Don’t ____ your voice when talking in the office.
(A)exhume
(B)raise
(C)arise
(D)arouse
Dear Leader is a fascinating inside account of how the Kims in North Korea used propaganda to ________ theirhold on power.
(A)soften
(B)solve
(C)cheat
(D)cement
We have arrived at the airport ______ before the plane leaves. Therefore, we still have plenty of time to browsearound the duty free shop.
(A)at one time
(B)in good time
(C)in no time
(D)of all time
Studying Latin is helpful for enlarging one's vocabulary in English, since so many English words fromLatin.
(A)bombard
(B)derive
(C)compile
(D)formulate
The President urges other political circles to stop in the internal affairs of sovereign nations.
(A)meddling
(B)attempting
(C)declaring
(D)legislating
In this country's literature, the woman's voice has drawn the spotlight of in recent years.
(A)negligence
(B)apathy
(C)deadlock
(D)acclaim
There is a big cut on your hand. You need medical _____ immediately.
(A)treatment
(B)involvement
(C)treasure
(D)medium
According to American officials and Arab diplomats, the United States is unlikely to _______ any militarystrikes against extremists in Iraq before a new government is formed.
(A)undertake
(B)offend
(C)analyse
(D)overhear
The family that just moved into the community treated their neighbors with cold even when they weregreeted warmly.
(A)significance
(B)indifference
(C)distinction
(D)constitution
To have access to the confidential documents, one needs special from the headquarters.
(A)authorization
(B)institution
(C)intonation
(D)transmission
Each country was requested to send a _____ to join the APEC convention.
(A)designation
(B)illustration
(C)denotation
(D)delegation
Most people feel _____ in the afternoon after having lunch, especially in the summer time.
(A)optional
(B)feasible
(C)drowsy
(D)parasitic
Napping is encouraged for night-time workers as 30-minute naps help them feel .
(A)refreshed
(B)overcome
(C)fulfilled
(D)listless
is the art of narration and expression through body movement.
(A)Anatomy
(B)Pantomime
(C)Traitor
(D)Valor
Alex told Alice he really admired her paintings, and she returned the by saying she was a fan of hissculptures.
(A)retrenchment
(B)compliment
(C)supplement
(D)detachment
Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that ______ movement.
(A)affects
(B)effects
(C)offends
(D)defends
It is a wonderful give-and-take experience to stop and try to _____ the work of a street artist.
(A)accuse
(B)donate
(C)appreciate
(D)delete
The investigation has proved that the Loch Ness Monster is an elaborate ; no such monster exists in the lake.
(A)blur
(B)hoax
(C)kernel
(D)landmark
The major negative effect on the environment is that overconsumption is the world’s natural resources.
(A)depleting
(B)deporting
(C)deploying
(D)deploring
Christine longed for some breathing space in her relationship because she felt by his nearly 24-hourcompany over the past few weeks.
(A)delighted
(B)dedicated
(C)suffocated
(D)terminated
Hundreds of people are dead as the worst Ebola _____ outbreak in history sweeps through West Africa.
(A)agent
(B)code
(C)formula
(D)virus
Building new casinos induces the less affluent to gamble more.
(A)Casinos generate wealth to the general public.
(B)The poor feel more enticed to gambling.
(C)Government should introduce gambling to the rich.
(D)Casino buildings appeal to the less optimistic.第36 題至第40 題為題組Drug patents create short-term monopolies. The deal is simple: the drug inventor makes its formula public and inexchange is 36 a competition-free run at the market, lasting up to 20 years. This gives pioneers timeto 37 the costs of researching and developing new compounds, vital when creating a new medicine can cost upto $5 billion. The patent guarantees a 38 return, meaning companies have both the means and the incentive tokeep innovating.When the patent reaches its expiry date, the comfortable monopoly evaporates, replaced by 39 competition.40 have three ways of defending themselves. They are marketing, nudging customers towards newer drugs stillprotected by patent, and paying the competitors not to produce.
The number of the endangered Lowland Gorillas has been dropping due to habitat loss and illegalhunting.
(A)dramatically
(B)scarcely
(C)realistically
(D)smoothly
The Japanese are said to have a penchant for adopting foreign cultures. They blend them with traditions and thendevelop a distinctive mix of both.
(A)The Japanese are not very good at adapting to foreign cultures; they are very traditional in their ways.
(B)The Japanese language is a distinctive blend of traditional and foreign vernacular.
(C) The Japanese are adroit at incorporating foreign cultures into their traditions and developing a distinctivelyhybrid way of life.
(D)The Japanese include foreign cultures in their way of life but keeps them separate from their traditions.請依下文回答第36 題至第40 題:What causes autism is a mystery.One 36 is that a phenomenon called the cellular-danger response (CDR) lies at the root of it.The CDR makes cells put their ordinary activities 37 and instead switch on their defence systems, in reaction tohigh levels in the bloodstream of chemicals called purines.These are important and widespread 38 : ATP, a molecule that shuttles energy around cells, is a purine; so are halfthe “genetic letters” in DNA. Cells under viral attack tend to shed them. Too many of them in the blood can thus be asignal of viral infection. In that case 39 the CDR makes perfect sense. But studies have shown that people withautism (and also those with some other brain conditions, such as schizophrenia) often seem to have chronic CDR. Thepurine signal has somehow 40 in the “on” position. Yet why this happens is obscure.
The US Supreme Court rules that, barring circumstances like child abduction or a ticking time bomb, the FourthAmendment of the US Constitution requires police to get a warrant before examining a cell phone after an arrest.This ruling makes our digital privacy no "less worthy of the protection for which the Founders of our nationfought."
(A)Under certain extreme conditions, the Fourth Amendment can be temporarily suspended.
