Many people fled the city after a high disease broke out.
(A)contaminated
(B)contagious
(C)copulated
(D)cretaceous
Samuel Beckett is best known for his reprised 1953 play Waiting for Godot, about two men expectingsomeone who never arrives.
(A)ceremoniously
(B)centennially
(C)perennially
(D)prematurely
As a man of habits, Brian usually works in the night.
(A)nocturnal
(B)nightmare
(C)nightingale
(D)nominal
New evidence has that reading comic books enhances learning.
(A)brought a light
(B)enlightened
(C)a light
(D)come to light
Credit titles in a motion picture contributions of those who participated in it.
(A)acknowledge
(B)alleviate
(C)delegate
(D)improvise
European governments are starting to recognize that it is no longer to continue providing wholly free highereducation and many are considering charging fees.
(A)charitable
(B)feasible
(C)notorious
(D)unanimous
Popular music appeals the majority of young people.
(A)for
(B)at
(C)by
(D)to
The owner of the shop said that his business could never without the Internet.
(A)have succeeded
(B)succeed
(C)a success
(D)as successful編號第39 至第43 題為題組The theory of cognitive dissonance is based on the premise that people have a need for order and consistency intheir lives and that a state of tension is created when beliefs or behaviors conflict with one another. A state of dissonanceoccurs when there is a psychological 39 between two or more beliefs or behaviors. It often occurs when a consumermust make a choice between two products, both of which usually possess both good and bad qualities. By choosing oneproduct and 40 , the person gets the bad qualities of the chosen product and loses out on the good qualities of theunchosen one. This 41 creates an unpleasant, dissonant state that the person is motivated to reduce. People tend to42 themselves, after the fact, that the choice they made was the smart one by finding additional reasons to support thealternative they chose, or perhaps by “discovering” 43 with the option they did not choose. Thus the arising conflictis resolved through cognitive dissonance reduction, a process whereby people are motivated to eliminate unpleasanttension.
(A)not the other
(B)the other
(C)not another
(D)another
(A)belief
(B)loss
(C)reduction
(D)quality
(A)believe
(B)condemn
(C)promise
(D)convince
(A)secrets
(B)benefits
(C)flaws
(D)functions
No hour is too early or too late to call Jefferson Plumbing Company.
(A)If you call at an early hour, Jefferson Plumbing Company will never be late.
(B)Jefferson Plumbing Company accepts calls at any hour of the day.
(C)Jefferson Plumbing Company does not answer calls that are too early or too late.
(D)Whether you call early or late, Jefferson Plumbing Company will come in an hour.
Fashion experts may preach the aesthetic qualities stilettos have on an outfit, but podiatric experts believe quite thecontrary.
(A)High-heel shoes may be good for women’s feet, but doctors think there may be some health risks with the trend.
(B)Magazine editors say that stilettos are in style, but fashion designers have already moved on.
(C)Foot specialists don’t agree with stylists who say stilettos can make many different styles of clothing look better.
(D)Footware designers don’t agree with clothing designers that stilettos are in style.Israeli scientists have germinated a date seed nearly 2,000 years old.The seed was taken from an excavation at Masada, the cliff fortress where, in A.D. 73, 960 Jewish zealots died bytheir own hand rather than surrendered to the Romans. The point is to find out what was so exceptional about the datepalm of Judea, praised in the Bible for its shade, food, beauty and medicinal qualities, but long ago destroyed by thecrusaders.Dr. Sallon, who runs a project on medicinal plants of the Middle East, said the date palm in ancient timessymbolized the tree of life. But Sallon’s co-worker, Dr. Solowey, who is growing the seed in quarantine, said plantsgrown from ancient seeds “usually keel over and die soon.”Three date seeds from the Masada dig were found in a storeroom and are presumably from dates eaten by thedefenders, Dr. Sallon said.Dr. Solowey planted the date seeds at the end of January. “It wasn’t a project with a high priority,” she said. “I hadno idea if the food in the seed was still good. But about six weeks later, one of these came up.”Radiocarbon dating showed the seed to be 1990 years old, plus or minus 50 years. So it dates from 35 B.C. to A.D.65, shortly before the Roman siege.Dates need to grow 30 years to reach maturity and can live as long as 200 years. It is the female date that isconsidered holy and that bears fruit. “If it’s a male, it will just be a curiosity,” Dr. Solowey said.
The date seed was probably left by _____.
(A)the Jewish zealots who died in A.D. 73
(B)the Romans who killed the Jewish in A.D. 73
(C)the Jewish who surrendered to the Romans in A.D. 73
(D)the crusaders who conquered the people at Masada in A.D. 73
According to the passage, the major purpose of planting the date seed is _____.
(A)to find out how long the date tree can live
(B)to reconstruct the history of the Middle East
(C)to discover the peculiarity of the date palm in Judea
(D)to extract its medicinal elements to cure rare diseases
Which of the following is a synonym of “excavation” in the 2nd paragraph?
(A)Dig
(B)Cliff
(C)Desert
(D)Fortress
Which of the following statements is correct?
(A)Growing the seeds is the most important part of Dr. Solowey’s project.
(B)The date palm had been considered extinct before the seeds were found.
(C)Dr. Solowey is very curious about what they can do with a male date palm.
(D)The date seeds were planted with other medicinal plants of the Middle East.
What is the best title for this passage?
(A)A Holy Date Seed
(B)A 2000-Year-Old Palm
(C)A Seed in Quarantine
(D)A Seed Sprouts after 2,000 Years