國立竹東高級中學 101 學年度第一學期 第一次教師甄選英文科試題
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I. Vocabulary (Choose the antonym to the underlined word) 15%
( C ) 1. The secret of a long life and keeping healthy is to keep an abstemious diet and to take proper exercise.
(A) prodigal (B) calorific (C) excessive (D) inane
( A ) 2. She failed to find a suitable egress from the awkward situation.
(A) entry (B) outlet (C) pittance (D) convert
( B ) 3. Military service is mandatory for young men in that country.
(A) compulsory (B) optional (C) obligatory (D) invulnerable ( C ) 4. A prodigious number of penguins inhabit Antarctica.
(A) specious (B) colossal (C) negligible (D) venal ( D ) 5. In spite of some obnoxious qualities, he is quite reliable.
(A) complacent (B) avid (C) offensive (D) amiable ( A ) 6. Bears are torpid when they hibernate during the winter.
(A) brisk (B) lavish (C) quizzical (D) cursory
( A ) 7. The effect of technology on our daily lives is imponderable.
(A) perceptible (B) indiscernible (C) evasive (D) propulsive ( B ) 8. It seemed impolitic to pay much attention to these trivial matters.
(A) unadvisable (B) judicious (C) ascetic (D) austere ( C ) 9. She apologized for her belated reply.
(A) eerie (B) docile (C) punctual (D) unruly
( B ) 10. The government should endeavor to mitigate the damage caused by typhoons.
(A) abate (B) intensify (C) dally (D) reclaim
( D ) 11. The report called for a massive increment in walfare spending.
(A) augmentation (B) retinue (C) blandishment (D) reduction ( C ) 12. Beware of ravenous tigers on the prowl.
(A) canny (B) funereal (C) glutted (D) atheistic ( A ) 13. He was one of the rare breed of wise and erudite men.
(A) illiterate (B) benign (C) testy (D) grisly ( B ) 14. His proposal was greeted with a stream of invectives.
(A) attritions (B) approbation (C) abuses (D) adages ( C ) 15. The secretary always carried out her duty with alacrity.
(A) periphery (B) miscellany (C) sluggishness (D) sediment
II. Passage Completion 20%
(A)
(A) reproduction (B) gestation (C) intervals (D) for
(E) sheer (AB) captivity (AC) perpetuation (AD) nurse
(AE) at (BC) interfere
Animals that produce large amounts of offspring depend upon the __16_E_ size of the litter for the __17_AC_ of their species. The young mature very quickly and are not educated, as the parents are usually involved with obtaining their own food and with __18_A_. Should some of the offspring become endangered, the parent will not __19_BC_, because it is not expected that all the young survive, which is the reason __20_D_ a large litter. One animal that produces large litters is the hamster. A female hamster is able to bear young when she is six weeks to two months old. The __21_B_ period is about 16 days. Although an average litter size is from five to ten, hamsters commonly have as few as three or as many as a dozen offspring __22_AE_ a time. Mothers will sometimes eat their own young, particularly when the number of offspring is large. Females may produce litters up to an age of about 15 months at monthly __23_C_. The blind, hairless young begin to grow fur in two to three days. Their eyes open after about two weeks. After ten days they begin eating solid food, though the mother will continue to __24_AD_ them for about two more weeks. In __25_AB_, a typical hamster may live for two to three years.
(B)
(A) appointed (B) abiding (C) oppressed (D) outspokenness (E) setbacks (AB) humanitarian (AC) paragon (AD) incorporated (AE) delegate (BC) debilitating
Eleanor Roosevelt was world-renowned, respected, and admired, and she made numerous meaningful and lasting contributions to human welfare. She earned the affection of millions throughout the world because of her __26_AB_ efforts on behalf of children, the __27_C_, and the poor. As President Truman described her, she was the “First Lady of the World.” Although faced by serious __28_E_, she dedicated her entire life to others. When her husband Franklin Roosevelt’s political career appeared doomed by the __29_BC_ effects of polio, she provided him with the encouragement that made him persevere until he eventually won the presidency of the United States.
Mrs. Roosevelt showed a(n) __30_B_ concern for others both in her private and public life. At a time when it was still unpopular to take such advocacies, she taught at a school she had established for poor children, managed a factory for the jobless, and ardently campaigned for equal rights.
When she became First Lady, Mrs. Roosevelt represented with great energy and __31_D_ the needs of people suffering from the Great Depression. Indeed, a good number of her ideas were __32_AD_
into her husband’s New Deal social welfare program. With the outbreak of World War II, she spread out her engagements to the world stage, joining the United Nations to help establish UNICEF and come up with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She was later __33_A_ chairperson of the Human Rights Commission and, at the age 61, was named a __34_AE_ to the first meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Truly a __35_AC_ of greatness, Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You get more joy out of giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.”
