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1(B).

16 Bryan could not____ on his studies because of the noise outside.
(A)condense
(B)confuse
(C)contract
(D)concentrate

2(D).

The __________ of Taiwan is over 23 million. That is, there are more than 23 million people living in Taiwan.
(A) pollution
(B) calculation
(C) portion
(D) population

3(D).

46. To use an automated teller machine (ATM) you need to insert your bank card and then enter a set of_______ number.
(A) phone
(B) seat
(C) even
(D) PIN

4(D).

32 The old house with all its beautiful furniture and pictures______ .
(A) have sold
(B) have been sold
(C) has sold
(D) has been sold

5(B).

703. Do you think that the Obama ______ has successfully solved the crisis of economic recession?
(A) assessment
(B) autonomy
(C) administration
(D) adaptation

6(C).

20 In order to prevent casualties, all the residents in the village were ________ before the typhoon.
(A)compelled
(B)recovered
(C)isolated
(D)evacuated

7(A).

34 The congressman’s first public speech was _________ . The day after his speech, tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital to protest against his racist remarks.
(A) monotonous
(B) controversial
(C) plain
(D) protective

8(C).

Many Allied airmen ______ in World War II escaped from German prison camps successfully.
(A) captured
(B) murdered
(C) realized
(D) compared

9(B).

22 In Taiwan, unauthorized offering to sell any patented invention constitutes_____ .
(A) fair use of patent
(B) patent infringement
(C) honest use of patent
(D) a patent troll

10(C).

31 In the _________ of anyone better, we chose him as the leader.
(A) problem
(B) question
(C) absence
(D) objective

11(D).

46 Certain beverages are laden with empty calories.
(A)Some juices might not contain calories at all.
(B)Alcohol might burn calories, thus emptying your fat.
(C)Some drinks might contain lots of calories, but these calories are of no use to your body.
(D)Mineral water might be able to provide you with only needed calories.

12(B).

36 The company has_____ over the years into a multi-million dollar enterprise.
(A) evolved
(B) elaborated
(C) exceeded
(D) elicited

13(A).

I am sure that the changing of colors must be a beautiful spectacle ______ I should never be tired.
(A) that
(B)of which
(C) which
(D) in that

14(C).

37.Basic ______ like greeting people and saying please to show politeness are becoming less common among the youth.
(A) customs
(B) courtesies
(C) gestures
(D) situations

15(B).

Many people admire for his ___ role as composer and conductor.
(A) double
(B) insolent
(C) dual
(D) humble

16(C).

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

17(C).

請依下文回答第 48 題至第 50 題： In 1970, a wild child was found in California: a girl of 13 who had been isolated in a small room and had not been spoken to by her parents since infancy. “Genie,” as she was later dubbed to protect her privacy by the psycholinguists who tested her, could not stand erect. At the time, she was unable to speak: she could only whimper. The case came to light when Genie’s 50-year-old mother ran away from her 70-year-old husband after a violent quarrel and took the child along. The mother was partially blind and applied for public assistance. Genie was sent to the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital for tests. The discovery of Genie aroused intense curiosity among psychologists, linguists, neurologists, and others who study brain development. They were eager to know what Genie’s mental level was at the time she was found and whether she would be capable of developing her faculties. “It’s a terribly important case,” says Harlan Lane, a psycholinguist at Northeastern University who wrote The Wild Boy of Aveyron. “Since our morality doesn’t allow us to conduct deprivation experiments with human beings, these unfortunate people are all we have to go on.”
【題組】48 What is the purpose of this passage?
(A)To correct the misconception about unfortunate people.
(B)To report a specific case for scientific research.
(C)To explore the causes of mental illness.
(D)To help people who cannot speak.

18(D).

請依下文回答第 21 題至第 25 題

Playing sports obviously helps your physical health. But did you know that following sports can 21 your mental

health? So says Daniel Wann, a psychology professor at Murray State University in the US.

His research found that enthusiastic sports fans have lower rates of 22 and higher self-esteem than non-fans.

The main reason? The “tribal” nature and the sense of 23 . Fans are part of a social network, and any network offers

the support that helps to keep people mentally sound.

Cheering a team provides an 24 outlet, and when they win, fans can feel a similar joy to the athletes’ and a

lingering positive feeling. 25 following a losing team helps fans learn to cope and move on. So if people criticize

you about being a sports-obsessed couch potato, tell them you’re doing it for your mental health.

