When young people travel, many of them would choose to stay at a youth hostel, a cheap where ten or morepeople sleep in one room.
(A)accommodation
(B)compliance
(C)furnishing
(D)installation
Harry carries a box everywhere. I am about what is in the box.
(A)eager
(B)jealous
(C)obvious
(D)curious
If you must ride your bicycle at night, you need to wear light or bright-colored clothing to increase your tooncoming traffic.
(A)perception
(B)visibility
(C)recognition
(D)sensitivity
My doctor a new and healthy diet for me as I had suffered from eating junk foods for years.
(A)exercised
(B)governed
(C)reduced
(D)recommended
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British television series about two private detectives, one alive, one dead,played by comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
(A)rightfully
(B)privately
(C)personally
(D)respectively
These sentences in your writing are . You just kept repeating and rephrasing the same message.
(A)anonymous
(B)eloquent
(C)indispensable
(D)redundant
It has become a tradition for this company to ten percent of its annual profits to charities or organizationsthat help people in need.
(A)allocate
(B)constitute
(C)dispatch
(D)establish
The bullet-proof vests were to the policemen who were assigned to arrest the escaped convict.
(A)endowed
(B)distributed
(C)obtained
(D)equipped
Flaubert was extremely : by the age of sixteen he was writing stories in the romantic taste, which werepublished only after his death.
(A)critical
(B)immature
(C)precocious
(D)theoretical
Work hard, you can earn more money to support your family.
(A)but
(B)or
(C)and
(D)than
Being entirely by land and with no access to the ocean, the country cannot easily transport its products toother countries.
(A)enclosed
(B)manipulated
(C)polarized
(D)refilled
Cindy: Susan, would you like some more rice noodles?Susan:Cindy: Here you are.Susan: Thanks a lot. It’s very kind of you.
(A)No, thanks. They look very delicious.
(B)Thank you. I’m stuffed.
(C)Yes, please. They are really very delicious.
(D)Thanks. But I really can’t.
Most people living in the suburbs take the train to their offices in the city every day.
(A)commuter
(B)freight
(C)stationary
(D)voyage請依下文回答第38 題至第42 題At the start of the Dark Ages, there were no galaxies, no stars, and no planets. Even if there had been, wewould not be able to spot them. That is because hydrogen-gas clouds are nearly opaque to 38 light. Noordinary 39 will ever be able to see what happened afterward. 40 somehow the matter that started as asea of individual atoms managed to transform itself into something more. So back in the early 1990s, Avi Loebat Harvard University began lobbying theorists to make a major push to 41 through computer simulationshow the first stars formed. The plan was to 42 the young universe digitally, plug in equations for therelevant physics, and see what must have happened.
Mary: What do you usually do on your day off, John?John: Well, I always get up very early, around 5 o’clock. And I lift weights for an hour.Mary:John: No, and then I usually jog for about two hours.
(A)I don’t believe you!
(B)You’re kidding!
(C)I like to do that, too!
(D)You are so energetic!請依下文回答第38 題至第42 題Few would deny that what we see in the media affects the way we think and act. Advertisers know this 38 anyoneelse, paying millions of dollars every year to sell their products. For 39 time television advertising in the UnitedStates, companies pay up to two million dollars for a single forty-second advertisement. In that short time, a companyexpects to influence enough buyers both to 40 the cost of the ad itself, and to make a profit from the ad.In the competition for audience attention, advertisers will do almost anything they can think of to sell their products.A common 41 in commercial advertising is to tie the advertised product to sex or glamour, even when these featuresdo not 42 relate to the product. How many times have we seen a pretty woman selling a car? Other ads may makeexaggerated claims about the effectiveness of their products.
(A)visible
(B)visionary
(C)visionless
(D)visual
(A)sooner than
(B)better than
(C)more or less as
(D)not far from
(A)directly
(B)hardly
(C)consequently
(D)vaguely請依下文回答第43 題至第46 題Researchers in a new field of science called chronobiology are studying the body’s natural rhythms, or patterns, tofind out just what makes people sleepy. Chronobiologists have learned that a person’s temperature, blood pressure, andhormone levels go up and down in a regular pattern that repeats itself every twenty-four hours. The daily cycle of bodytemperature affects how a person feels at different times during the day. For most people, body temperature begins todrop in the early evening. This slows other bodily functions and makes you feel drowsy. Around daybreak, bodytemperature rises and you begin to feel more alert.Many chronobiologists now think that the time of day a person gets drug treatment for cancer affects the success oftreatment. Other studies are revealing that we do different types of work better at different times of the day. Physicalcoordination, for example, peaks during the afternoon. And some studies show that eight to nine hours of sleep everynight might not be necessary. Frequent naps might work just as well or even better. Findings such as these are helpingpeople to organize their lives so that they work with their natural rhythms rather than against them.
Fashion has always been demonized by moralists, and often represented as a threat to pre-existing models ofdecorum, gender definitions, and the boundaries between them.
(A)Fashion, viewed by moralists as a social evil, is believed to represent pre-existing behavior models and genderroles in the society.
(B)Fashion is a threat to established models of good manners and gender roles which have long been criticized bymoralists.
(C)Moralists have always criticized fashion for its potential to destroy new decorum models and gender roles.
(D)Moralists have long viewed fashion as an evil that threatens good behavior and clearly-defined gender roles inthe society.
What do chronobiologists study?
(A)The best time for people to get treatment.
(B)How our body reacts to temperature.
(C)How our body works and why people feel sleepy.
(D)Efficient ways to improve our health.
