The woman sued her company for gender because she was laid off for her pregnancy.
(A)distinction
(B)discrimination
(C)inspection
(D)examination
With support from all the trustees, the motion was _____ approved at the annual board meeting.
(A)acrimoniously
(B)homogeneously
(C)meticulously
(D)unanimously
Lucy has a memory; she can remember many details for a long time.
(A)geographic
(B)photographic
(C)biological
(D)biographic
The land is a storehouse of for all kinds of plants, and its reserve of nutrients is essential to any successfulagriculture.
(A)facilities
(B)fertility
(C)nuance
(D)pesticides
The city government declared its commitment to clean up all the school walls covered with racist .
(A)foci
(B)graffiti
(C)stimuli
(D)syllabi
Mike started a slow recovery process to _____ at home after being hospitalized for a serious stroke for two months.
(A)conciliate
(B)proliferate
(C)rehabilitate
(D)scintillate
It is a that the kid fell from the tenth floor and survived with only some abrasions.
(A)misery
(B)muscle
(C)medal
(D)miracle
My brother borrowed some clean shirts from me because he was too busy to do the .
(A)dishes
(B)packing
(C)grocery
(D)laundry
A truck on the highway caused many other vehicles stuck in traffic for more than an hour during themorning rush hour.
(A)hunted
(B)launched
(C)stalled
(D)treaded
The United States is with an energy, a can-do ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit that can only bedescribed as distinctly American.
(A)invested
(B)compatible
(C)consistent
(D)infused
Many people took surgery to make themselves look prettier.
(A)electric
(B)historic
(C)realistic
(D)plastic
Color photographs will _____ damage even if we use proper materials and keep the prints in temperature- andhumidity-controlled environments.
(A)incur
(B)launch
(C)manipulate
(D)peruse
The five-star is so popular that it is difficult to make reservations in advance.
(A)report
(B)resort
(C)resource
(D)result
The movie was recommended for mature audiences only because there were many scenes of intense violence whichwould be too for children.
(A)authentic
(B)contagious
(C)disturbing
(D)embarrassing
For many people who want to learn to swim, the first they have to overcome is to put their face into thewater.
(A)defeat
(B)diving
(C)hint
(D)hurdle
It is customary that Chinese red color with good luck.
(A)associate
(B)communicate
(C)operate
(D)resolve
Football and baseball may be considered the national pastimes, but rodeo _____ the legacy of the American West.
(A)embodies
(B)foresees
(C)integrates
(D)legitimates
Cindy her fright at last and stepped onto the stage to deliver her speech.
(A)commuted
(B)cherished
(C)convinced
(D)conquered
Heat waves are the most fatal type of weather phenomenon. The average annual number of deaths attributedto heat is about 400 in the country.
(A)comprehensive
(B)excessive
(C)indispensable
(D)miserable
The restaurant’s advertisement was a bit . It said all of the drinks were free, but actually wines were notincluded.
(A)cautious
(B)pretending
(C)suspicious
(D)misleading
Although the company did not make profits this season, the manager is still about the prospect.
(A)imaginative
(B)optimistic
(C)realistic
(D)objective
At the age of 22, Yani Tseng became the youngest golf player to win five major championships. She was said to_____ the golf world.
(A)clench
(B)dominate
(C)engage
(D)humiliateAnimal studies confirm that the relief some of us get from eating sugar is not just psychological—it is an actualbrain-chemistry reaction. In one experiment, Blass and colleagues studied two groups of baby mice who were separatedfrom their mothers and left alone for six minutes. Their resulting “isolation distress” was considered to be a kind ofanimal equivalent to our human version of depression. The depressed mice who were given sugar water cried onlyseventy-five times during their isolation—as compared to the more than three hundred cries that came from the mice leftalone with no sweet treat to alleviate their emotional pain. Apparently, the young mice were literally “medicating” theirdepression with sugar.Why did sugar have this remarkable effect? Researchers thought that perhaps the sweet food stimulated the releaseof extra beta-endorphin molecules. Since these molecules help us cope with physical and emotional pain, the sugar had aliterally soothing effect. Researchers confirmed their theory by giving both groups of mice Naltrexone, a drug that blocksbeta-endorphin receptors. If you take Naltrexone, it does not matter how many beta-endorphins you release—you will notget any relief from pain. Sure enough, when the sugar-fed mice were given Naltrexone, they lost all interest in the sweetsubstance, suggesting that their only reason for their sweet tooth had been to stimulate the release of beta-endorphins.Numbed by Naltrexone, both groups of mice cried equally often. The poor baby mice were still depressed—but noweven sugar could not make them feel better.請依上文回答第36 題至第39 題
The guests are likely to come early, so we should up and get everything ready before their arrival.
