96年 - 96 調查特種考試_三等_調查工作組：外國文（英文）#50730

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1 Our next door neighbors moved in last year and have kept a very low____ since then. Not many people know that they are the relatives of the royal family in Japan. (A) décor (B) profile (C) rigor (D) statue

2 Mastery of calculus and doing well on exams ____ active knowledge, the ability to solve problems without the aid of books. (A) accumulate (B) falsify (C) require (D) specify

3 We conjectured that she would run for the presidency sooner or later, and what she said last night ____ our assumption. (A) turned out (B) bore out (C) figured out (D) put out

4 After meticulous evaluations of the pros and cons, the government agreed to give the green to off-shore banking services. (A) blink (B) light (C) ray (D) traffic

5 The mayor’s____ appeal for support after the city was devastated by earthquakes was voted the most influential speech of the year. (A) beguiling (B) delicate (C) eloquent (D) illusive

6 Deforestation, soil pollution, and the introduction of non-native species render many species of animals____ , if not extinct. (A) vulnerable (B) voluntary (C) voracious (D) voluble

7 He learned English in a three-month ____ course. (A) crash (B) clash (C) crush (D) coach

8 It will only ____ the situation if we invite her ex-boyfriend as well. (A) complicate (B) compliment (C) comprehend (D) complement

9 If it is not laid____ , concrete may crack and buckle. (A) at all (B) after all (C) within reach (D) with care

10 Oil is essential for modern life—apart from its use in transportation, it is also used in making ____ , plastics, and many other products. (A) fertilizers (B) fossils (C) fragments (D) feasts

11 Being poor is nothing to be____ if you are upright and virtuous. (A) reactive against (B) incompatible with (C) ashamed of (D) unworthy of

12 No late assignment is accepted,____ the students have good reasons. (A) when (B) as long as (C) whereas (D) unless

13 David____ , but he chose to stay and fight. (A) couldn’t have escaped (B) could have escaped (C) hadn’t escaped (D) can escape

14 Violence flared ____ again last night in many areas with armed gangs taking to the streets. (A) down (B) through (C) up (D) aside

15 In the old world, class is legal and hereditary. ____ , in America, each person carves out an economic position as well as a social position. (A) On the one hand (B) In addition (C) As opposed (D) On the contrary

16 Hundreds of people are killed in car accidents in Taiwan every year, and many of____ could be prevented. (A) the deaths (B) the dead (C) the dying (D) the diets

17 To keep birds from eating seeds, soak____ in the green food coloring. (A) the birds (B) them (C) both (D) the seeds

18 Though the five clans of the Shinnecook Indian tribe sometimes envy and resent each other, they stand together because they know that ____ will keep their land from being lost. (A) unity alone (B) alone unity (C) unity along (D) along unity

19 The company’s claim that they had called back all the sold cars for examination____ disbelief by the consumers. (A) was received with (B) has received (C) to be receiving (D) that received

20 Narration and drama are two alternative ways of telling a story; i.e., a story may be expressed as____ surface type. (A) either (B) one (C) other (D) another

21 Helen called me ten minutes ago that she her____ uncle in Paris next week. (A) visited (B) have visited (C) will visit (D) had visited

22 The glaciers in the Arctic are disappearing rapidly because of global warming, ____ , the weather around the world has become unpredictable. (A) hence (B) so that (C) moreover (D) and as a result

23 Though saving to buy a home, Ms. Johnson feels priced out of most city neighborhoods. (A) Ms. Johnson cannot make money in most city neighborhoods. (B) Ms. Johnson cannot pay for an entry into most city neighborhoods. (C) Ms. Johnson cannot afford to buy a house in most city neighborhoods. (D) Ms. Johnson is not welcome in most city neighborhoods.

24 Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong. (A) Being right is probably more important than being responsible. (B) Being wrong has little to do with responsibility. (C) Responsibility increases in the face of bad results. (D) Irresponsibility is always ignored if you turn out to be wrong.

25 We are certainly looking at biotech, but I doubt you’ll see a product in less than 5 years. (A) No biotech product will be allowed in the next 5 years. (B) It is unlikely that a biotech product will hit the market within 5 years. (C) A biotech product will be made safe in 5 years’ time. (D) No doubt a biotech product will be successful in 5 years’ time.

26 My fiascos are more public than I might wish, especially when people who I would like to witness my success see me instead kiss a wall with considerable force. (A) My failures are often witnessed by others, and I get very embarrassed that I fail big time when I am so sure that I will succeed. (B) My flaws are easily shown, so I feel really embarrassed that I reveal my weaknesses when I am supposed to show my strength. (C) It’s hard for me to conceal my emotions, and I feel extremely embarrassed when people I care see me collide against the wall. (D) My adventures often turn out to be disasters, and I get very embarrassed when I fail in front of people who are supposed to witness my success.

