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101 學年度第一學期高三期末考英文科試題
Part One: Reading Section
I. Vocabulary 4500 (L~Z) (15%)
1. After the scandal was revealed to the public, the prime minister submitted his _____ to the president and was accepted immediately.
(A) procedure (B) revenge (C) resignation (D) license
2. Mr. Chou has a green card and therefore is a U.S. _____ resident, with rights to work and live there for his entire life.
(A) permanent (B) moderate (C) logical (D) sufficient
3. As shown on page 101, the important features of these three volcanic rock groups can be _____ in simple tables.
(A) motivated (B) summarized (C) postponed (D) relieved
4. Although his lawyers were _____, they couldn’t be sure about the final outcome of the trial. (A) multiple (B) poisonous (C) suspicious (D) optimistic
5. Most people agree that education should be a right of every individual in our society, not a(n) _____ of the rich.
(A) occupation (B) revolution (C) privilege (D) survey
6. The boss and the union leaders sat down with a neutral third person to _____ an agreement that both sides would find acceptable.
(A) negotiate (B) memorize (C) possess (D) restrict
7. A person with a truly _____ personality may not be the most physically attractive in the room, but he/she draws attention by making people feel empowered.
(A) plentiful (B) luxurious (C) literary (D) magnetic 8. As a photographer, Tom Price captures the beauty of the coastal and urban _____ of New
England with his camera.
(A) ownership (B) landscape (C) pregnancy (D) significance 9. Having an instinctive fear of cats, rats _____ without a trace when they are aware of a cat’s
presence.
(A) vanish (B) whisper (C) terrify (D) upload
10. It is believed that smile is a _____ language. You can easily communicate your friendliness by smiling at people wherever you go.
(A) various (B) universal (C) tribal (D) transparent
11. The drunk driver lost control on a curve and _____ the vehicle.
(A) teased (B) united (C) wrecked (D) wrinkled
12. My teammates argued fiercely over what to do for the project. To ease the _____, I took them out to dinner.
(A) volume (B) tension (C) voyage (D) triumph
13. Many fans were disappointed but able to understand that Yani Tseng had to _____ from the 2012 Swinging Skirts charity event due to medical reasons.
(A) tumble (B) visualize (C) underline (D) withdraw
14. There has been a _____ change in the staff’s attitudes toward the manager. They first admired him, then ignored him and now they turn their backs on him.
(A) vacant (B) virtuous (C) valuable (D) visible
15. I have been educated to put up with different opinions, but there is no way I’ll _____ racist or
gay-bashing remarks.
(A) tolerate (B) upset (C) threaten (D) urge
II. Cloze Test (15%)
(1) Do you have any idea what plagiarism is? Plagiarism is an act of using the language or thoughts of another author without authorization; also, it can be the situation of pretending another person’s work as one’s own by not __16__ the original author. Although instances of plagiarism occurred and related news was reported in the past, with the advent of the Internet and the subsequent ease of information retrieval, it is now becoming almost epidemic in its frequency. Perhaps you never dream of helping yourself to __17__ songs or essays, but in doing an assignment for school you may have copied and pasted information you retrieved from the Internet. Unless you specified the source, you were __18__ plagiarism. Most acts of plagiarism are committed by students, especially undergraduates. Yet, for exactly why students resort to plagiarism, although motivations are __19__ diverse as students themselves, there are four main reasons: lack of knowledge, carelessness, desperation, and laziness. However, don’t ever try to play down such seriousness of plagiarism as petty crime. The results can be serious __20__. A charge of plagiarism can result in a student’s receiving a zero for an assignment, failing a course, or the worst possible punishment, being expelled from school.
16. (A) pirating (B) crediting (C) fining (D) permitting 17. (A) protect-copyrighted (B) protect-copyright
(C) copyright-protecting (D) copyright-protected
18. (A) referred to (B) hindered from (C) guilty of (D) accepted as
19. (A) just (B) too (C) also (D) as
20. (A) all the same (B) to begin with (C) in a similar way (D) at least
(2) In Robert Frost’s poems, we see his awareness of man’s relationship with nature, __21__ presents some of his most memorable images. __22__ with universal questions of life, the images inspire us readers. Take “The Road Not Taken” for example. He writes about a traveler coming to a fork in the forest; his decision about which way to go is a metaphor for the __23__ that a person confronts in life.
