統計 103 年英文考古題

A problem in the older boiling-water reactors would become disastrous because of a _____ safety system thathouses the nuclear fuel. (A)flawed (B)lacking (C)scraped (D)throbbing

Other than being cold, hungry, and thirsty, John was in good condition, lucid, and speaking _______ whenrescued from a blizzard. (A)approximately (B)coherently (C)drastically (D)significantly

Several reviewers considered Cooper’s study to be well-designed and well-conducted, while others remained_____about some of the data used in the study. (A) ambitious (B)evasive (C)pessimistic (D)skeptical

Cape Town is so _______ that it rightly places high in any ranking of the most scenic big cities on the planet. (A)compatible (B)gorgeous (C)melancholy (D)tentative

The government does not have to worry about the morality of the people; it is the people who need to beconcerned with the ______ of the government. (A) ethics (B)glamour (C)hunch (D)mentor|11150請依下文回答10 題第6 題至第s contains an affluent society within its borders. Millions and tens ofon aThe United States in the sixtiemillions enjoy the highest standard of life the world has ever known. This blessing is mixed. It is built uppeculiarly 6 economy, one that often proliferates pseudo-needs rather than satisfying human needs. Forsome, it has resulted in a sense of spiritual emptiness, of alienation. Yet a man would be a fool to preferhunger to 7 , and the material gains at least open up the possibility of a rich and full existence.At the same time, the United States contains an underdeveloped nation, a culture of poverty. Itsheinhabitants do not suffer the extreme privation of the peasants of Asia or the tribesmen of Africa, yet tmechanism of the misery is 8 . They are beyond history, beyond progress, sunk in a paralyzing, maiminroutine.Thegnew nations, 9 , have one advantage: poverty is so general and so extreme that it is the passion ofthe entire society to obliterate it. Every resource, every policy, is measured by its effect on the lowest andmost 10 . There is a gigantic mobilization of the spirit of the society: aspiration becomes a nationalpurpose that penetrates to every village and motivates a historic transformation.

(A)distorted (B)prosperous (C)burgeoning (D)multilateralticantedalized題到第virtual advertisements has been around since 1995. Originally this type ofe

(A)sanity (B)satiety (C)sagacity (D)sanctity

(A)differen (B)insignif (C)effective (D)similar

(A)however (B)therefore (C)moreover (D)likewise

(A)infuriated (B)ingratiated (C)impoverish (D)imperson請依下文回答第1113 題The technology for creatingadvertising was used in sporting events. Virtual advertisements were placed where real advertisements wouldbe distracting to players. For example, at a baseball game, the wall behind the batter and the umpire is calledthe backstop. Using computer technology, pictures of products and slogans can be drawn onto this wall andthen broadcast during the game. Viewers of the game at home will see huge red and white advertisements forCoca-Cola plastered all across the backstop. But the pitcher in the stadium only sees the blank wall of thebackstop. Advertisements can also be drawn by computers in the grass-covered center field at a soccer gamor on the side of a virtual blimp drawn on the sky over the stadium.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?..who will see the ads on the backstop?erthe (D)Wall (A)Virtual advertisements are more effective than real advertisements (B)Virtual advertisements do not catch sports players’ attention. (C)Both virtual and real advertisements get in sports players’ way (D)Virtual advertisements are only used in sports games.

When virtual advertisements are used in a baseball game, (A)TV viewers at home (B)The batter (C)The umpire (D)The pitch

What does the underlined word “blimp” inpassage mean? (A)Airship (B)Ceiling (C)Star|11150請依下文回答第14 題到第18 題Hilary Cash, a therapist based in Washington, first treated an Internet-obsessed patient six years ago; thismakes her a veteran in the new field of cyberpsychology. Now she runs a clinic called Internet ComputerAddiction Services for Web over-users. Many of her clients would qualify as genuine compulsives: men andwomen who spend so much time visiting chat rooms and porn sites that they become moody and secretive,stop sleeping, ignore their jobs and other responsibilities, lie to their loved ones, and lose interest in sex. Ifresearch presented to the American Psychological Association last year is correct, 6 percent of Internet usersfit in this category. It may look like many of the clinic’s clients are normal people who spend more time thantheir mates would like researching their family tree. Yet, to Cash and a growing number of experts, this typeof computer habit is not without its potential dangers, especially for relationships. Researcher John Gottmanof the University of Washington has found that marriages are more likely to be successful if partners spend atleast six hours a week talking about day-to-day issues, dining out, and just doing couples of things. “Thatmay only be five minutes at one time, half an hour at another, and a date once a week,” says Cash. “But oncethat critical time is lost, couples start to disconnect.”

