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I. Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions (30%): Choose one word or phrase that can best complete the sentence.
1. He shook his fist ______ at me, demanding an apology.
(A)resignedly (B)pitifully (C)persuasively (D)threateningly
2. Rambo can be said to be a perfect ______ of the American hero.
(A)type (B)champion
(C)spotlight (D)identity
3. From the Olympics we can see that sport at its highest level is a rush to the edge of human ______.
(A)inspiration (B)capability (C)society (D)exploration
4. The new agreement will _______ to improve cross-strait relations.
(A)serve (B)support
(C)declare (D)contribute
5. Strict security _______ have to be taken here during President’s visit.
(A)facilities (B)responses (C)measures (D)resolutions
6. All her energies were _______ to the preparations for the entrance exam.
(A)occupied (B)equipped (C)included (D)devoted
7. It is _______ agreed that smoking and alcohol are bad for our bodies.
(A)barely (B)considerably
(C)generally (D)casually
8. _______ experience is often very important. It can help a teacher understand what his or her students really need.
(A)Absurd (B)Feeble (C)Practical (D)Lousy
9. Try to _______ your statement into as few words as possible.
(A)construct (B)transform (C)enlarge
(D)condense
10. After 13 years of ______, the two countries settled their differences.
(A)nobility (B)negotiation
(C)nutrition (D)navigation
11. Let us hope that peace will _______ our talks.
(A)come about
(B)result from
(C)get rid of
(D)bring up
12. The archeologist has been searching _______ for fossils to give support to his theory.
(A)back and forth
(B)few and far between
(C)far and wide
(D)safe and sound
13. They are so similar that I don’t know which is which; I just can’t _______.
(A)meet them half-way (B)tell
them
apart
(C)strike a balance
(D)take sides
14. The meeting was _______ by the announcement of a fire. All the people were evacuated from the building.
(A)taken over
(B)cut short
(C)put forward
(D)left out
15. _______ helping the situation, you’ve just made it much worse.
(A)Owing to
(B)At the cost of (C)In view of
(D)Far from
II. Sentence Structure (30%): Choose one answer that can best complete the sentence.
16. The university has decided to reduce costs _____ eliminating its fine art program.
(A)
by (B)
for
(C)
of
(D)
with
17. Antibodies _____ by small, round cells called lymphocytes and plasma cells.
(A) to be made
(B) making
(C) made
(D) are made
18. In 1958 Marian Anderson _____ her country as a United Nations delegate.
(A) served
(B) was served
(C) to serve
(D) serving
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19. It is useful for science _____ the earth as an object in space.
(A) to consider
(B) which considers
(C) considers
(D) the consideration of
20. Almost all the gas _____ in the United States is natural gas.
(A) is burned
(B) that burning
(C) burned
(D) burns
21. _____ large-scale weather patterns, meteorologists must measure the constantly changing conditions in the atmosphere.
(A) Predicted
(B) To predict
(C) Unpredictable (D) Predictions not of
22. After seeing the movie, _____.
(A) the book was read by him
(B) the book made him want to read it
(C) he wanted to read the book
(D) the reading of the book interested him
23. Although he might have looked young, _____.
(A) he was sure old
(B) he was really rather old
(C) age was creeping upon him
(D) age was becoming old
24. Martin has wanted to be a doctor since _____.
(A) he had ten years
(B) ten years old
(C) ten years of age
(D) he was ten
25. The overwhelming majority of solders who _____ in the Union armies were volunteers.
(A) they served
(B) serving
(C) did they serve
(D) served
26. Pasteurization is a heating process _____ bacteria in milk.
(A)
kills
(B)
that
kills
(C) that it kills
(D) that kills it
27. Anyone _____ receiving information about the organization should write to the secretary.
(A) interesting in
(B) interested to
(C) interested in
(D) interesting of
28. John Glenn was not the first United astronaut to orbit the earth, _____ certainly became the most famous.
(A) and
(B) however
(C)or
(D) but he
29. Nearly all trees have seeds that fall to the earth, take root, and eventually _____ .
(A) generate new seeds
(B) new seeds generated
(C) by generating new seeds
(D) new seeds generated there
30. Flying demands a much greater supply of energy _____ other forms of transportation.
(A) than do most
(B) most than do
(C) than most to
(D) do than most
III. Reading Comprehension: (40%)
Questions 31-42
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the country's impressive population
growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20
million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930's and the war had held back
marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the1950's, producing a
population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only
once before in Canada's history, in the decade before 1911. when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good
economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward
earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of
the highest in the world.
After
the
peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at the lowest
level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by
changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples
were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families. It
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appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the
Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half of the 1960's was only
nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born
during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.
31. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) Educational changes in Canadian society
(B) Canada during the Second World War
(C) Population trends in postwar Canada
(D) Standards of living in Canada
32. According to the passage, when did Canada's baby boom begin?
(A) In the decade after 1911
(B) After 1945
(C) During the depression of the 1930's
(D) In 1966
33. The word "five" in line 3 refers to
(A) Canadians
(B) years
(C) decades
(D) marriages
34. The word "surging" in line 4 is closest in meaning to
(A)
new
(B)
extra
(C) accelerating
(D) surprising
35. The author suggests that in Canada during the1950's
(A) the urban population decreased rapidly
(B) fewer people married
(C) economic conditions were poor
(D) the birth rate was very high
36. The word "trend" in line 11 is closest in meaning to
(A) tendency
(B) aim
(C) growth
(D) directive
37. The word "peak" in line 14 is closest in meaning to
(A) pointed
(B) dismal
(C) mountain
(D) maximum
38. When was the birth rate in Canada at its lowest postwar level?
(A)
1966
(B)
1957
(C)
1956
(D)
1951
39. The author mentions all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after 1957 EXCEPT
(A) people being better educated
(B) people getting married earlier
(C) better standards of living
(D) couples buying houses
40. It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution
(A) families were larger
(B) population statistics were unreliable
(C) the population grew steadily
(D) economic conditions were bad
41. The word "It" in line 25 refers to
(A) horizon
(B) population wave
(C) nine percent
(D) first half
42. The phrase "prior to" in line 26 is closest in meaning to
(A)
behind
(B)
since
(C)
during (D)
preceding
Questions 43-50
In the early 1800’s, over 80 percent of the United States labor force was engaged in agriculture. Sophisticated technology
and machinery were virtually nonexistent. People who lived in the cities and were not directly involved in trade often
participated in small cottage industries making handcrafted goods. Others cured meats, silversmiths, candle or otherwise
produced needed goods and commodities. Blacksmiths, silversmiths, candle makers, and other artisans worked in their homes or
barns, relying on help of family
Perhaps no single phenomenon brought more widespread and lasting change to the United States society than the rise of
industrialization. Industrial growth hinged on several economic factors. First, industry requires an abundance of natural resources,
especially coal, iron ore, water, petroleum, and timber-all readily available on the North American continent. Second, factories
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demand a large labor supply. Between the 1870’s and the First World War (1914-1918), approximately 23 million immigrants
streamed to the United States, settled in cities, and went to work in factories and mines. They also helped build the vast network
of canals and railroads that crisscrossed the continent and linked important trade centers essential to industrial growth.
Factories also offered a reprieve from the backbreaking work and financial unpredictability associated with farming. Many
adults, poor and disillusioned with farm life, were lured to the cities by promises of steady employment, regular paychecks,
increased access to goods and services, and expanded social opportunities. Others were pushed there when new technologies
made their labor cheap or expendable; inventions such as steel plows and mechanized harvesters allowed one farmhand to
perform work that previously had required several, thus making farming capital-intensive rather than labor-intensive.
The United States economy underwent a massive transition and the nature of work was permanently altered. Whereas
cottage industries relied on a few highly skilled craft workers who slowly and carefully converted raw materials into finished
products from start to finish, factories relied on specialization. While factory work was less creative and more monotonous, it
was also more efficient and allowed mass production of goods at less expense.
43.What aspect of life in the United States does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy
(B) The inventions that transformed life in the nineteenth century
(C) The problems associated with the earliest factories
(D) The difficulty of farm life in the nineteenth century
44. Blacksmiths, silversmiths, and candle makers are mentioned in lines 5-6 as examples of artisans who
(A) maintained their businesses at home
(B) were eventually able to use sophisticated technology
(C) produced unusual goods and commodities
(D) would employ only family members
45. The phrase “hinged on” in line 9 is closest in meaning to
(A) recovered from
(B) depended on
(C) started on
(D) contributed to
46. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as a reason for the industrial growth that occurred in the United States
before 1914?
(A)The availability of natural resources found only in the United States
(B) The decrease in number of farms resulting from technological advances
(C) The replacement of canals and railroads by other forms of transportation
(D) The availability of a large immigrant work force
47. The word “lured” in line 19 is closest in meaning to
(A) attracted
(B) assigned
(C) restricted
(D) attached
48.The word “expendable” in line 21 is closest in meaning to
(A) nonproductive (B) unacceptable
(C) nonessential
(D) unprofitable
49. It can be inferred from the passage that industrialization affected farming in that industrialization
(A) increased the price of farm products
(B) limited the need for new farm machinery
(C) created new and interesting jobs on farms
(D) reduced the number of people willing to do farm work
50. According to the passage, factory workers differed from craft workers in that factory workers
(A) were required to be more creative
(B) worked extensively with raw materials
(C) changed jobs frequently
(D) specialized in one aspect of the finished product only