a negative impact on the Muslim world, and this idea is suggested by the word _____ in thepassage.
(A)genuine
(B)revolution
(C)holy
(D)decadence
(A)Poverty is living in a smell that never leaves.
(B)Even the cheapest soap has to be saved for the baby’s diapers.
(C)If you have smelled this smell, you did not know how it came.
(D)Put yourself in my dirty, worn out, ill-fitting shoes, and hear me.
What does the sentence “the Muslim world turned in on itself” suggest?
(A)self-enclosure
(B)submission
(C)self-pity
(D)inferiority
(A)I can call for help, but who should I call?
(B)Poverty is living in a smell that never leaves.
(C)Even the cheapest soap has to be saved for the baby’s diapers.
(D)Put yourself in my dirty, worn out, ill-fitting shoes, and hear me.
According to the passage, the Muslim world has been caught in the dilemma between self-identity and _____.
(A)obscurantism
(B)westernization
(C)alternation
(D)traditionalism
(A)I can call for help, but who should I call?
(B)I could bury it, but where is the shovel?
(C)If you have smelled this smell, you did not know how it came.
(D)Even the cheapest soap has to be saved for the baby’s diapers.
What does the word “barbarians” in the second paragraph refer to?
(A)Iranians.
(B)Turks.
(C)Arabians.
(D)Franks.
(A)I can call for help, but who should I call?
(B)I could bury it, but where is the shovel?
(C)If you have smelled this smell, you did not know how it came.
(D)Put yourself in my dirty, worn out, ill-fitting shoes, and hear me.
Which of the following words best describes the influence of the crusades on the Arab world?
(A)Long-lasting.
(B)Temporary.
(C)Insignificant.
(D)Transitional.