96年 - 96 地方政府特種考試_四等_新聞廣播（選試英文、國語播音與閩南語播音）：英文#50586

科目：公職四等◆英文 | 年份：96年 | 選擇題數：10 | 申論題數：4

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選擇題 (10)

1. I was required to _____ my superior in preparing the report. (A) resist (B) assist (C) persist (D) insist

2. After a three-hour walk, we finally arrived at our _____. (A) obligation (B) confirmation (C) composition (D) destination

3. The play has a distinguished cast though; it is actually sheer political _____. (A) propaganda (B) prophesy (C) proletariat (D) prominence

4. The president declared that the government would not _____ with the terrorists. (A) separate (B) fascinate (C) negotiate (D) repudiate

5. The Air Force has _____ 40 new members from among the young college graduates this year. (A) realigned (B) revolved (C) recruited (D) readjusted

6. In December 2005, anti-immigrant _____ known as HR 4437 passed the house, touching off what has become the largest wave of protests in US history. (A) percussion (B) confrontation (C) liberation (D) legislation

7. In this French course, students will study the past tense conjugations of both regular and irregular verbs. They will learn when to use each tense _____ along with the expressions that are associated with these tenses. (A) appropriately (B) confusedly (C) diligently (D) apprehensively

8. Many of these patent medicines contained alcohol or narcotics. Federal legislation in the early 20th century required manufacturers to list the _____ and prohibited them from making false promises about their products. (A) property (B) sediments (C) ingredients (D) catalysts

9. A ____to witness (or subpoena) is a legal document that orders a person to attend a Board proceeding, sometimes requiring the person to bring specific documents to the hearing. (A) summons (B) negligence (C) persistence (D) investigation

10. Natural _____ are part of the world around us, and their occurrence is inevitable. Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, earthquakes, wildfires and other damaging events are natural phenomena, which we cannot control. (A) scenery (B) panorama (C) resource (D) hazards

申論題 (4)

1. Two teams of scientists reported yesterday that they had turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo — a feat that could quell the ethical debate troubling the field. All they had to do, the scientists said, was add four genes. The genes reprogrammed the chromosomes of the skin cells, making the cells into blank slates that should be able to turn into any of the 220 cell types of the human body, be it heart, brain, blood or bone.

2. As Wall Street rallied this week, it seemed that investors were taking comfort in the notion that the economy has become so imperiled by the crumbling housing market that it is forcing the government to finally mount an aggressive rescue effort. Investors found reassurance yesterday in talk that the White House is brokering a deal with banks that could diminish a looming tidal wave of home foreclosures. Soothing words from the Federal Reserve earlier this week revived the hope that more interest rate cuts are on the way, drowning nervousness in a din of buying.

三、中譯英：請將下列中文譯為英文。（20 分）

《色，戒》是 2007 年由李安所導演、美國焦點影業（Focus Features）所發行的一部電影，改編自著名華人作家張愛玲於 1950 年居於上海時所著的同名短篇小說。《色，戒》於第 64 屆威尼斯國際電影節獲頒「最佳影片金獅獎」，也使得李安成為威尼斯國際電影節有史以來第三位獲得兩隻金獅的導演。此片被分級為 NC-17 （17 歲以下禁止觀看）。負責審核的美國電影協會（MPAA）以「部分情節瀰漫著露骨與圖樣式的性行為畫面」為由做出此決定。李安表示他不會刪剪部分鏡頭以求換取美國電影分級的 R 級。

四、英文作文。（30 分）

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The WTO's (World Trade Organization) stated goal is to improve the welfare of the peoples of its member countries, specifically by lowering trade barriers and providing a platform for negotiation of trade. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.