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科目：學士後西醫-英文 | 年份：104年 | 選擇題數：55 | 申論題數：1

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A. Please choose the best answer to match with each underlined word. 1. Video has played a huge role in relationships between citizens and the police over the last 25 years. It has helped hold the police accountable for abuse and also protected them from false allegations. (A) accusatory (B) innocent (C) explicable (D) resentful (E) psychopathic
2. The U.S. Armed Forces are stepping up surveillance of disputed islands in the South China Sea amid rising tension with Beijing. (A) slack (B) cessation (C) discontinuance (D) termination (E) observation
3. The hallucinogenic potion made from yahay vine can cause intoxication. (A) supercilious (B) genetic (C) imprudent (D) psychoactive (E) addictive
4. Laser surgery for near-sightedness obviates the need for wearing glasses. (A) precipitates (B) precludes (C) precedes (D) predicates (E) preordains
5. The Chinese armed forces have been strengthening their air and naval combat capabilities in the region, as U.S. forces expanding their involvement in contention over the islands. (A) amity (B) disagreement (C) cordiality (D) discussion (E) accord 
6. Being accused of discriminating against Asian-American applicants, Harvard University responded that the school's admission policies are fully ______ with the law. (A) compliant (B) complaint (C) compliment (D) complementary (E) complement
7. A four-year ______ that sampled microbes from across the world’s oceans is bringing the mechanisms of climate change into focus. (A) exploitation (B) exemplification (C) exploding (D) expansion (E) expedition
8. A batch of sodium chloride manufactured by Y F Chemical Corp. was ______ with bacteria, resulting in fevers for eight patients after they were injected with the solution. (A) purified (B) disinfected (C) obstructed (D) confined (E) tainted
9. Resettling refugees is a global ______ obligation. Many of these countries, including the United States, have taken in refugees from that part of the world over the last several years. (A) hostile (B) humanitarian (C) antagonistic (D) oblivious (E) indifferent
10. The rich and famous can have as hard a time protecting their money as everyone else. Most people, unfortunately, are ______ to spend more than they have. (A) immune (B) resistant (C) insensitive (D) predisposed (E) insusceptible
11. While WHO is confident that Liberia has interrupted transmission of Ebola, outbreaks persist in neighboring Guinea and Sierra Leone, creating a high risk that infected people may cross into Liberia over the region’s exceptionally ______ borders. (A) impermeable (B) tight (C) overpassing (D) porous (E) inapproachable
12. Two years ago, Muslim militias, known as the Seleka, seized power, then plundered the country from precious—diamonds, gold and ivory to mundane—guns, cars and food. A group of mainly Christian and animist militias later ______, and drove the Seleka into the countryside. (A) reconciled (B) conceded (C) retaliated (D) negotiated (E) recapitulated
13. Women’s confinement to their home and dependence on personal servants for their every need left them powerless and ______ to their husbands and other males in the family. (A) numb (B) exclusive (C) risky (D) reluctant (E) subservient
14. Business schools, responding to demand by students and employers for more global exposure, have started ______ international programs into their curricula in the last decade or so. (A) intimidating (B) alternating (C) recruiting (D) incorporating (E) juxtaposing
15. The fireworks were in perfect ______ with the music. (A) synchronization (B) endurance (C) enumeration (D) vitalization (E) resurgence
16. The ______ in relations between the U.S. and Cuba has led to a stunning 36 percent increase in visits by Americans to the island. (A) thaw (B) tension (C) conflict (D) attack (E) transaction
17. Floodwaters deepened across much of Texas as storms dumped almost 30 centimeters of rain on the Houston area, stranding hundreds of motorists and ______ the famously congested highways. (A) invigorating (B) illuminating (C) inundating (D) disseminating (E) facilitating
18. One of the predicted consequences of global warming is the rising sea levels. This salty seawater will ______ low-lying streams, rivers and underground freshwater aquifers—the sources of drinking water for millions of people worldwide. (A) infiltrate (B) outbreak (C) summarize (D) undertake (E) overcome
19. Head delegations from the countries are now at the negotiation tables in the first round of ______ talks, the results of which are hoped to be the beginning of improved relations between the two nations. (A) bicameral (B) bifocal (C) binomial (D) bilateral (E) bipedal
