請回答第 44 題至第 46 題: Knowing the origin of a word can give you a clearer understanding of the word. For example, the word sabotage
means “the intentional destruction of materials, machines, or some process of production.” The meaning of the term
becomes clear when you learn that sabotage comes from the French word sabat, meaning “wooden shoe,” and it was
coined during the French Revolution when workers sabotaged French factories by throwing their shoes into the
machinery.
Looking up the origin of a word also reminds you that language is constantly changing, with old words gaining new
meanings and new words being born. The word chauvinist, for example, was never used before 1815. It was coined as a
result of the fanatic loyalty of a French soldier, Nicolas Chauvin, to Napoleon. Thus, chauvinism has come to mean blind
attachment to something, such as one’s beliefs or, as it is commonly used today, one’s sex. The word boycott is another
word that has a relatively recent origin, and it also originated from a person’s name. In the 1880s, during the struggle
between British landowners and Irish tenant farmers, a man by the name of Captain Charles Boycott was hired to collect
the rent from the farmers on a large estate in County Mayo. The impoverished Irish peasants, however, got together and
decided to ignore Captain Boycott by refusing to pay and expelling him. 【題組】45 According to this passage, which of the following statements about word origin is true?
(A) The word “chauvinism” originated from a French soldier’s blind attachment to his sex.
(B) Captain Boycott was the one who led the protest of the Irish tenant farmers.
(C) From the origin of words, we can see that new words are coined constantly.
(D) Many French words originated from English names.
16. 欲研究阿斯匹靈對於降低小兒體溫的影響,一學者追蹤10位發高燒的小孩,
先記錄其體溫後,再給與阿斯匹靈服用之後,然後接著記錄他們的體溫。
若已知小孩體溫為常態分布,下列何者可用於檢定阿斯匹靈是否對降體溫
有功效?
(A) T Test
(B) Paired T Test
(C) Mann-Whitney U Test
(D) Signed Rank Test
34. Which of the following descriptions of ''virus" is INCORRECT ?
(A) A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of an organism.
(B) A virus is composed of protein coat and nucleic acid.
(C) The genetic material of a virus is either a double-stranded DNA or a single-stranded RNA.
(D) During virus replication, some virus particles may not contain viral genome.