98年 - 學士後西醫英文98英文#37933

I. Vocabulary and Usage. Part A : Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 20 points 【單選題】每題 1 分，共 20 題，答錯 1 題倒扣 0.25 分，倒扣至本大題零分為止，未作答，不給分亦不扣分。

1. More than one third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, ______ in San Francisco. (A) profoundly (B) persistently (C) practically (D) permanently (E) predominantly

2. The returns in the short ______ many be small, but over a number of years the investment will be well repaid. (A) interval (B) range (C) span (D) term (E) rank

3. Please _____ yourself from smoking and spitting in public places since the law forbids them. (A) restrain (B) hinder (C) restrict (D) prohibit (E) control

4. The most successful teaching programs are those that __________ the affective as well as the cognitive aspects of language learning. (A) take a fancy of (B) take into account (C) take a grip on (D) take in hand (E) take task to

5. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _____. (A) arbitrary (B) rational (C) mechanical (D) unpredictable (E) sensible

6. In days gone by, advertisements were __________ as they told customers what a product was and how to use it. (A) self-deceptive (B) segmentalizing (C) stradivarius (D) straightforward (E) subterraneous

7. Some psychiatrists believe buried memories of childhood bullying experiences tend to _________ males than females in their adulthood. (A) hanker (B) harass (C) haunt (D) heal (E) hunt

8. Conference of Genoa 1922, in Genoa, Italy, was the first conference after World War I in which Germany and the Soviet Union were accepted __________ other nations. (A) below par for (B) on a par with (C) up to par against (D) as par for (E) par value with

9. Proverbs are the popular sayings that brighten so much Latin American talk, the boiled-down wisdom that you are as __________ hear from professors as from peasants. (A) accessible to (B) admitted to (C) advisable to (D) apt to (E) available for

10. Not that long ago many youngsters could get part-time or summer jobs that taught them the __________ of a trade they could pursue later. (A) adjustments (B) amendments (C) improvements (D) predicaments (E) rudiments

11. He had a week off, so he decided to take a trip to Bali and ___ there. (A) cater (B) unwind (C) grip (D) conform (E) induce

12. ___ projections suggest that the world population will grow before it begins to stabilize. (A) Monographic (B) Geographic (C) Seismographic (D) Demographic (E) Bibliographic

13. The boy was experiencing ___ about giving his speech, wanting to give it and yet dreading it. (A) fear (B) ambiguity (C) irritation (D) ambivalence (E) a feat

14. The Internet is one of the most common ways to ___ information, and it is done very quickly. (A) disseminate (B) enhance (C) impeach (D) interrogate (E) stake

15. Some organizations provide ___ for their staff. It’s not uncommon for the top salesman to receive an expensive car as an award. (A) internships (B) habitat (C) lectures (D) censure (E) incentives

16. His argument failed because he started with a false ___. (A) panorama (B) panacea (C) premise (D) perseverance (E) prospectus

17. The topic was well-defined and the writing ___. The instructor found nothing to criticize in the essay. (A) impeccable (B) putative (C) specious (D) moribund (E) ephemeral

18. Failing to thank people properly for gifts is a(n) ___ of etiquette. (A) avoidance (B) cause (C) evidence (D) manner (E) breach

19. A higher salary is not the only benefit; there are ___ advantages that go with the promotion. (A) concomitant (B) taciturn (C) equivocal (D) empirical (E) ingenuous

20. Figures that ____ the norm are different from what is typical. (A) deviate from (B) overlap with (C) concur with (D) are distorted (E) deduce Part B : Choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. 7.5 points

【單選題】每題 1.5 分，共 5 題，答錯 1 題倒扣 0.375 分，倒扣至本大題零分為止，未作答，不給分亦不扣分。

21. His comments epitomize the attitude of many parents nowadays. (A) reiterate (B) conceive (C) are a perfect example of (D) account for (E) agree with

22. As time goes by, sometime a word may be used in a pejorative sense. (A) disparaging (B) cliché (C) new (D) predictable (E) difficult

23. He was advised to qualify his claim. (A) explicate (B) modify (C) support (D) make less strong (E) exemplify

24. His attitude was construed as one of opposition to the proposal. (A) misunderstood (B) composed (C) interpreted (D) constructed (E) agreed

25. This study of Victorian poetry encapsulates the various views of modern experts. (A) incorporates (B) fabricates (C) deducts (D) eliminates (E) undertakes II. Semantics (Questions 26-30): Choose the statement that best explains the sentence. 7.5 points

【單選題】每題 1.5 分，共 5 題，答錯 1 題倒扣 0.375 分，倒扣至本大題零分為止，未作答，不給分亦不扣分。

26. As much as his grandfather can afford good food and house, he dwells on those days of war and starvation. (A) As soon as his grandfather becomes wealthy, he tries to bury the old days of his sufferings. (B) Even though his grandfather lives a good life now, he cannot let go of the old days of sufferings. (C) No matter how rich his grandfather has become, he refuses to discuss days of sufferings in the past. (D) Whether his grandfather can afford good food and house, he contents himself with simple living. (E) His grandfather likes good food and house as much as he can endure the old days of sufferings.

