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1(C).

請依下文回答第49－51題 An overcrowded boat carrying revelers from a mass beach party capsized early Tuesday in the Gulf of Thailand, killing at least seven people, including four Western tourists, officials said. Nine others were injured. The speed boat was traveling from Pha-Ngan Island, which attracts thousands of young foreigners to monthly full moon parties, to the larger resort island of Samui. About 30 of the approximately 40 people on the boat were rescued, said police Lt. Col. Somphong Krutsuwan. The dead were three Thais and four Westerners, including one body that was recovered from inside the capsized boat, Somphong said. Their nationalities were not immediately known, but a business card found on one of the bodies indicated he could be American, a hospital official said.
【題組】Victims of this accident were attending ______ .
(A) an international conference
(B) a speed-boat race
(C) a full-moon party
(D) a religious ceremony



2(C).

Advertising affects a consumer’s perception of value by contributing to the symbolic value and the social meaning of a brand. Symbolic value refers to what a product or service means to consumers in a non-literal way. _____47 _____ Otherwise, they would not be brands, but unmarked commodities. Social meaning refers to what a product or service means in a societal context. _____48_____ Often, the product’s connection to a social class shows a need within consumers to move up in class. Researchers have long argued that objects are never just objects. _____49_____ It is important to remember that these meanings often become just as much a part of the product as some physical features. Since advertising is an essential way in which the image of a brand is developed, it influences consumers’ perception of the value of the brand. _____50_____ In other words, if the image of a product is valued by consumers, then consumers will pay to buy the product.
【題組】48
(A) Advertising means different things to different people.
(B) In reality, all branded products rely on symbolic value.
(C) For example, social class is marked by products that signify class membership, such as cars, wines, and clothes.
(D) Most people like some of the ads they see or hear, but they don’t like advertising in general.



3(C).
X


Computers are ____ to most businesses. In other words, most businesses can not be operated without computers.
(A)initial
(B)indispensable
(C)innovative
(D)disruptive



4(C).
X


Peng Qi is a good football player and never breaks ____.
(A)legal
(B)regulations
(C)limitation
(D)agreement



5(C).
X


The environmentalist movement, a reaction against industrial pollution of air and water, grew up in the 1960s. 
(A)Industrialization received negative response but still grew up in the 1960s. 
(B)Environmentalists finally won the fight against industry in the 1960s. 
(C)The environmental movement triggered the industrial revolution in the 1960s. 
(D)Aware of the damage brought by industrialization, people began to protect the environment in the 1960s



6(C).
X


3 Cheating in exams is a serious __________ of the school regulations.
(A) crime
(B) violation
(C) destruction
(D) rejection



7(C).
X


36 There is a debate going on right now over __________ to make mercy killing legal or not.
(A) what
(B) there
(C) either
(D) whether



8(C).

Melissa is very into politics. In fact, she has had            to become the first female prime minister of the country since she was a little girl.
(A)alienation
(B)annihilation
(C)aspirations
(D)assumptions



9(C).

   I tell my students that addressing people by “sir” or “ma’am” comes in handy in their interaction with others. Case in point: I was on the phone recently with the phone company discussing the inaccuracies of my bill. The lady I spoke to was not helpful and seemed annoyed. Then, in the midst of the conversation, I threw in a “yes ma’am,” and her entire attitude changed. She became far more helpful and easy to deal with, and she ended up cutting my bill in half, which was more than I had even asked for.
   Some of my students in Harlem were interviewed for a chance to attend a high-rated junior high school. The school only had thirty openings for the following year, and twelve of my students were among the numerous kids across the city who applied for the spots. I practiced what the interview would be like with my students, and one main thing I stressed was, “Make sure you say ‘yes, ma’am’ or ‘no, sir’ no matter what!” Weeks after the interviews, I was delighted to hear that all twelve of my students had been accepted. When I talked with the admissions director at the school, the main comment he made over and over was how polite my students were in their interviews. It seems like just such a simple thing to do, but it gets results. 
【題組】30 Which of the following words is closest in meaning to “comes in handy”?
(A)Fun.
(B)Native.
(C)Useful.
(D)Creative.



10(C).

We are not allowed ________ on the exams.
(A)cheating
(B)cheat
(C)to cheat
(D)cheated



11(C).

