102年 - 師大研究所共同科目-英文#42553

1. The economy remains too bound up in bureaucratic red tape and too______to change to experience a turnaround. (A) flexible (B) predominant (C) resistant (D) benevolent

2. The overarching question for Taiwan’s colleges is whether we can cultivate innovation on a wide scale—______with the world’s best colleges. (A) waning (B) vying (C) connoting (D) teaming

3. Online booking for the Chinese New Year trains usually becomes______one month before the New Year holiday. (A) redundant (B) available (C) pertinent (D) imperative

4. Taiwan is______a draft bill on the protection and conservation of its wetlands, with the aim of raising greater public awareness of the issue. (A) promoting (B) severing (C) reproving (D) decreeing

5. The director of Les Miserable had fleeting moments of doubt about the contemporary ______of the movie and wondered about whether the movie could still be relevant. (A) resonance (B) adherence (C) publicity (D) contingence

6. Foreign workers from South Asia suffer a rather unusual type of______racial profiling. (A) cardinal (B) feasible (C) immaculate (D) egregious

7. It’s all too easy to fire off a hasty, ill-considered and offensive e-mail, in which harsh remarks aren’t______by a friendly tone. (A) dejected (B) moderated (C) loathed (D) thwarted

8. The soldiers were ready to______their most dangerous mission yet. (A) commence (B) complement (C) peddle (D) subsist

9. The numerous artworks can be seen today because of a remarkable archeological salvage operation______by the national research team. (A) disregarded (B) appeased (C) implored (D) launched

10. After working on the software for 3 hours, he’d shake off fatigue,______a bowl of cereal and sit back down. (A) daunt (B) scarf (C) sip (D) fend

11. This case is really a complete______so ethics experts disagree about the proper outcome for the conjoined twins. (A) testimony (B) endorsement (C) propensity (D) conundrum

12. Scientists are developing instruments that will map the entire surface of the cornea and make point-by-point ______to smooth out individual aberrations. (A) tribulations (B) injunctions (C) contentions (D) alterations

13. (A) separate (B) optional (C) serpentine (D) progressive

14. (A) principal (B) propriety (C) priority (D) predominance

15, (A) aggressive (B) impatient (C) lucrative (D) high-paying

16. (A) operation (B) annex (C) amenity (D) ovation

17. (A) subjected (B) prone (C) susceptible (D) forced

18. (A) refers (B) defies (C) varies (D) rises

19. (A) Culturally (B) Eventually (C) Immensely (D) Traditionally

20. (A) physically (B) morally (C) spiritually (D) rationally

21. (A) corrosive (B) indicative (C) kind (D) inclusive

22. (A) affirmative (B) normative (C) democratic (D) manipulative

23. (A) deficiency (B) retrogression (C) pressure (D) obesity

24. (A) bearing (B) peak (C) danger (D) recess

25. (A) quenching (B) directing (C) striking (D) proposing

26. (A) dermatological (B) philosophical (C) epistemological (D) epidemiological

27. (A) scales (B) notices (C) bearings (D) measures

28. (A) compress (B) consolidate (C) compensate (D) congeal

29. (A) necessary (B) redundant (C) transitory (D) phenomenal

30. (A) convergence (B) frequency (C) transaction (D) proliferation

31. (A) momentary (B) compulsory (C) sedentary (D) mobile

32. What does the passage mainly discuss? (A) The virtue of being a bored person (B) The nature of a boring mind (C) The advantages of boredom (D) The necessity of banality

33. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? (A) Boredom can help reset and invigorate our brains. (B) Boredom can help generate long-term happiness. (C) Children who tend to show signs of boredom may actually leam better. (D) Exposure to stimulation for a long time may do harm to our creativity.

34. What does the passage say about Lego? (A) Children who love to play with Lego can become more creative. (B) Lego helps children slow down their rhythms. (C) Lego used to be a very good way for children to deal with boredom. (D) With abundant instructions, Lego may function as a very effective form of entertainment.

