SECTION 1: VOCABULARY 30%
Choose the best answer and write the letter a, b, c, or d on the answer sheet.
1. Mr. Wong always tries to answer all questions from his students. He will not ____ any of them even if they may sound stupid.
(A) reform (B) depress
(C) ignore (D) confirm
2. The fire in the fireworks factory in Tainan County set off a series of powerful _____ and killed many people.
(A) explosions (B) extensions (C) inspections (D) impressions
3. Dr. Liu’s new book is a collection of his ____ of the daily life of tribal people in Africa.
(A) interferences (B) preventions (C) substitutions (D) observations
4. Kevin’s _____ to become a well-educated man was very strong because of his belief that knowledge equals power.
(A) innocence (B) promotion (C) recognition (D) motivation
5. The conflicts between John and his teacher made it difficult for the teacher to judge his performance ______..
(A) painfully (B) excitedly (C) objectively (D) intimately
6. In order for a new product to sell well, manufacturers often invest large sums of money on their ______.
(A) liberation (B) promotions (C) destruction (D) concentration
7. The two security guards will be ____ from all their duties until further investigation is completed.
(A) collapsed (B) measured (C) suspended (D) declared
8. Bill was severely punished because he ____ lied to his mother.
(A) notoriously (B) purposefully
(C) roughly (D) strongly
9. The soldier was put on trial for ____ to obey his commanding officer’s order.
(A) regretting (B) resigning (C) refusing (D) restricting
10. The president ____ the public that the war would last only three months, but now it seems as if it will go on forever.
(A) adjusted (B) assured
(C). attacked (D) adopted
SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION 20%
Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and write the letter a, b, c, or d on the answer sheet.
1. The first national park of the United States, ____ was Yellowstone in the State of Wyoming.
(A) found in 1872 (B) founding in 1872 (C). was founded in 1872 (D) founded in 1872
2. ____ had we got into the building than it began to rain casts and dogs.
(A) No sooner (B) Hardly (C) No faster (D) Scarcely
3. Bear in mind that a man’s dignity _____ on what he has but on what he is.
(A) is not depended (B) not depends (C) is depended not (D) does not depend
4. John’s girlfriend asked him to go to the movies with her tonight, but his father insisted that he _____ home studying.
(A) stay (B) must stay
(C) had to stay (D) stayed
5. I felt like _____ when I smelt that rotten egg. Tell me who left it there on the desk.
(A) to throw out. (B) throwing out (C) to throw up (D) throwing up
6. Only when a child is about six years old ___ the initial stages of language development.
(A) he begins (B)does he begin (C) that he’ll begin (D) he’ll begin
7. Tom was _____ that he won the respect of every teacher who had taught him.
(A) a such good student (B) a so good student (C) so good a student (D) such good student
8. John and I spent many hours ____ what we should do after graduating from college.
(A) to discuss (B) discussing
(C) discussing about (D) on discussing about
9. Father makes ____ to go hiking every morning, which is why he is in pretty good shape even though he’s almost 80.
(A) a rule (B) it is a rule (C) it a rule (D) it be a rule
10. Matt doesn’t want to come because he has already ______.
(A) ate (B) eaten
(C) eating (D) to eat
SECTION 3: READING COMPREHENSION 30%
In this section you will read two passages. Each one is followed by five questions about it.
You are to choose the one best answer a, b, c, or d, to each question and write the letter on the answer sheet.
Passage 1.
Public health is a very important issue in every country. It bears directly on the well-being of each and every citizen and is a major responsibility of the government. Protecting and promoting public health requires strict controls on waste disposal and on food manufacture as well as good medical care.
On the whole, Taiwan has a fairly good public health system, perhaps one of the best in the world. Disease control has been so successful that epidemics are rate. Communicable diseases are either extinct or are kept well under control.
Local government health agencies offer helpful public health services. This, together with the existence of many government-sponsored health insurance programs, has made low-cost medical care available to almost everyone. These services are immensely valuable in promoting public health.
1. Public health has a close relation with ______.
(A) government officials (B) insurance programs
(C) communicable diseases (D) the well-being of every citizen 2. Protecting and promoting public health requires ______.
(A) strict controls on waste disposal (B) strict controls on food manufacture (C) good medical care (D) (A), (B) and (C).
3. In Taiwan, communicable diseases are either extinct or are kept well under control because _______.
(A) public health is a major responsibility of the government here (B) Taiwan has a fairly good public health system
(C) the public is taken very good care of (D) epidemics are rare in Taiwan.
4. What has made low-cost medical care available to almost everyone in Taiwan?
(A) Local government health agencies offer helpful public health services.
(B) There are many government-sponsored health insurance programs.
(C) Rich people donate a lot of money to hospitals.
(D) (A) and (B).
5. Which of the following was not mentioned in the article as a factor in the public health situation in Taiwan?
(A) Low-cost medical care. (B) Reducing pollution.
(C) Insurance programs. (D) Disease control.
Passage 2
Among American teenage boys, the most popular type of movie is the “horror film.”
The aim of these films is to “horrify” their audience, but to do it in such an entertaining way that the audience will happily pay money to be horrified.
There are typical scenes in most of these films: evil spirits enter into people’s bodies, dead human bodies return to life, hairy monsters with green eyes frighten people in the dark, and pretty girls scream as they run away from horrible creatures that eat people. At the same time, the audience screams and covers their eyes; they often look as though they hate being there, but in fact they love it. When the next horror film is released, they will be first in line to buy their tickets.
The horror film was truly one of the earliest types of films to be offered to the public.
“Nosferatu” was a silent film about a vampire, a creature and sleeps in a coffin during the day and comes out at night to bite people on the neck and drink their blood. Recent popular horror films are “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Halloween”. There are even magazines for horror film fans, with pictures and interviews of the stars.
6. Why are “horror films” popular?
(A) Because people like to pay money for movies.
(B) Because audience enjoy being horrified in an entertaining way.
(C) Because teenage boys like romance stories more than adventure (D) Because people just want to kill time in this way.
7. What type of character might you expect to find in a horror film?
(A) A cowboy with a white hat.
(B) A creature that is half man, half wolf.
(C) A general in he army leading his soldiers to victory.
(D) A handsome young man singing love songs to his girlfriend.
8. The people in the audience at horror movies often _____.
(A) look as though they are vampires, but they’re not (B) look as though they are screaming, but they’re not (C) look as though they are drinking blood, but they’re not
(D) look as though they are not enjoying themselves, but they are.
9. Which of the movie titles do you think sounds like a horror movie?
(A) Night of the Living Dead (B) Dances with Wolves (C) I Love Trouble (D) Thumbelina 10. What do vampires do?
(A) Suck people’s blood.
(B) Cover their eyes and scream.
(C) Have nightmares about teenagers.
(D) Wait in line to buy horror movie tickets.
SECTION 4: WRITING AN ESSAY (20%)
Write an essay (150 words) on the following topics:
“The most influential person in my life”
(content 8%, organization 5%, grammar, 5%, punctuation 2%)