Before we went to the party last night, I ____my purse
(A)lost
(B)have lost
(C)had lost
(D)lose



12(C).
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Some students might be expelled from schools for ____________ their computers, such as illegal downloads.
(A) improving
(B) entering
(C) remaining
(D) misusing



13(C).
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37 Popular music appeals ______ the majority of young people.
(A) for
(B) at
(C) by
(D) to



14(C).

請依下文回答第 15 題至第 16 題 
        India’s caste system is poorly understood outside the country. Even within India, there is no precisedefinition of what caste means. In general terms, the caste system refers to a process of classifying peopleaccording to their occupations. The system has its roots in Hinduism (India’s main religion) and an old division oflabor and it continues to 15 the kinds of jobs that people can do as well as the kinds of social interactionsthey can enjoy. Although it is illegal to discriminate against people based on caste, in practice, the caste divisionscontinue to affect everyday life in India. 
       There is a hierarchical order to the system, which recognizes four main castes. Originally these were basedon a person’s profession, such as priest, prince/warrior, businessman, laborer, etc. However, they eventuallybecame 16 , meaning one was born into a certain, unalterable caste. Many human rights organizations inIndia and elsewhere see the caste system as an inherently prejudicial relic of a bygone era that has no place in afree modern society.

【題組】16
(A) foreign
(B) eccentric
(C) hereditary
(D) transformed



15(C).

40_____  all possible means to losing weight, going on a diet is perhaps the most common practice carried out by many people.
(A) From
(B) Between
(C) Among
(D) In



16(C).
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請依下文回答第 13 題至第 17 題 
       Tono, a city of nearly 32,000 in rural northern Japan, lost its last obstetrician five years ago. It has been desperately seeking for a replacement, but up to now there has been no success. In the meantime, the city has adopted a high-tech measure that may portend the future of child delivery in Japan: pregnant women are examined remotely by obstetricians using real-time data transmitted to the doctors’ cellphones. When the doctors judge that a patient is about to go into labor, the woman heads for the nearest city with a maternity ward—usually Kamaishi,which can be reached by a 40-minute drive on a winding, mountainous, one-lane road to the east. 
       Yukie Kikuchi, the city’s sole practicing midwife, said she was pleased and relieved now that obstetricians could remotely examine pregnant women here. Pregnancy examinations are usually done at the patient’s home or at a local clinic. During the examination, a machine hooked to the patient’s stomach records the baby’s heartbeatand sends the information over a cellular network to the cellphone of Dr. Toshihiro Ogasawara at Kamaishi Hospital. 
        Besides Tono, three other cities adopted the system last fall, said Mr. Kikuchi, the city’s health official.

【題組】14 How are pregnant women in Tono examined during their pregnancy?
(A)They are examined remotely by the midwife Ms. Yukie Kikuchi through cellphones.
(B)They are examined remotely by Dr. Toshihiro Ogasawara through cellphones.
(C)They are examined personally by Mr. Kikuchi, the city’s health official.
(D)They are examined personally by Dr. Toshihiro Ogasawara at a Tono hospital.



17(C).
X


35 It took a great deal of_____  for the early explorers to set sail on uncharted seas.
(A) timidity
(B) courage
(C) obedience
(D) charity



18(C).

6 If I had eaten breakfast this morning, I______ hungry now.
(A) am not
(B) will not be
(C) would not be
(D) were not to be



19(C).
X


      The plunging waterfalls and soaring crags chiseled by the Merced River draw millions of visitors each year, but the crowds are precisely what threaten the waterway and the park. Efforts to safeguard the Merced have spawned a court battle over the future of development in Yosemite National Park’s most popular stretch. The case may come down to the challenge facing all of America’s parks: should they remain open to everyone, or should access be limited in the interest of protecting them? In November, a federal judge barred crews from finishing 60-million-dollar construction projects in Yosemite Valley. The judge sided with a small group of environmentalists who sued the federal government, saying further commercial development would bring greater numbers of visitors, thus threatening the Merced’s fragile ecosystem. The government is appealing, fearing the ruling could force the National Park Service to limit the number of people allowed into Yosemite each day, a precedent it does not want to see echoed in other parks. The case has Yosemite’s most loyal advocates sharply divided over how to balance preservation with access to public lands. Even environmentalists cannot agree on how to minimize the human footprint—some believe cars should be kept out entirely; others say visitors should have to make reservations in advance. 
【題組】43 According to the passage, what threatens the ecosystem of Yosemite National Park?
(A) The Merced River
(B) The visiting crowds
(C) The plunging waterfalls
(D) The soaring crags



20(C).

