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九十五學年度 國立蘭陽女子高級中學 教師甄試 英文科 筆試考題 （共五頁）
I.
Vocabulary： Select the most suitable word to complete the sentence. (10%)
1. The coastal town was _______ by high winds and huge waves caused by the typhoon.
(A) mired (B) wracked (C) flaunted (D) catered
2. When the U.S. stock market collapsed in 1987, the Japanese stock market was the most _________.
(A) resilient
(B) reciprocal
(C) revile
(D) resolute
3. The act of removing a woman’s veil in public is condemned as _______ in Saudi Arabia.
(A) relentless
(B) auspicious
(C) sporadic (D) blasphemous
4. When the public heard of the politician’s _______ behavior, they demanded that he resign.
(A) tactful
(B) miscellaneous (C) vile (D) emaciated
5. When he tested an early vaccine on himself, some described the act as _________.
(A) exhilarating
(B) foolhardy
(C) judicious
(D) viable
6. My boss is very _________ when he stands over my shoulder and watches me work.
(A) booming
(B) spiraling
(C) intimidating
(D) wrenching
7. The landlord ________ the tenants who didn’t keep up their payments.
(A) eschewed
(B) blasted
(C) infringed
(D) evicted
8. Highway 66 runs through remote, ________ stretches of land. There’s not a building in sight for miles.
(A) isolate
(B) desolate
(C) excluded
(D) included
9. The night market is fun but you never know whether you’re buying an authentic item or a __________. (choose the wrong
one)
(A) rip-off
(B) counterfeit
(C) make-believe
(D) bona fide
10. She constantly _________ him with telephone calls until he promised to take the interview.
(A) pestered
(B) rendered
(C) pledged
(D) exempted
II.
Filling The Blanks: Select the suitable word from the box below to complete each article. (20%)
(A) Of the 11 __11__ vying for her attention, the one who stood out to Udayanthi “Udi” Perera was the 4-year-old who stood
aside.
“He stood there and watched, as if to say, ‘If you want me, here I am,’” said Perara. The Child became Seth Nadith
Perera, the __12__ son of Mithula, 48, and Udi, 45. The couple are U.S. citizens who __13__ from their native Sri Lanka
more than a quarter of a century ago.
After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami __14__ their homeland, the Peraras decided to take an active part in the __15__.
While working with a project to reconstruct homes, they decided to do something more __16__. Acting on long-held desires
for a boy, they decided to adopt a Sri Lankan orphan.
Udi found Seth in an orphanage in a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s __17__. They struck up an easy __18__ in
Sinhalese. She picked him up, and held him. “It was very touching. I cried.”
Udi did not explicitly tell Seth that she would become his mother, but he figured out what was happening. He even
called her “mama” as they played games in the sandy courtyard of the orphanage.
Udi __19__ the bigger problems of the nation, but says her focus is now on what she can do personally to help. “If we
help one child, that will make a __20__, ” she said.
(A) conversation (B) acknowledges (C) recovery (D) orphans (E) devastated
(F) difference
(G) emigrated
(H) adopted (I) capital (J) personal
(B)
Intermittent Explosive disorder, ___21___ IED, is a condition in which people attack others, and their possessions,
often ___22___ bodily harm and property damage. The level of anger displayed is out of all ___23___ to the event that triggered
it, so scientists believe it could be the ___24___ cause of road rage or even spousal abuse.
People with this disorder feel a sense of relief during the angry outburst, and then feel ___25___ about their actions.
___26___ is these feelings of shame and embarrassment that have kept the condition relatively
___27___ , according to
the researchers. The disorder affects twice as many men as women and the first outbursts usually take place in adolescence.
The researchers believe that there is a strong genetic element ___28___ the condition, and growing up in a home where parents
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had difficulties with depression or alcohol was often a trigger.
IED often ___29___ depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug abuse. Over eighty percent of ___30___
diagnosed with
IED suffered from these conditions as well. The scientists behind the study say that anti-depressant medicine, combined with
teaching people how to handle their feelings of frustration, can be an effective treatment for the disorder.
