所屬科目：研究所、轉學考(插大)、學士後-英文
1. Overfishing is reaching ____ levels. According to a recent study, stocks of the biggest predatory species, such as tuna and swordfish, may have fallen by 90% since the 1950s.(A) egalitarian (B) concluding (C) catastrophic (D) soothing
2. A lot of people rely on fish as part of their regular diet. About 3 billion of the Earth's inhabitants get a fifth or more of their _______ from fish—which means that fish are a bigger source of the stuff than beef is.(A) preservation (B) probation (C) protection (D) protein
3. The difficulty is, in part, a consequence of the problem known as the tragedy of the commons, whereby a commonly held resource is over-exploited. Governments, in thrall to fishing lobbies which are more concerned with making money today than preserving fish stocks for the future, set unrealistic quotas, and there is a lot of illegal fishing too, conducted without _______ in controlled waters.(A) permission (B) hermits (C) promiscuity (D) promotion
4. The Pew Charitable Trusts, an American research group, estimates that one fish in five sold in a shop or served in a restaurant has been caught illegally. That _______ 26m tons of fishes a year, worth more than $23 billion.(A) compares to (B) amounts to (C) adheres to (D) abides by
5. Until now, trying to stop this illegal trade has been more or less futile. The oceans are vast. Navies and coastguard patrols are small. Even finding those who are up to no good has been hard. That, though, is changing through the use of "bid data." It is now feasible to synthesise information from sources such as radio transponders and satellite observations, in order to track every ocean-going _______ that is, or might be, a fishing boat.(A) missile (B) vaseline (C) vase (D) vessel
6. The march in Paris after the massacre at Charlie Hebdo was supposed to display international solidarity over the right of free _______.(A) extinction (B) expression (C) express (D) exclusion
7. Terrorism was the main issue in the Paris attacks, which targeted a kosher shop as well as a magazine. But the subsidiary row they ignited - about the parameters of free speech - has been stoked rather than soothed by their aftermath, and continues to _______ the world.(A) peel (B) roil (C) spoil (D) nail
8. When the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination line up on stage for their first debate in August, there may be three contenders whose fathers also ran for president. Whoever wins may face the wife of a former president next year. It is odd that a country founded on the principle of hostility to inherited status should be so________of dynasties.(A) tolerant (B) ignorant (C) detestable (D) vulnerable
9. Thomas Jefferson drew a distinction between a natural aristocracy of the virtuous and talented, which was a blessing to a nation, and an________ aristocracy found on wealth and birth, which would slowly strangle it.(A) allocation (B) arsenal (C) artful (D) artificial
10. Now Americans are beginning to find out, because today's rich increasingly pass on to their children an asset that cannot be fritted away in a few nights at a casino. It is far more useful than wealth, and invulnerable to________tax. It is brains.(A) inheritance (B) coherence (C) inhabitant (D) insistence
11. The rougher________ , the less cargo a ship may carry.(A) the sea (B) is the sea (C) of the sea (D) to the sea
12. Today's educational policies differ greatly from________.(A) those are past (B) the past (C) those of the past (D) which are the past
13. The nature of black holes, which are thought to result from the gravitational collapse of giant stars,________ clearly understood.(A) neither (B) nor (C) none (D) not
14.________ the bacteria and protozoans, the virus cannot reproduce itself or digest food.(A) Be not like (B) Likewise (C) Unlike (D) Alike
15. The dandelion, _______ nearly all of continental North America, can be found unwanted on almost any lawn.(A) native to(B) being native(C) which is native(D) native from
16. The gastric juice in the stomach contains two ferments, _______ and pepsin.(A) being rennin(B) which is rennin(C) rennin(D) other than rennin
17. A historian does not only describe events, but tries to explain _______ occur in the first place.(A) to what causes them(B) what causes them(C) to them what causes(D) what to cause them