(A)check
(B)dig
(C)speed
(D)pop
People who were chronic binge drinkers often made decisions that would put them at high risk of losing money.
(A)People who drank too much continually risked their money in the stock market in the end.
(B)Habitual heavy drinkers tended to make risky decisions leading to losing money.
(C)People who were alcoholic often made decisions that prevented them from taking risks.
(D)Those who indulged in material comforts were at great risk of losing too much money.
Smartphones seem to have a market since they are getting more and more popular around the world.
(A)burgeoning
(B)languishing
(C)perplexing
(D)squandering
Jewish teaching says that at death the body returns to God, so funerals take place within 24 hours to get thethere all the quicker.
(A)adherent
(B)deceased
(C)eccentric
(D)veteran請依下文回答第37 題至第40 題:Robert Frost (1874-1963) is one of the most well-known 20th century American poets. People like to talk about hisnature poems, which seem to show a spontaneous love of nature and simple little pleasures in life. But little do mostpeople know about the 37 side of the great poet’s life. Robert Frost lost his first son and second daughter when theywere little. And in his sixties, two years after his beloved wife’s death, his son, long 38 from depression andsuspiciousness, committed suicide with a deer hunting rifle. In his last years, 39 still keeping a terribly busy andactive public life, he was tortured by pneumonia, cancer, and embolism. Having learned about the 40 of the poet,we can finally fully appreciate the death wish shown in one of his famous poems of his last years, “Stopping by Woodson a Snowy Evening.”
What is the passage mainly about?
(A)People can medicate their depression with sugar.
(B)Baby mice suffered so much from isolation that they should be given some sweet food to relieve their pain.
(C)The soothing effect of sugar is not just something psychological but has a lot to do with an actual chemicalreaction.
(D)The result of the mice experiment suggests that people should take more sweet substances to cope withdepression.
The hotel’s goodnight gift, a chocolate bar in gold paper, was placed on the pillow.
(A)heaped
(B)wrapped
(C)smashed
(D)converted
It seems that few American exports have proved as popular as credit cards.
(A)Credit cards seem to have been among the most popular exports from the United States.
(B)The United States seems to have exported more credit cards than any other countries have.
(C)When it comes to American exports, credit cards seem to have been the least popular ones.
(D)American credit cards seem to have more overseas users than local users in the United States.請依下文回答第37 題至第40 題People evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances, or in order not to be submergedby a reality that they cannot articulate. A Frenchman living in Paris speaks a subtly and crucially different language fromthat of the man living in Marseilles; 37 sounds very much like a man living in Quebec; and they would all havegreat difficulty in apprehending what the man from Guadeloupe, or Martinique, is saying, 38 the man fromSenegal—although the “common” language of all these areas is French. But each has paid, and is paying, a different pricefor this “common” language, in which, as it turns out, they are not saying, and cannot be saying, the same things: theyeach have very different realities to articulate or control.What joins all languages and all men is the necessity to confront life, in order, not inconceivably, to outwit death: theprice for this is the acceptance and achievement of one’s temporal identity. So that, for example, though it is not taught inthe schools, the south of France still clings to its ancient and musical Provencal, which resists being described as a“dialect.” And much of the 39 in the Basque countries, and in Wales, is due to the Basque and Welshdetermination not to allow their languages to be destroyed. This determination also 40 the flames in Irelandfor among the many indignities the Irish have been forced to undergo at English hands is the English contempt for theirlanguage.
The Colosseum in Rome and sites in the historic walled town of Urbino have suffered damage due tosnow-fall.
(A)indispensable
(B)minuscule
(C)picturesque
(D)unprecedented
(A)organic
(B)optimistic
(C)symbolic
(D)traumatic
Which of the following statements about the experiment is true?
(A)“Isolation distress” was caused by lack of sweet treat.
(B)Sugar helped the depressed mice to cope with isolation distress.
(C)The depressed mice who were given no sugar water all died of depression.
(D)The depressed mice who were given sugar water cried hundreds of times.
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Mary, your assignment is the day after tomorrow, and so you should not waste any more time daydreaming.
(A)due
(B)late
(C)finished
(D)punished
(A)each
(B)either
(C)one
(D)neither
Basic like greeting people and saying please to show politeness are becoming less common among theyouth.
(A)customs
(B)courtesies
(C)gestures
(D)situations
(A)refraining
(B)issuing
(C)suffering
(D)coming
According to the article, why does sugar have a soothing effect?
