國立臺北教育大學 99 學年度碩士班招生入學考試 共同科目 英文 科試題
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Ⅰ. Vocabulary（每題 2 分，共 20 分）
Please choose the option that is closest in meaning to the word underlined, or can best complete the sentence.
1. Is it possible to integrate people of different races and social classes into a peaceful country without hate and hostility?
(A) converse (B) explore (C) emerge (D) deliver
2. This is such a demanding task that most people become completely fatigued after the non-stop working for twelve hours.
(A) exhausted (B) inhaled (C) exhaled (D) exaggerated 3. Ignoring arguments from the administration of President Ma and warnings from the U.S., the
Legislative Yuan has passed an amendment to the Food Sanitation Act, which bans imports of
designated beef products from the countries with documented mad cow disease cases over the past 10 years.
(A) retired (B) specified (C) satisfied (D) damaged
4. Miss Johnson resigned from her position of manager because of the belligerent working environment.
(A) friendly (B) hospital (C) hostile (D) amiable
5. The relationship between Lisa and her father is so terrible that Lisa’s father disregards her and seldom talks to her even on her birthday.
(A) ignores (B) cherishes (C) astonishes (D) defuses 6. The writer’s latest book has so far little interest.
(A) arisen (B) risen (C) aroused (D) raised 7. He worked to achieve his goal of being a great scientist.
(A) feverishly (B) tiredly (C) fruitlessly (D) reluctantly 8. I’ve got nothing to tell you what I have already said.
(A) beneath (B) beyond (C) below (D) behind 9. Yamingshan national park is famous for its beautiful .
(A) scenery (B) capacity (C) volume (D) definition 10. To make your ideas clear, you must unnecessary words from your essay.
(A) clean (B) empty (C) quit (D) eliminate
Ⅱ. Sentence Structures（每題 2 分，共 20 分）
Please choose the option that can best complete the sentence.
11. In the past years, the number of internet users has __________ increased and so have the services
that are offered on-line.
(A) patiently (B) exponentially (C) negatively (D) inductively
12. The 921 Earthquake in Taiwan ten years ago was one of ______________ earthquakes in the world.
(A) most devastating (B) very devastating (C) the most devastating (D) the much devastating
13. Shortly after his daughter’s birth, Ronald Smith began a meaningful tradition __________ an annual letter to her. So far, the writing has continued for ten years.
(A) that writing (B) as written (C) of writing (D) that writes
14. Shelly and Jerome are a pleasant and ___________ couple, so they make friends easily everywhere.
(A) socialized (B) sociable (C) social (D) socializing
15. With the financial crisis and the housing prices still at record high, most people can’t _________
decent house.
(A) afford (B) effort (C) affect (D) decorate 16. I my math lessons in the hope of getting good grades.
(A) get tired of (B) had great trouble in (C) took great pains with (D) gave rise to
17. By hard working, his financial status seemed to be improving .
(A) by far (B) by degrees (C) by great (D) by the way 18. He is wearing a jacket which bullets so he won’t get hurt by gun shots.
(A) is decorated with (B) is resistant to (C) is made of (D) is provided with 19. After walking for an hour, I’m a cup of iced tea now.
(A) dying away (B) dying for (C) dying out (D) dying from 20. Before going to Germany, I suggest you your German.
(A) brush up (B) hang up (C) put up (D) show up
III. Written Expression （每題 2 分，共 20 分）
Please identify the underlined part that must be changed in order for the sentence to be grammatical and correct.
21. An interesting fact about adolescents’ physiology is that their sleep-wake cycle gets delayed by up A B
to two hours, which mean they don’t become sleepy until late in the night and, subsequently, wake C D
up late in the morning.
22. Scientists have attempted to make clouds to produce rain by dropping from aircraft small pieces of A B
ice into rain clouds. They have also dropped the chemical silver iodide for the same reason. This is C
called seeding the clouds.
D
23. The graduate student shows great passion on his research. He searched for materials in the library A B
and even surfed in the internet for getting more information.
