Martha stayed awake, lying on the bed and _____ up at the ceiling.
(A)gazing
(B)gearing
(C)gleaming
(D)gripping
She certainly seemed very conscientious and trustworthy, but I wonder whether she’s got the necessary, orwhether she’s assertive enough for this job of CEO.
(A)charisma
(B)dullness
(C)unpleasantness
(D)apathy
The young couple was forced to give up their home because they couldn’t afford the _____.
(A)exemption
(B)mortgage
(C)poverty
(D)redemption
The Meakambut, a nomadic tribe in Papua New Guinea, are on the edge ofbecause they are dying fromeasily contagious illnesses.
(A)extinction
(B)replication
(C)survival
(D)immigration
Humpback whale’s digestive tube is only about the size of a grapefruit, making it _____ to swallow big creatureslike sea lions.
(A)impossible
(B)possible
(C)competent
(D)important
The human body is made of some 50 to 100 trillion cells. Inside each cell, genesa “blueprint” for proteinproduction that determines how the cell will function.
(A)wreck
(B)eliminate
(C)comprise
(D)ellude
The millionaire is so ______ that he regularly donates a great amount of money to charities.
(A)brave
(B)generous
(C)offensive
(D)stingy
It has been increasingly seen around the world thatclimate events such as super typhoons and hurricanescould have a serious impact on a region’s economy.
(A)catastrophic
(B)prospective
(C)redundant
(D)spontaneous
Laughter has the same stress-relieving effects as exercise; a good hearty laugh is the _____ to several minutes ofexercise.
(A)consensus
(B)equivalent
(C)prescription
(D)symptom
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare butillness for it is always fatal and most patients sadly die within sixweeks of diagnosis.
(A)challenged
(B)devastating
(C)disappointing
(D)frustrated2701
The dog seems to be _____ toward people near it. It is always barking at them.
(A)hospitable
(B)fertile
(C)hostile
(D)mobile
As most people in the audience have never heard of cloud computing before, how to clearly explain it totheseis a big challenge to Prof. Lin.
(A)adherents
(B)apprentices
(C)disciples
(D)laymen
Technology changes fast. People who don’t use a smartphone often can easily feel _____ by the new technology.
(A)backed up
(B)left behind
(C)kicked off
(D)carried away
The blood-stained knife was found near the body, which means it isthe murder weapon.
(A)ludicrously
(B)incredibly
(C)presumably
(D)superficially
The retired CEO had been in excellent physical health, but recently he _____ pneumonia in both lungs and passedaway in two weeks.
(A)acquired
(B)contracted
(C)relieved
(D)engaged
If you consistently make financial contributions to your company, you will becomeat work even whenlayoffs are being made all around you.
(A)domineering
(B)independent
(C)indispensable
(D)obligatory
Professor Lin was knowledgeable and experienced. Everyone in the class _____ him.
(A)looked up to
(B)looked forward to
(C)looked out for
(D)looked ahead to
If we get news and informationfrom a particular TV channel, our worldviews can be biased.
(A)maliciously
(B)exclusively
(C)impartially
(D)beneficially請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題:Your bed could be watching you! If you have any of a variety of smart beds or sleep apps, it knows when you fall asleep andwhen you
Before printing, the making of a book was aprocess, full of chances for error.
(A)convenient
(B)glorious
(C)laborious
(D)mutual請依下文回答第41 題至第45 題:In a recent study, professional male dancers trained in either ballet or capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, were askedto watch videos of both dance styles. Their brains were scanned during the process and two areas
. A manufacturer says the bed collects more than 8 billion biometric data points every night,
movementwere focused – the pre-motor cortex and the visual-motor integration cortex. Both of the areas showed more activitywhen a skilled dancer saw movements he had been trained to perform, compared with watching movements he hadn’ tbeen trained to perform. The study also scanned the brains of those who were not dancers. It was found that there was nodifference in their brain activity whether they watched ballet or capoeira.
sentto the company’s servers via an app. According to the company, analyzing all the personal data not only helps theminform the consumers about their health, but also aids the company’s efforts to make better products. Still, consumer-privacy
, their brains did not discriminate.The result shows that by lying still and simply watching others move, you can activate movement areas of thebrain
are increasingly raising concerns about the fate of personal health information, which is potentiallyvaluable to companies that collect and sell it.
