The majority of advertising for cosmetics and other beauty products is female customers.
(A)bought for
(B) to neglect
(C) to attack
(D) aimed at
After days of effort, the search and rescue crew finally the dead bodies of the two fire fighters who hadgone missing since the day the massive gas explosion took place.aggregated
(A)
(B)excavated
(C)infiltrated
(D)orientated
Supporters worried that the revelation of the scandal may the reputation of their preferred legislatorcandidate.
(A) endeavor
(B) magnify
(C) accelerate
(D) jeopardize
Dickens was the first important English novelist to write from the child’s point of view and to take the child’s .
(A)walk
(B) play
(C) toy
(D) side
The number of people outside the music hall quickly when word spread that free tickets were beinggiven away.
(A)multiplied
(B)vanquishedsu
(C)ffocated
(D)bypassed
Many charities are devoted to supporting the in society, such as providing food and clothes.
(A)dissident
(B)omnipotent
(C)indicator
(D)indigent
Above the territory of a country there is a no-fly zone, in which planes are not to fly.
(A)allowed
(B) encouraged
(C) exercised
(D) applauded
Luca Lampariello is an Italian who has learned 11 languages so far, including German, Russian, Polishand Mandarin Chinese.bilinguist
(A)
(B) monoglot
(C) polyglot
(D) trilinguist
When the demonstration became violent and out of control, the police should take action to _____.
(A) intervene
(B) accumulate
(C) automate
(D) elevate
Taiwan’s higher production costs in farming have remained a key obstacle local farmers from competingagainst imports.
(A)promoting
(B) preventing
(C) struggling
(D) encouraging
Many countries have made efforts to protect and preserve the arts, culture and of indigenous people.wealth
(A)
(B) quotation
(C) foundation
(D) heritage
The best way to avoid committing is to always document the sources you use and respect the intellectualproperty rights of others.
(A) suicide
(B) vandalism
(C) harassment
(D) plagiarism
Trying to heroin out of the country, Roger was caught at the airport and put in jail.
(A) purchase
(B) shoplift
(C) smuggle
(D) reproduce
The feeling of tension was when two teams were only one point apart during the last 30 seconds of thegame.successive
(A)
(B) indefinite
(C) inferential
(D) palpable
The protesters marched through the streets of the city a legal status in negotiations with their employers.
(A) declining
(B) demanding
(C) distinguishing
(D) distributing
The pilot was forced to make an landing after his plane hit geese and lost power minutes after takeoff.
(A) operative
(B) emergency
(C) elaborate
(D) affirmative請依下文回答第37 題至第41 題:American technology companies once led the way in developing innovative products and services. But todaymany big tech firms seem to have lost their innovation mojo. In 1970, IBM 37 the world’s first interchangeablefamily of computers, the revolutionary System/360 mainframes. It was a 38 bet on innovation that Fortunemagazine at the time called “IBM’s $5 billion gamble.” In today’s money, that’s the 39 of a $40 billion wager oninnovation—one that incidentally required IBM to cannibalize all its existing revenue-producing product lines. But thebet worked. The System/360 line quickly became the 40 mainframe in the market and the de facto industrystandard, ensuring IBM’s supremacy in the industry for a generation to come. Back then, it was an axiom of businessleadership that today’s investments in R&D lead to tomorrow’s 41 and profits. But today, this ancient wisdom isin danger of being lost.
Nina enjoys being alone and she does many things by herself, like doing grocery shopping and going to themovies; she totally agrees that “ is good company.”coincidence
(A)
(B) fascination
(C) solitude
(D) vitality
After making a racist joke, the host apologized that it was never her intent to anyone.
(A) entertain
(B) defend
(C) soothe
(D) offend
(A)replied
(B) recorded
(C) reflected
(D) released
A man can be rightly called a wage slave if the job society offers him is of no interest to himself but heis to take it by the necessity of earning a living.conditional
(A)
(B) compulsory
(C) compelled
(D) compressed
After a few minutes’ preparation, the chair starts the meeting, introduces the , invites the first speaker to makehis/her proposal, prevents interruptions, brings in other speakers, summarizes, etc.
(A) agenda
(B) advert
(C) artery
(D) angler
(A)bold
(B) broad
(C) bundle
(D) burning
Promoted to assistant manager last month, Hillary is preparing to take greater in her company.instru
(A)ments
(B) occupations
(C) responsibilities
(D) temptations
The oldest child in a family often quickly, learning early to take responsibility for his/her siblings.
