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年公務人員特種考試外交領事人員外交行政人員考試、
101
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公務人員特種考試國際經濟商務人員考試、
101
年公務人員特種考
試法務部調查局調查人員考試、
101
年公務人員特種考試國家安全
局國家安全情報人員考試、
101
年公務人員特種考試民航人員考
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年公務人員特種考試經濟部專利商標審查人員考試試題
考 試 別：調查人員、國家安全情報人員
等 別：三等考試
類 科 組：調查人員調查工作組（選試英文）、國家安全情報人員各組（選試英文）
科 目：外國文（英文）
考試時間： 2 小時 座號：
※注意：禁止使用電子計算器。
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甲、申論題部分：（50 分）
不必抄題，作答時請將試題題號及答案依照順序寫在申論試卷上，於本試題上作答者，不予計分。
請以藍、黑色鋼筆或原子筆在申論試卷上作答。
一、英譯中：（15 分）
As indicated in Wikipedia, ‘affluenza’ is a term derived from two words: affluence
and influenza, and is used by critics of consumerism. Proponents of the term consider
that the prizing of endless increases in material wealth may lead to feelings of
worthlessness and dissatisfaction rather than experiences of a ‘better life’.
二、中譯英：（15 分）
不是所有的父母親都期待孩子要有多強的競爭力，很多父母親其實是希望他們的孩
子能擁有獨立思考和正確判斷的能力，能靠自己的努力去創造人生。這些父母親通
常希望他們的孩子可以一邊摸索一邊前進，堅定自己的信念，創造屬於自己的人生。
三、英文作文：（20 分）
Chasing a dream is not always easy; all kinds of fears and obstacles may stand in our
way. Please use 150 – 200 words to describe an inspirational person who may
symbolize a ‘dream chaser’ and who has greatly impressed you. Please include some
examples to illustrate your points.
乙、測驗題部分：（50 分） 代號：4401
本測驗試題為單一選擇題，請選出一個正確或最適當的答案，複選作答者，該題不予計分。
共40 題，每題 1.25 分，須用2B鉛筆在試卡上依題號清楚劃記，於本試題或申論試卷上作答者，不予計分。
1 Although there were many in his career as a baseball player, Chien-ming Wang refused to give up, and
eventually he gained international recognition.
setbacks coincidences distortions breakthroughs
2 In their campaign speeches many candidates tend to rather than assert their opinions or positions in
certain political issues.
admonish circumscribe equivocate mesmerize
3 Closing the trash dump will reduce greenhouse gas by a minimum of 2 million tons of carbon dioxide a
year, according to the city government.
tolerance emissions admissions resistance
4 Once a pattern of behavior has formed, it is difficult to break, especially if the repercussions are not
experienced immediately.
fantastic terrific negative prosperous
5 It is time to raise the tuition fee, but this small extra charge might put a on enrollment numbers.
brochure cache damper waiver
6 Sometime in the past 30 years, young Americans have become risk-averse, , and less inclined to pack up
and move.
forsaken sedentary bohimian somatic
7 Cinderella is one of the most famous folk stories, with more than 3,000 known from countries around the world.
species victories variations sediments
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8 The dog raised a snarl as the veterinarian tried to give him a shot.
capricious fallacious delicious vicious
9 We have to our pace if we want to finish the project on time; the deadline is approaching.
accelerate facilitate lacerate suffocate
10 People are not supposed to talk behind others, not to mention their talk was slightly and gossipy.
appreciative diagonal malicious salutary
11 I need to put your arm in a to keep it in the right position while it heals.
stethoscope syringe splint stretcher
12 It seems there is no escape for us from the noise during the peak rush hours in this crowded city.
dingy dilapidated ultimate ubiquitous
13 Men are more moral than they think, and far more immoral than they can imagine.
Human morality is imaginary and their imagination unthinkable.
Men are conservative in their thought and obscene in their imagination.
Human beings are unimaginably conservative in their thought and moral in their imagination.
Human thoughts are more conservative, and their behaviors can be more unethical than they think.
14 When we make moves based on fear or desperation at work, it may undo much of our hard work to lay a
foundation for professional success.
When we do things out of fear or desperation at work, we may be in danger of losing our jobs.
When we do things out of fear or desperation at work, our careers may end up going backward.
When we do things out of fear or desperation at work, it may damage our professional reputation.
When we do things out of fear or desperation at work, there may be a dear price to pay as a result.
15 Sudden dollops of cash from donors have helped revive dying campaigns.
With donors suddenly withdrawing cash, campaigns have died.
The reviving campaigns have attracted a lot of cash from donors.
Donors have helped revive dying campaigns by reducing their donations.
An amount of unexpected cash from donors has reactivated the campaigns.
16 To some students a college degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth.
Having a college degree does not qualify someone for travel discounts.
A college degree does not guarantee that a person will become rich fast.
Most students with degrees will be able to find jobs.
The best way to get rich is to get a college degree.
17 Some economists think that globalization may have given the world an unprecedented opportunity to act in
concert to tackle the threat of financial crisis.