35. The word “fidget” in line 4 (paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to: (A) freeze (B) loathe (C) avoid (D) agitate

36. What does “it” in line 8 (paragraph 4) refer to? (A) Lego (B) Being alert (C) Boredom (D) Doodling

37. What can we infer about “essential qualities” that researchers think toys should consist of? (A) They should make children happy. (B) They should help children engage in their learning. (C) They should help facilitate more distraction. (D) They should help enhance creativity.

38. What does the passage mainly discuss? (A) People should have more self-restraint. (B) Showing off can facilitate more attention. (C) Showing off in a modest way is permissible. (D) Modesty is the best policy.

39. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? (A) Some people show off because they feel insecure. (B) Narcissistic showoffs enjoy getting ahead. (C) Competitive showoffs indulge themselves in the sense of being better than all others. (D) Exulting is an acceptable form of showing off.

40. According to the author, why should exulting be seen as a permissible form of showing off? (A) People have the urge to show their passion. (B) Too much self-restraint may do harm to our mental well-being. (C) People should be allowed to show their sense of triumph in an appropriate way. (D) By exulting, people won’t run the risk of being annoying.

41. Which of the following is TRUE about “insecure showoffs”？ (A) We should sympathize with them. (B) They boast in ways different from the ways narcissistic and competitive showoffs boast about their triumph. (C) Their sense of insecurity may result from their not taking the center stage. (D) Narcissistic showoffs may show off because they feel insecure.

42. The word “flag” in line 3 (paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to: (A) weaken (B) continue (C) imply (D) defer

43. What can we infer from the conclusion of the passage? (A) Showoffs always feel like getting compliment from others. (B) People should refrain from showing off for it is always a risk. (C) People can learn to show off in a more subtle way. (D) What we may learn from Lord Chesterfield is: We should never show off ourselves.

44. What is the passage mainly about? (A) The general public may benefit from the mapping of the human genome. (B) Scientists are reluctant to do genetic analysis for the purpose of discovering the development of mysterious illnesses. (C) Doctors are caught in an ethical dilemma about how much genomic information they should reveal to the patients. (D) Genome sequencing may help locate the cause of some mysterious disease.

45. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? (A) More and more doctors have found out that genetic analysis may lead to more anxiety about the development of some mysterious illness and thus more costs. (B) Some genetic testing can be done in where the consumers live so as to save the trouble of traveling to the hospital. (C) Having more detailed genetic information may lead to emotional distress. (D) Waiting years to share sequencing information can cause a big logistical problem.

46. Which of the following is NOT the benefit of genetic analysis? (A) Catching disease early. (B) Offering targeted treatments. (C) Taking preventive measures. (D) Reducing the anxiety over the risk of getting a mysterious disease.

47. The challenge doctors face in determining how much to tell is complicated by a steady stream of new discoveries. Why is that? (A) The medical community hasn’t worked out detailed protocols. (B) Some test results that may seem murky today can be intelligible in the future. (C) They need to find a space to store a massive amount of genomic data. (D) It is not easy to get access to the hospital’s archives. community?

49. What does the passage say about prenatal testing? 1 (A) Parents can be informed in advance of the health condition of their baby. (B) The costs for the future medical treatments can be greatly reduced. (C) The results of genome sequencing will be returned to parents. (D) The results of genome sequencing may trigger unnecessary consequences.

50. What can we infer &om the conclusion of the passage? (A) All the murky results of genome sequencing will one day be clarified. (B) Researchers are thinking of storing the huge amount of genome data in outer space. (C) It is likely that people will easily get access to the results of their genome sequencing. (D) Storing the results of genome sequencing has become a thorny task.

48. With regard to how much to tell patients, what is the consensus accepted by the medical (A)Only results that should be dealt with right away.(B)Only results that seem too murky to ignore.(C)Only results that won't cause an emotional biow.(D)Orly results that point to a clear path.

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