国立虎尾科技大学九十六学年度四技转学生考试.doc

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Part L Vocabulary and idioms: choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
1.Taiwanese baseball player and New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming has been named one of Time magazine's 100 most people for this year.
(A)notorious (B) influential (C) profitable (D) respectful
2.Wang Chien-ming is the only Taiwanese on this year's list, and the third, after president Chen
Shui-bian and film director Ang Lee, to be in the top 100 since the Time magazine began
running the series in 2004.
(A)contributed (B) appeared (C) included (D) excluded
3.Wang Chien-ming said through his agent that he was honored to receive the award, and that he would work even harder to people's high expectations of him.
(A)live on (B) live through (C) live with (D) live up to
4.The 100 people on Time's list are divided into five- leaders and revolutionaries; artists and entertainers; heroes and pioneers; scientists and thinkers; and builders and titans.
(A)categories (B) ranks (C) schools (D) levels
5.To build the Grand Canyon Skywalk, more than 100 steel bars were 40 feet into limestone bedrock, than capped with steel plates.
(A) pumped (B) beaten (C) drilled (D) knocked
6.At least for the first few years, the developer and the Indian tribe will the earnings. But eventually, the tribe will control and own the Skywalk.
(A) sp川(B) split (C) spread (D) contribute
7.While reading, you don't need to understand the exact meaning of every new word. Instead, you can guess the general meaning of new words by looking at the.
(A) compact (B) contest (C) consent (D) context
8.Her husband has most of the daily chores since she died.
(A) looked over (B) gone over (C) taken over (D) insisted on
9.Without a scientific explanation for solar eclipses, our ancestors had to their own reasons
for the sun's disappearance.
(A) come up with (B) put up with (C) be stricken of (D) be lined up
10.The new search engine gives us quick to the information we need.
(A) icon (B) outlet (C) stroke (D) access
Part IL Grammar: choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
11.Not only the referees but also all league officials voted to go on strike.
(A) have (B) has (C) is (D) are
12.1 heard the news that I got promoted to the managerial position, but I couldn't believe that was true.
(A) they (B) which (C) it (D) them
13.Mr. Rodeo has been working in the same office building on 8lh Avenue for more than 10
years.
(A) yet (B) ever (C) still (D) already
14.This job requires some teachers who have taught more than three years at college.
(A) experience (B) experiencing (C) experienced (D) experimental
15.he was a spy for the government, people grabbed Renoir, planning to throw him into the
River.
(A) Believing (B) Being believed (C) Being believing (D) Believed
16.If you don't know the telephone number of the restaurant, you can always refer the
telephone directory.
(A) with (B) for (C) in (D) to
17.Non-native English speakers sometimes can't make their English because of their poor
choices of words or broken pronunciation.
(A) understand (B) understood (C) to understand (D) understanding
18.Although the factory doesn't provide day care service for the employees, a new day care center
nearby.
(A) is built (B) is being built (C) has built (D) had been built
19.All the copyrighted works cannot without the written permission of the copyright holders.
(A) reproduce (B) be reproducing (C) be reproduced (D) been reproduced
20.If it not for the invention of e-mail, modern communication among people would not be
improved so rapidly.
(A) was (B) were (C) is (D) does
Part IIL Cloze : choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
For people _21— in language and art, learning about Chinese characters offers the best of both worlds. In Cecilia Lindqvist's book China, Empire of the Written Symbol, she introduces Chinese characters by _22— the distant past. She uses archeological examples to show _23—.
Many examples are accompanied by _24—. Some of them show oracle bones that were once used to tell the future. Others show bronzes, pieces of pottery, and various artworks holding original versions of character.
One character Lindqvist describes is that of a sheep (羊). —25— on a piece of pottery, the oldest Chinese picture of a sheep is nearly 6,000 years old. She shows that the character started as a —26— of a sheep's horns and eyes, and explains how it changed over time. Eventually, the eyes became a straight line, although today, the animal's horns remain.
Another character that played a central role _27— Chinese history is _28— of the boat (舟). In parts of the Yangtze River Delta, traveling by boat was once as common as traveling on land. Scholars believe the character for boat _29— showed the wooden crossbars of the small trade boats unique to China.
Lindqvist's explanations of the characters are _30— too difficult to understand. Because of this, her book can be enjoyed by linguists and laypeople alike.