What kind of patients does Hilary Cash treat? (A)Couples who are starting to disconnect (B)Couples who have marriage problems (C)People who are Internet-obsessed (D)People who are veterans

According to the passage, what problem is NOT mentioned regarding people who spend too much timein cyberspace? (A)Ignoring their responsibilities (B)Being moody and secretive (C)Lying to their family (D)Stopping dining out

What does the underlined word “compulsives” in the passage refer to ? (A)People who are obsessive about something (B)People who visit chat rooms and porn sites (C)People who are moody and secretive (D)People who lose interest in sex

What does the underlined phrase “this category” refer to in the passage? (A)The American Psychological Association (B)True compulsives (C)Normal people (D)Internet users

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? (A)Researchers have found that marriages are more likely to be successful if partners spend at least 6 hours aweek visiting chat rooms. (B)Experts have found that spending too much time on the Internet can pose potential dangers to socialrelationships. (C)Dr. Cash started to treat Web over-users at Internet Computer Addiction Services six years ago. (D)Normal people would like to spend time researching their family tree on the Internet.|11150第19 題至第21 題為篇章結構，各題請依文意，從四個選項中選出最合適者，各題答案內The student thieves on campus need to look out. With the emergence of a new web容不重複site to help teacherscatch student plagiarists, these student thieves on campus have every reason to get worried.Some students actually research and write their term papers in the old-fashioned way. 19 To preventcollegiate copycats, two graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley have devised a programthat compares a student’s submission with every other term paper on the Web.“We essentially search a hundred million web pages on the Internet, interfacing with the top 20 searchengines,” said John Barrie, of www.plagiarism.com. “We also compare that with our local database of termpapers.” Teachers who sign up can send their students’ papers to the website. 20 “We code every sentencethat was a word-for-word match with another sentence, either contained on the Internet or within ourdatabase,” Barrie said. David Presti, a U.C. Berkeley professor who teaches neurobiology, told his class hewould use the program. Undaunted, numerous students plagiarized anyway. “We ran all 300 papers throughthe program and found 45 of them, or 15 percent of students, had cut and pasted significant amounts ofmaterial from various World Wide Web sites without citations,” Presti said. 21 They can show theinstructors “that indeed they haven’t got their material from the Internet or some other source,” Barrie said.Competition is tough at prestigious universities like U.C. Berkeley. Some students welcome the Internet researchwatchdog, considering it a way to level the academic playing field. “I think it’s justified academically. Plagiarizing iswrong,” one said.

(A)Some universities are suing those companies that sell term papers over the Internet. (B)Others, however, just copy fake ones off the Internet and turn them in as their works. (C)Students falsely accused can have the opportunity to defend themselves. (D)The originality of the work, or lack thereof, becomes painfully clear within 24 hours.

(A)While many students approve of going after the sellers of the term papers, others say the school should targetthe students. (B)The teachers want the federal courts to enforce a law banning the sale of term papers. (C)Students falsely accused can have the opportunity to defend themselves. (D)The originality of the work, or lack thereof, becomes painfully clear within 24 hours.

(A)Some universities are suing those companies that sell term papers over the Internet. (B)Others, however, just copy fake ones off the Internet and turn them in as their works. (C)Students falsely accused can have the opportunity to defend themselves. (D)While many students approve of going after the sellers of the term papers, others say the school should targetthe students.第22 題至第25 題為篇章結構，各題請依文意，從四個選項中選出最合適者，各題答案內容不重複Coffee is not usually thought of as health food, but a number of recent studies suggest that it can be ahighly beneficial drink. 22 Among them is a systematic review of studies published in 2005 in The Journalof the American Medical Association, which concluded that habitual coffee consumption was associated witha lower risk of Type 2 diabetes. 23According to the authors, coffee contains antioxidants that help control cell damage that can contributeto the development of the disease. It is also a source of chlorogenic acid, which has been shown in animalexperiments to reduce glucose concentration. 24 Studies that looked at decaffeinated coffee alone foundthe same degree of risk reduction.25 In a report that combined statistical data from many studies, researchers found that people whodrank four to six cups of coffee a day had a 28 percent reduced risk of diabetes compared with people whodrank two or fewer. Those who drank more than six had a 35 percent risk reduction.

(A)Caffeine seems to have little to do with it. (B)The exact reason was not known, but the authors offered several explanations. (C)Researchers have found strong evidence that coffee reduces the risk of several serious ailments. (D)Researchers are surprised to learn that coffee is the major contributor of antioxidants.

(A)Caffeine seems to have little to do with it. (B)The exact reason was not known, but the authors offered several explanations. (C)However, some experts believe that coffee drinking can have negative health consequences. (D)Researchers have found strong evidence that coffee reduces the risk of several serious ailments.

(A)Caffeine seems to have little to do with it. (B)The exact reason was not known, but the authors offered several explanations. (C)Larger quantities of coffee seem to be especially helpful in diabetes prevention. (D)However, some experts believe that coffee drinking can have negative health consequences.

(A)Caffeine seems to have little to do with it. (B)The exact reason was not known, but the authors offered several explanations. (C)However, some experts believe that coffee drinking can have negative health consequences. (D)Larger quantities of coffee seem to be especially helpful in diabetes prevention.