To make the contract more complete, the hockey stara clause that would guarantee him 50% of hissalary if an injury ended his career.
(A)renounced
(B)inserted
(C)represented
(D)structured
This is a conserative society that values an unquestioningof tradition and cultural norms.acceptance
(A)
(B)threat
(C)dispute
(D)diplomacy
Insurance companies have a new method of planning which involves both artificial intelligence andhumanexperts.
(A)analyzed
(B)realized
(C)specialized
(D)verbalized
The policethemselves as tourists, secretly videotaping visitors as they moved round the exhibitionsite.
(A)consigned
(B)harmonized
(C)moderated
(D)disguised
To avoid imitation from our competitors, our new products requireto both cover design and functions.alterations
(A)
(B)restorations
(C)decorations
(D)preparations
In many cultures, an amulet is used toevil spirits and bring good luck or protection to its owner.
(A)drop out
(B)stand for
(C)ward off
(D)wind up
New satellite images of Antarctica just revealed a number of Emperor penguin colonies that scientists werenotof in their early research.
(A)anxious
(B)aware
(C)afraid
(D)acquired
The patient couldn’t but let out awhen the nurse moved his broken leg.groan
(A)
(B)grant
(C)remendy
(D)relief
Most museums have completedof their artworks to make it easy for the public to browse them online.
(A)digitalization
(B)decoration
(C)assimilation
(D)elimination
In a democratic country, everyone isto the freedom of speech and expression. This right is protectedby the law.
(A)empowered
(B)enabled
(C)endowed
(D)entitled
Luckily, the historic building remainedafter the terrible earthquake.contact
(A)
(B)intent
(C)contract
(D)intact
The company'sthis quarter exceeded its income. The boss decided to cut down the allowance for theexpenses next quarter.
(A)expenditure
(B)fabrication
(C)hardliner
(D)incentive
After his heart attack, the doctor put him on a strict, and regular appointments are scheduled for furthercheckups.
(A)decency
(B)regimen
(C)casualty
(D)shipwreck
Abortion is an extremelyissue, for it involves ending the life of a baby in the mother’s womb.complicated
(A)
(B)graceful
(C)pregnant
(D)typical
The CMP in cocoa butter maythe growth of tumors and greatly reduce the threat of cancer.
(A)contribute
(B)advocate
(C)fortify
(D)inhibit
When celebrating a new year, we often wish others happiness,, and good health.
(A)resistance
(B)prosperity
(C)temptation
(D)succession
Understanding theto health that flies pose is important to help prevent the transmission of dangerousdiseases and bacteria.insurance
(A)
(B)trend
(C)expectations
(D)threats
The conservatives believe that English words have fixed andmeanings while the liberals feel that wordscan change their meanings according to circumstances.
(A)invariable
(B)plausible
(C)transformative
(D)understandable
One benefit of working past the normal retirement age is the ability tocurrent standard of living byincreasing lifetime income.
(A)maintain
(B)mandate
(C)manifest
(D)manufacture
During the premiere’s visit, unemployed protestors, shutting down public transportation.went round the block
(A)
(B)spared no effort
(C)took to the streets
(D)held the ground
An independent consultant has been brought in tobetween the two sides involved in the conflict.
(A)authorize
(B)humiliate
(C)conciliate
(D)mesmerize
Sadly, their recent, truncated live shows bore no evidence of new material with which totheir success.
(A)sustain
(B)suppress
(C)suspect
(D)suspend
Traveling by the MRT in Taipei is quick and convenient, but the trains can be veryduring rush hours.crowned
(A)
(B)clowned
(C)clouded
(D)crowded
The famous researcher was accused of intentionally falsifying data, so all the research grants paid by the institutewere.
(A)recalled
(B)reclaimed
(C)reconciled
(D)refunded
Patrick is such a good-natured person; he practicesfaithfully and is always more than ready to helpneedy people.
(A)altruism
(B)cynicism
(C)euphemism
(D)metabolism
My mother spent NT$ 10,000 on a cream product which claims to be able toeye wrinkles.occupy
(A)
(B)fertilize
(C)refresh
(D)diminish
Alex has great communication skills; he canhis thoughts and feelings easily and comfortably.
