113 年 國立臺南大學碩士班共同科目《英文》

Recently, the cost of ____ has risen sharply in large cities.
(A) institutions
(B) certification
(C) requisition
(D) accommodation

After our opponents scored two goals, our team understood defeat was ____.
(A) inevitable
(B) unenlightened
(C) dubious
(D) preferred

A challenging natural environment created great hardships for the early ____.
(A) volunteers
(B) respondents
(C) victims
(D) pioneers

The president looked ____ as she approached the podium to report on the typhoon's destructive impact.
(A) gratuitous
(B) garrulous
(C) grave
(D) half-hearted

Because of their record of poor service, we decided to ____ our contract with the cleaning company.
(A) dispel
(B) negotiate
(C) terminate
(D) reconnoiter

The two political parties sought ____ on key economic issues facing the nation.
(A) continuity
(B) alignment
(C) consortium
(D) despair

Professor Chen ____ towards the image displayed on the screen at the front of the classroom.
(A) calculated
(B) gestured
(C) solicited
(D) differentiated

Contributions of food from aid organizations were ____ for the famine victims' survival.
(A) designated
(B) indistinct
(C) decisive
(D) contributory

Plans to renovate the house, abandoned years earlier, were ____ after we came into an unexpected sum of money.
(A) resurrected
(B) ambiguous
(C) degraded
(D) regenerated

The disgraced secretary was forced to ____ once the scandal reached the press.
(A) deliberate
(B) prevaricate
(C) reconcile
(D) resign

A small statue was placed in a ____ at a turn in the stairs.
(A) containment
(B) alcove
(C) niche
(D) drapery

The popular mayor won an ____ fourth term in office.
(A) unprecedented
(B) deliberate
(C) calculating
(D) genuine

A new system of surveillance cameras was installed at the ____ of the property.
(A) groundwork
(B) outset
(C) lineation
(D) perimeter

His one ____ was an occasional cigar.
(A) vindication
(B) vice
(C) vexation
(D) vicariousness

The mourners gathered at the ____ to pay their last respects.
(A) cemetery
(B) hippodrome
(C) barracks
(D) auditorium

Our neighbor's dogs usually remain calm unless they are ____.
(A) gratified
(B) underestimated
(C) chastised
(D) provoked

Doctors typically press their patients to ____ their diets as a method of lowering their cholesterol levels.
(A) amplify
(B) moderate
(C) enjoin
(D) fluctuate

Several ____ plants are under threat from invasive species.
(A) pronounced
(B) indigenous
(C) promising
(D) uncompromising

Funds were ____ to implement improvements to roads in mountainous areas.
(A) allocated
(B) adjourned
(C) exercised
(D) promulgated

The government offered tax ____ to young couples to produce more children.
(A) reforms
(B) regulations
(C) incentives
(D) injunctions

Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories 21 on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior ____ they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through ____ with others.
(A) acting
(B) relying
(C) centering
(D) commenting

Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories 21 on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior ____ they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through ____ with others.
(A) before
(B) unless
(C) until
(D) because

Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories 21 on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior ____ they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through ____ with others.
(A) interaction
(B) assimilation
(C) cooperation
(D) consultation

Theories focusing on the role of society suggest that children commit crimes in ____ to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status, ____ as a rejection of middle-class values.
(A) return
(B) reply
(C) reference
(D) response

Theories focusing on the role of society suggest that children commit crimes in ____ to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status, ____ as a rejection of middle-class values.
(A) or
(B) but rather
(C) but
(D) or else

Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, ____ the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latter may commit crimes ____, however, are tentative and are ____ to criticism.
(A) considering
(B) ignoring
(C) highlighting
(D) discarding

Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, ____ the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latter may commit crimes ____, however, are tentative and are ____ to criticism.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) for
(D) with

Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, ____ the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latter may commit crimes ____, however, are tentative and are ____ to criticism.
(A) immune
(B) resistant
(C) sensitive
(D) subject

Changes in the social structure may indirectly ____ juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that ____ to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment ____ make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain.
(A) affect
(B) reduce
(C) check
(D) reflect

Changes in the social structure may indirectly ____ juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that ____ to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment ____ make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain.
(A) point
(B) lead
(C) come
(D) amount

Changes in the social structure may indirectly ____ juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that ____ to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment ____ make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain.
(A) in general
(B) on average
(C) by contrast
(D) at length

The resulting discontent may in ____ lead more youths into criminal behavior.
(A) case
(B) short
(C) turn
(D) essence

Families have also ____ changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; ____ children are likely to have less supervision at home ____ was common in the traditional family.
(A) survived
(B) noticed
(C) undertaken
(D) experienced

Families have also ____ changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; ____ children are likely to have less supervision at home ____ was common in the traditional family.
(A) contrarily
(B) consequently
(C) similarly
(D) simultaneously

Families have also ____ changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; ____ children are likely to have less supervision at home ____ was common in the traditional family.
(A) than
(B) that
(C) which
(D) as

