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1.
【3】
The Transpor tati on Mini stry in Taiwan ordered U ber Taiwan to cease
opera t ion s and sa id th a t the ser vic e ban would continue until the company
abide d __ __ _ loc al la w s.
(1) x (2) to (3) by (4) with
2.
【2】
Lawrence may not be working here for much longer, but that’s no reason
for him to laugh _____ my face w heneve r I te ll him to do some thing.
(1) off (2) in (3) before (4) on
3.
【4】
The m ain pur pos e of educ a tion is t oo of te n forgo tt en. Bec au se o f all the
arguments about different method s of teaching, we ar e in d anger of n ot
seeing the wood _____ the trees.
(1) of (2) amid (3) through (4) for
4.
【3】
The Prime Minister’s explanation only papered _____ the cra ck s in his
party’s ideas on unemployment.
(1) on (2) above (3) over (4) towards
5.
【1】
Jane was very quic k _____ the mark when I told him ther e w ould be a
reward for the person who f inishe d the w or k first.
(1) off (2) behind (3) from (4) underneath
6.
【3】
Turkey told the Netherlands o n Sun day that it would ___ __ in the
“harshest ways” after Turkish ministers were barr ed fr om speaking in
Rotterdam in a row over Ank ara’s political campaigning amongst Turkish
emigres.
(1) rectify (2) relish (3) retaliate (4) relinquish
7.
【2】
Coopers Br ewery has come under fire for appare ntly involving itself
_____ the marriage equality debate by collabor ati ng with the Bible
Society on a campa ign “to reach even more Australians w ith God’s word.”
(1) for (2) in (3) into (4) from
8.
【1】
Whe nev er Alvi n is in trou ble, his pa re nt s alw ays bend ove r __ _ __ to he lp
him.
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(1) backwards (2) forwards (3) upwards (4) downwards
9.
【1】
The ma le fish a lso gua rds the e ggs a nd _____ th em with the m ovem e nts of
his fins.
(1) ventilates (2) acquits (3) condones (4) wrangles
10.
【4】
A black hole is created by the _____ of a dead star into a point perhaps no
large r than a marble.
(1) construction (2) compression (3) concretion
(4) collapse
11.
【4】
Mortality at adva nced ages decre ases as medical he alth measures p ostpone
the age at which _____ diseases tend to kill.
(1) rudimentary (2) succinct (3) vulgar (4) degenerative
12.
【3】
Good description relies on the use of _____ language—that is, language
that evokes our five senses.
(1) sensational (2) selected (3) sensory (4) sanitary
13.
【2】
Dona ld Trum p’s electio n _____ the second in the la st fiv e in the US
history where the winner of the national popular vote did not win a
majority in the Electora l College .
(1) makes (2) marks (3) maintains (4) makes up
14.
【3】
Attendants _____ carry pathogens on their hand s from patient to patient.
(1) gregariously (2) obsequiously (3) inadvertently
(4) lustr ously
15.
【1】
Nobel poet _____ Dere k Walcot t (1930-2 0 17) ha s die d age d 87 at his
home on the Ca rib bean island of St Lucia a fter a long illness, local media
repor t says.
(1) laureate (2) laundry (3) literate (4) illiterate
16-23 題 填空: 選取片語與單字完成段落中句子
I. 16-19 題
(A)make a killing (B) were peanuts
(C) in the red (D) slash
prices
You might think that cor porate execu tives w ho are ma king mill ions of
dollars should be able to avoid the most ele mentary m istakes in
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interna tiona l marketing. But think a gai n. Making a lot of dough doesn’t
guarantee wise decision-m aki ng. Here are som e examples of
catastrophically bad marke ting, caused by inattent ion to local language
and cultur e. In Taiwan, ye ars ag o the translation of the Pepsi slogan
“Come a live w ith the Pe psi Ge neration” came out as “Pepsi will bring
your ancestors back f rom the dead.” Peps i’s prof its in Taiwan 16
until they re alised their error and changed the s logan. Kent ucky Frie d
Kitchen ( FKC) thought they would 17 in Chin a, but the ir sl o gan
“finger-lickin(g) g ood” ca me out as “eat your f inge r off .” Hunt-Wesson,
who make prod ucts like cooking oil and ketchup, intr oduc ed their Big
John pro duct s in Canada as Gros Jos, unware that it meant “big breasts.”
