陳偉補習班研究所 96 畢 12 月份線上模擬考英文試題卷
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一、英文字彙 每題兩分 20 %
Vocabulary：Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the meaning of the
underlined word in each sentence and then write the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on
your answering card.
1. He was afflicted with irregular heart rhythms.
(A) cure
(B) suffering from (C) fight with
(D) catching up with
2. I looked back furtively.
(A) secretly
(B) openly
(C) boldly
(D) gladly
3. An essay is your personal trial or attempt to grapple with a subject or problem.
(A) comply
(B) consider
(C) deal
(D) argue
4. Our success is contingent upon your continued help.
(A) uncertain
(B) dependent
(C) assure
(D) bank on
5. The narrator does not say how George felt inside the crucial moment.
(A) decisive
(B) last
(C) unimportant
(D) Herculean
6. Mr. Dooley was about one age with father, a thing that always gives a distinctly personal
turn to another man’s demise.
(A) death
(B) dismay
(C) decision
(D) illness
7. Suffering a bout of insomnia, however, I was stalking sleep, not defenseless wayfarers.
(A) heart disease (B) inability to sleep(C) diabetes
(D) hard of hearing
8. I have been calm and extremely congenial on those rare occasions when I‘ve been pulled
over by the police.
(A) quiet
(B) sullen
(C) disagreeable (D) pleasant
9. Laughter can be a therapy for both the patient and the caregiver.
(A) tool
(B) pastime
(C) humor
(D) treatment
10. we are apt to think that any other business is better than on in which we are engaged.
(A) disappointed (B) happy
(C) often
(D) likely
二、文法選擇 每題兩分 20%
1. The flexibility of film allows the artist __________ unbridled imagination to the
animation of cartoon characters.
(A) to bring
(B) bringing
(C) is brought (D) brings
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2. Traditionally, __________in New England on Thanksgiving Day.
(A) when served is sweet cider
(B) when sweet cider is served
(C) is served sweet cider
(D) sweet cider is served
3. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent __________, or pronghorn.
(A) it is the American antelope
(B) the American antelope is
(C) is the American antelope
(D) the American antelope
4. Lillian D. Wald, public health nurse and __________, was born in Cincinnati Ohio, in
1867.
(A) reforming society
(B) social reformer
(C) who reformed society
(D) her social reform
5. Copper sulfate, spread in judicious amounts, kills algae __________ harming fish or
aquatic invert-ebrates.
(A) does not
(B) but does no
(C) except
(D) without
6. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people __________long
enough to see it return in the twenty-first century.
(A) will they live
(B) they will be living
(C) will live
(D) living
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7. __________that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are universally reflected in facial
expressions.
(A) Anthropologists have discovered
(B) Anthropologists discovering
(C) The discovery by anthropologists
(D) Discovered by anthropologists
8.In 1964__________of Henry Ossawa Tanner’s paintings was shown at the Smithsonian
Institution.
(A) was a major collection
(B) that a major collection
(C) a collection was major
(D) a major collection
9. __________irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been
largely discontinued.
(A) Its
(B) Where its
(C) Since its
(D) Because of its
10.In order to remain in existence, __________ must, in the long run, produce something
consumers consider useful or desirable.
(A) a profit-making organization
(B) a profit-making organization which
(C) therefore a profit-making organization
(D) whichever a profit-making organization
11. Not woman held a presidential cabinet position in the United States until 1933, when
(A)
(B)
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(C)
Frances Perkins became secretary of labor.
(D)
12. The human body relies on certainty nutrients for its survival.
(A) (B)
(C)
(D)
13. Too much electric current may flow into a circuit as a result either of a fault in the circuit
(A)
(B)
(C)
and of an outside event such as lightning.
(D)
14. The Appalachian Trail, extending approximately 2,020 miles from Maine to Georgia, is
(A)
(B)
the longer continuous marked footpath in the world.
(C)
(D)
15. For years, elephants were hunted for food and ivory, and as a result theirs numbers have
(A)
(B)
(C)
been greatly reduced.
(D)
16. Barges which carrier most of the heavy freight on rivers and canals are usually propelled
(A)
(B)
(C)
by towing.
(D)
17. Although afflicted by serious eyesight problems, Alicia Alonso was one the principal
(A)
(B)
(C)
stars of the American Ballet Theater and later formed her own dance company.
(D)
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18. The ritual combat of animals are triggered by precise signals.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
19. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effective than to employ flowery but
(A)
(B)
(C)
vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning.
(D)
20. Different species of octopuses may measure anywhere from two inches to over thirty feet
(A)
(B)
(C)
in long.
(D)
三、閱讀測驗 每題兩分 40%
Passage One
Estuaries
Fresh water from land enters the ocean through rivers, streams, and groundwater
flowing through valleys. These valleys that channel fresh water from land to the salty ocean,
which range from extremely narrow stream-cut channels to remarkably broad lagoons
behind long barrier islands, are called estuaries.
A number of types of estuaries are commercially vital. Many commercially important
estuaries are the mouths of major rivers. The powerful flow of water in major rivers
maintains channels that are deep enough for navigation by ocean-bound vessels, and the
rivers themselves provide transportation of goods to points farther inland. In addition,
estuaries formed as a result of tectonic or glacial activity are sometimes sufficiently deep to
provide ports for oceangoing vessels. The types of estuaries that are not viable as
ports-of-call for ocean commerce are those that are not wide enough, not deep enough, and
not powerful enough to prevent the buildup form sediment.
Estuary system, which vary to reflect the geology of the coasts where they are found,
can be broadly categorized into as one of two different types. On type of estuary system is
the type that is found in flooded coastal plains, the broad land areas that extend out to the
continental shelves, on the Atlantic coasts of North and South America, Europe, and Africa,
for example. The other category of estuary system encompasses the mountainous coasts,
with their rugged topography such as those found along the Pacific coast of North and South
America.
