一般行政 99 年中華民國憲法與英文考古題

Before the test sheets, the teacher reminds all students that there is no talking during the exam. (A)speaking out (B)coming out (C)handing out (D)bursting out

Dr. Mill’s opinions will be particularly influential his position and reputation. (A)by way of (B)in comparison with (C)by virtue of (D)in support of

You and your partner are if you share similar life goals and can work together toward them. (A)comparative (B)compatible (C)compelling (D)complicit

The restaurant is one of the few for dance parties in the area. (A)venues (B)ventures (C)revenues (D)vendors

Whenever a new incinerator is proposed to build, people hold a protesting against building it in theirneighborhood. (A)celebration (B)demonstration (C)display (D)parade

Nobody seems to pay attention to whether this world will turn out to be a barren planet, but . (A)I do (B)I am (C)I did it (D)I do that

The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point he can walk correctly and safely. (A)that (B)how (C)which (D)when

The cheerleading squad has reason to feel proud after last night’s stunning performance. (A)each (B)every (C)each other (D)each and every one

Italian scientists are worried that a shake-up of the nation’s space agency will put commercial and defenseinterests ahead of research. (A)Scientists in Italy panic about the new space agency’s profit-based policy and its policy on national security. (B)Scientists in Italy are afraid that their space agency is cutting research budget for profit-making purposes. (C)Business interests and national protection are the priority to the new Italian space agency, which worriesscientists in Italy. (D)Italy’s re-organization of the space agency worries scientists with its prior emphasis on business profits andnational security.

Many Islamists long rejected the concept of elections, which the more radical of them still argue are aninfringement on God’s sovereignty. (A)The idea of elections has long been discarded by many Islamists, especially by the fundamentalists, whobelieve that elections are an intrusion into God’s power. (B)Many Islamists believe that choosing the rulers of a nation is a privilege of those fundamentalists who believein the sovereignty of God. (C)The idea of choosing the rulers of a nation is acceptable to many Islamists except the more radical believerswho reject elections as interference with God’s power. (D)It has been a long time since the concept of elections came to the Islamic world, but to the radical Islamists ithas to be rejected because God does not allow it.

Thanks to technological advances, concert films are starting to envelop audiences in a way nearly as dramatic aslive events, at a fraction of the price. (A)With the advances of technology, concert films can be as dramatic as live events but they cost audiences muchless money. (B)With the advances of technology, more and more audiences will prefer concert films to live events since theyare as dramatic and yet much cheaper. (C)With the advances of technology, it costs much less money to produce concert films and they can be asenjoyable as live events. (D)With the advances of technology, concert films can stir audiences in the same way as live events but suchproductions are more costly.

Etiquette is a code of behavior based on consideration and thoughtfulness, and it’s a fallacy that only certainpeople need it. (A)Etiquette, as a code of behavior, is mostly required of people of certain status. (B)Etiquette, as a code of behavior, is synonymous with having considerate thoughts. (C)Etiquette, as a code of behavior, is expected of all walks of life. (D)Etiquette, as a code of behavior, is highly recommendable.

We can easily extricate ourselves from the problem of deciding which animals are truly social by simply sayingthat all sexual animals are social but that they differ enormously in degree. (A)To make the task of deciding the sociality of animals less complicated, we can simply say that all animals thatare sexual are, more or less, social. (B)It is not difficult to decide whether an animal is social or not. It can be simply said that the degree of socialityof a certain animal is in proportion to the degree of sexuality of it. (C)If we simply say that all sexual animals are social but that their sexual behaviors differ a lot, then we caneasily recoil from the difficult task of deciding which animals are really social. (D)We can easily explain ourselves clearly from the perspective of true sociality. If an animal is sexual, then it issocial, and vice versa. However, the degree to which an animal’s sociality is influenced by its sexuality variesgreatly.

The company is evaluating the new market to see if figures of average incomes and distribution channels areconvincing enough to merit a launch. (A)The company is trying to figure out the new market’s buying power and distribution capacity. (B)The company is trying to help the new market to increase its average incomes and distribution channels. (C)The company is making a launch because of the new market’s great potential for buying and distribution. (D)The company is breaking into the new market by finding high-income buyers and distribution channels.

Social competence is a skill we often take for granted. (A)We often consider social competence to be a skill that needs to be taught. (B)We often assume that social competence is a skill that comes with us effortlessly. (C)Social competence is a skill we take from God. (D)Some people are gifted at the skill of relating to people.“In Bogota, Colombia, there is said to be what amounts to a college for pickpockets,” says Det. KennethKleinlein, a pickpocket-prevention specialist with the New York City police special-fraud squad. The course of studyreportedly lasts some six to eight weeks at the “School of the Ten Bells,” named for its final exam. A mannequin,dressed in a man’s vested suit, is said to hang by a wire from the ceiling. Stuffed in each of the suit’s ten pockets arevaluables, and attached to each pocket is a bell. The “students” must extract all the contents without jingling a bell. “Ifthey can do it, they ‘graduate’ and fan out to Boston, New York, and other big US cities,” says Kleinlein.Crime experts say that pickpockets focus on department stores, buses and railroad stations, sports stadiums,parades—wherever there are crowds. Most work in teams, watching you to see where you put your wallet after atransaction. Or in a crowd they may “fan” you, running feather-like fingers over your clothes until they locate yourwallet.

