109年 - 109 國立政治大學_轉學生招生考試﹕英文#127941

1. Stereotypes and discrimination among ethnic groups have been so deeply ____ in the society that it takes conscious effort to change. (A) deteriorated (B) entrenched (C) intervened (D) prosecuted

2. The United States is easing restrictions imposed at the beginning of the ____; however, some experts warn that easing restrictions too fast would be dangerous. (A) pandemic (B) theatre (C) commemoration (D) determination

3. High blood pressure is an ____ condition because it develops gradually and causes few symptoms at its early stage. (A) insidious (B) inconsiderate (C) autonomous (D) accidental

4. His remarks have ____ doubts about whether the steering group can take on pressing international economic and political challenges. (A) degenerated (B) spawned (C) deployed (D) mandated

5. Installing a new elevator in the building will certainly bring convenience, but the procedure has to be speeded up to minimize the ____ caused to residents. (A) delinquent (B) hypocrisy (C) nuisance (D) redundancy

6. Reinforcing the access of humanitarian assistance is a moral ____ and is strategically beneficial for aligning with the government's political agendas. (A) imperative (B) detention (C) defy (D) emulation

7. At a time when tension is high and so much is unknown, the company's spokesperson declined to ____ on the cause of the recent incident. (A) nominate (B) persevere (C) ridicule (D) speculate

8. In a multilingual community, language generally serves as one of the representational semiotics ____ of communication. (A) negligible (B) incursive (C) constitutive (D) insectivorous

9. The demonstrators threw rocks at the police. The armed police, however, were told not to ____ against civilians. (A) coincide (B) debunk (C) paralyze (D) retaliate

10. ____ has been distinguished between different kinds of dispersion that results in massive migration of any population. (A) Imperialism (B) Affiliation (C) Diaspora (D) Indignity 

11. (A) bottom (B) cause (C) key (D) fact

12. (A) as much as (B) by all means (C) every so often (D) as soon as

13. (A) promotes (B) is promoted (C) has promoted (D) is promoting

14. (A) is (B) be (C) being (D) have been

15. (A) about (B) readily (C) likely (D) concerned 

16. (A) in two weeks (B) this past week (C) since two weeks ago (D) for over the two weeks

17. (A) Two-third of the adult (B) Most of adults (C) Two-thirds of adults (D) The most of the adults

18. (A) more than (B) as (C) for (D) or

19. (A) problem (B) fact (C) reason (D) likelihood

20. (A) considerable influence (B) preposterous suggestion (C) prophetic wisdom (D) irrevocable decision

21 (A) Duolingo's mission is philanthropic and the approach is genius. (B) It also charges for subscription if users want to block the advertisements. (C) Duolingo is popular for the same reason why Candy Crush and arcade-style video games are successful. (D) What users don't realize is that the texts they are asked to translate during the learning process are later used by real websites. (E) Other language learning tools, Rosetta Stone, for example, have historically been only available to those with the disposable income to fund their learning.

22 (A) Duolingo's mission is philanthropic and the approach is genius. (B) It also charges for subscription if users want to block the advertisements. (C) Duolingo is popular for the same reason why Candy Crush and arcade-style video games are successful. (D) What users don't realize is that the texts they are asked to translate during the learning process are later used by real websites. (E) Other language learning tools, Rosetta Stone, for example, have historically been only available to those with the disposable income to fund their learning.

23 (A) Duolingo's mission is philanthropic and the approach is genius. (B) It also charges for subscription if users want to block the advertisements. (C) Duolingo is popular for the same reason why Candy Crush and arcade-style video games are successful. (D) What users don't realize is that the texts they are asked to translate during the learning process are later used by real websites. (E) Other language learning tools, Rosetta Stone, for example, have historically been only available to those with the disposable income to fund their learning.

24 (A) Duolingo's mission is philanthropic and the approach is genius. (B) It also charges for subscription if users want to block the advertisements. (C) Duolingo is popular for the same reason why Candy Crush and arcade-style video games are successful. (D) What users don't realize is that the texts they are asked to translate during the learning process are later used by real websites. (E) Other language learning tools, Rosetta Stone, for example, have historically been only available to those with the disposable income to fund their learning.

25 (A) Duolingo's mission is philanthropic and the approach is genius. (B) It also charges for subscription if users want to block the advertisements. (C) Duolingo is popular for the same reason why Candy Crush and arcade-style video games are successful. (D) What users don't realize is that the texts they are asked to translate during the learning process are later used by real websites. (E) Other language learning tools, Rosetta Stone, for example, have historically been only available to those with the disposable income to fund their learning.

26. What is this passage mainly about? (A) The life story of Sir Sandford Fleming. (B) The evolution of timekeeping practice. (C) The conflicts between railroad companies. (D) The time zones in the late nineteenth century.

27. Which of the following is true about the early days described in the passage? (A) The driving force for inventing the current time system was the railroad. (B) Local times were mostly set by government officials on a daily basis. (C) Standard time was a confusing concept for dwellers in the same town. (D) Citizens gathered under the sun to set their pocket watches.

28. What does the word "meridian" in paragraph 3 refer to? (A) An imaginary line. (B) A unilateral treaty. (C) A certified document. (D) A transparent sculpture.

29. According to the passage, which of the following is true about current time zones? (A) Time zones in China are ahead of its neighboring countries. (B) Countries with half-hour time zones have narrower longitude. (C) International time conferences are held in Greenwich annually. (D) The current system has a history of less than two hundred years.

30. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? (A) The closer an area is to the equator, the longer distance its time zone. (B) People at the North and South Poles have difficulty telling time. (C) The world will operate in one single time zone in the near future. (D) Most Middle East country time zones are segmented because of war. 

31. What is this the main idea of this passage? (A) Classical AI is knowledge-based. (B) Big data do not exist. (C) A lot of scientists are currently enthusiastic about AI. (D) Cutting-edge applications of AI technology demand big data.

32. Which of the following properties does the author attribute to GOFAI? (A) Precise in its predictions (B) Energy-Efficient (C) Reliant on built-in knowledge (D) Data-driven

33. "Although it was feasible (often with a great deal of effort) to build laboratory prototypes using this approach, it was often too difficult to get past this stage." What does the term "prototype" refer to in this context? (A) An Al product ready for sale (B) An AI system that can successfully perform certain functions (C) An AI system with practical value (D) An Al system that is versatile

34. Which of the following is true? (A) Classical AI systems are still important in certain areas. (B) Most AI systems today still rely on hand-coded knowledge. (C) AI is popular today because we have found a way to create systems using a "knowledge-based" approach. (D) Big data has been important for both classical and current Al systems

35. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? (A) Classical Al systems also need to rely on big data. (B) Machine learning has replaced classical AI because of the availability of big data. (C) The idea that "the more data, the better" is questionable. (D) Classical AI is the most advanced AI technology.

V. Composition 
Since video evidence showed a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, for almost nine minutes until he died, protests have erupted across the US and the rest of the world. Some consider the uprising protests against systemic racism as a way to fight for justice and human rights, but some consider the protests as "rioting" by an "angry mob."
As a university student as well as a global citizen, you are expected to think critically and encouraged to engage in public debate. Please express your opinion on the protests and write an essay (within 500 words) to argue for your position.