
貳、英文【第 26-50 題,每題 2分,共計 25 題,占 50 分】
一、字彙【請依照句子前後文意,選出最適當的答案】
【3】26. Success of the film depends heavily on the eight-year-old girl who plays a _______ role in the story.
slothful belated pivotal compact
【2】27. The photographer was able to capture with his camera the wonderful but _______ moments in life.
dormant fleeting lethal spacious
【2】28. Totally unprepared for the occasion, the composer decided to _______.
vibrate improvise despoil ferment
【4】29. North Korea’s nuclear test was considered a highly _______ act that threatened international peace.
reverent tedious indispensable provocative
【1】30. With superior logical thinking and attention to details, the detective finally managed to _______ the
mystery.
unravel degrade alternate falsify
【2】31. Once you delete the file, there is no way to _______ the information you stored.
amputate retrieve demean disintegrate
【3】32. Thanks to the convenience of _______ devices, now you can work almost anywhere you go.
irrational lucent portable transient
二、文法測驗【請在下列各題中選出最適當的答案】
【1】33. Due to time constraint, David was unable to finish _______he was about to say.
what it that which
【2】34. Please speak up, I _______hear you.
so hardly can hardly hardly never am hardly
【4】35. _______finished answering the test questions than the bell rang.
It was sooner that he Sooner did he not He had sooner No sooner had he
【1】36. I will be more than happy to assist you with _______difficulty you might encounter.
whatever that which no matter
【2】37. After spending years in the ocean, the salmon returns to the stream _______spawned.
it was there where it was which it was there it was
【3】38. Your ideas make perfect sense. I _______.
can agree with you more can’t agree with you no longer
can’t agree with you more can more agree with you
【2】39. _______ prepared you are, _______nervous you’ll be on the day of the exam.
With more… then less The more…. the less
More than…. less than To be more…would be less
【4】40. _______the team won the first prize gives everyone a good reason to celebrate tonight.
If When For That
三、克漏字測驗【請依照段落上下文意,選出最適當的答案】
Welcome to Verona, one of the oldest cities in northern Italy. It was 41 about 2,500 years ago, and
brought into the Roman Republic a few hundred years later. As the city grew in importance, many great buildings
were constructed, 42 an arena which is now the third largest in Italy. Several sections of the city wall and a
number of roads also remain in excellent condition.
Throughout the Middle Ages Verona grew in power, often fighting in the wars that 43 back and forth
across the region and taking control of several nearby cities. Its wealthy rulers erected many structures, such as
palaces, churches, bridges, and aqueducts, and supported many artists, like Dante and Petrarch. The period was a
golden age, before the city 44 .
Because of its historic architecture, Verona is 45 as one of the best tourist destinations in Italy.
Surprisingly, many people visit not just for buildings, but for love!
【1】41. founded found funded formed
【2】42. includes including included inclusive
【2】43. arranged raged ridged rivaled
【4】44. delayed reclined inclined declined
【4】45. thought looked referred regarded
四、閱讀測驗【請依照段落上下文意,選出最適當的答案】
“Like a small boat amidst high waves. I have no goals, no directions, but drifting aimlessly along the waves. I
have been tired physically and mentally during the past three years,”a 9th grader wrote of his experience attending
junior high school in Taiwan.
The disheartening article written by the 15-year old student is not an exception; in fact, it is a norm, according to
educators and parents who attended the forum on education reform yesterday. They said it described the pain and
pressures most students felt from preparing for the high school entrance exam during the entire three years in junior high.
According to this student, all his anticipations toward an "exciting" experience at junior high school were all
drowned out as textbooks, tests and pressures from the entrance exam flooded his daily life. The only excitement left for
him was the short breaks on basketball courts and in the online digital world.
A high school teacher said in the forum that to juggle between heavy courses and extra-curriculum activities,
students often sacrifice lunch or dinner time to study. She added there are at least 10 subjects per every high school
semester.
"I cannot even carry these books, but a child has to!" said by a student’s parent, who pointed out to a thick stack of
20-plus textbooks displayed in the forum and said it is only a tiny portion of the required readings at her 9th-grade
child's school. She added that there are at least 10 textbooks, and numerous outside readings, for each subject. Students
lack the opportunity to think on their own when they have so many materials to study.
Those who attended the forum all mentioned that students undergo tremendous pressures from high school
entrance exams. They urge the government to review education plans of the past decade and to formulate an entirely
different approach towards education in Taiwan. A professor from the National Chengchi University said, "After exams
and tests, what is left of these children?"
【2】46. What does the 15-year old student think of his junior high school life?
Delightful. Miserable. Enjoyable. Optimistic.
【2】47. Which of the following do you infer from the passage that should not be done to improve the current
education?
Respecting students’ differences. Offering more exams.
Changing parents’ attitudes. Developing students’ interests.
【3】48. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as the most serious problem in Taiwan’s high school education?
Students take part in a lot of activities during summer and winter break.
Students skip their lunch or dinner in order to find time to study.
Students are brought under enormous pressures from high school entrance exams.
Students, though working so hard, get worse and worse results.
【4】49. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Many people are very satisfied with the current education system.
Nowadays few of the students in Taiwan have stress any longer.
Our high school curriculums are not too complex or too difficult.
The government has not really found a good way to undergo educational reform.
【1】50. What does the word “forum” most likely mean?
A meeting in which people can exchange opinions and ideas on a particular issue.
A small raised platform that a person stands on to make a speech.
A place where something, especially a building is, or will be situated.
The place where somebody is meant to be.