(A) coincides
(B) declares
(C) interacts
(D) matures
Tina has just got a job offer in Taipei, but she is having trouble finding an apartment since housing pricesare so expensive in Taipei City.affordable
(A)
(B)excusable
(C)interpretable
(D)observable
People who use the style of communication appear to put themselves last and seem to consider themselvesinferior to others.
(A) definite
(B) submissive
(C) coherent
(D) insane
Jennifer’s justification for missing her homework again struck the teacher as being , so the teacher wasirritated.uncanny
(A)
(B) unsound
(C) authentic
(D) automatic依下文回答第41 題至第45 題The match of the century was ending in Seoul, Korea. A Google computer program defeated a South Korean master ofGo, an ancient board game 41 its complexity, in their last face-off. Go is a two-person game of strategy said tohave been created in China more than 3,000 years ago. The players compete for 42 by placing black and whitestones on intersections of a board of 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines.The game has been the last remaining great 43 for computer programmers attempting to make software moreadept than humans at board games since the I.B.M.-developed supercomputer Deep Blue routed the world chesschampion Garry Kasparov in 1997. 44 , the program AlphaGo’s 4-1 victory was a historic stride for computerprogrammers and artificial intelligence researchers trying to create software that can 45 humans in boardgames. More than 100 million people had watched the AlphaGo-Lee matches.
Almost one thousand people have been because of the devastating forest fire that began last night. Over fiftybuildings and homes have been destroyed.
(A) evacuated
(B) evaluated
(C) substituted
(D) suspected請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題:Giant pandas have better ears than people — and polar bears. Researchers found out that pandas can 41 surprisingly highfrequencies. The scientists played a range of tones for five zoo pandas trained to 42 a target in response to sound.Training took three to six months for each animal and 43 serious focus and patience, which, according to an expert, was“a lot to ask of a bear.” Both males and females heard into the range of a “silent” ultrasonic dog whistle. Polar bears, theonly other bears scientists have tested, are 44 sensitive to sounds at or above 14 kilohertz. Researchers still don’t knowwhy pandas have ultrasonic hearing. The bears are a 45 bunch, but their chirps and other calls have never been recordedat ultrasonic levels. Great hearing may be a holdover from the bears’ ancient past.
(A)audiences
(B) competition
(C) discrimination
(D) breakthroughs請依下文回答第42 題至第45 題:“From an evolutionary point of view, we typically don’t think of the nose as very important,” said Dr. GarySchwartz, professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Arizona. “But it is stuck square in the middle ofthe face. Why would something that was less relevant to normal activities be so prominent? It implies there issomething more important there than we have realized.”Indeed, scientists are learning that fragrance affects us more than previously thought. New research indicates thatsmells influence our minds, our moods and our bodies. Although we know a great deal about the eyes and ears, weonly partly understand smell. According to Charles Wysocki, an olfactory scientist at the Monell Chemical SensesCenter in Philadelphia, we do know that an odor is first detected by the olfactory epithelium, a sort of receptor sheetlocated in the nose. This starts a chain of events that leads to an information flow to the olfactory bulb and limbicsystem of the brain, which plays a key role in regulating body functions and the emotions. Some of the most significantnew findings about smell show that scents can keep people more alert and improve performance of a routine task.Subjects tackled a 40-minute vigilance test, which required them to watch a video screen and press a button whenever acertain line pattern appeared. While performing the task, some were intermittently given a whiff of peppermint or lilyof the valley through oxygen masks. Scientists discovered that those workers receiving the fragrances performed 25%better than those given only whiffs of pure air. Although it isn’t clear exactly how fragrance works, it is believed thatthis finding may soon have practical applications. Truck drivers, even passenger car drivers, who need to keep alertwhile traveling long distances, could find it helpful.
notorious for
(A)
(B) renowned for
(C) mistaken for
(D) responsible for
(A) taste
(B) hear
(C) see
(D) touch
Which is the main idea of this passage?
(A)Fragrance affects people and smells influence our minds and moods.
(B) The nose stuck in the middle of the face is more important than eyes and ears.
(C) Truck drivers can receive fragrance to keep alert whiling traveling long distances.
(D) Workers given a whiff of peppermint perform better than those given only pure air.
According to the passage, what are some of the significant new findings about smell?
(A)Olfactory epithelium is a sort of receptor sheet located in the nose.
(B) From an evolutionary point of view, the nose is not considered very important.
