Please choose sheet, choose one answer,(A),(B),(C),(D) that best fits the context of each statement

世新大學九十一學年度轉學考試試題

年級	系所別	考試科目
二	各系	英文

Ⅰ.Vocabulary. 20%

Please choose sheet, choose one answer, (A), (B), (C), (D) that best fits the context of each statement.

1. In Taiwan, it is mandatory for every child to attend school until they are 16 years old.

(A) Obligatory (B) lawful (C) balanced (D) advantageous

2. Mary has been feeling dejected ever since she moved to Chicago.

(A) Happy (B) sad (C) excited (D) cold

3. Only sovereign states are able to make treaties.

(A) legitimate (B) powerful (C) constitutional (D) independent

4. A cut in the budget put 20 percent of the state employees’jobs in jeopardy.

(A) reservation (B) danger (C) review (D) perspective

5. Infectious diseases may spread by viruses and bacteria.

(A) Deadly (B) Contagious (C) Genetic (D) Childhood

6. That manufacturing method is now obsolete.

(A) out-of-date (B) conspicuous (C) compete (D) inventory

7. Mrs. Thigby is a very eccentric old woman.

(A) clever (B) odd (C) happy (D) friendly

8. Teachers pay attention to a student＇s verbal ability because it shows how well he or she is learning.

(A) ability to learn (B) ability to write (C) ability to speak (D) ability to read

9. With the current inflation, it is obvious that the price of imported goods will go down.

(A) doubtful (B) more or less possible (C) certain (D) impossible

10. We found the professor＇s talk on nuclear reactors quite coherent.

(A) logical (B) confusing (C) irritating (D) long-winded

Ⅱ.Grammar 30%

On your answer sheet, choose one answer, (A), (B), (C), (D) to complete each sentence.

11. ___ the necessary qualifications, he was not considered for the job.

(A) Lacked (B) He lacked (C) Lacked for (D) Lacking

12. ___, the catfish is prized for its taste.

(A) It is ugly-looking (B) Ugly-looking those it is (C) Ugly-looking (D) With ugly looking

13. Those who need help are poor, uneducated and rurally based. ___, there is a massive gulf between them and those who can offer help.

(A) When (B) On the contrary (C) Obviously (D) At last

14. It is far better to teach a man a trade ___.

(A) more than give him charity (B) instead of offering him money

15. After grading her students’exam, Mrs. Myers seemed ___.

(A) that she was very pleased (B) to be very pleased

16. Only after he has acquired considerable facility in speaking, ___.

(A) does he learn to read and write (B) then he learns reading and writing

(B) finally comes reading and writing (D) he began to read and to write

17. Who is it that can speak ___ English?

(A) so good (B) so well (C) such well (D) such good

18. Hello! I ___ to call you up all week long. Where have you been?

(A) was trying (B) have to try (C) have been trying (D) have being tried

19. Hemingway’s style is ___.

(A) more complicated as it appears (B) more complicated than it appears to be

(B) much more complicated as it is to be (D) as complicated than it appears to be

20. The first national park, ___, was Yellowstone in the State of Wyoming.

(A) founding in 1872 (B) finding in1872

21. ___ there yesterday, I’d have bought that house immediately.

(A) Had I been (B) I was (C) I had been (D) Where I have

22. He will never forget ___ the party in Taichung last week.

(A) gone to (B) to go to (C) having gone to (D) that he has gone to

23. The salmon spends its adult life in rivers and seas but ___.

(A) its eggs are laid in streams (B) it lays its eggs in streams

(B) in streams are laid its eggs (D) laid in streams are its eggs

24. ___, he was in Hualien.

(A) When was seen last (B) When last seen

25. Paul’s comments were not relevant ___ the topic under discussion.

(A) with (B) as (C) at (D) to

Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension. 10%

Please read the following passages carefully and choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), (D) to each question; then put down each right answer on the answer sheet.

Few people realize that, stating in the 1920s, scientists began to develop “superplants”. Unlike “natural” plants these plants were developed to withstand pollution, drought, dirty soil, and poor light. Superplants were first created with chemical changes in the plants, then with genetic changes. Some plants created this way include most new roses, the new elm, and some new cotton and corn species, Giant pumpkins, radishes, tomatoes, and strawberries are flowers. These superplants were designed to thrive in home gardens and households, but the techniques have created plants that resist disease, require less special care, and, more impoatantly, grow larger seeds and fruits on fewer nutrients and less water. So what began as an effort to make stronger houseplants may end up as a major way to increase the yields of farms and garden crops.

26. This paragraph is mainly about

(A) developing hardier houseplants (B) superplants that grow in gardens

(B) the development of superplants (D) techniques of growing superplants

27. Superplants were developed to withstand all of the following except

(A) disease (B) pollution (C) poor light (D) drought

28. We can conclude from the paragraph that

(A) superplants reproduce more quickly than natural ones.

(B) genetic engineering could also work on people.

(D) Superplants pose a problem because they are resistant to disease.

29. The paragraph suggests that

(A) superplants are more nutritious than natural ones.

(B) Soperplants have one drawback in that the chemicals used to develop them are dangerous.

(D) Superplants may be a way of meeting the world food shortage.

30. As used in this paragraph, the word withstand means

(A) require (B) tolerate (C) eliminate (D) fight against

Ⅳ.Cloze Test. 10%

Please read the following passages carefully and choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), (D) to fill in each blank.

Today items of clothing, hundreds at a time, all the same size, style, and color, _31_the assembly line in rapid succession. Soon new technology well change all that. New laser machines will produce any item of clothing_32_ cheaply and quickly than the old mass-production methods. _33_ you will be able to contact a clothing manufacturer by phone and give your personal measurements and preferences to a computer. A laser machine will produce exactly the kind of clothing you want for little or no extra cost. The days standardized sizes of clothing will _34_. In fact. Factories may be able to produce many products, such as cars and furniture, with the style, size, and color you prefer, just _35_ the factory computer.

31. (A) come with (B) come together (C) come off (D) come up

32. (A) more than one at a time (B) one at time more (C) more at times

(E) once in a while more

33. (A) The day will come when (B) Come a day when (C) Since the day will come

(E) When the day will come

34. (A) be past someday (B) belong to the past a day (C) belong to the past tense

35. (A) by you call up (B) by you calling up (C) by your call up

(D) by your calling up