In __24__ poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” a horse-rider contemplates whether he should stop __25__ the scenery in the woods or keep going. This symbolizes the struggle between freedom and duty.
21. (A) which (B) where (C) that (D) who
22. (A) Deal (B) Dealing (C) To deal (D) Being dealt
23. (A) starting point (B) breaking point (C) turning point (D) meeting point
24. (A) the other (B) other (C) others (D) another
25. (A) to enjoy (B) enjoy (C) enjoyed (D) enjoying
(3) The human brain is so complicated and intriguing that it has always been an important scientific research topic. Particularly, the process __26__ our brain encodes and decodes information has been extensively researched. Nevertheless, exactly __27__ it works is still a
mystery. Studies suggest that damage to the hippocampus may cause memory loss __28__ right food and sufficient sleep are the keys to a well-functioning brain. __29__, playing memory games and participating in outdoor activities are also good ways to keep our brain in a best condition. All in all, if you want to avoid memory-related diseases, you’d better __30__ a healthy and regular daily routine.
26. (A) whom (B) whose (C) by which (D) with which
27. (A) how (B) that (C) which (D) whether
28. (A) so that (B) and that (C) now that (D) except that 29. (A) In contrast (B) As a result (C) However (D) Furthermore
30. (A) enhance (B) retrieve (C) establish (D) memorize
III. Passage Completion (10%)
Some research suggests that certain types of mental exercises—whether they are memory games on your mobile device or jotting down letters backward—might help our gray matter __31__ concentration, memory and visual and spatial skills over the years. “There is some evidence of a use-it-or-lose-it __32__,” says Dr. Michael Maddens, chief of medicine at Beaumont Hospital, Michigan. Makers of computer brain games, in fact, are __33__ into a market of consumers who have turned to home treadmills and gym memberships to maintain their bodies, and now worry that aging might take its toll on their mental muscle __34__.
But mental exercises can help. The idea of mental __35__ marks a dramatic shift in how we understand the brain these days. “We want to stretch and flex and push the brain,” says Moriah Thomason, scientific adviser to www.Lumosity.com, one of the fastest-growing brain game __36__. “We used to think that what you’re born with is what you have through life. But now we understand that the brain is a lot more plastic and flexible than we ever __37__.”
Still, just as it does on the rest of your body, aging takes its toll. The protective covering of the neural cells—white matter—begins to __38__ first. The gray matter also starts to get smaller, but more slowly. Neurotransmitters, or chemical messengers, therefore decrease. But __39__ the brain stimulates neural pathways—those tentacles that look like tree branches in a cluster of brain cells. It boosts the brain’s __40__ and connectivity, refueling the entire engine.
(A) tapping (B) appreciated (C) shrink (D) phenomenon (E) chemistry (AB) maintain (AC) websites (AD) challenging (AE) workouts (BC) as well IV. Discourse Structure (10%)
Architecture is essential in human history and culture, and its influence cannot be underestimated. Born of the fundamental human need for shelter, the art of designing and constructing buildings has generated countless inspiring and commanding structures across the
globe. __41__ Winston Churchill once said that “we shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” It is no surprise, then, that architecture has provoked, and continues to provoke, interesting and often heated debate. __42__
A classic case of the infringement of an architect’s moral rights* arose in Australia in relation to Sydney’s landmark Opera House. __43__ After various delays in the building’s construction, a team of Australian architects took over the project and modified the internal layout of the building. __44__ At that time, architects in Australia did not have moral rights in their architectural works, so Mr. Utzon was unable to contest the new design in the courts. __45__ * “Moral rights” refers to the ability of authors to control the eventual fate of their works. Moral rights protect the personal and reputational, rather than purely monetary, value of a work to its creator. (A) In so doing, they considerably limited its original configuration as a multipurpose hall.
(B) Some controversies have arisen in relation to the protection of architecture as a creative work and the rights of architects in their creations.
