世新大學九十學年度重點運動項目績優學生單獨招生考試英文試題
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Ⅰ. Grammar. 20%
Choose the incorrect one from the four underlined parts.
1. Mr. Smith, together with his wife and two sons, have just left and will return at four o’clock.
A B C D
2. In this country it is required that any one who has recently come here has to pay taxes.
A B C D
3. The short a speech is, the more it is appreciated.
A B C D
4. As time went on, he suffered such heavy losses that he was forced giving up his business.
A B C D
5. If you had taken my advice before doing the work, you would have been able to do it more better.
A B C D
6. If you were to ask Jim what did he with his money, he would have difficulty remembering.
A B C D
7. Having spent his last penny for the cheese, he was determined to eat it all, even though it tasted
A B C
bitterly to him.
D
8. After dinner, I like to sit down and watching a good movie.
A B C D
9. John H. Johnson stared his publishing career in 1942, whenever he founded the Johnson Publishing
A B C D
Company in Chicago.
10. The merchant knew how to flatter his customers
and display his wares good, but he was notorious
A B C
for his cheating.
D
Ⅱ.Structure. 20%
Choose one answer that best completes the following sentences.
11. Only after he has acquired considerable facility in speaking ____.
(A) does he learn to read and write (B) then he learns reading and writing
(C) finally comes reading and writing (D) he began to read and to write
12. Miss Lin said in her letter that she’d appreciate ____ from you sometime in the future.
(A) to hear (B) having heard (C) hearing (D) to hearing
13. Unless economic conditions improve next year, ____ widespread unrest in the United States.
(A) there would be (B) there is (C) there should be (D) there will be
14. Weather ____, the picnic will be held as scheduled.
(A) permits (B) permitting (C) should permit (D) will permit
15. ____ asleep, the young child was really awake and listening.
(A) Although pretended to be (B) Being (C) To be (D) Although pretending to be
16. The fire department ordered that the elevator ____.
(A) be turned off (B) turn off (C) was turned off (D) turned off
17. The Empire State Building is quire tall, ____ the World Trade Center.
(A) than so is (B) and as is (C) as (D) and so is
18. Before discussing the steps in detail, ____.
(A) a general principle should be laid down.
(B) A general principle lies
(C) I’d like to lay down a general principle
(D) I should like to lie down a general principle
19. Robert is so busy that he can provide ____ for his children.
(A) no time (B) not time (C) few time (D) a few time
20. Jim is out of ____ he can’t take his girlfriend to a movie tonight.
(A) money, resulting (B) money, as a result of
(C) money. Excepted (D) money. Therefore
Ⅲ. Vocabulary. 20%
Choose one correct word to complete each sentence.
21. In the evening he likes to listen to ____ of music on the radio.
(A) broadcasts (B) videotapes (C) printers (D) electrical
22. More ____ can promote the close relationship between parents and children.
(A) coincidence (B) inflation (C) resistance (D) interaction
23. Cultural elements cannot be viewed in ____; they must be viewed in the totality of the culture.
(A) association (B) acquisition (C) adaptation (D) isolation
24. Don’t blame me for the breakdown of the machine! It’s not my ____.
(A) talent (B) criminal (C) fault (D) fellow
25. They are planning to ____ this open space into an amusement park.
(a) put (B) modify (C) bring (D) convert
26. It is a great ____ to be able to speak foreign languages.
(A) profit (B) advantage (C) benefit (D) bonus
27. The police treated the man’s evidence with ____.
(A) subscription (B) substitution (C) suspicion (D) suspect
28. After entering the apartment block, the stranger went into the elevator and ____ the button for the tenth floor.
(A) squeezed (B) flushed (C) crushed (D) pressed
29. They sell refrigerators at a ____ of 20% at that shop.
(A) deduction (B) seduction (C) reduction (D) decrease
30. The curtains have ____ because of the strong sunlight.
(A) dulled (B) fainted (C) weakened (D) faded
Ⅳ. Choose the best answer. 22% (11 questions)
Choose the best answer from (A), (B), (C), and (D).
Cindy was from Colombia. A few weeks after she __31__ married, she went to New York to change the __32__ on her visa. __33__ her way back to the New York train station, she met __34__ old friend, Diane Keenan. Diane was an __35__ student at Cindy’s school in Colombia.