This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other ____ of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased ____ and alcohol, and the growing ____ of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, ____ a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.
(A) system
(B) structure
(C) concept
(D) heritage

This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other ____ of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased ____ and alcohol, and the growing ____ of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, ____ a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.
(A) assessable
(B) identifiable
(C) negligible
(D) incredible

This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other ____ of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased ____ and alcohol, and the growing ____ of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, ____ a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.
(A) incidence
(B) awareness
(C) exposure
(D) popularity

The resulting discontent may in ____ lead more youths into criminal behavior.
(A) provided
(B) since
(C) although
(D) supposing

The foundations of modern European artistic culture start at the turn of the thirteenth century with the first tentative expressions of a new language whose premise was imitation through the rational eye. With the disappearance of the flat, rigid images of the early Middle Ages came the emergence of a new pictorial art developed from the fist experiments in perspective of the Renaissance. This development led to the ‘Classicism' of the sixteenth century and an art of more or less classical inspiration that endured until it entered into an irreversible crisis at the beginning of our own epoch. The fourteenth century is therefore one of several natural starting points for a study of European art history. In particular, we refer to the revolutionary Florentine artist, Giotto, the earliest true interpreter of the Renaissance spirit who turned his back on medieval tradition by reviving the ancient notion of a man-centered universe.
Sproccati, Sandor, editor. A Guide to Art. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
41. The phrase “at the turn of” in sentence 1 refers to
(A) a recurring situation
(B) a late development
(C) a sense of progress
(D) a moment in time

The foundations of modern European artistic culture start at the turn of the thirteenth century with the first tentative expressions of a new language whose premise was imitation through the rational eye. With the disappearance of the flat, rigid images of the early Middle Ages came the emergence of a new pictorial art developed from the fist experiments in perspective of the Renaissance. This development led to the ‘Classicism' of the sixteenth century and an art of more or less classical inspiration that endured until it entered into an irreversible crisis at the beginning of our own epoch. The fourteenth century is therefore one of several natural starting points for a study of European art history. In particular, we refer to the revolutionary Florentine artist, Giotto, the earliest true interpreter of the Renaissance spirit who turned his back on medieval tradition by reviving the ancient notion of a man-centered universe.
Sproccati, Sandor, editor. A Guide to Art. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
42. The phrase "rational eye” in sentence 1 is best replaced by
(A) secular understanding
(B) faulty vision
(C) passionate enthusiasm
(D) haughty disdain

The foundations of modern European artistic culture start at the turn of the thirteenth century with the first tentative expressions of a new language whose premise was imitation through the rational eye. With the disappearance of the flat, rigid images of the early Middle Ages came the emergence of a new pictorial art developed from the fist experiments in perspective of the Renaissance. This development led to the ‘Classicism' of the sixteenth century and an art of more or less classical inspiration that endured until it entered into an irreversible crisis at the beginning of our own epoch. The fourteenth century is therefore one of several natural starting points for a study of European art history. In particular, we refer to the revolutionary Florentine artist, Giotto, the earliest true interpreter of the Renaissance spirit who turned his back on medieval tradition by reviving the ancient notion of a man-centered universe.
Sproccati, Sandor, editor. A Guide to Art. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
43. The word “perspective” in sentence 2 means
(A) a type of thought
(B) a social model
(C) a method of representation
(D) a loss of faith

The foundations of modern European artistic culture start at the turn of the thirteenth century with the first tentative expressions of a new language whose premise was imitation through the rational eye. With the disappearance of the flat, rigid images of the early Middle Ages came the emergence of a new pictorial art developed from the fist experiments in perspective of the Renaissance. This development led to the ‘Classicism' of the sixteenth century and an art of more or less classical inspiration that endured until it entered into an irreversible crisis at the beginning of our own epoch. The fourteenth century is therefore one of several natural starting points for a study of European art history. In particular, we refer to the revolutionary Florentine artist, Giotto, the earliest true interpreter of the Renaissance spirit who turned his back on medieval tradition by reviving the ancient notion of a man-centered universe.
Sproccati, Sandor, editor. A Guide to Art. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
44. The phrase "turned his back on” in sentence 5 suggests
(A) revolutionized
(B) rejuvenated
(C) interrogated
(D) rejected

The foundations of modern European artistic culture start at the turn of the thirteenth century with the first tentative expressions of a new language whose premise was imitation through the rational eye. With the disappearance of the flat, rigid images of the early Middle Ages came the emergence of a new pictorial art developed from the fist experiments in perspective of the Renaissance. This development led to the ‘Classicism' of the sixteenth century and an art of more or less classical inspiration that endured until it entered into an irreversible crisis at the beginning of our own epoch. The fourteenth century is therefore one of several natural starting points for a study of European art history. In particular, we refer to the revolutionary Florentine artist, Giotto, the earliest true interpreter of the Renaissance spirit who turned his back on medieval tradition by reviving the ancient notion of a man-centered universe.
Sproccati, Sandor, editor. A Guide to Art. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
45. The best title for this paragraph would be
(A) "The Secular Transformation of European Art”
(B) "The Medieval Worldview"
(C) "Giotto's Vision"
(D) “Instability in Painting"