27 Most of the major strands of mainstream, modern Western psychological thought tend to reinforce the alienation of the psyche from nature. (A) Today most Western psychological thoughts lay a major focus on the psyche and nature. (B) Western psychologists, today or yesterday, have always been interested in the psyche of aliens. (C) Given that alienation is a necessary psychological treatment, the modern strands will reinforce it. (D) The major trends of Western psychological thought are inclined to divert human mind from nature.

28 The 141-nation Kyoto protocol aims to brake a rise in temperatures widely blamed on mounting human emissions of heat-trapping gases. (A) Many countries signed an agreement in Kyoto aiming to stop the temperature rise caused by human emission of gases. (B) The Kyoto residents want to stop the temperature rise so that they signed an agreement to work together to cut human emission of gases. (C) The international society signed a pact to stop the temperature rise in Kyoto. (D) The Kyoto protocol is an international agreement to decrease the human population.

29 From disappointment, I gradually ascended the emotional ladder to haughty indignation, and finally to that state of stubbornness where the mind is locked like the jaws of an enraged bulldog. (A) My headstrong reaction and anger took root in my disappointment. (B) I was fully disappointed with my own incredible pride and anger. (C) I skillfully locked the stubbornness in my mind with my pride and anger. (D) We humans were like enraged bulldogs in terms of being stubborn.

30 Too much water can result in hyponatremia, a dilution of the blood’s salt content, which disrupts brain, heart, and muscle function. (A) Brain, heart, and muscle will malfunction if one stays too long in the water. (B) Both mental and physical functions can be affected if the blood’s salt content is too thin. (C) Hyponatremia is the major symptom for having too much salty water in one’s blood. (D) Suffering from hyponatremia means having too much water in one’s brain, heart, and muscle.

31 The precision of such a formula as Einstein’s marks a radical departure from the beaten track of physics. (A) The mark of Einstein’s formula departs from the precise path of physics. (B) The precision and marks of Einstein’s formula depart from the path of physics. (C) The precision of Einstein’s formula represents a total break from the traditional physics. (D) The departure of Einstein’s formula from the traditional path lies in its marked precision.

32 (A) establishing (B) accumulating (C) removing (D) uploading

33 (A) bolt (B) jolt (C) halt (D) cult

34 (A) merciful (B) cruel (C) resentful (D) beneficial

35 (A) compelled (B) expelled (C) repelled (D) dispelled

36 (A) gloss (B) gluttony (C) plunder (D) slander

37 According to the passage, _____. (A) not all moles are harmful (B) everybody has nearly ten moles (C) people usually have moles between teens and middle age (D) people usually find themselves with moles at the age of forty

38 According to the passage,____ . (A) a raised mole is likely to be cancerous (B) large moles are less likely to be cancerous than small ones (C) it is a good idea to have a mole checked when it changes color (D) it is a good idea to have all your moles checked

39 The passage is mainly about ____ . (A) the necessity of health examination (B) the increase of men’s cancerous moles (C) the distinction between harmful and harmless moles (D) danger signs of moles

40 The tone of the passage could best be described as ____ . (A) sympathetic (B) objective (C) humorous (D) favorable

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(1) It is doubtful whether there is actually any music that has not, to some extent, borrowed or derived influence from other sources. Modern popular music tends to be part of a continuous cycle of hybridization. As a global, mass-mediated form of culture, it gets transplanted into new environments where it often becomes indigenized and develops into new musical products.

(2) With the July 17 airplane crash in São Paulo, in which 199 people died, aviation safety has once again become a matter of intense concern among travelers. But it is not just Brazil that is in the spotlight. In the last few weeks, planes landing and taking off have come within seconds of colliding at airports much closer to home. How can consumers find out which airports, airplanes, and airlines have a pattern of dangerous errors?

(1)媒體大量開放之後，新的媒體不斷出現；個別媒體，如廣播或是報紙，面臨讀者或是聽眾大量流失以及廣告市場被稀釋，經營日漸困難。

(2)眾所矚目的哈利波特系列小說第 7 集完結篇《哈利波特與致命聖物》（Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows）英文版 21 日上市。哈利波特系列小說自 1997 年問世以來，被翻成 63 種語言，全球銷量破 3 億本，第 7 集全球大賣，熱度可期。

(3)花蓮航空站新航廈於 93 年 3 月 19 日正式營運。新航廈的設計，融合原住民住屋的特色與漢族住宅的意象，外觀像一隻振翅高飛的大鳥，成為西太平洋岸的地標。

96年 - 96 調查特種考試_三等_調查工作組：外國文（英文）#50730

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