After lengthy discussions and debates, the jury finally reached a . They found the defendant not guilty.
(A)convict
(B)declaration
(C)jurisdiction
(D)verdict
Simon goes through the same whenever he makes a mistake.—First he says he didn’t do it, and then he triesto blame it on someone else.
(A)destination
(B)speculation
(C)loophole
(D)routine
The of the candidate expressed itself in his extreme and unrealistic isolationism.
(A)acrophobia
(B)homophobia
(C)photophobia
(D)xenophobia
The old man had the to save money during his teaching career so as not to be dependent on irregular SocialSecurity checks after his retirement.
(A)foresight
(B)initiation
(C)stinginess
(D)thrift
China has never what it says its right to take Taiwan by force if peaceful blandishments fail.
(A)announced
(B)denounced
(C)pronounced
(D)renounced
The way the teacher presented it leaves us with no but to do what she said.
(A)allowance
(B)alternative
(C)condemnation
(D)contradiction
The avian flu is highly , so be sure to wear a mask when you go out.
(A)contaminated
(B)contagious
(C)influential
(D)recommended
The tribal elders for three hours before banishing the two offenders.
(A)deliberated
(B)delivered
(C)depicted
(D)deported
An employment involves the buying and the selling of labor hours.
(A)transaction
(B)transcription
(C)transformation
(D)transliteration
The judge decided to their marriage when she found out the groom had already had a wife.
(A)nullify
(B)multiply
(C)liquefy
(D)petrify
I want to join the club, but its fee is so high that I can’t afford it.
(A)attention
(B)anticipation
(C)adaptation
(D)membership
Pope Benedict XVI has into the evolution debate in the United States, saying the universe was made by an“intelligent project.”
(A)disappeared
(B)ascended
(C)involved
(D)waded
Travelers may be spooked, delayed or detoured, but not . Despite a chain of calamities, more and morepeople leave home on holidays.
(A)deferred
(B)deterred
(C)discriminated
(D)disseminated
Marlon expects to successfully his boxing title in the next Olympics.
(A)acquit
(B)defend
(C)forsake
(D)match
If we impose a heavy on littering, no one will dare to throw away their garbage at will.
(A)charity
(B)obstacle
(C)reputation
(D)penalty
One is often amazed by the speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies , and social structures dissolveonce the autocrat is removed.
(A)abdicate
(B)accelerate
(C)vibrate
(D)fabricate
The new legislation will not solve the problem; in fact, it will do the opposite.
(A)accurately
(B)barely
(C)precisely
(D)specially
There can be scarier experience than to be chased by wild animals.
(A)no
(B)such
(C)any
(D)not
The fans were very disappointed when they learned that the outdoor concert was due to the comingtyphoon.
(A)repeated
(B)failed
(C)canceled
(D)closed
Disputes between Taiwan and Japan over who should have over Diaoyutai Islands have become heatedrecently.
(A)bureaucracy
(B)conspiracy
(C)solidarity
(D)sovereignty
I began to think about alternative models of agricultural development.
(A)It was 1976
(B)In 1976 when
(C)Not until 1976 when
(D)It was in 1976 that
The drought has set off “water wars”, pitting farmers against city dwellers and one state against another.
(A)Water shortage has triggered quarrels between farmers and city dwellers and between states.
(B)In many states, farmers and city dwellers have had different opinions about what might have caused the drought.
(C)A series of droughts in one state after another have caused the wars between farmers and city dwellers.
(D)In one state after another, farmers started a series of campaigns against city dwellers in order to solve the droughtproblem.
The government has decided to take a series of measures to help the wildlife native to our land.
(A)conceal
(B)conceive
(C)condemn
(D)conserve
Despite the of excellent children’s books in recent years, reading is increasingly unpopular amongchildren.
(A)deterioration
(B)fabrication
(C)proliferation
(D)transaction
The teacher students hand in the assignment before they left the classroom.
