95年 - [非官方正解]95 國立高雄師範大學_碩士班招生考試題_各系所：英文#124746

1. Some prisoners planned a disturbance while others would_____toward the gate.
(A) disdain
(B) sally
(C) discern
(D) scoff

2. Mark can_____a motorcycle if he is given all the parts.
(A) transmit
(B) assemble
(C) reform
(D) proceed

3. Discrimination against women is a_____of human rights.
(A) suggestion
(B) reservation
(C) violation
(D) demonstration

4. Many boys are_____in the park, so people in the neighborhood complain a lot.
(A) capricious
(B) clamorous
(C) credulous
(D) chivalrous

5. The shop lifter was_____by the police officer.
(A) jeopardized
(B) permeated
(C) simulated
(D) apprehended

6. Although he was judged as a minor_____, the driver had actually played an integral part in planning the crime.
(A) preclusion
(B) ornament
(C) accomplice
(D) rotation

7. Your demands are considered_____. So I cannot accept it.
(A) inordinate
(B) gratuitous
(C) gratifying
(D) perpetuating

8. Many people are_____in paying their bills； they don't like to pay the bills immediately.
(A) trenchant
(B) dilatory
(C) fallacious
(D) gregarious

9. Unequal distribution of wealth may cause_____in society.
(A) sojourn
(B) audacity
(C) motivation
(D) divisions

10. At this historic site, you can see some_____palaces.
(A) immense
(B) strategic
(C) essential
(D) magnificent

11. After a_____attempt to wrest control of the government, the traitors were incarcerated.
(A) fruitless
(B) sanguine
(C) poignant
(D) imminent

12. Seeing the_____player, the manager dashed out onto the field.
(A) sporadic
(B) meticulous
(C) salient
(D) elusive

13. In the desert,_____tribes wander back and forth, enduring much privation.
(A) embellish
(B) nomadic
(C) frugal
(D) prolific

14. As the audience watched the master_____his chess pieces, they applauded his virtuosity.
(A) attest
(B) dismantle
(C) revile
(D) deploy

15. The detective had little to go on because of the_____nature of the criminal.
(A) garrulous
(B) indolent
(C) nondescript
(D) dilettante

16. Computer technology has been developing according to Moore's Law, which says data density doubles every 12 to 18 month.
(A) has been developing
(B)according to
(C)doubles
(D)month

17. The idea that learning is a lifelong process has been expressed by philosophers and educations throughout the centuries.
(A) idea
(B)a lifelong process
(C)educations
(D) throughout the centuries

18. The complex society of a modern civilization would be impossible having the art of writing.
(A) modern civilization
(B) would be
(C) having
(D) writing

19. There are many organizations which sole purpose is to help mentally retarded children.
(A) many organizations
(B) which sole purpose
(C) is to help
(D) retarded

20. No other quality is more important for a scientist to acquire as to observe carefully.
(A) No other
(B) important for
(C) as to observe
(D) carefully

21. American children are taught to treat their pets nice.
(A) are taught
(B) to treat
(C) their pets
(D) nice

22. He decided to revisit the scenery of the last evening's party.
(A) decided
(B)revisit
(C)the scenery
(D) evening's party

23. The experiment proved to Mary and I that serious attention to details produced good results.
(A) proved
(B) Mary and I
(C)attention to
(D)produced

24. Many industrial workers in the post-war years won improved job security, excellent fringe benefits, and higher paid.
(A) Many industrial workers
(B)post-war years
(C)improved
(D)higher paid

25. About one-fifth of all the energy used in the United States it is changed into electric power.
(A)About
(B)all the energy
(C)it is
(D)electric powe

26. For many years, prison inmates have protested such conditions as contaminated food, a brutalizing environment, and conditions are unsanitary.
(A)many years
(B)have protested
(C)conditions
(D)conditions are unsanitary

27. Apparently threaten by several crimes in his neighboring area, John hired two more watchmen.
(A) threaten
(B) crimes in his neighboring area
(C)hired
(D) watchmen

28. Despite of all the snow in the valley, the cabin remained warm.
(A) Despite of
(B) in the valley
(C) remained
(D)warm

29. The committee for local development asked that the highway is built alongside the railway.
(A) for local development
(B)asked
(C)is built
(D)alongside

30. Symptoms of Internet addiction includes a constant desire to get online, and feelings of restlessness or irritability when not online.
(A)Symptoms of Internet addiction
(B)includes a constant desire
(C) get online
(D) feelings of restlessness or irritability

31. A test is valid if it measures what it is intended to measure. A test is reliable if it is consistent. Therefore, a test may be consistent even though it does not measure what it is intended to measure.
The writer's primary purpose in this passage is to
(A) contribute to recent research in testing validity and reliability.
(B) question whether we should use the terms valid and reliable to describe tests.
(C) insist that all tests must be both valid and reliable.
(D) explain the difference between validity and reliability.

