110 年 國立暨南國際大學諮商心理與人力資源發展學系輔導與諮商碩士班《英文》

In April 2018, I spoke with Bill Gates about two near_(1)-that the world
would eventually face a serious(2)_ and that it was not prepared for one.
Even then, Gates acknowledged that this was the rare (3)_ that punctured
his trademark optimism about global progress. "My general_(4)_ is: Hey,
we're making great progress and we just-need-to (5)_ it," he told me.
"Here, I'm bringing more of: Hey, you you thought thought this this was bad? [You should]
really feel bad."

1. A) certainties B) flexibilities C) accountabilities D) punctualities

In April 2018, I spoke with Bill Gates about two near_(1)-that the world
would eventually face a serious(2)_ and that it was not prepared for one.
Even then, Gates acknowledged that this was the rare (3)_ that punctured
his trademark optimism about global progress. "My general_(4)_ is: Hey,
we're making great progress and we just-need-to (5)_ it," he told me.
"Here, I'm bringing more of: Hey, you you thought thought this this was bad? [You should]
really feel bad."

2. A) pedestrian B) pediatrician C) pandemic D) pessimist

In April 2018, I spoke with Bill Gates about two near_(1)-that the world
would eventually face a serious(2)_ and that it was not prepared for one.
Even then, Gates acknowledged that this was the rare (3)_ that punctured
his trademark optimism about global progress. "My general_(4)_ is: Hey,
we're making great progress and we just-need-to (5)_ it," he told me.
"Here, I'm bringing more of: Hey, you you thought thought this this was bad? [You should]
really feel bad."

3. A) placebo B) curio C) halo D) scenario

In April 2018, I spoke with Bill Gates about two near_(1)-that the world
would eventually face a serious(2)_ and that it was not prepared for one.
Even then, Gates acknowledged that this was the rare (3)_ that punctured
his trademark optimism about global progress. "My general_(4)_ is: Hey,
we're making great progress and we just-need-to (5)_ it," he told me.
"Here, I'm bringing more of: Hey, you you thought thought this this was bad? [You should]
really feel bad."

4. A) narcissism B) naturalism C) narrative D) nationalistic

In April 2018, I spoke with Bill Gates about two near_(1)-that the world
would eventually face a serious(2)_ and that it was not prepared for one.
Even then, Gates acknowledged that this was the rare (3)_ that punctured
his trademark optimism about global progress. "My general_(4)_ is: Hey,
we're making great progress and we just-need-to (5)_ it," he told me.
"Here, I'm bringing more of: Hey, you you thought thought this this was bad? [You should]
really feel bad."

5. A) accelerate B) terminate C) cater D) personify

Two years after that conversation, COVID-19 hasș┐(6)_ at least 31 million
people around the world. The confirmed death toll 1 is is (7) 1 million. Both
numbers are likely (8). The annual "Goalkeepers Report" from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, which is usually a hopeful account of an
improving world, is instead a litany of loss. The global economy will(9)_
by at least $12 trillion by the end of 2021. About 37 million people have
already been pushed into extreme poverty. Twenty-five years of progress
in vaccine_(10)_ have disappeared in 25 weeks.
(excerpted from an article by Ed Yong)

6. A) infused B) infected C) inflamed D) informed

Two years after that conversation, COVID-19 hasș┐(6)_ at least 31 million
people around the world. The confirmed death toll 1 is is (7) 1 million. Both
numbers are likely (8). The annual "Goalkeepers Report" from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, which is usually a hopeful account of an
improving world, is instead a litany of loss. The global economy will(9)_
by at least $12 trillion by the end of 2021. About 37 million people have
already been pushed into extreme poverty. Twenty-five years of progress
in vaccine_(10)_ have disappeared in 25 weeks.
(excerpted from an article by Ed Yong)

7. A) bettering B) booking C) naming D nearing

Two years after that conversation, COVID-19 hasș┐(6)_ at least 31 million
people around the world. The confirmed death toll 1 is is (7) 1 million. Both
numbers are likely (8). The annual "Goalkeepers Report" from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, which is usually a hopeful account of an
improving world, is instead a litany of loss. The global economy will(9)_
by at least $12 trillion by the end of 2021. About 37 million people have
already been pushed into extreme poverty. Twenty-five years of progress
in vaccine_(10)_ have disappeared in 25 weeks.
(excerpted from an article by Ed Yong)

8. A) understandings B) underworlds C) underestimates D) underpaths

Two years after that conversation, COVID-19 hasș┐(6)_ at least 31 million
people around the world. The confirmed death toll 1 is is (7) 1 million. Both
numbers are likely (8). The annual "Goalkeepers Report" from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, which is usually a hopeful account of an
improving world, is instead a litany of loss. The global economy will(9)_
by at least $12 trillion by the end of 2021. About 37 million people have
already been pushed into extreme poverty. Twenty-five years of progress
in vaccine_(10)_ have disappeared in 25 weeks.
(excerpted from an article by Ed Yong)

