中華郵政考古題 111年 英文

1. It is _____ to be late for an important meeting. 

2. _____, Christmas Eve dinner is a gathering time for the entire family. 

3. My father has a _____ tire in the trunk of his car. 

5. Without a(n) _____, you are not allowed to park your car on this campus.  

8. With the presence of a good crowd, the bar was very _____. 

11. My brothers are good at remembering and finding directions. They _____ the problem of getting lost. 

14. Last night, due to the delay in flight departure, all the passengers _____ sandwiches. 

16. 克漏字測驗【請依照段落上下文意,選出最適當的答案】
Have you ever visited the beach? Did you recall seeing a man with a headset pointing a long pole at the ground? If the answer is affirmative, you might have seen a person using a metal detector. People use these  26  to find a variety of metals. Metal detectors emit magnetic waves which go through the ground. The waves change when they hit metal, and the device beeps. This enables the person with the device to know that some sort of metal is  27 .
The first metal detectors were meant to help miners. In the old times, the devices were big and cost a lot of money. Moreover, they  28  a lot of power. Worst of all, they didn’t work well. Later, people kept trying to make such devices better. With much effort, metal detectors got smaller. Today, they are light and cheap, and they can work effectively. That is why people bring them to the beach. Metal detectors help people find lost items, such as rings lost in the water or phones buried in the sand. However, very often, such a search is  29  and the workers only find junk. In addition, metal detectors protect people. They help to  30  guns out of some places, like airports, courthouses, or even schools. Guards use special wands, functioning as metal detectors, to find if there is any metal on a person. Evidently, these devices have become very helpful in modern-day lives.

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21. 閱讀測驗【請依照段落上下文意,選出最適當的答案】
Feeling squeezed by rising prices and a higher cost of living? If you share such a sentiment, you should find plenty company. In fact, we are experiencing a tide of inflations, and the economic challenge is global in scale. Private investors are careful hoping to figure out the best way forward. Professionals and economists are analyzing data trying to predict whether a recession will follow. Going against conventional wisdom, the market dynamics in major countries have made it challenging for professionals to read the economic tea leaves.
With the current inflation showing no signs of slowing down, a decline in economic activity seems quite likely. That is, the rising costs of goods and services are negatively affecting consumers’ abilities to buy things. A decrease in consumer spending may shrink the market demand and slow economic growth, which possibly leads to fewer jobs and a decline in employment, signs of recession. However, in reality, a strong labor market, with more jobs created and more workers hired at higher wages, and no decrease in consumer spending have directed economists to make a more positive forecast on recession.
Indeed, it is hard to interpret the conflicting signals in the ongoing foggy market conditions, a result of several complex factors. The current inflation was driven by a surge in demand of goods as countries gradually emerged from lockdowns. On the other hand, there had been a supply shortage caused by delays and disruptions in supply chain brought by COVID-19 pandemic. An increase in costs was further fueled by rising oil prices resulting from Russians’ invasion of Ukraine. Finally, humankind is confronted with yet another blow, global food insecurity, due to the pandemic, war in Ukraine, and the shocking climate change, which may cause inflation to skyrocket even higher.

Which of the following might NOT explain why “tide” is used in the first paragraph to describe the current inflation? 

22. Inferring from the context, what does “read the economic tea leaves” mean?  

23. Which argument in the essay is best explained by the second paragraph? 

24. Which of the following summarizes the description in the second paragraph?  

25. Based on the essay, which of the following is NOT the reason for the current inflation?