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預備軍官複選考試英文試題
For questions 1-10, identify the one underlined part in each sentence that is grammatically or idiomatically
incorrect or inappropriate.
Then , mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.
( A ) 1. Prefer to spend most of its time on the ground, the roadrunner is found in arid,
A
B
C
open areas such as deserts and plains.
D
( B) 2. Not until late in the 1930s there was noticeable attempt to provide a form of
A
B
C
D
equality.
( B) 3. The hammering impact of uncompromisimg writers and an increasing aroused
A
B
public spurred political leaders to practical measures.
C
D
( B) 4. powers are careful;;y separated and balanced among executive, legislation, and
A
B
judicial branches to avoid centralization of powers and resultant tyranny.
C
D
( D) 5. Professor Johnson was displeased because one of his student had turned in an
A
B
unacceptable report, so he made him to rewrite it
C
D
( D) 6. Although a well-balanced diet is necessary for good health, exercise is the
A
B
C
essential factor that is crucial in maintaining fitness.
D
( B) 7. The sisters’ testimony not only implicated the leaders of the group but also
A
B
C
their subordinates and relatives.
D
( A) 8. The enhancements of creative thinking is primal to the advancement of any
A
B
C
educational system.
D
( D) 9. Jason’s wisdom teeth were troubling him, so he went to a dentist to see about
A
B
C
having them pull.
D
( D) 10. The Constitution requires that a candidate for the presidency of the United
A
B
C
States is at least thirty-five years old
D
For questions 11-20, choose the most appropriate word or phrase to complete each sentence. Then, mark the
corresponding letter on your answer sheet.
( A) 11. Best known of American primitive artists is Grandma Moses,
paintings
are familiar to thousands.
A whose
B her
C
whom
D their
( D) 12. Physicials were disturbed to find that an alarming number of bacteria
developing a tolerance to penicillin.
A has been
B have been
C was
D were
( D) 13.
that the contract should be cleared by our lawyers before we consult the Department of
Commerce.
A They are evident B It is evidently C Evident as is D It is evident
( B) 14.
the religious upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, a body of men and women called
Puritans sought to reform the Established Church of England from within.
A Since
B During C As
D When
( B) 15. As the people rallied from the initial shock and began seeking explanations,
they noted unhealthy trends
beneath the prosperous façade of the
1920s.
A that has gone unobserved
B that had gone unobserved
C which had gone unobserving
D which has gone unobserving
( D) 16. Wiping away tears of joy, the actor said that
nominated for the reward enough, but winning
was not to be imagined.
A been B
having C have been D having been
( A) 17. When the wind died at sunset,
only the cleat, still starlit night, the only sound was the
crackling of the fire.
A leaving B to leave C left D leave
( A) 18.
, I would have been more successful in my search for the lost watch.
A had the room been brighter
B should the room be brighter
C If the room was brighter
D
were the room brighter
( A ) 19. The stock market collapse, therefore, had been merely the first of weveral detonations in which a
flimsy structure of speculation had been
.
A leveled to the ground
B level to the ground
C leveling on the ground
D leveling to the ground
( D ) 20. Delegates to the political convention found
a candidate from among the few nominated.
A difficulty to choose
B it difficult in making the choice
C choosing difficult when selecting D it difficult to choose
For questions 21-25, choose the answer that best matches the meaning of the underlined word or phrase as it is
used in the sentence.
( A ) 21. Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway and Virginia Woolf are prolific writers.
A productive
B famous C esteemed D respected
( A ) 22. The Kennedy Administration further advanced racial equality by appointing many eminent blacks to
high government posts.
A distinguished B wealthy C
intelligent D educated
( B ) 23. In the 1900s, most thoughtful Americans were not complacent about their social, Economic, and
political situation.
A moderate in B satisfied with C clear about D worried about
( B ) 24. The remoteness afforded by a vast ocean allayed fears of reprisal the colonies might otherwise have
had.
A dereated
B assuaged C caused D brought
( C ) 25. The American people, disillusioned by the failure of the crusade for democracy in World War I,
announced that in no circumstances could any belligerent countries look to them for aid.
A neighbourly B friendly C warring D surrounding