114年 - 114 義守大學_學士後中醫學系入學招生考試試題：英文#126424

1. Tom was consistently _____ and concise, choosing to speak with fewer words than his colleagues. (A) laconic (B) verbose (C) obsolete (D) fervent

2. The team leader is an extremely _____ student; he inevitably tries to take all the credit for his team’s victories. (A) cooperative (B) composed (C) articulate (D) egoistic

3. Telemedicine is expected to _____ many traditional in-person consultations. (A) propagate (B) comport (C) supersede (D) tyrannize

4. The skin patch was made of a/an _____ membrane to block external toxins. (A) flexible (B) porous (C) synthetic (D) impermeable

5. The employees joked that their manager was nonplussed; even when they were deriding him in his presence, he seemed _____ and unbothered. (A) oblivious (B) pernicious (C) gregarious (D) inept

6. Why don’t you seek out a broader range of opinions and try to _____ this problem from multiple perspectives before making the final decision? (A) exfoliate (B) scrutinize (C) monopolize (D) besiege

7. A series of reports on beef and pork containing traces of ractopamine, a leanness-enhancing feed additive, led to a significant decline in meat sales _____. (A) precipitously (B) intrinsically (C) fluctuatingly (D) ostensibly

8. Since the early century, the hunt for disease often took _____ over the solicitous attention expected by the suffering patient. (A) precedence (B) subservience (C) predicament (D) sagacity

9. Smartphones have become _____ in modern society, seen in the hands of nearly everyone. (A) tertiary (B) ubiquitous (C) meticulous (D) tenuous

10. Because tuberculosis is a particularly _____ disease, many schools mandate that students be vaccinated to prevent it from spreading rapidly among the population. (A) contemptuous (B) contentious (C) virulent (D) dominant

11. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), herbs and foods are categorized according to five flavors: sour, sweet, bitter, _____ and salty. (A) pungent (B) succulent (C) tepid (D) putrid

12. In TCM pulse diagnosis, a person’s health condition can be recognized through pulse _____ at the locations on both wrists corresponding to the organs, heart, lung, liver, spleen and kidney. (A) palpation (B) palpitation (C) palsy (D) palmistry

13. Remaking old movies seems to be all the _____ and increasingly prevalent in Hollywood these days. (A) rage (B) permeation (C) infiltration (D) outrage

14. Flies breed _____ when temperatures are warm, food is abundant, and humidity is moderate. (A) skimpily (B) prolifically (C) sporadically (D) ominously

15. Cranberries contain anti-_____ compounds and can help combat urinary tract infections. (A) inflationary (B) inflammable (C) inflammatory (D) inflectional 

II. Grammar and Usage: Choose the   best   answer to complete each sentence.

16. It was not until the final analysis _____ the bias introduced during data collection was fully recognized. (A) did they realize (B) when they realized (C) they realized (D) that they realized

17. ____ all the U.S. Presidents, John Kennedy was the only one to practice the Roman Catholic faith. (A) From (B) In (C) Despite (D) Of

18. Some pathologists have reached a conclusion ____ a wide variety of factors. (A) that fatigue results from (B) fatigue results is because (C) which fatigue results in (D) is that fatigue results form

19. Doctor: What seems to be the problem? Patient: Well, Doctor, for the last two days, I _____keep anyfood down. Every time I try to eat something, I throw up soon. -(A) was not able to (B) were unable to (C) would not be able (D) have not been able to

20. Never before _____.(A) such a thing has happened (B) such happened has a thing (C) has such a thing happened (D) has happened such a thing

21.If I ___ the house last year, I ___ rich now.(A) bought, am (B) have bought, were (C) had bought, would be (D) have bought, would have been

22. Many people enjoy_____going on their shopping trip. (A) both a big department store, a small boutique (B) both to a big department store and to a small boutique (C) both a big department store and a small boutique (D) both a big department store and to a small boutique

23. The impostor eluded detection for so long because she conducted herself______ . (A) as though she were a licensed practitioner (B) as though she was a licensed practitioner (C) like she was a licensed practitioner (D) as if she was a practitioner with a license

24. Stress can lead to insomnia, ________ to fall or stay asleep or waking up much earlier than desired. (A) an inability (B) that unable (C) disabling (D) enabling

