Taiwan Past Paper 1
Like a bucket of cold water, the harsh realities of life may drown your sunny ______ and make you feel defeated.
(A) optimism (B) combination (C) disguise (D) mixture
(A) optimism
Don’t go for looks; they can ______. Don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Find someone that makes your heart smile.
(A) delegate (B) endure (C) plunge (D) deceive
(D) deceive
When Chinese New Year is around the corner, people are busy ... their junk.
A. throwing away B. letting off
C. coming up with D. cutting down on
A. throwing away
You ______________ to a dinner to welcome our new manager, Ms. Cecilia Tang, who joins us from Computer Inc. The dinner will ______________ on Friday, August 13, from 6 pm to 8:30 pm.
1.A. invite B. are invited C. invited D. are inviting
2.A. take place B. take part C. take over D. take after
B. are invited
A. take place
David's father has three sons : Snap, Crackle and _____ ?
David
Unlike Judy, who is outgoing and ambitious, Nancy appears to be shy and ______.
(A) modest (B) reckless (C) numerous (D) intelligent
(A) modest
Sometimes girls will ______ to leave home to earn money because of the strong sense of obligation to their family.
(A) distribute (B) supervise (C) volunteer (D) challenge
(C) volunteer
It is a little dark now. Would you please ... the light?
A. turn in B. turn to C. turn out D. turn on
D. turn on
Many individuals suffer from an acute form of headache called a migraine. Understanding causes of your headaches can help you avoid migraines. Start ______________ a migraine diary.
A. kept B. keeping C. keeps D. keep
B. keeping
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Dogs use their urine to mark their ______ to let other animals know that it is their space and shouldn’t be trespassed.
(A) contract (B) appetite (C) territory (D) legacy
(C) territory
Research shows that climate change can increase the ______ and severity of storms, making flooding a regular occurrence.
(A) frequency (B) potential (C) devotion (D) solution
(A) frequency
My family ... me through the struggle, which inspired confidence in me.
A. answered to B. abided by C. stood by D. frowned on
C. stood by
Please note that flight status can change at any time, and delayed flights can depart on time if conditions allow. Gate information can change without______ .
A. note B. notice C. purpose D. signal
B. notice
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
儘管他們努力要保存這棟建築，它還是在地震中倒塌了。
The building collapsed in the earthquake ______ ______ of their efforts to save it.
37. 這個城市的人口估計在一百到一百二十萬之間。
The population of the city is ______ ______ between 1,000,000 and 1,200,000.
in spite
estimated at
After parting with his sweetheart, he turned around and, slowly and very ______, began to make his way back toward the house.
(A) eventually (B) reluctantly (C) initially (D) universally
(B) reluctantly
When you are on the bus, you have to ... for pickpockets.
A. moon about B. look out C. set aside D. go against
B. look out
We place the cans and bottles into the recycling bin. It merely takes a few minutes to wash off the cans and bottles. (before)
It merely takes a few minutes to wash off the cans and bottles before We place the cans and bottles into the recycling bin.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
有些人寧可迷路，也不願意停下來問路。
Some people would ______ get lost ______ stop to ask for directions.
39. 我們絕不允許在這間辦公室裡抽煙。
______ ______ circumstances will we allow smoking in this office.
40. 要是他有為不當的行為道歉，就不致於被暫時停學了。
If he ______ ______ for his misconduct, he wouldn’t have been suspended from school.
rather than
in/under no
had apologize
We support and ______ those who write, illustrate, and publish books that help all the children learn from history.
(A) command (B) applaud (C) parade (D) remedy
(B) applaud
After the doctor performed CPR on the man, he ... twenty minutes later.
A. lived it up B. queued up C. brought to D. came to
D. came to
“SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK” What does this sign mean?
A. Swimming is not allowed here.
B. You should not play in the water.
C. There is no lifeguard here.
D. Swimming is a risky type of exercise.
4. A bottle of tomato sauce contains the instruction: “DO NOT CONSUME AFTER 14/12/2018”. This instruction means:
A. You should not eat the sauce after this date.
B. The sauce tastes best before this date.
C. You should not buy the sauce before this date.
D. The sauce should not be opened after this date.
C. There is no lifeguard here.
A. You should not eat the sauce after this date.
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.