A multiple murder on Friday night left two people dead. The police did not release the names of the victimsout of _____ for their family members.consideration
(A)disclosure
(B)fulfillment
(C)prudence
(D)
Since first impressions are so important, it is necessary that we deliver a _____ and positive one every timewe make a new professional or social acquaintance.deliberate
(A)favorable
(B)proficient
(C)suggestive
(D)
The residents finally stopped and caught the drunk man after he had ______ more than ten cars in theneighborhood.penalized
(A)scandalized
(B)tantalized
(C)vandalized
(D)
It is not until you become initiated into something and gain knowledge that your interest seriously awakens.Your interest will drive you to initiate yourself into something and gain knowledge.
(A)You will not truly realize your interest until you gain knowledge from what
(B)you have taken to.Whether you become initiated
(C)into something depends on whether you gain knowledge from it or not.You will never truly become initiated into something and gain knowledge until your interest seriously
(D)awakens.
The antifraud tools of the time could not keep up with the crooks.The crooks are always at the mercy of the antifraud operations.
(A)The
(B)law against deception can hardly prevent swindlers.The swindlers fail to keep pace
(C)with the operations against fraud.With the antifraud tools
(D), it is time to keep up with what the crooks are trying to do.
In Taiwan, red flowers can be seen in many weddings and parties because red is considered the most______ among all colors in Taiwanese culture.auspicious
(A)congruent
(B)impulsive
(C)platonic
(D)
Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife of 30 years, Ann, and two sons, David and Bill.Mr. Johnson is still alive; his wife, who was 30 years old, and sons are all dead.
(A)Mr. Johnson’s wife has been dead for 30 years; he and his two sons are alive.
(B)Mr. Johnson
(C)has been dead for 30 years; his wife and two sons are all alive.Mr. Johnson is dead while his wife of 30 years
(D)and two sons remain alive.
Steve Jobs was to technology like John Lennon was to music. They both revolutionized their respectivefields and both were taken from the world far too soon.People consider Jobs and Lennon
(A)as the two greatest people of the century.Jobs and Lennon
(B)would be remembered for leaving their fields far too soon.With the time they had, both
(C)Jobs and Lennon took their professions to a new level.Technology and music are often revolutionized within a short period of time.
(D)
It is one of those beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another withouthelping himself.When you sincerely hel
(A)p others, you are bound to receive a beautiful compensation in the future.No one can sincerely help others without feeling the beauty of getting compensations in return.
(B)Those who sincerely help others will for sure compensate themselves with kind help
(C)from others.The beautiful compensation for sincerely helping others is that you are helping yourself as well.
(D)
Chinese medicine offers a different vision of health and disease; it refuses to see the individual as an entityseparate from his or her environment.A different system, Chinese medicine has
(A)its strengths and weaknesses.Chinese medicine does not produce side effects because
(B)it is balanced to reflect a patient’s entireenvironment.Chinese medicine is often criticized for the absence of scienti
(C)fic research support.Chinese medicine seeks to locate illness within the context involving an individual and his or her
(D)environment.
The writer is looked after by a very competent secretary. The routines of life are lifted from him, thusaccentuating his inwardness.Thanks to the effort of the secretary, the introverted writer can concentrate on his work and thus become
(A)highly praised.The inner life of the writer remains secret. Only his secretary knows why he focuses on his writing.
(B)The tedious rout
(C)ine life is too much for the writer to bear, so he needs a secretary to help him.The writer becomes even more
(D)concentrated because everything in life has been taken care of by hissecretary.請回答第42 題至第46 題:In the summer of 1964, the well-known writer and editor Norman Cousins became very ill. He consulted hisphysician, who did many tests. Eventually he was diagnosed as having ankylosing spondylitis, a very serious anddestructive form of arthritis. His doctor told him that he would become immobilized and eventually die of thedisease.Despite the diagnosis, Cousins was determined to overcome the disease and survive. He had always beeninterested in medicine and had read the work of the organic chemist Hans Selye, The Stress of Life (1956). Thisbook discusses the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negativeattitudes. Selye’s book made Cousins think about the possible benefits of positive attitudes and emotions. Hedecided to concentrate on positive emotions as a remedy to heal some of the symptoms of his ailment. In additionto his conventional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations that would elicit positive emotions.“Laugh therapy” became part of his treatment. He scheduled time each day for watching comedy films, readinghumorous books, and doing other activities that would bring about laughter and positive emotions. Within eightdays of starting his “laugh therapy” program, his pain began to decrease and he was able to sleep more easily. Hisbody chemistry even improved. Doctors were able to see an improvement in his condition. He was able to returnto work in a few months’ time and actually reached complete recovery after a few years.