A. remorseful
B. whom
C. proportion
I. as
J. those
K. such
L. precedes
III.
D. root
M. do
E. hidden
N. causing
F. or
G. it
O. mingles
H. to
Sentence Selection：Select the most suitable sentence below to complete each article. (15%)
(A) The answer to the question of when and where early man first started to produce art has profound significance for
paleontologist. ___31____The discovery of Paleolithic art in the form of cave painting in the caves of Lascauz and Chauvet in
the Pyrenees Mountains of France transformed our judgments about primitive human culture. These discoveries led to the
long-dominant hypothesis that while humans most likely originated in Africa and learned to make tools there, it was not until
35,000 years ago—the time of the French cave painting—that other forms of modern behavior including advanced language
and symbolic expression began to appear.
____32___ While excavating a cave near the southernmost part of Sough Africa, paleontologists discovered two pieces
of ochre rock adorned with geometric patterns. ___33____ That makes them twice as old as the oldest age given for the cave
paintings in France.
____34___ But most significantly, the early artist decorated the stones with a complex geometric array of carved lines.
These non-representational markings suggest that early Homo sapiens were able to think abstract thoughts. ___35____ The
choice of material alone is sufficient to indicate a certain level of sophistication, since the ochre would have come from at least
20 miles away and would have had to be mined and transported.
(A) Sophisticated dating techniques confirmed that the artifacts were made more than 70,000 years ago.
(B) The artifacts were made of a reddish mineral known as iron ore stone ochre.
(C) The creation of art is considered to be indicative of an advance in both the linguistic and cultural
development of our human ancestors.
(D) Also they could behave like modern humans much earlier than we previously believed possible.
(E) The more recent discovery of Paleolithic art in a cave in South Africa is causing researchers to consider a less
Euro-centric view of the origins of what is considered modern behavior.
(B) Our understanding of how traits are transmitted from one generation of organisms to the next has for many
years allowed us to manipulate the characteristics of animals and plants through selective breeding. ___36____ Characteristics
such as resistance to disease, rapid growth rate or any other attributes that could be of benefit to man. This is accomplished by
crossing two members of the species which possess desirable traits.___37____
While it generally yields the desired results, continuous selective breeding can have unpredictable and potentially
devastating consequences. In part, this is because it is not perfectly controllable. ____38___ The term used to refer to this
problem is in-breeding depression. In in-breeding depression, the exclusivity of the advantageous genes means that when they
are selected, some other genes are selected out—genes that could contribute in unknown ways under unforeseeable
circumstances. ___39____
Having broad genetic diversity confers on a species a degree of immunity against potential threats. The larger the gene
pool, the greater the chance that some of its individuals will possess the attributes needed for survival when changes in the
environment, the food supply, disease or predation puts them under duress. ___40___ Thus the process makes it more likely
that a threat lethal to one will be lethal to all.
(A) When this happens often enough, the gene pool—the total genetic diversity of the population or the
species –is reduced.
(B) At least some offspring that exhibit a complete set of the sought-after characteristics will usually be produced.
(C) Long-term selective breeding will create individuals that are more and more genetically similar.
(D) Breeders of animals and plants seek to produce organisms with characteristics that for one reason or another
are defined as desirable.
(E) It entails the risk of eliminating genes whose value is not yet understood.
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(C) Poets and philosophers have long pondered the question that troubles the hearts of the romantics everywhere—can true
love last forever?
Now science has provided the answer to that question, and it is not going to please the more sentimental among us.
___41___ And yes, they have biological proof.
The Italian researchers tested the blood chemistry of 58 couples that were in the early stages of a new romantic
relationship, and they found that all of the couples (both the men and the woman) had much higher-than-normal levels of a
protein called nerve growth factor (NGF). ___42___ A year later, the 39 couples from the original test group who were still
together were retested. By that time their NGF levels had dropped back to normal.
That out-of-your-head, butterflies-in-your-stomach state of infatuation is not something that can be sustained over a long
period of time and that’s probably for the best. ___43___ But if that crazy-in-love state lasted forever, nothing productive
would ever get done. People would be walking around dopey, love-drunk and unproductive from their teenage years on.