(A)cauterize
(B)jeopardize
(C)stigmatize
(D)verbalize
At the roots of my hair asensation began and ran down the surface of my flesh, leaving me goose-fleshed and cold.
(A)tingling
(B)tempering
(C)twittering
(D)twinkling請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題With the advent of freezers, we’re able to preserve our food longer than before. But is there a differencebetween fresh and frozen produce
I need a reliable andsecretary, not a lazy, forgetful one like you!efficient
(A)
(B)considerable
(C)fanatic
(D)simultaneous
When an insect flies into the cobweb, the _____ of the thread tells the spider that food is waiting for him.
(A)jerking
(B)jingling
(C)tinkling
(D)texting請依下文回答第41題至第45題:In 1913, Voeltzkow's chameleon disappeared from the wild, never to be seen in its native Madagascar again. But now,more than a century later, scientists have surprisingly rediscovered it. The reptile's
nutrition? Well, it highly depends on the circumstances. Most food youtake off the shelf in a grocery store
Max tends tothe degree of things. If he has a cold, he may say he is dying.e
(A)xasperate
(B)demonstrate
(C)exaggerate
(D)evaluate請依下文回答第42 題至第45 題:In Texas, people take chili seriously. So seriously that from May to November, hundreds of Texans devote theirweekends
is the result of a push fromthe Global Wildlife Conservation's Search for Lost Species program. Researchers began combing Madagascar for thechameleon in March 2018;
under-ripe to avoid damage during travel time. This means it hasn’tyet reached its peak nutrition. Furthermore, the minute it is picked, its nutritional content begins to
giant pots of it in chili cookoffs. These contests are carefully organized in cities and towns throughoutthe state, each one
, they came up empty until the expedition was nearly over. With just days left in thejourney, a professional guide
. Whenit finally appears on your dinner table days later, the food may lose up to 50 percent of its nutritional value. Frozenfoods,
that it sponsors the best one around.
one of the chameleons, and ultimately eighteen were rediscovered. So how has anentire species managed to go without
, are picked when they’re ripe and frozen immediately.
other states have their own version of thecookoff, Texas sets the standards. The Chili Appreciation Society International in Dallas has established rules andregulations as well as a point system for determining the winners. There is even a newspaper, the Goat Gap Gazette inHouston, that is
for so long? Scientists suspect the chameleons may only live for severalmonths after hatching. The
the quick freeze process may affectsome of the vitamin content, it essentially locks most of the nutrients in place. Compared with the fresh producethat has been sitting around for days, there’s no doubt that frozen foods contain more nutrition.41
(A)instead of
(B)in terms of
(C)in place of
(D)in spite of42
(A)was harvesting
(B)has harvested
(C)had harvested
(D)has been harvested43
(A)descend
(B)deflate
(C)deprive
(D)deteriorate44
(A)in the meantime
(B)in some respects
(C)on the other hand
(D)for the time being45
(A)Although
(B)Despite
(C)However
(D)Nonetheless請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題At the beginning of the 20th century, less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existed in the US. Thenumber of colleges skyrocketed in waves, during the early and mid 20th century. State universities grew from smallinstitutions of fewer than 1,000 students to campuses with 40,000 more students, with networks of regionalcampuses around the state. In turn, regional campuses broke away and became separate universities.To handle the explosive growth of K–12 education, every state set up a network of teachers’colleges, beginningwith Massachusetts in the 1830s. After 1950, they became state colleges and then state universities with a broadcurriculum. Major new trends included the development of the junior colleges. They were usually set up by cityschool systems starting in the 1920s. By the 1960s they were renamed as “community colleges.”Junior colleges grew from 20 in number in 1909, to 170 in 1919. By 1922, 37 states had set up 70 juniorcolleges, enrolling about 150 students each. Meanwhile, another 137 were privately operated, with about 60 studentseach. Rapid expansion continued in the 1920s, with 440 junior colleges in 1930 enrolling about 70,000 students.The peak year for private institutions came in 1949, when there were 322 junior colleges in all; 180 were affiliatedwith churches, 108 were independent and non-profit, and 34 were private schools being run for-profit.Many factors contributed to rapid growth of community colleges. Students parents and businessmen wantednearby, low-cost schools to provide training for the growing white-collar labor force, as well as for more advancedtechnical jobs in the blue-collar sphere. Four-year colleges were also growing, albeit not as fast; however, many ofthem were located in rural or small-town areas away from the fast-growing metropolis. Community collegescontinue as open-enrollment, low-cost institutions with a strong component of vocational education, as well as alow-cost preparation for transfer students into four-year schools. They appeal to a poorer, older, less preparedelement.
