112年 - 112 國立臺灣大學_碩士班招生考試：英文(B)#120578

科目：研究所、轉學考(插大)、學士後-英文 | 年份：112年 | 選擇題數：50 | 申論題數：0

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所屬科目：研究所、轉學考(插大)、學士後-英文

選擇題 (50)

1. Although the rising tide of joblessness is beginning to _______ in some major economies, overall, unemployment levels continue to be high, as GDP growth in most economies has not yet translated into significant job growth. (A) ebb (B) rise (C) surge (D) roam

2. Even though the war-torn country is in _______, it still refuses to bow down to the evil power. (A) trample (B) shambles (C) ripples (D) arable

3. Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic _______ that has lasted for ten years. (A) stakeout (B) starlet (C) stallholder (D) stalemate

4. These four countries are _______ on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, with skyrocketing poverty and an economic implosion that threatens to throw these countries into even deeper turmoil. (A) teetering (B) truncating (C) taunting (D) tallying

5. The Olympics involve _______ and triumphs for spectators as well as the participants. (A) triplets (B) tramps (C) tyros (D) travails

6. Thanks to rapid vaccination and media promotion, the disease was quickly _______. (A) contributed (B) contained (C) conjectured (D) confounded

7. According to the manager, our protocol is poorly designed, and must be _______ from the bottom up, rethinking all assumptions that we have made. (A) overdrawn (B) overstretched (C) overhauled (D) overwhelmed

8. This YouTube channel has _______ to airing anime, comedy and talk shows because they attract more viewers. (A) boarded (B) expunged (C) pivoted (D) curtailed

9. Last year, as the pandemic brought many performances to a standstill, a new five-year contract was finalized that restored a 52-week work schedule in this theater, but with significant wage _______ in light of the economic fallout. (A) condolences (B) conclaves (C) considerations (D) concessions

10. The two men were longtime friends, united by their political affinities, including a bone-deep _______ to a certain political party, and a tendency to demonize their critics. (A) antipathy (B) antiquity (C) antidote (D) anterior

11. Student demonstrations against corruption in 1990 included opposition to single-party rule, on the grounds that it would _______ the problem of corruption. (A) extricate (B) excoriate (C) exonerate (D) exacerbate

12. Her husband died in the car accident but she, amazingly, escaped _______. (A) unrivaled (B) unblemished (C) unscathed (D) undulated

13. The book critic found the new novel _______ because the characters were only two-dimensional and the plot lacks in qualities to interest, simulate or challenge readers. (A) insipid (B) palatable (C) unanimous (D) imperious

14. The royal family has recently been engulfed by a series of _______ and scandals but the whole country still appears to project strength through its unwavering and revered figurehead. (A) rafts (B) rifts (C) sifts (D) reeds

15. Now, remember, viruses _______ all the time, so the trick is to find a stable part of the virus - a part that doesn't really change from one variant to the next. (A) maim (B) mince (C) mitigate (D) mutate

16. (A) reigned (B) privileged (C) jolted (D) thwarted

17. (A) divert (B) dissect (C) dilate (D) diverse

18. (A) viable (B) visible (C) invisible (D) veritable

19. (A) is shot (B) shot (C) shoot (D) shooting

20. (A) mortalities (B) fidelities (C) equalities (D) fatalities

21. (A) reassuring (B) tumultuous (C) polarizing (D) converting

22. (A) patrons (B) notes (C) niches (D) accounts

23. (A) supervisor (B) heir (C) realtor (D) successor

24. (A) surpass (B) surpassed (C) has surpassed (D) surpassing

25. (A) encaging (B) engaging (C) engaged (D) encaged

26. (A) problem (B) prospect (C) pretense (D) protest

27. (A) duress (B) favor (C) judgment (D) former

28. (A) heir (B) monarch (C) throne (D) beacon

29. (A) government (B) monarch (C) president (D) governess

30. (A) visit (B) visitor (C) visiting (D) visited

31. Families of incarcerated persons were usually poor and powerless, with _______ to address the issue of rights. (A) either the means or the know-how (B) neither the means or the know-how (C) neither the means nor the know-how (D) either the means nor the know-how

32. _______ the Louvre, the Hermitage is Russia's homage to the great culture that found its home here in the 18th century. (A) Second only to in size (B) Second in size only to (C) In second size to only (D) In size second only to

33. I'm starting to see that indulgence and opulence of an earlier era is _______ in Saint Petersburg. (A) very much living still (B) still very much live (C) very much still live (D) still very much alive

34. His achievements as a political reformer have been _______ miraculous. (A) everything short of (B) anything short of (C) nothing short of (D) something short of

35. _______ by Charles Dickens' works and by her own mother's kindness to the poor, Jane Addams decided to become a doctor so that she could live and work among the poor. (A) Inspired (B) Inspiring (C) Inspire (D) Inspires

36. Those with poor outcome accounted for 57.7% of the sample _______ the remaining 42.4% were rated as having a good outcome with hypnosis. (A) whereas (B) where (C) however (D) meanwhile

37. In a language _______ all words must begin with a consonant, a word which is underlyingly vowel-initial will fail to become a word. (A) which (B) what (C) whom (D) where

38. Life is a tragedy _______ in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. (A) when seeing (B) seen when (C) when seen (D) when is seen

39. The committee _______ to undertake a visit to another city to obtain first-hand information on its experience in noise control. (A) considered it worth (B) considered worthwhile (C) worth considered it (D) considered it worthwhile

40. At the southern tip of the peninsula _______ the busiest place in the world in terms of tourism. (A) lying a big city (B) lies a big city (C) does a big city lie (D) where a big city

41. In her face _______ the delicate features of her mother, a Coast aristocrat of French descent, and the heavy ones of her florid Irish father. (A) was too sharply blended (B) were blended too sharp (C) was blended too sharp (D) were too sharply blended

42. Our exploration of the space has dual purposes, one of _______ is to get energy and resources and the other of which is to migrate people if necessary. (A) which (B) where (C) what (D) whom

43. This unique species, _______ by scientists as Homo floresiensis, reached a maximum height of only 3.5 feet and weighed no more than fifty-five pounds. (A) know (B) knowing (C) known (D) was known

44. Would ancient Sapiens have been more tolerant towards an entirely different human species? It _______ when Sapiens encountered Neanderthals, the result was the first and most significant ethnic-cleansing campaign in history. (A) may well be that (B) be that (C) will be that (D) would well be that

45. This _______ tradition was put on hold by the new president. (A) long-stand (B) longly-stood (C) long-standing (D) longly-standing

46. Which of the following might be the best title for the above article? (A) Ten elements of being a good detective (B) Ten elements of writing a good mystery story (C) What not to do when writing a good mystery story (D) How to catch a villain in a detective story

47. Which of the following best fills in the blank(s) for number 9? (A) Red herrings (B) Real culprit (C) Potential suspects (D) Twisting plots

48. Which of the following words can be used to replace the word "sleuth"? (A) detective (B) amateur (C) antagonist (D) character

49. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? (A) There are ten suspects in Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. (B) Paying attention to hints helps solve the mystery in detective stories. (C) Everyone should be provided with an alibi at the end of detective stories. (D) An ominous, uneasy mood can be seen in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

50. According to the passage, which of the following is true? (A) François-Eugène Vidocq wrote the first mystery story in April 1841. (B) Edgar Allan Poe founded the world's first detective bureau in Paris. (C) François-Eugène Vidocq and Agatha Christie are both mystery story writers. (D) Philip Marlowe is a private detective in Raymond Chandler's novels.

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