(A)did
(B)made
(C)told
(D)talked請依下文回答第38 題至第42 題What to write about is the first problem of a student who must periodically submit a theme or an essay. This questionarises not from actual lack of material but from 38 to take the right view of the material one has. A short reflectionshould convince the student that he or she thinks about many things; and a solution to the problem will be found partly atleast in an examination of what he or she already has in mind. One of the great 39 of education comes when weperceive that there is no such thing as a naturally uninteresting subject. Anything can be interesting if one knows enoughabout it. A certain amount of imagination is required and a certain focusing of the view, of course, but there is no reasonwhy a small thing should be of small interest, or why a familiar one should be 40 rich possibilities. The automobileis an exceedingly commonplace object in American life, yet with the right approach it becomes a subject of commandinginterest to the economist, to the engineer, or to the prospective vacationer. Perhaps few things arouse so little thought asthe table salt, yet when salt is considered in relation to living organisms, in connection with certain historical movements,or with regard to its industrial uses, it is 41 transformed into a subject of extraordinary interest. These are examplesof ordinary objects capable of 42 treatment, and it is precisely this kind of connection that the student must makebetween his stock of knowledge and its opportunities for development and interpretation.
Rather than walling off the neighborhoods surrounding them, structures of modern shopping malls welcome in thenatural terrain and relate to local history.
(A)Modern shopping malls are welcomed in natural as well as historical sites.
(B)Modern shopping malls are not isolated structures; they blend naturally and historically into their surroundings.
(C)Without high walls blocking modern shopping malls from their neighborhoods, they are welcomed in variousareas.
(D)To welcome people in all areas, modern shopping malls do not build high walls around them.
If our insurance agency does not improve the way our complaints are dealt with, we will seriously consider theircontract and finding a more reliable service carrier.
(A)illuminating
(B)discriminating
(C)nominating
(D)terminating
Genetic discoveries will trigger a flood of new , including drugs that aimed at the causes of disease ratherthan the symptoms.
(A)therapies
(B)diagnoses
(C)stethoscopes
(D)pharmaceuticals
(A)access
(B)failure
(C)resort
(D)success
I don’t think John would support us. He was just paying us service.
(A)lip
(B)air
(C)civil
(D)expressEvery year when April 14 rolls around we like to acknowledge Noah Webster, who published the first AmericanDictionary of the English Language on this date in 1828. Webster considered American English not a poor cousin of themother tongue of British English, 39 a legitimate body worth respecting, recording, and, yes, reforming. TheAmerican lexicographer attempted to 40 a number of spelling reforms. Noah Webster’s efforts were part of a longhistory of attempts to reform the quirky English orthography. In 1876, on the centennial of the American Declaration ofIndependence, and almost half a century after the American Dictionary of the English Language was first published, acommittee of the American Philological Association (APA) recommended serious spelling reform. Ten years after that,the members of the APA produced a list of 3,500 words whose spellings, they felt, should be changed. But 41 almost200 years of lists, announcements, and pronouncements, it is still safe to say that more lasting changes in Americanspelling have been the result of actual use by the people, not of decrees from on high.請依上文回答第39 題至第41 題。
Pizza _____ came from Italy. Italian immigrants brought this food to the United States in the 1890s.
(A)deliciously
(B)gradually
(C)originally
(D)eventually
Society is a joint-stock company in which the members agree for the better securing of the bread to eachshareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater.
(A)Like a company, society may deprive individuals of their bread in order to maintain the liberty and culture ofeach shareholder.
(B)Like a company, society may operate at the expense of individuals’ liberty and culture to ensure the profits foreach shareholder.
(C)Society operates like a joint-stock company that generates profits for shareholders to sustain each individual’sliberty and culture.
(D)Society would produce profits as a joint-stock company for each shareholder when its members agree to giveaway their bread.
The Mexican woman who was denied the job opportunity was believed to be a victim of against both herrace and gender.
(A)temptation
(B)stimulation
(C)resolution
(D)discrimination
Out of the barren earth of their homeland, the farmers are able to create a lush landscape.
(A)The farmers manage to create a rich landscape despite the barren soil.
(B)By getting out of the barren earth, the farmers are able to create a rich landscape.
(C)Outside the poor territory of their homeland, the farmers succeed in creating a lush landscape.
(D)Away from the barren earth of their homeland, the farmers manage to create a rich landscape.
