103年 - 中國醫藥大學學士後中醫-英文#21416

1. Television advertisers may be _____ to sponsor a program that deals with controversial social issues. (A) elemental (B) reluctant (C) identical (D) coherent (E) financial

2. It’s embarrassing if your stomach _____ during class. (A) sweats (B) frowns (C) sneezes (D) rumbles (E) yawns

3. His poor health _____ him to resign from his job. (A) treasured (B) composed (C) compelled (D) valued (E) devoured

4. Techniques that create an atmosphere of suspense are commonly used by film-makers to _____ their audiences. (A) arrest (B) lack (C) duplicate (D) squander (E) shrink

5. Scarlet is to a color as warm-blooded is to _____. (A) a vegetable (B) a celestial body (C) a fabric (D) a machinery (E) a mammal

6. All life forms, even such long-lasting ones as blue-green algae and horseshoe crabs and crocodiles, will eventually flunk some tests posed by environmental conditions and meet _____. (A) intuition (B) extinction (C) institution (D) exclusion (E) distinction

7. The world of things is often subject _____ returns. In contrast, the world of ideas is not: the everincreasing exchange of ideas cause the ever-increasing rate of innovation in the world. (A) diminish (B) to diminish (C) for diminishing (D) that diminished (E) to diminishing

8. If you say the world will go on getting better, you are considered mad. If you say catastrophe is _____, you may expect the Nobel Peace Prize. I cannot recall a time when I was not being told by somebody that the world could survive only if it abandoned economic growth at once. (A) dichotomy (B) imminent (C) inexplicable (D) chronic (E) insignificant

9. How one sows, so shall he reap. (A) implement (B) harvest (C) construct (D) establish (E) implicate

10. Many critics agreed that by and large, this movie was a success in terms of acting and photography. (A) in the light of (B) by now (C) all at once (D) by and by (E) on the whole

11. The advantage of the latest model will manifest itself in improved efficiency and protection of eye-sight. (A) exhibit (B) invest (C) concentrate (D) plunge (E) convict

12. Moderate and regular exercise can boost the rate of blood circulation and metabolism. (A) restrict (B) reduce (C) increase (D) stabilize (E) propose

13. These figures boil down to no significance as they are statistically problematic. (A) see off (B) give in to (C) confess to (D) amount to (E) conflate to

14. To make fun of people’s physical abnormality in public is considered rude in most cultures. (A) exaggerated wardrobe (B) shyness (C) absent-mindedness (D) harelip (E) inappropriate dictions

15. On his expedition in search for rare species, a scientist often makes discoveries unrelated to what he started out for. (A) a business conference (B) an adventurous journey (C) a political scheme (D) a social movement (E) an academic research

16. Of the thousands of varieties of bird species in North America, _____ bright red plumage, like the cardinal, are most often designated as state birds. (A) who have (B) which have (C) those that have (D) to have their (E) that have

17. _____ that carried the tradition of 19th century American Realism to perhaps its highest level of achievement. (A) Thomas Eakins (B) Thomas Eakins’ paintings (C) Why it was Thomas Eakins (D) Thomas Eakins and his paintings (E) It was the painter Thomas Eakins

18. Although he suffered from discrimination, Martin Luther King is a man who believed in reconciliation and only rarely _____ a grudge during his Civil Rights movement. (A) he carried (B) when he carried (C) that he carried (D) did he carry (E) he has carried

19. They haven’t _____ an AIDS vaccine. (A) yet developed (B) developed already (C) developing (D) developing yet (E) already developing

20. After a horrible start _____ a comedy tour, I began to think my whole life _____ a tragic mistake _____ a humorist. (A) on / will be / to (B) with / was / on (C) to / had been / as (D) in / would be / at (E) with / would be / to

21. Scarcely had they settled themselves in their seats in the theater _____ the curtain went up. (A) when (B) than (C) which (D) what (E) that

22. _____, the white mountain goat is an extremely sure-footed animal that escapes from its predators by living in the most rugged, rocky landscapes. (A) Having rarely seeing (B) Rarely seeing (C) Been rarely seeing (D) Have rarely seen (E) Rarely seen

23. Professor Thompson _____ three books since 2011, and she is working on her fourth. (A) has writing (B) has been written (C) wrote (D) has written (E) writes

24. The hindsight bias refers to a pervasive human tendency for people to be remarkable adept at inferring a process _____ the outcome is known but be unable to predict outcomes _____ only the processes and precipitating events are known. (A) although / if (B) once / when (C) where / for (D) although / in case (E) how / if