9. A) decline B) delineate C) develop D) demand

Two years after that conversation, COVID-19 hasș┐(6)_ at least 31 million
people around the world. The confirmed death toll 1 is is (7) 1 million. Both
numbers are likely (8). The annual "Goalkeepers Report" from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, which is usually a hopeful account of an
improving world, is instead a litany of loss. The global economy will(9)_
by at least $12 trillion by the end of 2021. About 37 million people have
already been pushed into extreme poverty. Twenty-five years of progress
in vaccine_(10)_ have disappeared in 25 weeks.
(excerpted from an article by Ed Yong)

10. A) coding B) coverage C) conversion D) convention

Multitasking is (18). As anyone with children knows, multitasking is
how digital natives live their hyper-connected lives. And the same is
increasingly true at work. (19), we sat in an office all day then went home
to enjoy our(20). But today, work and leisure are (21) connected. So
that(22)_ tweet or Facebook update-from-the office doesn't mean you
aren't working. It just means that some of your brain might be temporarily
focused on something else. But that temporary focus describes the (23)
of 21st century work. It's how we all even the most efficient among us
(24) in the networked age. As Jane McGonigal notes in her best-seller
"Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World", multitasking actually makes us more creative by
(25) our playfulness.
(excerpted from an article by Andrew Keen)

18. A) befriended B) beneficial C) believable D) becoming

Multitasking is (18). As anyone with children knows, multitasking is
how digital natives live their hyper-connected lives. And the same is
increasingly true at work. (19), we sat in an office all day then went home
to enjoy our(20). But today, work and leisure are (21) connected. So
that(22)_ tweet or Facebook update-from-the office doesn't mean you
aren't working. It just means that some of your brain might be temporarily
focused on something else. But that temporary focus describes the (23)
of 21st century work. It's how we all even the most efficient among us
(24) in the networked age. As Jane McGonigal notes in her best-seller
"Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World", multitasking actually makes us more creative by
(25) our playfulness.
(excerpted from an article by Andrew Keen)

19. A) Once upon a time B) All in all C) Once for all D) To wit

Multitasking is (18). As anyone with children knows, multitasking is
how digital natives live their hyper-connected lives. And the same is
increasingly true at work. (19), we sat in an office all day then went home
to enjoy our(20). But today, work and leisure are (21) connected. So
that(22)_ tweet or Facebook update-from-the office doesn't mean you
aren't working. It just means that some of your brain might be temporarily
focused on something else. But that temporary focus describes the (23)
of 21st century work. It's how we all even the most efficient among us
(24) in the networked age. As Jane McGonigal notes in her best-seller
"Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World", multitasking actually makes us more creative by
(25) our playfulness.
(excerpted from an article by Andrew Keen)

20. A) lecture B) literature C) leisure D) laser

Multitasking is (18). As anyone with children knows, multitasking is
how digital natives live their hyper-connected lives. And the same is
increasingly true at work. (19), we sat in an office all day then went home
to enjoy our(20). But today, work and leisure are (21) connected. So
that(22)_ tweet or Facebook update-from-the office doesn't mean you
aren't working. It just means that some of your brain might be temporarily
focused on something else. But that temporary focus describes the (23)
of 21st century work. It's how we all even the most efficient among us
(24) in the networked age. As Jane McGonigal notes in her best-seller
"Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World", multitasking actually makes us more creative by
(25) our playfulness.
(excerpted from an article by Andrew Keen)

21. A) impossibly B) immeasurably C) illegally D) inextricably

Multitasking is (18). As anyone with children knows, multitasking is
how digital natives live their hyper-connected lives. And the same is
increasingly true at work. (19), we sat in an office all day then went home
to enjoy our(20). But today, work and leisure are (21) connected. So
that(22)_ tweet or Facebook update-from-the office doesn't mean you
aren't working. It just means that some of your brain might be temporarily
focused on something else. But that temporary focus describes the (23)
of 21st century work. It's how we all even the most efficient among us
(24) in the networked age. As Jane McGonigal notes in her best-seller
"Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World", multitasking actually makes us more creative by
(25) our playfulness.
(excerpted from an article by Andrew Keen)

