2. On 31 March 2020, the American President, Donald Trump, strongly argued that journalists
should not ask snarky questions on coronavirus testing in the United States.
(A) creditable (B) exploitable (C) irritable (D) undeniable
3. This medical research explored the significance of carotid augmentation index detected by
e-tracking technique.
(A) distillation (B) expansion (C) regression (D) verification
4. Oil was also slammed by the _____ of further disruption to the US economy and with Saudi
Arabia apparently determined to pursue a price war with Russia and American producers to
regain market share.
(A) prospect (B) prophetic (C) proponent (D) prosecution
5. The agency called for the public to remain _____ for rain and gusts of wind, after it issued an
emergency weather warning.
(A) vision (B) voyage (C) vigorous (D) vigilant
6. It is evident from the examination of Schlesinger’s accomplishment in making films in the
encyclopedia, which demonstrates his _____ as an auteur director.
(A) interference (B) eminence (C) hindrance (D) utterance
7. The city government's decision to tear down the fruit market met with _____ opposition from
local citizens.
(A) affluent (B) redundant (C) concordant (D) virulent
8. With one voice, all of the member states approved the deal _____ without any hesitation.
(A) unanimously (B) unabashedly (C) anomaly (D) anonymously
9. Our Earth is facing an _____ climate crisis and it requires every human being to minimize his
impact.
(A) ostentatious (B) inveterate (C) orthodox (D) escalating
10. East Africa has been hit by severe _____ of desert locust swarms and is suffering from food
shortage.
(A) campaigns (B) ordeals (C) invasions (D) collisions
11. Recently, psychologists have proposed that _____ is an issue about how to manage our emotions
rather than our time.
(A) perspiration (B) implication (C) procrastination (D) interpretation
12. Scientists consider this a remarkable feat, _____ heavy lifting equipment used in modern
construction was not available at that time.
(A) granted that (B) seeing that (C) because that (D) given that
13. Parasite, a South Korean film dealing with the gap between the haves and the have nots, has
_____ box office records and won several international awards.
(A) mitigated (B) smashed (C) rectified (D) expedited
14. Jeff did not mean to offend Cindy about her hairdo. He was simply making a(n) _____ remark
when highlighting that it was too elaborate for a girl of her young and tender age.
(A) ear-splitting (B) eye-opening (C) tic-tac-toe (D) tongue-in-cheek
15. Lots of employees from this well-known company go on strike today for they are not _____ the
new pension scheme.
(A) on board with (B) endowed with (C) wary of (D) prone to
16. Never in my life _____ such an incredible exhibition, _____ I hope I can visit it again.
(A) have I see, that so much (B) had I seen, so that much
(C) I had seen, so that (D) have I seen, so much so that
17. The American paratroopers were dropped in the wrong places all over Normandy. None of them
_____ the jump. Even if they did, they were probably killed in action.
(A) might ever have survived (B) might ever survive
(C) would rather survive (D) would rather have survived
18. Due to (A.) persistent inbreeding, self-pollinating plants have (B.) genetically more uniformed
than cross-pollinated plants, which (C.) carry more genetic variability (D.).
19. Music is deeply rooted (A.) in all cultures cross the world and yet (B.), unlike (C.) food or shelter,
it is not something we actually need (D.) in order to survive.
(A)deeply rooted (B)cross the world and yet (C)unlike (D)we actually need
20. In 1884, Belva Ann Lockwood, a lawyer who (A.)had appeared (B.) before the Supreme Court,
became (C.) the first woman was nominated (D.) for President of the United States.
III. Cloze: International collaboration has become a trend in many universities. For example, University
of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Australia and the Ochsner Health System in New Orleans,
Louisiana, U.S.A. have a unique partnership to __21__ international clinical opportunities for
medical students, and collaborative opportunities for researchers from across the two continents. The
Ochsner partnership began in 2008 when the two institutions __22__ to establish the Ochsner
Clinical School. Ochsner is Louisiana’s large nonprofit, academic, multispecialty healthcare delivery
system, which owns, manages, or __23__ 25 hospitals. Ochsner is very active in medical research,
__24__ more than 750 clinical research studies every year. About 120 American students enroll in
UQ’s medical program each year. They complete their first two years of the degree in Brisbane and
then the third and fourth years at UQ’s Ochsner Clinical School in New Orleans. The alliance has
__25__a strong track record of transdisciplinary research collaborations between the two
organizations.
【題組】
21. (A) appeal (B) deter (C) foster (D) covet
The closer we feel toward someone, the less likely we are to listen carefully to them. It is called
the closeness-communication bias and, over time, it can __26__, and even end, relationships. Once
we know people well enough to feel close, there is an unconscious tendency to __27__because we
think we already know what they are going to say. The closeness-communication bias not only keeps
us from listening to those we love, it can also keep us from allowing our loved ones to listen to us.
People in close relationships sometimes withhold information or keep secrets from one another
because they fear judgment, insensitivity or __28__. They confide their most pressing and worrisome
concerns to people __29__they have weaker ties, for these people show more interest, ask the right
questions, are less judging or are less apt to interrupt. It is not that people in close relationships are
__30__ neglectful or inattentive, but that they feel too complacent about what they know.
【題組】26. (A) fuss (B) trigger (C) strain (D) cling
IV. Reading Children’s faces light up when Maggie James walks into a room. With a guitar slung over one
shoulder, she lugs a basket full of colorful instruments and wears a smile brighter than her
floral-print dress. But, she is even happier to see their faces. It is why she got into the business in the
first place. Maggie is not a children’s entertainer. She does not perform in theaters, on television, or at
special events. She is a music therapist and her stage is the palliative care wards of the Queensland
Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, where terminally ill children are cared for during their final days.