Some economists view globalization as an exceptional opportunity for the world to work together to fight
against financial crisis.
Some economists view that the threat of worldwide financial crisis can be controlled through the process of
globalization.
Some economists think that the world’s effort on coping with financial crisis may enhance the process of
globalization.
Some economists think that globalization may be the main cause of the unmatched worldwide financial crisis.
18 A newly discovered hormone produced in response to exercise may be lessening susceptibility to obesity,
diabetes, and other health problems.
Lack of exercise and overeating are responsible for many health problems like diabetes and heart attacks.
Exercise helps our body produce a recently found hormone that may reduce the risk of getting too fat or
becoming ill.
A new hormone found in our body is responsible for many health problems like fatness and diabetes.
After exercise, a new hormone is produced and it will cause increased susceptibility to different diseases.
19 Whether stemming from playground squabbles, marital grudges, or deadly blood feuds, the desire for payback is,
for many, impossible to resist.
Whether it be our loved ones or hateful enemies, there is hardly any difference when it comes to getting even
with them.
It is impossible for many people to resist the temptation to get their money back from others under various
circumstances.
Whatever its triggering sources are, revenge remains one of the most primal, powerful, and uncontrollable of
human urges.
Whether people can control their desire for revenge depends on whom they are dealing with and under what
circumstances.
20 One reason we remain hurried, competitive, and continue to live life as one giant emergency is our fear that if we
become more peaceful and loving, we would suddenly stop achieving our goals.
In an emergency, being peaceful and loving is a handicap.
All goals can be achieved if people remain afraid to work hard and stay competitive.
Fear of losing momentum in life drives people to work hard and to achieve their goals.
To slow down in life, people are afraid of achieving their goals.
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21 In the space of three years, the mother’s ferocious independence gave way to utter reliance on her two adult
children.
The mother’s determining power built the independence of her two adult children in three years.
In only three years both the mother and her two adult children found their way to their independent life.
The self-reliant mother lost her independence in three years and had to be supported by her two grown-up
children.
The mother with her stunning independence paved the way for her two grown-up children to become
independent in 3 years.
22 Nuclear proliferation is not unidirectional—given the right conditions and incentives, it is possible for a nation to
give up its nuclear aspirations.
Nuclear growth has more than one direction since many factors are involved in a nation’s nuclear weapon
pursuits.
A nation may decide to stop its nuclear weapon pursuits, which indicates the fruitful results of a series of
peace talks.
A nation’s nuclear growth can go either up or down, depending on the appropriate conditions and incentives.
Nuclear growth is irrevocable since a well negotiated deal may help a nation develop its nuclear weapons.
請依下文回答第 23 題至第 27 題
A decade ago, Bogotá had a bad name. Violent crime was out of control. Rather than simply buying more guns or
patrol cars, Bogotá’s cops went for something bigger: science. The city began superimposing millions of police
bulletins onto digitized city maps to 23 which bandits were at work and where, down to the doorstep. By
displaying crime data on easy-to-read city maps, police were able to target urban hot spots and 24 street
patrols. Murders have since fallen by a third in the past five years and the police’s approval rating has 25 . “Crime
mapping has made us faster and more efficient,” says Gen. Luiz Alberto Gó mez, head of Bogotá Metropolitan Police.
“We are serving the neighborhoods better.”
So are police in several other countries, 26 the virtues of high-tech crimefighting become clear. Spiking
crime rates everywhere from Colombia to Brazil, India to South Africa, have encouraged more and more cops to draw
on technology to 27 where criminals are going to strike next, so their thinly stretched forces can be at the right
place at the right time. “Without computerized crime analysis,” says Alexandre Peres, a government security strategist
in Pernambuco, northeast Brazil, “policing is guesswork.”
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24 minimize realize materialize optimize
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請依下文回答第 28 題至第 32 題
During the mid-1900s, scientists began to examine biological cycles in several different organisms. By the early
1960s, they showed that daily, or circadian, rhythms—“circa” meaning around and “dia” day—are generated
internally and synchronized to the 24-hour day. How are these cycles generated and altered?
In mammals, including humans, a biological clock resides in a region of the brain’s hypothalamus, a quarter-sized
structure that regulates hormone levels and plays a role in emotions. In some insects and snails the clocks are usually
located in the retina of the eye. In birds the clocks can also be found in a brain region called the pineal gland or in the
hypothalamus.
The clocks are almost always linked to some form of light-sensing cell called a photoreceptor. This type of cell
responds to sunlight in ways that help synchronize the clock with the 24-hour day.
Scientists have learned that exposure to light at certain times in the internal cycle can reset the clock in animals.
In mammals, light turns on important genes and affects sleep patterns, alertness, and body temperature. In nature, this
light sensitivity helps organisms synchronize their clock within the cycle of day and night.
Researchers have found that exposure to strong artificial light at certain times can reset the clock in ways that
relieve insomnia, jet lag, and mental disorders. Light at the wrong time of the internal cycle, however, might contribute
to or intensify these conditions.