(C) Scents can keep people more attentive and improve performance of a routine task.
(D) Limbic system of the brain plays a key role in regulating body functions and emotions.
What does the word subjects refer to in the sentence “Subjects tackled a 40-minute vigilance test”?
(A)Courses
(B) Topics
(C) People
(D) Activities請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題:Stop motion involves physically manipulating objects, making them appear to move on their own. The objects aremoved in tediously small increments, and each tiny change in their position is photographed. When the series ofpictures is played in a continuous sequence, the objects appear to move of their own free will. Because clay is amaterial that is particularly malleable, it is often used in films that utilize stop motion photography.The stop motion technique was first put to use in a film called The Humpty Dumpty Circus in 1898. Filmmakersused acrobat and animal toys to become pioneers in this new branch of the movie industry. In the 20th century,animators brought stop motion to the masses when the original King Kong film hit theaters in 1933. Decades later,Disney experimented with stop motion techniques character, Mickey Mouse, in 1978. Then, in 1993, The NightmareBefore Christmas, produced by the delightfully dark Tim Burton, became the first widely released stop motion featurefilm.Today, thanks to the Internet, entertaining stop motion films are always just a click away. One of the best the Webhas to offer is T-Shirt War, which was made by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. In the film, the two men usealternating images on their T-Shirts to push each other’s buttons. In all, it took 222 shirts to make the short video.Stop motion techniques have also infiltrated music videos, and one of the most impressive is Oren Lavie’s “HerMorning Elegance.” It consists of 3,225 still photographs of actors on a bed, which were shot by a single overheadcamera. It took four weeks of meticulous planning to map out the computer animated storyboard for the video before asingle frame was shot.In Taiwan, a stop motion animation video caused an online sensation. “Deadline”, a class project by Bang-yaoLiu, a student at Savannah College of Art and Design, innovatively used Post-it notes. Bang-yao planned out thechanging positions of over 6,000 Post-it notes for three months before beginning his four-day shoot. The moving notestell the story of a young man dealing with a deadline as monsters, thunderstorms, and a submarine move across thewall in front of his desk. The works of Bang-yao and many other creative filmmakers show that there are no limits tothis amazing method of movie making.
outwit
(A)
(B) gauge
(C) scrutinize
(D) observe依下文回答第46 題至第50 題The list of cancer-causing agents is long—and getting longer. Experts already tell us to avoid smoking, exposure to UVradiation from the sun and even air pollution since these factors can increase the risk of cancer. Now the World HealthOrganization says hot drink like coffee and tea belong on that list too.The group’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) looked at about 1,000 studies that investigated aconnection between high-temperature drinks and cancer. Based on the available evidence, they conclude that drinkingvery hot beverages—anything above 149℉(65℃), which is significantly cooler than most coffee served in restaurantsand cafés—is linked to a higher risk of cancer of the esophagus.Hot drinks now join a list of 79 other substances—including red meat, emission from frying foods, DDT and thehuman papillomavirus—that have been deemed by the agency to be a “probable” carcinogen in humans.Of course, that doesn’t mean a steaming cup of coffee every morning will always cause cancer. And in fact, thesame report had some good news for coffee lovers. Back in 1991, the last time the IARC looked at coffee, the groupdeemed it a “possible” carcinogen based on data linking it to bladder cancer. But in light of a large, newer body ofresearch, the group says there isn’t adequate evidence to classify coffee itself as a carcinogen—it’s the temperature atwhich it’s consumed that seems to tip the balance.Experts think that people with a condition called Barrett’s esophagus, which often precedes esophageal cancer, areespecially vulnerable. And while a small risk exists for everyone, Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical and scientific officerat the American Cancer Society, says smoking and excessive drinking are much bigger threats to health than piping-hotcoffee or tea.Some research has shown that coffee and tea may even prevent cancers in several other parts of the body. Moreresearch is needed, but for now, experts are advising only minor changes to people’s morning routines.“It’s a pretty simple message,” says Mariana Stern, a professor at the university Southern California and one of theIARC’s working-group members. “You can drink your favorite hot drink. Just make sure the temperature is notsuperhot.”