According to the passage, what should students do before graduating from the “School of the Ten Bells”? (A)They have to stuff the suit’s pockets with valuables. (B)They have to get things from the mannequin’s pockets without triggering the alarm. (C)They have to dress up the mannequin with a vested suit. (D)They have to ring the bells attached to the mannequin’s pockets ten times.

According to the passage, which of the following would probably NOT be a feature of pickpockets’ habits? (A)They like to work with partners while stealing. (B)They like to observe people putting aside their wallet. (C)They like to go to colleges to sharpen their skills. (D)They like to go to crowded sports events to look for targets.

Which of the following can best replace the phrase “fan out” in the last sentence of the first paragraph? (A)fly (B)scatter (C)drive (D)fleeFrom the domestication of fire to the invention of cooking, there was a big practical and conceptual gap foringenious imaginations to cross. In some climates fire can be quickly drilled. In some places, if suitable flints andkindling are to hand, it can be struck with reasonable reliability. In very remote antiquity, however, most societies didnot enjoy ideal conditions of making fire. It had to be garnered and preserved, in the style of the sacred flame whicheven in modern societies we sometimes keep alight, in memory, say, of our honored dead or celebration of our“Olympic ideal.” For most of the past, in most places, it was easier and more reliable to keep fire alight and to carry itaround than to kindle it at need. Some peoples have lost or perhaps never had the techniques for igniting it—or maybethey simply think of fire as too sacred to make themselves. This is said to be why some tribes in Tasmania, theAndaman Islands, and New Guinea travel to beg fire from their neighbors, if it is extinguished, without trying to start itby means of their own.

What is this passage mainly about? (A)How cooking was invented. (B)Why people refused to make fire with imagination. (C)How people learned to kindle and preserve fire. (D)Why it was never easy for people to make fire for daily uses.

Why did some tribes in Tasmania, the Andaman Islands, and New Guinea travel to beg fire from theirneighbors? (A)They thought it was easier and more reliable to borrow fire from their neighbors. (B)They thought it was profane but practical to beg fire from their neighbors. (C)They thought it was too much trouble to start fire by means of their own. (D)They thought it was improper for them to rekindle something as sacred as fire.

On what occasion will people in modern societies make fire and view it as something sacred? (A)In the Olympic Games (B)When fire can be quickly drilled (C)When suitable flints and kindling are ready to be used (D)In memory of our past honors編號第22 題至第25 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。Because of unforgivable carelessness and cover-ups, several species of fauna and flora have undergone changesoutside their normal behavior. 22 As a result of extensive war measures, large quantities of radioactive materialshave been dumped into this area. The consequences produced by these materials, when in touch with a living organism,are unpredictable. For example, the clownfish in the Borneo area are losing their immunity to the defensive extracts ofcertain plants in the area, thus breaking the symbiotic relationship these animals and plants have shared forcenturies. 23Last year the first serious omen of disaster was spotted near the Atlantic coast of Northern America. 24 Thehumpback whale in question had fins as large as the rest of its body. This species lives solely on plankton and hasstarted to grow teeth as a result of changes in the gene pool induced by radioactive plankton. The teeth are uncannilysimilar to the teeth of a great white shark, except for being five times larger. 25 Whereas these whales once were 12meters long, they now reach a length of 15 meters.

(A)The genes of a species of whales were mutating. (B)In addition, certain species of whales have accelerated their growth. (C)Obvious examples are the changes in the fish population around Borneo in the Pacific. (D)Some animals have changed their genes so radically that they have to be classified as a new species.

(A)Some have even crawled into beds and waited for their preys there. (B)No one can predict how this will affect the survival of the species. (C)In addition, certain species of whales have accelerated their growth. (D)Obvious examples are the changes in the fish population around Borneo in the Pacific.

(A)The genes of a species of whales were mutating. (B)Some have even crawled into beds and waited for their preys there. (C)Obvious examples are the changes in the fish population around Borneo in the Pacific. (D)Some animals have changed their genes so radically that they have to be classified as a new species.

(A)The genes of a species of whales were mutating. (B)Some have even crawled into beds and waited for their preys there. (C)No one can predict how this will affect the survival of the species. (D)In addition, certain species of whales have accelerated their growth.