
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】
【1】26. The sales of computer ___________ such as webcams and external speakers have been going up steadily.
accessories algorithm analogies antonym
【1】27. Looks like it’s going to rain the whole afternoon. Let’s go for a ___________ walk before lunch time.
brisk caress liter naval
【1】28. “Your plan will work,” Ashley ___________ after our hour-long debate, “but I still think mine is not too bad.”
conceded distorted fortified glistened
【2】29. The government’s new labor policy was critically ___________ by its opposing party.
announced denounced enounced pronounced
【1】30. The prospect of meeting her idol put Mary in great ___________. She was too excited to sleep last night.
ecstasy episode eruption exploitation
【2】31. Johnny could not stop weeping and ___________ the loss of his beloved pet dog.
hunching lamenting mimicking pondering
【4】32. Being ___________ means more than being able to read. Modern-day citizens should also know how to access
information in the digital world.
barren compact hoarse literate
【2】33. Overflown by complaints about noise and pollution, the shopping mall has become a ___________ to its neighbors.
hostage nuisance refuge sanctuary
二、文法測驗【請在下列各題中選出最適當的答案】
【4】34. The theme of this year’s World Economic Forum, ___________ today, is how to come together in a “fractured world.”
begins it begins when begin which begins
【3】35. ___________ the venue or cost, the main reason why people join a workout program is still the pure enjoyment.
Since Within Whatever Nevertheless
【2】36. Getting students in school is ___________; getting them out with the knowledge they require is ___________.
one, other one thing, another one, another thing one thing, other thing
【2】37. There are logistical challenges ___________ adopting this innovative model of business operation.
be to if so
【4】38. Mr. Oxford, after failing the critical interview, recalled that he had never in his life ___________.
more frustrated more frustrating be more frustrating been more frustrated
【3】39. Canada’s climate is much like ___________ the United States, but colder and drier on average.
it is that that of those in
【1】40. The passport originated as a traveler’s official letter of introduction ___________ by his country and ___________ to
foreign governments.
issued, addressed issuing, addressing issued, addressing issuing, addressed
三、克漏字測驗【請依照段落上下文意,選出最適當的答案】
It’s speculated that 70 percent of the jobs at Japan’s hotels will be automated in the next five years. For hotel owners, it
takes about a year or two to get their money back on robot 41 . But since robots can work 24 hours a day, and they don’t
need vacations, eventually it’s more cost- 42 . One latest research estimates that 54 percent of the tasks workers perform
in American restaurants and hotels could be automated using currently available technologies—making 43 the
fourth-most-automatable sector. Ostensibly, 44 worrying. In fact, the food-service and accommodation sector now
employs 13.7 million Americans, up 38 percent since 2000, 45 more jobs than manufacturing. Like it or not, now
robots have arrived in restaurants and hotels for the same reasons they first arrived on factory floors.
【3】41. adjustment dependent investment maturity
【2】42. capable efficient magical original
【1】43. it which all whom
【1】44. this is they are which is those are
【2】45. abiding by accounting for assisting appealing
四、閱讀測驗【請在下列各題中選出最適當的答案】
Contemporary scholars agree that “race” was essentially a folk idea, not a product of scientific research and discovery.
Since the 1940s when Ashley Montagu argued against the use of the term “race” in science, a growing number of scholars in
many disciplines have declared that the real meaning of race has to do with social realities, quite distinct from physical
variations in the human species.
Race and its ideology about human differences arose out of the context of African slavery. But many peoples throughout
history have been enslaved without the imposition of racial ideology. The first people that the English tried to enslave and
place on plantations were the Irish with whom they had had hostile relations since the 13th century. In the later part of the 17th
century the demand for labor grew enormously. It had become clear that Irishmen did not make good slaves. More than that,
the real threats to social order were the poor freed whites who demanded lands and privileges that the upper class colonial
governments refused. Some colonial leaders turned to African labor for a buffer against the masses of poor whites.
Until the 18th century the image of Africans was generally positive. But in order for the colonists to transform African
Americans into their property, they minimized those qualities that make their slaves human. The rise of a powerful antislavery
movement both in Europe and in the United States posed threats. As a consequence, proslavery forces found it necessary to
develop new arguments for defending the institution. Focusing on physical differences, they turned to the notion of the natural
inferiority of Africans and thus their God-given suitability for slavery. Such arguments became more frequent and strident
from the end of the 18th century on, and the characterizations of Africans became more negative. It was not until 1857 when
U.S. Chief Justice Roger Taney legitimized slavery only for Africans and their descendants that the concept of race was
codified in laws.
Today anthropologists claim that “race” has no intrinsic relationship to human biological diversity and “race” is a social
invention. The race concept beginning in the 18th century became a problematic worldview, a set of culturally created
attitudes and beliefs about human group differences.
【1】46. What is the passage mainly about?
The evolution of a human concept.
The scientific foundation of a research.
The codification procedures of slavery.
The contributions of modern anthropology.
【2】47. According to the passage, what is true about the term “race”?
It was discovered by scientists in 18th century.
It was made up for the interests of a small group.
It has resulted from the study of human physical differences.
It was established in the British colonial period to minimize slavery.
【2】48. According to the passage, which of the following is true about poor Irishmen in the 13th-17th century?
They traded African laborers.
They labored in the farm for the English.
They gained social power through revolutions.
Then enjoyed privileges granted by colonial leaders.
【4】49. What does the word “institution” refer to in paragraph 3?
Property.
Movement.
Colonization.
Slavery.
【1】50. What can be inferred from the passage?
Africans as a group have been negatively influenced by the idea of “race.”
Proslavery forces may develop new arguments to defend themselves.
Future anthropological studies may focus on bio-diversity.
Roger Taney was an African descendant.