American presidents are not selected directly by people. Instead, presidential candidates
compete for Electoral _____ votes by winning the popular vote in each state.
(A) Body (B) College (C) Committee (D) Apparatus
39 Out of the barren earth of their homeland, the farmers are able to create a lush landscape.
(A)The farmers manage to create a rich landscape despite the barren soil.
(B)By getting out of the barren earth, the farmers are able to create a rich landscape.
(C)Outside the poor territory of their homeland, the farmers succeed in creating a lush landscape.
(D)Away from the barren earth of their homeland, the farmers manage to create a rich landscape.
10.With the unemployment rate rising, the President has appointed an _____ committee to deal with the problem.
(A)ad hoc
(B)ad infinitum
(C)adjacent
(D)adjunct
46 Husband: My boss finally promised to give me a ten-day vacation next month.
Wife: ________ You haven’t taken a day off in these three years!
(A) I can’t agree with you more. (B) That’s more like it.
(C) He’s as cool as a cucumber. (D) It’s a match made in heaven.
33 There are three water parks in this city. The biggest one is right under your feet, the others_____ on the other side
of the city.
(A) to be (B) being (C) are (D) be
【題組】46This passage is most likely taken from _____.
(A) the atlas of the Antarctic Convergence
(B) the bibliography of a thesis on penguins
(C) the mechanical manual of the Eliza Scott
(D) the book review section of an online bookstore
69 Pursuant to Article 1 of R.O.C. Code of Civil Procedure, “A defendant may be sued in the court for the
place of the defendant’s domicile or, when that court cannot exercise_______ , in the court for the place of
defendant’s residence.”
(A) sovereignty (B) judgment (C) immunity (D) jurisdiction
70 A request that a corporate shareholder authorizes another person to cast the shareholder’s vote at a
corporate meeting is a________ .
(A) voting trust (B) proxy solicitation (C) voting agreement (D) sale of control
請依下文回答第 22 題至第 25 題
There are few places, not only in Italy, but in the whole world, that have as much evocative and suggestive power
as the Appian Way in Rome. The walls along the Appian Way, full of remarkable traces of ancient history, are still the
same as they were two thousand years ago, but they will be submerged beneath a flood of houses, disappearing into
history, simply because of a frenzy of wild speculation on lands.
There are laws that protect the artistic and historic heritage, as well as the landscape. But laws are inert and
impotent if there is a lack of real will to ensure that they are respected. In this case, as in a hundred others, the fault
cannot be attributed to administrative inertia; it lies much higher up, at the level of the government officials and, at a
much higher level, in the ruling class.
It is surely symptomatic that when the alarm was sounded concerning the imminent destruction of the Appian
Way, not a single organ of the mighty middle-class press chose to champion the cause, and nobody chose to react. The
whole of our incomparable artistic and cultural heritage is threatened with destruction; in the villas of the Veneto,
rooms covered with precious wall paintings are being turned into stables; the Italian cities that are celebrated
throughout the world as masterpieces of beauty and as the witnesses of first-rate culture are rapidly being transformed
into something extremely vulgar.
【題組】22 What causes the Appian Way to be disappearing?
(A) Historical factors (B) Land development (C) Natural disasters (D) Political power
6 European patents shall not be granted in respect of inventions the commercial of which would be
contrary to ‘ordre public’ or morality. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentences. (A) exploitation (B) anticipation (C) incentive (D) litigation
13 A disclosure of the invention before a corresponding patent application in field will affect which of the following
patentability criteria? (A) novelty (B) utility (C) non-obviousness (D) enablement
1 The tailor-made diet and exercise program are_____ to her health. Her doctor already indicated that her
recovery from the surgery was extraordinary.
(A) abrasive (B) conducive (C) ingenious (D) reflective
35 The US Supreme Court rules that, barring circumstances like child abduction or a ticking time bomb, the Fourth
Amendment of the US Constitution requires police to get a warrant before examining a cell phone after an arrest.
This ruling makes our digital privacy no "less worthy of the protection for which the Founders of our nation
fought."
(A) Under certain extreme conditions, the Fourth Amendment can be temporarily suspended.
(B) The Fourth Amendment is considered a ticking time bomb by the US Constitution.
(C) The police needs to get the authorities' approval to search any suspect's cell phone.
(D) The founders of the USA also fought for their digital privacy.
Art Fry was a researcher in the 3M Company. He was bothered by a small irritation every Sunday as he sang in the church choir. That is, after he __77__ his pages in the hymn book with small bits of paper, the small pieces would invariably fall out all over the floor. One day, an idea __78__ Art Fry. He remembered a kind of glue developed by a colleague that everyone thought __79__ a failure because it did not stick very well. He then coated the glue on a paper sample and found that it was not only a good bookmark, but it was great for writing notes. It would stay in place __80__ you wanted it to. Then you could remove it __81__ damage. The resulting product was called the Post-it, one of 3M’s most successful office products. 【題組】78.
(A) threw at
(B) occurred to
(C) looked down upon
(D) came up with
33 Everyone is supposed to be equal but I’ve heard a great many men make unfavorable comments to embarrass
or _________ women. (A)accommodate (B)subordinate (C)intimidate (D)eliminate.
37 My father had to work outside all night, and the whipping bitter wind made his hands red and _________ . .
(A)chapped (B)spoiled (C)tainted (D)wrecked
34 The teacher tells the students that the syllabus is subject to change. What the students get is a ________ one.
(A)permanent (B)tentative (C)verifiable (D)temporal
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題： Scientists say it could take at least 1,500 years before humans make contact with species of aliens, or for them to communicate with or find us. Astronomers from Cornell University in the USA combined two existing theories about the possibility of life existing on other planets to form a new equation. One of these theories is the Fermi Paradox described by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1950. This states that while billions of Earth-like planets exist in our galaxy, not one has made contact with Earth yet. The other is the mediocrity principle, which suggests that because there is life on Earth, it will typically exist on Earth-like planets throughout the universe. Study author Evan Solomonides will soon present a research paper on his theory. He said, “We haven’t heard from aliens yet, as space is a big place, but that doesn’t mean no one is out there.” According to Solomonides, extraterrestrials could have received signals from Earth. However, he proposes that ET would not have been able to decipher them. He said they would need to decode the light waves into sounds and analyze 3,000 human languages to understand any messages. He said that signals from Earth have only reached about 8,500 stars and that the Milky Way galaxy alone contains 200 billion stars. He added, “If we stop listening or looking, we may miss the signals. So we should keep looking.” 【題組】47 According to the passage, which of the following hypotheses is made by scientists from Cornell University?
(A) The mediocrity principle rules out the possibility of life forms on other planets.
(B) Aliens from Earth-like planets might use light waves to communicate.
(C) Extraterrestrials from 8,500 planets might have translated signals from Earth.
(D) Aliens might need to interpret about 3,000 languages to understand Earth.
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