In this case, however, there was no noticeable effe ct o n sal es. Unlike K FC,
they did not have to 18 to kee p bus i nes s go ing. Th eir ke t ch up sal es
were poor, but not 19 . Their competi tors, however, thought tha t
Hung-Wesson was a cut-t hr oa t compa ny. The y wer e outra ge d that a
company could reap profits while lowering public morality standards.
16.
【2】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D。
17.
【1】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D。
18.
【4】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D。
19.
【3】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D。
II. 20-23 題
(A) at the end of their rope (B) up in the air (C) fly off the handle
(D) get a grip
Consider the evolutionary psychologist i dea that all huma n behaviours are
adaptations for survival—even aggressi on. Should we real ly believe that
aggress ion, which could lead to our des truction in this nuclear age, was a
beneficial adaption? As a simple example , if you take a wro ng tur n while
you are driving and your pa ssen ger starts aggressively compla ining and
acting c ompletely crazy, shoul d you act a ggressively—start a fight, or just
tell him/her to 20 ? How is it beneficial to 21 every time
someone does something to annoy us? You probably have read about t he
many teenage girls who deliberately injure themselves. We assu me tha t
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these gir ls do the se thing s in or der to exert some little b it of control over
their parents. The gir ls are, in fac t, very troubled. They are 22 . But
evolutionar y psyc hologists bel ieve that pulling stri ng this wa y is due to a
basic Da rwin ia n adap tat i on : the gir l s are f or ci ng th eir pa re n ts to de vo te
more time and res ource s to them. So a seemingly bad adaptation is seen as
an effective one. Whethe r evolutionary psych ologists a re r ight or not is
23 .
20.
【4】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D。
21.
【3】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D。
22.
【1】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D。
23.
【2】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)D。
24.
【1】
Congrat ulation s to Elizabet h, who passed her MA oral exam with _____.
(1) fly ing colours (2) flying clouds (3) colours (4) clouds
25.
【3】
A planned tram-trai n r ai l sy stem betwe en K ee lun g and Taipe i’s Nanga n g
District is likely to _____19km and have nine stations, t he Ministry of
Transportation and Communications said on Friday.
(1) spank (2) squash (3) span (4) expend
26.
【2】
When Sam wa s a sma ll ch ild, he _____spend hours e very day playing
with stones i n the gar den.
(1) used (2) would (3) would have (4) should
27.
【3】
It’s a great place to live apa rt fr om the incre asin g volume of _____ that
passes under my window every day.
(1) transport (2) vehicles (3) traffic (4) transportation
28.
【3】
The police are _____an investigation into the robbery
(1) working out (2) searching out (3) carrying out (4) making
out
29.
【1】
If it _____rain this evening, I would not hang out w ith my flatmate s in the
city centre.
(1) should (2) shall (3) x (4) not
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30.
【4】
Scarcely _____taken off, than the plane was forced to make an emergency
landing.
(1) have we (2) we have (3) we had (4) had we
31.
【2】
A: “Hi A lan, how’ s your research project c oming along?”
B: “I’ve finis hed all the resear ch, and I’ve ___ __ organised all my notes.”
(1) never (2) just about (3) just yet (4) yet already
32.
【2】
A: “It rea lly takes some ____ _ to jump into such cold water and save that
drowning lit tle cate.”
B: “Ye s, he’s really br ave, isn’t he? I ha d my hea rt in my mouth all the
time while wa tching it.”
(1) muscles (2) nerve (3) fibre (4) blood
33.
【4】
A: “How did you like last night’s party?”
B: “I’m not use d to that k ind of social situati on. I was little _____.”
(1) sick at ease (2) bad at ea se (3) at e ase (4) ill at ease
34.
【3】
A: “Did you talk to the board of direc tors about the proposal?”
B: “Oh, G retchen sa id it may vio late zoning law s. I’m afraid it’s just
_____.”
(1) no nice (2) no ice (3) no dice (4) no mice
35.
【1】
A: “How’s Jane new job?”
B: “S he said she w as __ ___ her feet in her new job and w ishe d she’d
never left he r ol d one .”
(1) run off (2) run on (3) run over (4) run of
36.
【1】
A: “What happened to Nancy? She see ms all sweetness an d _____ all
day.”
B: “Her boyfriend has propo sed to her .”
(1) light (2) sweat (3) bright (4) madness
37.
【3】
A: “50 qui ds se ems bloody expen sive f or a f lashy w atch like t hat.”
