所屬科目：高普考/三四等/高員級◆英文
31. Although it claimed to be the most expensive movie ever made, it didn＇t _____ the audience＇s expectation. (A) drop in on (B) get along with (C) cut down on (D) live up to
32. John and I had a fight the other day, so he turned his _____ on me and refused to talk to me anymore. (A) back (B) head (C) face (D) shoulder
33. The government _____ taxes to increase the salaries of government employees. (A) rises (B) is raised (C) has raised (D) has been rising
34. According to a local _____, the earthquake that rocked Clarion Island registered 7.9 on the Richter Scale. (A) animist (B) cardiologist (C) otologist (D) seismologist
35. It is difficult for poor language learners to organize their linguistic input into a coherent system; _____, they see the input as an unconnected, untidy collection of individual items. (A) on the one hand (B) instead (C) by and by (D) furthermore
36. In the traditional domain of “hard＂ or military-based power, the United States is unequalled _____ any other nation, including Russia and China. (A) by (B) to (C) against (D) with
37. On all these shores there are echoes of _____: of the flow of time, obliterating yet containing all that has gone before. (A) here and there (B) this and that (C) past and future (D) up and down
38. A group of scientists have warned the United States against weaponizing space, saying the move would be prohibitively expensive and could spark a new arms race in the cosmos. (A) Scientists have been against the United States＇weaponizing space because this move would cost a huge amount of money and could initiate a new arms race in space. (B) Scientists have warned the United States not to travel into space because it could be extremely expensive and dangerous. (C) Scientists have been against the United States to arm the moon with expensive weapons because it will destroy the space. (D) Many scientists in the United States have warned the government not to weaponize the cosmos because it is too expensive.
39. For developing countries, migration eases the pressure to employ the poor. (A) For developing countries, more poor people are employed because of foreign investment. (B) Developing countries solve their migration problems by employing more poor people. (C) Poor people＇s working abroad eases the pressure of unemployment in developing countries. (D) Migrating people to developing countries is a way to ease the pressure to employ the poor.
40. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Smith anything but common. (A) Mrs. Smith is quite an ordinary person as the book shows all the details of her daily living. (B) The book＇s detailed description of Mrs. Smith＇s daily life shows that she is an unusual person. (C) Mrs. Smith is obviously a common person because of the details of daily living shown in this book. (D) The details of Mrs. Smith＇s daily life in the book show what a common person she is.
41 (A) our sense about (B) our sensation of (C) our sensitivity to (D) our sensibility into
42(A) take precedence over (B) take pleasure in (C) recede from (D) proceed from
43(A) imaginatively (B) realistically (C) morally (D) increasingly
44(A) crashes (B) perishes (C) vanishes (D) flourishes
45(A) have to (B) no longer (C) would rather (D) prefer to
46This passage is most likely taken from _____. (A) the atlas of the Antarctic Convergence (B) the bibliography of a thesis on penguins (C) the mechanical manual of the Eliza Scott (D) the book review section of an online bookstore
47According to the passage, which of the following statements about Antarctica is true? (A) Antarctica and the South Pole do not belong to the same area on earth. (B) By the 18th century geographers had already been to the ice world by sea. (C) The Antarctic Convergence encircles the Antarctic continent. (D) Nowadays tours will take travelers to places under the ice.
48According to the passage, which of the following subjects is NOT mentioned in Below the Convergence? (A) The discovery of ice rocks (B) The discovery of a gold mine (C) The linguistic origins of penguins (D) The discussion of standardizing longitude
49Which of the following words is closest in meaning to “bivouac＂ in the first paragraph? (A) Inflame (B) Observe (C) Research (D) Shelter
50What does “history＇s backwater＂ in the last paragraph refer to? (A) Antarctica (B) Alan Gurney＇s book (C) Water around the South Pole (D) The history of Gurney＇s journeys
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