臺北醫學大學100學年度博士班招生入學考試_英文試題

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There are four underlined sections in the text blow. Select the one which would not be considered correct in standard written English.

1. The Eiffel Tower was built the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution.

 was built  of  commermorating  the

2. A no-smoking program has help overweight people reduce their risk of heart attacks or their need for surgery by 63 percent.

 A  help  reduce  need

3. After a muscle fiber has worked intensely for while, it begins to lose potassium, and that dampens the fiber’s ability to contract.

 After a  while  and that  ability to

4. Japan’s latitudinal spread, ranging from subtropical in the south to subarctic in the north, makes that a wide diversity of flora and fauna.

 latitudinal spread  subtropical  makes that  wide diversity

5. Crushed ice is use to cool drinks, and is often applied to injuries where there is swelling, to remove excess heat generated in the tissues.

 use  is often  where there is  generated 6. The great English doctor who discovered the circulate of the blood, was born in 1578.

 English doctor  discovered  circulate  blood 7. Poverty in the United Kingdom is noticeably different from that in other country.

 Poverty  noticeably  from  country 8. Enid Blyton, whose books are still read after her dead, wrote stories about children and their nature.

 whose books  her dead  about  nature

9. The British labor movement developed as a means of improve working conditions through group efforts.

 movement  a means  improve  conditions 10. The book provides general informations about animals and tells why animals are important to human beings.

 The book  informations  why animals  human beings II. Vocabulary test (Choose the best answer) (20%)

1. If you want to get a good result in every work, you should have a .

 sympathy  loyalty  unselfishness  constancy 2. friendship is a precious relationship.

 Sincere  Mutual  Successful  Generous 3. He has some little with the Taiwanese language.

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4. A person or that is loved and admired very much is the .

 idea  ideal  idol  fan 5. This boy was disliked by the rest of the class.

 sneaky  unselfish  generous  helpful 6. means special, good or unusual and therefore worth remembering or easy to remember.

 Remembrance  Mind  Memory  Memorable 7. People gain great from saving money by learning to do things themselves.

 satisfactory  satisfaction  satisfy  dissatisfaction

8. This victory was a in our country’s history.

 memory  milestone  point of time  period 9. If someone has just-moved into a new house, he or she will have a .

 party  ceremony  house-warming  celebration 10. I felt all tucked up in a bed.

 jolly  cozy  happy  eager III. Reading—Text Completion (20%)

Read the text bellow. A word or phrase is missing in some of the sentences. You need to choose the BEST out of the four answers provided below to complete the text.

Questions 1-4 refer to the following report. Dry Weather Leads to Poor Harvest

Farms throughout Minnesota are harvesting record low amounts of soybean production. The extremely dry conditions since the first of May 1 most of the crop. Corn farmers are slightly better off. Livestock costs are now increasing as food becomes more expensive and animals continue to be lost during the heat wave. Last year’s overproduction of soybeans means stockpiles have been able to supply market needs. Therefore, farmers in other areas who are capable 2 harvesting soybeans this month will not benefit significantly from higher prices. Most farmers will try to 3 their bank loans this fall in hopes of a better crop next year. If that harvest is as poor as this year’s, many farmers may be 4 out of business.

1.  destroyed  were destroying  will destroy  have destroyed 2.  to  of  for  in

3.  extend  suspend  decorate  spoil 4.  forced  processed  delivered  approved

Questions 5 to 10 refer to the following news story.

Crude oil prices struck with a record high of $ 100.05 a 5 in New York yesterday due to political tensions in the Middle East, surging demand from rising markets in Asia, and burying interest from investment funds. The weakening US 6

is able to 7 because it makes oil cheaper for buyers using stronger currencies. With rising oil prices 8 rising food prices. According to The Christian Science Monitor, across the world, basic food now cost 21 percent more at the wholesale level than in 2005, with key commodities such as grains and vegetable oils up more than 30 percent. For the poor, that means the quality and quantity of nutrition are at risk and that their lives are threatened.

Analysts predict that oil prices will keep soaring in the foreseeable future. “Sadly, hardly 9 can be done to change the situation,” said an economist from Harvard, “unless we can all learn to lead a 10 life.”

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5. box letter barrel barren 6. currency pricing stocking arms sales

7. blame scold punish fined

8. happen come bring extend

9. nothing anything everything something 10. demanding surging fruitful frugal

IV. Translation (20%)

Please translate the following passage from English to Chinese.

As you know, the next thing on our software development schedule is Project Z. Here are some results of the preliminary Project Z audit. The estimated cost of Project Z was $ 275,000. The research for the project has completed at $ 75,000. The project will require four years of full time development, and the resources needed for this are valued at $ 100,000. Finally, distributing test copies of the software, testing, and analyzing the results will cost $ 75,000. Thus, the total cost of the project should actually be only about $ 250,000. Even with 10 percent unseen costs, Project Z is expected to come in at or under the estimate.

V. Guided Writing (20%)

You are required to write a short article in English to promote the usage of electric cars. You have to persuade your readers the importance of electric cars. You need to demonstrate the following points in your article:

A. energy prices has hit all-time highs

B. electric cars are not perfect, some people still doubt their practicality and efficiency C. the emission of carbon dioxide should be a vital concern for development of future cars D. investment in electric car will prove to be a money making business

E. manufacturing of electric cars is also a moral obligation for scientists