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1(A).

32 The authorities concerned investigate banks and brokers_________ of discriminating against minority applicants who need loans to buy houses.
(A)comprised
(B)deprived
(C)reminded
(D)suspected

2(B).

31 Even though this small study in mice shows__________ , researchers still have a long way to go before human trials can begin.
(A) crime
(B) promise
(C) regression
(D) travel

3(A).

6 While some recyclers process the material with an eye toward minimizing pollution, many more sell it to the developing world.
(A)More and more developing countries purchase the material from recyclers who process the material without any clear idea of reducing environmental pollution.
(B)Most people recycle the material for the sake of saving the environment and a few sell it for profit.
(C)Developing countries buy a lot more of material from the recyclers for the purpose of reducing environmental pollution.
(D)Some material is recycled for the purpose of reducing pollution, yet a lot more is sold to developing countries.

4(A).

15 In accordance with the Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Rules, no superior court may, on grounds of wrong jurisdiction, reverse the substantive adjudication of a civil or administrative court on an intellectual property civil or administrative action which, though not subject to the ____jurisdiction of the intellectual property court, shall be deemed to be so subject substantively.
(A)personal
(B)in rem
(C) exclusive
(D)subject matter

5(B).

That book has stimulated ____.
(A)her interest in science
(B)her interesting on science
(C)her interested in science
(D)her science interesting

6(D).

A small boy’s pockets are likely to contain a miscellaneous collection of objects.
(A) A small boy tends to be like many objects he collects in his pockets.
(B) A small boy likes to collect a variety of pockets and put them in containers.
(C) It is misunderstood that a small boy likes to put lots of things in his pockets.
(D) It is possible that there are different things in a small boy’s pockets.

7(B).

32 The mortgage market has been in the ____________ since the financial crisis crippled the banking industry last year.
(A)excursion
(B)celebrity
(C)doldrums
(D)incidence

8(A).

請依下文回答第 36 題至第 38 題： The development of seawater agriculture has taken two directions. Some investigators have attempted to breed salt tolerance into conventional crops, such as barley and wheat. For example, Emanuel Epstein’s research team at the University of California at Davis showed as early as 1979 that strains of barley propagated for generations in the presence of low levels of salt could produce small amounts of grain when irrigated by comparatively saltier seawater. Unfortunately, subsequent efforts to increase the salt tolerance of conventional crops through selective breeding and genetic engineering─in which genes for salt tolerance were added directly to the plants─have not produced good candidates for seawater irrigation. The upper salinity limit for the long-term irrigation of even the most salt-tolerant crops, such as the date palm, is still less than five part per 1,000(ppt)─less than 15 percent of the salt content of seawater. Normal seawater is 35 ppt salt. Our approach has been to domesticate wild, salt-tolerant plants, called halophytes, for use as food, forage, and oilseed crops. We reasoned that changing the basic physiology of a traditional crop plant from salt-sensitive to salt-tolerant would be difficult and that it might be more feasible to domesticate a wild, salt-tolerant plant. After all, our modern crops started out as wild plants. Indeed, some halophytes─such as grain from the saltgrass Disticblis Palmeri─ were eaten for generations by native peoples, including the Cocopah, who live where the Colorado River empties into the Gulf of California.
【題組】38 Where do you think the Cocopah live?
(A)At the origin of the Colorado River
(B)At the mouth of the Colorado River
(C)Along the Colorado River
(D)At the dried part of the Colorado River

9(C).

33 Due to his amazing ________ in appearance to the real bandit, he was wrongly accused of committing the crime.
(A) resemblance
(B) superiority
(C) commitment
(D) submission

10(C).

29 As the captain of the ship, he appointed the first mate as his______ to take over in case of emergencies.
(A)deputy
(B)poacher
(C)hypocrite
(D)contestant

11(A).

37 Fame can be very disruptive: it can be like a drug that gives you the feeling that you are happy and self-fulfilled but it can also distract you from what is really important.
(A)Although fame brings the feeling of happiness and self-fulfillment, it ultimately makes one distracted from reality.
(B)Although fame is like a drug, it is indispensable if one would like to get the feeling of happiness and self-fulfillment.
(C)Although fame distracts one from making judgments, it provides the drug for the feeling of happiness and self-fulfillment.
(D)Although fame is unimportant, people pursue it as if it is a drug that brings the feeling of happiness and self-fulfillment.

