The danger of heart disease is a family affair. Women whose husbands suffer a heart attack often to sharemany of their husbands’ cardiovascular risk factors.
(A)turn out
(B)make sense
(C)lose out
(D)take pains
The corporation can offer more opportunities to the efficient and employees and thus secure top-flightpersonnel.
(A)ambitious
(B)anxious
(C)ambivalent
(D)ambiguous
Although I live in an English-speaking environment, I still read Chinese books. does having an Englishname reduce the importance of Chinese culture in my heart.
(A)Thus
(B)Neither
(C)Nor
(D)In no way
A doctor’s schedule is always subject to change. He may try to finish his job by midnight but get emergencycases. He will have to change his schedule then.
(A)caught up with
(B)tired of
(C)accustomed to
(D)held off
Although the Enlightenment may have overestimated the power of reason to guide human conduct, it neverthelessopened to men and women a more humane view of their fellow passengers.
(A)Although the Enlightenment failed to guide human conduct with reasoning, it has helped them understand themeaning of life.
(B)The Enlightenment advocates its main tenet in guiding human behaviors with a more humane view of theirfellow passengers.
(C)The Enlightenment may not make human beings more rational, but it has brought them a more humane view oftheir fellowmen.
(D)Both humanity and reasoning power are the fundamental doctrines of the Enlightenment although reasoning haslost its function.請依下文回答第36 題至第40 題Binge eating is not yet officially classified as a psychiatric disorder. But it may be more common than anorexia andbulimia. 36 all three eating disorders appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, bingeeating disorder is not considered a definitive diagnosis like anorexia and bulimia. The 37 study of eating disorderswas published by Harvard researchers in the journal Biological Psychiatry. It found 38 in the general population of0.6 percent for anorexia, 1 percent for bulimia, and 2.8 percent for binge-eating disorder. The survey was carried out from2001 to 2003 among adults 18 and older. Eating disorders are commonly accompanied by other psychiatric illnesses. Inthe survey, more than half of the people with bulimia had major depression and 50 percent had phobias. 39 , morethan 94 percent of people with bulimia, 56 percent of those with anorexia, and 79 percent of those with binge-eatingdisorder had at least one other psychiatric diagnosis. Dr. Hudson said the most significant limitation of the study was itsbasis on self-reports, explaining that people tend to 40 their problems with eating disorders. So the true occurrence,he said, is probably higher than the statistics.
(A)Over all
(B)After all
(C)Honestly speaking
(D)To a certain degree
(A)clarify
(B)address
(C)grip
(D)underreport請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題Most Americans do not realize that the tradition of Halloween comes from Ireland and Scotland. It originated fromCelts who lived in what is now France and the British Isles over 2000 years ago. A harvest festival was celebrated onOctober 31st and it also marked the beginning of the long, dark, cold winter. People then believed that the spirits of thedead walked upon the earth in the darkness so great fires were built on the hills to protect the people from bad spirits.Turnips were hollowed out and put a candle inside. When people went outside, they carried them to protect themselvesfrom evil spirits. When the settlers came to America, they brought this custom with them. But they did not have turnips,so they used pumpkins instead. Now, children especially look forward to Halloween and the carving of pumpkins. AsHalloween approaches, jack-o’-lanterns pop up on doorsteps everywhere.
What is the best title for this passage?
(A)The History of Halloween
(B)The Value of Pumpkins
(C)The History of the Settlers
(D)The Popularity of the Pumpkin
The phrase “pop up” is best replaced by .
(A)glow
(B)ripen
(C)shine
(D)appear
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(A)The settlers did not celebrate Halloween any more when they arrived in America.
(B)The settlers brought turnips from Europe to America.
(C)Only children celebrate Halloween.
(D)The settlers might not have seen pumpkins before they came to America.
Why did people carry a hollowed turnip with a candle in it 2000 years ago?
(A)They used the hollowed turnip as light source.
(B)They tried to protect themselves from bad spirits.
(C)They worked at night.
(D)They needed to keep themselves warm.
According to the passage, where did Halloween originate from?
(A)France
(B)America
(C)Ireland and Scotland
(D)Germany請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題Linguists subscribe to the belief that the languages of about one-third of the human race all developed from oneIndo-European language. But who were the speakers of this ancient language? Linguistic detective work offers someclues: you can deduce a people’s history from the words they use. Study of some fifty ancient vocabularies has led to areconstruction of the lifestyle of the first Indo-Europeans, a vanished people. From the words they used, it seems likelythat they lived a half-settled, half-nomadic existence. They worshipped gods who are clear ancestors of Indian,Mediterranean, and Celtic deities. However, exactly who the original Indo-Europeans were and when they lived remain ahotly debated mystery. According to an early theory, they lived in Mesopotamia, but this idea was exploded bynineteenth-century archaeology. Today, some argue for the Krugan culture of the Russian steppes, others for the farmingculture of the Danube valley. The most widely accepted theory locates the Indo-Europeans in a cold, northern climatewhere common words for snow and wolf were important. None of these prehistoric languages had a word for the sea.From this, and from our knowledge of nature, it is clear that the Indo-Europeans must have lived somewhere in northerncentral Europe.
What is this passage mainly about?
(A)The intellectual climate of the Indo-Europeans
(B)A study of prehistoric lifestyles
(C)A search for ancient Indo-Europeans
(D)Prehistoric ways of living
According to the passage, what does the underlined word “exploded” mean?
(A)Disproved
(B)Burst
(C)Arranged
(D)Destroyed
According to the passage, who might have created the Krugan culture?
(A)The original Indo-Europeans
(B)A tribe of Celtic origin
(C)A farming people in ancient Mesopotamia
(D)A tribe that led a settled life
According to the passage, what kind of study plays a major part in helping us understand the history of theIndo-Europeans?
(A)A study of prehistoric plants
(B)A study of prehistoric deities
(C)A study of prehistoric climate
(D)A study of prehistoric languages
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A)None of the prehistoric languages studied had a word for sea.
(B)About two-thirds of human languages stemmed from Latin.
(C)The Indo-Europeans did not worship their gods and goddesses.
(D)There was an explosion in ancient Mesopotamia.