21.(A) interest (B) who interested (C) who is interesting (D) interested
22.(A) reaching out (B) reaching into (C) reaching for (D) reaching at
23.(A) how has characters developed (B) what developed characters
(C) how did characters develop (D) how characters developed
24.(A) occupation (B) illusion (C) illustration (D) promotion
25.(A) Found (B) Founded (C) To be found (D) Being finding
26.(A) bloom (B) drawing (C) cloning (D) capturing
27.(A) of (B) on (C) in (D) with
28.(A) any (B) which (C) other (D) that
29.(A) originally (B) extraordinarily (C) especially (D) strangely
30.(A) always (B) never (C) ever (D) often
Part IV Reading comprehension: read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
The sea being a rich source of food, it is only natural that some of the warm-blooded mammals that evolved on land would return to the ocean. One of these returnees is the whale, which in the suiprisingly short span of fifty million years has developed into the largest of all animal forms. These highly efficient and well-adapted mammals have, until the last few hundred years, enjoyed remarkable success in their sea habitat.
Although various approaches have been tried, a workable method of measuring the intelligence of whales has not yet been found. Dolphins, which are actually a type of whale, have been the most carefully studied, and it has been found that they have a considerable capacity to learn. Dolphins are particularly social animals that show great attention to their young as well as concern for injured companions. They can talk with each other in high, piercing squeaks. These chirping sounds also serve as a form of natural sonar to help them find prey. Dolphins usually congregate in large herds, often numbering in the hundreds. These large schools feed on herring, sardines, and other fish.
The larger whales also move in sociable groups, or "pods," and apparently have ways of using sound to communicate with each other as well as to find their way and detect food in the dark ocean depths. As intelligent as they may be, however, whales have not found a way to counter the attacks of their deadliest enemy: human beings. This is partly due to the fact that whales provide so many goods that people covet: meat, oil, whalebone, and ambergris. Another reason is that whales, like people, reproduce slowly. As a result, many species of whale have been
driven to near-extinction in the past two-and-a-half centuries of intensive whaling.
31.Which of the following best describes the topic of the passage?
(A) People's fight against the whale (B) Social habits of the whale
(C)The rapid evolution of the whale (D) Strengths and weaknesses of the whale
32.According to the passage, what is surprising about the adaptation of the whale to its ocean habitat?
(A)It has evolved greatly in a relatively short time
(B)The sea is an abundant source of food.
(C)The whale is now in danger of extinction.
(D)Whales have been successful in their sea habitat.
33.Which word or phrase is closest in meaning to the word 'intelligence5 in the passage?
(A) remarkable success (B) capacity to learn (C) intensive (D) highly efficient
34.According to the passage, what is known about the intelligence of whales?
(A)Dolphins are more intelligent than whales.
(B)Whales are able to communicate with dolphins in high, piercing squeaks.
(C)Some types of whales have a great ability to learn.
(D)The intelligence of whales is too limited to be effectively measured.
35.The word "congregate^ in the passage is closest in meaning to.
(A) move (B) gather (C) communicate (D) hunt
36.Which statement in paragraph 2 of the passage best illustrates the highly sensitive nature of the
dolphin?,,
(A)Dolphins are particularly social animals that show great attention to their young as well as
concern for injured companions.
(B)They can talk with each other in high, piercing squeaks.
(C)These chirping sounds also serve as a form of natural sonar to help them find prey.
(D)Dolphins usually congregate in large herds, often numbering in the hundreds.
37.According to the passage, both whales and dolphins.
(A) travel in groups (B) eat sardines and herring
(C) reproduce slowly (D) are intensely hunted for their meat and oil
38.Which of the following is NOT discussed in the passage?
(A) How dolphins communicate (B) How whales move about
(C) How dolphins defend themselves (D) How dolphins find food
39.According to the passage, which of the following is a factor in the disappearance of the whale?
(A)Whales have only recently returned to the sea.
(B)Whales are slow to reproduce.
(C)Whales move in sociable groups.
(D)Whales show great concern for their injured companions.
40.In approximately the last two hundred and fifty years, several species of whales.
(A) have experienced great success (B) have evolved into the largest of all mammals
(C) have died out due to excessive whaling (D) have been virtually wiped out。