請依下文回答第6－9題
You ask me what is poverty? Listen to me. Here I am, dirty, smelly, and with no “proper” underwear on and with the stench of my rotting teeth near you. I will tell you. Listen to me. Listen without pity. I cannot use your pity. Listen with understanding. (6)
Poverty is getting up every morning from a dirt-and-illness-stained mattress. The sheets have long since been used for diapers. (7) This is a smell of urine, sour milk, and spoiling food sometimes joined with the strong smell of long-cooked onions. (8) It is the smell of the outdoor privy. It is the smell of the milk which has gone sour because the refrigerator long has not worked, and it costs money to get it fixed. It is the smell of rotting garbage. (9) Shovels cost money.
【題組】6、
(A) Poverty is living in a smell that never leaves.
(B) Even the cheapest soap has to be saved for the baby’s diapers.
(C) If you have smelled this smell, you did not know how it came.
(D) Put yourself in my dirty, worn out, ill-fitting shoes, and hear me.
Hong Kong has lost its sky. The city is frequently _____6_____ in a noxious smog, and many days the only place you can see a clear shot of the famously picturesque skyline is in ads for luxury apartments. Urban esthetics _____7_____ , the damage to Hong Kong residents’ lungs may be worse. “The only safe conclusion is that air pollution is having a very serious _____8_____ effect on the health of people of all ages,” says Dr. Anthony Hedley, chairman of the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. The only good news is that air pollution has become so severe that Hong Kongers are finally ready to force their leaders to act. And the city’s business community is pushing for solutions. The answers are out there: the government’s Council for Sustainable Development in early May 2006 released a number of smart anti-pollution _____9_____ , such as restricting vehicle use on high-pollution days, and asking electricity producers to use only clean coal or low-polluting natural gas by 2010.
In the meantime, many experts doubt whether Hong Kong’s bureaucracy has the imagination or the will to implement those ideas. Christine Loh, CEO of the local think tank Civic Exchange, says that they just do not have the kind of political leadership now.
【題組】7 (A)apart (B)aside (C)besides (D)combined
32 Jesus Christ in the West and Confucius in the East both had a lot of _____who were influenced by their teachings and tried to follow their good examples.
(A)descendants
(B)offsprings
(C)siblings
(D)disciples
A variety of preventive measures are now _____ in order to minimize the potential damage caused by the deadly disease.
(A) by birth (B) at will (C) in place (D) on call
37 According to the news story, the big oil company has spent millions of euros _____ the Parliament to pass the bill.
(A) deriding (B) laundering (C) lobbying (D) modifying
45 Women who have jobs report that they feel overworked by household chores _____ their professional duties.
(A)according to (B)in contrast to (C)in addition to (D)in regard to
18 Today’s college graduates must be ready to work in a world where jobs are rare and _____ is as prized as
knowledge and creativity. (A) adaptability (B) obscurity (C) opportunity (D) vulnerability
16 The recent trade tensions show just how integral the rules of the global trading system, and the World
Trade Organization that settles judicially those rules, have become to the way countries, rich and poor alike, think about trade policy. (A) World Trade Organization solves the recent trade tension of the rich and poor countries. (B) The trade policies of the rich and poor countries have been judicially solved by World Trade Organization. (C) The trade tensions between the rich and poor countries reveal the integration of the global trading system. (D) The trade tensions between the rich and poor countries necessitate the effort by the World Trade Organization to settle rules of the global trading system.
33 Soon Al Gore learned how hard it would be to overcome the resistance of special interests,_________ strategy
would be to cast doubt on global-warming science, just as cigarette manufacturers cast doubt on the link between
smoking and cancer.
(A) so (B) therefore (C) where (D) whose
758. The forecast of continuous rain has____ people ___ the possibility of flooding.
(A) alerted … to
(B) protected … from
(C) made …aware
(D) allowed … to
31 With the software available on the market, users need not _____ to build their own website.
(A) bend out of shape (B) look high and low (C) take the long haul (D) start from scratch
37 The United Kingdom has long been _____ to cut its tie with the European Union mainly because of the issues of
refugee flows and economic migrants.
(A) bald (B) keen (C) sleek (D) tepid
11 People are horrified at the treatment of the _____ immigrant children who were separated from their
parents at the US-Mexico border. (A) detained (B) attained (C) departed (D) aborted
請依下文回答第 16 題至第 20 題 Issues concerning women’s bodily integrity and autonomy, such as abortion, rape, and sterilization, are subject to strong opinions that give rise to equally charged political policies. As with other issues pertaining to women’s bodies, prostitution discourse is largely concerned with determining whether this social practice is exploitative, empowering, or a consequence of immorality. Prostitution is here defined as a social practice by which men gain sexual access to the bodies of predominantly women, children, and sometimes other men, through the exchange of money, goods, or housing.Prostitution, as a social construct, arises from “men’s dominance and women’s subordination.” Most people take one of three salient positions on prostitution. The first position argues that prostitution is a consequence of deficient moral character. This position draws heavily from patriarchal and religious traditions that equate female sexuality with temptation and male sexuality with dominance and sanctioned insatiability. The second position, the “sex work” position, asserts that prostitution is a valid form of labor and argues that prostitution is not inherently harmful to women. This position further contends that women have aright to decide what they will do with their bodies and that sex work, though oppressive for some, is potentially both lucrative and empowering for other women. The third position asserts that prostitution is a consequence of social, political, and economic inequality and argues that women are predominantly conscripted into prostitution because of their social vulnerability. Political regulation of prostitution activity varies according to each nation’s underlying economic and social justice commitments. 【題組】20 Why may prostitution be argued to empower women?
(A) Prostituted women could endure extensive sexual and physical violence. (B) Sex work is potentially harmful in that it is lucrative. (C) Women could liberate their body as they please. (D) Prostitution reflects women’s demand for social justice.
34 The employer was forced to negotiate with their employees for a 7-day strike, ______he expected the negative
impact of this incident.
(A) as if (B) despite that (C) so that (D) what if
12 Whole fruits and vegetables _______ their vitamins and other nutrients longer than those that have been
cut and sliced. (A) attain (B) obtain (C) detain (D) retain
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