(C) In 1959, Danish architect Jørn Utzon won an international competition to design a performing arts complex in Sidney.
(D) Only with the approval of the Copyright Amendment Act in 2000 did architects acquire the right to be consulted with respect to any changes planned to buildings they had designed. (E) From a humble cottage to iconic works such as the ancient pyramids of Egypt or Taipei 101,
architecture influences our daily lives and our environment. V. Reading Comprehension (32%)
(1) Mending1 Wall
by Robert Frost
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends2 the frozen-ground-swell under it
And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing: 5 I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone, But they would have the rabbit out of hiding, To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made, 10 But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbor know beyond the hill; And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go. 15 To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance:
1. mend: repair
“Stay where you are until our backs are turned!”
We wear our fingers rough with handling them. 20 Oh, just another kind of outdoor game,
One on a side. It comes to little more: There where it is we do not need the wall: He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across 25 And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
“Why do they make good neighbors? Isn’t it 30 Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I’d ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, 35 That wants it down.” I could say “Elves” to him,
But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather He said it for himself. I see him there, Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed. 40 He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees. He will not go behind his father’s saying, And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.” 45
46. What is stated in lines 1-4 as a reason for annual repairs in the poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost?
(A) Neighborhood children playing games. (B) Tree roots on either side of the boundary. (C) Winter frosts that cause the ground to move. (D) Hunters clearing the stones to unearth rabbits.
47. What does the wall between the two farms actually separate? (A) Cows from cows.
(B) Pine plantation from sheep. (C) An apple orchard from cows. (D) An apple orchard from pine trees.
48. What is the speaker’s neighbor’s favorite saying? (A) You can’t get there from here.
(B) Good fences make good neighbors.
(C) Something there is that doesn’t love a wall. (D) Stay where you are until our backs are turned.
49. Which of the following may NOT be suggested as the function of the wall? (A) To separate neighbors and ensure the independence of their lives.
(B) To ward off elves who are believed to invade the fields at spring time.
(C) To maintain the security of the farming activities on the neighboring properties. (D) To bring neighbors together in a common action as they erect and maintain the wall. (2) If you have been paying attention to the battle between Samsung and Apple, you might have noticed that Samsung used to be rather quiet about the lawsuits Apple filed against the consumer giant. Apple filed in multiple countries including Germany where the court ruled against Samsung and banned the direct sale of the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the country. The court said the design too closely resembles Apple’s iPad 2. Samsung quickly appealed the decision, of course. The court’s decision seems to have triggered a new attitude at Samsung. That new attitude is angry and now they are not being so quiet, or as Lee Younghee, head of global marketing for mobile communications for Samsung said, “We’ll be pursuing our rights for this in a more aggressive way from now on.” Samsung has filed their own lawsuits against Apple claiming they are infringing on patents that they hold in wireless technology. The legal battle has spread to 10 countries from the US to of course, Germany.
The difficult part of this battle is that Apple is a huge customer for Samsung since they are the largest memory storage manufacturer and other products such as LCD screens that are a part of Apple products. If you compare the Samsung’s Galaxy S and the Apple’s iPhone 4, it’s easy to see why Apple has picked this fight but, is there more to this battle? If you map out the digital media landscape, you will notice that Apple has yet to truly capture one area, the living room. Samsung, on the other hand, not only resides in your living room, but they have your kitchen and even your laundry room. Combining this with wireless tablets and phones able to run multi-media apps, games, music and movies, Samsung is positioned to be the single most dominant factor in the industry. With Wi-Fi connections between these devices, you can get a notification on your TV from the dryer telling you the clothes are dry or operate your microwave from your phone so dinner is ready by the time you get home.
If Samsung were to make some strategic acquisitions and key partners in the content distribution space, they could very well become a more compelling consumer value proposition down the road. There is a love affair with Apple, but a solid consumer proposition that extends across multiple areas of people’s life can be cause for divorce from even the likes of Apple. If Apple delivers a 52-inch iPad into living rooms in the near future, you will see this battle heat up even more.
