世新大學九十二學年度日間部轉學生考試
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Vocabulary（30%） Choose the one best answer；（A）﹐（B）﹐（C）or（D）﹐to
complete each sentence.
1.
He would have preferred
anger to her cold ________.
A）difference
B）sincerity C）cordiality D）indifference
2. The boss was enraged
by the employee’s ________ look.
A) hostile B) amiable C) peaceful D) hospitable
3. He is merely a ________ , who has dishonored his family and his school.
A) gentleman
B) hero C)
imposter D) fraud
4. Miss Brill usually
complains that she has always tried to be ________ in her life and now it is
her turn to say “No.”
A) stubborn
B) intractable C)
uncooperative D) accommodating
5. “The car comes with air
conditioning but the DVD player is ________,”said the salesman.
A) optional B) useless C) compulsory D) obligatory
6. The audience burst
into ________ applause and encored the marimba player.
A) nasty B)
simultaneous C) offensive D) unsetting
7. He was nothing but a
________ and a rascal. No wonder he
was always isolated.
A) nuisance
B) idol C) hero D) role model
8. Simone de Beauvoir was one of the most ________ feminists in the
twentieth century.
A) anonymous B) eminent C) unknown D) ostracized
9. This is a very
________ decision. No one is going
to agree with it.
A) amazing
B) arbitrary C)
satisfactory D) proper
10.
The injured soldier was granted ﹩10, 000 in ________.
A) compensation
B) composition C)
confrontation D) communication
11. The brevity of Americans’
conversation is not a personal ________.
It has nothing to do with ill will.
A) insult B) compliment C) flattery D) admiration
12.
Many people ________ American informality as a lack of respect.
A) compliment
B) eulogize C)
interpret D) admire
13. If the culture
differences are minor, visitors become ________ to them soon.
A) accustomed B) familiar C) intolerant D) bigoted
14. The constant restless
motion of Americans may be ________ to foreigners at first.
A) anxious B) perplexed C) startling D) intrigued
15. Strangers only see New
Yorkers in ________, and leave with the impression that the city is one great
mindless rush to nowhere.
A) transit B) collapse C) decay D) breakdown
II. Grammar (20%) Choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or (D) to complete
each sentence.
16. Charles Dickens is one
of the ________ of all British authors.
A) most
wide read B) most widely read C) most widely readed D) most wide reading)
17. If she ________ into
the waitress, the plates wouldn’t have dropped.
A) hadn’t
bumped B) has bumped C) bumped D) bumping
18. We live in a friendly
community and everyone ________ each other very well
A) gets
up to B) gets out of C) gets off D)gets on with
19. I was ________ with
the film. I had expected it to be
better.
A) boring B) disappointed C) enjoying D) excited
20. If we had a choice, we
________ in the country.
A) would
live B) live C) can live D) will be living
21. Our boss thinks that
everyone likes her new policy. If
only she _______ what we think.
A) knows B) knew C) will know D) has known
22. It is necessary that a
hospital ________ clean and hygienic.
A) be B) is C) should be D) can be
23. The reason culture
shock occurs is that we are not prepared ________ the differences between two
cultures.
A) to B) in C) into D)for
24. When we are invited to
make value judgments about another way of life, we should look at the situation
objectively and take our bias _______ account.
A) to B) into C) for D) in
25. The term ethnocentrism
refers _______ the fact that our outlook is centered on our own way.
A) to B) with C) for D) into
III. Cloze Test (20%) Please read the following passages carefully and
choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or (D) to fill in each blank.
Part One:
“ The Sick Lion”
A LION had come to the end of his days and lay sick
unto death at the mouth of his cave, (26) ________ for breath. The animals, his subjects, came round
him and drew nearer as he grew more and more helpless. When they saw him on the (27) ________
of death they thought to themselves: “Now is the time to pay off old (28)
________. “ So the Boar came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull
gored him with his horns; still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the Ass,
feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turning his tail to the Lion
kicked up his heels into his face. “This is a double death,”(29) ________ the
Lion.
Moral: “Only cowards (30) ________ dying majesty.”
26. A) having fun B) mocking C) joking D) gasping
27. A) point B) principle C) intention D) purpose
28. A) illness B) ailments C) joy D) grudges
29. A)hissed B) croaked C) quacked D) growled
30. A) insult B) value C) admire D) respect
Part Two: “Domestic Violence”
On
June 18, 2003, the British (31) ________ ‘s consultation paper on domestic
violence was launched.
Harriet Harman, the Solicitor General, has played a leading (32)
________ in pressing for (33) ________ and tells her what is actually in the
document.
The
research carried out at King’s College London suggests that women are (34)
________ of domestic violence at least as often as men, although women are more
likely than men to seek medical (35) ________ for injury.
31. A) music hall B) government C) playground D) park
32. A) role B) actor C) actress D) eccentric
33. A) leisure B) reform C) recreation D) entertainment
34. A) monarchs B) perpetrators C) empresses D) matriarchs
35. A) treatment B) hobby C) diversion D) pastime
IV.
Composition (30%): Write a three-paragraph composition on the
following topic: Never Say 'Never'