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所屬科目：升官等/升資考/員級晉高員◆英文

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31 I need to know the_______ cost of the whole project to write a grant proposal. There is no need to produce a detailed quote; a rough estimate will do. (A) approximate (B) deductive (C) established (D) provocative

32 Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have some other_______ . (A) merits (B) additives (C) drawbacks (D) disparities

33 According to scientists, adults spend _______ a third of their lives asleep while infants sleep twice that much or even more. (A) nearly (B) hardly (C) mostly (D) fairly

34_______ the sudden downpour, we would have arrived in the airport half an hour ago. (A) But for (B) Except for (C) Apart from (D) Owing to

35 _______ by the intensity of an earlier earthquake, most residents of this village are making efforts to strengthen the constructions of their houses. (A) Having terrified (B) Be terrified (C) Terrifying (D) Terrified

36 (A) insistent (B) intertwined (C) enduring (D) irresistible

37 (A) ovation (B) claim (C) celebration (D) acclaim

38 (A) cooperation (B) cohabitation (C) collision (D) coordination

39 (A) revolutionary (B) indigenous (C) indecent (D) independent

40 (A) bequeathed (B) inherited (C) handled (D) abandoned

41 A computer with a very large memory can store a set of instructions lengthy enough to permit it to learn by experience, just like an intelligent animal. (A) A computer with a very large memory to keep instructions possesses the ability of an intelligent animal to learn by experience. (B) A computer with a very large memory for storing lengthy instructions can learn from the experiences of an intelligent animal. (C) A computer with a very large memory and rich experience can learn from the lengthy instructions of an intelligent animal. (D) A computer with a very large memory to learn by experience is able to take lengthy instructions from an intelligent animal.

42 It is tragic to live through an epidemic of violence against women, one that society stubbornly refuses to acknowledge. (A) There is a disease spreading fast among women. (B) Violence targeting at women is a tragedy. (C) The society refuses to recognize the spreading violence against women. (D) The society goes through a tragedy of violence against women.

43 Most obscene words seem to serve a similar purpose: to substitute a trivializing or deforming resemblance for the complex human reality of what is being described. (A) Most dirty words tend to turn the complexity of what is being described into something petty and vulgar. (B) Most dirty words tend to be used for describing the correlation between reduction and complexity. (C) Most dirty words are used to hurt people by turning them into worthless and ugly creatures. (D) Most dirty words are used for one similar purpose: to reduce the complexity of truth to its most minimum dimension.

44 Although the term “narcissist” has a derogatory stamp, the very people we label narcissistic often are those who attract as well as repel us. (A)Though we label others narcissistic in a negative sense, those narcissists we refer to are often those who attract us as well. (B) When we refer to others as narcissists, we are trying to separate them from us since we do not wish to be labeled narcissistic. (C) One thing narcissists have in common is that they seem to enjoy being able to attract as well as repel others at the same time. (D) The very people we label narcissistic are often those who repel us, but somehow we also wish that we could be just like them.

45 Many parents probably wish that they could all just submit their children’s brains right now to a talent-check to discover if they are wasting their time and money or not on their children’s piano, violin, painting, ballet, or tennis lessons. (A) Many parents may wish that they could help their children make the most of their inborn gifts without investing too much time and money on their children. (B) Many parents may wish that they could verify their children’s inborn gifts to make sure that it is worth their time and money to make the most of those gifts. (C) Many parents may wish that they could just see through their children’s brains to find out their children’s inborn gifts and make money out of those gifts. (D) Many parents may wish that they could just implant certain gifts into their children’s brains to make sure they are not wasting their time and money on their children.

46 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. (A) To create the future is better than to forecast it. (B) Prophesy about the future is the best invention. (C) The invention of the future is the best way. (D) Better to foresee the future than to invent it.

47 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) Brazilian businessmen do not think being on time is necessary. (B) Italian businessmen are never concerned about whether you look neat or tidy. (C) Russians usually avoid the topics of religion. (D) The cow is considered a sacred animal in Hinduism.

48 What does the phrase “faux pas” mean in the passage? (A) Blunder (B) Response (C) Discussion (D) Suggestion

49 What does the phrase “jetting off” mean in the passage? (A) Calling on people at work (B) Hurrying up to be in time (C) Setting out on a trip by airplane (D) Meeting people on an airplane

50 What is the most appropriate title for this passage? (A) Tips on Travel to Different Countries (B) Etiquette in Different Cultures for Business Deals (C) The Leather Industry in Different Countries (D) Undesirable Topics in Business Meetings

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