103年經濟部所屬事業機構新進職員甄試_英文

1.

When taking a drug for a while, some patients would gradually develop a_____ for it and need to be given a larger dose.

(A)

anticipation

(B)

hesitancy

(C)

disinclination

(D)

tolerance

2.

Paul is a famous chef. He always uses fresh_____when he cooks.

(A)

appetizers

(B)

deserts

(C)

flavors

(D)

ingredients

3.

Some doctors have been criticized for being insensitive; they seem to be_____the suffering of their patients.

(A)

committed to

(B)

intimate with

(C)

detached from

(D)

compassionate for

4.

We were asked by our tour guide on the shuttle bus from the airport to the resort to remain ______ until we reached our destination.

(A)

to seat

(B)

seating

(C)

seated

(D)

being seated

5.

People with certain kinds of heart disease must ______eating fatty foods.

(A)

abstain from

(B)

abide by

(C)

differ from

(D)

stand by

6.

The letter of recommendation, as well as the application forms,______ready to mail.

(A)

is

(B)

are

(C)

gets

(D)

get

7.

Taiwan orchid producers have successfully mastered their art to the point that they now enjoy a ______lead in the floricultural industry.

(A)

permanent

(B)

ferocious

(C)

considerable

(D)

unanimous

8.

The court found him______and he was released.

(A)

innocent

(B)

mature

(C)

original

(D)

remote

9.

The airplane was flying at______of 25,000 feet.

(A)

an altitude

(B)

a latitude

(C)

an extension

(D)

an ascent

10.

By the time I got to the end of his article, I felt I knew everything there______about the European Union Free Trade Agreement.

(A)

was to know

(B)

is being known

(C)

had been known

(D)

would be known

11.

They will be______their behavior, whether they accept the responsibility or not. 

(A)

accountable for

(B)

accountable in

(C)

accountable to

(D)

accountable with

12.

Kate would have been the one hospitalized if she______to you and taken the flu vaccine.

(A)

has listened

(B)

hadn’t listened

(C)

would have listened

(D)

wouldn’t have listened

13.

The Sunshine Non-Profit Foundation tried to persuade people not to______this store until it agreed to hire capable people with physical disabilities. 

(A)

promote

(B)

register

(C)

navigate

(D)

frequent

14.

The company’s______on the formula expires after a number of years.

(A)

agenda

(B)

brochure

(C)

patent

(D)

subscription 

15.

A ______person does not talk with food in his mouth.

(A)

ill-manner

(B)

well-mannered

(C)

manner

(D)

good-mannered

16.

Playing sports in school ______meant to teach teamwork and leadership skills students can use later in life.

(A)

which is an activity

(B)

because activity is

(C)

being an activity which is

(D)

is an activity

17.

_______is guaranteed, or we will refund your money 100%.

(A)

Satisfying

(B)

Satisfied

(C)

Satisfactory

(D)

Satisfaction

18.

Ebola virus continued to spread, with a new case ______ in Senegal.

(A)

accepted

(B)

charged

(C)

detected

(D)

elected

19.

The banks complained that they ______ adequate notice regarding this new monetary policy.

(A)

are being given

(B)

had only been given

(C)

had not given

(D)

had not been given

20.

Having experienced many failures, Jackson starts to fear ______ the future holds for him.

(A)

that

(B)

whether

(C)

what

(D)

when

21.

According to one employee, who wishes to remain ______, the company engaged in illegal activities.

(A)

accessible

(B)

accountable

(C)

ambiguous

(D)

anonymous

22.

The firm’s success is largely due to its CEO’s commercial ______. 

(A)

acumen

(B)

bias

(C)

chaos

(D)

dosage

23.

The end of year sales seminar will be held on ______ Saturday the 21st or Sunday the 22nd.

(A)

both

(B)

either

(C)

neither

(D)

or

24.

_______ I reached the front porch when it started pouring.

(A)

After

(B)

As soon as

(C)

Scarcely had

(D)

No sooner had

25.

The doctor advised him to have monthly check-ups ______ any return of symptoms might be detected immediately.

(A)

prior to

(B)

so that

(C)

on be half of

(D)

in case

26.

If you don’t hurry up with your proposal, by the time you present it to the screening committee, others ______ better ones.

(A)

can come up with

(B)

will have come up with

(C)

would have come up with

(D)

will be coming up with

27.

Walking by the corner the other day, ______ for the light to change.

(A)

a child, I noticing, watched

(B)

I noticed a child watching 

(C)

a child watched I noticed

(D)

there was a child watching

28.

As ______ by his last album, which was released after his death, Ibrahim Ferrer had one of the most beautiful voices in Latin music.

(A)

accelerated

(B)

mortified

(C)

demonstrated

(D)

stimulated

29.

After her first Harry Potter book was published, Rowling went from a common housewife to a world-famous literary ______ practically overnight.

(A)

momentum

(B)

collaboration

(C)

representation

(D)

sensation

30.

