⑴ Skillful composers have long used silence to build a sense of anticipation. Some of music’s finest moments are spent in transition—waiting, in essence, for the other shoe to drop. The snapshots of this pause may have implications beyond concert halls. They shine a light into what neuroscientists call “segmentation processes”—the techniques used by the brain to take a stream of sensory information and parcel it up into more easily comprehended pieces.（20 分）

⑵ For many firms that do business in Europe, the certification of their recycling processes from the International Standards Organization is a must-have. Toxic materials such as lead, mercury and other heavy metals are used liberally in electronic devices, and burying them in landfills poses a future hazard if the metals leak into groundwater. While European countries have stringent recycling regulations, government mandates in the United States are less demanding. In America, large corporations are at the forefront in pushing for electronics recycling.（20 分）

二、中譯英：  2005 年，世界衛生組織報告指出，全球有 9.8% 的成人是肥胖的，該組織也預測肥 胖症會持續上升，甚至超越傳染疾病，成為人類嚴重的健康問題。能夠解釋全球肥 胖症上升的因素，包括現代加工食品的增加、速食和垃圾食物的普遍。不過，諷刺 的是，經濟進步是造成肥胖的主要原因，因為它帶給大眾都市化的生活、久坐不動 的辦公室工作，和減少運動量的洗滌機、車輛與電子媒體。（20 分）

三、作文： Good habits can help you succeed in your career, win the love and respect of people you care, or even save your life at the critical moment. On the other hand, bad habits may do all the opposite of the above. Write an essay entitled “A Good Habit” or “A Bad Habit” of about 400 words.（40 分）    

四、英文作文：In many countries, Taiwan included, the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. In sociology, a term called “M-shaped society” was coined to illustrate the gap of wealth distribution between two major groups: the rich and the poor. Yet, such a gap can bring potential threat to the development of a society. Thus, some believe “taxation” may be a good way to address the income gap. Please write a 250-word essay to present your analysis on such an idea.

三、中譯英：近來有研究結果顯示，當學生接受雙語教育時，他們的英文閱讀理解能 力呈現了顯著的進步，這樣突出的表現尤其顯示在閱讀推理、文本分析 兩個方面。然而，這樣的進步並不是全面的，仍有學生因基礎能力不足 或無法適應雙語教育，造成進步幅度有限的學習結果，亦可以說，雙語 教育的成效因學生而異。但在學生的語言學習動機、課程參與程度上， 雙語教育都顯示了正面的影響效果。

二、英譯中：In 2024, the U.S. was the world’s dominant travel and tourism market, according to a 2024 Economic Impact Trends Report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). In 2023, a record-breaking $2.36 trillion was added to the U.S. economy from tourism. Then Tourism Economics predicted a 9% increase in international arrivals in 2025 compared to 2024. However, political tensions and negative perceptions of the U.S. have been keeping international tourists away, steering many travelers to visit Canada instead. As a result, Tourism Economics experienced a complete 180; it revised its predictions to a 9.4% decline in international visits to the U.S., and more drop again in early August.

五、英文作文： （20 分）“With the global labor market battle underway, the days when Taiwan could bring in large numbers of migrant workers are numbered. At the same time, the emergence of the poaching of workers as the ‘new normal’ indicates that treating migrant workers as cheap labor is no longer viable. Taiwan is entering the ranks of developed countries, and the answer to its labor bottleneck may be to turn migrant workers into immigrants.”Do you agree or disagree with the above quoted passage? Please elaborate your argument in no more than 250 words and be sure to support it with sufficient evidence.

四、英譯中：（15 分）Immigration policies generally respond to labor market needs anddemographic objectives of destination countries. Governments implementimmigration policies through laws, regulations and program measures withthe objective to manage the volume, origin, direction and composition ofmigration flows. In many countries, mostly in more developed regions,migration legislations have been characterized by regularization of flows andmeasures to better integrate immigrants in the host societies. In some cases,regional agreements have influenced the legislations of the countries involved.

三、中譯英：（15 分）通常警方是在家庭暴力可能構成刑事犯罪或違反社會秩序之際（例如跟蹤騷擾行為），介入家庭糾紛或法律行動。這些案件一般是經由受害人、 利害關係人或相關非政府組織通報警方。

五、英文作文：請根據下面說明寫一篇約 250 字的英文作文（20 分）What role does immigration play in addressing demographic challenges, such as aging populations and labor shortages? Please write a 250-word essay to justify your points.

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