___44___.
___45___. People who can enjoy a conversation or a bike ride after being together for a few decades are the ones who
have a chance to make it over the long haul, and they should count themselves fortunate.
(A) Infatuation is necessary to get people to stop their busy lives and notice the opposite sex long enough to keep the species
from dying out.
(B) Of course, friendship, or companionship if you will, is the one element of a love relationship that can potentially go on
indefinitely.
(C) It is believed that this protein has a direct relationship to the feeling of euphoria and emotional dependency associated with
falling in love.
(D) New research in the field of brain chemistry has shown that the “truly, madly, deeply” feeling of falling in love doesn’t last
more than a year.
(E) Society would fall into a slothful form of chaos, and the survival of our species would be threatened from a different angle.
IV.
Structure：identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be
correct. (5%)
46. Automakers Nissan and Ford and several aerospace research facilities in Great Britain are working lately to
A
apply active noise cancellation to entire cars and planes.
B
C
D
47. The lobster, like many crustaceans, can cast off a damaging appendage and regenerate a new appendage to
A B
nearly normal size.
C
D
48. In the Milky Way galaxy, the most recent observed supernova appeared in 1604.
A
B
C
D
49. Never in the history of humanity there have been more people living on this relatively small planet.
A
B
C
D
50. The report could not be turned in on time because all the needed work lost.
A
V.
B
C
D
Reading：answer the questions below according to the article. (20%)
These stories of killer bees in the news in recent years have attracted a lot of attention as the bees have made their way
from South America to North America. Killer bees are reputed to be extremely aggressive in nature, although exports say that
their aggression may have been somewhat inflated.
The killer bee is a hybrid of the very mild European strain of honeybee and the considerably more aggressive African bee,
which was created when the African strain was imported in to Brazil in 1955. The African bees were brought into Brazil
because their aggression was considered an advantage: they were far more productive than their European counterparts in that
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they spent a higher percentage of their time working and continued working longer in inclement weather than did the European
bees.
These killer bees have been known to attack humans and animals, and some fatalities have occurred. Experts point out,
however, that the mixed breed known as the killer bee is actually not at all as aggressive as the pure African bee. They also
point out that the attacks have a chemical cause. A killer bee stings only when it has been disturbed; it is not aggressive by
nature. However, after a disturbed bee stings and flies away, it leaves its stinger embedded in the victim. In the vicera attached
to the embedded stinger is the chemical isoamyl acetate, which has an odor that attracts other bees. As other bees approach the
victim of the original sting, the victim tends to panic, thus disturbing other bees and causing them to sting. The new stings
create more of the chemical isoamyl acetate, which attracts more bees and increases the panic level of the victim. Killer bees
tend to travel in large clusters or swarms and thus respond in large numbers to the production of isoamyl acetate.
51. The subject of the preceding paragraph was most likely
(A) ways of producing honey
(B) stories in the media about killer bees
(C) the chemical nature of killer bee attacks
(D) the creation of the killer bee
52. What is NOT mentioned in the passage as a contributing factor in an attack by killer bees?
(A) Panic by the victim
(B) An odorous chemical
(C) Disturbance of the bees
(D) Inclement weather
53. It is stated in the passage that killer bees
(A) are more deadly than African bees
(B) are less aggressive than African bees
(C) never attack animals
(D) always attack African bees
54. The main idea of this passage is that killer bees
(A) have been in the news a lot recently
(B) have been moving unexpectedly rapidly through the Americas
(C) are not as aggressive as their reputation suggests
(D) are a hybrid rather that a pure breed
55. It can be inferred from the passage that the killer bee
(A) did not exist early in the twentieth century
(B) was a predecessor of the African bee
(C) was carried from Africa to Brazil in 1955
(D) traveled from Brazil to Africa in 1955
Zoos were originally created as places of entertainment, and their suggested involvement with conservation didn’t
seriously arise until about 30 years ago, when the Zoological Society of London held the first formal international meeting on the
subject. Eight years later, a series of world conferences took place, entitled “The Breeding of Endangered Species”, and from this
point onwards conservation became the zoo community’s buzzword. This commitment has now been defined in The World Zoo
Conservation Strategy (WZGS, September 1993), which although an important and welcome document does seem to be based
on an unrealistic optimism about the nature of the zoo industry.