C D
24. In some universities in the U.S., some professors teach American history with both English and A B
Spanish. In other words, the instructional language in their classes is bilingual.
C D
25. The parade has scheduled to finish in the afternoon, but due to the major accident at the corner of A B C
the block, it has been delayed for one hour.
D
26. Mother Teresa devoted her all life to the care of the poor and homeless people.
A B C D
27. I’m burning with curiosity – you must talk to me who has won the game at last.
A B C D 28. Our restaurant has just managed to survive; we don’t know when it closed.
A B C D 29. The landslide caused by the recent typhoon have killed dozens of people.
A B C D
30. When you see someone you know, or would like to make contact, do smile.
A B C D
IV. Reading Comprehension（每題 2 分，共 40 分）
Please read the passages below. Each passage will be followed by several questions. Choose the option that best answers each of these questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.
According to a criminal report, crimes can be divided into different types. White collar crime means that businessmen make millions of dollar annually through tax evasion. In organized crime, hundreds of millions of dollars may be made through illegal gambling, drug traffic, extortion, or prostitution. As to street crime, robbery, mugging, and looting belong to this type. There are crimes of passion such as murder, rape and assault. In every society, violations of regulations are designed to protect the public such as traffic and pedestrian rules. Corruption in the government is another type of crime. Besides, it is noted that police crime is what we cannot neglect.
Every time one of these crimes is committed, there is a great loss to the society not only in terms of money, property, or lives lost, but also in terms of society being made much weaker and less effective in its functioning. For example, if people believe that crimes can be committed and gotten away with,
they are more likely to try to commit them, or even perhaps commit crimes in order to stop others from committing them – such as buying a gun to shoot people who are trying to rob them rather than calling the police. When this happens, lawlessness spreads and people start to be afraid of and hate other people.
31. According to this passage, how many types of crimes are mentioned?
(A) Five types. (B) Six types. (C) Seven types. (D) Eight types.
32. When a victim is cornered and threatened to give up whatever money in his billfold to the criminal, what type of crime is it?
(A) White collar crime. (B) Street crime. (C) Organized crime. (D) Blue collar crime.
33.From this passage we can infer that to have an effectively functioning society, the government is supposed to ______________.
(A) do all it can to suppress and punish crimes.
(B) do all it can to ignore and punish crimes.
(C) do all it can to encourage and punish crimes.
(D) do all it can to tolerate and punish crimes.
34. What does “Tax evasion” refer to?
(A) Getting back tax money in lawful ways.
(B) Sharing tax money in necessary ways.
(C) Being levied lots of tax money.
(D) Paying less or no tax money in unlawful ways.
35. When an official take bribes, what type of crime does this belong to?
(A) Crime of passion. (B) Government corruption.
(C) Police crime. (D) Organized crime.
The following speech was delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a leader in the American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. During this time, his efforts to bring about racial justice won him the support of both blacks and whites. In 1964, Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. His “nonviolent resistance” program reached a high point on August 28, 1963. More than 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial to show their concern over civil rights.
I say to you today, my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
36. According to the passage, when was Dr. King a civil rights leader?
(A) In 1920s and 1930s.
(B) In 1930s and 1940s.
(C) In 1940s and 1950s.
(D) In 1950s and 1960s.
37. According to the passage, what is the best title for Dr. King’s famous speech?
(A) I Have a Dream.
(B) My Dream Is Gone.
(C) Dream is Beautiful.
(D) New Meaning of Dream.
38. According to Dr. King’s speech, what truth is held to be self-evident by Americans?
(A)All Americans share one common dream.
(B)All men are created equal.
(C)The glory of God has revealed.
(D)Everyone has the right to pursue his or her dreams.
39. In Dr. King’s speech, which of the following is contrasted with “a stone of hope”?
(A) A beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
(B) An oasis of freedom and justice.
(C) The mountain of despair.
(D) The jangling discords of nation.
