世新大學九十三學年度碩士在職專班招生考試試題卷

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法律學系	英文

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The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean.

It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in

the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly

Line 800 miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely

(5) complicated to operate.

The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of

delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground. It weaves through

crooked canyons, climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky

crags, makes its way through thick forests, and passes over or

(10) under hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter,

and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can

be pumped through it daily.

Resting on H-shaped steel racks called “bents,” long sections of

the pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth.

(15)Other long sections drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky

ground and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the

pipeline’s up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh

demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the

land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost

(20)(permanently frozen ground).A little more than half of the pipeline

is elevated above the ground. The remainder is buried anywhere

from 3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and

the properties of the soil.

(25) $8 billion and is by far the biggest and most expensive construction

project ever undertaken by private industry. In fact, no single

business could raise that much money, so 8 major oil companies

formed a consortium in order to share the costs. Each company

controlled oil rights to particular shares of land in the oil fields and

(30) paid into the pipeline-construction fund according to size of its

holdings. Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply

shortages, equipment breakdowns, labor disagreements, treacherous

terrain, a certain amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the

Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.

1.The passage primarily discusses the pipeline’s

A. operating costs

B. employees

C. consumers

D. construction

2.The word “it” in line 4 refers to

A. pipeline

B. ocean

C. state

D. village

3.According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline

Each

A. day

B. week

C. month

D. year

4.The phrase “Resting on” in line 13 is closest in meaning to

A. Consisting of

B. Supported by

C. Passing under

D. Protected with

5.The author mentions a;; of the following as important in determining the pipeline’s route EXCEPT the

A. climate

B. lay of the land itself

C. local vegetation

D. kind of soil and rock

6.The word “undertaken” in line 26 is closest in meaning to

A. removed

B. selected

C. transported

D. attempted

7.How many companies shared the costs of constructing the pipeline?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 8

D. 12

8.The word “particular” in line 29 is closest in meaning to

A. peculiar

B. specific

C. exceptional

D. equal

9.Which of the following determined what percentage of the construction costs each

member of the consortium would pay?

A. How much oil field land each company owned

B. How long each company had owned land in the oil fields

C. How many people worked for each company

D. How many oil wells were located on the company’s land

10. Where in the passage does the author provide a term for an earth covering that

always remains frozen?

A. Line3

B. Line13

C. Line19

D. Line32

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1. telecommunication

2. legislation

3. constitution

4. plaintiff

5. attorney

6. 三振

7. 電子商務

8. 筆記型電腦

9. 飛彈

10. 選舉

翻譯 30%

If we are to watch law’s relation to civilization we must therefore watch law’s development in civilization—and what we watch will be a different thing from time to time and place to place. The sole inescapable common element is dealing with disputes. This sole inescapable focus is the relation between the ways of dealing with disputes and the other ways of living. Hence, when I am talking in the first instance of established ways for settling them by violence, but by violence bridled and curb-bitted. As the state of culture concerned grows more advanced I shall be introducing other ideas commonly associated with this symbol law: e.g., the regular tribunal.