100年 - 師大研究所共同科目-英文#46640

1. Most inventions arrive_____and undemanded, and when they do, sometimes they tend to wreck a destructive path over the existing environment. (A) ludicrously (B) unbidden (C) expectedly (D) inherently

2. With his success both in the field of cycling competition and in combating cancer, Lance Armstrong is a living_____whose story has inspired thousands of millions of people. (A) comrade (B) victim (C) antagonist (D) legacy

3. The_____of 911 attack will never be healed for those who have lost their family and friends in this terrible event. (A) trauma (B) aftermath (C) relief (D) alleviation

4. Generational gap is an issue faced by many families. It is important for all family members to _____the crack and make things better. (A) rip (B) mend (C) crash (D) reform

5. To many young adults, Harry Potter is such a_____movie series that they are willing to watch it over and over again. (A) surreal (B) repulsive (C) captivating (D) despicable

6. Although doctors have warned people not to take painkiller too often，many people are still used to taking painkillers like panadol when having a headache to_____the pain. (A) assuage (B) intensify (C) bemoan (D) restrict

7. Chewing gum is_____prohibited in Singapore. Those who break the law will receive severe corporal punishment. (A) indistinctly (B) courteously (C) commendably (D) emphatically

8. The decision to allow the import of ox tongue from the United States had ignited_____ criticisms from the public last year. (A) excessive (B) rare (C) blistering (D) scarce

9. For many people，failures bring sadness and despair. But for Sasha Cohen, failures are what she _____. Failures motivate her to work harder and she finally won the biggest game of the year. (A) embarks on (B) deteriorates (C) succeeds (D) thrives on

10. Without healthy players after a whole season of hard work, being eliminated from the playoff is the_____outcome for any elite team. (A) merciful (B) inexorable (C) unpredictable (D) incomprehensible

11. As the doctor warns John about the high possibility of getting a serious disease as a result of his smoking habit, John has decided to_____smoking which has been a part of his life for more than thirty years. (A) assert (B) expel (C) oppress (D) renounce .

12. Kevin's parents are very grateful of his teacher for she helped transform Kevin from a_____ teenager to a studious and caring young man. (A) recalcitrant (B) well-mannered (C) mysterious (D) amenable

13. (A) lead (B) led (C) leading (D) to lead

14. (A) for (B) in (C)of (D) to

15. (A) introduction(B) pass (C)entertainment(D) celebration

16. (A) circles (B)blossoms (C)supports (D) surrounds

17. (A) Conversely(B) Equally (C) Totally(D) Uniformly

18. (A) about (B) of (C) around (D) in

19. (A) with that being said (B) all else being equal (C) some might find it unfair (D) an inconvenient truth

20. (A) comprehensive (B) comprehensible (C) unpredictable (D) flawless

21. (A) for (B) of (C)to (D) with

22. (A) survive (B) surpass (C) bypass (D) outlive

23. (A) pessimistic (B) distrustful (C) optimistic (D) oppressive

24. (A) reviewed (B) have reviewed (C) reviewing (D) had been reviewing

25. (A) publicly (B) naively (C) unexpectedly (D) apparently

26. (A) composing (B) oppressing (C) imposing (D) exposing

27. (A) fight back (B) put up with it (C) applaud its success (D) take over the market

28. (A) sue (B) eradicate (C) enact (D) sidestep

29. (A) taken (B) shown (C) displayed (D) focused

30. (A) On the contrary (B) On the other hand (C) However (D) Accordingly

31. What does the passage mainly discuss? (A) The dynamics of a multilingual mind (B) The cognitive benefit of learning multiple languages (C) The lexical architecture developed by multilingual speakers (D) The cognitive load involved in the meaning retrieval process of multilingual speakers

32. According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true? (A) Multilingual speakers become expert in multitasking because they learn to efficiently distribute their mental resources from their language experience. (B) Multilingual speakers are not conscious of the underlying mental process when they alternate between/among different lexicons. (C) Multilingual speakers have larger working memory capacity，which allows them to perform multiple tasks at the same time. (D) Activation and suppression are two important tasks involved in a multilingual speaker’s meaning retrieval process.

33. What does the word “heightened” in line 10 (paragraph 2) mean? (A) induced (B) activated (C) enlarged (D) processed

34. What can we infer from the passage? (A) Efficient attention allocation leads to better multitasking skills. (B) Multitasking skills are directly related to working memory capacity. (C) Multitasking skills provide language learners with a head start in learning a language. (D) Only lexical candidates from the target languages are activated in a multilingual speaker's meaning retrieval process.