18. _______ the Bureau of Indian Affairs is a federal agency intended to safeguard the welfare of American Indians.(A) Created in 1824(B) In 1824 created(C) The creation in 1824(D) In 1824 they created
19. No matter how _______, many people have escaped from big cities to rural areas.(A) inconvenient country may be(B) country life may be inconvenient(C) may country life be inconvenient(D) country life which may be inconvenient
20. Around the hurricane's eye, _______ which circle around and rise up high in the atmosphere.(A) the hurricane winds swirling(B) swirling the hurricane winds(C) swirl the hurricane winds(D) where the hurricane winds swirl
21.(A) combat (B) comrade (C) command (D) compensation
22.(A) additionally (B) early (C) accordingly (D) previously
23.(A) acoustic (B) electrified (C) eccentric (D) elaborate
24.(A) accompanied (B) attached (C) appendix (D) apprenticed
25.(A) casket (B) helmet (C) costume (D) covenant
26.(A) optimzied (B) optional (C) outlawed (D) outcast
27.(A) sharpening (B) penalizing (C) penetrating (D) concentrating
28.(A) accuracy (B) aperture (C) appointment (D) adaptation
29.(A) blasphemy (B) blade (C) bladder (D) blaze
30.(A) splendour (B) spectacle (C) shred (D) shield
31.(A) anatomy (B) amour (C) amateur (D) armageddon
32.(A) adapted (B) loyal (C) unfaithful (D) unused
33.(A) elated (B) accelerates (C) descends (D) ascends
34.(A) professions (B) portfolios (C) profoundness (D) provisions
35.(A) stables (B) stickers (C) sticks (D) stocks
36.(A) perspective (B) potential (C) preservation (D) presumption
37.(A) consider (B) consign (C) configure (D) confine
38.(A) remorse (B) realities (C) remembrance (D) replicas
39.(A) assets (B) arsenals (C) archetypes (D) architectures
40.(A) assume (B) allure (C) accredit (D) associate
41. What is the main idea of this letter?(A) The city government should work harder to attract more tourists.(B) The smell from the river is unbearable and some actions should be taken.(C) Some people abuse their power in making the exceptional general.(D) If we neglect this subject, we cannot develop enough impunity.
42. Where does the smell come from?(A) Decomposition of animal parts in a local butchery.(B) Garbages dumped by football fans in Lambeth or Chelsea.(C) Beer breweries near the Blackfriars Bridge.(D) The putrefying matters in the river.
43. Which of the following qualities does not describe the condition of the river?(A) fermentation(B) opacity(C) feculence(D) impunity
44. What is the purpose of this letter?(A) To raise funding for a public campaign.(B) To provoke resentment toward people living in London.(C) To highlight the urgency of cleansing of the river.(D) To signify the contradictory messages of the public opinions.
45. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?(A) When the weather gets hotter in summer, the river is going to be more abhorrent.(B) The city government shows great determination in removing decaying matters in the river.(C) The smell from the river makes it not much different from an open-air cesspool.(D) Ages of neglect and ignorance leads to a deadly menace to public health.
46. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?(A) The narrator of the above passage is a soldier.(B) This passage describes the cruelty of business competition between companies.(C) The narrator and his colleagues are at war against Germany.(D) The casualty of the war is devastating.
47. What is the purpose of this passage?(A) To write down witness of war for media coverage.(B) To promote the use of massive destructive weapons.(C) To keep track of details of military service at the war.(D) To encourage war veterans to continue their rehabilitation.
48. From the descriptions of the passage above, which war is it most likely to be?(A) World War One(B) Battle of Midway(C) Korean War(D) Vietnam War
49. Which of the following statements is TRUE?(A) The narrator is excited about the war.(B) The narrator is a German military officer.(C) Despite the intensity of the war, the narrator still insists on having tea with bacon and bread.(D) Lives on the war trenches are barely endurable.
50. Why does the narrator need to find a German coat in the wood?(A) He needs something dry as cushions for his rifle.(B) He needs to hide his identity.(C) He needs to clarify his identity.(D) He needs to protect himself from the grim weather.
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