28 According to the passage, in which of the following organs can a mosquito’s biological clock be found?
Brain Eye Nose Tongue
29 Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the word “altered” in the first paragraph?
Changed Formed Repeated Maintained
30 According to the passage, who is least likely to benefit from the research on biological clocks?
Those who have eating disorders. Those who have mental disorders.
Those who have sleeping disorders. Those who take international flights frequently.
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31 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
Different animals have different biological clocks.
Biological clocks are generated and affected by light.
Sunlight is more effective than artificial light in treating insomnia.
If used incorrectly, artificial light may have negative effects on a person’s health.
32 According to the passage, which of the following statements regarding the human biological clock is NOT true?
It affects body temperature. It is controlled by some genes.
It keeps a person alert day and night. It can be found in the pineal gland of a bird.
第33 題至第 36 題為篇章結構，各題請依文意，從四個選項中選出最合適者，各題答案內容不重複
Advertising is an over $100 billion a year industry and affects all of us throughout our lives. In fact, ads sell a
great deal more than products. 33 They tell us who we are and who we should be.
The aspect of advertising most in need of analysis and change is the portrayal of women, who are shown almost
exclusively as housewives or sex objects. As housewives, they are pathologically obsessed by cleanliness and
lemonfresh scents. As sex objects, they must have no lines or wrinkles. They are also required to be thin, generally tall
and long-legged. 34 Growing older is the taboo.
In addition, women are dismembered in commercials. 35 If a woman has “acceptable” breasts, then she must
also be sure that her legs are worth watching, her hips slim, and her feet sexy. This image is difficult and costly to
achieve and even more difficult to maintain. 36 Women are constantly exhorted to emulate this ideal. They feel
ashamed and guilty if they fail.
33 Above all, they have to remain young.
We are exposed to over 2,000 ads a day.
Their bodies are separated into parts in need of change or improvement.
They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality.
34 Above all, they have to remain young.
Beauty is something that comes from without.
Yet all “beautiful” women in advertisements conform to this norm.
Their bodies are separated into parts in need of change or improvement.
35 We are exposed to over 2,000 ads a day.
Beauty is something that comes from without.
Yet all “beautiful” women in advertisements conform to this norm.
Their bodies are separated into parts in need of change or improvement.
36 Above all, they have to remain young.
Beauty is something that comes from without.
Yet all “beautiful” women in advertisements conform to this norm.
They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality.
第37 題至第 40 題為篇章結構，各題請依文意，從四個選項中選出最合適者，各題答案內容不重複
Soaring food prices and global grain shortages are bringing new pressures on governments, food companies, and
consumers to relax their longstanding resistance to genetically engineered crops. In Japan and South Korea, some
manufacturers for the first time have begun buying genetically engineered corn for use in soft drinks, snacks, and other
foods. 37 But with prices having tripled in two years, it has become too expensive to be so finicky. 38 “We
cannot afford it,” said a corn buyer at Kato Kagaku, a Japanese maker of corn starch and corn syrup.
In the United States, wheat growers and marketers, once hesitant about adopting biotechnology because they
feared losing export sales, are now warming to it as a way to bolster supplies. 39 Opponents continue to worry
that such crops h ave not been studied enough and that they might pose risks to health and the environment. 40 Take
United States Wheat Associates, a federally supported cooperative that promotes American wheat abroad, for example.
The group, which once cautioned farmers about growing biotech wheat, is working to get seed companies to restart
development of genetically modified wheat and to get foreign buyers to accept it.
37 Many food manufacturers are trying to have their voice heard.
However, price and supply concerns seem to have people thinking a little bit differently today.
Until now, to avoid consumer backlash, the companies have paid extra to buy conventionally grown corn.
Genetically modified crops will be essential for helping the world cope with the demand for food in the
decades ahead.
38 Many food manufacturers are trying to have their voice heard.
In view of health concerns, opposition to genetically modified crops is on the rise.
Until now, to avoid consumer backlash, the companies have paid extra to buy conventionally grown corn.
Genetically modified crops contain genes from other organisms to make the plants resistant to insects,
herbicides, or disease.
39 However, price and supply concerns seem to have people thinking a little bit differently today.
Until now, to avoid consumer backlash, the companies have paid extra to buy conventionally grown corn.
Many food manufacturers are trying to have their voice heard.
Genetically modified crops contain genes from other organisms to make the plants resistant to insects,
herbicides, or disease.
40 In view of health concerns, opposition to genetically modified crops is on the rise.
However, price and supply concerns seem to have people thinking a little bit differently today.
Until now, to avoid consumer backlash, the companies have paid extra to buy conventionally grown corn.
Genetically modified crops will be essential for helping the world cope with the demand for food in the
decades ahead.
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101年公務人員特種考試外交領事人員外交行政人員、國際經濟商務人員、法務部調查局
調查人員、國家安全局國家安全情報人員、民航人員、經濟部專利商標審查人員考試及
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科目名稱：外國文（英文）（試題代號：4401)
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