1. The peace talks have ______ a cease-fire.


2. Shakespeare is acknowledged as one of the best playwrights that ever lived.


3. Jason: So, how was your winter break, Linda? Linda: Great, actually! My family and I went touring around Taiwan. It was the first time we ever had a chance to see the east coast. Jason: Really? [ ] Linda: If you’re interested, next time you can join us. We are going back next year.


4. The fiction


5. If people have any doubts about the ingredients in their cosmetics, they may send 20 grams of the cosmetic [ ] to the Taipei Bureau of Health, and the experts may check for harmful heavy metals like mercury.


6. Before printing any document, you need to [ ] the printer to the computer.


7. The swimming team did very well last year. All of [ ] worked very hard in order to win the prize.


8. 我心裡想這一定是斗六站。


9. Life in Britain was transformed by the [advent] of the steam engine.


10. The poor girl knew that her dream of going to law school was as _____ as walking on the moon.


11. Those who want to have something they have never had will have to do well something they have never done before.


12. Call-in surveys sometimes misrepresent public opinion because people who tend to call may be a small amount of people with strong ideas or certain attitudes; thus the “silent [ ]” might often be ignored.


13. Using nuclear-transfer cloning to allow people to have a child introduces a different way of [ ] for our species.


14. After getting home from school, [ ].


15. Do you want to go out ? No, I would rather [ ] home than go out on a rainy night.


16. My dinner with Mary was [ ]. She kept on talking about herself.


17. It is widely known that only a small [ ] of the nation's money is spent on education.


18. Mary: I’ve got great news. [ ] Judy: Well, what is it? Mary: I have a week’s vacation next month, and I’m so excited! Judy: Do you? That’s wonderful.


19. College students worry about the uncertainty of entering the labor market during a _____ when economic activity slows down and the unemployment rate rises.


20. The deeper reasons why word knowledge correlates with comprehension cannot be determined satisfactorily without improved methods of estimating the size of people's vocabularies.


21. Why don’t we go to a movie this evening?


22. Brenda: What should we have to go with the meat?Helen: Grilled tomatoes.Brenda: [ ] Helen: Potatoes are great!


23. The locals [ ] to setting up a chemical factory in the neighborhood. They were worried that it would cause pollution.


24. The first comprehensive system for nationwide _____ was instituted by France for the Napoleonic wars that followed the French Revolution.


25. Adam: How are you today? Jack: Fine. And you?Adam: Not too good. My grandfather is very sick in the hospital. Jack: [ ]


26. “Julia has a real knack for numbers, doesn’t she?”


27. Crowds of people lined up day and night to get on the roller-coaster ride, regardless [ ] the heavy rain.


28. A good actor tries not to _____ his body movements on the stage, so that his performance may not be unnatural.


29. Customer: Do you take credit card?Cashier: Sorry, cash only.Customer: [ ]Cashier: Yes, there is an ATM right around the corner.


30. All teenagers under the age of 16 must have the consent of their parents to drive a car.


31. I beg your pardon?


32. Due to keen competition, Tom’s application for a teaching position was [ ] by the screening committee.


33. Earthquakes frequently hit the island, [ ].


34. Greenpeace, which aims to protect the environment, is an international [institution].


35. One of our great [ ] is how we need to talk more freely and openly about sex.


複選題規則:
  1. 所有選項均答對,得該題全部分數
  2. 答錯一個選項,得題分的3/5
  3. 答錯兩個選項,得題分的1/5
  4. 答錯超過兩個選項或沒作答,該題以0分計算

1. I didn’t mean to interrupt you. Please ________.


2. Mother Teresa has long been ________ a living evidence of love and tenderness.


3. It is a good idea ________ as you would like to be treated.


4. When the president retires, his son will ________ the company.


5. ________ in his room, he didn’t know what happened outside.


6. Can you ________ why he has such strange behavior?


7. To tell you the truth, in my opinion, Sally is ________ Mary.


8. 請選出翻譯正確的句子:一看到大樓起火,路人趕緊打電話給消防隊。


9. ________ that, I haven’t decided yet.


10. 請選出翻譯正確的句子:直到這意外,我才了解到父母多麼愛我。