When we exchanged greetings with him, he had his eyes turned away. It was hard to tell if he was______ happy to see us.

(A)

genuinely

(B)

tediously

(C)

redundantly

(D)

vulnerably 

The internship—a spell of cv-burnishing work experience--is now ubiquitous across America and beyond. This year young Americans will complete perhaps one million 　31　 placements; Google alone recruited 3,000 interns this summer, 　32　 them the chance to “do cool things that matter”. Brussels and Luxembourg are the summer homes of 1,400 stagiaires, 　33　
embryonic Eurocrats, doing five-month spells at the European Commission. The “Big Four” audit companies—Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers(PWC)—will
　34　 more than 30,000 interns this year. Bank of China runs an eight-week program (“full of contentment, yet indescribable”, according to an intern 　35　 on its website); Alibaba, a Chinese online-retailing behemoth, has a global scheme. Infosy, an Indian tech giant, brings 150 interns from around the world to Bangalore each year.

31.

(A)

conventional

(B)

convenient

(C)

social

(D)

such

The internship—a spell of cv-burnishing work experience--is now ubiquitous across America and beyond. This year young Americans will complete perhaps one million 　31　 placements; Google alone recruited 3,000 interns this summer, 　32　 them the chance to “do cool things that matter”. Brussels and Luxembourg are the summer homes of 1,400 stagiaires, 　33　
embryonic Eurocrats, doing five-month spells at the European Commission. The “Big Four” audit companies—Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers(PWC)—will
　34　 more than 30,000 interns this year. Bank of China runs an eight-week program (“full of contentment, yet indescribable”, according to an intern 　35　 on its website); Alibaba, a Chinese online-retailing behemoth, has a global scheme. Infosy, an Indian tech giant, brings 150 interns from around the world to Bangalore each year.

32.

(A)

humiliating

(B)

misleading

(C)

promising

(D)

seducing

The internship—a spell of cv-burnishing work experience--is now ubiquitous across America and beyond. This year young Americans will complete perhaps one million 　31　 placements; Google alone recruited 3,000 interns this summer, 　32　 them the chance to “do cool things that matter”. Brussels and Luxembourg are the summer homes of 1,400 stagiaires, 　33　
embryonic Eurocrats, doing five-month spells at the European Commission. The “Big Four” audit companies—Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers(PWC)—will
　34　 more than 30,000 interns this year. Bank of China runs an eight-week program (“full of contentment, yet indescribable”, according to an intern 　35　 on its website); Alibaba, a Chinese online-retailing behemoth, has a global scheme. Infosy, an Indian tech giant, brings 150 interns from around the world to Bangalore each year.

33.

(A)

and

(B)

from

(C)

or

(D)

to

The internship—a spell of cv-burnishing work experience--is now ubiquitous across America and beyond. This year young Americans will complete perhaps one million 　31　 placements; Google alone recruited 3,000 interns this summer, 　32　 them the chance to “do cool things that matter”. Brussels and Luxembourg are the summer homes of 1,400 stagiaires, 　33　
embryonic Eurocrats, doing five-month spells at the European Commission. The “Big Four” audit companies—Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers(PWC)—will
　34　 more than 30,000 interns this year. Bank of China runs an eight-week program (“full of contentment, yet indescribable”, according to an intern 　35　 on its website); Alibaba, a Chinese online-retailing behemoth, has a global scheme. Infosy, an Indian tech giant, brings 150 interns from around the world to Bangalore each year.

34.

(A)

bargain

(B)

employ

(C)

kidnap

(D)

penetrate

The internship—a spell of cv-burnishing work experience--is now ubiquitous across America and beyond. This year young Americans will complete perhaps one million 　31　 placements; Google alone recruited 3,000 interns this summer, 　32　 them the chance to “do cool things that matter”. Brussels and Luxembourg are the summer homes of 1,400 stagiaires, 　33　
embryonic Eurocrats, doing five-month spells at the European Commission. The “Big Four” audit companies—Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers(PWC)—will
　34　 more than 30,000 interns this year. Bank of China runs an eight-week program (“full of contentment, yet indescribable”, according to an intern 　35　 on its website); Alibaba, a Chinese online-retailing behemoth, has a global scheme. Infosy, an Indian tech giant, brings 150 interns from around the world to Bangalore each year.

35.

(A)

quoted

(B)

recycled

(C)

scanned

(D)

tackled

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The exact historical origins of the ice cream that young and old alike adore are shrouded in mystery. Before this popular dessert was invented, Marco Polo had returned from the Orient with a recipe for sherbet. Hundred of years earlier, the Roman emperor Nero had snow and ice rushed to Rome from the mountains by special teams of runners. He then flavored the ice with fruit juices. Ice creams like the modern variety were probably invented in Italy, where it quickly became an expensive treat for the very rich. King Charles I of England bragged of his secret recipe for ice cream; Henry II of France served a different flavor to his court each day for a month to mark his marriage. In America, Thomas Jefferson also bragged of his secret flavors. George Washington, according to a merchant’s book, spent almost $200 on ice cream in 1790. And Dolly Madison served ice cream at her husband’s Second Inaugural at the White House. It was pointedly evident that the cream was from the president’s cows; the fruit, from the White House garden. Not until the nineteenth century, when insulated icehouses for keeping ice and hand-cranked ice-cream freezers were invented, were the lower classes able to afford ice cream. 