20. It is statistically proven that after a person’s early 20’s, the fascination with ______ declines, and his/her resistance to change increases. (A) magnificence (B) novelty (C) replicas (D) commodity (E) amusement II. Grammar and Structure: 20 points 【單選題】每題 1 分，共 20 題，答錯 1 題倒扣 0.25 分，倒扣至本大題零分為止，未作答，不給分亦不扣分。 A. Please choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
21. Developing a strategy that your company or military cannot execute, ______ wonderful, is simply bad strategy. (A) regardless (B) no matter (C) no matter how (D) regardless of (E) no matter whether
22. Jony Ive, ______ with designing many of Apple's most successful products, has been promoted to be chief design officer. (A) credits (B) crediting (C) is crediting (D) credited (E) has credited
23. ______ a global nuclear war, life on earth as we know it would end forever. (A) There should be (B) If there will be (C) If there had been (D) Should there be (E) Had there been
24. ______ the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans was caused not merely by a powerful storm but primarily by fatal engineering flaws in the city’s flood protection system has been proved by experts. (A) This (B) That (C) While (D) However (E) Which
25. Hospitals are competing for a decreasing market share; ______, they are attempting to discover the most cost-effective and highest quality care. (A) however (B) on the whole (C) in other words (D) for example (E) consequently
26. “If not us, who is going to take care of the ______ Christians in Iraq, being one of the longest Christian communities ever in existence?” Jeb Bush said during a speech in Oklahoma City. (A) persecuting (B) persecuted (C) being persecuted (D) having persecuted (E) persecution
27. Scientific discoveries often happen unintentionally. In the early 20th century, Alexander Fleming noticed that the mold growing on one of the culture plates in his lab was killing all of the bacteria, ______ him to discover antibiotics. (A) had lead (B) was leading (C) lead (D) leading (E) have lead
28. Joey Alexander, whose parents are Christians, ______ his unique talent as being “a gift from God.” (A) distributes (B) attributing (C) commits (D) committing (E) attributes
29. When a patient is near death, a doctor should not be obliged to embark upon or continue heroic treatment ______ has no prospect of benefiting the patient. (A) in which (B) from which (C) which (D) whom (E) for whom
30. Sting, a supporter for humanitarian and environmental causes, established the Rainforest Foundation, an organization, ______. (A) whose goal is to help save the world’s rainforests (B) who goal is to help save the world’s rainforests (C) that goal is to help save the world’s rainforests (D) which goal is help save the world’s rainforests (E) whatever goal is to help save the world’s rainforests
31. Ethnocentrism is the view that one’s own culture is better than all others. People will always find some aspect of another culture distasteful, ______ sexual practices, a way of treating friends or relatives, or simply a food that they cannot manage to get down with a smile. (A) be it (B) owing to (C) whereas (D) yet (E) unless
32. She will not say what the item is, claiming that she won't divulge the secret of a valuable or important item to people she does not know and can ______ be expected to trust. (A) hardly (B) merely (C) simply (D) almost (E) easily B. For each sentence, please choose one underlined part that contains faulty English.
33. During the “dot-com” bubble in the United States which has lasted from the mid-1990s to 2001, many companies, to increase market share, purposely sold products at a loss, a scheme they believed would increase the company’s customer base and lead to future profits. (A) which has lasted(B)to increase(C)s at a loss(D) they believed would(E) lead to
34. The truth is, Geraldine, that in your case as an undergraduate student, you are not studying adequate enough, and you may find yourself in an awkward predicament sometime soon in the near future. (A) that in(B) an(C) adequate enough(D) awkward predicament(E) in the near future.
35. The fact is that still we do not know why some people become addicts and others do not although there are many theories A that reason that some people simply have an “addictive personality type”, being far more susceptible to the reward mechanism that produces addiction while others still believe that it is the addicts’ lack of will power to refrain without taking drugs or alcohol.(A) why some people become(B)that reason(C) susceptible to(D) lack of(E) without
36. In Antarctica, a massive wall that for years was an obstacle to whale watchers receded in 2010 to reveal a shallow channel full of feeding humpbacks. (A) that(B) was(C) receded(D) to reveal(E) feeding humpbacks.
