(制限時間20分)

 


(1)To complete each item, choose the best word among the ten choices.

1. His theory of a coming invasion from outer space is certainly ( 　　farfetched　 ) .
2. Hair or fur is the (　　hallmark　 ) of a mammal, just as feathers are of birds.
3. To me it seemed a(n) ( 　　microcosm　 ) of what the whole country could become.
4. Suddenly my dog barked at me and I knew she must be (　　hallucinating　 ).
5. Those who were bullied by Jane thoroughly ( 　　reveled　 ) in her expulsion.
6. Many chefs attribute their ( 　　culinary　 ) skill to the wise use of spices.
7. The (　　refractory　 ) horse was eliminated from the race when he refused to obey the jockey.
8. Until the development of the airplane as a military weapon, the fort was considered (　　impregnable　 ) .
9. Bitter accusations and (　 recrimination　 ) followed the disaster.
10. They don't want hundreds of tourists ( 　　trampling　 ) over the grass.

culinary, farfetched, hallmark, hallucinate, impregnable, microcosm, recrimination, refractory, revel, trample
10問×3点＝30点　

(2)To complete each item, choose the best word among the four choices.

1. Because of the yen's ( 　precipitous　　 ) rise against other currencies, overseas production of many Japanese electronics products has grown rapidly.
  1. precipitous 2. prescriptive 3. processional 4. prolific
   
2. In his travels as a systems consultant, he ( 　　precipitous　 ) the entire country.
  1. surmounts 2. intersects 3. crisscrosses 4. waives
   
3. The scoutmaster was so proper and ( 　　circumspect 　 ) that the parents were shocked to discover that he had been abusing the boys in his troop.
  1. stimulating 2. circumspect 3. petulant 4. adamant
   
4. The magician ( 　jabbed　　 ) his sword into the box which contained his beautiful assistant.
  1. jabbed 2. jogged 3. jostled 4. jutted
   
5. There were no ( 　　overt　 ) symptoms, so it was difficult for the doctor to make a diagnosis.
  1. oblique 2. optimal 3. opportune 4. overt
   
6. The audience gasped when suddenly out of the fog strode the ( 　iniquitous　　 ) villain cloaked in a black cape.
  1. murky 2. whimsical 3. sedentary 4. iniquitous
   
7. The new contract ( 　supersedes　　 ) all previous agreements between the two parties.
  1. supersedes 2. precedes 3. relegates 4. warrants
   
8. Our baseball team is terrible this year, so it was just a ( 　fluke　　 ) that we beat the best team in the league last week.
  1. feud 2. grudge 3. fluke 4. quip
   
9. Their ideal was to combine individual liberty with material equality, a goal that has not yet been realized and that may be as ( 　　chimerical 　 ) as transmutation of lead into gold.
  1. chimerical 2. clandestine 3. ostensible 4. garish
   
10. You ( 　　botched　 ) up the repair job on my engine so badly that the car broke down again within a week.
  1. clutched 2. snatched 3. clinched 4. botched
   
10問×3点＝30点