31. As an accomplished popular science writer, Richard Rhodes brings his _____ to bear and provides an accessible
but detailed history of energy use since about 1600.
(A)execution (B)expectancy (C)explosion (D)expertise
32. The beer market currently faces its fifth consecutive year of overall volume losses, and the sales of light beers have
been consistently _____.
(A)dwindling (B)expanding (C)manipulating (D)speculating
33. Lung cancer deaths _____ a quarter of all American cancer deaths, killing more people every year than prostate,
breast, and colon cancer combined.
(A)account for (B)emerge as (C)are due to (D)are damaged by
34. The U.S. has hiked the tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from 10% to 25% overnight, _____ the battle
between the two economic powers.
(A)colluding (B)debilitating (C)corrupting (D)escalating
35. The victim said, “If the police want to keep me in jail, they will _____ a case of keeping a weapon without a license
or just anything.”
(A)turn up (B)trump up (C)petition for (D)plan on
36. This case is said to be the most insulting instance of attempting to abuse the very machinery of justice for an
individual's own _____ end.
(A)novel (B)lofty (C)fair (D)evil
37. Some academic conference events were attended because of their potential for _____ rather than as an imperative
for research.
(A)leisure (B)boycott (C)treasury (D)measure
38. To improve the air quality of the city, it is _____ that all residents join hands to cut down air pollution by 20% in
the next five years.
(A)adaptable (B)eccentric (C)imperative (D)outrageous
39. The long-run Broadway musical Cats in New York city has featured many of the most _____ performers to attract
millions of viewers each year.
(A)liberated (B)pronounced (C)reconciled (D)speculated
40. If Erica invited his ex-wife to the party, Ted would _____ a believable excuse for non-attendance.
(A)accommodate (B)incorporate (C)fabricate (D)replicate
請依下文回答第41題至第45題：
Collaborative online international learning (COIL) is a recently developed form of education that promotes global
learning between colleges and universities from different countries around the world. With the aid of modern technology
such as the Internet and videoconferencing, students from schools in different countries can 41 their learning with
peers of different cultural and language backgrounds. This is also an affordable way of international learning
through 42 students can establish friendship with people of similar age and learn together without having to spend
much money going abroad in order to do so. As the word, collaborative, indicates, this is a pedagogy that focuses on
a student-centered approach of learning with teachers playing merely the role of 43 . They need to build up a
sounding collaboration by developing 44 learning strategies and activities that can boost students' motivation
in learning and their willingness to learn with and through each other. Through modern technology such as
videoconferencing, students could discuss topics that are of interest to them and communicate with each other crossculturally. This is one fruitful way of gaining one's own global literacy and cross-cultural 45 . That is the reason
why some universities in both the United States and Japan play an active role in encouraging this kind of learning
world-wide.
【題組】41. (A)apply for (B)embark on (C)iron out (D)own up
請依下文回答第46題至第50題： The origin of cursive script is one which intertwines technology and efficiency. We get the word “cursive” from the Latin
currere-- 46 “to run.” It distinguishes writing in which the pen lifts from the page between words, 47 between each
individual letter. Cursive developed out of typeface and print technologies, but more importantly it came from the need to write
well and to write quickly.
But, cursive is fading. There is a debate over whether it has value in the classroom, but that debate extends further than
simply a matter of cursive--it's about writing itself. Many curricula are even favoring typing lessons 48 teaching
handwriting.
The battle for cursive reaches deeper than questions of whether your letters “connect.” The pen--even more
than the text--might say something about us. Our handwriting might indicate our nationalities and educational
background, 49 Adrienne Bernhard's “What Your Handwriting Says About You.” Yet, Bernhard's article also
indicates that the proliferation of typing--via emails, text messages, etc--might in fact undermine the distinctness of
our handwritings. The battle for cursive has always been a battle for the uniqueness of our handwriting and
ourselves, verses and the evolution of technology and push towards efficiency.
Not too long ago, cursive--Spencerian script to be specific--“was the de facto standard writing style for business
correspondence before the widespread adoption of the typewriter.” With the development of the typewriter, cursive 50 out
of business usage into the usage of personal correspondence; technology supplanted cursive's original purpose, but cursive
remained an act of self expression.
【題組】46. (A)incidentally (B)accidentally (C)partially (D)literally
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