you were moving yourself! These areas contain mirror neurons, which are believed to be vitallyimportant to human behaviour – to interpret other people’s actions and intentions. They have probably beenfundamental to our
, consumers are flocking to sleep tracking devices and under-mattress sensors that claim to quantify sleep. But do consumers really need an app to tell them how rested they feel inthe morning? One unexpected
, allowing us to imitate our parents and quickly transfer skills and culture to the nextgeneration. Perhaps greater knowledge of this mirror system could help injured athletes and dancers. They can continueto train without moving a muscle – by simply watching someone else do the movements
is that people who become too attuned to their data may experience anxiety andan inability to sleep. People get all this data and get upset about having a perfect number.41
(A)turn in
(B)turn up
(C)toss down
(D)toss and turn42
(A)they are
(B)which are
(C)they have been
(D)that have been43
(A)advocates
(B)challengers
(C)contestants
(D)offenders44
(A)Likewise
(B)Nonetheless
(C)Otherwise
(D)Subsequently45
(A)elaboration
(B)achievement
(C)consequence
(D)preference請依下文回答第46 題至第50 題:In the four minutes it probably takes to read this review, you will have logged exactly half the time the average 15- to24-year-old now spends reading each day. That is, if you even bother to finish. If you are perusing this on the Internet,the big block of text below probably seems daunting, maybe even boring. Who has the time? Such is the kind of recklesslydistracted impatience that makes Mark Bauerlein fear for his country. “As of 2008,” the 49-year-old professor of Englishat Emory University writes in “The Dumbest Generation,” “the intellectual future of the United States looks dim.”The way Bauerlein sees it, something new and disastrous has happened to America’s youth with the arrival of the instantgratification go-go-go digital age. The result is, essentially, a collective loss of context and history. The problem is thatinstead of using the Web to learn about the world, young people mostly use it to gossip about each other and follow popculture, relentlessly keeping up with the ever-shifting lingua franca of being cool in school. Social life is a powerfultemptation and most teenagers feel the pain of missing out.And all this feeds on itself. Increasingly disconnected from the “adult” world of tradition, culture, history, context andthe ability to sit down for more than five minutes with a book, today’s digital generation is becoming insulated in its ownstultifying cocoon of bad spelling, civic illiteracy and endless postings that hopelessly confuse triviality withtranscendence.At fault is not just technology but also a newly indulgent attitude among parents, educators and other mentors, who,Bauerlein argues, lack the courage to risk “being labeled a curmudgeon and a reactionary.”
their bodily injuryrecovers. There is also an appealing though completely untested idea that maybe disorders such as autism havesomething to do with disruption of these mirror neuron systems.41
(A)related to
(B)resulted in
(C)made up of
(D)thought of as42
(A)What’s more
(B)For instance
(C)In other words
(D)On the contrary43
(A)as if
(B)now that
(C)given that
(D)even though44
(A)evolution
(B)occupation
(C)transmission
(D)conservation45
(A)once
(B)until
(C)after
(D)because請依下文回答第46 至第50 題:Marc Potenza, a psychiatrist at Yale and the director of the school’s Program for Research on Impulsivity andImpulse Control Disorders, has been treating addiction for more than two decades. Early in his career, he, like most othersstudying addiction at the time, focused on substance-abuse problems— cocaine and heroin addicts, alcoholics, and thelike. Soon, however, he noticed patients with other problems that were more difficult to classify. There were, for example,the sufferers of trichotillomania, the inescapable urge to pull your hair until it falls out. Others had been committed forproblem gambling:they couldn’t stop no matter how much debt they had accumulated. It was to this second class ofbehaviors—at the time, they were not called addictions—that he turned his attention. Were they, he wondered,fundamentally the same?In recent years, however, Potenza has been increasingly treating a new kind of problem:people who come to himbecause they can’t get off the Internet. In some ways, it seems exactly like the behavioral addictions that he has beentreating for years, with much of the same consequences. There’s something different, and more complicated, aboutInternet addiction, though. Unlike gambling or even trichotillomania, it’s more difficult to pin down a quantifiable,negative effect of Internet use.
What is the main purpose of this passage?
(A)To cast doubt on the function of social media.
(B)To highlight the importance of history and politics.
(C)To praise transcendence over triviality.
(D)To point out an urgent issue American youths face.
What is the main idea about this passage?
(A)The dangers of addiction.
(B)The mysteries of addiction.
(C)The way to overcome addiction.
(D)The causes and effects of addiction.
According to the passage, how much time does the average 15- to 24-year-old spend on reading each day?
(A)4 minutes.
(B)8 minutes.
(C)12 minutes.
(D)16 minutes.
According to Marc Potenza, a psychiatrist, which of the following statements is true?
(A)It is easy to pin down the real effect of Internet use.
(B)Internet addiction is more complicated than gambling addiction.
(C)Substances and behaviors have nothing in common when it comes to addiction.
(D)We can always classify an addiction if we continue to work on our research for a long time.
What does the word “dim” in the first paragraph mean?
(A)Pessimistic.
(B)Dark.
(C)Gossipy.
(D)Illiterate.
Why had some people been committed for problem gambling?
(A)They liked gambling.
(B)They just could not stop.
(C)They were not heavily in debt.
(D)They tried to win as much money as possible.
Which of the following is NOT a problem that current American young people face?
(A)Bad spelling.
(B)Civic illiteracy.
(C)Loss of history.
(D)Lingua franca.
Which of the following statements about Internet addiction is true?
(A)Internet addiction can be classified as a mental disorder.
(B)We can finally track down the causes of Internet addiction.
(C)In some ways, it seems exactly like the behavioral addictions.
(D)We may conclude that it is impossible to get rid of Internet addiction.
What is the author’s attitude toward the intellectual future of America’s youth?
(A)Supportive.
(B)Critical.
(C)Indifferent.
(D)Neutral.
Which of the following is a substance-abuse problem?
(A)Alcoholics.
(B)Trichotillomania.
(C)Internet addiction.
(D)Gambling addiction.