What is the main idea of this passage?Doctors’ diagnoses may not always be correct.
(A)Mind
(B)-body interaction may affect a person’s health.Laugh therapy is very powerful and can cure all kinds of diseases.
(C)When diagnosed with a serious disease, one shou
(D)ld seek alternative treatments.
How did Norman Cousins react to the doctor’s preliminary diagnosis?He made up his mind to defeat the disease.
(A)He felt hopeless and refused to receive any medical treatment.
(B)He was skeptical about the diagnosis and asked
(C)for more tests.He tried to get more information about the disease by reading books.
(D)
What was the result of Cousins’ laugh therapy?His health gradually returned to normal.
(A)His health first improved but deteriorated afterwards.
(B)His illness was comple
(C)tely cured under laugh therapy for eight days.The therapy was able to reduce his pain, but it was not able to cure his disease.
(D)
What does the underlined word “conventional” in the second paragraph mean?Alternative
(A)Innovative
(B)Traditional
(C)Unusual
(D)
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT correct?Ankylosing spondylitis is a potentially fatal disease.
(A)Negative emotions produce negative changes in the body.
(B)Norman Cousins knew nothing about alternative treatments.
(C)Watchi
(D)ng comedy films and reading humorous books may improve a person’s body chemistry.第47 題至第50 題為篇章結構,各題請依文意,從四個選項中選出最合適者,各題答案內容不重複To be a tourist is one of the characteristics of the “modern” experience. Not to “go away” is like notpossessing a car or a nice house. It is a marker of status in modern societies and is also thought to be necessary tohealth. 47 In Imperial Rome, for example, a fairly extensive pattern of travel for pleasure and culture existed forthe elite.In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, pilgrimages had become a widespread phenomenon practicable andsystematized, served by a growing industry of networks of charitable hospices and mass-produced indulgencehandbooks. Such pilgrimages often included a mixture of religious devotion and culture and pleasure. The GrandTour had become firmly established by the end of the seventeenth century for the sons of the aristocracy and thegentry, and by the late eighteenth century for the sons of the professional middle class. 48 There was avisualization of the travel experience, or the development of the gaze, aided and assisted by the growth ofguidebooks which promoted new ways of seeing.The eighteenth century had also seen the development of a considerable tourist infrastructure in the form ofspa towns throughout much of Europe. The whole apparatus of spa life was designed to provide a concentratedurban experience of frenetic socializing for a dispersed rural elite. 49 In the countryside work and play wereparticularly intertwined in the case of fairs. People would often travel considerable distances and the fairs alwaysinvolved a mixture of business and pleasure normally centered around the tavern. But before the nineteenthcentury few people outside the upper classes traveled anywhere to see objects for reasons unconnected with workor business. 50 Travel is now thought to occupy 40 percent of available “free time.” It is a crucial element ofmodern life to feel that travel and holidays are necessary.
This is not to
(A)suggest that there was no organized travel in premodern societies, but it was very much thepreserve of the elite.And it is this which is the central characteristic of mass tourism in modern societies.
(B)There have always been periods in which much of the
(C)mass of the population have engaged in play orrecreation.But people in premodern societies already had the idea of traveling to demonstrate their power and
(D)wealth.
And it is this which is the central characteristic of mass tourism in modern societies.
(A)There have always been periods in which much of the mass of the population have engaged in play or
(B)recreation.Over this period, treaties on travel shifted from a scholastic emphasis on touring as an opportunity for
(C)discourse, to travel as an eyewitness observation.Travel was considered an essential part of education, which led to the emergence of travel writing.
(D)
And it is this which is the central characteristic of mass tourism in modern societies.
(A)Travel was considered an essential part of educatio
(B)n, which led to the emergence of travel writing.But people in premodern societies already had the idea of traveling to demonstrate their power and
(C)wealth.There have always been periods in which much of the mass of the population have engaged in play or
(D)recreation.
Travel was considered an essential part of education, which led to the emergence of travel writing.
(A)And it is this which is the central characteristic of mass tourism in modern societies.
(B)There have always been periods in which much of the
(C)mass of the population have engaged in play orrecreation.This is not to suggest that there was no organized travel in premodern societies, but it was very much the
(D)preserve of the elite.