This document is highly , inaccessible to anyone except the Minister of Foreign Affairs himself.
(A)descriptive
(B)confidential
(C)indispensable
(D)optimistic
The principles of a country are usually stated in its constitution.
(A)fundamental
(B)beneficial
(C)passionate
(D)deceptive
As the deadline was approaching, he worked hard on the project .
(A)around the clock
(B)from the cradle to the grave
(C)on and off
(D)every now and then
One of our great is how we need to talk more freely and openly about sex.
(A)achievements
(B)quotations
(C)challenges
(D)ambitions
The health of society depends on simple like honesty, decency, courage, and public spirits, not on theamount of per capita income.
(A)regulations
(B)assumptions
(C)presumptions
(D)virtues
The old house with all its beautiful furniture and pictures .
(A)have sold
(B)have been sold
(C)has sold
(D)has been sold
On hearing the bad news about his wife, the old man and cried badly.
(A)broke down
(B)broke out
(C)passed out
(D)blew up
My cell phone doesn’t work. I forgot to the battery.
(A)receive
(B)return
(C)release
(D)recharge
The small fish which are now being into the lake will mature in about eighteen months’ time.
(A)relieved
(B)reduced
(C)released
(D)retrieved
A short trip to another country is an opportunity to sample other cultures. But having to live away from home as ancan make you feel sad.
(A)archery
(B)expatriate
(C)insulator
(D)ottoman
You have missed a lot of lessons. You may find it difficult to with the rest of the class.
(A)get along
(B)come up
(C)catch up
(D)put up
The authorities have chosen a group of smart detectives to set up a to investigate the murders that havecaused social insecurity.
(A)commission
(B)compendium
(C)constitution
(D)congress
I can’t wait to my old car because it has been causing me a lot of trouble.
(A)put off
(B)get rid of
(C)count on
(D)drop out of
After being lost in the sea for six days, John began to . He saw things that weren’t really there.
(A)hallucinate
(B)fascinate
(C)intervene
(D)reincarnate
Great effects are expected to work the group of patients taking the new medication.
(A)in
(B)at
(C)on
(D)out
Unlike his classmates who stop by Internet cafes very often, John always goes home after school.
(A)scarcely
(B)generally
(C)directly
(D)intrinsically
Mediterranean tour marketing campaigns targeting Eastern Europe, Poles and Slovaks are flying to Tunisiafor cheap doses of sun.
(A)Fortunate to
(B)Thanks to
(C)With a view to
(D)Thanks for
John proposed to May, but she kept him in for several days before she said that she would marry him.
(A)abundance
(B)compassion
(C)irritation
(D)suspense
Please be sure to inform us by facsimile your schedule change in the interim.
(A)might
(B)could
(C)would
(D)should
Eddie has been the best player on the basketball team since last year, but he used to Nick.
(A)get a load of
(B)have the edge over
(C)hit it off with
(D)play second fiddle to
She is a person. She always works hard, has excellent self-control, and takes great care to follow moralgoodness.
(A)conscientious
(B)generous
(C)greedy
(D)vicious
In Taiwan more and more middle-class families are traveling abroad in their vacations.
(A)going in for
(B)cut out for
(C)embedded in
(D)endowed with
The key to a successful school environment does not lie in having a smaller class size, but in creating a pleasantof the school.
(A)atmosphere
(B)attention
(C)objection
(D)obstacle
its high protein content, Tofu has long been a popular food in China and Japan.
(A)Because of
(B)As to
(C)Since
(D)Despite
When I saw my roommate with my girlfriend, I felt worried, angry, and .
(A)embarrass
(B)embarrassed
(C)embarrassing
(D)embarrassment
No visit to Taipei would be complete a panoramic view of the city from the top of Taipei 101. In otherwords, Taipei 101 is a must-go place.
(A)unless
(B)because
(C)for
(D)without
This young boy, other boys of his age that find theme parks their favorite weekend outing, likes to spendhis weekends taking the residents of the nursing home out for a walk.
(A)as much as
(B)as well as
(C)unlike
(D)in spite of
A dog with will often scratch itself so vigorously that the bites on its skin become worse.
(A)ashes
(B)cubs
(C)moths
(D)fleas
Sometimes I feel as though I’m still reeling from one rejection, when I’m thrown for a loop by another one.
(A)Sometimes, I am thrown physically off balance by rejections.
(B)Sometimes, I feel that I have had more rejections than I deserve.
(C)Sometimes, I feel so dizzy like spinning in circles because of rejections.
(D)Sometimes, I feel like being hit by another rejection when I am still in shock from a previous one.
Jean usually goes to the dentist six months.
(A)all
(B)each
(C)every
(D)any
The club demands a membership of NT$1,000 a year.
(A)fare
(B)fee
(C)salary
(D)toll
The millions spent to give schools and universities online access is of little use unless students know how toretrieve useful information from the oceans of sludge on the Web.
(A)Only when students learn to use the Internet critically is the investment for online access worthwhile.
(B)Online access for students is very expensive and students should get as much information out of it as possible.
(C)Money spent on online access for students is wasted if users don’t know how to store information.
(D)Millions of people are now surfing on the Net as many students do to get information.
Learning that the war had taken away his beloved wife and three children, we all felt for him.
