110年 - 110 外交特種考試_三等_外交領事人員類科英文組一：外國文（含新聞書信撰寫與編譯）（英文）#101092

科目：外國文(含新聞書信撰寫與編譯)(英文) | 年份：110年 | 選擇題數：20 | 申論題數：3

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所屬科目：外國文(含新聞書信撰寫與編譯)(英文)

選擇題 (20)

1 For most women, nursing continues to be an oasis of opportunity--that is, if we focus on earnings potential and upward ______ . (A) liability (B) modality (C) mobility (D) placability

2 Laughter and high spirits, sheer ______ hilarity, reigns after the jovial singing party. (A) rational (B) ratable (C) retaliatory (D) reckless

3 By and large they carried their failings inside, maintaining the mask of ______ . (A) sympathy (B) excitement (C) anxiety (D) composure

4 I am not clairvoyant, but I can ______ that some things are meant to be done. (A) see (B) taste (C) breathe (D) touch

5 Long ______ of hot dry weather, as well as lightning storms, can add to the risk of forest fires. (A) spells (B) dynamics (C) eruptions (D) bursts

6 The slow-moving train cuts through endless ______ of terrain, most of which being flat and monotonous. (A) supplies (B) expanses (C) numerals (D) outlines

7 Vikings are well known for their ______ habits of snatching gold, silver, and booty from other peoples. (A) constructive (B) acquisitive (C) scattered (D) absent-minded

8 You can add the fluid to the powder or, ______ , the powder to the fluid. (A) conversely (B) contrastively (C) contradictorily (D) comparatively

9 His sudden financial success led to his ______ , which in turn led to his bankruptcy. (A) innovation (B) affluence (C) extravagance (D) efficiency

10 The word, Renaissance, ______ means “rebirth.” It is referred to the restoration of the ancient Greek and Roman arts and literatures in a new era as the Renaissance. (A) drastically (B) hoarsely (C) casually (D) literally

11 (A) extinct (B) instant (C) insistent (D) extant

12 (A) range (B) ranged (C) ranging (D) ranges

13 (A) adaptable (B) addicted (C) improper (D) inferior

14 (A) casualties (B) populations (C) gangs (D) crops

15 (A) Although (B) Despite (C) Because (D) Moreover

16 What is the tone of this passage? (A) Indifferent. (B) Encouraging. (C) Sarcastic. (D) Accusing.

17 According to the author, which of the following could induce the most calming way to breathe? (A) Playing piano. (B) Planting roses. (C) Meditating. (D) Digesting.

18 Based on the study discussed in the passage, what specifically causes the relaxation response? (A) The happy mood. (B) The heart rate. (C) The exercise. (D) The exhale.

19 Which of the following could be a possible source of this passage? (A) A health magazine. (B) A political journal. (C) An economic report. (D) A travel brochure.

20 According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? (A) The vagus nerve is a single inner cord, stretching from the head to the stomach. (B) Stimulating the vagus nerve to the heart has a really powerful effect on raising the heart rate. (C) Breathing slowly reduces the oxygen demands of the heart muscle, and our heart rate drops. (D) The vagus nerve contributes little to the mind-body connection.

申論題 (3)

一、英譯中：（15 分）
Representations of the relationship between European colonizers and aboriginal peoples have long been much shaped by theoretical discourses from various historical perspectives. The disciplines we know as history, anthropology and archaeology largely emerged in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the context of the encounter between Europe and other peoples. These disciplines insisted upon a particular understanding of human history. This was conceived as the reason for the fundamental differences Europeans perceived between themselves and other peoples. The former constructed their culture as symbolizing modern and civilized by imagining the culture of aboriginal peoples as representing the ancient and backward. That is, they claimed that cultures could be divided into different periods of human history. Instead of regarding others as peoples who were contemporaneous with themselves, Europeans claimed that they were from the barbarous age. According to this historical theory, there was a natural course of history beginning with the barbarian state, which was aboriginal, and progressing towards modern civilization, which was Europe’s present. In this theory, peoples such as aborigines were always associated with a lack or deficit.

二、中譯英：（15 分）
軍隊全面潰逃。所有秩序的假象蕩然無存，士兵不再聽從他們的長官，而紀律早已消失殆盡。彈將盡，糧將絕，人不為己，天誅地滅。那是印刻在一個國家集體意識上的災難，今日猶然。當大多數人想到在阿富汗的外國勢力干預時，總會想到 1842 年的英軍撤退行動。

三、英文寫作：（45 分）總字數限制：350 字以內。
Write an essay of no more than 350 words to comment on the passage below. Support your position and discourse with reasoning and/or examples from readings, studies, experience, or observations. Many human rights professionals are reluctant to call their work diplomacy, and find “human rights diplomacy” an uncomfortable oxymoron that links two fundamentally different areas of human endeavour. The roots of the discomfort run deep. Diplomacy is traditionally understood as the cool- headed pursuit of national interests, where principles and morality can, and in some cases should, be left aside or compromised, a dispassionate exercise of realpolitik at the international level. Meanwhile, human rights work has always been about ideals and values, driven by passion and indignation over injustice. In recent decades, however, there has been a convergence of the two disparate areas of work.