世新大學九十二學年度二部轉學生考試

                                              

各學系

英文

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I. Vocabulary: 20%

  Choose the most appropriate word according to the given context, and then write its corresponding letter (A), (B), (C), or (D) on your answer sheet.

 

1.      Don’t throw one bone to two dogs; you’ll only _____ a fight.

(A)  evoke  (B) involve  (C) invoke  (D) provoke

2.      If he can do the job well, his age is _______.

(A)  irrefutable  (B) irrational  (C) irresponsible  (D) irrelevant

3.      The report will show that none of the 7,000 category B individuals who have been put under home _______ in Taipei since the beginning of the outbreak have had any SARS symptoms.

(A)  confinement  (B) conglomerate  (C) controversy  (D) congregation

4.      He is a _______; he does not eat any meat at all.

(A)  vegetarian  (B) gourmet  (C) veteran  (D) veterinarian

5.      People in the Caucasus Mountains in the former Soviet Union are famous for their _______.

(A)  sensitivity  (B) longevity  (C) delivery  (D) antiquity

6.      In some oriental societies, young people are taught to _______ elderly citizens for their wisdom and experience.

(A)  average  (B)revere  (C) revenge  (D) adore

7.      The acoustics in the concert hall were very poor, and it would obviously be necessary to _______ my voice.

(A)  exaggerate  (B) increase  (C) amplify  (D) extend

8.      The ________ and the orient have different customs.

(A)  accident  (B) incident  (C) occident  (D) occasion

9.      In an honor system, there is no one to _______ the examination.

(A)  prevent  (B) order  (C) monitor  (D) enkindle

10.  The baseball team is celebrating its ________ with a big party tonight.

(A) trip  (B) victory  (C) defeat  (D) effort

 

II.  Grammar: 20%

  1. Question 1-5 are incomplete sentences. Four phrases or clauses, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D), are given beneath each sentence. Choose the best answer and then write its corresponding letter on your answer sheet.

 

1.      I am anxious ______ from you.

(A)  about hearing  (B) to hear  (C) of hearing  (D) for hearing

2.      Henry did not buy the car.  He would have ______ he didn’t have the money.

(A)  but  (B) or  (C) still  (D) otherwise

 

3.      ______ rapid spread of railways and the increase in ocean transport, long-distance traveling became more common.

(A)  There was a  (B) With the  (C) The  (D) It was the

4.      That grandfather’s clock ______ there for as long as I can remember.

(A)  is standing  (B) stood  (C) was standing  (D) has been standing

5.      There are few _______ complains voiced about the level of skill in speaking and listening.

(A)  whatever  (B) any  (C) whichever  (D) if any

 

  1. In questions 6-10, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases marked (A), (B),(C), and (D). You are to identify the one that should be corrected and then write its corresponding letter on your answer sheet.

 

6.      At the same time, the forces of American commercialism are hugely dedicated to

                     A                                B

make us deliberately unhappy.

 C                  D

7.  I never skip my morning cup of coffee, as I need the extra energy they can give

        A          B               C                    D

me.

8.  At the beginning of the story, she is a poor peasant girl, but by the end she was

          A                                      B             C

one of the richest people in the world.

                D

9.        A jaywalker is one who acrosses busy roads without paying attention to the

                    A     B                 C             D

traffic.

10.    Hoping she would not be seen, Mary rushed in, picking up her purse, and rushed

      A          B      C                    D

out.

 

III. Cloze Test: 30%

   In the following two passages, there are fifteen blanks where words or phrases are left out. For each blank, there are four choices marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). One of the choices best fits the blanks. Choose the best answer and write its corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

 

   Jane Eyre is working for Mr. Rochester.  She teaches his little daughter Adele. One day, she hears someone ___1___ from the third floor. She is too ___2___ to go upstairs and see for herself. Mr. Rochester says she ___3___ forget she ever heard the crying. Little Adele is frightened, too. She doesn’t know who is crying ___4___. Jane Eyre thinks ___5___ Adele and Mr. Rochester are hiding an awful secret.

 

1.      (A) cry louder  (B) crying loudly  (C) to cry loudest  (D) cried loud

2.      (A) frightening  (B) frightful  (C) frightened  (D) fright

3.      (A) should  (B) ought  (C) might  (D) needs

4.      (A) neither  (B) either  (C) both  (D) too

5.      (A) either  (B) too  (C) both  (D) also

 

   Most workers spend eight or nine hours on the job because it’s ___6___. They need to make enough money for ___7__: food, rent, clothing, transportation, and so on. They spend about one-third of their lives at work, but they hate it. By ___8__, there are some people who actually love to work. They spend many extra hours on the job. These workaholics are as ___9___ to their job ___10___ other people are to drugs or alcohol. Workaholism can be a serious problem. Because true workaholics would rather work ___11___ do anything else, they probably don’t know how ___12___. This inability to rest may cause health problems. In Japan, where time spent on the job and personal sacrifice ___13___ viewed as key measures of company loyalty, the temptation to overwork is overwhelming; consequently, the number of sudden deaths among harried Japanese businessman is ___14___ at an alarming rate. ___15___, typical workaholics don’t pay attention to their families.

 

6.      (A) illegal  (B) inconvenient  (C) unnecessary  (D) unavoidable

7.      (A) necessities  (B) luxuriant  (C) luxuries  (D) necessary

8.      (A) the way  (B) contrast  (C) difference  (D) and large

9.      (A) assessed  (B) accustomed  (C) dependent  (D) addicted

10.  (A) as  (B) to  (C) so  (D) with

11.  (A) than  (B) at  (C) to  (D) as

12.  (A) relaxed  (B) relaxing  (C) to relax  (D) relax

13.  (A) have  (B) do  (C) are  (D) be

14.  (A) diminishing  (B) having  (C) decreasing  (D) growing

15.  (A) While  (B) However  (C) In addition to  (D) In addition

 

IV. Composition: 30%

   Write an English composition in about 200-300 words on “The Environmental Protection in Taiwan”.  Your composition must contain an introductory paragraph, one or two discussion paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.