課程名稱︰英文二
課程性質︰共同必修
課程教師︰楊明蒼
開課系所︰理醫公衛學院
考試時間︰2006/4
試題 :
I. Vocabulary (chance the word form from the list below if necessary):(20%)
1. The computer system is not working well because it is already _____.
2. The success of their business is based on a _____ simple principle.
3. The hardest part was imposing production _____ while demand increased.
4. Part of Einstein's appeal is his perceived _____--his coming from nowhere.
5. Because Wu was a _____, she found little favor with Confucian historians.
6. After the plot, she was herself _____ as empress.
7. His status resulted from a _____ of scientific genius, historical
circumstance and personal charisma.
8. One way to _____ the threat of an ex is to include her present mate in any
necessary gathering.
9. The woman died so suddenly that an _____ was needed.
10. The sound of running water _____, as it completes, the silence of a
Japanese landscape.
**concurrence, consensus, longevity, forgo, duplicate, obsolete, legitimate,
defuse, usurp, skeptical, incarnate, conspire, scrupulous, restraint,
ruthless, cencor, autopsy, beneficiary, deceptive, benign, infuriate, install,
induce, revere, legacy, complement
II. Complete the sentences with appropriate collocations:(20%)
*How company executives handled the problems is a story worth _____ (tell).
*Although it _____ (will be) profitable in the short term to boost production,
Warner believed Beanie Babies would last longer if there were a scarcity.
*If a child feels better that _____ (pronoun) estranged parents are _____
speaking terms, mature adults will bow _____ their needs.
*Take a comma out and the mind is deprived _____ a resting place.
*"God, save the Queen" is a cry of desperation _____ (border) _____ double
sacrilege.
*A lover pores _____ the secret messages that lie _____ every cadence.
III. T(rue)/F(alse):(12%)
1. A pantheist worships all gods of various cults.
2. Polygamy means plural marriage.
3. A quintuplet is any of the four offspring born at a single birth.
4. It is difficult to hear eulogy about the president from the oppositional
parties.
5. An antebellum era is a time when people are generally against the war.
6. An intramural basketball game is held indoors.
7. Idolatry means worship of idols.
8. An auditorium is a place for the gathering of an audience.
9. Chronological order is an order arranged by color.
10. Braggart is the art of bragging.
11. "Status quo" is a quoted statement.
12. If you are to meet the Latin American proffessor Juan Gonzalez-Gomez, you
should address him "Prof. Gomez."
IV. Grammar/Translation:
1. Children influence adult spending to the tune of another $ 200 billion.(3%)
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2. The new system conducted credit checks and generated separate invoices.(3%)
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3. This rate saves you money on new purchases and on outstanding balances.(3%)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4. A comma "sepatates inseperables," in the clinching words of King of English
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
usage.(3%)
5. No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put at just the
^^^
right place.
What is the function of "put" in the sentence?(3%)
6. One out of two couples eventually hits the matrimonial skids.(4%)
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7. E.E. Cummings felt free to commit "God" to the lower case.(4%)
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V. Answer the following questions to show your knowledge of the reading and
your command of English:
A. Explain briefly the following:(10%)
1. the Beanie Babies secondary market
2. Relative explosion
B. Analyze and comment on ONE of the following statements; make your answers
(60+ words) to the point: (15%)
1. "Within a year Wu had won the new emperor's heart and had become his
concubine. According to a hostile tradition, she first met the new emperor
in a lavatory when he was paying a ceremonial visit to the convert."
2. "Sitting quietly in his little herb shop on a crooked street in the shadow
of Notre Dame, Doctor Maximus did not look like a very remarkable man.
But he was."
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