25. How long a minute _____ depends on _____ side of bathroom door you are _____. (A) was / that / at (B) are / how / in (C) to be / whether / on (D) is / which / on (E) is / when / in

26. The following are five versions of one statement. Only one of them is completely correct. Which is it? (A) Thailand competes for investment of offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitate investment and afford high levels of protection for investors. (B) Thailand competes for investment by offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitate investment and afford high levels of protection for investors. (C) Thailand competes for investment by offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitate investment and afforded high levels of protection for investors. (D) Thailand competes for investment by offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitates investment and afford high levels of protection for investors. (E) Thailand compete for investment by offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitate investment and afford high levels of protection for investors.

27. The following are five versions of one statement. Only one of them is completely correct. Which is it? (A) Rioting police in front of E.U. Offices in Brussels blocks a torrent of milk sprayed by European farmers, some of whom rode tractors into the Belgian capital on Nov. 26 to protest plummeting dairy prices. (B) Riot police in front of E.U. Offices in Brussels blocks a torrent of milk spraying by European farmers, some of whom rode tractors into the Belgian capital on Nov. 26 to protest plummeting dairy prices. (C) Riot police in front of E.U. Offices in Brussels blocks a torrent of milk sprayed by European farmers, some of which rode tractors into the Belgian capital on Nov. 26 to protest plummeting dairy prices. (D) Riot police in front of E.U. Offices in Brussels block a torrent of milk sprayed by European farmers, some of whom rode tractors into the Belgian capital on Nov. 26 to protest plummeting dairy prices. (E) Riot police in front of E.U. Offices in Brussels blocks a torrent of milk sprayed by European farmers, some of who rode tractors into the Belgian capital on Nov. 26 to protest plummeting dairy prices.

28. The general tone of this passage might well be attacked by a group _____. (A) interested in equal rights to women (B) seeking an understanding of the problems of youth (C) seeking an understanding of the relation of success and individual abilities (D) demanding that jobs and interests coincide (E) interested in advice for young men in college

29. The author expresses the thought that the correct choice of job or career is important to _____. (A) the parents only (B) the employer only (C) the individual and society at large (D) the individual only (E) the teacher only

30. Proper adaptation of the worker to his occupation will produce _____. (A) efficiency and success (B) loneliness (C) social criticism (D) slow advancement (E) failure

31. The choice of a vocation should be made with _____. (A) careful research into pay scales (B) consideration of the workplace (C) consideration of timely advancement (D) a survey into the company’s atmosphere (E) a survey into one’s abilities and aptitudes

32. The result(s) of working at a vocation one enjoys can be measured in _____. (A) lack of enthusiasm (B) superior products and efficient service (C) low pay (D) slow advancement (E) loyalty to the employer

33. What is the subject matter that these letters all share? (A) a tax issue (B) an earth quake (C) a hurricane (D) a war (E) a blizzard

34. Which letter or letters place significant concern about the source of the fund needed for the recovery from the disaster? (A) only letters 2 & 3 (B) only letter 2 (C) all of them (D) only letters 1 & 2 (E) only letters 1 & 3

35. Which letter or letters truly aim at showing sympathy to the victims of the disaster? (A) only letters 1 & 3 (B) all of them (C) only letters 2 & 3 (D) none of them (E) only letter 2

36. The one lesson that we can learn from all these three letters is: (A) People will be happy to donate money to the devastated. (B) It is all the government’s fault. (C) People can sensibly deal with natural disasters. (D) Hurricanes are related to global warming. (E) Hurricanes will return sooner or later.

37. According to the context, what kind of person is “an intrepid”? (A) a highly intelligent person (B) a very wealthy person (C) a daringly brave person (D) a martial art master (E) a person fluent in aboriginal’s languages

38. According to the context, what does “lucrative” mean? (A) highly profitable (B) very dangerous (C) extremely illusive (D) mostly fatal (E) rarely happening

39. According to its context, what does “elusive” mean? (A) widely spread (B) possibly poisonous (C) difficult to locate (D) extremely fragile (E) very expensive

40. According to this passage, which of the following statements is wrong? (A) The British probably were those of the first among Europeans to know the existence of orchid. (B) Looking for new orchids was once one of the ways to make a fortune. (C) Many people went looking for the flower in remote areas. (D) The first orchid the British saw was from South America. (E) Orchids once caused an epidemic disease that gave people fever

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