19. The prices of ___ are way too high in Taiwan. It’s very difficult for young people to buy a home.
(A) real estate (B) departments (C) property (D) households
21. Vince decided to move down south where it’s sunny most of the time because he was fed up with the
high ___ in northern Taiwan.
(A) activity (B) living cost (C) crowdedness (D) humidity
22. The demonstrations in Hong Kong are increasing in both ___ and intensity, and the government is
having problems handling them.
(A) frequency (B) time (C) places (D) speed
33. The Italian place was packed, so we decided to go to the French restaurant next door. What is the
closest to “packed” in meaning?
(A) ready to travel (B) out of business (C) full (D) closed down
35. New workers have to attend an orientation for two days to ___ with the company’s regulations and
operations.
(A) get known (B) get familiar (C) get train (D) get learning
40. I ran into my high school buddy ___ a couple of months ago, but I don’t remember the exact time.
(A) sometimes (B) sometime (C) some time (D) some times
42. Since the company is in ___ financially, no banks are willing to give it a loan.
(A) bad shape (B) no good name (C) poor quantity (D) terrible place
46. Carl takes Japanese lessons on Mon., Wed. and Fri. In other words, he attends the class ___ during
the week.
(A) on another day (B) every other day
(C) one day after another (D) on weekends
55. The meaning of the English saying “The end justifies the means” is that as long as the result is good,
it doesn’t matter what you do. Which of the following is closest to “the means” in meaning?
(A) the skill (B) the importance (C) the meaning (D) the method
18. At the request of the US government, TSMC has decided to set up a plant in Arizona to
protect high-level technologies ____ getting stolen.
(A) to (B) of (C) for (D) from
38. The city government urges every citizen not to waste any water because it ____ for four
months.
(A) hasn’t rained (B) isn’t raining (C) hadn’t rained (D) wasn’t rainy