40. According to the passage, what is Dr. King’s main purpose in making this speech?
(A) To show that all races had been treated equally.
(B) To fight against those who did not believe in God.
(C) To promote racial equality.
(D) To stop slavery in northern America.
Coffee first appeared in the Middle East in the 9th century. It was once banned to take coffee plants to other countries in the 15th century. However, businessmen had their own way to smuggle the
coffee plants to India and Europe. In 1690, the Dutch introduced coffee to Indonesia. In the 17th century coffee was brought to Latin America by the French. Since then coffee has spread out worldwide. In the middle of the 19th century, a plant disease destroyed the coffee plants in the Southeast Asia, which made Brazil become the major coffee supplier in the world.
In the 1980s, London was full of coffeehouses, and they were called “penny universities”. The reason was that one spent only a penny for a cup of coffee and he or she acquired more information or learned more about current affairs from coffee drinking people than in the universities.
How popular is coffee drinking in the world? In 1971, first Starbucks Coffee was opened in Seattle. Today there are thousands of locations worldwide. Some people must be wondering why coffee drinking is so popular. It is believed that coffee will refresh people and help them concentrate on their work.
41. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) Drinking coffee is good for your health.
(B) Why people like coffee.
(C) The history of coffee.
(D) What kind of coffee is most tasteful?
42. Why did businessmen smuggle coffee plants to India and Europe?
(A) Because they are rare in India and Europe.
(B) Because people in India and Europe liked coffee very much.
(C) Because a plant disease destroyed coffee plants in India and Europe.
(D) Because it’s illegal to export them.
43. It was who brought coffee to Latin America?
(A) Dutch (B) Brazilian (C) Asian (D) French 44. In the 19th century, Brazil became a major coffee supplier because .
(A) a lot of coffee tree were planted in Brazil.
(B) a plant disease destroyed coffee plants in South-East Asia.
(C) Brazil coffee was cheaper than others.
(D) the quality of Brazil coffee was better.
45. Why did people use to call the coffeehouses “penny universities”?
(A) It’s because they were always close to the universities.
(B) It’s because students liked to stay in the coffeehouses.
(C) It’s because you paid only one penny and gain much information.
(D) It’s because there were coffeehouses in the university.
Do you ever wonder where “television” words came from? Many TV terms come from the combination of two words. Even, the word television is made up of two words. These words are Greek and Latin words meaning “far” and “to see”.
One kind of television program is a soap opera. The first soap operas were stories on the radio.
They and serials are continuous and can go on for many years. Soap companies first advertised their
products during these shows on TV because they knew lots of wives and mothers watched these shows.
And in fact, for some of the programs all of the commercials during the shows were for different kinds of soap. People then started calling these shows “soap operas”.
Serious TV programs are called dramas, and funny ones are named comedies. Some are both serious and funny called “dramedy”, a combination of drama and comedy. In a similar way, “sit-com” is the combination of situation and comedy. “Infomercials”, a combination of “information” and
“commercial”, are another kind of interesting program on TV. An infomercial is a very long commercial program, and it can last three or four hours. Now you can watch hours and hours of infomercials for all kinds of products, especially on cable television. Just be careful you don’t turn into a couch potato!
46. What is the main idea of this reading?
(A) Famous television program (B) Meanings of television words (C) What people watch on TV
(D) How TV changed the meaning words 47. Why were some programs called serials?
(A) They tried to sell soap.
(B) They continued for a long time.
(C) They were on the radio.
(D) They came from opera.
48. Why did soap companies choose to advertise during soap operas?
(A) The stories were continuous.
(B) The company liked the show.
(C) Their customers watched them.
(D) Commercials were not expensive.
49. What is an infomercial?
(A) A show that is funny and serious.
(B) A show with lots of commercials.
(C) A long commercial.
(D) A show with information.
50. Which program would probably NOT include a funny story?
(A) A sit-com (B) A comedy (C) A dramedy (D) An infomercial
