世新大學九十三學年度第二部二年級轉學生考試

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Ⅰ. Vocabulary: 20%

   Choose the most appropriate word according to the given context, and then write its corresponding letter on your answer sheet.

1.         Mary customers have called to make ____ about the latest product.

(A)   ignore  (B) inquires  (C) inquires  (D) illumination

2.         Their ____ could not afford such extravagance.

(A)   amateur  (B) burglar  (C) budget  (D) gadget

3.         Rood was ____ during the long drought.

(A)   spare  (B) scarce  (C) scare  (D) scatter

4.         Take buys a newspaper from the same ____ every day.

(A)   venal  (B) veneer  (C) vendee  (D) vendor

5.         He ____ his life to save the drowning child.

(A)   sacrificed  (B) sanitized  (C) sanctified  (D) scouted

6.         Her ____ was met with much skepticism.

(A)   proposal  (B) partnership  (C) disposal  (D) prowess

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

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

8.         The stronger the ____, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language.

(A)   movement  (B) motivation  (C) motion  (D) morality

9.         Their luggage was ____ at the border.

(A)   aspired  (B) inspired  (C) inspired  (C) inspected  (D) insisted

10.   Gambling is ____ in many states in the U.S.A.

(A)   ideal  (B) illegible  (C) illegal  (D) immature

 

Ⅱ. Grammar. 20%

In question 1-10, 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.

 

1.         There are a variety of different packages that provides assistance to fledgling

       A    B                           C               D

 e- commerce enterprises.

2.         Three of Europe’s largest banks made impressively turnarounds in 2003 after enduring

                              A      B                             C

challenging times in 2002.

       D

3.         American English seems to be using more by second language English speakers on the street and

                   A       B               C

in their private lives.

       D

4.         Early American industries depended largely in skilled artisans working in small shops to serve a

A                             B      C                               D

local market.

5.         In the workplace, E-mail has now become another way for employers to monitor either what

        A                                B                    C      D

their employees are doing and what they are thinking.

6.         Of their affection and happiness there is abundant assurance in every adding day of the man’s

A                           B      C                     D

widowed life.

7.         Despite of the blaze in the fireplace, the room remained cold and uncomfortable.

     A                  B                 C                 D

8.         If it had not rained so hard, we would like to go on a picnic at Sun Moon Lake.

A               B          C       D

9.         By the time World War Ⅱ ended in 1945, the United States had the greater productive capacity

      A                                              B      C          D

 of all of world’s nations.  

10.   The reason for his perpetual unhappiness is because he was born with an anxious nature.

                          A             B         C           D

 

Ⅲ. Cloze Test: 30%

In the following two passages, there are fifteen blanks where works or phases 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.

 

      In January 1965, President Johnson began his “war __1__ poverty.” As racial violence continued, black people began __2__ the nonviolent tactics __3__ in the South, and black leaders in __4__ parts of the country spoke __5__ black separatism and against nonviolence in fighting __6__ and racism. One strong black leader was Malcolm X, a black Moslem leader __7__ worked in northern ghettos.

 

1.         (A) in  (B)  at  (C) to  (D) on

2.         (A) question  (B) questioning  (C) to question  (D) questioned

3.         (A) using  (B) used  (C) to use  (D) to using

4.         (A) another  (B) the other  (C) other  (D) one another

5.         (A) in favor of  (B) at favor of  (C) favor of  (D) on favor of

6.         (A) discrimination  (B) discriminate  (C) discriminated  (D) discriminates

7.         (A) which  (B) whose  (C) who  (D) what

 

      __8__ improving communication, personal computers __9__ it possible __10__ business from home. You can take care of personal business. __11__, you can buy airlines tickets, send flowers to a friend, pay your bills, and even __12__ stocks from your home computer at any time of the day or night. This is a great convenience for people being busy during the day and for physically disabled people __13__ find it hard __14__ their homes. __15__, telecommuting-working at home instead of going to the office-has become a choice for thousands of business people.

 

8.         (A) Beside  (B) In addition  (C) Besides  (D) Moreover

9.         (A) have make  (B) has made  (C) made  (D) have made

10.   (A) do  (B) did  (C) to do  (D) done

11.   (A) In spite of  (B) Instead of  (C) In addition to  (D) For example

12.   (A) buy and sell  (B) to buy and sell  (C) to buy and sold  (D) buying and selling

13.   (A) whom  (B) who  (C) whose  (D) of which

14.   (A) leave  (B) to leave  (C) leaving  (D) left

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

 

Ⅳ. Composition: 30%

Write an English composition in about 200 words on the topic “Is it Better for children to Grow up in Countryside than in a Big City?” Your composition must contain an introductory paragraph, one or two discussion paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.