【題組】23
(A) forgiving
(B) belonging
(C) consuming
(D) negotiating

19(C).

請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題
At the beginning of the 20th century, less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existed in the US. The number of colleges skyrocketed in waves, during the early and mid 20th century. State universities grew from smallin stitutions of fewer than 1,000 students to campuses with 40,000 more students, with networks of regionalcampuses around the state. In turn, regional campuses broke away and became separate universities.
To handle the explosive growth of K–12 education, every state set up a network of teachers’ colleges, beginning with Massachusetts in the 1830s. After 1950, they became state colleges and then state universities with a broad curriculum. Major new trends included the development of the junior colleges. They were usually set up by city school systems starting in the 1920s. By the 1960s they were renamed as “community colleges.”
Junior colleges grew from 20 in number in 1909, to 170 in 1919. By 1922, 37 states had set up 70 junior colleges, enrolling about 150 students each. Meanwhile, another 137 were privately operated, with about 60 student seach. Rapid expansion continued in the 1920s, with 440 junior colleges in 1930 enrolling about 70,000 students.The peak year for private institutions came in 1949, when there were 322 junior colleges in all; 180 were affiliated with churches, 108 were independent and non-profit, and 34 were private schools being run for-profit.
Many factors contributed to rapid growth of community colleges. Students parents and businessmen wanted nearby, low-cost schools to provide training for the growing white-collar labor force, as well as for more advancedtechnical jobs in the blue-collar sphere. Four-year colleges were also growing, albeit not as fast; however, many of them were located in rural or small-town areas away from the fast-growing metropolis. Community colleges continue as open-enrollment, low-cost institutions with a strong component of vocational education, as well as alow-cost preparation for transfer students into four-year schools. They appeal to a poorer, older, less prepared element.
【題組】47 Which of the following statements is true to the description about junior colleges?
(A) Junior colleges grew from 1919 students to 70,000 in 1930.
(B) In 1949, there were 180 private junior colleges affiliated with churches.
(C) The rapid growth of community colleges is due to the demand for more non-profit independent institutions.
(D) Teachers’ colleges are the community name for junior colleges.

20(B).

It was a harsh and dreary winter night. With the freezing wind 136 with intense gusts, it was downright cold. Standing alone by the side of the country road, Mrs. Rich felt 137 . A flat tire had left her 138 in the middle of nowhere for hours. “The 139 are that I will have to spend the night in the bleak wilderness,” she thought to herself. Just as she was worried sick about her situation, a car 140 and pulled up in front of her. Out of the car 141 named Joe. “Anything I can do for you, ma’am?” Joe asked earnestly. 142 finding out Mrs. Rich’s predicament, Joe offered her the much-needed help. He even considerately suggested she 143inside her car to ward off the chill while he changed the tire for her. Afterwards, instead of asking for a 144 sum of money as a reward, Joe asked Mrs. Rich to pass on the good will and help someone else in need. Mrs. Rich did so by leaving a huge tip that was probably 145 her meal to a pregnant waitress in a shabby café in the hope of helping her cope with financial difficulties.
【題組】136.
(A) blown
(B) flown
(C) bowing
(D) howling

21(B).

第 40 題至第44 題為題組 Cave men did not live in caves. But some died in them and their 40 thus protected from scavengers and the elements, lasted long enough for palaeontologists to discover and examine them. 41 between 600,000 and 300,000 years ago, quite a few died in La Sima de los Huesos near Burgos, in Spain. The Bone Pit, as the name translates into English, has yielded 6,500 pieces of human skeletons, 42 at least 28 individuals. Who those people were is a matter of 43 --one that shows the difficulty of popping fossils neatly into boxes marked “species.” They are usually 44 as Homo heidelbergensis, the name given to the first humans who lived in Europe, starting about 600,000 years ago. But they also have features of Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal man), a younger species believed to have evolved from heidelbergensis.
【題組】 44.
(A) declassified
(B) classified
(C) catered
(D) cared

22(A).

