3 The Nobel Prize is _____ annually for achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace
and economics. (A) awarded (B) rewarded (C) forwarded (D) indebted
5 The Ganges in India is considered the world’s most _____ river, where the spirit of Goddess Ganga lives and people
can wash away their sins. (A) allergic (B) corrupted (C) immune (D) sacred
6 A new study demonstrates how _____ and lack of sleep can have severe impacts on patients with chronic diseases.
(A) fatigue (B) facility (C) fluency (D) freight
8 His long experience at the stock market makes him _____ to the department at the bank.
(A) indivisible (B) individualistic (C) indispensable (D) inexplicable
11 These two companies decided to _____ their business relationship between them for better cooperation.
(A) intensify (B) pacify (C) overtake (D) acquaint
14 Traveling alone in Europe was a _____ experience for Eric; it changed his life and the way he saw himself.
(A) transformative (B) confidential (C) submissive (D) premature
16 In _____ of St. Patrick’s Day, many restaurants will offer green food or drinks, or even ask their staff to dress in
green. (A) terms (B) place (C) honor (D) lieu
19 In the aftermath of the volcanic _____, the authorities raised the volcanic alert level to four.
(A) eruption (B) evolution (C) execution (D) expedition
20 Due to the pandemic of COVID-19, people should now be well aware of the ways to avoid getting _____ diseases.
(A) curable (B) conventional (C) considerable (D) contagious
21 All applicants for this position are supposed to submit their _____ to the personnel office by next Monday.
(A) emporia (B) ensembles (C) consignments (D) credentials
24 If you like writing long stories very much, you may consider being a(n) _____ as your profession.
(A) accountant (B) performer (C) novelist (D) illustrator
26 The former mayor admitted his drinking problem and announced he would _____ from public life while seeking
medical treatment. (A) withdraw (B) release (C) conceal (D) decline
28 An organization was established to examine the relationship between _____ students and suicide to prevent
self-harm among the talented youngsters. (A) gifted (B) poetic (C) allergic (D) faithful
請依下文回答第 31 題至第 35 題： How many times has your heart sunk after dropping your smartphone and worrying if you smashed the glass? Theremay be an answer to reduce that feeling. The glass __31__ to make the screens on many of the world’s smartphonesjust got tougher. The company that makes the glass has just made a stronger __32__ . It is called Gorilla Glass and hasbeen used in smartphones for many years. The company has greatly improved the glass to make it more __33__ toscratch, crack, or smash. The new product can __34__ drops of up to two meters without any signs of damage. It is alsotwo times more scratch- __35__ than other glass. The glass was first used on products by a leading company. 【題組】31 (A) is used (B) has used (C) was using (D) used
請依下文回答第 36 題至第 40 題： Smartphones are small devices constantly online sending and receiving signals, so they are always a target forcriminals. To protect your smartphone from hackers and __36__ , set a long passcode with both numbers and letters.Consider using fingerprint scanning or face ID, __37__ gives an even more personalized security blanket. Avoid freepublic Wi-Fi. Use only your private cell connection and __38__ Wi-Fi on your mobile phone whenever you are in apublic place. Besides, avoid sharing a ton of revealing information about yourself on social networks. Avoid listingspecific addresses, work locations, phone numbers, family names, and other details hackers can use to track you. __39__ ,don’t store personal information, documents, or files on your phone, and limit the number of geotagged photos in yourCamera Roll. Eliminate __40__ emails from financial and work-related accounts. Also, make a habit of keeping yourphone relatively pristine by offloading images and documents to your computer. 【題組】36 (A) advocates (B) counterparts (C) intruders (D) vendors
請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題： Carol Dweck suggests that most people’s brains can be described as having a fixed or a growth mindset. Someonewith a fixed mindset avoids new challenges __41__ fear of failure, whilst someone with a growth mindset sees newproblems in everyday life as __42__ to be seized and embraced as part of a wider learning experience. Those with a fixed mindset claim that skills and abilities are __43__ , but Dweck argues that most successful people tend to have a growth mindset and an on going desire to learn and develop personally throughout their life. __44__ aware of our resistance to change, it is possible to train ourselves to overcome this resistance and expose ourselves to new activities.Put yourself out of your __45__ and give it a go. You will be surprised at how you will develop new ways of thinking through trial and error and how this will improve your resilience and flexibility. 【題組】41 (A) as (B) without (C) away from (D) out of
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題： The marketing term “effective frequency” refers to the idea that a consumer has to see or hear an ad a number oftimes before its message hits home. Essentially, the more you say something, the more it sticks in－and possibly on－people’s heads. It doesn’t even have to be true－and that’s the problem. What advertisers call “effective frequency,”psychologists call the “illusory truth effect”: the more you hear something, the easier it is for your brain to process, whichmakes it feel true, regardless of its basis in fact. “Each time, it takes fewer resources to understand,” says Lisa Fazio, a psychology professor at VanderbiltUniversity. “That ease of processing gives it the weight of a gut feeling.” That feeling of truth allows misconceptions tosneak into our knowledge base, where they masquerade as facts. One example Fazio and her research team give is thebelief that vitamin C can prevent colds, which many people have taken as a fact but is actually a misconception simplybecause it is long repeated. Even in the absence of endless repetition, we’re more likely to believe what we hear than to question it objectively,thanks to another psychological principle: confirmation bias. “In general, human beings, after hearing any claim, behave like naive scientists and tend to look for informationthat confirms the initial conjecture,” says Ajay Kalra, a marketing professor at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.“In an interesting experiment, a group of consumers was told a leather jacket, Brand A, was very good. When they laterexamined several brands, they tended to spend more time looking at Brand A and evaluating it more highly than otherbrands.” The same principle applies to a coffee company’s claim that its coffee is the “richest” in the world. “Confirmationbias typically applies to situations where information is ambiguous and hard to refute,” he explains. “The more often youhear a message, the more the confirmatory bias likely comes into play.” It’s no wonder that many of us fall for false claims on social media, especially when we see them tweeted andretweeted again and again. How can we fight back? There are ways to lessen the influence of repeated claims. One of thebest: don’t rely on a single source for information. Read stories from multiple news outlets and listen to a variety ofopinions. Commit to staying open-minded, and consult with friends and colleagues whose perspectives differ. Take asecond to consider how you know something is true. In this way, you can stymie the effects of repetition. It’s a greatthing to do on social media: before you share something, take that second and pause. Otherwise, you risk becoming partof the echo chamber that keeps falsehoods circulating. 【題組】46 What is the purpose of the passage?
(A) To entertain the readers. (B) To inform the readers. (C) To mislead the readers. (D) To criticize the readers.
【題組】48 Which of the following terms is NOT introduced in the passage?
(A) Absolute threshold. (B) Confirmation bias. (C) Effective frequency. (D) Illusory truth effect.
【題組】49 Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the word “masquerade” in the second paragraph?
(A) To reveal. (B) To disguise. (C) To oppose. (D) To research.
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