The WZCS estimates that there are about 10,000 zoos in the world, of which around 1,000 represent a core of quality
collections capable of participating in coordinated conservation programs. This is probably the document’s first failing, as I
believe that 10,000 is a serious underestimate of the total number of places masquerading as zoological establishments. Of course
it is difficult to get accurate data but, to put the issue into perspective, I have found that, in a year of working in Eastern Europe,
I discover fresh zoos on almost a weekly basis.
The second flaw in the reasoning of the WZCS document is the naive faith it places in its 1,000 core zoos. One would
assume that the caliber of these institutions would have been carefully examined, but it appears that the criterion for inclusion on
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this select list might merely be that the zoo is a member of a zoo federation or association. This might be a good starting point,
working on the premise that members must meet certain standards, but again the facts don’t support the theory. The greatly
respected American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) has had extremely dubious members, and in the
UK the Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland has occasionally had members that have been roundly
censured in the national press. These include Robin Hill Adventure Park on the Isle of Wight, which many considered the most
notorious collection of animals in the country. This establishment, which for years was protected by the local council, was finally
closed down following a damning report by an inspector appointed under the terms of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981. As it was
always a collection of dubious repute, one is obliged to reflect upon the standards that the Zoo Federation sets when granting
membership. The situation is even worse in developing countries where little money is available for redevelopment and it is hard
to see a way of incorporating collections into the overall scheme of the WZCS.
Even assuming that the WZCS’s 1,000 core zoos are all of a high standard complete with scientific staff and research
facilities, what might be the potential for conservation? Colin Tudge, author of Last Animals at the Zoo (Oxford University Press,
1992), argues that “if the world’s zoos worked together in co-operative breeding programs, then even without further expansion
they could save around 2,000 species of endangered land vertebrates.” This seems an extremely optimistic proposition from a
man who, as a member of the council of London Zoo, had to persuade the zoo to devote more of its activities to conservation.
Today approximately 16 species might be said to have been “saved” by captive breeding programs, although a number of
these can hardly be looked upon as resounding successes. Beyond that, about a further 20 species are being seriously considered
for zoo conservation programs. Given that the international conference at London Zoo was held 30 years ago, this is pretty slow
progress, and a long way off Tudge’s target of 2,000.
56. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) Zoos made an insignificant contribution to conservation up until 30 years ago.
(B) The WZCS document is not known in Eastern Europe.
(C) No one knew how the animals were being treated at Robin Hill Adventure Park.
(D) Colin Tudge was dissatisfied with the treatment of animals at London Zoo.
57. What were the objectives of the WZCS document?
(A) to improve the caliber of zoos world-wide
(B) to identify zoos suitable for conservation practice
(C) to provide funds for zoos in underdeveloped countries
(D) to list the endangered species of the world
58. Why does the writer refer to Robin Hill Adventure Park?
(A) to support the Isle of Wight local council
(B) to criticize the 1981 Zoo Licensing Act
(C) to illustrate a weakness in the WZCS document
(D) to exemplify the standards in AAZPA zoos
59. What word best describes the writer’s response to Colin Tudges’ prediction on captive breeding programs?
(A) affirmative
(B) impartial
(C) prejudiced
(D) skeptical
60. The writer mentions a number of factors which lead him to doubt the value of the WZCS document. Which of
the following is NOT one of the factors?
(A) the number of unregistered zoos in the world
(B) the lack of money in developing countries
(C) the failure of the WZCS to examine the standards of the “core zoos”
(D) the unrealistic aim of the WZCS in view of the number of species “saved” to date
VI.
Essay Question (10%)
What will you assign your students in grade one for the coming summer vacation?
for the assignment, and how you are going to evaluate it.
VII.
Composition (20%)
Please give your ideas on the topic “Gratitude.”
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Briefly state the task, your objectives