B: “Well, that’s the price. _____.”
(1) Leave it or deliver it. (2) Li ke it or le ave it. (3) Take it or leave
it. (4) Give it or take it.
38.
【4】
A: “What’s wrong with Je rry?”
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B: “He’s ___ __ his heart out ove r a girl who doesn’t even know he exists.”
(1) pulling (2) taking (3) digging (4) tearing
39.
【2】
A: “Do y ou have any blue jeans __ ___ stoc k.”
B: “No, I’m afraid we’re out of stoc k at the mom e nt.”
(1) on (2) in (3) for (4) about
40.
【2】
A: “How did you like the movie La La Land?”
B: “I’d sa y its humour is not w itty and its ending _____.”
(1) falls empty (2) falls flat (3) falls away (4) falls back
41-50 閱讀測驗
I. 41-45
題
Human lif e in com mon is only made possible when a majority comes
together whic h is stro nger than any sepa rate individual a nd which re mains
united agai nst al l sep arate individuals. T he pow er of th is community is
then set up as ‘ri ght’ in opposition to the power of the indi vidual, which is
condemned as ‘brute force’. This repl ace m ent of the p ow er of th e
individual by the power of a community cons titutes the de cis ive step of
civilisation. T he essence of it lies in the fact that the member s of the
community restrict th emsel ve s in the ir p ossi bi l it ie s of sati sf ac ti on,
whereas the individual knew no such restrictions. The first requisite of
civilisation is that of jus tice—that is, t he assurance tha t a law once made
will not be bro ke n in fa vour of an in di vi du al. Th is implie s not hi ng as to
the ethical value of suc h a law. T he fur t
her course of cultural development
seems to tend toward s making the law no longer an e xpression of the will
of a small community—a caste or a stratum of t he po pula tion or a r acia l
group—
which, in its turn, behaves like a violent individual towards other,
and perha ps more numerou s, collections of people. The final outc ome
should be a rule of law to which al l—exce pt th o se wh o are no t ca pa ble of
entering a community—have con tributed by a sacrific e of the ir instincts,
and whi ch leave s no on e—again with the same exception—
at the mercy of
brute force.
The
liberty of t he indiv idua l is no gif t of civilisation. It was greatest before
there was any civilisation, th ough the n, it is true, it had for t he most pa rt
no value, since the individual wa s scar cely in a position to defend it. T he
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development of civilisation imposes restrictions on it, and j ustic e demands
that no one sha ll e scape those re str ictions. What makes itself fe lt in a
human community as a desire for f ree dom may be their revolt a gainst
some existin g injustice, and so may prove f avourable to a further
development of civilisation; it may remain compati ble w ith civil isation.
But
it may a lso sprin g from the r emains of their original person ality, which
is st ill untamed by c ivilisation and may thus become the basis in them of
hostility to c ivilisa tion.
The urge for f ree dom , therefore , is directe d against
particu lar f orms and demands of civilisation or aga inst ci vilisation
altogether. It does not see m as though a ny inf luence could induce a man to
change h is na ture into a termite’s. No doubt he will always def end h is
claim to individ ual l iberty against the will of the group. A good part of the
struggles of mankind centre round the single task of fi nding an expedie nt
accommodation—one, that i s, that will br ing happ iness—be twe en th is
claim of the indi vidual a
nd the cultural claims of the group; and one of the
problems that touch the fate of humanity is w hether suc h an
accommodation can be rea ched by means of some particular form of
civilisation or whether this c onfl ict is irr econcilable.
41.
【3】
Which of the follow i ng ti tl es w ou ld be st sui t thi s ar ti cle ?
(1) The Loss of Indi vidual Liberty.
(2) The Impor t of J ustic e.
(3) The difficulty of Reg ulating Soci al Re lations hips.
(4) The Harmony between Individuals a nd a Community.
42.
【4】
According to the author, justice is necessary in a c ivilise d soc iety in order
to
(1) satis fy the will of the indiv idua l.
(2) support the ca ste of a com munity.
(3) reco ncile the powe r of the in dividua l and that of a community.
(4) protect each member of a community fr om aggressive force.
43.
【4】
What is meant by the sta tement “The libe rty of the individual is no gift of
civilisation”?
(1) Indi viduals h ave to de fend libe rty in a c ivilised society.
(2) Indi vidual liber ty is e ssen tially com patible with ci vilisat ion.
