英文试题

國立虎尾科技大學九十七學年度四技轉學生考試

英文試題 注意事項

一. 本試題含兩大部份，共計40題，每題2.5分，共計100分。 二. 請以黑色或藍色之鋼筆或原子筆，將一個最適當的答案填寫在答案卷上。

三. 第一部份答對者，每題得2.5分；答錯及未答者，不予計分。第二部份答對

者，每題得2.5分；答錯及未答者，不予計分。

I. Choice: Choose the best answer .

1. Candy managed to overtake my car, but she was found guilty of the speed limit. She drove at the speed of 120mph.

(A) reaching (B) setting (C) going beyond (D) going within

2. Last year, we saw the value of houses . The earthquakes made matters worse. An

apartment which was appraised 8 million dollars three years ago is now worth less than 5 million dollars.

(A) falling (B) rising (C) fluctuating (D) unchanged

3. Only people who are over 18 years old are allowed to join the club. Those under 18 are .

(A) kept out (B) counted in (C) won back (D) frightened away

4. The general ordered his men to launch a frontal attack on the enemy. The soldiers had to

the command without dissidence.

(A) give (B) withdraw (C) carry out (D) take over

5. With the economic downturn, we have to our spending; otherwise, someday we will end up with no money. As the saying goes, “Save up for a rainy day.”

(A) plan (B) curb (C) increase (D)

estimate

6. Paul works hard day and night. Recently he has been suffering from . His doctor

often advises him to rest for a while, but he is still overworking at the expense of his failing health.

(A) cancer (B) fright (C) hunger (D) exhaustion

7. Ted was quite about why he had walked out of the birthday party. He said to me,

“To be frank with you, I saw Linda there, and I hated to talk to her.”

(A) explicit (B) sad (C) shy (D) nervous

8. Since you have the capability to paint well, you should that ability. If you practice

very often, you can be a great painter someday.

(A) display (B) exploit (C) recognize (D) estimate

9. I invited Chris to join us, but she my invitation. She said that she had to take her

daughter to the piano class.

(A) declined (B) sent (C) accepted (D) canceled

10. Most of my friends were not willing to donate any money to help the disabled. To a

contribution from them, I went up to each one of them like a beggar with a cap in my hand.

I stretched out my hands, begging them for a handout.

(A) borrow (B) hide (C) withhold (D) extract

11. We had a evening. Twenty of us got together for the first time after we graduated.

We fondly looked back on our school days, and talked about what we had done in class.

(A) fabulous (B) starry (C) chilly (D) dreary

12. It is no longer for a company to dominate the whole market. Even a company as

powerful as Microsoft must face challenges from other competitors. And sometimes dinosaurs succumb suddenly, as witnessed by the demise of Enron.

(A) necessary (B) important (C) hard (D) feasible

13. I the computer to see what the problem was but couldn’t put it back together again.

(A) dismantled (B) put aside (C) assembled (D) operated

14. I bought an piece of china for $1,000. It shows excellent craftsmanship.

(A) exquisite (B) exclusive (C) rare (D) genuine

15. The traffic conditions are going from bad to worse. They cannot improve unless some

measures are taken. For instance, any car with fewer than five people in it should be forbidden from entering the city, and tolls should be raised for car users.

(A) hopeful (B) preventive (C) extreme (D) gracious

16. Hundreds of villagers gathered in front of the chemical factory. In anger they pelted its gate

with eggs, bricks, rocks, bottles cans while the police watched from the sidelines. Only when some villagers flung torches into the factory did the police begin to the crowd