(A)Sweet food can block beta-endorphin receptors.
(B)Sweet food can numb the mice so that they feel no pain.
(C)Sweet food can stimulate the release of beta-endorphins, which help alleviate physical and emotional pain.
(D)Sweet food can stimulate the release of Naltrexone, which helps alleviate physical and emotional pain.
Janet is very . Everyone expects that she’s bound to score high in the exam.
(A)doubtful
(B)inferior
(C)superficial
(D)intelligent
(A)in terms of
(B)to say nothing of
(C)in accordance with
(D)together with
The first comprehensive system for nationwide was instituted by France for the Napoleonic wars thatfollowed the French Revolution.
(A)conscription
(B)description
(C)inscription
(D)prescription請依下文回答第39 題至43 題:A study at the University of New South Wales in Sydney found that around a quarter of people have a 39 sense oftaste, making foods like broccoli taste bitter and rich foods 40 . These “supertasters” tend to be slim and have alower risk of heart disease. To determine if you are a supertaster, 41 a dot of blue food coloring on yourtongue and look in the mirror. If you see a densely spotted area, there is a good chance you are a supertaster. If the spotsare 42 distributed, you are not. The study also found 15 percent of people, 43 men, were “non-tasters”—theywill devour anything put in front of them. They get the benefits of a broad diet, but risk overdoing it.
(A)as
(B)while
(C)yet
(D)because of
How did researchers confirm their theory about the remarkable effect of sugar?
(A)They stopped feeding both groups of mice any more sugar.
(B)They found that both groups of mice lost interest in the sweet food.
(C)They gave both groups of mice a drug that blocks the release of beta-endorphins.
(D)They measured the amount of beta-endorphins released in the blood of the mice.
The passengers with relief when the plane landed safely.
(A)sighed
(B)boarded
(C)littered
(D)labored
(A)myths
(B)morals
(C)misfortunes
(D)mistakes請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題:Many people feel jealous from time to time. Jealousy is easy to deal with, once you understand what it’s teachingyou. Here are some pointers on working through your feelings of jealousy.First of all, you should understand your emotions. Jealousy is a combination of fear and anger; a fear of losingsomething, and anger that someone is “moving in on” something that you feel belongs only to you. When you startfeeling jealous, ask yourself: is it more fear based, or more anger based? If you feel a dropping or clutching sensation inyour stomach, it’s probably fear. If you feel a burning, tight sensation in your shoulders and jaw, then you’re likelyfeeling anger. You might also feel a combination of those sensations.Secondly, understand that jealousy can alert you to what you want, and what is important to you. If you’re jealous ofsomeone talking to a friend of yours, personal relationships may be important to you. If you’re jealous about money, youmay have an underlying need for security. When you begin to understand what makes you jealous, you can begin to takepositive steps to maintain those things, without the cloud of negative emotion that accompanies jealousy.
With the unemployment rate rising, the President has appointed an _____ committee to deal with the problem.
(A)ad hoc
(B)ad infinitum
(C)adjacent
(D)adjunct
While we were waiting for the train, we to help two tourists who seemed to lose their direction in thestation.
(A)offered
(B)cautioned
(C)hesitated
(D)introduced
(A)feeds
(B)fights
(C)lowers
(D)quenches請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題The story of Orlando’s stunning transformation from swamp and sinkhole to a metropolis began, inevitably, withWalt Disney and Mickey Mouse. Disney first flew over central Florida in an airplane on the fateful day of November 22,1963. The Kennedy assassination would mark America forever. So would the decision Walt Disney made that day to turnan inland Florida agricultural center into an epicenter of world tourism.Disney chose Orlando first because it was at the confluence of two of the most important thoroughfares, what todayare Interstate 4 and Florida’s Turnpike. Moreover, since Walt Disney’s original theme park—Disneyland, in southernCalifornia—covered fewer than 300 acres and was soon ringed with the suburban blight that its success inevitablyattracted—motels, strip malls, and copycat amusement parks, Disney hoped to rectify in Florida his mistake of notmaking Disneyland big enough. He set out to create a new, bigger, better Magic Kingdom. Here, arriving visitors wouldnot be permitted to choose their own parking spaces; smiling Disney characters would do that for them. Besides, water inthis Magic Kingdom could not be the tannic brown common in central Florida. So Bay Lake was drained, the sludgeremoved, and clear water pumped into the resulting lagoon. Even dry land would be turned into another Disney illusion:As you traverse the theme park, you are actually walking on the roof of an immense, underground control building fromwhich the operation is run, staffed, and supplied.