22. A) occasional B) acceptable C) erasable D) invincible

Multitasking is (18). As anyone with children knows, multitasking is
how digital natives live their hyper-connected lives. And the same is
increasingly true at work. (19), we sat in an office all day then went home
to enjoy our(20). But today, work and leisure are (21) connected. So
that(22)_ tweet or Facebook update-from-the office doesn't mean you
aren't working. It just means that some of your brain might be temporarily
focused on something else. But that temporary focus describes the (23)
of 21st century work. It's how we all even the most efficient among us
(24) in the networked age. As Jane McGonigal notes in her best-seller
"Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World", multitasking actually makes us more creative by
(25) our playfulness.
(excerpted from an article by Andrew Keen)

23. A) closure B) catcher C) temperature D) nature

Multitasking is (18). As anyone with children knows, multitasking is
how digital natives live their hyper-connected lives. And the same is
increasingly true at work. (19), we sat in an office all day then went home
to enjoy our(20). But today, work and leisure are (21) connected. So
that(22)_ tweet or Facebook update-from-the office doesn't mean you
aren't working. It just means that some of your brain might be temporarily
focused on something else. But that temporary focus describes the (23)
of 21st century work. It's how we all even the most efficient among us
(24) in the networked age. As Jane McGonigal notes in her best-seller
"Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World", multitasking actually makes us more creative by
(25) our playfulness.
(excerpted from an article by Andrew Keen)

24. A) opt B) observe C) operate D) become

Multitasking is (18). As anyone with children knows, multitasking is
how digital natives live their hyper-connected lives. And the same is
increasingly true at work. (19), we sat in an office all day then went home
to enjoy our(20). But today, work and leisure are (21) connected. So
that(22)_ tweet or Facebook update-from-the office doesn't mean you
aren't working. It just means that some of your brain might be temporarily
focused on something else. But that temporary focus describes the (23)
of 21st century work. It's how we all even the most efficient among us
(24) in the networked age. As Jane McGonigal notes in her best-seller
"Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
Change the World", multitasking actually makes us more creative by
(25) our playfulness.
(excerpted from an article by Andrew Keen)

25. A) befriended B) beneficial C) believable D) becoming

II. Grammar. Choose the best answers to complete the passage. (22%;
2% each)
(26) by the French writer Maurice Leblanc in 1905, Arsène Lupin is an
elite member of the gang of delightful rogues (27) as gentleman thieves.
Like Thomas Crown, Danny Ocean, Simon Templar and (to include a
gentlewoman) Selina Kyle, Lupin is elegant and efficient. He prefers
disguise and persuasion to (28) and is so (29) that his victims almost
thank him for the honor of (30).
26. A) Create B) Creating C) Created D) Creative

II. Grammar. Choose the best answers to complete the passage. (22%;
2% each)
(26) by the French writer Maurice Leblanc in 1905, Arsène Lupin is an
elite member of the gang of delightful rogues (27) as gentleman thieves.
Like Thomas Crown, Danny Ocean, Simon Templar and (to include a
gentlewoman) Selina Kyle, Lupin is elegant and efficient. He prefers
disguise and persuasion to (28) and is so (29) that his victims almost
thank him for the honor of (30).
27. A) know B) knowing C) known D) knows

II. Grammar. Choose the best answers to complete the passage. (22%;
2% each)
(26) by the French writer Maurice Leblanc in 1905, Arsène Lupin is an
elite member of the gang of delightful rogues (27) as gentleman thieves.
Like Thomas Crown, Danny Ocean, Simon Templar and (to include a
gentlewoman) Selina Kyle, Lupin is elegant and efficient. He prefers
disguise and persuasion to (28) and is so (29) that his victims almost
thank him for the honor of (30).
28. A) violence B) violent C) violate D) violently

II. Grammar. Choose the best answers to complete the passage. (22%;
2% each)
(26) by the French writer Maurice Leblanc in 1905, Arsène Lupin is an
elite member of the gang of delightful rogues (27) as gentleman thieves.
Like Thomas Crown, Danny Ocean, Simon Templar and (to include a
gentlewoman) Selina Kyle, Lupin is elegant and efficient. He prefers
disguise and persuasion to (28) and is so (29) that his victims almost
thank him for the honor of (30).
29. A) dash B) dashed C) dashing D) dashes

II. Grammar. Choose the best answers to complete the passage. (22%;
2% each)
(26) by the French writer Maurice Leblanc in 1905, Arsène Lupin is an
elite member of the gang of delightful rogues (27) as gentleman thieves.
Like Thomas Crown, Danny Ocean, Simon Templar and (to include a
gentlewoman) Selina Kyle, Lupin is elegant and efficient. He prefers
disguise and persuasion to (28) and is so (29) that his victims almost
thank him for the honor of (30).
30. A) robbed B) being robbed C) robbing D) being robbing

