33 Today people have been concerned about the potential for altering photos on computers because imaging software
makes ______ easier than ever.
(A) innovation (B) deletion (C) manipulation (D) distribution
2 According to studies, if a deaf person is____ in sign language, he or she can understand 100% of the
information being transmitted. (A)incompetent (B)inquisitive (C)oblivious (D)proficient
19 Crime rates are highest in poor neighborhoods, for criminals tend to victimize those who are close by and
available. (A)Victims in poor neighborhoods fall prey to criminals because they are in tandem with the highest crime rates. (B)People in poor neighborhoods are most likely subject to crime because they are easily accessible to criminals. (C)Criminals are less likely to stay in poor neighborhoods to find victims, who happen to be close by and available. (D)People in poor neighborhoods are the favorite targets for criminals, who are always available.
2 Executives love to talk about_____ social responsibility. But on the factory floor, living up to these lofty ideals
is painfully difficult. (A) corporal (B) corporate (C) corpulent (D) culpable
For sushi aficionados, the essence of the Atlantic bluefin tuna is its fat-laced, butter-soft belly meat, called toro.
For those who seek the bluefin from Cape Hatteras off the coast of North Carolina to the frigid waters south of Iceland
to the balmy Mediterranean, the fish are a potential bonanza, with choice specimens selling for $50,000 or more in
Tokyo. But the intensifying trade in bluefin may soon empty the waters of this master of the sea. In just the last 35
years, exploding markets for sushi-grade tuna, combined with industrial-scale hunts aided by satellites and spotters in
airplanes, have devastated not only the fish but also many fisheries. Dozens of Mediterranean towns that maintained
coastal net traps for half a millennium or more are turning away from now-barren waters. Anglers off New England
now scour the seas for scattered fish. Most valuable, marine biologists say, is the apparently distinct population of
bluefin tuna that breeds in the Gulf of Mexico. The threat to the bluefin was underscored recently by researchers who
have tracked hundreds of the fish using electronic tags. They found that the tuna that spawn in the west, which are
most severely depleted, are threatened by an ever-broadening gantlet of hooks, seines, harpoons, traps and now
farm-style pens, in which netted fish are raised and fattened— all to supply the Japanese sushi trade.
【題組】49 What does “sushi aficionados” mean?
(A) Sushi lovers (B) Sushi buyers (C) Sushi sellers (D) Sushi chefs
閱讀下文,回答第 47 題至第 50 題 One thing the Austrian emperors liked was building palaces, and they built these in a grand way. There arenumerous palaces scattered around Vienna, and the Schonbrunn Palace is definitely no exception when it comes tograndeur. Schonbrunn was the summer residence of the emperor Franz Joseph and was used from the mid-eighteenthcentury onward. During these times, Vienna was a very powerful European city, and over the years, the rooms of thispalace played host to many notable events. Various historical figures have stayed here at the palace, none less so than Napoleon Bonaparte, and in this very room,Mozart played that famous first concert for the emperor at just six years of age. Every room has a different theme, and thepalace is, in itself, a richly artistic canvas. In addition to this, Schonbrunn is an example of near perfection in preservation.Practically everything you see here, from the ornate tableware to the flooring, is exactly as it was during the period.
【題組】49 Who has not visited or stayed in the Schonbrunn Palace?
(A) Alexander the Great (B) Napoleon Bonaparte (C) Franz Joseph (D) Mozart
30 Loyal friends who derive as much pleasure from your success as you do are the best leverage in business.
(A) Friends who feel happy about your success are those who you may want to do business with.
(B) Friends who like to take advantage of you may pose a great threat to your business.
(C) Friends who enjoy doing business with you may work as good partners.
(D) Friends who are optimistic and open-minded can help you get ahead in business.
39 It is one of those beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without
helping himself.
(A)When you sincerely help others, you are bound to receive a beautiful compensation in the future.
(B)No one can sincerely help others without feeling the beauty of getting compensations in return.
(C)Those who sincerely help others will for sure compensate themselves with kind help from others.
(D)The beautiful compensation for sincerely helping others is that you are helping yourself as well.
28 In addition to Pillar 1 (Customs-to-Customs cooperation) and Pillar 2 (Customs-to-Business cooperation), there
have been discussions to add a Pillar 3 to the SAFE Framework, which could cover Customs-to-other border
agencies cooperation. Therefore, the WCO initiated the concept of CBM which stands for________ Border
Management.
(A)Competitive (B)Complemented (C) Coordinated (D) Cooperative
80. Mary: You haven’t been to Beijing, have you? Mark:______. And how I wish to go there again!
(A) Yes, I have
(B) Yes, I haven’t
(C) No, I have
(D) No, I haven’t
311. More and more people are turning away from ____ Western medicine to alternative methods of treatment.
(A) contradictory
(B) constructive
(C) compulsory
(D) conventional
384. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je received a threatening phone call a few weeks ago; therefore, Ko’s bodyguards were asked to be extra alert when ______ Ko in public in case of any possible danger.
(A) jeopardizing
(B) escorting
(C) preserving
(D) facilitating
432. The politician’s stance toward the touchy issue of gun control is deliberately _____ and thus subject to various interpretations.
(A) transient
(B) distinctive
(C) superficial
(D) ambiguous
455. Many academics would contribute papers to scientific _____ so that they can share their discovery in their chosen field and win recognition.
(A) catalysts
(B) editorials
(C) journals
(D) editions
580. My sister is a spendthrift. My parents always suggest that she _______ her spending, or she will go bankrupt very soon.
(A) impair
(B) curtail
(C) transmit
(D) retrieve
614. It soon became ______ to everyone that she couldn’t sing. First of all, she didn’t sing in tune. Second, she didn’t have any sense of rhythm.
(A) spectacular
(B) personal
(C) apparent
(D) rough