(A)responsible for
(B)subordinate to
(C)devoid of
(D)confined to
Thousands of workers were laid off in the economic of the early 1980s.
(A)recession
(B)evolution
(C)compensation
(D)recovery
Because of the belief that a woman generally does not provide the sole financial support for her family as a mandoes, she often fails to receive equal pay for equal work.
(A)Women often do not make as much money as men do because it is generally believed that a woman receivesother financial support in her family.
(B)Women and men often do not get equal pay for equal work because a woman’s paycheck is generally considereda secondary income for her family.
(C)Women often fail to receive equal treatment at work because they believe they do not make as much money asmen do.
(D)Women and men often fail to get equal pay for equal work because a woman’s income is generally moreimportant than a man’s.請依下文回答第41~45 題We measure our lives in months and years. The wood mouse’s life is measured in hours and days. This tiny mammal,a member of the rodent family, has a childhood lasting only for three weeks.Survival is a difficult task for such a small creature. The wood mouse ventures out mainly at night, using its whiskersto feel its way through the darkness. It has good sight and hearing, and an excellent sense of smell. However, the woodmouse is relatively defenseless, and many fall prey to owls, hawks, crows, foxes, and other predators.The mouse’s main survival strategy is to breed at speed. A single mother may have several litters of babies, totally 25to 30 offspring in a year. With so many babies, the chances are that only one or two will survive.The wood mouse has many similarities to its close cousin, the house mouse. For both, life starts in a cozy nest. Thenew babies are pink and furless. Their eyes are closed, and there is no sign of the typically large mouse ears. They dependcompletely on their mother. She suckles them with her milk, licks them clean, removes their droppings, and keeps the nestclean. If they wriggle too far, she picks them up in her mouth and returns them to the nest.
(A)despite
(B)because of
(C)in addition to
(D)for the sake ofMy mother was 82 and living in Keoluk when, unaccountably, she insisted upon attending a convention of oldsettlers of the Mississippi Valley. All the way there, and it was some distance, she was young again with excitement andeagerness. At the hotel she asked immediately for Dr. Barrett of St. Louis. He had left for home that morning and wouldnot be back, she was told. She turned away, the fire all gone from her, and asked to go home. Once there she sat silentand thinking for many days, then told us that when she was 18 she had loved a young medical student with all her heart.There was a misunderstanding and he left the country; she had immediately married, to show him that she did not care.She had never seen him since and then she had read in a newspaper that he was going to attend the old settlers’convention. “Only three hours before we reached that hotel he had been there,” she mourned.She had kept that pathetic burden in her heart 64 years without any of us suspecting it. Before the year was out, hermemory began to fail. She would write letters to schoolmates who had been dead for 40 years and wonder why theynever answered. Four years later she died.請依上文回答第42 題至第46 題。
After the project, he decided to publish it as soon as possible.
(A)complete
(B)having completed
(C)being completed
(D)to complete請依下文回答第42~45 題When we discuss contrasting economic systems and principles, we often compare socialism with capitalism. In acapitalistic economy, most businesses are privately owned. Both owners and workers are motivated by profit. In earlycapitalist countries, the government had little control over private business affairs. This led to problems regardingworkplace safety, worker pay, and the environment. In modern capitalist countries, government regulations put manyrestrictions on business owners.Capitalist economies have traditionally created major class divisions between the rich and the poor. Socialism aimsto eliminate these divisions, although no socialist state has been entirely successful in reaching this goal. In a socialisteconomy, ownership of capital and distribution of wealth are managed by a centralized government. This is a difficulttask because of the sheer amount of work involved in managing an entire economic machine. If a government can provideeach citizen with basic necessities, it has achieved its most fundamental task.
How long does it take a wood mouse to grow into maturity?
(A)Less than one week
(B)Less than one month
(C)More than one month
(D)More than one year
Why did the author’s mother insist on going to a hotel where a convention was held?
(A)The convention was run by her old schoolmates.
(B)She was one of the old settlers of the Mississippi Valley.
(C)Her former lover would attend the convention.
(D)Dr. Barrett of St. Louis could cure her memory problem.
