40 In America, “wellness” has become a huge industry _____ 
especially to the prosperous discontent of the baby-boomers.
(A) proposing
(B) catering
(C) deferring
(D) referring

41 From a distance it is a postcard image; get closer to Mt. Fuji, however, you will notice that Japan’s iconic mountain has a garbage problem, a stark contrast to a country known for its cleanliness. (A) Mt. Fuji maintains a beautiful postcard image and reinforces the clean image of Japan despite its garbage problem. (B) Suffering from a garbage problem, Mt. Fuji is no longer an icon of Japan, a country as beautiful as a postcard image. (C) Although Mt. Fuji is not as beautiful and clean as it appears from a distance, it still stands for the cleanliness of Japan. (D) Though a symbol of the country known for its cleanliness, Mt. Fuji is actually not as clean as it appears from a distance.

42 It seems a very simple thing to tell the truth, but, beyond all questions, there is nothing half so easy as lying. (A) Though it may appear simple, telling the truth is not as difficult as telling lies. (B) Though it may appear simple, telling the truth is certainly far more difficult than telling lies. (C) Though it may appear difficult, telling the truth is definitely less questionable than telling lies. (D) Though it may appear easy, telling lies is believed by honest people to be the most difficult thing.

43 Try to improve or optimize one of these global financial crisis parameters and you end up paying somewhere else along the line. (A) Improving one or two of the global financial crisis parameters is very likely to create more crisis parameters in the end. (B) The global financial crisis parameters are so intertwined that you can gain some here and lose some there. (C) To improve the global financial crisis parameters, you need to take care of them all at the same time instead of one at a time. (D) You need to pay close attention to the global financial crisis parameters before you can even improve or optimize one of them.

44 It is ironic that the very institutions carrying out the research that informs the public of global climate change are often not terribly good at acting on their own understanding. (A) The fact that research institutions, which provide us with information on global climate change, are not really good at applying their knowledge in actual practice is satirical. (B)Global climate change is terrible and it is ironic that much research has been done by research institutions but the public has found little use of the research result in their everyday life. (C) It is terrible to see that research institutions, which conduct research on and inform the public about global climate change, often fail to do what they preach. (D) That institutions carrying out the research which informs people about global climate change do not recycle natural resources in the research processes is ironically expected.

45 As luck would have it, there was typhoon on the day of graduation. (A) Fortunately, there was typhoon on the day of graduation. (B) Unfortunately, there was typhoon on the day of graduation. (C) I had good luck on the day of graduation. (D) I had bad luck on the day of graduation.

46 The crusades had a negative impact on the Muslim world, and this idea is suggested by the word _____ in the passage. (A) genuine (B) revolution (C) holy (D) decadence

47 What does the sentence “the Muslim world turned in on itself” suggest? (A) self-enclosure (B) submission (C) self-pity (D) inferiority

48 According to the passage, the Muslim world has been caught in the dilemma between self-identity and _____. (A) obscurantism (B) westernization (C) alternation (D) traditionalism

49 What does the word “barbarians” in the second paragraph refer to? (A) Iranians. (B) Turks. (C) Arabians. (D) Franks.

50 Which of the following words best describes the influence of the crusades on the Arab world? (A) Long-lasting. (B) Temporary. (C) Insignificant. (D) Transitional.

114年 - 114 關務人員考試_三等_財稅行政、關稅法務、關稅會計、關稅統計、資訊處理、機械工程、電機工程、化學工程、紡織工程、輻射安全技術工程、藥事（選試英文）：外國文（英文）#137433

114年 - 114 地方政府公務特種考試_三等_各類科（除公職社會工作師、公職獸醫師、公職建築師外）：英文#134793

114年 - 114 地方政府公務特種考試_四等_各類科：英文#134662

114年 - 114 民航特種考試_三等_各類科：英文#130972

114年 - 114 國際經濟商務特種考試_三等_國際經濟商務人員類科國際經貿法律組：英文（含國際貿易政策與法規命令之摘譯與論述）#130962

114年 - 114 司法、海岸巡防特種考試_三等_各類科組：英文#129644

114年 - 114 司法特種考試_三等_公證人：英文#129535

114年 - 114 司法、海岸巡防特種考試_四等_各類科：英文#129527

114年 - 114 高等考試_三級_各類科（除公職社會工作師、公職獸醫師、公職建築師、公職護理師、公職食品技師、公職醫事檢驗師、公職藥師外）：英文#128596

114年 - 114 普通考試_各類科：英文#128593