30. (A) ejecting (B) shooting (C) fascinate (D) heal Confusion exists concerning the real purposes, aims, and goals of a college. What are these? What should a college (31)? Some believe that the chief function of a college is a vocational one. I feel that the vocation function of a college, while important, is (32) secondary. Others think that the chief purpose of a college is to produce paragons, persons with good characteristics of high moral and ethical (33). There are still those who (34) that the chief purpose of a college is to develop responsible citizens. It seems to me that a college should represent a combination of all the above aims. So, if you read statements on a student’s (35) application paper which reads, “I want a college education because I feel that this will help support me and my family,” then what do you think of it? I suspect that a job would help this student to support himself and his family much better than a college education.

40. According to the paragraph, when using new technology such as smartphones which of the following is true? (A) Using one’s willpower is important. (B) Preserving phone calls is the key. (C) Turning off phone calls will work. (D) Choosing a right phone is useful. Is climate change a serious threat to human health? Simple logic would suggest the answer is yes. Many experts, though, say we cannot yet be certain of this. Scientists agree that evidence is growing that warmer weather is having an effect on health, but they say it is only 第4頁 / 共 6 頁 one part of an immensely complex set of forces that are influencing health. For example, scientists note that global travel and trade, not climate change, brought the first cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne tropical disease, to Florida. Temperatures may be rising, but overall deaths from heat are not, in part because the march of progress has helped people adapt — air conditioning is more ubiquitous, for example, and the treatment of heart disease, a major risk for heat-related mortality, has improved. The science is in its infancy when it comes to global warming and health. Data on insects, pollen counts and diseases in developing countries is often patchy. Many studies show associations, meaning two things are happening at the same time, but it is not clear that one is causing the other. Some experts compare it to the state of science in the early days of understanding smoking’s effect on lung cancer. Overall, health risks from climate change are fundamentally local. The dangers of heat are greater in New Delhi than in New York, not only because it is hotter in the Indian city, but because fewer people have electricity, sturdy houses and modern medical care. That makes drawing broad conclusions tricky. But it does not mean the risks are not there.

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