What is this passage mainly about?
(A)The dangers of capitalist systems and free markets.
(B)The comparison between two dominant economic systems.
(C)The efficiency of the government to run an entire economic system.
(D)The government’s law to regulate business owners.
How does the wood mouse move around in darkness?
(A)With the help of whiskers
(B)With the help of ears
(C)With the help of eyes
(D)With the help of the nose
A quarter century of living should put a great deal into a woman’s face besides a few wrinkles and someunwelcome folds around the chin.
(A)Women cannot help developing wrinkles and unwelcome folds around the chin in addition to gaining wealth astime goes by.
(B)Women must have developed something more than wrinkles and unwelcome folds around the chin as they growold.
(C)Women are able to rid themselves of wrinkles and unwelcome folds around the chin if they are successful in life.
(D)Women should make efforts to avoid wrinkles and unwelcome folds around the chin when they become aged.
Why didn’t the author’s mother meet with Dr. Barrett at the hotel?
(A)Dr. Barrett refused to meet with her.
(B)Dr. Barrett was not the person she looked for.
(C)Dr. Barrett had left a few hours before she arrived.
(D)Dr. Barrett had been dead for years before she arrived.
Which problem below did NOT exist in early capitalist countries?
(A)Industrial injuries.
(B)Low wages for workers.
(C)Environmental pollution.
(D)Strict government restrictions.
What is the way for the wood mice to survive?
(A)They run very fast.
(B)They produce their young in big quantity.
(C)They scare away their enemies.
(D)They don’t go out in the daytime.
According to the passage, what makes a difference between a wood mouse and a house mouse?
(A)The size of the ears
(B)The size of the eyes
(C)The color of the fur
(D)The color of the nose
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It is to be confirmed that she took the gold medal in the 100-meter dash.
(A)I heard that she took the gold medal while everyone watched the 100-meter dash.
(B)I heard rumors that she cheated to win the gold medal in the 100-meter dash.
(C)It is certain that she received the gold medal for the 100-meter dash, but no one watched it.
(D)The news that she won first place in the 100-meter dash needs further verification.
How old was the author’s mother when she died?
(A)64
(B)82
(C)83
(D)86
In which economic system is the government most powerful?
(A)Early capitalism.
(B)Modern capitalism.
(C)Socialism.
(D)Feudalism.
Disease and starvation characterized conditions on the rat-infested boat.
(A)The boat was plagued by rats that were characterized by disease and starvation.
(B)The boat was full of rats, and people there were sick and did not have enough food.
(C)The rats that infested the boat were all starving and carrying diseases.
(D)Diseased rats and starved passengers were characteristic of the boat.
How did the author’s mother know that Dr. Barrett would attend the convention?
(A)She knew it from a letter sent by one of her old schoolmates.
(B)She learned it from the newspaper she read in Keoluk.
(C)She was informed of it by the correspondence she had with Dr. Barrett.
(D)She recalled it from the memory she had hidden for more than six decades.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A)Early capitalist governments care most about social justice and people’s welfare.
(B)No business in the socialist country is managed by the government.
(C)Making money is the driving force of capitalist employers and employees.
(D)Most socialist countries have eliminated the class divisions in society.請依下文回答第46~50 題On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic steamed at a high speed into an ice field in the North Atlantic. The seawas calm and its surface was covered with heavy fog. At 11:40 p.m. a lookout suddenly spotted an iceberg dead ahead.The ship turned sharply and, as it scraped by, was opened up like a tin can with a gash below the water line three hundredfeet long. The captain determined that they were going to sink fast and at 12:15 a.m. ordered his wireless operator to sendthe distress call. Within a few minutes the airwaves were rippling with signals as over a dozen ships became aware of thedisaster. At 1: 20 a.m. the world began to get news of the tragedy.Because of the Titanic tragedy, people came to realize the magical power of wireless telegraphy. The New YorkTimes commented, “Through the roar of the big city there are constantly speeding messages between people separated byvast distances, and that over housetops and even through the walls of buildings and in the very air one breathes are wordswritten by electricity.” An officer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company also praised the wirelesscommunication that made it possible to follow the rescue. Without wireless technology, the Titanic tragedy would havebeen a different story.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A)The wood mice have no predators.