36.

What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

(A)

To clarify a myth about ice cream flavors.

(B)

To discuss the evolution of ice cream in America. 

(C)

To inform us about the history of ice cream.

(D)

To provide reasons for the popularity of ice cream. ream.

閱讀測驗

The exact historical origins of the ice cream that young and old alike adore are shrouded in mystery. Before this popular dessert was invented, Marco Polo had returned from the Orient with a recipe for sherbet. Hundred of years earlier, the Roman emperor Nero had snow and ice rushed to Rome from the mountains by special teams of runners. He then flavored the ice with fruit juices. Ice creams like the modern variety were probably invented in Italy, where it quickly became an expensive treat for the very rich. King Charles I of England bragged of his secret recipe for ice cream; Henry II of France served a different flavor to his court each day for a month to mark his marriage. In America, Thomas Jefferson also bragged of his secret flavors. George Washington, according to a merchant’s book, spent almost $200 on ice cream in 1790. And Dolly Madison served ice cream at her husband’s Second Inaugural at the White House. It was pointedly evident that the cream was from the president’s cows; the fruit, from the White House garden. Not until the nineteenth century, when insulated icehouses for keeping ice and hand-cranked ice-cream freezers were invented, were the lower classes able to afford ice cream. 

37.

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

(A)

Marco Polo brought the recipe for sherbet from the Orient.

(B)

The Roman emperor Nero enjoyed ice and fruit juices.

(C)

Henry II of France served ice cream to celebrate his marriage.

(D)

The Italians are generally credited for creating the first sherbet.

閱讀測驗

The exact historical origins of the ice cream that young and old alike adore are shrouded in mystery. Before this popular dessert was invented, Marco Polo had returned from the Orient with a recipe for sherbet. Hundred of years earlier, the Roman emperor Nero had snow and ice rushed to Rome from the mountains by special teams of runners. He then flavored the ice with fruit juices. Ice creams like the modern variety were probably invented in Italy, where it quickly became an expensive treat for the very rich. King Charles I of England bragged of his secret recipe for ice cream; Henry II of France served a different flavor to his court each day for a month to mark his marriage. In America, Thomas Jefferson also bragged of his secret flavors. George Washington, according to a merchant’s book, spent almost $200 on ice cream in 1790. And Dolly Madison served ice cream at her husband’s Second Inaugural at the White House. It was pointedly evident that the cream was from the president’s cows; the fruit, from the White House garden. Not until the nineteenth century, when insulated icehouses for keeping ice and hand-cranked ice-cream freezers were invented, were the lower classes able to afford ice cream. 

38.

What can be concluded from the passage?

(A)

Nero got his idea for ice and fruit juices from the Orient.

(B)

Thomas Jefferson was a great fan of ice cream. t juices from the Orient.

(C)

Ice cream has lost its appeal in some European countries. om the Orient.

(D)

England discovered ice cream earlier than the Italians.

39.

The passage suggests that ______.

(A)

Dolly Madison could make ice creams better than anyone else 

(B)

after the lower classes could afford ice cream, the rich lost interest in the treat

(C)

ice cream was introduced in America before it was known in England

(D)

it wasn't until 1800 that ice cream was made available to the general public

閱讀測驗

The exact historical origins of the ice cream that young and old alike adore are shrouded in mystery. Before this popular dessert was invented, Marco Polo had returned from the Orient with a recipe for sherbet. Hundred of years earlier, the Roman emperor Nero had snow and ice rushed to Rome from the mountains by special teams of runners. He then flavored the ice with fruit juices. Ice creams like the modern variety were probably invented in Italy, where it quickly became an expensive treat for the very rich. King Charles I of England bragged of his secret recipe for ice cream; Henry II of France served a different flavor to his court each day for a month to mark his marriage. In America, Thomas Jefferson also bragged of his secret flavors. George Washington, according to a merchant’s book, spent almost $200 on ice cream in 1790. And Dolly Madison served ice cream at her husband’s Second Inaugural at the White House. It was pointedly evident that the cream was from the president’s cows; the fruit, from the White House garden. Not until the nineteenth century, when insulated icehouses for keeping ice and hand-cranked ice-cream freezers were invented, were the lower classes able to afford ice cream. 

40.

As used in the passage, what does the word “evident” mean?

(A)

Incredible.

(B)

Apparent.

(C)

Perplexing.

(D)

Speculated.