32. Forty years ago, most TV programs were shown in black and white. These days, the brightly colored clothes that most of us wear signal that the medium has changed.
The writer implies which of the following in the above passage?
(A) Forty years ago, people wore only black and white clothes.
(B) Most people no longer will tolerate black and white TV.
(C) There is only a slight relationship between our self-image and the images we see on TV.
(D) Color TV is significantly responsible for our preference for brightly colored clothes.

33. A boy who steals pens is conforming quite often to the norms of his peer group but not to the norms of the adult community that sets the laws. However, when he grows up and enters the adult community, he will conform to adult laws.
Which of the following is an unstated assumption by the writer of these two sentences?
(A) Unlawful behavior is practiced only by youths.
(B) Adults do not need to steal pens.
(C) Conformity becomes irrelevant when one grows up.
(D) Adults should not be trusted with establishing laws.

34. The interpretations we make of the reactions of others are not always accurate, so we may have a more positive or negative self-image than is warranted by the actual opinions of others toward us.
Which is the writer's point in the above passage?
(A) We always see ourselves just as others see us.
(B) Others often form no opinion of our self-image.
(C) We do not always see ourselves as others see us.
(D) After learning what the others think, we will be less likely to be ourselves.

35. Peer pressure affects the members of a group to a marked degree, sometimes assuming dictatorial powers over the individual. For example, various studies have shown that brilliant students will actually work below the capacity when academic performance is devalued in their peer group.
The passage supports which of the following statements?
(A) Students surveyed reported that they were only slightly influenced by what their classmates thought of them.
(B) One student who liked and respected his teacher ridiculed her whenever the other students did likewise.
(C) Although the majority of students in a class decided to go on a picnic, a number of their peers did not do so.
(D) Often, one student has tried to tell all of the other students what to think and believe.

36. Education can function to aid an individual in his or her personal development. Attendance in college, for instance, can lead to an appreciation of “culture" in its more limited sense, such as a love for music, art, and literature. Also, education has been found to alter a person's values and attitudes, to increase tolerance toward minorities, raise political interest, and produce a greater concern for civil liberties.
If the writer had written "education does function" instead of "education can function," we could characterize the tone as which of the following?
(A) absolute
(B) indecisive
(C) intolerant
(D) humorous

37. Simple lack of money is not the main reason for nonattendance at college, since a few studies show that even when assistance is made available through government benefits, persons from lower-class backgrounds tend not to take advantage of existing opportunities.
The point of this passage might be summarized as follows:
(A) Those who wish to attend college need more money.
(B) Factors other than affordability may cause a person not to attend college.
(C) More people are attending college without paying for it.
(D) There are no existing opportunities for poor people to enjoy higher education.

38. Being a high school dropout is a more serious problem today than in the past because of the rapid disappearance of unskilled occupations. The dropout's chances for unemployment are therefore quite high. Since most dropouts are from low income or low class backgrounds, efforts have been made to improve the education of the disadvantaged.
Which of the following is an assumption of the passage?
(A) Some students are better off dropping out of school than enduring the sometimes unpleasant experience of education.
(B) Most teachers find dropouts undesirable and will not try to help them seek employment.
(C) Those who drop out of school most likely qualify for only unskilled occupations.
(D) Those from low income backgrounds are destined to drop out.

39. There is significant variation in mortality, a variation affected by race and gender. Women in Taiwan generally live for an average of six years longer than men. The cause of this difference between male and female mortality are uncertain, but the consequences can be described. For examples, more and more property today is owned by women who have received the property through a husband's will.
The writer of the passage would probably agree with which of the following?
(A) Children are unaffected by the variations in mortality rates.
(B) Married men should prepare to live their final years as widowers.
(C) Married women should prepare to live their final years as widows.
(D) Women who own property should be younger than they are.

40. Some things are known through the feelings rather than by thinking or sense perceptions. It is not difficult to find examples in which this is true. How do we know what happiness is or what is the meaning of falling in love? How do we know whether an object is beautiful or what kind of actions meet with our approval or disapproval? One's own attitudes or dispositions are not known by any reasoning process nor are they revealed through sense perceptions. They are known only through immediate experience and this is what we mean by intuition.
Which of the following is one function of the last two sentences?
(A) to supply the reader with an immediate experience
(B) to raise questions about intuition
(C) to point out that many things are different
(D) to define intuition