27. Quite a few candidates admit that they have been tempted to be less than perfectly honest with their electorates. (A) The admission of candidates who tell white lies is a temptation. (B) Candidates spare no efforts attempting to perfect their honesty. (C) Electorates prefer candidates who are always perfectly honest. (D) More often than not candidates choose honesty to win votes. (E) The attraction to tell lies to voters is irresistible to candidates.

28. The development of an economical artificial heart is only a few transient failures away. (A) Artificial heart is crucial to economic development though it may fail. (B) The idiom “failure is the mother to success” does not always apply. (C) Low-cost artificial heart has to undergo transient failures to succeed. (D) Affordable artificial heart is soon going to be successfully developed. (E) Failure to develop artificial heart is due to poor economic situation.

29. He would be a rash man if he should venture to forecast the results of this event. (A) Anyone who dares to foretell the results of this event would be considered impetuous. (B) Venturing to boldly foretell the results of this event is an imprudent man’s business. (C) He would rather be a reckless man than to brazenly predict the results of this event. (D) The results of this event is anybody’s guess, reckless men are by no means exception. (E) He who predicts the results of this event would be considered too adventurous to be trusted.

30. The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it. (A) The search for ultimate wisdom lies in the pursuit of high dreams. (B) Wisdom comes to an end when high dreams get lost on the way. (C) The quest for unreachable high dream makes people gain wisdom. (D) As one loses more high dreams, one gains much more wisdom. (E) In the seeking of high dreams, wisdom is an indispensable tool.

III. Grammar and Sentence Structure. Part A: Complete the sentence with the best choice. (Questions 31-35) 7.5 points 【單選題】每題 1.5 分，共 5 題，答錯 1 題倒扣 0.375 分，倒扣至本大題零分為止，未作答，不給分亦不扣分。

31. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, __________. (A) giving my hand and my heart to this vote (B) will I give my hand and my heart to this vote (C) I give my hand and my heart to this vote (D) that I give my hand and my heart to this vote (E) I’m given my hand and my heart to this vote

32. In the United States, thirteen should be considered a lucky number, __________. (A) for the nation started with thirteen colonies (B) whose thirteen colonies set up the nation (C) due to that thirteen nation-starting colonies (D) which nation was made up of thirteen colonies (E) for that the nation began with thirteen colonies

33. The loneliness of the city was brought home to me one early sleepless morning, __________, but by a single one of those same pigeons which I had seen from my hotel window. (A) by way of tossing people in lonely rooms (B) by people who had tossed in lonely rooms (C) not only by people tossing in lonely rooms (D) not by men like me tossing in lonely rooms (E) not tossing people in lonely rooms only

34. The mystery of how developing organisms choreograph the activity of their genes __________ is now being solved. (A) where form and function of cells are at the right place and at the right time (B) so at the right place and at the right time form and function the cells (C) so that cells form and function at the right place and at the right time (D) in which cells at the right place and time are formed and functioned (E) whose form and function for cells are at the right time and at the right place

35. From out the haze __________, invisible, and then the growl rose to a shriek as the plane plunged toward the earth. (A) where came the growl of a small airplane (B) coming a small airplane with growl (C) the growl of a small airplane coming (D) came the growl of a small airplane (E) in which a growling small airplane

Part B : For each sentence, choose one underline part that contains faulty English. (Questions 36-40) 7.5 points 【單選題】每題 1.5 分，共 5 題，答錯 1 題倒扣 0.375 分，倒扣至本大題零分為止，未作答，不給分亦不扣分。

36. This was a well-written

of current information,

the connection

nutrient stress, secondary compounds, A B C and herbivory rates in wetland plants could

37.

the

of contemporary realist social work, this paper explores the ways

an ethnographic approach

the processes of classifying speakers as members of

of social groups.

38. Not only

underrepresented in political assemblies and discriminated

the labor market, but they are also

threats

their physical safety.

39. Previous studies

whether people who are employed in some occupations

the maintenance of overall appearance

than

people who are employed in other occupations.

40. In many European cities, the economic contributions of business tourism

from leisure tourism

two to three times

both a seemingly appropriate and rewarding sector for the former manufacturing cities to pursue.

41. According to this passage, which of the following factor contributes to the rise of internet journalism? (A) Availability. (B) Continuity. (C) Flexibility. (D) Reliability. (E) Simplicity.

42. According to this passage, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of traditional media? (A) They claim to play the role of gatekeepers. (B) They are being replaced by online journalism. (C) They offer forums for discussions of public issues. (D) They provide information of all sorts and kinds. (E) They perform religious duties just like priesthood.

