世新大學八十八學年度轉學考試

年級	系(組)別	考試科目
二	各系	英文

I. Vocabulary: Choose a correct answer from a, n, c, or d that best fits the context of each sentence. 20%

1. The greenhouse effect is caused by the excessive level of carbon dioxide in the ____.

a. weather

b. rain

c. oxygen

d. atmospnere

2. Smoking is ____ in most restaurants in Taiwan.

a. delayed

b. canceled

c. prohibited

d. prepared

3. If you want to ____ your teacher about the subject, you should visit him during his office hours.

a. recall

b. query

c. predict

d. expose

4. If there is another major flood like last year’s, it seems ____ that our house will be washed away.

a. strenuous

b. inevitable

c. meticulous

d. substantial

5. The grocery store was robbed last night by a ____.

a. snob

b. butler

c. burglar

d. watchman

6. Modern medicine allows adults to live longer and babies to ____, not die soon after birth.

a. born

b. behave

c. conduct

d. survive

7. My baggage feel out of the moving train, but the contents remained ____.

a. deluded

b. intact

c. dilapidated

d. unblemished

8. ____ parents seldom punish their children for their misbehavior.

a. alluded

b. indulgent

c. congenial

d. fantastic

9. Each educational system is a mirror that ____ the value of that society.

a. devaluates

b. desensitizes

c. reflects

d. predicts

10. The student was unable to answer the question because of its ____.

a. array

b. specificity

c. ambiguity

d. zeal

II. Expressions and idioms: Select a correct number from (1), (2), (3), or (4) to complete each sentence. 20%

1. Most people in Taipei can’t ____ the traffic noise any longer.

(1) put off

(2) put up with

(3) put up

(4) put up to

2. One of my classmates ____ of school last semester because of poor grades.

(1) made no good

(2) flunked out

(3) made bad

(4) bogged out

3. Most students ____ the teacher for guidance.

(1) look into

(2) look up

(3) look to

(4) look out

4. I listened carefully and ____ my father’s instruction.

(1) carried away

(2) carried forward

(3) carried out

(4) carried over

5. A serious car accident ____ all traffic in the center of Taipei.

(1) tied down

(2) tied up

(3) dropped dead

(4) dropped off

6. Many businesses in Taiwan are running ____ due to the worldwide inflation.

(1) in the market

(2) in the line

(3) in the red

(4) in no time

7. If you are going to be successful in something, you must ____ it until it is finished.

(1) be used to

(2) go with

(3) set out to

(4) stick to

8. People in Taiwan seem to be very ____.

(1) showed up

(2) well off

(3) showed off

(4) as well

9. My father ____ of remembering each one of our birthdays.

(1) made sense

(2) make sure

(3) made a point

(4) make ready

10. Some students show impatience when they have to stand ____ for a long time.

(1) on the line

(2) down the line

(3) off line

(4) in line

III. Write the correct form of each word in the parentheses to complete the following sentences. 20%

1. Please give me a good (describe) ________ of what you had seen.

2. Mr. Lee is v very (learn) ________man.

3. This type of fish is absolutely unfit for (can) ________purpose.

4. Appearances are (deceive) ________.

5. God (will) ________that man should be happy.

6. People have to provide for the (approach) ________winter.

7. We should be (consider) ________to others.

8. This college has a (distinguish) ________faculty.

9. Typhoon is practically an annual (occur) ________in the areas of Pacific Ocean.

10. I am looking forward to (hear) ________from you at your convenience.

IV. Write an essay (about 250-300words) discussing the pros and cons of cigarette smoking on campus. 40%