for chili heads, the name given to those who are passionate about chili making. It publishes acomplete list of competitions in the United States and provides useful hints and bits of gossip for its subscribers.42for cooking
(A)
(B)into cooking
(C)to cook
(D)to cooking43boasted
(A)
(B)boasts
(C)boasting
(D)will boast44Whatever
(A)
(B)Before
(C)After
(D)Even though45inclusively
(A)
(B)exclusively
(C)externally
(D)internally請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題:A wet spring in Las Vegas has spawned hordes of grasshoppers so large that they are showing up on the weather radar.In viewing the radar, CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said it looked like there were two storms over the Vegas area:one in the north of the city (that was actual rain) and another right over Las Vegas. But the second one wasn’t moving asrain normally would, she said. “It looked as though it should be torrentially downpouring in Las Vegas,” said Chinchar.By changing the settings on the radar, meteorologists could see that the other “storm” was actually the massive hordesof grasshoppers that have settled over the city in recent days, Chinchar said. Las Vegas, like all of Nevada, has had almosttwice as much rain in 2019 than normal, Chinchar said. “It appears through history that when we have a wet winter orspring, these things build up often down below Laughlin and even into Arizona,” Jeff Knight, state entomologist, said.“We’ll have grasshopper migrations about this time of the year, and they’ll move northward.” Knight said the swarmsaren’t terribly unusual given the amount of rain the state has had this year. “We have records clear from the ’60s of ithappening, and I have seen it ... at least four or five times in my 30-plus years,” he said. “There are some special weatherconditions that trigger the migration.”
short life might partly explain why this splendid species got "lost" for so manydecades. Much of Voeltzkow's chameleons' life remains mysterious and researchers are trying to learn more about thespecies.41
(A)relocation
(B)repetition
(C)replication
(D)reemergence42
(A)in fact
(B)however
(C)fortunately
(D)consequently43
(A)spotted
(B)detached
(C)contained
(D)obliged44
(A)proving it
(B)being noticed
(C)paying attention
(D)getting involved45
(A)assumed
(B)disastrous
(C)superficial
(D)intended請依下文回答第46題至第50題:Harriett Tubman is one of the most recognized icons in American history and her legacy has inspired countless peoplefrom every race and background. She was a woman of African descent who was born in slavery on a Maryland plantationin 1820. When she was only seven years old, she tried to run away from the plantation, but she was captured and severelybeaten for trying to run away. In 1849, she escaped to Pennsylvania. Soon after her escape, she became a conductor onthe Underground Railroad, which was not a real railroad. It was an informal network of people in the United States andCanada who believed slavery was wrong. They helped runaway slaves by giving them shelter on their journey out of theSouth. The members of the Underground Railroad helped hide the runaway or fugitive slaves, and then they "conducted"them to the next safe home or "station." After her escape from Maryland, Harriet Tubman returned to the South nineteentimes to help other slaves escape north. Between 1850 and 1860, she helped more than 300 slaves escape to freedom inthe North, including her own parents. She conducted many of these slaves along the Underground Railroad all the wayto Canada.In 1861, the American Civil War between the North and the South broke out, and Harriet went to help the army of theNorth, or, as it was also called, the Union Army. She worked as a nurse and helped to take care of thousands of recentlyfreed slaves. Harriet served as a nurse for the North, but she also served as a spy and a commando. In 1863, she and aUnion officer led a band of 150 black soldiers on a raid against the army of the South, or, as it was called, the ConfederateArmy. Harriett and the soldiers destroyed a lot of army supplies and then led nearly 800 slaves out of the area to freedom.With the end of the war, Harriett returned to Auburn, NY and married a Civil War veteran named Nelson Davis.Although her service in the Union Army was much publicized, she had great difficulty in getting a pension from thegovernment, but was eventually awarded a nurse's pension in the 1880s. Harriett also established the Harriet TubmanHome for the Aged on a property adjacent to her own. However, as Harriett aged, the head injuries sustained early in herlife became more painful and disruptive. She underwent brain surgery at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital toalleviate the pains and "buzzing" she experienced regularly. At the age of 93, Harriett died of pneumonia on March 10,1913, surrounded by friends and family. She was buried with military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn. All in all,Harriet Tubman did not have an easy life, but a very remarkable life. She was a small woman in stature, but she was agiant in the story of the fight against slavery in the United States and, indeed, in the world.
Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the text above?
(A)At the beginning, there were less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existing in the US.
(B)In the 1830s, state colleges and universities were set up to train teachers for the explosive growth of K–12education.
(C)Junior colleges were usually set up by city school systems starting in the 1930s.
(D)Community colleges were renamed from junior colleges as low-cost institutions with a strong componentof vocational education.
Which of the following is the topic of this passage?Las Vegas
(A)’ grasshopper invasion is so big that you can see it on weather radar.
(B)Grasshoppers lead to more rain in Las Vegas.
(C)Las Vegas’ grasshoppers have started their migration earlier than usual.
(D)Las Vegas’ deserts are soon disappearing due to vast amounts of rain.
What happened when young Harriet was sent back to the plantation after she ran away?
(A)She was severely beaten.
(B)She saved her brother's life.
(C)She served as nurse for the army.
(D)She set 300 slaves free.
Which of the following statements is true to the description about junior colleges?
(A)Junior colleges grew from 1919 students to 70,000 in 1930.
(B)In 1949, there were 180 private junior colleges affiliated with churches.
(C)The rapid growth of community colleges is due to the demand for more non-profit independent institutions.
(D)Teachers’ colleges are the community name for junior colleges.
What could have possibly caused the oversized grasshoppers?Meteor showers.
(A)
(B)Exposure to radar system.
(C)Unusual amount of rain.
(D)Change of sunlight.
How many times did Harriet return to the South between 1850 and 1860 to lead slaves to the North?
(A)8
(B)12
(C)19
(D)150
Which is one of the factors that contributed to the rapid growth of community colleges in the United States?
(A)It is a major new trend to include as many rural students as possible.
(B)The purpose is to handle the explosive growth of K–12 education.
(C)Parents and businessmen wanted nearby, low-cost schools in rural or small-town areas to provide trainingfor the growing white-collar labor force.
(D)Many community colleges were located in the center of the fast-growing metropolis to provide moreadvanced technical jobs in the blue-collar sphere.
What do “these things” refer to in the passage?Storms.
(A)
(B)Deserts.
(C)Meteors.
(D)Grasshoppers.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true about Harriet?
(A)She helped her parents escape to freedom
(B)She lived until 1913, and died at the age of 93
(C)She became a conductor on the Underground Railroad
(D)She went to help the army of the South, the Confederate Army
Which of the following statistics is TRUE?
(A)Before 1919, there were already more than 170 junior colleges.
(B)In the 1920s, there were about 140 privately-operated junior colleges.
(C)In 1949, there were totally 180 junior colleges with 108 independent non-profit.
(D)The peak year for private community college expansion came at the year of 1922.
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about grasshoppers?They can be easily
(A)seen on the radar system.
(B)They often migrate to Arizona.
(C)They like torrential downpouring.
(D)The swarms of grasshoppers are a common scene in Arizona.
In what year did Harriet and a small band of soldiers carry out a raid against the Confederates?
(A)1861
(B)1863
(C)1865
(D)1913
Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the text above?
(A)Community colleges enrollment is vocationally limited.
(B)Four-year college growth was affected by the open-enrollment policy of junior colleges.
(C)Community colleges provide low-cost preparation for transfer students into four-year institutions.
(D)Community colleges continue to appeal to young, less prepared students.
Which of the following words could replace “hordes” in the first sentence?Eggs.
(A)
(B)Children.
(C)Swarms.
(D)States.
Which of the following best describes the tone of this passage?
(A)Cynical
(B)Accusing
(C)Admiring
(D)Humorous