Experts warned that pollutants in the water might be causing insidious
neurological damage in children, and infertility in adults. (A) meticulous (B) imminent (C) latent (D) pending
Which one of the following is NOT a bottom-up processing skill of reading?
(A) Discriminate among the distinctive graphemes and orthographic patterns of English.
(B) Recognize grammatical word classes, systems, patterns, rules, and elliptical forms.
(C) Recognize cohesive devices in written discourse and their role in signaling the relationship between and among clauses.
(D) Recognize letters and words and extract meaning from the printed page.
1.Stars run the ___ from Earth-sized white dwarfs to red giants with diameters up to 200 times that of our sun.
(A) gamut (B) cadaver (C) qualm (D) panache
8. There are no standard guidelines for treatment which are universally _______
for practice by primary care physicians.
(A) adopted (B) accepted (C) admitted (D) adapted
Printing presses have hastened progress on every continent, but the times of the
earliest presses and their development varied widely. Johann Gutenberg (1311-
1468) invented the first printing press in Germany. The year was 1440, according to most historians. That press, on which the famous 42-line Gutenberg Bible was printed, is credited with having had a profound influence on Western civilization. Before inventing the printing press, Gutenberg had been a goldsmith, gem-cutter, and engraver. The key to the success of his invention lay in the single-letter, movable type. The type was made by pouring melted metal alloys into molds. However, the germ of the basic idea of all printing is found in the engraved seals used in China to make impressions in soft clay in the 3rd century B.C. Nearly 800 years later, the Chinese put ink on their carved blocks of ideographs, applied paper, and rubbed the back of the paper to make the impressions. The oldest known truly printed piece (A.D. 768-70) comes from Japan. It is a Buddhist charm, and 1,000,000 copies were printed in the first edition.
【題組】35. Where was the first printing press for ideograph type made?
(A) Germany (B) China (C) Japan (D) West Asia
01. The guest speaker was given a ____ welcome by the students. They were excited about his arrival. (A) raucous (B) rapturous (C) perfunctory (D) factitious
13. The sweltering summer evening makes me sink into ___. I just don’t feel like doing anything. (A) trepidation (B) exultation (C) lethargy (D) cacophony
44. “Context” and “meaningful input” are the cornerstones of ________. (A)whole language approach (B)task-based instruction (C)communicative language teaching (D)none of the above
20. “Choose the most appropriate response for each of the following situations.” What is the main objective of this assessment?
(A) To assess knowledge of vocabulary. (B) To check knowledge of functions.
(C) To check knowledge of English spellings. (D) To check grammatical knowledge.
7. Corruption thrives not just on plainly illegal bribes, but even more on legal practices such aspolitical donations, lobbying, and the revolving door that rewards lawmakers and regulators with_____ jobs in industry.
(A) acute (B) supersonic (C) juicy (D) truant
23.“It provides clinicians information about how a child's
overall language abilities compare to their typically
developing peers. It provides a window into what a
particular child is able to do at that point in time. What the
tests don't do particularly well is demonstrate how a child
functions in a natural setting (the classroom), or how they
use oral and written language in a real life situations.”
What does “it” in the above cited passage mean?
(A) Norm referenced assessment
(B) criterion-referenced assessment
(C) formative assessment
(D) summative assessment
13. Some astronomers have concluded ________ from outer space, such as the meteor, may have
traveled through the vast universe for thousands of years.
(A) that flying objects are (B) flying objects that
(C) that flying objects (D) objects are flying
9. Economists say much of China’s overcapacity is not a product of market failure but rather of the_ambitions of local Chinese politicians.
(A) overweening (B)obliterating (C) stagnant (D) strident
3. ________ films about writers are so dull is that writers don’t dress up to practice
their craft.
(A) Everybody says (B) One of the reasons
(C) It is often claimed (D) Because
Section B
The word “biodiversity” is a term heard with increasing frequency in the ongoing debate
over how best to protect the world’s environment, and more specifically, how to preserve its
rapidly dwindling numbers of plant and animal species. In very general terms, “biodiversity”
refers to the number of plant and animal species that can be found in a particular habitat or
ecosystem. This is apparently a very simple concept, but the simplicity of it belies its
significance. A better popular understanding of the real meaning of biodiversity and of its
importance to the circumstances in which we presently find ourselves is critical to the success
of efforts to protect the environment, and therefore essential to our own survival.
Global biodiversity, which is the total number of plant and animal species existing on the
planet at any one time, can only be estimated; and only very roughly estimated at that.