37 Doctors are___________ to keep their patients’ records secret.
(A) offended
(B) obtained
(C) obliged
(D) obscured



21(C).
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請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題
 
　　People feel safer behind some kind of physical barrier. Each social occasion involves us in encounters. If a social encounter is in any way threatening, then there is an immediate urge to set up such a barricade. The more formal the occasion and the more dominant or unfamiliar our social companions, the more worrying the moment of encounter becomes. Watching people under these conditions, we can observe the many small movements and postures in which they try to "hide behind their mothers' bodies" as they did in their childhood. It is these that are the barrier signals of about life.
 
　　The most popular form of barrier signals is the body-cross. In this, one arm makes contact with the other across the front of the body. The action is performed unconsciously and, if asked about it immediately afterwards, the person will not be able to remember having made the gesture. The action is always disguised in some way, and the disguise it wears varies from person to person. For example, a male guest may lift his right hand, reach across his body and make a last-minute adjustment to his left cuff-link or the strap of his wristwatch when he walks toward his host. A female on a similar occasion may reach across her body with her right hand and slightly shift the position of her handbag or reposition a coat held over her left arm. In all case, at the peak moment of nervousness, there is a body-cross to construct a barrier between two people. 
 
　　Interestingly, field observations reveal that in a social encounter it is most unlikely that both the greeter and the greeted will perform such action. Regardless of status, it is nearly always the new arrival who makes the body-cross movement, because it is he or she who is invading the home territory of the greeters. The greeters are there first and have at least temporary territorial "rights" over the place. This gives them a self-assured dominance at the moment of the greeting. Only if they are extremely subordinate to the new arrival will there be a likelihood of them taking the body-cross role.
 

【題組】50 What does it in the second paragraph refer to?
(A) occasion
(B) action
(C) barrier
(D) companion



22(C).
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請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題： From December 2013 to February 2014, the tremendous success of Korean TV drama, My Love from the Star, has helped its production company, SBS, make a great profit. This drama basically tells how an alien, who has lived on earth for 400 years, falls in love with a successful actress during modern days. Apart from having a high viewing rating in South Korea, it has also become a big hit in other Asian countries such as China, where it was streamed billions of times during the time the drama was broadcasted. Many of the products such as clothes, shoes, lipsticks, and sunglasses worn by the leading actress in the show have also created a high demand for the fashion industry. Even the food industry benefited from the success of the show, as a snack of chicken with beer and instant noodles consumed by the main characters in the show have become extremely popular among fans. Sightseeing tours to the sites in Korea shot in the drama have also been made for fans. Although the plot of My Love from the Star may seem unbelievable to some people, its great success lies in the fact that the production company has invested a huge amount of money in shooting each episode, thus enabling the whole drama to receive high approval both from the critics and audiences. Some critics have, in particular, praised the show as being creative in terms of its themes and uses of special effects. Ever since the coming of Korean wave in 1997, this popularity gained by My Love from the Star can be seen as a part of this development. Indeed, this admiration with the Korean culture in Asia and around the world is a cultural phenomenon that is worth studying.
【題組】45 What does the term, the Korean wave, mean in this passage?
(A)It is about the conflict between the two Koreas.  
(B)It means that South Korea has become a stronger nation.
(C)It describes the success of Korean economy. 
(D) It refers to the greater interest in South Korean culture.



23(C).
X


31 In the US, it is considered rude to stare;_____ , the polite Englishman is taught to pay strict attention to a speaker.
(A)in consequence
(B)in hindsight
(C)in retrospect
(D)in contrast



24(C).

41 Max tends to ______ the degree of things. If he has a cold, he may say he is dying.
(A)exasperate
(B)demonstrate
(C)exaggerate
(D)evaluate



25(C).

10 As the airplane encountered unexpected _______, passengers felt a mixture of anxiety and discomfort, but the experienced pilot skillfully navigated through the rough air, ensuring their safety.
(A) alternative
(B) emission
(C) turbulence
(D) multiplication



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