25. Despite being a very competent engineer, _____in job interviews. (A) Robin’s nervousness makes her perform poorly (B) Robin’s poor performance is caused by nerves (C) Robin is so nervous that she often performs poorly (D) Robin, being nervous and performing poorly

26. (A) identify (B) identifying (C) has identified (D) has been identified

27. (A) with (B) in (C) over (D) under

28. (A) catch on (B) crack down (C) rule out (D) crank out

29. (A) resistant to (B) persistent to (C) insistent on (D) consistent to

30. (A) during (B) on (C) through (D) within 

31. (A) It (B) What (C) As (D) Like

32. (A) prior (B) inferior (C) native (D) prone

33. (A) laced with (B) plucked into (C) swarming into (D) gnawing on

34. (A) By and large (B) By no means (C) By all means (D) On the one hand

35. (A) transmittance (B) prevalence (C) maintenance (D) population

36. The primary purpose of the article is to _____. (A) present the background of a recent medical discovery (B) trace the history of a scientific inquiry (C) explain the research that led to a new breakthrough (D) describe an aspect of early childhood development

37. The main purpose of the article’s third paragraph is to _____. (A) illustrate how distinct speech streams increase the speed of language acquisition (B) discuss the mechanism by which louder volumes of speech impede language acquisition (C) explain the role of the relative volumes of sounds on an infant’s ability to learn to process language (D) provide scientific data that measure the improvement in language acquisition as the volume of the speech stream increases

38. According to the article, children begin to learn the rhythms, pitches, and accents of speech _____. (A) after puberty (B) in the first few months after birth (C) after the middle of the first year (D) at around one year of age

39.The article most strongly suggests that a mother who wants to assist her infant in language acquisition should _____ . (A) preclude her infant from exposure to as many spoken languages as possible (B) use short words composed of the basic phonemes of her native language (C) be sure her voice is louder than other background noises (D) use as large a vocabulary as possible when speaking to her child

40.The most likely purpose of the discussion of phonemes in the article is to _____. (A) identify important stages in the process of language acquisition in children (B) emphasize the importance of children acquiring only one language at a time (C) show how children gradually build larger words from the primary sounds around them (D) illustrate the importance of volume in the language acquisition of children 

41. What is the primary purpose of the article? (A) To critique traditional healthcare models (B) To introduce smart healthcare and discuss its applications and challenges (C) To promote wearable devices for fitness tracking (D) To highlight problems in hospital management

42. According to the article, IBM Watson is primarily used for _____. (A) performing surgeries (B) hospital administration (C) clinical decision support (D) health insurance management

43. The phrase “robust regulation” is closest in meaning to _____. (A) weak control (B) strong guidelines (C) increased technology investment (D) reduced standards

44. The article implies that smart wearable devices primarily help patients by _____. (A) embellishing hospital visits (B) allowing automated surgical procedures (C) enabling continuous health monitoring (D) reducing hospital administrative tasks

45. Which inference about smart healthcare can be drawn from the article? (A) It will completely replace human doctors. (B) It currently faces no technical difficulties. (C) Its success depends significantly on cross-sector collaboration. (D) It is only applicable to wealthy patients. 

46. What is the primary reason for the Ministry of Labor's new measures? (A) To increase wages for migrant caregivers (B) To meet the increased demand for migrant caregivers (C) To restrict the hiring of foreign caregivers (D) To promote domestic caregiving services

47. What is the Barthel Index used for? (A) Measuring a country’s economic growth (B) Assessing an individual’s ability to perform daily activities (C) Determining a person’s eligibility for government subsidies (D) Evaluating the quality of migrant caregivers

48. According to the article, which group is now allowed to bypass Barthel Index-based health evaluations? (A) People aged 70 and older (B) People aged 80 and older (C) Individuals with cancer (D) Indigenous caregivers

49. Why has the Ministry of Labor faced criticism from lawmakers? (A) For reducing the number of available caregivers (B) For prioritizing foreign workers over domestic workers (C) For delaying the implementation of necessary measures (D) For refusing to negotiate with other countries

50. What is one of the main challenges in hiring migrant caregivers according to the article? (A) A shortage of available job positions (B) Caregivers preferring easier jobs over harder ones (C) The lack of funding for healthcare in private sectors (D) A decrease in the number of migrant workers entering Taiwan