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課程名稱︰大一英文
課程性質︰共同必修
課程教師︰高維泓
開課學院：文學院
開課系所︰
考試日期（年月日）︰2007.11.13
考試時限（分鐘）：一小時
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試題 :
A )Vocabulary(30%):please choose the English definition closest to the
bold-typed as follows.
1)trepidation 2)itinerary 3)embellish 4)rainmaker 5)eradicate
6)embrace 7)bungle 8)wherewithal 9)evolve 10)percolate
a)the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind.
b)a plan or lists of the places you will visit on the journey.
c)to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
d)to perform or work clumsily or inadequately.
e)the most important person in a group or undertaking.
f)that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need.
g)to come forth gradually into being; develop; undergo; evolution.
h)to make a story or statement more interesting by adding details that are
not true.
i)to blacken or sully; to defame.
j)executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his campany or
firm.
k)stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition.
l)to cause to rebound.
m)tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
n)to adopt gladly; take up.
o)destroy completely, as if down to the roots.
B ) Synonym(15%): please find one which is NOT the synonym of the bold-typed
word.
1) glance: a)gaze b)glimpse c)skim d)blaze e)browse
2) corroborate: a)verify b)confine c)substantiate d)tsetify e)confirm
3) lethal: a)destine b)disastrous c)fatal d)destructive e)detrimental
4) marginally: a)scarcely b)imperceptibly c)hardly d)barely e)scornfully
5) sultry: a)torrid b)tropical c)trio d)sweltering e)summery
C ) Antonym(15%): please find one which is NOT the antonym of the bold-typed
word.
1)rabid: a)zealous b)calm c)happy d)controlled e)self-possessed
2)intense: a)unenthusiastic b)unexcited c)excessive d)idle e)slow
3)celibrated: a)unimportant b)unremarkable c)undistinguished d)unknown
e)unanimous
4)toil: a)fun b)entertainment c)pastime d)chore e)relaxation
5)disapproving: a)censuring b)accepting c)approving d)complimentary
D ) Comprehension Questioms(40%): please choose one closest to its meaning
in the context of the original article.
1)Such slights may not mean much individually, but added up they can lead─
at least in terms of employee retention─to death by a thousand paper cuts
a)Environmentally speaking, employees will be happy to save more trees for
recycling used papers.
b)Small misbehaviors may cause employees to resign in a large number.
c)The misbehavior problems in office are just individual cases.
d)New employees and employers will always be the fresh force of a campany.
2)Teaching execs to be on the lookout for microinequities─a term that has
bounced around academia since a professor at M.I.T. coined it in1973─is
a cheap way to hold on to hard-won recruits.
a)It is wise to use different microinequities to keep new recruits.
b)M.I.T. is not happy about the coined world.
c)It is not decent to ask execs watch their microinqueities.
d)Recruits may be put off by microinquities.
3)Finally, modern composite materials and computers will improve on the
ungainly weight and clanking brain of the older ships.
a)The updated computing system will help the effectiveness of the operation
b)Modern devices will reduce the weight but incur dangers.
c)New ships will weigh more and be more stable, unlike the clanking order
ships.
d)New ships will weight less and fly higher.
4)Those bold goal─which NASA estimates it could achieve by 2018 and 2030,
respectively─would at least free the U.S. of the 25-year drudgery of the
shuttle program.
a)The U.S.would have another 25-year hardship, if NASA insisted carring
out the program.
b)NASA would not like to achieve the goal by 2018 and 2030 for any good
purpose.
c)People do not want the space program to develop too fast.
d)The bold goals will likely fulfill the 25-year dream of the U.S. in
space exploration.
5)His work expresses wonder and joy in what is unfamiliar. Races are
differentiated but not denigrated, and the customs of different cultures
are met with enthusiatic curiosity, not the conformism and prejudice
prevalent in Europe at the time.
a)His work encourages a denigrated view of the world, which was popular
at the time.
b)Most of the Europeans were open-mided about the Asian world.
c)The book made people interested in what's unfamiliar in Asia.
d)The author is racist.
6)But unlike later examples of Orientalism,《Travels》puts a very positive
gloss on Asia. In medieval times Europe was plagued by inept and corrupt
leaders, Christian fundamentalism, misguided Crusades, and the Black Death
a)Orientalism does not present a refreshing image of Asia.
b)At the time《Travels》was published, Europe was florescent in Christian
fundamentalism.
c)People criticize political leaders after reading《Travels》
d)There was no Black Death in Asia.
7)As is turned out, the agency lost our rent-a-car reservation, delaying our
trip to ruins by half a day, and our drive to Palenque landed us in the
middle of a major bicycle race. But those were the least of our problems.
a)They did not have any other problem, except for those mentioned here.
b)They have more serious problems after these.
c)Other problems may not occur, if the agency did not lose their reservation
d)Landing in a major bicycle race was a real problem.
8)We slipped out of our room to the pool and waded in, the odor of Jasmine
redolent on the sultry air. I paddled around my husband; we kissed and more.
It was a blissful experience until an uncanny sensation prickled my skin
despite the body-temperature pool water.
a)"The body-temperature pool water" made her feel awkward.
b)They waded into the pool with tiredness.
c)The swimming pool smells nice when they waded in.
d)They had a wonderful time in the swimming pool.
9)The gardens were run-down perfectly harmless and ordinary in the morning
sun. And the pool? By day, the pool was an unreal, psychedelic, nearly
fluorescent green.
a)The gardens were as unreal as the pool.
b)The pool looked quite nice during the day.
c)The gardens were shabby and extraordinary.
d)The pool was so unbelievably dirty.
10)I began to lobby leaving the pool and headind back to our room. Importuning
didn't work, but seduction did, though I was too frightened to really be
in mood.
a)The couple was the seduction to the cobras.
b)"To lobby" here means to relax.
c)They would like to importune again in the pool.
d)They are seducing each other in the pool, so that they head back to their
room soon.
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