所屬科目:教甄◆英文-國小
25. Trump declared a 90-day pause on some tariffs, but the overall _______ on the economy remains serious. (A) solution (B) detection (C) impact (D) promise
26. Some physicians prescribe certain treatments just to _______ trust with skeptical or resistant families. (A) demand (B) establish (C) eliminate (D) confuse
27. Artists such as Picasso appropriated real elements of everyday life and _____ them into their paintings. They rewrote the rulebook regarding art’s relationship with life. (A) inquired (B) incorporated (C) investigated (D) interrogated
28. Growing up is more a matter of courage than knowledge: all the information in the world is no _____ for the guts to use your own judgement. (A) substitute (B) subway (C) suspect (D) system
29. _____ to one time block of ninety minutes ensures that we do something substantive each week and allows us to see clear progress. (A) Compelling (B) Committing (C) Converting (D) Continuing
30. Some university leaders worry that losing funding would _______ critical research projects in health and science. (A) sustain (B) reveal (C) rejuvenate (D) jeopardize
31. May: I need to _______ before the wedding. Mary: Do you already have an appointment at the salon? May: Yes, I booked it for Friday. Mary: Great! You’ll look amazing. (A) cut my hair (B) cut my hair done (C) have cut my hair (D) have my hair cut
32. A: Have you ever heard what happens to male chicks in the egg industry? B: No, what do you mean? A: They’re usually killed because they can’t lay eggs or be sold for meat. B: ___________________________ (A) That sounds horrible. I didn’t know that. (B) I think eggs are very expensive these days. (C) Wow! My family eats eggs every weekend. (D) Yes, chickens lay eggs.
33. A: My brother takes his kids to school, cooks dinner, and reads bedtime stories. B: That’s awesome. A: ___________________________ B: Sounds like the shift in fatherhood is real. (A) He didn’t like being home during quarantine. (B) He wants to spend less time at home now. (C) He works all weekend and avoids the kids. (D) He says the pandemic taught him how valuable family time is.
34. A: What do you think about reading your kid’s text messages? B: ___________________________ A: That’s fair. I suppose how we approach it depends on age and trust. (A) I think it’s useful at first, but too much surveillance can harm the relationship. (B) I believe kids should never have privacy until they’re 18. (C) I plan to read everything, even their school emails. (D) It doesn’t matter what they write—it’s their phone, their rules.
35. A: I read an article that really made me reflect on what I eat. B: Was it about animal treatment again? A: ___________________________ B: That’s a good mindset. Our choices can make a difference. (A) Yes, I usually skip breakfast before 10 a.m.. (B) Yes, I think I need to be more mindful as a consumer. (C) No, I just like trying new recipes online. (D) No, I was only looking for cheaper meal ideas.
36. A: I’m leaning toward a flip phone to avoid distractions. B: That’s smart. A: ___________________________ B: True, they’re good for basic communication but not much more. (A) It doesn’t have location tracking or any real parental controls, though. (B) It comes with dozens of apps, just like a smartphone. (C) I like that it connects easily to TikTok and Snapchat. (D) I’ll use it to monitor all my child’s private messages.
37. There are three big problems with communication. First, negotiators may not be talking to each other, or, at least not in such a way as to be understood. Rather than trying to dance with their negotiating partner toward a mutually agreeable outcome, they try to trip him up. Rather than trying to talk their partner into a more ________ step, they try to talk the spectators into taking sides. (A) constructive (B) destructive (C) inside (D) outside
38. Your constituents, after all, are the ones to whom you will have to account for the results of the negotiation. They are the ones you are trying to satisfy. It is not surprising that you should want to pay close attention to them. But if you are not hearing what the other side is saying, there is no ________. (A) one (B) pay (C) attention (D) communication
39. What is a major criticism of factory farming? (A) It reduces food prices. (B) It provides animals with free-range environments. (C) It emphasizes efficiency instead of animal welfare. (D) It eliminates the need for plant-based diets.
40. How do animal rights theorists view the use of animals for human purposes? (A) They support it if animals are treated well. (B) They urge to abolish animal exploitation. (C) They focus only on economic benefits. (D) They encourage factory farming.
41. According to the passage, why did the Central Bank urge exporters and financial institutions to remain calm? (A) So that they can buy more US dollars (B) To prevent high import costs (C) To avoid harming their own profitability through panic sell-offs (D) To prepare for new trade talks with the US
42. What happened to the NT dollar in the past two trading sessions? (A) It weakened against the US dollar. (B) It remained stable overall. (C) It rose by 5.85 percent against the US dollar. (D) It fell sharply before recovering.