Undoubtedly, many species remain to be discovered. Some of these, such as insects and
microscopic life, are small enough to have escaped our notice, while others dwell in areas we
have only begun to explore; the species inhabiting the deepest ocean depths, for example. It
must also be remembered that we are in the midst of a mass extinction event. Species are now
disappearing at a rate estimated to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times faster than the average
for the history of life on earth. Taken together, these two uncertain elements prevent the global
biodiversity estimate from becoming much more than an educated guess. The current best
estimate is somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 to 200 million species.
This number, while it may be of some interest to nonscientists, isn’t of much real value
to researchers. They are generally more concerned with local biodiversity. Despite the
apparent enormity of the number of species that inhabit the earth as a whole, local
biodiversity－the number of species found in any one habitat－fluctuates greatly as we cross
the boundaries separating the ecosystems that make up the Earth’s biosphere. It reaches its
highest levels on the coral reefs and in the tropical rain forests where there may be thousands
of species per acre.
Of course, it is this value－the measure of local biodiversity－that is most useful for
anyone concerned with assessing the health of an ecosystem or protecting it from destruction.
In measuring the biodiversity of a particular ecosystem, biologists are usually quite impartial
when weighing the relative significance of each species. Most are assigned a value of one, the
total number of species then representing the target value. However, there are two conditions
under which one species may be weighted more heavily than others. This would certainly be
the case for any species that by virtue of its genetic uniqueness would constitute a special loss
to the global gene pool in the event of its extinction. The tuatara is a good example of just
such a species. As the only surviving member of a family of reptiles that, except for it, died
out 60 million years ago, the tuatara qualifies on grounds of genetic uniqueness to be
weighted more heavily in calculating the biodiversity of its habitat.
A species may be accorded bonus points in the biodiversity equation for another reason
as well; it may be deemed more significant by virtue of the role it plays in the ecosystem. An
example of this would be the California sea otter. The preferred food of this species of marine
mammal is the sea urchin; a marine invertebrate, which feeds on a certain type of sea grass
known as kelp. Were it not for the otter’s contribution in controlling the sea urchin population,
the undersea kelp forests would surely be decimated by a dramatic increase in the population
of sea urchins. This would remove a key supporting element－the kelp－from the habitat of
many fish and invertebrate species that depend on it. The effect of this would be a dramatic
loss of local biodiversity. This, in turn, would fundamentally alter an entire undersea habitat
and undoubtedly put at risk a number of different species that have adapted to its peculiar
characteristics. Therefore, the behavior of the otter in actively maintaining the local diversity
of species dictates that it should be assigned a higher biodiversity value.
【題組】46. What was the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?
(A) To illustrate why biodiversity is essential to our survival.
(B) To explain the concept of biodiversity.
(C) To show why local biodiversity is more important than global biodiversity.
(D) To clarify the dangers that result from declining biodiversity.
7. On the court, the attorney argued that all of testimony was irrelevant, groundless and
inflammatory and he couldn’t possibly _____ the culprits.
(A) congeal (B) rescind (C) exculpate (D) endorse
第貳部份：閱讀理解
（共5題，占16分，作答時請將答案依照順序寫在答案卷上）
Please read the following article and answer the three questions.
（第 1 題至第 3 題，每題 2 分，共 6 分，答錯、整題未答不予倒扣） Your Polytunnel Needs You (The Economist, 18 April 2020) “Normally on holidays, I spend money,” says James Mwendwa, a geology student at Bristol University.
“This holiday I’ll be making it.” Mr Mwendwa has signed up with a scheme designed to get students and
furloughed workers to spend their summers on British farms. He has been promised a caravan to share with
his friends on a farm in Norfolk. “In the evenings you’re allowed to just chill with your mates,” a rare luxury
in current circumstances.
Finding enough summertime labour has often been a struggle for British farmers. Factory workers used to
move south en masse to enjoy a family holiday while picking fruit or hops. In recent years, the indigenous
population has turned its nose up at agricultural work, and farmers have come to rely on importing
Bulgarians and Romanians. Uncertainty around migrants’ rights and Brexit led to a decline in worker
numbers last year, and around 16m apples were left to rot in orchards. A near-shutdown on European
movement has only deepened the crisis.
Invoking the Women’s Land Army that kept the nation’s farms going throughout the second world war, the
British Growers Association is trying to recruit a new “Land Army” to fill a shortfall of some 70,000 workers.
