47. A sparrow came and __________ at the breadcrumbs on my palm. It soon finished them all.
(A) retracted
(B) pecked
(C) squinted
(D) peeked

43. Most junior and senior high students in Taiwan are not able to read English novels in their original version. Also, it is quite hard to find authentic English novels that contain only high-frequency vocabulary and simple sentences. ____________ that, a simplified version could be a good replacement. (A) In spite of (B) In light of (C) In terms of (D) In honor of

44. The author suggests a lot of good ideas to help students emotionally and intellectually involved with the main characters of the stories they read, how to deal with problems that concern people, and to understand the universal themes that ____________ all good literature. (A) permeate (B) permit (C) prevail (D) perish

45. Parents are often fairly ____________ about the digital world their children inhabit. About every parent has at one point asked their offspring to figure out how to use a new high-tech product for them. (A) savvy (B) discontent (C) aggressive (D) clueless

46. When it ______________ numbers, recent research suggests that infants can distinguish one object from two, and two from three. (A) comes to understand (B) comes understanding (C) comes to understanding (D) comes by understanding

48. Social problems and poverty ____________ much of the crime in today’s big cities. They are mostly the root of violence. (A) undermine (B) underscore (C) undergo (D) underlie

49. She questioned her faith each time she read a research summary that stated there was no cure for autism. Finally she even made bargains with God and the devil. Her love for her grandson was so great that she would have gladly given up the ____________ years of her life and burned in the fires of hell if her eternal suffering would cure this little boy. (A) remainder (B) remaining (C) remained (D) remain

50. The global war on AIDS __________ due to a shortage of money. Donors like America are affected by the global recession and by a growing sense that more lives would be saved by fighting cheaper diseases. (A) falters (B) doodles (C) flourishes (D) retaliates

下列選項中，那一組詞的意思不同？ (A)禍棗災梨／苛捐雜稅 (B)夙夜匪懈／夙興夜寐 (C)伐毛洗髓／洗心革面 (D)膠柱鼓瑟／刻舟求劍

「姊妹弟兄皆裂土，可憐光彩生門戶，遂令天下父母心，不重生男重生女。」（白居易〈長恨歌〉）句中「裂土」的意思是？ (A)分封土地 (B)分散各地 (C)土地皸裂 (D)情感破裂

下列各選項中，何者沒有錯別字？ (A)木瓜樹在去年那幾陣颱風中不是被吹折，便被吹倒，一株不流（鍾理和〈我的書齋〉） (B)我對一些數字夙然起敬，已是中年以後，可以說成熟得相當晚（吳魯芹〈數字人生〉） (C)東坡的脫胎換骨，正在他的被誣陷、受詬辱之後，可以「自喜漸不為人識」吧（蔣勳〈寒食帖〉） (D)從照後鏡裡瞥見身材魁梧的臺先生正小心攙扶著清懼而微僂的鄭先生跨過門檻（林文月〈溫州街到溫州街〉）