35. The word “operation” in line 8 (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to: (A) performance (B) treatment (C) functioning (D) organization

36. What is the exact meaning of the statement—“more research is warranted”？ (A) Answers to the inquiry about the benefit of multilingual minds still require more future research. (B) Existing empirical research has successfully explained everything we need to know about multilingual minds. (C) Questions about multilingual minds do not always come with an answer. (D) Existing research on multilingual minds does not provide valid data/evidence.

37. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) Driving and talking on a cell phone only becomes a threat when they are simultaneously performed without sufficient attention resources. (B) People probably have an easier time to manage multiple tasks (e.g., driving and talking) when taking a familiar route. (C) Our ability to perform two (or more) different tasks is mainly constrained by the limit of our attentional resources. (D) People are still able to perform multiple tasks given sufficient practice.

38. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage? (A) to introduce our cognitive mechanism at work when we perform different tasks at the same time. (B) to present different views raised in research on multitasking skills (C) to describe the advancement in research on multitasking skills (D) to discuss various reckless driving behaviors

39. Which of the following statements would be the most appropriate title for this passage? (A) Listening while driving is, what’d you say? (B) Intricate judgments involved in our driving behaviors (C) Memory loss behind the steering wheel (D) Proficient driving skills help with multitasking

40. What does the word “it” in line 23 (paragraph 3) refer to? (A) Counter evidence against Dr. Dell’s finding (B) Bloggers’ response to Dr. Dell’s claim (C) The synopsis of Dr. Dell’s finding (D) Dr. Dell’s view

41. What does the author mean by “Dell’s claim is at best circumstantial” in the third paragraph (line 22-23)? (A) Dell is very circumspect in his statement. (B) Dell’s evidence is merely suggestive but not conclusive. (C) Dell’ view provides the best account for the issue at focus. (D) Dell’s evidence is substantiated with sufficient empirical evidence.

42. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “took the biggest nosedive” in the second paragraph (line 17)? (A) became the first to take action in a particular situation (B) made a huge progress in doing something (C) experienced a dramatic deterioration (D) gave someone a head start

43. Which of the following is mentioned as a negative impact arising from conversing while driving? (A) complete loss of ability to understand or express speech (B) ability to navigate in heavy traffic (C) ability to maintain one’s sanity (D) accurate sense of spatial orientation

44. What does it mean by “To empirically establish the above view” (line 11) in the second paragraph? (A) to validate the truth of this claim (B) to address the view from an empirical perspective (C) to keep people informed about the value of the claim (D) to establish the theoretical underpinnings of the claim

45. How would you describe the author's stance on Dr. Dell's research finding? The author (A) shows a cautious distrust of Dell’s finding (B) embraces Dell’s view wholeheartedly (C) feels that parts of Dell’s claim is debatable (D) critiques the methods used in the research

46. Which of the following may serve as the title for this passage? (A) Physiological condition does impact slant overestimation (B) The relationship between motor operation and slope climbing (C) The impact of slant steepness on visual misperception (D) A cognitive account for people’s overestimation of steepness

47. Which of the following statement is NOT true? (A) Our visual misperception is influenced by height. (B) Slant overestimates is not observed in the escalator group. (C) Physiological factors such as aging and fatigue do not seem to impact slant overestimates. (D) Decreased physiological potential due to fatigue and increasing age leads to further exaggerations of the steepness of hills.

48. Which of the following sentence can be added to the end of the last paragraph without disrupting the flow of the whole passage? (A) The above research finding thus provides convincing evidence that we are hardwired to be overly sensitive to changes in terrain slope. (B) A wealth of evidence has shown that people verbally overestimate the slant of hills by 15° to 20°. (C) Maybe people tend to overestimate the steepness of slopes and not because they are lazy. (D) Thus, the evidence favoring a psychological explanation has been disputed.

49. What does the author mean by “misperception of slope steepness only happened at the chance level” for participants assigned to the escalator group? (A) Misperception of slant is consistently observed. (B) The occurrence of misconception is not observed. (C) The slope steepness is estimated in a biased and unfair way. (D) The tendency to overestimate a slant cannot be consistently obtained.

50. The word “disparate” in line 20 (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to: (A) contrasting (B) homogeneous (C) various (D) separate

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