世新大學八十八學年度二年制在職進修專班招生考試

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第二專業科目

 

英文

 

I. Choose one word or one phrase which would beat maintain the original meaning of

    the sentence. 20%

 

  1. Microwave ovens are among the most common home appliances.

(A) stoves (B) electrical devices (C) pieces of furniture (D) styles

  1. The new millennium is certain to be full of new challenges and discoveries.

(A) horizon (B) period of 1,000 years (C) era (D) upstaging

  1. At the end of the eloquent speech, the audience applauded.

(A) rose (B) left (C) clapped (D) wept

  1. Man has already exploited many of Earth’s resources.

(A) located (B) polluted (C) taken advantage of (D) burned

  1. Movies out of Hollywood have typically been very commercialized.

(A) romantic (B) successful (C) exported romantic (D) profit-oriented

  1. Listening to Elvis’s  music makes her feel nostalgic.

(A) wistful (B) crazed (C) happy (D) excited

  1. She was beside herself when she heard the news.

(A) overjoyed (B) angry (C) nearby (D) doomed

  1. Let me take forty wonks before the meeting starts.

(A) take a short nap (B) borrow some money (C) take notes (D) prepare

 my materials

      9.   The gas station is a stone’s throw away from my house.

(A) a great distance from (B) owned by (C) close to (D) irrelevant to

    10.   Between working and to school, Tom is burning the candle at both ends.

(A) handing himself well (B) driving other people crazy (C) taking on too

(D) commuting a long distance every day

 

I I . Choose one word or one phrase which best completes the sentence. 20%

 

  1. An ___ man knows how to behave well.

(A) educator (B) educate (C) educated (D) education

  1. Do you know ___?

(A) what time starts the movie (B) what time the movie starts (C) what

time does the movie start (D) the movie starts what time

  1. You can learn ___ from everyone.

(A) some useful thing (B) something useful (C) something usefully (D)

 somethings useful

  1. To say is one thing and to do is ___.

(A) other (B) another (C) the other (D) something else

  1. The number of our students ___ grown rapidly since 1990.

(A) is (B) can’t he (C) can they (D) can’t they

  1. He can hardly tell the difference of the twins, ___?

(A) can (B) can’t he (C) can they (D) can’t they

  1. Turning to the left, ___.

(A) the bus station will be found. (B) the bus station will be found by you.

(B)  you will find the bus station. (D) you will be found the bus station.

  1. We are looking forward ___ our friends next week.

(A) to see (B) to be seeing (C) to seeing (D) shall see

  1. If my nose ___ a little shorter, I would be quite pretty.

(A) is (B) were (C) has been (D) will be

  1. The cars made in Taiwan are generally cheaper than ___ imported.

(A) that (B) those (C) them (D) which

 

I I I . Translation 20% Translate the following passages into Chinese.

 

      Friendship is no one-sided affair. There can be no friendship without reciprocity (1). One cannot receive all and give nothing, or give all and receive nothing, and expect to experience the joy and fullness of true companionship. Those who would make friends must cultivate the qualities which are admire you. You must cultivate generosity and large-heartedness; you must be magnanimous (2) and tolerant ; you must have positive qualities, for a negative, shrinking, apologizing, roundabout man is despised. You must believe in yourself. If you do not, others will not believe in you. You must look upward and be hopeful, cheery, and optimistic. No one will be attracted to a gloomy pessimist.

(1)   reciprocity: exchange of advantage between two groups

(2)   magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult or injury

 

IV. Write a composition not less than 150 words: 40%

       The topic is “ My Choice of a Career”