EXAM

 Gao Xingjian, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2000, has promised to teach in eastern Taiwan this summer.　

(A)returned                                  (B)managed                 (C)agreed                     (D)concerned

English, which is widely regarded as the global language, is required nowadays not only in Taiwan but also in other Asian countries for better jobs and higher incomes.　
(A)useful                                      (B)serious                    (C)excellent                 (D)necessary

Before Ang Lee’s films started to attract worldwide attention, he stayed home for a period of time while his wife worked to support the family.　
(A)surprising                                (B)international           (C)numerous                (D)particular

It is suggested by the workers in the zoo that it is best to call on the bears at an early hour when they are most active.　
(A)play                                         (B)shower                    (C)offer                       (D)visit

The police surveyed the scene of crime carefully for fear of missing any clue that was related to the murder.　
(A)checked in                              (B)turned up                (C)looked over            (D)got around

Thank you for applying for the position of assistant manager currently available in our company, and the secretary will get in touch with you thereafter.　
(A)report                                      (B)watch                      (C)charge                     (D)contact

The house owner will lower the price of the house if the Lins agree to make a ______ in two weeks.　
(A)purchase                                 (B)difference               (C)break                      (D)living

One of the ways by which website companies make money is from the ______ that flash on the screens.　
(A)warnings                                 (B)advertisements        (C)movies                    (D)conversations

According to the report, the number of people regularly using dating sites on the Internet ______ from 3.2 million in December 1999 to 5.6 million in October 2000.　
(A)resulted                                   (B)gained                     (C)differed                  (D)increased

At the interview, she made a great ______ upon the interviewers by her clear speech and good manners.　
(A)performance                           (B)impression              (C)decision                  (D)agreement

One of the distinguished ______ in President Lincoln’s life is freeing the slaves and establishing the United States of American as a free nation.　
(A)achievements                          (B)discoveries             (C)opportunities           (D)satisfactions

It takes the software company one month to ______ how to fight the PC virus which attacks personal computers through e-mails.　
(A)figure out                                (B)make up                 (C)appeal to                 (D)set up

It has long been suggested by doctors that a healthy diet should ______ mainly grains, vegetables and fruit with proper amounts of meat and dairy products.　
(A)fill with                                   (B)refer to                   (C)consist of                (D)search for

It is easier to make plans than to ______, so getting things done is as important as planning in advance.　
(A)break them down                    (B)make them up         (C)pay them off           (D)carry them out

The little sister and her elder sister look so much alike that the neighbors can hardly ______.　
(A)fool them around                    (B)tell them apart         (C)check them up        (D)work them out

People first started using money in order to trade. A farmer who had cattle might want to use __(1)__ to preserve meat or cloth to make clothing. For this farmer, a cow became a “medium of __(2)__”—a way of getting things that the farmer did not make or grow. Cattle thus became a form of money. __(3)__, whatever people agreed to trade became the earliest kinds of money.

By the time of the Middle Ages in Europe (about A.D. 800-1100), gold __(4)__ a popular medium for trade. But gold was heavy and difficult to carry, and it was very dangerous to travel with large __(5)__ of gold in Europe at that time. __(6)__ merchants and goldsmiths began issuing notes promising to pay gold to the person who carried the note. These “promissory notes” were the __(7)__ of paper money in Europe.

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(1)(   ) (A) salad  (B) sugar  (C) soap   (D) salt

(2)(   ) (A) life    (B) grain  (C) exchange   (D) communication

(3)(   ) (A) In fact       (B) In contrast  (C) In total       (D) In memory

(4)(   ) (A) become     (B) becoming   (C) had become       (D) has become

(5)(   ) (A) mediums   (B) amounts     (C) examples   (D) contexts

(6)(   ) (A) So      (B) Because     (C) Although    (D) However

(7)(   ) (A) beginning  (B) engineer     (C) truth   (D) calculator

All human beings and animals need air to survive. Without air human beings would all die. __(1)__, plants need air to live. They use sunlight and the carbon dioxide in air to make food, and then __(2)__ oxygen.

We all breathe the air that surrounds the Earth. The air is made up __(3)__ gases: around 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% carbon dioxide, other gases, and water vapor.

Because air is so basic to life, it is very important to keep that air clean by reducing or __(4)__ air pollution. Today, air pollution causes several serious problems worldwide, one of __(5)__ is acid rain. Acid rain is caused by chemicals that are __(6)__ into the air and cause rain __(7)__ more acidic than usual. Acid rain can do great damage to people, animals, and plants. It is also __(8)__ to water in lakes, often killing plants and fish that live there.

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(1)(   ) (A) Firstly        (B) Generally   (C) Continuously     (D) Similarly

(2)(   ) (A) give off     (B) make up     (C) pass out     (D) turn into

(3)(   ) (A) in       (B) of       (C) by      (D) on

(4)(   ) (A) expending (B) increasing  (C) preventing  (D) softening

(5)(   ) (A) them  (B) which (C) those  (D) that

(6)(   ) (A) released     (B) exploded    (C) decreased   (D) manufactured

(7)(   ) (A) be      (B) been   (C) being  (D) to be

(8)(   ) (A) polluted     (B) beneficial   (C) harmful      (D) damaged