34 Seeing elderly people keep talking about their lives at the retirement home, Luke reminded himself not to
speak________ about his life experience when he became a senior citizen.
(A)precisely (B) defiantly (C)loquaciously (D) concisely
10 Fighting wildfire is often likened to a military campaign, with personnel deployed strategically on the ground
and air support striking from above. (A) Demands for manpower and air support are increasing in wildfire fights. (B) Wildfire control is like fighting a war in many ways except its demand for manpower on the spot and air assistance. (C) It is hard to put out wildfire without military support: its diverse workforce and well-equipped aircrafts. (D) Combating wildfire is like a battle fought by armed forces that requires collaborative work on the ground and from the air.
In diet-obsessed America, it’s hard to say an encouraging word about lipids—a term biochemists use to include
all fats and oils. Yet life would be utterly impossible without them. Cell membranes, as we have seen, depend critically
on a two-ply lipid layer to keep out unwanted elements. The insulating sheaths of nerve cells are built from fats, which
is one reason why growing babies with rapidly developing nervous systems need a fair amount of fat—and why breast
milk contains so much of it. Fat makes up only 12 percent of a newborn’s weight, but increases to nearly 30 percent by
the end of a child’s first year. Fats also help generate a number of important hormones collectively called
steroids—compounds structurally related to cholesterol—such as estrogen and testosterone. Of course, they also make
effective padding to keep you warm and to cover vulnerable body parts such as the kidneys.
Although physicians recommend that adults rely on lipids for no more than 20 percent of their daily intake, most
Americans eat a lot more fat—chiefly from meat, eggs, cheese, assorted fried “junk foods,” and various plant sources
such as nuts, peanut butter, and vegetable oils. Dietitians now recommend that men have 15 percent body fat by
weight, and women no more than 20 percent, although social custom has dictated spectacularly different ratios over the
centuries. Many cultures have regarded female plumpness as a sign of fertility—for the excellent reason that
conspicuous body fat suggests that a woman has a good supply of nutrients to feed a fetus and nurse a newborn.
【題組】39 What do doctors say about our daily intake of fat?
(A) Men should have no more than 15 percent and women no more than 20 percent.
(B) Adults may get fat from meat, eggs, cheese, assorted junk foods, and various plant sources.
(C) The ratios of fat can be altered according to social custom.
(D) Adults should have fat for no more than 20 percent of their daily intake.
請依下文回答第 36 題至第 40 題：
A recent report issued by the British Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee has strongly criticized
the government’s mistreatment of the Windrush generation because many of their rights have been
rejected without reasons. The so-called Windrush generation is referred to those immigrants who
migrated to the UK from Commonwealth nations after World War II. Yet, despite being legal
immigrants for decades, those people were treated unreasonably as illegal ones. A lot of them have
become unemployed, homeless, and even been deprived of their access to pensions, social security and
health care. Further, the report indicates that this occurrence was caused by the implementation of
various policies that makes the Home Office undergo several cultural and legislative transformations.
This transition has let the ministry become inflexible and bureaucratic.
Moreover, the report also reveals that people from the Windrush generation feel obligated to follow
procedures that are, in fact, meant to cheat and trick them. And significant resources for support like
legal assistance and the right of appeal have all been eliminated. People like them are being ensnared
by policies that are aimed for attacking illegal immigrants. The report eventually advises that the
government needs to attentively interrogate the Windrush case and discover the reasons why the policies
have foundered in order to ensure that there is no recurrence of similar things in the future. The report
also reminds the Home Office of the lesson learned from this Windrush scandal.
【題組】36 What is the main purpose of this report issued by the British Parliament’s Home Affairs
Committee?
(A)To inform people of the malfunction of the Windrush generation.
(B)To remind the Home Office of the dangers involved in the scandal.
(C)To instruct the Home Office how to redress the financial imbalance.
(D)To suggest the Home Office attends to the Windrush issue.
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