37. Comparing its competitors in the energy space, the renewable energy industry is young. The biggest renewable energy employers, solar PV (1.6 million jobs) and wind (356,000), blow away the number of people employed in either of those industries in any other country, by multiples. (A)Comparing(B) its (C) blow away(D) employed(E) multiples
38. When asking to conserve water, many people were disappointed that the government did not set a similar mandate for age. Before the order, the state had already turned off the tap for many farmers. And now it’s making further cuts. (A) asking (B) disappointed(C)for age(D) had(E)cuts
39. Neither another penny will we spend on your education unless your grades improve and you become responsible for your work. (A)Neither(B)will(C) on(D) unless(E) for
40. Facebook has had internal question-and-answer sessions whose employees can pose questions to CEO Mark Zuckerberg on topics ranging from the social media site itself to the direction of the company. (A) has had(B)whose(C) to(D)on(E) ranging
41. According to the chart, in which period did the sales plummet most dramatically? (A) January ~ February (B) April ~ May (C) June ~ July (D) September ~ October (E) October ~ November
42. People who do not appreciate fiction think ______. (A) fiction reading is illegible and literature language is humdrum (B) fiction reading is humdrum and literature language is incomprehensible (C) both fiction reading and literature language are difficult (D) neither fiction reading or literature language is critical (E) fiction reading is incomprehensible and literature language is humdrum
43. Based on the researches, people who enjoy reading fiction might ______. (A) deal carefully with abstract task (B) develop a mind of better tolerance and work effectively under ambiguity (C) monitor carefully about uncertainty (D) think critically before taking action (E) read decisively to avoid disastrous consequences
44. Which is the best title for the essay above? (A) Personality and Stress: Classification and Correlation (B) Personality and Stress: Performance and Enhancement (C) Personality and Stress: Distress and Eustress (D) The Influence of Personality on Stress (E) Personality: Typology
45. Based on the reading above, which of the following statement is correct? (A) Stress is always beneficial to us. (B) Type B people tend to devote time and energy to their work. (C) The stress Type A people experience results mainly from themselves. (D) People of Type B often have difficulty in adapting to uncertainty. (E) Type B people tend to think negatively, which results in their experiencing constant distress.
46. What is the major problem that Millie suffers from? (A) being rejected by her family (B) heart failure (C) bad appetite (D) heavily relying on sugar (E) compelled to live by the sea
47. What is the most appropriate word for the blank in the first paragraph? (A) palliative (B) emergency (C) chronic (D) rehabilitative (E) acute
48. What is the major improvement achieved by the medical team? (A) recovery from the illnesses (B) sustaining her life quality (C) improving her living environment (D) her union with her family (E) discharging her from nursing home
49. What is the synonym of the word exertion in the first paragraph? (A) overdose (B) stretch (C) experience (D) extension (E) activity
50. How many hominins reside in the eastern African before 3 million years ago? (A) one (B) two (C) more than two (D) none (E) The answer is still controvertible.
51. The name given to the newly discovered species is ______. (A) Australopithecus afarensis (B) Australopithecus deyrimeda (C) Australopithecus bahrelghazali (D) Kenyanthropus platyops (E) Ardipithecus ramidus
52. According to the article, the newly discovered species might ingest more ______ than Lucy’s species. (A) water (B) salt (C) fruit (D) vegetable (E) meat
53. The word, deyrimeda, derives from the local words for “close” (deyi) and “relative” (remeda). Therefore, deyrimeda is a word made by ______. (A) compounding (B) abbreviating (C) blending (D) coining (E) assimilating
54. In the ninth paragraph, the word “conspicuous” may be replaced by______. (A) noticeable (B) intelligent (C) prosperous (D) ferocious (E) sentimental
55. Australopithecus is more like ______. (A) monkeys (B) apes (C) ape-men (D) humans (E) aliens

申論題 (1)

IV. Essay Writing: 20 points Please write a well-organized essay with at least 200 words to express your opinion on medical malpractice. “Statistics show that approximately 195,000 people are killed every year by medical errors in the US. Between 15,000 and 19,000 malpractice suits are brought against doctors each year.” Are there efficient and practical ways to reduce the rate of medical error? Should doctors be solely responsible for their errors? What sort of legal protection should doctors be entitled to?