(A) vocal
(B) visual
(C) receptive
(D) tactile請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題:The student market in the UK is estimated to be worth £13 billion of spending power in a year. It is a market nocompany should ignore. Marketers are desperate to get students’ attention before they turn into high-earning graduates. Butstudents are hard to reach and cynical. How can brands target them?Youth market trends analyst Sean Pillot de Chenecey advises companies who hope to market to students. He says thereis no single strategy. Students organize their life on their mobile phones, respect brands that are ethical, but worry moreabout how they are going to pay off their debt than world peace. To get students’ attention, marketers must offer themsomething that adds to their lives. It isn’t enough to simply sponsor a music tour: they have to make the event happen. Forexample, Carling (a beer manufacturer) introduced live music at train station.Offering students help with their education and careers is an effective marketing method. The Guardian newspaper runscareers fairs and offers discounts on its products, such as Guardian Student, a 32-page newspaper.Red Bull, a successful energy drinks brand, uses what it calls “energy teams” on university campuses. The companyrecruits teams of students and gives them a Red Bull car, which has a fridge. The students offer samples and giveinformation about the product benefits. They do this on campus at sporting events and at times of the year when studentsmight need an energy boost. “It’s extremely important that it is a student doing this and not a company sales rep,” says thecompany’s consumer manager who runs the scheme. “You need to have an approach that doesn’t look like a sales pitch.”Having an insider on campus can help marketers understand student life. Youth marketing agency, Virgin D3, has adatabase of students who act as “field staff”. They ask them for help when planning an event at their university. Perhaps, bygetting ideas from the students themselves, companies can find ways to reach this difficult market.
Which of the following is an example of stop motion animation?
(A)Drawing a cartoon and then publishing it in a magazine.
(B) Taking several pictures of an object while it is in motion.
(C) Quickly turning the pages of a book and looking at the words.
(D) Filming an image, moving it slightly, and then filming it again.
What is the main idea of this article?Very hot drinks are a probable cancer trigger.
(A)
(B) A cup of coffee a day will jeopardize your life.
(C) IARC’s new finding has influenced many people.
(D) Consuming anything under 65℃ affects our health.
What is the passage mainly about?
(A) Marketing to student consumers
(B) Helping student consumers with their education
(C) Offering discounts to student consumers
(D) Training student consumers to be field staff
When was stop motion animation first introduced to the market?
(A)When King Kong was released in 1933.
(B) When Disney began to use it during the 1970s.
(C) When The Humpty Dumpty Circus was created in 1898.
(D) When Tim Burton made The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a carcinogen?Exhaust.
(A)
(B) Hot soups.
(C) Insecticides.
(D) UV radiation.
According to the passage, what is NOT a characteristic of students?
(A) Establishing their social lives on mobile phones.
(B) Valuing brands that are ethical.
(C) Concerning their student loans.
(D) Prioritizing world peace.
What does the phrase “to map out” in this passage mean?
(A)Plan
(B) Fuse
(C) Eject
(D) Renew
What does the author mean by saying “it’s the temperature at which it’s consumed that seems to tip thebalance”?Temperature produces delicious elements.
(A)
(B) Temperature is the determinant to cause cancer.
(C) Temperature changes the part and parcel of coffee.
(D) Temperature disturbs the healthy balance of coffee.
Why does the author mention the newspaper The Guardian as an example in the passage?
(A) To illustrate a marketing strategy.
(B) To explain why student consumers are difficult to reach.
(C) To give marketers details of student life.
(D) To introduce a youth marketing agency.
What is the best title for this passage?
(A)The End of Animation in Movies.
(B) Ways to Bring Motion to Life in Films.
(C) A Brand New Technology on YouTube.
(D) The Unstoppable Art of Stop Motion Animation.
Which of the following statements is true about the findings of IARC?People with Barrett
(A)’s esophagus should drink hot coffee.Beverages like coffee
(B)will cause bladder cancer.Drinking hot
(C)coffee might cause esophageal cancer.
(D) Piping-hot coffee is more detrimental to health than excessive drinking.
What does “pitch” mean in the passage?
(A) logo
(B) agenda
(C) promotion
(D) bonus
What does the author suggest about the future of stop motion animation videos?
(A)These films have already reached their peak.
(B) People have already started to get tired of the films.
(C) He expects to see some new advances in the field.
(D) They will gain popularity in Taiwan, but nowhere else.
What is the author’s attitude toward the new research conducted by IARC?Neutral.
(A)
(B) Indifferent.
(C) Sarcastic.
(D) Supportive.
According to the passage, what do “energy teams” and “field staff” have in common?
(A) Both are companies with social responsibility.
(B) Both are marketing strategies.
(C) Both are sponsors.
(D) Both are high-earning graduates.