12(A).

請依下文回答第 36 題至第 39 題 The current debate over euthanasia is often simplistic. The subject is complex. We don’t even have a generally agreed-upon definition of the word. Is euthanasia solely an act 36 by someone—a physician or a family member—on someone else who is ill or dying? Does euthanasia 37 the patient’s consent? The family’s consent? Is it 38 other forms of suicide or homicide? How does it differ from simply “pulling the plug”? If one type of euthanasia consists of refraining from the use of “heroic measures” to prolong life,39 does one distinguish between those measures that are heroic and those that are standard treatments?
【題組】37
(A) catch
(B) focus
(C) inquire
(D) require

13(A).

請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題：
One of the most dramatic features of the world is the cycle of day and night. Almost all species exhibit daily changes in their behavior and/or physiology. These daily rhythms are not simply a response to the 24-hour changes in the physical environment imposed by the earth turning on its axis but, instead, arise from a timekeeping system within the organism. This timekeeping system, or biological “clock,” allows the organism to anticipate and prepare for the changes in the physical environment that are associated with day and night, thereby ensuring that the organism will “do the right thing” at the right time of the day.
The synchrony of an organism with both its external and internal environments is critical to the organism’s well-being and survival； a lack of synchrony between the organism and the external environment may lead to the individual’s immediate demise. For example, if a nocturnal rodent were to venture from its burrow during broad daylight, the rodent would be exceptionally easy prey for other animals. Similarly, a lack of synchrony within the internal environment might lead to health problems in the individual, such as those associated with jet lag, shift work, and the accompanying sleep loss.
The mechanisms underlying the biological timekeeping systems and the potential consequences of their failure are among the issues addressed by researchers in the field of chronobiology. Although no single experiment serves as the defining event from which to date the beginning of modern research in chronobiology, studies conducted in the 1950s on circadian rhythmicity in fruit flies and in humans can be considered its foundation. The area of sleep research, which also is subsumed under the field of chronobiology, evolved somewhat independently, with the identification of various sleep stages around the same time.
【題組】46 What is the best topic of this passage?
(A)The Foundation of Chronobiology.
(B)The Feature of Life Cycle.
(C)The Internal and External Environments.
(D)The Overview of Biological Mechanism.

14(C).

457. Anyone seeing the misery of those war victims on TV can hardly stay _____.
(A) sympathetic
(B) apathetic
(C) telepathic
(D) pathetic

15(B).

143. _______ from a royal family, Nelly has heard a lot about the old legends.
(A) Descen
(B) Descended
(C) To descend
(D) Descending

16(A).

Search dogs are trained to find missing people. Using only its sense or smell, a single dog can search an area eight times faster than a search team of twenty people.

A search begins when the dog receives the scent from an article that the missing person has handled. The dog then 54 to work following the scent. Besides good scent, search dogs must be able to learn quickly and be tough enough to 55 severe weather.

However, dogs cannot be used in every search. First, there aren’t enough search dogs to 56 . They may have to be flown to a place for hundreds of miles away. Besides, in a very small area, search dogs are not usually needed. 57 they are flown in, a search team could easily have found the missing person. Weather conditions may not be right for a search dog, either. A scent is especially strong in damp weather. A slight wind also helps. But strong winds or heavy rains can cause a scent to 58 . For these reasons, dogs are used in only one out of every four searches. But when they are used, they prove their value. Search dogs have done some things that seemed impossible.

【題組】56
(A) care for
(B) cut off
(C) get by
(D) go around

17(A).

14 Though women _______ men in the workforce, the gender gap at the top is still wide.
(A)encounter
(B)harass
(C)outnumber
(D)relish

18(A).

What is happiness? In the United States and in many other industrialized countries, it is often equated with money. Economists measure consumer confidence on the assumption that the resulting figure says something about progress and public welfare. The gross domestic product is routinely used as shorthand for the well-being of a nation.

But the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has been trying a different idea. In 1972, concerned about the problems afflicting other developing countries that focused only on economic growth, Bhutan’s newly crowned leader, King Wangchuck, decided to make the gross national happiness a priority in his kingdom.

Bhutan, the king said, needed to ensure that prosperity was shared across society and that it was balanced against preserving cultural traditions, protecting the environment, and maintaining a responsive government.

