台北巿立師範學院九十學年度碩士班研究生入學考試試題

台北巿立師範學院九十學年度碩士班研究生入學考試試題

所　　別：視覺藝術研究所

科　　目：語文(英文)

考試時間：120分鐘（含國文）

注意：不必抄題，作答時請將試題題號及答案依照順序寫在答卷上。(於本試題紙上作答者，不予計分)

I. VOCABULARY 10%

Choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.

1. Pass me the suntan lotion before I turn red as a lobster.
(A) Treat me (B) Sell me (C) Hand me (D) Leave me

2. In this country, senior citizens who qualify for assistance can receive monthly allowances.
(A) honorable (B) impoverished (C) elder (D) half-starved

3. Artistic activity demands perpetual devotion.
(A) enduring (B) absolute (C) painful (D) faithful

4. The only thing that retards aging is calorie restriction.
(A) terminates (B) postpones (C) regulates (D) accelerates

5.          A new study found that both churchgoers and non-churchgoers are unanimous on the desirability of the religious instruction for their children.
(A) kindle                 (B) agree about
(C) are indifferent to (D) argue contentiously about

6. The tobacco industry has been under attack in the courts over liability in smokers’ deaths.

(A) choice (B) right (C) legal responsibility (D) material support

7. Cattle and other livestock consume more than 70 percent of the grain produced

in the United States and about a third of the world’s total grain harvest---while

nearly a billion people suffer from chronic undernutrition.

(A) temporary (B) continual (C) difficult (D) major

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8. In the preschool market, the early-learning computers feature programs that

teach such rudimentary “subjects” as shapes, colors, numbers and letters.

(A) sophisticated (B) fundamental (C) advanced (D) educational

9. When a pregnant woman craves pickles, it’s probably because she needs salt to retain water, and she needs that increased water when she is carrying a child.

(A) hungers for (B) looks for (C) cares for (D) waits for

10. The 28-year-old high school operates on the premise that if you teach students

values such as courage, integrity, leadership, curiosity and concern, then academic

achievement naturally follows.

(A) promise (B) assumption (C) consequence (D) reason

II. GRAMMAR 10%

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. The shortage in the number of beds in public psychiatric wards ________ a problem caused by patients who should but can’t go home.
(A) there is (B) there are (C) is (D) are

2.          The less popular a topic is, the more worthwhile _________.
(A) the research becomes                 (B) becomes the research
(C) that the research becomes                   (D) that becomes the research

3. The national defense budget has been made _________ so that people can have some idea of how their taxes are spent.
(A) transparent (B) transparently (C) to be transparent (D) being transparent

4.          Each state in the United States, ____________, has two seats in the Senate.
(A) large or small as it is                    (B) it is large or small
(C) which is large or small         (D) whether large or small

5. The primary danger of the television lies not so much in the behavior __________ as in the behavior that it prevents.
(A) to produce (B) and it produces (C) as it produces (D) it produces

6. In the United States, ____________, Victorian morality was the public norm during the nineteenth century.
(A) when in England (B) as in England (C) in England

(D) England

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7. None of the clocks in the section of the city work any more, but they ______ perfectly.

(A) were used to work

(B) were used to working

(D) used to work

8. The microphone went dead while the narrator _______ the cast.

(A) was introduced

(B) was introducing

(D) had introduced

9. ______, the students placed their pencils on their desks and left the room.

(A) Being finished the test

(B) All the test now being over

(D) Having completed the test

10. In the morning the streets were flooded. There _______ a cloudburst during the

night.

(A) must have been

(B) has been

(D) must to been

III. READING COMPREHENSION 20%

Choose the one best answer (A), (B), (C), or (D) to each question after reading the passage.