The government’s “Pick for Britain” campaign similarly aims to tap into the wartime spirit.
So far Britons seem largely unmoved by the appeal to patriotism. Concordia, Fruitful and hops, three
agricultural recruiters that have formed the Ethical Alliance of Labour Providers, say that 32,000 have
applied, but only 13% have so far turned up for online interviews.
Even if enough native workers can be found, that may not solve the problem. Britons have a reputation for
being work-shy. “Often, you have people who want to start, and we’ll say, come on Tuesday or whatever,
and then they simply don’t turn up.” says Sebastian Hall, a recruiter in Suffolk.
Alison Capper of the National Farmers’ Union, herself a farmer, wonders whether new recruits “will be able
to pick at the same rate as people who are practised in these jobs”. Jack Ward, boss of the British Growers
Association, worries about timing. Although new workers may arrive just in time to save the nation’s
asparagus, an early end to the lockdown could send students and furloughed workers scurrying back to their
real lives and jobs.
For some farmers, the risk of relying on Britons is too great. To avert a crisis in the polytunnels, they have
started shipping planeloads of Romanians into the country. Air Charter Services, whose customers are
normally the uber-rich, has been hired by g’s Fresh, one of Britain’s biggest salad producers, to fly 150
Romanians into Stansted airport on April 16th; a further five flights are lined up. Each seat will set g’s Fresh
back £250 ($313), and the passengers (who have been deemed essential workers by the Romanian
government) will be kept apart on the flight and tested for covid-19 on touch-down. The airlift may spoil
the wartime-spirit narrative, but it may save the nation’s broccoli.
【題組】3. ( ) What cannot be seen as the definition of “work-shy”?
(A)showing no real interest or effort
(B) lacking normal confidence or courage
(C)unwilling to work or use energy
(D) lazy and disinclined to work
Barry Kroll, a Chicago lawyer, took an interest in Danny Escobedo’s case. Kroll felt that his client’s rights under the Constitution had been __(1)__. Since the __(2)__ accomplice, Escobedo, had been denied access to an attorney, Kroll asked the courts to __(3)__ the conviction. He proposed that lawyers be __(4)__ to sit in when the police question a suspect, but the Illinois courts rejected that on the grounds that itwould effectively __(5)__ all questioning by legal authorities. If such a law were upheld, the police felt that it would play havoc with all criminal investigations.
【題組】3. (A)entitled (B)alleged (C)preclude (D)abrogated (E)invalidate
An eminent Turkish geneticist has come forward and stated in court that leaving fertilized
human eggs in cold storage is putting “early human beings” into a concentration camp, “deprived of
liberty, deprived even of time.” Dr. Aysel Tanju, head of the genetics department at the Turkish
National Center of Scientific Research, was testifying in a divorce case. The couple involved
produced seven fertilized eggs in an in vitro fertilization clinic a year before that have since been
kept in cryogenic storage. Now the couple disagrees on what should be done with them. While the
man categorically states that he does not want them used by anyone without his consent, his ex-wife
expresses her intention to become pregnant with them. Needless to say, the case is _____ legal
precedent, and the characterization of the eggs has become a key distinction in the trial. Dr. Tanju,
who is prominent in the field of genetics testified that life begins at the moment of fertilization. “As
soon as he has been conceived, a man is a man,” she said. 【題組】26. Choose the correct statement.
(A)Some fertilized human eggs must certainly be kept in hot storage.
(B) A concentration camp is the most appropriate place for “early human beings” to be kept in
cold storage.
(C) Dr. Tanju is an eminent Turkish geneticist who has repeatedly testified in courts.
(D)The court needed a geneticist to testify and clarify the issue in this particular divorce case.
2. To properly classify the newly discovered species, the biologist studied its unique _____
characteristics, including its genetic makeup, physical features, and behavior.
(A) archaeological (B) orthodoxical (C) morphological (D) pathological
8. The company can evaluate more applicants by reviewing more videos, written responses and game results, less encumbered by interviewers’ schedule restrictions. (A) impeded (B) referred (C) structured (D) deceived
54. Which of the following approaches refers to the method that
learners are left to discover rules and generalizations on their
own after various language forms are practiced?
(A) Deductive approach. (B) Inductive approach.
(C)Task-based approach. (D) Transfer approach.
I. Please match the feature descriptions with the teaching approaches/methods. Two of the descriptions do not fit any of the
approaches/methods. For each description, just write its code next to the name of the corresponding approach/method. (32%)
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