45. How would you describe the author's stance on Dr. Dell's research finding? The author
(A) shows a cautious distrust of Dell’s finding
(B) embraces Dell’s view wholeheartedly
(C) feels that parts of Dell’s claim is debatable
(D) critiques the methods used in the research

41. What does the author mean by “Dell’s claim is at best circumstantial” in the third paragraph (line 22-23)? (A) Dell is very circumspect in his statement. (B) Dell’s evidence is merely suggestive but not conclusive. (C) Dell’ view provides the best account for the issue at focus. (D) Dell’s evidence is substantiated with sufficient empirical evidence.

42. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “took the biggest nosedive” in the second paragraph (line 17)? (A) became the first to take action in a particular situation (B) made a huge progress in doing something (C) experienced a dramatic deterioration (D) gave someone a head start

43. Which of the following is mentioned as a negative impact arising from conversing while driving? (A) complete loss of ability to understand or express speech (B) ability to navigate in heavy traffic (C) ability to maintain one’s sanity (D) accurate sense of spatial orientation

44. What does it mean by “To empirically establish the above view” (line 11) in the second paragraph? (A) to validate the truth of this claim (B) to address the view from an empirical perspective (C) to keep people informed about the value of the claim (D) to establish the theoretical underpinnings of the claim

46. Which of the following may serve as the title for this passage? (A) Physiological condition does impact slant overestimation (B) The relationship between motor operation and slope climbing (C) The impact of slant steepness on visual misperception (D) A cognitive account for people’s overestimation of steepness

47. Which of the following statement is NOT true? (A) Our visual misperception is influenced by height. (B) Slant overestimates is not observed in the escalator group. (C) Physiological factors such as aging and fatigue do not seem to impact slant overestimates. (D) Decreased physiological potential due to fatigue and increasing age leads to further exaggerations of the steepness of hills.

48. Which of the following sentence can be added to the end of the last paragraph without disrupting the flow of the whole passage? (A) The above research finding thus provides convincing evidence that we are hardwired to be overly sensitive to changes in terrain slope. (B) A wealth of evidence has shown that people verbally overestimate the slant of hills by 15° to 20°. (C) Maybe people tend to overestimate the steepness of slopes and not because they are lazy. (D) Thus, the evidence favoring a psychological explanation has been disputed.

49. What does the author mean by “misperception of slope steepness only happened at the chance level” for participants assigned to the escalator group? (A) Misperception of slant is consistently observed. (B) The occurrence of misconception is not observed. (C) The slope steepness is estimated in a biased and unfair way. (D) The tendency to overestimate a slant cannot be consistently obtained.

50. The word “disparate” in line 20 (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to: (A) contrasting (B) homogeneous (C) various (D) separate

1. 有 A、B 兩線，其電阻及電阻溫度係數各為 A(5Ω，0.004)及 B(10Ω，0.005)，今將兩線串聯，則合成之電阻溫度係數 為 (A)0.0047 (B)0.005 (C)0.0048 (D)0.004