The hero of many short stories and novels, Lupin (31) as the French
answer to a certain British detective; Leblanc even cheekily wrote
unauthorized crossover stories starringone Herlock Sholmès. France alone
has produced several TV adaptations and movies about the thief. An entire
generation can still sing the theme song from the series_(32)_ in 1971-74.
A splashy 2004 film (33) Romain Duris.
(excerpted from an article by Elisabeth Vincentelli)

31. A) first saw B) sees first C) has first seen D) was first seen

The hero of many short stories and novels, Lupin (31) as the French
answer to a certain British detective; Leblanc even cheekily wrote
unauthorized crossover stories starringone Herlock Sholmès. France alone
has produced several TV adaptations and movies about the thief. An entire
generation can still sing the theme song from the series_(32)_ in 1971-74.
A splashy 2004 film (33) Romain Duris.
(excerpted from an article by Elisabeth Vincentelli)

32. A) who ran B) that ran C) who was run D) that was run

The hero of many short stories and novels, Lupin (31) as the French
answer to a certain British detective; Leblanc even cheekily wrote
unauthorized crossover stories starringone Herlock Sholmès. France alone
has produced several TV adaptations and movies about the thief. An entire
generation can still sing the theme song from the series_(32)_ in 1971-74.
A splashy 2004 film (33) Romain Duris.
(excerpted from an article by Elisabeth Vincentelli)

33. A) starred B) stars C) starring D) star

Lupin is also a popular character in Japan, where in the 1960s the manga
artist Kazuhiko Kato, (34) his pen-name, Monkey Punch, invented a
grandson named Lupin III. That Lupin became the subject of several anime
adaptations, (35) Hayao Miyazaki's feature debut, "Lupin III: The Castle
of Cagliostro," and the recent 3-D (36) "Lupin III: The First."
(excerpted from an article by Elisabeth Vincentelli)

34. A) know as B) known as C) known by D) knows by

35. A) included B) inclusive C) includes D) including

36. A) release B) releasing C) released D) releases

37. Based on the passage, air-traffic controllers
    A) live longer than English professors
    B) often need to think and react fast
    C) can easily outsmart most people
    D) die at the age of fifty-six on average

38. According to the passage, older chess players may compete at a
    disadvantage because
    A) physically, they move more slowly
    B) mentally, they perceive things differently
    C) cognitively, they process information less quickly
    D) psychologically, they are more likely to be perceived as threat

39. When playing Anomia,
    A) speed is the key to winning
    B) memory is the key to winning
    C) the author has an advantage because she thinks faster
    D) her daughter is better at the game because she watches more TV

40. In the sentence, "a second's lag in my response speed cooks my goose
    every game," the phrase cooks my goose means
    A) enrages me to kill my goose
    B) propels me to enjoy my game
    C) reminds me to appreciate my game
    D) prevents me from winning

41. This passage is an excerpt from Margaret Talbot's review of Tom
    Vanderbilt's book. Judging from the passage, which of the following
    is most likely to be the title of the book
    A) A Gentleman in Moscow
    B) Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your
    Own Person
    C) Beginners: The Joy and transformative Power of Lifelong
    Learning
    D) Chess Openings: Ho to Win Almost Every Game in the First 5
    Moves with Aggressive strategies & Secrets Traps Used by
    Pros(Even If You Are a Complete Beginner)

42. The first paragraph is mainly about
    A) the history of the temple
    B) the appearance of the artist
    C) the building material of the temple
    D) a painting of a deity

43. Mural is
    A) a kind of color
    B) a type of architecture
    C) a painting executed directly on a wall
    D) a kind of wall paint

44. In Paragraph 2, the word "endeavors" can be best replaced by..
    A) originality
    B) effort
    C) input
    D) investment

45. In Paragraph 2, the sentence, the mural soon began turning heads
    across the country" means the mural
    A) began to turn people away
    B) was displayed in different temples all over Taiwan
    C) started to attract a lot of attention
    D) could move

46. Which of the following is true about the mural in discussion?
    A) It was a project to bring new and more vigorous life to a community.
    B) It was meant to restore faith of the people in the community.
    C) Joseph Hsu prosed to a committee to restore it.
    D) It took Hsu two years to complete it.

47. Where in paragraph 3 is the best place to insert the phrase: "due to the
    poison he ingested from the plague god"?
    A, B, C, or D

48. Which of the following is NOT what does Joseph Hsu hopes the mural
    to achieve?
    A) To get people to be more involved in religious activities.
    B) To tell the story of the portrayed deity.
    C) To educate people about the history of the temple.
    D) To help people better understand the port city.

49. In Paragraph 4, the word "attributes' can be replaced by
    A) continues
    B) originates
    C) credits
    D) supplies

50. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
    A) Depicting Devine
    B) Soul Searching
    C) Mobile Mural
    D) Rural Revival