While household incomes in Bhutan remain among the world’s lowest, life expectancy increased by 19 years from 1984 to 1998, jumping to 66 years. The country, which is preparing to shift to a constitution and an elected government, requires that at least 60 percent of its lands remain forested, welcomes a limited stream of wealthy tourists, and exports hydropower to India.

依上文回答 47 題至 50 題：

【題組】50 What does Bhutan plan to achieve in the future?
(A) A democratic government.
(B) Economic prosperity.
(C) Higher gross domestic product.
(D) A booming tourist industry

19(C).

22 The customs officials are so______ that many illegal goods have been smuggled in.
(A) incompetent
(B) advanced
(C) outright
(D) unanimous

20(A).

Of all Modernism’s tenets, few have been more “revered” than the assembly line. Its crisp efficiency was a template for everything. The new BMW plant in Leipzig serves as an antidote to just that sort of uniformity. A boomerang-shaped industrial shed with rows of cars streaming on curving tracks, it is less a model of efficiency than a machine for voyeuristic pleasure. Moreover, the plant is an attempt at social engineering. Its architect subverts the sequential order of manufacturing by having each car loop back through the central building, where workers can survey their work. Engineers and workers are in constant contact, too, mingling in the corridors and the cafeteria, which breaks down the hierarchy. Because each car is routed on its way from the body shop to the paint shop or final assembly plant, you witness them in all their various stages. At certain points, the cars stop and revolve on enormous turntables before heading off in a new direction. The movements suggest mechanical ballet. Leipzig plant is thus the flagship of BMW that provides customized services. Very subtly, the free flow of information replaces the monotony of the assembly line; individual needs rule over bland repetition; and machines are at the service of man.
【題組】Why is the factory shaped like a boomerang?
(A) To imbue the factory with beauty
(B) To absorb energy from Australian aborigines
(C) To provide a solution to modernists’ dead end
(D) To allow cars to come back to the main building

21(C).

24 The comedian used humor to ____ the audience’s attention away from the controversial topic.
(A) divert
(B) exclude
(C) dissolve
(D) engrave

22(B).

4 Experts say that a person who works at an untidy desk spends about one-and-a-half hours a day _____ things.
(A)landing
(B)locating
(C)revising
(D)relishing

23(A).

6 Study found that feeling sad leads to self-centered thinking, which can lead to greater likelihood of spending extra cash in order to make a person feel better.
(A) People who are feeling sad tend to spend more money on themselves.
(B) Spending less cash will increase a person’s chances of becoming happier.
(C) People who are self-centered are happy, so they spend less money.
(D) Sadness leads to spending more money on people who are self-centered.

24(A).

1 The President is going to_____ his new plan in the press conference.
(A) inform
(B) open
(C) unveil
(D) rebut

25(A).

請依下文回答第 17 題至第 21 題 Since a bolt generates heat of up to 28,000 degrees (five times hotter than the sun), people assume that anyone in its path will be severely scorched, says Mary Cooper, MD, a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher, who studies lightning injuries. “In reality, only one-third of victims have any burns at all, because the skin contact is so brief, just milliseconds.” The intense heat can have unpredictable effects. “There are reports of tied leather shoes exploding off people’s feet as their sweat instantly vaporizes,” Dr. Cooper adds. Other complications from a strike include ruptured eardrums, blindness or vision problems, mental impairment, nerve damage, convulsions, cardiac arrest, and, in up to ten percent of cases, death. However, throughout history there have been survivors of lightning strikes who have claimed miraculous benefits, such as cures for blindness or illnesses. And after a brush with death, there are those who feel a heightened awareness and appreciation of life. To some survivors, some strange phenomena have happened. Dr. Cooper has heard different reports of strike victims. There were people who said they felt extremely sparkly and energized. Some said they could not use a computer at all, because it slowed down as soon as they touched the keyboard, and others said they could not wear a watch because the battery went wacko.
【題組】20 Which statement is NOT associated with strange phenomena happening to some survivors of lightning strikes?
(A) They cannot wear shoes because their feet sweat all the time.
(B) The computer they use slows down when they touch the keyboard.
(C) They often feel extremely energized and refreshed.
(D) They cannot wear a watch because its battery cannot function properly.