50. According to the passage, what is Samsung’s current attitude toward the lawsuits filed by Apple?
(A) They are quiet and dare not take any action. (B) They are furious and will defend their rights. (C) They are patient and tend to ignore the lawsuits. (D) They are aggressive and will negotiate with Apple.
51. Samsung lost the lawsuit filed by Apple in Germany in that _____.
(A) Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringed Apple’s patents in wireless technology
(B) Samsung violated the local laws and made illegal promotion and marketing of Galaxy S (C) Samsung’s Galaxy was equipped with pirated mobile communication software
(D) Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 was like Apple’s iPad 2 too much in its outward design 52. In the second paragraph, the writer probably thinks that Samsung has an advantage over Apple
in terms of the _____ of the products.
53. What can be inferred from the passage?
(A) Apple will surely be a monopoly in terms of 3C products in the future. (B) Samsung is very likely to become Apple’s biggest customer.
(C) Apple and Samsung may file more lawsuits against each other.
(D) Samsung will force Apple to acknowledge its dominance in computer technology.
(3) Never let yourself forget how much we still don’t know about our brains and bodies. Specifically, the relationship between the two.
You’re a woman. You missed your period, and now you have morning sickness. Congratulations! Or not! After a few weeks, your abdomen swells. Eventually, you start having labor pains… but the doctor says there is no baby, and that there never was one. Either you are having a ghost baby, or it was all in your head.
They used to call it “hysterical pregnancy”—a term that dates back to when male scientists had declared that all mental disorders radiated from female lady parts. It’s now referred to as pseudocyesis, and it’s shockingly common—as many as one out of every few hundred pregnancies turns out to be pseudocyesis. That is, nonexistent.
What causes it? Were you impregnated by an incubus, and are you about to give birth to an invisible spiritual entity? After all, it’d be one thing if these false pregnancies just caused some nausea and weight gain. But the condition also causes other common pregnancy symptoms such as breast sensitivity. In the weirdest cases—such as this 1960s case of a woman in Rochester—the abdomen will become distended as if there’s a fetus pushing out (doctors have found they can make this go away with anesthesia.)
Sufferers even claim they feel the baby “kick.” What the hell?
Reports of false pregnancy have been around as far back as recorded history goes. Hippocrates (the dude the Hippocratic oath comes from) wrote about women with the disorder around 300 BC. In one of the most famous cases, the Queen of England, Mary I or Bloody Mary, was so desperate to bear a child that she had a fake pregnancy. The disease reemerged again in the famous case of “Anne O,” who developed a fake pregnancy after imagining being impregnated by her doctor Josef Breuer. Breuer later talked about the strange case to the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud, who was so fascinated by it that it became the basis of his work in the field of psychotherapy.
But we’ve saved the weirdest part for last. Pseudocyesis doesn’t just affect women. Yep, false pregnancy has turned up in men who duplicate the symptoms of their partners’ pregnancy.
They go through the same morning sickness, muscle cramps and, in one case, the same abdominal swelling as their pregnant wives.
Again we say, what the hell?
54. In this passage, false pregnancy is cited as an example to illustrate _____. (A) how the brain tricks the body into illness
(B) how body illness induces brain disorders
(C) how desperately every woman wants to bear a baby (D) how unbearable brain disorders are during pregnancy
55. Which of the following terms refers to the same thing as false pregnancy? (A) Hysterical vision loss. (B) Pseudocyesis.
(C) Abnormal fetus. (D) Anesthesia.
56. According to this passage, which is NOT a pregnancy symptom? (A) Missing periods. (B) Muscle cramps.
(C) Abdominal swelling. (D) Skin infection. 57. According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?
(A) Josef Breuer and Anne O were contemporaries. (B) False pregnancy is a disease only confined to females.
(C) The record of false pregnancy can be traced back to Hippocrates’ time. (D) Queen Mary I was also a sufferer of fake pregnancy.
(4) Recently, you can often see people cruising by on a yellow bike with a smile logo on it. It is a Smart Bike program called “U-Bike” rental system launched by the Taipei City government. According to statistics, more than 300 cities around the world, such as Montreal, Boston, and Washington, DC, have implemented public bike shares.