(3) Civilisation do e s not gua r an tee in d iv id ua l libe r ty.
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(4) Civilisation is developed at the cost of individua l liberty.
44.
【1】
What does the wor d “expedient” in the s econd paragr aph signify?
(1) opportune (2) untimely (3) expeditious (4) liberal
45.
【2】
Which of the f ollowing is NOT true ?
(1) Mankind suffers from the c onfl ict b etween egoism and altruism.
(2) No natura l forc es seem able to c hange the nature of a man into a
termite’s.
(3) Civ il isa t ion is gr o un de d on the ha r ne ss of in di vi dua l liberty.
(4) There is no harmonising individual liberty and communal will.
II. 46-50
題
The newc omer Taiwan has o uste d two-
time champion Ecuador t o win this
year’s [2016’s] survey. In additio n to claiming 1st place out of 67
coun tr ies in th e ove ra ll ra nki n g, it is in the top te n for every individual
index! Ta iwa n holds first plac e in the Quality of Life and Person al Finance
Indices, impressing with the quality and aff ordability of its he althca re a nd
the enviable financial situatio n of expats living there .
The Asian Tige r scores second place in the Wor king Abroad Index. Over
one-third of expats in Taiw an (34%) are completely sa tisf ied w ith their
jobs, m ore tha n double the g loba l aver age of 1 6%. Expats are similarly
enthusiastic ab out their work-life balance (30% ) and job security (34%).
This small islan d cou ntry also h olds second p lace for overa ll sa tisfact ion
with life abroad, with 93% voic ing the ir general c onte ntment. Only Spai n
has higher ratings here. It comes as no surpr ise, then, that a majority of
expats in Taiw an (64%) pla n to sta y there longe r than thr ee years; with
more than ha lf of these (36% in total) even con sidering staying there
forever.
Taiwan pe rfor ms worst in the Ease of Se ttling In Index, although it still
comes in a r esp ecta ble tenth. H ere, its first place in the Friendliness
subcate gory is evene d out by much lower res ults in the Language
subcate gory, where it only c omes in 45th. N ine in ten e xpa ts give the
friendl ines s of local residen ts towards foreigners a positive rating,
compare d to only 65% worldwide. However, the la ng ua ge bar r i er doe s
pose some problems. Only 23% overall a gree that learning the loc al
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language is easy (global 3 7%) and about one-third are of the opinion that
livi ng in Taiwan w ithout le arning a t least some of the local tongue is
problematic. It seems that many expats anticipated this challenge, with
35% naming the language barri er as a possible disa dvan tage they thought
about bef ore the move.
Taiwan is the only co untry in t he to p three w ith enoug h exp ats living
abroad w ith their dependent children for it to fea t ure in th e Family Life
Index, coming in 8th out o f 45 countrie s. In fac t, 43% of the respondents
there have de pend ent children living with them, over twice the global
average of 21% . It does b est i n terms of the frie ndly atti tude toward s
families with c hildren, wit h 58% r ati ng this as very good (3 9%
worldwide). However, for bo th chi ldcar e and e ducation, only 3% of expat
parents completely agree that these are e asy to af ford.
46.
【4】
What does the wor d “ousted” in the first sentence mean?
(1) outlived (2) exited (3) outlasted (4) deposed
47.
【2】
Suppose there are 200,000 expats living in Taiwan now, how many of
them would c onside r livin g permanently in Taiwan?
(1) 128,000 (2) 46,000 (3) 64,000 (4) 72,000
48.
【2】
Which of the f ollowing is NOT true:
(1) Spain outdoe s Taiw an i n terms of overall sati sfac tion with overs eas
life.
(2) Only 30% of ex pats in Taiwan find it u nne cessa ry to lea rn and speak
some Mandarin.
(3) More than ha lf of e xpa ts with children in Taiwan c onsider loca l
residen ts f riendly.
(4) Taiwan is be hind nine coun tries in the Ease of Setting In In dex.
49.
【1】
Which of the following is sy nonymous w ith “friendly”?
(1) amicable (2) inimitable (3) belligerent (4) malignant
50.
【3】
Whic h of the f ollowi ng w ou ld be the be st ti tl e for thi s art ic le ?
(1) Make Taiwan Great Again
(2) Taiwan: A Respectable Asian Tiger
(3) Taiwan: Out with the Old, in with the New
(4) If Ecuador is No. 2, Taiw an is No. 1