Today, much of the eastern coast of the United States is a flooded coastal plain. During
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the last ice age, much of what is today the submerged continental shelf was exposed as an
extended part of the continent. Intricate river systems composed of main rivers and their
tributaries cut valleys across the plains to the edge of the shelf, where they released the fresh
water that carried into the ocean. Then, as the ice melted at the end of the ice age, rising
waters extended inland over the lower areas, creating today’s broad drowned river valleys.
On today’s flooded coastal plains, the water is comparatively shallow and the huge amounts
of sand and sediment are deposited. These conditions foster the growth of extensive long
and narrow offshore deposits, many of which are exposed above the water as sandspits or
barrier islands. These deposits are constantly behind reshaped, sometimes extremely slowly
and sometimes quite rapidly, by the forces of water and wind. It is common along flooded
coastal plains for drowned river valleys to empty into lagoons that have been created behind
the snadsputs and barrier island rather than emptying directly into the ocean. These lagoons
support vigorous biological activity inasmuch as the fact that they are shallow, which
causes them to heat up quickly, and they are fed by constant inflow of nutrient-rich
sediments.
Unlike the flooded coastal plains, the mountainous coasts have a more rugged and
irregular topography with deeper coastal waters. There is less sand and sediment, and
external systems of barrier islands are not as pervasive as they are on flooded coastal plains
because the mountainous topography blocks the flow of sediments to the coast and because
the deeper ocean water inhibits the growth of barrier islands, and without the protection of
barrier beaches, mountainous coasts are more exposed to direct attack by the erosive forces
of waves. Different geological processes contribute to the rugged topography along
mountain coasts. The tectonic activity that creates the mountains along a mountainous coast
can cause the large blocks of the Earth’s crust to fall below he sea level; San Francisco Bay
in California and the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington state in the north formed in this
way. In the northern altitudes, coastal fjords were created as glaciers cut impressive
u-shaped valleys through mountains and now carry fresh water from the land to the ocean.
1. The phrase commercially vital in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
(A) understandably lucky
(B) by-products of business
(C) the essence of professionality
(D) important to trade
2. The word viable in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
(A) workable
(B) valuable
(C) identifiable
(D) verifiable
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3. The passage indicates that all of the following are estuaries with commercial potential as
ports-of-calls EXCEPT
(A) estuaries at the mouths of powerful rivers
(B) estuaries formed form tectonic activity
(C) estuaries formed by glaciers
(D) estuaries on flooded coastal plains
4. The word intricate in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
(A) delicate
(B) attractive
(C) complex
(D) individual
5. According to the passage, drowned rover valleys
(A) are covered with ice
(B) are covered with shallow water
(C) are covered with deep water
(D) are land areas with rivers cutting through
6. The word foster in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
(A) encourage
(B) deter
(C) adopt
(D) relate
7. Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the highlighted
sentence in paragraph 4?
(A) Biological activity contributes to the formation of lagoons by heating them up and
providing a source of food.
(B) Lagoons become more and more shallow as they heat up and flow into the ocean.
(C) A lot of life exists in lagoons for two reasons: the low water level and the steady
source of new residue.
(D) The flow of sediments into lagoons causes biological activity, which in turn causes the
lagoons to heat up.
8. The author begins paragraph 5 with the phrase Unlike the flooded coastal plains in order
to
(A) indicate that a thorough discussion of flooded coastal plains follows
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(B) show that flooded coastal plains and mountainous oceans have some similarities in
spite of their differences
(C) clarify the ideas of flooded coastal plains that were previously presented
(D) indicate that the discussion is moving from one type of estuary system to the other
9. The phrase this way in paragraph 5 refers to
(A) geological processes contributing to rugged topography
(B) the sea level rising along the mountainous coast
(C) large blocks if crust sinking as a result of tectonic activity
(D) glaciers cutting valleys through mountains
10. It is implied in the passage that fjords
(A) are a type of mountainous estuary system
(B) are found throughout the world
(C) were formed in the same way as the San Francisco Bay
(D) have as much sediment as flooded coastal plains
四、綜合測驗 每題兩分 20%
Most health care careers require education beyond high school. This education can last
from two to ____1____ ten years. People who choose a health care career for ____2____ are
willing to invest in the additional education.
The job market for health care professionals varies ____3____ place to place. In the
country, almost every health care professional can find a job because the demand is great. In
large cities ____4____ many people like to live, it is harder to find a job. In general, finding
a job in health care is easier than in other professions. ____5____ , the job market will be
even better in the future because the population is getting older.
A career in health care has many benefits. One benefit is the feeling of ____6____ others.
All of the people who were interviewed agreed that this was an important part of their
decision to enter this field. There are also ____7____ benefits. Most people said they
enjoyed working where they did even though the work might be hard. They also said they
felt secure that their jobs would be around for years to come.
The biggest problem people ____8____ was job pressure. Workers in the health care
field have to respond to emergencies almost every day. ____9____, they spend a lot of time
taking care of those who are seriously ill or ____10____.
1. (A) as few as (B) as little as (C) as many as (D) as much as
2. (A) him (B) himself (C) them (D) themselves
3. (A) from (B) in (C) at (D) for
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4. (A) which (B) where (C) how (D) why
5. (A) In addition (B) By contrast (C) However (D) At one time
6. (A) helps (B) helped (C) help (D) helping
7. (A) another (B) other (C) any other (D) no other
8. (A) mentioned (B) mentioning (C) were mentioned (D) have been mentioned
9. (A) In addition (B) However (C) Nevertheless (D) due to
10. (A) happy (B) emotional (C) injured (D) fought
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