43. According to this passage, which of the following can be inferred about pundits? (A) Pundits contribute to making the United States a great democracy. (B) Pundits refer exclusively to those who work in traditional media. (C) In the Internet age, everybody can hopefully become a pundit quickly. (D) Pundits are those who use Internet technology in a professional fashion. (E) To be able to search information on the Internet has discredited pundits.

44. Which of the following can best replace the world conflates in the passage? (A) conflicts (B) conducts (C) confuses (D) combines (E) compensates

45. According to this passage, which of the following can best describe the central idea of this passage? (A) Internet has greatly democratized journalism. (B) Internet has created quite a few millionaires. (C) Internet has provisioned a variety of opinions. (D) Internet has enabled easy search for information. (E) Internet has become a trendy profession today.

46. Which of the following statement can best describe the main idea of this passage? (A) AIDS patients in Africa are under control with drugs subsided by the WHO. (B) Money might have been unwisely spent in some poor countries’ health programs. (C) Global efforts to improve poor people’s health have made significant progress. (D) Medical professionals are in great demand to fight off AIDS, TB and malaria. (E) Funding for development assistance for health has to be increased to be effective.

47. According to this passage, which of the following is an ACCURATE statement about high-profile diseases? (A) Malaria is almost wiped out around the world. (B) TB can be fully prevented now in many places. (C) Aids is no longer a deadly disease to Africans. (D) River blindness is no more an infectious disease. (E) Polio elimination program has made some strides.

48. According to this passage, which of the following about malaria prevention scheme is CORRECT? (A) Patients are cured with as quinine or artemisinin derivatives. (B) Fields and schools are spread insecticide to keep mosquito away. (C) Households are provided with insecticide-impregnated bed nets. (D) Insect repellents are sprayed to curb transmission of malaria. (E) Children are vaccinated to prevent infecting malaria to their risk.

49. According to this passage, which of the following is an ACCURATE statement about healthcare workers? (A) They are stable workforce in government hospitals. (B) They are willing to sacrifice themselves at all costs. (C) They are as benevolent as those wealthy donors. (D) They tend to have overloaded work with low pay. (E) They quit jobs in order to avoid contamination.

50. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word anomalies in the passage? (A) abnormalities (B) anonymities (C) diversities (D) enmities (E) formalities

51. The third sentence in the selection (lines 2─4) implies all of the following EXCEPT (A) Despite her father, Catherine was destined for heroic exploits. (B) Richard, at the time this passage was written, was a pedestrian name. (C) Catherine is an unlikely heroine. (D) Good looks are important in the society being described. (E) Clergymen were held in high respect.

52. By stating the fact that Catherine’s father “had never been handsome,” the narrator intends the reader to (A) be aware that Catherine also was not attractive. (B) infer that there is a subtle purpose behind mentioning that fact. (C) know all the facts about Catherine’s character and appearance. (D) recognize that clergymen can be successful even if they are not handsome. (E) notice that non sequiturs are an element of human experience.

53. In reading the many facts recorded in this passage, the reader is invited to conclude that the author (A) wants to tell everything about her heroine. (B) has great respect for the family of her heroine. (C) recognizes that the potential for heroism exists in all people. (D) is giving tongue-in-check descriptions. (E) exaggerates and distorts the virtues and faults of her characters.

54. The technique of the author can be described as one that (A) encourages ironic inferences. (B) is typical in the telling of romantic tales. (C) is detailed and realistic. (D) shows affection for the ordinary things of life. (E) indicates a superior attitude.

55. The expression “for many years of her life” (line 10) suggests that, in the story that is to be told, Catherine will (A) suffer untold misery (B) not be courted by gentlemen (C) develop into a pretty woman (D) remain at home to care for her aging parents (E) become a lovable maiden aunt

56. What will be the most appropriate title for the article? (A) Everyone shall be educated (B) Class and education in 19th-century England (C) Towards modern educational ideas (D) Universities versus schools (E) Academic talent rewarded

57. At what age was it proposed that the children of the gentry should leave school? (A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) 18 or 19 (E) 21

58. According to the article, what was the primary aim of the changes proposed in the Taunton Commission Report of 1864? (A) To improve educational provision for the lower classes (B) To facilitate easier entry to university for the sons of the gentry (C) To keep the lower classes in their place and not allow them to mingle with their social superiors (D) To raise large amounts of money by charging for educational provision (E) To reward exceptional talent

59. What was the upper limit in fees proposed for the sons of large shopkeepers at boarding schools? (A) £40 (B) 12 guineas (C) £120 (D) £25 (E) £60

60. According to the article, which ONE of the following statements is incorrect? (A) The Report of 1864 addressed the issue of education for all classes in the UK. (B) In the Report, all secondary schools were placed in one of three grades. (C) Enforcing a strict leaving age was vital in maintaining the syllabus of a school. (D) It was not desirable to mix working class boys with those of the upper classes. (E) The introduction of open scholarships helped boys of ability irrespective of their financial and educational circumstances.

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