請依下文回答第 16 題至第 20 題：

Today, Western wedding dresses are usually white. However, white did not become a popular option until 1840, after the marriage of Queen Victoria to Albert of Saxe-Coburg. Victoria wore a white gown for the event toincorporate some lace she prized. The official wedding portrait photograph was widely published, and many other brides 16 white in accordance with the Queen’s choice. The tradition continues today in the form of a white wedding, though prior to the Victorian era, a bride was married 17 any color, black being especially popularin Scandinavia. Later, many people assumed that the color white was intended to 18 virginity, though thiswas not the original intention. The white gown is in fact a symbolic Christening gown. It is a 19 of the whitesurplice worn in the Western Catholic tradition by members of the clergy, church choirs and servers and thegowns worn by girls celebrating their first communion and at their confirmation and also by women makingreligious 20 . Jews have gone to great lengths to follow these Western customs, whilst adhering to the laws ofTzniut. Today, the white dress is understood merely as the most traditional and popular choice for weddings.

【題組】16
(A)alluded to
(B)caught on
(C)moved into
(D)opted for

23(D).

請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題：

For centuries, people gazing at the sky after sunset could see thousands of vibrant, sparkling stars. But 41 ,you’ll be lucky if you can view the Big Dipper.

The culprit: electric beams pouring from homes and street lamps, whose brightness 42 the night sky. In the U.S., the so-called light pollution has gotten so bad that, by one estimate, 8 out of 10 children born today will never 43 a sky dark enough for them to see the Milky Way.

There is hope, however, in the form of astrotourism, a small but growing industry centered on 44 in the world’s darkest places. These remote sites, many of them in national parks, offer stunning views for little more than the cost of a campsite. And the people who run them often work to reduce light pollution in surrounding communities—asking towns to 45 their street lamp, for example, or urging residents to draw their blinds.

【題組】 42
(A)enlightens
(B)oppresses
(C)embraces
(D)obscures

24(B).

第 47 題至第 50 題為題組 A suspension bridge is a type of bridge that use overhead cables to support its roadway. The design of asuspension bridge is simple and straightforward, and uses several architectural techniques to distribute the weight ofthe bridge safely and evenly. The construction of a suspension bridge starts with its towers, which are usually located on dry land and anchoredto bedrock. Once the towers are built, master cables are strung across them and anchored into the bank at both ends ofthe bridge. Next, suspension cables are strung from the master cables, and then the deck used as roadway is attached tothem. Most of the weight of the bridge is transferred by the cables to the anchorage systems. These are embedded ineither solid rock or huge concrete blocks. Inside the anchorages, the cables are spread over a large area to evenlydistribute the load and to prevent the cables from breaking free. One of the oldest engineering forms, suspension bridges were constructed by primitive peoples using thick vinesfor cables. A much stronger type was introduced in India around 400 A.D. that used cables of braided bamboo. In theearly nineteenth century, suspension bridges used iron chains for cables. Today, the cables are made of thousands ofindividual steel wires bound tightly together. A single steel wire, only 0.1 inch thick, can support over half a ton ofweight without breaking. Light and strong, a suspension bridge could span distances from 2,000 to 7,000 feet, which is much longer thanany other kind of bridge could. Its simple design allows high clearance under the deck, useful when the bridge is builtover a major shipping waterway or a very deep gulf. A suspension bridge is also less subjected to collapse than someother bridge types such as those built on support pillars.
【題組】 47 Which of the following materials have NOT been used as cables for suspension bridges?
(A) Iron.
(B) Wood.
(C) Steel.
(D) Vines.

25(B).

A young man was running along the street in a great hurry. Another man in the street wondered why and asked the man, “Where are you hurrying to?” Then the young man stopped unwillingly and said, “I’m going to the Taipei station. As I don’t have enough money, I’m running after the bus. In this way I can save twenty dollars.” “Oh, I see. I’m also going there…Shall we go together?” Then the two began to run after a bus. They ran for some minutes and one of them said, “Now stop, my friend. I’ve got an idea. If we run after a bus instead of getting on it, we can save fifteen dollars each, right? But if we run after a taxi, we can save more!” “Oh, you are right. I haven’t thought of such a simple thing.” Then, they found a taxi and started to run after it. Everyone in the street looked at them and laughed.
【題組】Why did the man think that if they ran after a taxi, they could save more?
(A) Because if they got on a bus, it would cost more.
(B) Because if they took a taxi, it would cost more.
(C) Because taxi fare is cheaper than bus fare.
(D) Because a taxi is smaller than a bus.