(B)The house mouse is a member of the rodent family.
(C)The baby wood mouse is independent.
(D)The mother wood mouse drops her babies outside the nest when she cleans it.請依下文回答第46~50 題Psychologists have long known that people can solve their problems at work and home by “sleeping on it.” Dr.Deirdre Barrett advises individuals to ponder questions just before falling asleep (Should I take this job? Should I marrythat guy?) and then let the subconscious provide the answers. “I’ve known artists looking for inspiration who simplydream up a future show of their art and wake up with plenty of new painting ideas,” says Barrett. “More and more peopleare learning these techniques to control their dreams.”Dr. Stephen LaBerge, for example, has pioneered a way of directing the sleeping mind through “lucid dreaming,” inwhich a sleeping person realizes he or she is dreaming while it is happening. In “lucid dreaming,” your dreams are likeprivate movies where you are the star, director, and writer all at once. Lucid dreamers can use the experience for a varietyof purposes: problem solving, developing creative ideas, and healing. A person may use lucid dreaming for everythingfrom talking to his/her long-dead father to gorging on sweets. Moreover, a weak swimmer in the waking life may dreamof diving to the bottom of the dream ocean without worrying about breathing (or his/her swimming skills). Mostimportantly, lucid dreaming is free and available to everybody.
Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgments of those we live among.
(A)The people around us determine who we think we are.
(B)Our identity is captured by those who live around us.
(C)Our sense of identity holds as long as we live.
(D)The captivity of our identity can be sensed in our livelihood.請依下文回答第47 題至第50 題Since the late 19th century, Arctic Village has been the focal point of the Gwich’in, who comprise seven thousandpeople spread over fifteen villages, still speaking their own language and living in the traditional way by hunting andfishing. The village is reachable only by a ninety-minute flight from Fairbanks, in the center of Alaska. It experiences theextremes of summer when it never darkens and bitter winters when it is light for only three hours a day. It straddles twoworlds: Arctic Village has satellite television and access to the Internet, but no running water or inside toilets. It has itsown post office with the American flag flying beside it, but its traditions owe more to native Alaskan ways, which manyin the village see threatened by the desire of the US to drill for oil in the Arctic Refuge immediately to the north of thevillage.A more immediate threat, however, comes from the effects of climate change, which are more apparent here thananywhere else in the US. So great are the local fears that they called a tribal gathering last month for the first time inthirteen years. During it, they blessed the new solar panels on the roof of their “washeteria,” where they do their laundryand take their showers. The panels provide energy in summer and are a reminder of the renewable forms of energy theworld has barely explored. But it is the effects of the rise in winter temperatures that the older people in the village worryabout. “It used always to be -51℃ in the winter but we don’t get that anymore,” said Kias Peter, seventy-two, one of thevillage elders. “We have lost thirteen lakes around here.” And Calvin Tritt, fifty, a former Gwich’in chief added, “Thecaribou used to have about two inches of fat on them, now they’re scrawny and they’re going loco.”
Which of the following statements about the author’s mother is true?
(A)She became pathetic because none of her schoolmates answered her letters.
(B)She was very excited on her way home from the convention.
(C)She remained unmarried after breaking up with her lover at 18.
(D)She still cared about Dr. Barrett at the age of 82.Advertising affects a consumer’s perception of value by contributing to the symbolic value and the social meaningof a brand. Symbolic value refers to what a product or service means to consumers in a non-literal way. 47 Otherwise,they would not be brands, but unmarked commodities. Social meaning refers to what a product or service means in asocietal context. 48 Often, the product’s connection to a social class shows a need within consumers to move up inclass.Researchers have long argued that objects are never just objects. 49 It is important to remember that thesemeanings often become just as much a part of the product as some physical features. Since advertising is an essential wayin which the image of a brand is developed, it influences consumers’ perception of the value of the brand. 50 In otherwords, if the image of a product is valued by consumers, then consumers will pay to buy the product.請依上文回答第47 題至第50 題。
What is this passage mainly about?
(A)The Titanic tragedy.
