※說明：第21至25題，請依照下列文章，選出最適當的答案。
In the medical profession, technology is advancing so fast that questions of law and ethics cannot be
discussed and answered fast enough. Most of these questions involve ending or beginning a human life.
For example, we have the medical ability to keep a person technically “alive” for years, on machines,
after he or she is “brain dead,” i.e., after the “new brain” has stopped functioning. But is it ethical to do
this? And what about the alternative? In other words, is it ethical not to keep a person alive if we have the
technology to do so? And there are many ethical questions involving the conception of a human baby. In
vitro fertilization, for example, is becoming more and more common. By this method of conceiving a
baby outside a woman’s body, couples who have difficulty conceiving a child may still become parents.
This possibility brings joy to many families, but it also raises important questions. A fertilized human egg
might be frozen for a long time—perhaps decades—before it is implanted in the mother’s body. Is this
fertilized egg a human being? If the parents get a divorce, to whom do these frozen eggs belong? And
there is the question of surrogate mothers. There have been several cases of a woman who is paid to carry
(for the nine months of development) the baby of another woman who is medically unable to do so. After
delivering the baby, the surrogate mother sometimes changes her mind and wants to keep the baby.
Whose baby is it? Is it the surrogate’s because she gave birth? Or is it the biological parents’? 【題組】22. According to the paragraph, what is true about medical ability to end or begin a human life?
(A) Humans could technically live by machine for years.
(B) It is definitely unethical to keep humans alive on machines.
(C) Beginning a human life with a new brain involves ethical questions.
(D) Ethical problems will be solved as long as technology helps human life function.
13. With a digital device in his hand, the millionaire demonstrates _____.
(A) his newest invention how to work
(B) how his newest invention which to work
(C) how his newest invention works
(D) to his newest invention works
四、閱讀測驗
Reuben Garret Lucius Goldberg was born on July 4th 1883 in San Francisco. By the end of his lifetime in
December 7th 1970, he was known as an inventor, sculptor, author, engineer and cartoonist. At a young age, he
loved drawing, tracing and being creative, but this was discouraged by his parents. In 1904, he graduated with a
degree in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He was then hired as an engineer by the city
of San Francisco but eventually quit to become a sports cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1907 he
moved to New York where he worked for several newspapers. He soon became famous as an artist.
His cartoon strips were popular, but the work that gave him unforgettable lifelong fame was the character
he created—Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts. Using the character, he would illustrate inventions that later
became known as the “Rube Goldberg Machine”. A “Rube Goldberg Machine” is an extremely complicated
device that performs a very simple task in a complex, indirect way. This is now used as an expression to describe
any system that's confusing or complicated and came from Goldbergʼs illustrations of ridiculous machines. The
first illustration showing a “Rube Goldberg Machine” was an Automatic Weight Reducing Machine in 1914
using components such as a donut, bomb, wax, balloon and hot stove to trap an overweight person in a sound
and food proof prison. The overweight person had to lose weight before freeing himself. He used many simple
subjects and made them humorous yet very complicated. This included scratching insect bites, scrubbing your
back in a bath, opening a window, collecting mail and finding a ball.
Throughout his career, Goldberg was fascinated by the advancement of technology and thought it
humorous that people either embraced the benefits technology brought or were unwilling to accept new
technology as it seemingly increased dependency and laziness. He personally believed people preferred
choosing a more difficult route instead of completing a goal simply and directly. As he said, “the machines are a
symbol of manʼs capacity for making maximum effort to achieve minimal results”. His inventions were
interesting because he did the complete opposite of what most machines do—instead of making difficult things
easy, he made easy things difficult. 【題組】25. Why did Reuben Goldberg draw the interesting machines?
(A) To express his distrust of modern technology.
(B) To make fun of a certain professor in his university.
(C) To show how men often made simple things more complicated.
(D) To mirror his childhood life as an overweight boy.
三、閱讀測驗【第46題至第49題請選出最符合題意的單字,第50請選出正答案】 We need to bear in mind two points about globalization. First of all, it is not a now process since many experts and economists have pointed out that the economic forces that have created globalization started in the century. Second, the world has not__ 46__ equally in the globalizing process. The most fundamental issue surrounding globalization is whether it will contribute to global peace. Defenders believe that global economic cooperation and cultural __47__ are the key to international peace and prosperity. They want to create a __48__world firee from any regional or national conficts. However, opponents view any form of global cooperation with __49__ . They oppose organizations such as the International Monctary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank (WB), as they believe these organizations are controlled by powerful countries, mainly the US, the EU and Japan. 【題組】48. (A) suspicion (B)borderless (C) benefited (D)communication
【題組】50. Why do opponents of globalization reject global organizations?
(A) Influential countries have dominated these organizations.
(B) The organizations have caused regional or national conficts. (C) They believe these organizations can contribute to global peace and
prosperity.
(D) These organizations have nothing to do with globalization.
10. Taking notes on your career, education, and other accomplishments and skills will _____ that you can shape your resume
to a wide variety of professional opportunities.
(A) instill (B) ensure (C) ensnare (D) entrust
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century. Second, the world has not__ 46__ equally in the globalizing process. The most fundamental issue surrounding globalization is whether it will contribute to global peace. Defenders believe that global economic cooperation and cultural __47__ are the key to international peace and prosperity. They want to create a __48__world firee from any regional or national conficts. However, opponents view any form of global cooperation with __49__ . They oppose organizations such as the International Monctary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank (WB), as they believe these organizations are controlled by powerful countries, mainly the US, the EU and Japan.