世新大學八十七學年度碩士班招生考試

系所別	考試科目
觀光系	英文

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Ⅰ.Fill in the blanks with proper worlds: 30%

1. I quite like our new ____ (neighbor, neighborhood) because it is so quiet. I also love our _____ (basement, balcony) which has a very good view. We can wash our clothes in the _____ (washing, laundry) room. The best thing is that the house is fully _____ (furniture, furnished).

2. he does not like _____ (curtains, clothes) over his windows. Still, he does insist that the house should have a lot of _____ (cupboards, beds) so he could put away all his plates, books and CDs.

3. I like this _____ (digital, automatic) watch because I do not have to wind it up every day. But its band is nearly _____ (worn out, broken down) so I shall get a new one fixed. The watch has got a one-tear _____ (deadline, guarantee).

4. It is already 5 o’clock in the afternoon, but I am still working _____ (over, on) this report and shall have to work _____ (timely, overtime) before I can go home.

5. If you want to send a gift to an overseas friend, it would be cheaper to send it by _____ (air, surface) mail though it takes longer.

6. Could you clean up the room, put ____ (out, away) these books and _____ (throw, empty) the garbage can?

7. Don’t hit the baby. _____ (Smile, Soothe) him, and then he will stop crying.

8. Iran into my high-school classmate on the street yesterday. I haven’t seen her for many years. What a _____ (incidence, coincidence)!

9. A lot of people think it a bad _____ (omit, omen) for thirteen people to sit at a table. Other people think this is just _____ (superstition, religion) and laugh at it.

10. Now that the Chinese New Year is coming near, many people are shopping and _____ (piling up, piling down) food in their home.

11. This hall is big enough to _____ (accommodation, accommodate) 1000 people. Still, many people are _____ (frustrated, frightened) because they don’t have a ticket.

12. The look on his face _____ (decides, indicates) that he is not happy.

13. I like everything about my apartment _____ (with, except for) the cost. It is too expensive.

14. Lows can _____ (guarantee, prevent) discrimination, but not prejudice.

15. A person who is prejudiced against Hispanics has a _____ (negative, beneficial) feeling about them.

16. Discrimination in housing mean that a landlord does not rent because _____ (the people are unpleasant, of prejudice)

17. We make the same salaries, but our _____ (sense, status) is not the same because you have the title of ‘director’.

18. I _____ (encounted, established) difficulties in language when I went to the US.

19. A _____ (watch, dishwasher) is an example of a timesaver.

20. When we go on our picnic, time, weather and hunger are the three _____ (positions, factors) we think about.

Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension.

Shop for new shoes. Buy groceries. Stop by library and look up N.Y.Times article for work. Pick up this week’s People magazine at newsstand. Go to video store and rent movie for tonight. See travel agent about plane tickets to Denver. Stoop by box office and pick up tickets for baseball game. Call Mom.

If your daily ‘List of Things to Do’ makes your head spin, then you’ll be happy to know that relief is in sight. In the near future, time will be on your side when the ‘information highway’ runs directly through your home and makes running errands almost obsolete.

How is this possible? By combining the technologies of computers, telephones, and television and then finding new methods of storing and transmitting data, an ‘electronic superhighway’ will transport an infinite amount of information to every home. Videophones will allow users to see the person they are calling and to receive information such as a train schedule. A lot of local shoe stores, or even an article from yesterday’s newspaper.

Home computers plugged into phone lines will become powerful tools of knowledge because they will be connected to libraries, universities, and major research facilities. A doctor will have easy access to information about a rare disease. An engineer will be able to locate the latest facts on how to make a building earthquake safe. A home gardener will find out how to plant a new rose bush. From the vitally important to the most common, the ‘superhighway’ will carry it all.

Computerized, or ‘smart’, TVs and new satellite systems will change the face of television as we know it. Instead of a handful of programs, as many as 550 channels will be available. Home shopping programs will allow viewers to shop for everything from a boat to a loaf of bread. Travel services, weather reports, video games, financial services, art courses, and French lessons will all be available at the touch a button.

An astonishing variety of programming will be offered-more news, documentaries, and educational programs, as well as sports, old and new television shows, and movies. The TV guide will be the size of a telephone book! Well, not really, because that will be on television too. People will look at the list and make their selections, from an old movie like Casablanca to a newly release action film, or they might choose a service such as shopping, vacation planning, banking, or bill paying. The possibilities are almost endless.

Ⅲ.Complete the definitions with one of the following words. (10%)

running errands plugged into obsolete facilities printing press

transmitting access infinite vitally masses

a. Your are _____ if you are going from place to place taking care of things that need to be done.

b. All people make up the _____.

c. Something that is no longer useful is _____.

d. Sending things, like messages, from one person or place to another is _____.

e. Something _____ is so great or numerous it seems to be without end.

f. Something _____ important is oh the greatest necessity.

g. We have _____ to things if we can get to them and use them.

h. _____ are built and established for a particular purpose, such as training and education.

i. When an electrical piece of equipment is connected to an electrical power point, it is _____.

j. The machine that prints words on paper for newspapers and books is the _____.

Ⅳ. Circle the correct answer. (9%)

1. The ‘electronic superhighway’ will _____.

a. not affect the general population b. carry an infinite variety of information

c. be useful only to libraries and universities.

2. The most important advantage of the ‘electronic superhighway’ is that _____.

a. people will get more news programs b. people will learn how to invest money c. people will have the greater access to information.

3. ‘Smart’ TVs _____.

a. will require a TV guide the size of a telephone book b. will educate instead of entertain c. will offer an amazing choice of programs.

Ⅴ. Complete the following sentences. (21%)

1. The ‘electronic superhighway’ will combine the technologies of _____.

2. The ‘electronic superhighway’ will transmit _____ to each and every home in the nation.

3. Videophones will allow users to _____.

4. By plugging home computers into phone lines, users will have access to _____.

5. The word ‘smart’ TV means the television is _____.

6. ‘Smart’ TVs will offer viewers _____.

Ⅵ. Translate Paragraph 4 unto Chinese. 15% (Paragraph 4 of Reading Comprehension)

Ⅶ. Composition. Write a paragraph about advantages and disadvantages of having 550 TV channels. 15%