(B)The Fourth Amendment is considered a ticking time bomb by the US Constitution.
(C)The police needs to get the authorities' approval to search any suspect's cell phone.
(D)The founders of the USA also fought for their digital privacy.請依下文回答第36 題至第40 題It would be quite naive to expect a life without conflict, naive and boring. After all, as we struggle to find solutions,conflict leads to new ways of thinking. Nothing ever 36 in a world without conflicts. We see this in our lives; wesee this in science. In fact, in science crises are essential: without them there is no 37 . A life lived in harmony38 a life without conflict. It must be a life where conflict leads to growth. Harmony is not the absence of conflict.It is the state in which conflict leads to positive change. Harmony is dynamic, not static. Innovation and growthchallenge the status quo, shaking the very foundations where most base their values. Change only comes when we areready to embrace it; change needs 39 . It is much easier to plant our feet in the traditional, the convenient, in whatdoes not force us to reexamine our views. No one likes to be wrong. This is why great innovation comes with 40 ,often bloody. The blood that is spilled is not always the one coursing through our veins: it is the blood of conviction, ofprejudices, of deep-seated ideas that are abandoned by the inexorable force of reason.
Although the period in which he lived represents the sunset of the Renaissance, Bernini possessed a ______comparable to that of Leonardo or Michelangelo.
(A)chagrin
(B)gusto
(C)penchant
(D)virtuosity請依下文回答第37 題至第40 題The loss of a child through “sudden infant death syndrome,” also known as SIDS or crib death—the suddenand 37 death of an apparently healthy, sleeping infant—is an especially 38 experience. Parents oftendevelop feelings of guilt and 39 , thinking that they somehow caused the child’s death. To 40 such feelings,organizations have been established to help parents accept the fact that they did not cause the death.
(A)granting
(B)proven
(C)granted
(D)proving
When Ofisa Treviranus learned that he was selected to the Rugby World Cup squad, he felt that all the sacrificeshe had made to play rugby had finally .
(A)came off
(B)put off
(C)taken off
(D)paid off
Rice farming is the of Taiwan’s agriculture industry.
(A)quality
(B)grain
(C)disposition
(D)backbone第39 題至第42 題為題組Emily Brontë, one of the three gifted Brontë sisters, is the author of the famous English novel Wuthering Heights.She was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, in England, the fifth of six children. In 1820, her family moved toHaworth, 39 her mother died in 1821 and her two elder sisters died in 1825. Her father, a minister, was a stern andsullen man, and the aunt who took over the household was more strict than loving. The four surviving childrenbecame a close-knit group and 40 one another with emotional and creative support. 41 in a small and remotecommunity, the four siblings paired off and used their unusual literary gifts to write about imaginary lands. Emily andher younger sister Anne 42 the imaginary country of Gondal and wrote literature for it that included legends andpoetry. Gondal remains a source of Emily’s later art, providing the setting, characters, and situations for many of herbest dramatic poems and for her novel Wuthering Heights.
(A)alleviate
(B)accelerate
(C)elaborate
(D)substantiate請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題I like any game of chance, but I most enjoy taking part in a lottery. The lottery is 41 an unchanging religiousceremony, and it is perhaps this ritual quality of the lottery 42 people enjoy. Unlike other games of chance, alottery does not require a great deal of paraphernalia. The only equipment 43 is a bowl filled with slips of paper.I enjoy the excitement of watching the official pick the winning number. The moment before the drawing is veryserious. The judge gravely approaches the bowl and looks at the crowd soberly. The crowd is quiet 44 the lowmurmur of excitement. Suddenly the winner is selected. After the lottery is over, everyone but the winner throws awayhis or her piece of paper, and the 45 slips are soon blown away by the wind. People begin to disengagethemselves from the crowd and the lottery is over.
(A)Incomings
(B)Outgoings
(C)Incumbents
(D)Departments第41 題至第45 題為題組Approximately 0.6 percent of Taiwan's total cultivated farmland adopts organic farming. It is 41 low. Thefigure is alarming if it is contrasted with that of Austria: about 20 percent of all Austrian farmland is 42 organiccultivation. Food safety issues are 43 Taiwan's march toward chemical-free agriculture. Farmers' markets aregaining in 44 . Besides, supermarkets are 45 organic produce. The future seems promising.
(A)covered
(B)provided
(C)dealt
(D)threatened
(A)revolution
(B)information
(C)tradition
(D)conjunction請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題E-waste is being produced on a scale never seen before. Computers and other electronic devices 41 obsolete injust a few years, leaving consumers with few alternatives but to catch up by buying newer models. Tens of millions oftons of computers, TVs, VCRs, monitors, cell phones, and other gadgets 42 each year. Unfortunately, in mostparts of the world, the bulk of all this e-waste 43 landfills, where it poisons the environment. This is because itcontains a variety of toxic 44 such as lead, mercury, and arsenic that leak into the ground. In theory, recyclingseems to be a good 45 . However, the problem is that a large percentage of e-waste dropped off for recycling inrich countries is sold to the developing world, where its toxin may threaten the health of people living there.
(A)got stuck
(B)got started
(C)got assigned
(D)got attacked請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題:Exactly what constitutes smart living is a matter of conjecture as various aspects of life continue to becomedigitalized. Some might call their homes smart just because they 41 security service companies that canprovide long-distance protection. However, for others, a smart home should have additional features, such asenergy-saving 42 . Similarly, a vehicle equipped with a GPS 43 device is smart for some drivers.Nevertheless, others may think smart cars should be able to plan the route to the destination and 44 trafficcongestion. As far as smart living is 45 , the sky is the limit. Before the increasingly ICT-enabled world can fully satisfyall users, there shall always be room for development and improvement. Smart living may no longer be a dream.