Despite the often sad circumstances of her workplace, Maggie says she was drawn towards palliative
care soon after beginning her healthcare career. “I strongly believe that we can do better to provide
children and families with comfort, respect and love at the end stage of life,” as she argues.
To Maggie, it is important not to underestimate the effect music can have on health and
wellbeing with music linked to increased levels of endorphins and decreased levels of stress. She highlights that “singing helps children strengthen their vocal control and breathing system, while
playing instruments improves their fine-motor and coordination skills. Dancing and movement
retrain their gross motor skills.”
Yet, there are more to being a music therapist than just singing and playing. According to
Maggie’s elaboration, “it is about understanding patients’ medical conditions, their family and social
backgrounds, how the body and brain respond to music, and which music-therapy techniques will
achieve the best outcomes.” Generally speaking, it is a huge challenge that will involve developing
resources, educating and training local health professionals, and most importantly, changing cultural
perspectives of palliative care. In China, for example, people in most of the provinces may believe
that having someone die inside the house brings bad luck and shame on the family. Some parents
cannot pay for their children to go into hospital and even if they could, the doctors do not know how
to best manage a child’s death. “Many parents abandon critically ill children despite the fact that they
could be put in jail if they get caught, so they tend to leave them in places they cannot easily be
found. The children do not stand much of a chance,” as Maggie reflects in a serious tone.
A strong family support network is important to Maggie, especially due to the emotionally
taxing nature of her work. She insists that it is crucial to look after her mental health so she can keep
doing the work that she loves. “Often after a patient passes away, especially when I am involved in
that patient’s passing process, I take time to have a cuppa and reminisce on the positive things that I
got to share with them.” Maggie immerses herself into the countless magical and joyous moments in
a peaceful silence. To this lady, being a music therapist brings the most rewarding and meaningful
life experiences. 【題組】31. What is the main idea of the passage?
(A) The impact of children’s death (B) The perspectives of palliative care
(C) The mission of music therapists (D) The functions of music-therapy techniques
【題組】32. What is NOT mentioned in this passage?
(A) Music therapists have to understand patient families’ social and cultural backgrounds.
(B) People in many areas in China consider death in the house as an ominous sign.
(C) Music therapists need to find solace and optimism in their work.
(D) Children on the brink of death need more medical treatments.
【題組】33. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word taxing in the last paragraph?
(A) empowering (B) laboring (C) balancing (D) collapsing
【題組】34. What does them refer to in the last paragraph?
(A) patients’ passing processes (B) reminisce on positive things
(C) patients who passed away (D) palliative care staff members
Tulip are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species lying in
Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth
century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. The Netherlands, particularly, became
famous for its cultivation of the flower. A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was unknown in the
wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established in New Netherland by the
Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who settled in New Amsterdam (Today’s
Manhattan section of New York City) in 1642 described the flowers that graciously colonized the
settlers’ gardens. They were the same flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: Crown
imperials, roses, carnations, and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698
William Penn received a report of John Tateham’s “Great and Stately Palace,” its garden full of tulips.
By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip “roots.” But the
length of the journey between Europe and North America created many difficulties. Thomas
Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from
England, but his letter the following year grumbled that they were all dead.
Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of early nineteenth-century Dutch
immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan. Together with many other Dutch
settlements, such as the one at Pella, Iowa, they established a regular demand for European plants.
The demand was bravely met by a new kind of tulip entrepreneur, the traveling salesperson. One
Dutchman, Hendrick van der Schoot, spent six months in 1849 traveling through the United States
taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were traveling from Europe to the United States to
satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick English and Dutch settlers, North American plants were
traveling in the opposite direction. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was one reason
why tulips dropped out of the fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous.
【題組】35. Which of the following question does the passage mainly answer?
(A) How did tulips become popular in North America?
(B) Why did Dutch settlers import tulips to the United States in the 19th century?
(C) What is the difference between an Old World and a New World plant?
(D) Where were the first Dutch colonies in North American located?
【題組】36. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word integral in the first paragraph?
(A) terrestrial (B) fundamental (C) ornamental (D) incidental
【題組】37. The passage mentions which of the following as a problem associated with the importation of
tulips into North America?
(A) They were no longer fashionable by the time they arrived.
(B) They often failed to survive.
(C) Frequent order cancellation by Dutch immigrants.
(D) Settlers knew little about how to cultivate them.
【題組】38. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
(A) Hendrick van der Schoot exported tulips from England in 1849.
(B) Tulips were commonly passed as gifts from wealthy families to their descendants.
(C) In the Old World, tulips were widely seen in the imperial gardens of the Ottoman Empire.
(D) Thomas Hancock claimed that tulips bravely colonized the settlers’ gardens in the 17th
century.
【題組】39. The passage mentions that one reason English and Dutch settlers planted tulips in their gardens
was that tulips .
(A) would flourish easily
(B) had become readily available
(C) appeared in the propaganda
(D) reminded them of affectionate memories of Europe
【題組】40. According to the passage, which of the following changes occurred in English gardens during
the European settlements in North America?
(A) They contained many new types in North American plants.
(B) They contained a wider variety of tulips than ever before.
(C) They grew in size in order to provide enough plants to export to the New World.
(D) They decreased in size on the estates of wealthy people.
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