115年 - 115-1 臺北市立大安高工教師甄選試題：英文科#138441

1. The victims only had one thing in common—they all looked ________, thin and weary. (A) gastronomic (B)garish (C) garbled (D) gaunt

2. It seems to me that we are being unnecessarily ________ on this point. (A) permeable (B) pernickety (C) perquisite (D) perpendicular

3. His conclusion is ________ with one previously drawn by Thomas. (A) congruous (B) conclave (C) contraband (D) contingent

4. In the war arena there isn’t even the dimmest light of hope and relief for the weak and ________. (A) detraction (B) detrition (C) destitute (D) desiccant

5. What the company is proposing ________ on the rights of individuals. (A) ensiles (B) enchases (C) ensconces (D) encroaches

6. Despite facing numerous experimental setbacks, the dedicated research team decided to ________ in their quest to find a viable cure for the rare disease. (A) capitulate (B) persevere (C) prevaricate (D) malinger

7. The cautious investors were hesitant to fund the tech startup because the overly optimistic CEO could only offer abstract concepts and vague promises, rather than any ________ evidence of potential profitability. (A) nebulous (B) ephemeral (C) tangible (D) specious

8. The discovery of new DNA evidence served to completely ________ the suspect, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was not present at the crime scene. (A) inculpate (B) exonerate (C) castigate (D) obfuscate

9. Although the senator had expressed profound doubts about the environmental policy, she ultimately decided to publicly ________ the legislation after witnessing its undeniable success in a neighboring state. (A) repudiate (B) endorse (C) vilify (D) abrogate

10. Given the strict time limit of the symposium, the speaker was asked to keep her presentation as ________ as possible, carefully excising any superfluous parts from her speech. (A) garrulous (B) grandiloquent (C) esoteric (D) succinct 

11. (A) escalope (B) escalade (C) espionage (D) esplanade

12. (A) arbutus (B) accomplice (C) amyloid (D) assize

13. (A) twisted (B) tweaked (C) twitched (D) twined

14. (A) macroscopic (B) malarial (C) nebulous (D) nemesis

15. (A) adversary (B) actuary (C) achromatic (D) almanac

1. Rewrite the text into a passage around 200 words. (12%)

2. Based on your passage, design four cloze questions for B1-level students. Indicate blanks with underlines, provide four options per item (including three distractors), and attach an answer key. (8%)

1. Three multiple-choice questions (Each has four options, including three distractors) (6%).

2. Two mixed-type questions consistent with the GSAT's focus on competency-based evaluation. (4%).

(IV) English-to-Chinese Translation (10%)
      The relationship between the two countries is a hugely important economic relationship. There is no question that the level of friction around the trade discussion has been escalating. And in the context of that, that’s leading to some uncertainty and some question about where this will all go. Obviously hard to predict at this point—market participants are watching it very closely. To the degree that it escalated more significantly, it would be bad for both countries. So our hope would be that the rhetoric gets put aside, and over time here, there’s a constructive solution that’s worked through. We’ll have to wait to see how it all plays out.

(V) Chinese-to-English Translation (10%)
       在新冠肺炎疫情期間，社群媒體公司被指控審查某些特定貼文，並把它們標註上事實查核或甚至將它們完全移除。 這些作為引發激烈的爭論: 究竟社群媒體平台是否能審查有害的內容。如果審查變成常態，會被視為違反言論自由嗎? 在妄下結論前，人們應該先了解是什麼遭到審查以及為什麼。這個審查制度其實是社群媒體平台為了對抗新冠疫情的 危險假訊息被傳播所做的努力。在這個很多人命懸一線，全球危機的時期，移除假訊息無疑是符合道德的作法。一個 相關的問題是對仇恨言論的審查，這種言論會導致因宗教、種族、性別或性傾向而對別人的歧視。被標記的其中一個 例子是有位名人曾在群眾集會的貼文發表了對墨西哥移民詆毀的言論。