While teens and young adults have absorbed digital tools into their daily lives like no other age group, while they have grown up with more knowledge and information readily at hand, taken more classes, built their own Web sites, enjoyed more libraries, bookstores, and museums in their towns and cities in sum, while the world has provided them extraordinary chances to gain knowledge and improve their reading/writing skills, not to mention offering financial incentives to do so, young Americans today are no more learned or skillful than their predecessors, nor more knowledgeable, fluent, up-to-date, or inquisitive, except in the materials of youth culture. They don't know any more history or civics, economics or science, literature or current events. They read less on their own, both books and newspapers, and you would have to canvass a lot of college English instructors and employer before you found one who said that they compose better paragraphs. In fact, their technology skills fall well short of the common claim, too, especially when they must apply them to research and workplace tasks.
Bauerlein, Mark. The Dumbest Generation. Penguin, 2009.
46. The word "absorbed” in sentence 1 is closest in meaning to
(A) shown interest in
(B) integrated
(C) conceded
(D) learned

While teens and young adults have absorbed digital tools into their daily lives like no other age group, while they have grown up with more knowledge and information readily at hand, taken more classes, built their own Web sites, enjoyed more libraries, bookstores, and museums in their towns and cities in sum, while the world has provided them extraordinary chances to gain knowledge and improve their reading/writing skills, not to mention offering financial incentives to do so, young Americans today are no more learned or skillful than their predecessors, nor more knowledgeable, fluent, up-to-date, or inquisitive, except in the materials of youth culture. They don't know any more history or civics, economics or science, literature or current events. They read less on their own, both books and newspapers, and you would have to canvass a lot of college English instructors and employer before you found one who said that they compose better paragraphs. In fact, their technology skills fall well short of the common claim, too, especially when they must apply them to research and workplace tasks.
Bauerlein, Mark. The Dumbest Generation. Penguin, 2009.
47. The phrase “in sum” in sentence 1 generally means
(A) additionally
(B) for example
(C) in short
(D) therefore

While teens and young adults have absorbed digital tools into their daily lives like no other age group, while they have grown up with more knowledge and information readily at hand, taken more classes, built their own Web sites, enjoyed more libraries, bookstores, and museums in their towns and cities in sum, while the world has provided them extraordinary chances to gain knowledge and improve their reading/writing skills, not to mention offering financial incentives to do so, young Americans today are no more learned or skillful than their predecessors, nor more knowledgeable, fluent, up-to-date, or inquisitive, except in the materials of youth culture. They don't know any more history or civics, economics or science, literature or current events. They read less on their own, both books and newspapers, and you would have to canvass a lot of college English instructors and employer before you found one who said that they compose better paragraphs. In fact, their technology skills fall well short of the common claim, too, especially when they must apply them to research and workplace tasks.
Bauerlein, Mark. The Dumbest Generation. Penguin, 2009.
48. The word “canvass” in sentence 3 could be replaced by
(A) invoke
(B) interest
(C) instantiate
(D) interview

While teens and young adults have absorbed digital tools into their daily lives like no other age group, while they have grown up with more knowledge and information readily at hand, taken more classes, built their own Web sites, enjoyed more libraries, bookstores, and museums in their towns and cities in sum, while the world has provided them extraordinary chances to gain knowledge and improve their reading/writing skills, not to mention offering financial incentives to do so, young Americans today are no more learned or skillful than their predecessors, nor more knowledgeable, fluent, up-to-date, or inquisitive, except in the materials of youth culture. They don't know any more history or civics, economics or science, literature or current events. They read less on their own, both books and newspapers, and you would have to canvass a lot of college English instructors and employer before you found one who said that they compose better paragraphs. In fact, their technology skills fall well short of the common claim, too, especially when they must apply them to research and workplace tasks.
Bauerlein, Mark. The Dumbest Generation. Penguin, 2009.
49. Bauerlein's general purpose in the passage is
(A) to criticize
(B) to inform
(C) to entertain
(D) to persuade

While teens and young adults have absorbed digital tools into their daily lives like no other age group, while they have grown up with more knowledge and information readily at hand, taken more classes, built their own Web sites, enjoyed more libraries, bookstores, and museums in their towns and cities in sum, while the world has provided them extraordinary chances to gain knowledge and improve their reading/writing skills, not to mention offering financial incentives to do so, young Americans today are no more learned or skillful than their predecessors, nor more knowledgeable, fluent, up-to-date, or inquisitive, except in the materials of youth culture. They don't know any more history or civics, economics or science, literature or current events. They read less on their own, both books and newspapers, and you would have to canvass a lot of college English instructors and employer before you found one who said that they compose better paragraphs. In fact, their technology skills fall well short of the common claim, too, especially when they must apply them to research and workplace tasks.
Bauerlein, Mark. The Dumbest Generation. Penguin, 2009.
50. Bauerlein's tone in the passage is best described as
(A) ingratiating
(B) derisive
(C) determined
(D) risible