Public Bike Systems (PBS, also called Bike Sharing and Community Bike Programs) provide convenient rental bicycles intended for short (less than 5 kilometers) urban trips. A typical Public Bike System consists of a fleet of bicycles, a network of automated stations (also called points) where bikes are stored, and bike redistribution and maintenance programs. Bikes may be rented at one station and returned to another. Stations with automated self-service docking systems that accommodate 5-20 bikes are located at major destinations and transportation centers, spaced about 300m apart. Use is free or inexpensive for short periods (typically first 30 minutes). This allows urban residents and visitors to use bicycles without needing to purchase, store and maintain one.
Early Public Bike Systems were largely funded through donations or donations of old bikes. However, in the late 1990s, two global advertising competitors, JCDecaux and Clear Channel, began providing PBS in exchange for advertising rights on the bikes and stations, as they previously did with other street furniture such as bus benches and shelters. Public Bike Systems are generally implemented in conjunction with Bicycle Improvements and Nonmotorized Transportation Encouragement programs in order to minimize problems (such as conflicts and accidents) and increase their effectiveness.
PBSs provide many benefits. They offer convenient mobility for many types of urban trips, provide healthy exercise, and by reducing automobile travel they can help reduce traffic congestion, road and parking facility costs, consumer costs, energy consumption and pollution emissions. There is debate concerning their overall safety impacts. For example, cycling crashes may increase, particularly when programs are first introduced. Nevertheless, this tends to be offset by reducing risk to other road users and increasing drivers’ awareness of cyclists, and possibly by putting more investments in cycling facilities over the long run.
58. Which in the following is NOT a benefit of Public Bike Systems? (A) Increasing road safety.
(B) Providing healthy exercise.
(C) Promoting environmental protection. (D) Reducing road and parking facility costs.
59. JCDecaux and Clear Channel began providing PBS so that _____. (A) they could expand their business operations
(B) they could make profits from the bike rentals (C) they could get subsidies from the government
(D) they could improve their public image as a charitable sponsor 60. Which word is closest in meaning to “offset” (in Paragraph 3)?
(A) Worsen. (B) Restart. (C) Balance. (D) Advance.
(A) Public Bike Systems will discourage public transit (B) Public Bike Systems improve mobility for non-drivers (C) there are no geographic constraints for Public Bike Systems
(D) Public Bike Systems should preferably be run by advertising agencies
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Part Two: Writing Section
I. Vocabulary in Context (12%)1. Taiwanese presidents are always i ed on May 20, when many special guests will be invited to the ceremony.
2. Mandy doesn’t know whether she should take the low-paying job or not; she is caught in a d a.
3. Language el es human beings above other animals; we are superior to other animals in that we communicate with words.
4. The government should spare no efforts to a s this problem lest people’s dissatisfaction turn into rage or lead to a chaotic society.
5. Far from helping the situation, his involvement is likely to c te matters, making the problems more difficult.
6. No one has a s to these files. The right to retrieve the papers is restricted to the senior manager.
7. Sam broke the law, and now he must face the c e of his actions. That is, he needs to serve a jail sentence for two years.
8. Each barrel of oil is e t to about 40 gallons of gasoline.
9. The Grand Canyon has amazed tourists around the world with its ex y beauty. Those who have been there find the view remarkable.
10. Every year, the students in Art Class use their creativity to t m the graduation ceremony into a magnificent gala.
11. Though physically i red, Ms. Yang En-Dian never gave up hope. Now she is a famous foot-and-mouth artist despite her disability.
12. A good night’s sleep will improve your c n; in other words, you will find it easier to focus on your studies or work if you sleep well.
II. Guided Translation (6%)
13. 直到失去健康，他才了解健康的重要。
It was 1.__________ lost his health 2.__________ its importance.
14. 近幾年因為點對點檔案分享程式的出現，使得散佈電子檔變得更為容易。（請依提示 字作答）
In recent years, distributing digital files 1.__________ (make) easier by the appearance of
peer-to-peer 2.__________ programs.
15. 老師用簡圖解釋蛋白質被我們身體分解及吸收的過程。
The teacher is using a diagram to explain the process 1.__________ the proteins 2.__________
