世新大學八十八學年度碩士班招生考試

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Ⅰ. Vocabulary (20%)

For each of following multiple-choice question, choose the answer that best completes the

sentence and indicate the letter of that answer on your answer sheet.

1. After much coaxing, the belligerent child _____ cleaning his bedroom.

a. asserted to

b. asserted with

c. averted to

d. assented to

2. Wishing to reassure her unhappy child, the woman told that everything would be _____.

a. alright

b. helpless

c. hopeless

d. all right

3. I was glad to see that the book made _____ to Dr. Rosado’s years of assistance and encouragement.

a. illusion

b. allusion

c. efferent

d. reference

4. After listening to the monotonous lectures of the professor, even the most interested students were developing an _____ an otherwise interesting subject.

a. apathy about

b. apathy with

c. apology to

d. apathy toward

5. Many people who seem cold, holding themselves _____ their neighbors, are actually just very shy.

a. aloof in

b. aloof of

c. aloof from

d. aloof by

6. The bulk of the inheritance was distributed _____ the eight children.

a. between

b. through

c. among

d. for

7. The grieving father wanted nothing more than to _____ his daughter’s tragic accident at the hands of a drunken driver.

a. revenge

b. justify

c. categorize

d. avenge

8. By placing mirrors along the hallway, he created the _____ of spaciousness.

a. illusion

b. delusion

c. allusion

d. collusion

9. After knocking over the school bully, Jennifer said, “Looks like your bubble just _____, bully!”

a. bursted

b. burst

c. inflated

d. busted

10. The child’s whining _____ the passengers around him, especially late at night.

a. irritated

b. aggravated

c. exacerbated

d. arrogated

Ⅱ. Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (20%)

for each of the following multiple-choice question, choose the answer that best completes the

sentence and indicate the letter of that answer on your answer sheet.

1. I like my new job; the only fly in the _____ is the fact that I have to work every other weekend.

a. fat b. porridge c. soup d. ointment

2. It’s a _____ shame that so little is done nowadays to help the homeless in our large cities.

a. sweeping b. crying c. dying d. pitying

3. My aunt is a bit of a wet ____ -she’s always spoiling everyone’s fun.

a. rag b. sheep c. rat d. blanket

4. There were loud ____ from the audience when the compere announced that the main group were unable to perform because of illness.

a. outcry b. wolf whistles c. catcalls d. hoots

5. Everyone bosses me about at work; I’m nothing but a _____.

a. lame duck b. general dogsbody c. blue-eyed boy d. marked man

6. Sarah desperately wanted to be an actress, do when they offered her a part in the play, she _____ _____ it.

a. burst into b. seized on c. ran after d. jumped at

7. Mrs. Milton has forty-three cats. I don’t know how she _____ _____ them all.

a. looks for b. stands by c. keeps to d. copes with

8. If you never put oil in your engine, one day it will _____ _____.

a. seize up b. go off c. flake out d. shut down

9. When the dentist has finished drilling the bad parts from your tooth, he will offer you a glass of peculiar pink liquid and tell you to _____ your mouth _____.

a. brush off b. wash up c. rinse out d. scrub sown

10. When the chairman ran off with his secretary, the Board tried to _____ _____ the matter.

a. switch off b. hush up c. calm down d. tuck away

Ⅲ. Grammar (20%)

In the sentences that follow, if one of the underlining contains an error in grammar, indicate the letter of that underlining on your answer sheet. Some of the sentences contain no errors, in which case you will write E on your answer sheet.

1. If he had had the forethought to arrange an appointment, his reception would have been more friendly. No error.

A B C D E

2. His education had filled him with anger against those whom he believed had hurt or humiliated

A B C D

him. No error.

E

3. The train having stopped several times during the night, we couldn’t even lay down to sleep.

A B C D

No error.

E

4. Admirers of American ballet have made the claim that its stars can dance as well or better than

A B C D

the best off Russian artists. No error.

E

5. Rather than go with John, he decided to stay at home. No error.

A B C D E

6. You telling the truth in the face of dire consequences required great moral courage. No error.

A B C D E

7. The following description, together with the drawings, present a master plan for the development

A B C D

of the airport. No error.

E

8. For conscience’ sake he gave himself up, though no suspicion had been directed toward him.

A B C D

No error.

E

9. I am depending on the medicine being delivered without delay. No error.

A B C D E

10. His father was disturbed to find that the boy had lied rather than telling the truth. No error.

A B C D E

Ⅳ. Composition (40%)

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