5. Which use of the words "note" and "notice" is INCORRECT?
(A) Someone named John Middleton called you this morning and wanted you to call him back. I already put his number on a note and left it on your desk.
(B) Have you read the notice just put on the dorm's bulletin board? No cooking is allowed now, and they will check regularly and punish offenders severely.
(C) When Jane noted on her Facebook that she would quit her job and leave Taipei forever, her surprised friends posted a lot of questions asking her why.
(D) The teacher noticed in his syllabus that he would accept no term papers turned in late, even for just one hour； however, the students protested against it for being too strict.

1. Which use of the word "private" or "personal" is INCORRECT?(A) The train is approaching the Taichung station and will make a brief stop. Please don't forget your private belongings if you are getting off here.(B) Please remove all your personal stuffs out of the office； they should be stored in your own home,not in this public space.(C) You should not check my email box without my permission first； there may be private messages you are not supposed to read.(D) When I pointed out the defects in your proposal in the meeting, there was nothing personal in my criticism. I simply don't think the proposal will work.

2. Which statement below will NOT be made by a hardcore vegetarian?(A) I doubt that meat contains any nutrition not replaceable by fruits and cereals.(B) I suspect that meat contains ingredients harmful to human body.(C) I doubt that it is a wrong thing to do to kill animals for meat.(D) I suspect that the so-called "benefits" of meat eating are propagated by food companies only to increase the sales of their products.

3. I don't think I can graduate from the university in four years because I also take commercial design as my minor. Which use of the word "major" is the exact contrast in meaning to word “minor” above?(A) One major reason why students don't study hard is that they lose confidence in school learning；they don't think their study here can help them find good jobs when they graduate.(B) One annoyance an English major suffers is that (s)he is often treated as a walking dictionary, as if(s)he should know every word in the language.(C) Although John Smith never studied in the military academy, he fought bravely during a series of battles and thus got promoted to be a major.

4. When the Jewish King Josiah conquered the Edomite people, he ordered his soldiers to destroy the culture of the "pagan" religions. Regardless of part of speech, which use of the word “order” below has the same meaning? (A) Sir, I am afraid that I cannot let you leave the office now. I just received a direct order from the general manager that you stay at your desk until further instruction. (B) Monks in the Franciscan order of the Catholic Church think it is their holy duty to do charity works at whatever costs. (C) There is a restriction on the use of these coupons. I can only order goods from certain online shops. (D) Diana, make sure that these papers are put away in good order. I don't want you to waste time looking for them when I need them again.

6. Which use of the word "smart" is related to the idea of mental capacity?(A) He didn't look smart to me when he first entered the department office. He was sloppily dressed. He looked around absently and did not respond to me until I addressed him twice. (B) Everyone stopped and turned around when this smartly dressed woman entered the room. Even though none had met her before, she was apparently the new president of the union. (C) Are you stupid or what? Don't you know you shouldn't wear only slippers for a hiking trip? No wonder your feet bleed and legs smart now.

7. Mrs. Login is a typical case of compulsive shopping because.... Which clause below completes the statement most logically? (A) ... she cannot resist the urge to buy stuffs even if she does not need them or really like them. (B) ... her husband and children force her to do shopping for the family though she hates the chore. (C) ... she cannot remember what stuffs she has bought or how much money she has spent after she leaves the cashier counter. (D) ... she buys stuffs only when she really like them and she won't force herself to buy things she doesn't like even though she really needs them.

8. Which use of the word "complicate" and its derivatives is totally medical in its sense?(A) As a doctor, what you need to focus on is a patient's body condition. Don't let considerations of his/her background or status complicate the matter of medical treatment. (B) The patient's medical history is a little bit complicated. He was first misdiagnosed as a victim of appendicitis. When the surgeon was about to perform the removal of appendix, he discovered that this was actually a case of pervasive intestinal cancer. (C) Idiot! Don't you know the due procedure of treating a cut after an operation?! Now the patient suffers the complication of intestinal infection. Can't you keep your job as surgeon simple? (D) We cannot even allow this patient to stay in the emergency room overnight. Do you know what trouble she has got into? I don't want complications for the hospital and its staff.

9. Which blank below can only be filled with the word "capacity," not its synonyms like "ability" or "capability"? (A) In our society, when a child does well in school studies and is thus over-praised, s/he may wrongly believe that s/he has the __ to do almost everything as well. (B) The technical __ of this motorcycle exceed those of an equivalent model of another brand； for example, it can speed up from static status to 100 miles per hour in ten seconds. (C) To enlarge the __ of carrying passengers, some airplanes are designed so huge that one wonders how they can lift off the ground into the sky.

10. Which use of the word "shift" involves the idea of time?(A) Can you believe that?! It took Maria nearly half an hour to drive here from the school (usually a five- minute ride) because she did not know how to shift to high-speed gear. (B) Some nurses say that they don't like to take midnight shifts； the hospital at night usually gives them a creepy feeling, especially when their office room is near the morgue. (C) Some former supporters of the "green camp" do not shift their loyalty to the "blue camp" overnight； they believe that they have endured too much disappointment over the green ruling party for too long. (D) Business is not to be done on a rush: egg tart was once so popular that bakeries specializing in it mushroomed across the city. But soon there was an oversupply and the stores had to sell at a loss to shift stock.

11. Which action or reaction below can qualify as an "informed move"?(A) As soon as Gerald was informed by an unsigned letter that his wife had an affair with Harry, he took a gun to his friend's office and blew his head off on the spot. (B) After analyzing a few satellite photos that seem to suggest the existence of water on Mars, NASA sends a military-civilian team of 1000 people there to build a colony. (C) A famous astrologist predicts that a meteor of one million tons is going to hit Earth in 2030, so many people begin to build underground shelters to survive the disaster. (D) After visiting over ten nursing homes and talking to their respective heads, the Johnson family decides to leave their parents to the care of the home that they believe is the best.