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一 . 文意字彙

1.Many people 　　　　 their true feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence.
(A) announced (B) enunciated (C) perpetuated (D) suppressed

正解：(D)

由空格後之名詞片語， ”their true feelings” 可知，空格中應填入一及物動詞，意即，該及物動詞之受詞為 ”their true feelings” 。而由受詞之後出現的表 『目的』之不定詞結構 ”in order to keep peace with others” 可推斷出正確答案應為 (D).suppressed( 壓抑 ) ，也就是說許多人藉由『壓抑』自己真正的感覺以達到與他人保持和平的目的。選項 (A) announced( 宣佈 ) 、 (B) enunciated( 發表 ) 、 (C) perpetuated ( 使不朽 ) 皆與句意不符。注意， suppressed 這個字是由字首 suppressed （往下）加上字根 press( 壓 ) 所組成。

2. Jack started a 　　　　 body building program, which involved four hours of weight training, jogging, and swimming every other day.
(A) brittle (B) fluvial (C) jocular (D)rigorous

正解：(D)

由空格前的不定冠詞 ”a” 與空格後的名詞片語 ”body building program” 可知，空格中應填入形容詞。而由句中逗號後出現的 『非限定用法之關係子句』“ which involved four hours of weight training, jogging, and swimming every other day. 來判斷， Jack 所進行的 『健身計畫』應該算相當『嚴格』。故本題應選 (D) rigorous 。 (A) brittle( 易碎的 ) 、 (B) fluvial( 河川的 ) 與 (C) jocular( 滑稽的 ) 明顯皆不符句意。

二、同義表達

37.Everest has its immense psychic gravity that pulls people into its orbit.
(A) Being immense, Everest has enough power to stabilize people ' s life.
(B) People need to know the psychic power to find the orbit to reach Everest.
(C) Only people who are in the orbit are aware of Everest's psychic grabity.
(D) Everest possesses an enormous charm that invites people to visit it.

正解：(D)

本題之重點在於理解原句主要子句中之 『術語』 has its immense psychic gravity和關係子句之 『術語』 ” pulls people into its orbit” 這兩個部份。選項 (d) 中的ossesses an enormous charm 就相當於 has its immense psychic gravity ，而 invites people to visit it 就是 pulls people into its orbit 的意思，因此本題選 (D)。注意，原句中的 gravity 原意為 『重力』、『 ( 地心 ) 引力』， orbit 則原指『 ( 天體、衛星等之』運行軌道。

41, The description of these events in the article corresponds closely to other accounts reported on the news.
(A) What is written about the events in the article is highly related to what is written on the news.
(B) The description of the incidents in the article is in contrast to something that ' s reported on the n
(C) The paper carefully describes the events that happened before and were reported on the
(D) People who describe those events write a letter directly to those who report the news.

正解：(A)

本題之重點在於看懂原句主詞 ” The description of these events in the article” 和述語部份 ” corresponds closely to other accounts reported on the news. 之意涵。選項 (A)中的 What is written about the events( in the article) ，指的就是 The description of these events( in the article) ，而 is highly related to what is written (on the news) 可用來解釋 corresponds closely to other accounts reported (on the news) ，故本題應選 (A) 。注意，原句中之 corresponds 有「符合」、「相互呼應」的意思，而 accounts 則指「記述」、「報導」等意。

三、克漏字

43.The drug Ecstasy or “E” is an amphetamine, which comes in a pill or tablet form. If you take an E, you might experience a general state of euphoria, 　　43　　 increased sensitivity to touch, taste, and color and raised confidence. At higher doses, a user can also experience sudden feelings of panic, depression, confusion, and anxiety. Ecstasy is often termed the “love drug” or “hug drug” because it 44 feelings of heightened sensuality.
(a) include (b) including (c) inclusive (d) to include

正解：(b)

由空格和逗號前的 a general state of euphoria( 吸食毒品後產生的亢奮 ) 和空格後的 increased sensitivity to touch, , taste, and color and raised confidence 來判斷，二者的關係應該是：後者為前者有可能呈現之狀況，也就是前者可能的狀況「包括」後者。而由空格前的逗號來看，需要填入空格中用來表達「包括」之意的字不應是過去分詞（ a ） include 或形容詞 (c) inclusive ，更不會是不定詞（ d ） to include.本題之正確答案為由現在分詞轉作介係詞用的 (b) including 。

試卷評析

與多數公職英文考試相同， 本份試題測驗的基本上還是應試者字彙的能力 。除了七題文字字彙之外，五題克漏字中也有三題考的是字彙。另外，在同義表達部分答對題目的關鍵也在字彙，例如 37 題中的 psychic gravity 與 orbit.38 題中的attention deficit 與 fragmented lives. 而由於本次考試為特種考試，因此出現的單字有許多屬較高階之字彙 ，如 32 題的 autonomy( 自治 ) 、 bureaucracy （官僚政治）、plutocracy （金權政治）和 sovereignty （主權）。建議想在同級考試中得到高分的考生，平常應多閱讀與政治、經濟、社會、文化等相關的文章，而且必須注意理解，切勿囫圇吞棗，以免正式面臨考題時只能望題興嘆！

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