Cindy: Excuse me. Are you Diane Keenan?
Diane: Yes…
Cindy: I’m Cindy Silva.
Diane: Cindy! I don’t believe it! __36__.
Cindy: Just fine/I’m living in the States now－in Winfield, New York.
Diane: Oh, I didn’t know you’d come to the United States.
Cindy: Yeah. I’m studying business __37__ Winfield University. And I just got married.
Diane: That’s wonderful! Congratulations.
Cindy: __38__ When did you come to New York?
Diane: I came here __39__ 1995. I stayed in South America for a while after I graduated but then I got __40__ homesick, so I came back here.
Cindy: I guess traveling and living by yourself can get __41__.
31. (A) gets (B) got (C) getting (D) had gotten
32. (A) information (B) informations (C) inform (D) informing
33. (A) On (B) In (C) At (D) Among
34. (A) a (B) an (C) the (D) x
35. (A) exchanged (B) exchanging (C) to exchange (D) exchange
36. (A) How have you been? (B) Where are you been?
(C) How are you going? (D) Where are you going?
37. (A) at (B) in (C) on (D) for
38. (A) Never mind. (B) It’s O.K. (C) You’re welcome. (D) Thank you.
39. (A) in (B) on (C) for (D) since
40. (A) little (B) few (C) a little (D) a few
41. (A) lone (B) alone (C) lonely (D) loneliness
Ⅴ. Reading comprehension. 18% (9 questions)
choose the best answer from (A), (B), (C), and (D).
Years ago. Polio was a common disease among young children and often left its victims with paralysis. In 1954 the first vaccine was developed, and, in the years since, widespread use of the vaccine has almost eliminated the disease. In 1977 only nine cases were reported. Two kinds of vaccine are available; the newest vaccine type is made from dead viruses and is given in a series of injections. Most doctors agree that the oral vaccine is far more effective. The vaccines are easily available now; but because polio seems to be less threatening, almost nineteen million children, 36 percent of the population under fourteen, haven’t been immunized. This may allow yet another outbreak of this horrible disease. All children between six weeks and eighteen years of age should be immunized.
42. The main idea of this paragraph is that
(A) polio is a common childhood disease
(B) there are two types of vaccine
(C) polio has been eliminated in the twentieth century
(D) although polio has been practically eradicated, there is now the possibility of an epidemic.
43. The paragraph states that
(A) oral vaccine is made from dead viruses
(B) oral vaccine is considered more effective
(C) the older vaccine type is made from live viruses
(D) all of the above
44. We can conclude from the paragraph that
(A) oral vaccine have to be reintroduced to the body regularity
(B) people over eighteen never contract polio
(C) the earlier vaccine is no longer effective
(D) Americans have become lax in seeking immunization against polio
45. As used in this paragraph, the word immunized means
(A) injected (B) inoculated (C) exposed (D) examined
46. The paragraph suggests that
(A) the introduction of polio virus in vaccine from can be harmful.
(B) Parents are as conscientious about their children’s health as they used to be.
(C) The American public needs reeducating about the dangers of polio.
(D) The oral vaccine is more expensive than the older vaccine.
In order to request telephone service in the United States, either call or visit your local telephone store. A sales representative will be glad to show you samples of the designs and colors available. Simply choose the design and color that you prefer, and leave your name, address, and employer’s name with the sales representative. Students on scholarship should provide their sponsor’s name instead of an employer’s name. A fifty-dollar security deposit must be paid prior to telephone installation, and may be made by check, or cash or Visa. On the date that your telephone is to be installed, a responsible person, such as an apartment manager, must be at home to luck the door for he service-man.
47. The word “Visa” most nearly means
(A) an electronic transfer of money (B) a credit card (C) a certificate
(D) a document permitting its bearer to travel into a foreign country
48. We can infer from this passage that
(A) there is more than one kind of telephone
(B) students may not request telephone service
(C) the person requesting telephone service must be at home when it id installed
(D) credit cards may not be used to pay for security deposits
49. The purpose of this passage is
(A) to persuade (B) to inform (C) to correspond (D) to entertain
50. According to this passage, who will install your telephone?
(A) a sales representative (B) a manager
(C) a serviceman (D) an employer