Making a good first impression begins with a conscious decision to put your best foot forward. And then, wheneverpossible, you must make the effort to live up to that impression.
(A)Living up to the first impression is easier once the best foot is put forward.
(B)It is possible to put your best foot forward every time by remaining conscious.
(C)It is just as important to make a good first impression as to maintain it at all times.
(D)The first impression of someone cannot be changed unless it is done with a conscious effort.
Which of the following statements is true?
(A)Body temperature varies from day to day.
(B)When body temperature decreases, our energy level also goes down.
(C)The change of temperature has little to do with our bodily functions.
(D)For most people, body temperature drops to the lowest in the early morning.
Officials across the country have been busying themselves with what until three or four years ago would have beenan unthinkable task: persuading migrants to stay.
(A)All officials of the country have been busy with a vital task they should have done three years ago: persuadingmigrants to stay.
(B)Officials of the country have been busy persuading migrants to stay, which would have been unthinkable three orfour years ago.
(C)Not until three or four years ago did the officials across the country think of the remarkable task: persuadingmigrants to stay.
(D)Officials of the country have been trying hard to ask migrants to stay, which won’t be done until three or fouryears from now.
What does the word “drowsy” mean?
(A)Sober
(B)Vigorous
(C)Hungry
(D)Sleepy
The only way to prevent e-waste from flooding our cities is to carve a new and more responsible direction for it toflow in.
(A)To design a more reliable new way to store e-waste is the only solution to prevent our cities from beingsabotaged by it.
(B)A more reliable new method to solve the problem of e-waste is the only way for our cities to avoid beingflooded.
(C)In order to stop the circulation of e-waste, innovated and clear instructions are needed in our cities.
(D)Prevention of e-waste in our flooded cities is the only way to a new and more reliable instruction.編號第47 題至第50 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。Conditions in which people live vary from place to place. That is, we all live and grow up in differentenvironments. 47 These kinds of differences—and of course, similarities—are studied by cross-culturalpsychology. 48 It also explores the ways in which particular human activities are influenced by different,sometimes dissimilar, social and cultural forces.49 It also establishes psychological universals, that is, phenomena common for people in several,many, or perhaps all cultures. In general, human personality traits are relatively enduring patterns of thinking,feeling, and acting. 50 For example, it was found that the same composition of personality is common inpeople in various countries such as Germany, Portugal, Israel, China, Korea, and Japan. These universal traitsinclude neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
What advice will a chronobiologist give to doctors?
(A)Studying their patients’ body patterns before giving drug treatment.
(B)Sufficient sleep has a better healing effect than drugs.
(C)Taking a nap before prescribing drugs.
(D)Treatment carried out around daybreak is usually more effective.請依下文回答第47 題至第50 題Many single-child parents face a dilemma: whether or not to have a second child. Because there are no otherchildren in the family for an only child to associate with, he or she might feel lonely at times. Besides, it is often reportedthat an only child may be more spoiled than one with siblings. A single child will not easily learn to negotiate with others,leaving the child less capable of interacting well with people his or her own age.However, for some single-child parents, particularly those with busy careers, the pressures of devoting time andenergy to a second child can seem too overwhelming. For other parents, the financial burden of having a second childmay be the prime consideration.Advocates of single-child families argue that there are advantages for both the child and the parents. With just onechild, there is less potential for family arguments arising from favoritism. Moreover, the parents can give, and the childcan receive, more quality time and attention. This often leads to increased self-esteem and confidence.Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to the question. The circumstances affecting each set of parents are unique,and what is appropriate for one family may not be for another.
(A)Cross-cultural psychology cares not only about differences between cultural groups.
(B)Cross-cultural psychology researchers draw their conclusions from at least two samples representing two culturalgroups.
(C)Human actions and mental sets may also fluctuate from group to group.
(D)In particular, cross-cultural psychology examines the linkages between cultural norms and behavior.
What is this passage mainly about?
(A)The challenges parents face in child-raising.
(B)The pros and cons of having a second child.
(C)Parents’ roles in children’s development.
(D)The growing concern about the declining birthrate.
(A)Cross-cultural psychology involves more than a single observation made by a psychotherapist.
(B)Human actions and mental sets may also fluctuate from group to group.
(C)Cross-cultural psychology researchers draw their conclusions from at least two samples representing two culturalgroups.
(D)In particular, cross-cultural psychology examines the linkages between cultural norms and behavior.
Which of the following is NOT a reason why parents do not want a second child?
(A)They have demanding jobs.
(B)They have low self-esteem.
(C)They have a heavy economic burden.
(D)They don’t have enough time and energy.
(A)Perhaps the structure of human personality is one of such universals.
(B)Cross-cultural psychology cares not only about differences between cultural groups.
(C)Cross-cultural psychology involves more than a single observation made by a psychotherapist.
(D)Human actions and mental sets may also fluctuate from group to group.
Based on the passage, what would the writer probably agree on?
(A)An only child is a naughty child.
(B)Parents should have at least two children.
(C)To have a second child or not is not a simple decision to be made.
(D)Career women can afford to raise a second child.
(A)Perhaps the structure of human personality is one of such universals.
(B)Cross-cultural psychology cares not only about differences between cultural groups.
(C)Cross-cultural psychology researchers draw their conclusions from at least two samples representing two culturalgroups.
(D)In particular, cross-cultural psychology examines the linkages between cultural norms and behavior.
What does the word “sibling” mean in the first paragraph?
(A)A brother or sister
(B)A father or mother
(C)A nephew or niece
(D)An uncle or aunt