Questions 1-5

"Competitive advantage" is becoming an increasingly important buzzword as the liberalization and internationalization of the agricultural market and Taiwan's accession to the World Trade Organization loom ever closer. Agricultural experts admit that it is difficult for local agricultural products to compete against foreign counterparts in terms of price alone because of limitations such as farm size and production costs. But it is important to remember that other factors apart from price affect the market. Whether for reasons of freshness or taste, the fundamental competitive advantage of any country's agricultural sector stems from consumer confidence in locally grown products. In 1995, when the Japanese government was

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forced to remove trade protection from rice, no local traders wanted to import rice

from abroad because there was simply no market for it. Although imported products were cheaper, the Japanese stayed with local products priced four to five times higher than the international average. The government eventually passed regulations requiring all rice to be sold with a certain percentage of imported rice mixed in. While farmers, researchers, and government agencies are steeling themselves for the effects of stronger foreign competition, it seems that little has been done to prepare local consumers. "If we can make them more aware of what constitutes a healthy diet, the quality of local produce, and why it's more expensive, they'll be willing to support the local article despite the higher price," said Chang Shueh-kun, director of the Taoyuan District Agricultural Improvement Station.

1. According to the passage, the fundamental competitive advantage of local market roots in
(A) trade protection.
(B) lower prices of locally grown products.
(C) importing international products with higher prices.
(D) consumer trust in the quality of locally grown products.

2. The liberation of the agricultural market mentioned in the passage most likely refers to
(A) the education of local farmers, researchers, and government agencies.
(B) the participation in the international trade organization.
(C) abandoning the limitations on farm size.
(D) increasing competitive advantage in the international market.

3.          It can be inferred from the passage that the agricultural sector's competitive edge in Taiwan is decreasing not because of
(A) the quality of the produce.          (B) the small-scale nature of farming.
(C) the production efficiency.                    (D) the price.

4. According to the passage, the Japanese
(A) preferred to buy imported rice with higher prices.
(B) protested against internationalization by not buying imported food.
(C) were willing to buy local food for its freshness.
(D) attempted to raise price of local food.

5. It can be inferred from the passage that the next paragraph is most likely to discuss
(A) how to educate local consumers.
(B) how to improve the quality of local products.

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Questions 6-10

Advertising is a funny thing. We tell it our dreams, we tell it what to say, but after a while it learns the message so well, it starts telling us.

What are we being told now? Simply this: not only can we extend our life, we are required to. Nike, assuming responsibility for our physical and, by implication, our spiritual health, has raised the pitch of its admonitions, the newest campaign being “Just Do It.” Bold type and bold people look up from the page or from their workouts and scold us for being our usual, sloppy selves. “Just Do It.” We are warned, and as one of the players adds, “And it wouldn’t hurt to stop eating like a pig, either.” Ouch. Yes, ma’am.

We’ve asked for this, of course. Ever since the first jogger spurted out the back door, we’ve been headed on a course past simple health and toward self-denial, asceticism, pain as pleasure. “Let’s live forever,” we say with no particular joy, and advertising couldn’t agree more.

In this Era of Healthism, any marketer with his finger in the wind knows that Nike need not be alone in selling the virtue of self-denial. “No Pain, No Gain” can now sell much more than workout gear.

6. The passage above is mainly about

(A) Nike.

(B) healthism.

(D) life style.

7. The word “admonitions” (in line 5) means

(A) warnings. (B) campaign. (C) implication. (D) responsibility.

8. The first three paragraphs suggest that

(A) the public enjoy the campaign “Just Do It.”

(B) the public believe that pain and self-denial are good for them.

(D) advertising has gotten out of hand and tells us how to live.

9. The passage maintains that “healthism”

(A) is sold mainly by Nike.

(B) is heavily promoted by advertisers.

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(D) sells the concept of self-denial.

10. Paragraph 4 suggests that the public in “the era of healthism” are told that

(A) we should not scold ourselves for being sloppy.

(B) we cannot avoid hurting ourselves.

(D)we not only can but must live longer and try harder.

IV. TRANSLATION 10%

Translate the following passage into English.

真正的成長是要有勇氣和信心去嘗試新的事物，同時放棄舊有的事物。你不斷嘗試，因為面臨新的挑戰往往比較有趣而且刺激。在過程中，你可能會害怕，你也可能會入迷。但是，這並不表示你應該輕視以前的自己，你捨棄你不再需要的東西，是因為你追求更好的東西。

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