(A)innocent
(B)offensive
(C)sympathetic
(D)tense
The mountains reserve their choice gifts to those who stand upon their summits.
(A)Only people chosen by God can reach the top of a mountain.
(B)People who stand on the mountain top can choose a good gift.
(C)Those who climb to the top of mountains will be greatly rewarded.
(D)Speaking up in a summit is like standing on top of a mountain.
The train runs than 120 km per hour.
(A)no faster
(B)not fast
(C)not faster
(D)no fast
Neither the students nor the teacher ready when the principal came in.
(A)was
(B)were
(C)has been
(D)have been
After 20 years of living in a small village, the old man wanted a more way of life.
(A)derogatory
(B)metropolitan
(C)sinuous
(D)voluble
We need your here on the last page, and then we can open the account for you.
(A)money
(B)author
(C)discovery
(D)signature
With all due respect and obedience to my parents, I still think I would be happier if they could let me have my ownway.
(A)In order to respect and obey my parents, I dare not have my own way.
(B)I am happy that my parents let me have my own way, and so I respect them.
(C)To respect and obey me, my parents let me have my own way.
(D)Although I respect and obey my parents, I wish they would not control me so much.
As opposed to the extrovert, who craves excitement and takes chances, the introvert .
(A)is good at mathematics
(B)seldom loses his or her temper
(C)likes a well-ordered mode of life
(D)learns more slowly but remembers more
Many countries, Taiwan , are facing the problem of low birth rate and aging population.
(A)include
(B)inclusive
(C)included
(D)including
Indonesia is a bird paradise, but hundreds of its 366 protected species are threatened by destruction andillegal activity.
(A)habitat
(B)prohibition
(C)residence
(D)province
Billionaire Mr. Chen is, he still works long hours every day.
(A)like
(B)as
(C)such
(D)so
The supervisor’s concern with accuracy, without toning down, is perceived as nit-picking.
(A)Severe criticism results in quarrels between the supervisor and the workers.
(B)The supervisor is not welcome because he always asks for accuracy bluntly.
(C)The supervisor’s requirement of efficiency is always taken wrongly.
(D)It is the duty of the supervisor to pick out the inaccurate items.
You don’t need to steal from others! I would have given you the money you told me earlier about yourfinancial problem.
(A)if not
(B)if only
(C)what if
(D)as if
Anna had a fight with her boss yesterday, and that’s .
(A)why did her boss fire her
(B)why she quit the job
(C)how was she fired by her boss
(D)when did she decide to quit
In a world where standstills have become all too common, constant is the key to business success.
(A)application
(B)evolving
(C)initiation
(D)offering
If it last Saturday, my students would have gone to the concert.
(A)didn’t rain
(B)wasn’t raining
(C)shouldn’t rain
(D)hadn’t rained編號第41 題至第44 題為題組Try to accept that your teenager has to “belong” to the group of friends and that being forced to be different cancause great distress. You may think that a certain hairstyle or sensible shoes are ideal, but you probably don’t want yourchild to be made fun of as a result. As far as possible, let your teenager make his/her own choices about these things, even ifthey’re not your 41 .Permanent changes 42 tattoos or piercings are different, though, as they can’t simply be removed when fashionsmove on. Explain to your teenager that these require much more careful thought than 43 your hair orange or evenshaving your head. If you’re completely 44 it, you do have a parent’s right to insist that your teenager shouldn’thave it done. Teenagers still need some boundaries.
He’s by far the best player on the school team; there is no question about it.
(A)His being the best player on the school team is far from being true.
(B)It is certain that he is the best player on the school team.
(C)That he is the best player on the school team is open to question.
(D)It is likely that he is the most qualified for the school team.The development of information technology—computers and electronic communication devices—isanother factor currently influencing organizational structures. Automatic data-processing systems have beenwidely 41 in a range of settings. Anyone who draws money out of a bank, or buys an airline ticket, dependson a computer-based communication system. Since data can be processed 42 in any part of the worldlinked to such a system, there is no need for physical proximity between those involved. However, afully-fledged “electronic office,” in which the bulk of the work is carried out by machines rather than humans,is still 43 , and there are many problems in the way of its realization. 44 , there is a strong trendtowards the transplant of many office activities to electronic machinery. Word-processors, computer networks,teleprinter links, and other electronic systems have already 45 the nature of much office work. In someleading American banks, the trust department, where stock transfers are made, has been completely automated.
The extent to which health can interfere with study is no news to people.
(A)Everyone knows that bad health casts serious effects on study.
(B)The extent of the influence on health surprises all researchers.
(C)No one knows how the health issue emerges in the education system.
(D)There is no news so far about the correlation between health and study.第41 題至第45 題為題組A new study from the Johnson Research Center may shed light on why some people like salt more than others. Theresults suggest that a person’s 41 for salty taste may be related to how much they weighed when they were born. Ina journal article, the researchers of the study report that individual differences in salty taste acceptance by two-month oldinfants are 42 related to birth weight: lighter birth weight infants show 43 acceptance of salt-water solutionsthan do babies who were heavier at birth.A 44 relationship was found in a subset of the same children at preschool age, suggesting that the relationshipbetween salty taste preference and birth weight 45 at least through early childhood, a critical time for the formationof flavor and food preferences.