(B)The rescue after the shipwreck.
(C)The magic of wireless telegraphy.
(D)The Titanic’s voyage in the North Atlantic.
Why does Dr. Barrett suggest people ponder questions before falling asleep?
(A)To remember the questions clearly when waking up
(B)To come up with creative ideas from dreams
(C)To solve the problems before falling asleep
(D)To give the subconscious a good rest
Which of the following is true about the Gwich’in people’s life?
(A)They only stick to their traditional native Alaskan ways.
(B)They have completely adopted the modern way of life.
(C)They no longer make their living by hunting and fishing.
(D)They lead a mixed life of traditional and modern ways.
(A)Advertising means different things to different people.
(B)In reality, all branded products rely on symbolic value.
(C)For example, social class is marked by products that signify class membership, such as cars, wines, and clothes.
(D)Most people like some of the ads they see or hear, but they don’t like advertising in general.
How long did it take for the world to know the news of the shipwreck after the captain sent out the message?
(A)100 minutes.
(B)85 minutes.
(C)65 minutes.
(D)35 minutes.
According to the passage, which of the following can help us solve problems?
(A)Sleeping without dreams
(B)Interpreting others’ dreams
(C)Forgetting our dreams
(D)Directing our dreams
Which of the following is NOT true about Arctic Village?
(A)There are 7,000 Gwich’in people residing in one village.
(B)It is not easily accessible from other cities.
(C)People there still speak their traditional language.
(D)People there experience extremes of the weather.
(A)Advertising means different things to different people.
(B)In reality, all branded products rely on symbolic value.
(C)For example, social class is marked by products that signify class membership, such as cars, wines, and clothes.
(D)Most people like some of the ads they see or hear, but they don’t like advertising in general.
In this article, what does “words written by electricity” mean?
(A)Television signals.
(B)Wireless messages.
(C)The communication through phone lines.
(D)Text messages through mobile phones.
Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit of lucid dreaming?
(A)It is free of charge.
(B)It has healing power.
(C)It induces sound sleep.
(D)It generates creative ideas.
Which of the following is the most immediate threat to the Gwich’in?
(A)The extinction of the caribou
(B)The US desire to drill for oil there
(C)The effects of climate change
(D)The impact of the TV and the Internet
(A)They take on meaning from culture, society, and from consumers.
(B)The more value consumers see in a brand, the more they are willing to pay to acquire the brand.
(C)For example, social class is marked by products that signify class membership, such as cars, wines, and clothes.
(D)Most people like some of the ads they see or hear, but they don’t like advertising in general.
According to this passage, what’s the direct cause of the sinking of the Titanic?
(A)The ship’s high speed.
(B)The low temperature.
(C)The iceberg.
(D)The fog.
What does the author try to prove with the example of the weak swimmer?
(A)Dreams reinforce illusions.
(B)Dreams introduce new ideas.
(C)Dreams are different from reality.
(D)Dreams satisfy subconscious desires.
According to the passage, why did the tribal people call the meeting?
(A)They had not had a meeting for quite a long time.
(B)They had great fears about the climate change.
(C)They wanted to give credit to the new solar panels.
(D)They wanted to discuss the issue of renewable energy saving.
(A)They take on meaning from culture, society, and from consumers.
(B)The more value consumers see in a brand, the more they are willing to pay to acquire the brand.
(C)For example, social class is marked by products that signify class membership, such as cars, wines, and clothes.
(D)Most people like some of the ads they see or hear, but they don’t like advertising in general.
Which of the following statements is true?
(A)With wireless telegraphy, people in different places can communicate easily.
(B)People in New York received the news of the Titanic tragedy first.
(C)The other ships near the Titanic didn’t have wireless technology.
(D)Wireless messages can be disrupted by walls in the big city.
Which of the following statements about “lucid dreaming” is true?
(A)“Lucid dreaming” is available to those able to both direct and act in movies.
(B)Movie stars can enjoy “lucid dreaming” more than movie directors.
(C)People both act in and direct their dreams in “lucid dreaming.”
(D)Sleeping persons are more like movie stars than like movie directors in “lucid dreaming.”