所屬科目:研究所、轉學考(插大)、學士後-英文
1. In almost every poll taken in recent years, Ulysses has been ____ the greatest novel of the twentieth century. (A) associated (B) acclaimed (C) abridged (D) aforementioned
2. Any time you create something that's ____, you also create a kind of competition.(A) pleasurable (B) treasurable (C) measurable (D) censurable
3. We hope that companies will offer a healthier ____ to the current diet of tech junk food—perhaps at a premium price. (A) compliance (B) appliance (C) appraisal (D) alternative
4. Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were ____ by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. (A) dismissed (B) discoursed (C) disjointed (D) disappointed
5. German philosophy, political theory and economics in the nineteenth century were very different from their ____ in Britain.(A) consumers (B) counterparts (C) brethren (D) counterfeits
6. The NES Classic Edition, a miniaturized replica of the original NES, finally admits that Nintendo's success is built largely of echoes of successes.(A) predicted (B) unprecedented (C) foreshadowed (D) prior
7. In the absence of other sources of meaning, Americans are left with meritocracy, a game of status and success, along with the often ruthless competition it ____.(A) encounters (B) entraps (C) engenders (D) entitles
8. Snapchat's tactics for ____ users may make Facebook's look quaint. (A) hooking (B) hopping (C) hushing (D) husking
9. Winning is ____: A person is the best or the most or the fastest, or they aren't. (A) unilateral (B) fantastic (C) devastating (D) binary
10. The nineteenth century was intensely ____ with the self, to the point of neurosis.(A) preoccupied (B) preempted (C) prompted (D) predestined
11. Some small animals have ____ a high metabolism ____ they must eat several times their own weight each day to stay alive.(A) such... as (B) either... or (C) such ... that (D) not only ... but also
12. ____ in Argentina, Brazil, or Trinidad, carnival is one of the most exciting events of the year, involving parades, parties, and dressing up in costume.(A) Which (B) That (C) If (D) Whether
13. ____ Vincent Van Gogh's rise to posthumous fame as one of the world's great artists came ____ he scarcely sold a single painting during his life time.(A) even (B) in spite (C) despite that (D) however
14. Day by day we watched the gradual metamorphosis of the tadpoles ____ frogs. (A) into (B) from (C) by (D) as
15. The typical elephant herd ____ adult females and the young of both sexes. (A) that is made up (B) is made up of (C) is made of (D) which makes up
16. Unless you travel late at night, or in the wee early hours of the morning, there are ____ of avoiding a traffic jam. (A) not means (B) not mean (C) no meaning (D) no means
17. Warmer climate led to changes in the ecology of Europe, ____ the animal population and methods of hunting. (A) affecting (B) effecting (C) having affected (D) which affect
18. The Mona Lisa is a name which is perhaps more recognizable to people throughout the world ____ of da Vinci himself.(A) than (B) as(C) than that(D) to that
19. ____ Mario, it turns out, was always more than just making him jump.(A) than(B) as(C) than that(D) to that
20. According to the fireworks industry's own estimates, ____ by 4th of July fireworks as were killed in the Revolutionary War.(A) many people were killed(B) so many people killed(C) many people have killed(D) as many people have been killed
21. (A) devolved (B) involved(C) evolved(D) dissolved
22. (A) formalizing (B) formalized(C) having formalized(D) who formalized
23. (A) inning(B) inn(C) inkling(D) inner
24. (A) spred(B) spread(C) spreading(D) sprayed
25. (A) institutional (B) constitutional(C) inspirational(D) recreational
26.(A) inception(B) reception(C) deception(D) exception
27. (A) arise(B) risen(C) rose(D) arose
28. (A) facets(B) factors(C) faucets(D) fancies
29. (A) followed(B) following(C) which follows(D) to follow
30. (A) people(B) they(C) those who(D) those
31. (A) outdated(B) predated(C) updated(D) inundated
32. (A) talisman(B) token(C) taboo(D) touchstone
33. (A) thief (B) theft (C) thrift (D) theater
34. (A) suspended (B) sustained (C) suspected (D) disbanded
35. (A) sending (B) sent (C) sends (D) which sent
36. (A) intersection (B) interruption (C) interment (D) interrogation
37. (A) resist (B) resisting (C) resistance (D) resistant
38. (A) tracking (B) tractable (C) trekking (D) cracking
39. (A) see off (B) call off (C) finish off (D) take off
40. (A) contrived (B) survived (C) connived (D) revived
41. Which of the following is most likely the title of this article?(A) "Do You Love New Year's Day?" (B) "I Hate New Year's Day."(C) "Let's Celebrate New Year's Day."(D) "Different New Year's Days."
42. What is the major problem with "dates" according to the author?(A) They make people forget the continuity of life.(B) They require special celebration.(C) There are too many dates.(D) They promote socialism.
43. The word "dazzling" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ____(A) stiffening (B) warning (C) glittering (D) mellow
44. The author is most likely a ____(A) government official (B) social outcast(C) conservative (D) revolutionary
45. The tone of the author can best be described as ____(A) neutral (B) jovial (C) disapproving (D) indifferent
46. The author begins the excerpt by ____(A) showing gratitude (B) feigning innocence(C) expressing surprise (D) giving condolence
47. The atmosphere of the childhood portrayed in the excerpt can best be described as ____(A) dormant (B) miserable (C) premature (D) chaotic
48. The phrase "deus ex machina" in paragraph 2 most likely refers to ____ (A) a secret ritual(B) a person who talks very fast(C) something that happens out of the blue(D) a device for recording sounds
49. The "war" mentioned in paragraph 3 is most likely _____.(A) World War I(B) World War II(C) The Vietnam War(D) The Anglo-Irish War
50. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the author?(A) He grows up in a farm.(B) As a child, he enjoys listening to the radio(C) He is invited by the Swedish Academy to visit Stockholm.(D) His childhood memory is overshadowed by the fear of war.