中華郵政考古題 105年英文

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1. 第一篇：
　　Today’s students grew up with Internet access, YouTube, Facebook, Myspace, and a host of other digital resources. They can typically be found doing their math homework while texting their friends, browsing on Facebook, and listening to music all at the same time. They generally feel that they can find ways to multitask, while most adults believe these online activities are only distracting them from concentrating on their studies. Many of them also report that when they go to school, they have to turn off and dumb down because their schools ban digital devices.
　　One concern that teachers and adults usually have is that young people nowadays are increasing screen time in front of a computer, which aggravates the disconnect from the real world. Nonetheless, past efforts to fight this new digital culture were almost to no avail. Schools, therefore, must develop a strategy to take advantage of new technologies by infiltrating the digital culture into classrooms and learning. When advocators of flipped classroom present to teachers this new pedagogic innovation made possible by utilizing many accessible digital formats, it is only natural to anticipate a rather skeptical response.
　　However, when implementing flipped learning, classroom teachers are surprised to see how their young students settle into learning quickly and engage themselves in the process rather actively. What is significant and worth considering is that teachers should start speaking their students' language and learning from them what is the efficient medium to impart knowledge. It is about time schools embraced digital learning and used it to help our students learn, instead of telling them they are forbidden from learning with today's tools. It seems preposterous that schools have not adapted themselves to this irreversible digital change. By encouraging students to tap into the abundant digital learning resources, we will soon see them engaged in a variety of instructional activities in which they are collaborating, experimenting, and interacting with their teachers and peers. They are allowed to monitor their own learning and become truly autonomous.

Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage above?　

(A) Preventing the Youth from Digital Addiction　 (B) Embracing Digital Pedagogy　 (C) Flipped Classroom Inhibiting Learning　 (D) Disconnecting Learning Autonomy

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2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?　

(A) New technologies provide new instructional approaches.　 (B) Electronic devices are often banned because schools believe they are distracting.　 (C) Teachers need to consider what effective instruction entails by understanding their students.　 (D) Flipped teaching has been proved to be a failure because of the limited digital learning resources.

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3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “preposterous”?　

(A) Ridiculous. 　 (B) Forgivable. 　 (C) Desirable. 　 (D) Prosperous.

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4. According to the passage, how do teachers initially feel about flipped learning?　

(A) They feel that students can learn how to multitask.　 (B) They believe that excessive amount of screen time can enhance school performance.　 (C) They have doubts toward the new digital learning format.　 (D) They can see the upsides of flipped learning but find it impossible to implement.

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5. According to the passage, what does the author recommend?　

(A) Schools should develop strategies to adopt the new digital approach in their curriculum.　 (B) Parents should be more open-minded to allow teachers to decide what to teach.　 (C) Young students should not be too addicted to electronic devices.　 (D) Learning autonomy can be an illusion when flipped learning is practiced in classrooms.

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6. 第二篇：
　　To a large extent, the public discussion over the future of work has followed a storyline that says technology and globalization are coming to whisk your job away. Artificial intelligence threatens to make many professions obsolete. About 47% of the U.S. workforce is in jobs at high risk for becoming automated within the next two decades, according to the 2013 Oxford University study.
　　On the bright side, experts believe that although technology would displace certain kinds of work, it would also free us up from drudgery, leading us to invent new kinds of work. But they also conclude that while some highly skilled workers would triumph in the new work order, others would be forced into lower-paid jobs or suffer permanent unemployment. The real issue remains: whether our educational system is adequately preparing us for work of the future, and right now it seems that our political and economic institutions are poorly equipped to handle these hard choices.
　　What is happening now rings the alarm bell on looming "mass structural unemployment" in the U.S. as a result of technology, globalization, longevity and an educational system that has failed to keep pace. Experts urge that society must do more to prepare for change. Then who should be responsible for such preparation? In addition to governments, corporations can play a very significant role. Businesses have the greatest visibility as to how jobs are changing. If they can't fill jobs, and that is a problem today, they have a real need in terms of day-to-day business. Besides, corporations have great resources for talent and human capital development to provide skills needed.

Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage above?　

(A) Solutions to Economic Recession　 (B) Forces Shaping the Future of Work　 (C) Migrant Works at Risk　 (D) Disruptive Technologies

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7. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?　

(A) Highly skillful workers will be the first batch of people to be made redundant.　 (B) Both the public and private sectors need to work hand in hand to prepare for job changes.　 (C) Many job skills will be rendered obsolete by new technological advancements.　 (D) Technology does not only make some jobs disappear but also create new kinds of jobs.

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8. According to the passage, which of the following may not be a cause of structural unemployment?　

(A) Technological advancements. 　 (B) Globalized business and economy.　 (C) Extreme weather changes. 　 (D) Life expectancy.

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9. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “drudgery”?　

(A) White-collar work. 　 (B) Intelligent work.　 (C) Hard laboring work. 　 (D) Experimental work.

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10. Based on the passage, what can be further inferred as a possible solution?　

(A) To provide more funds for researchers and experts to develop new technologies.　 (B) To cut back on personnel costs by making more jobs automated.　 (C) To convince low-skilled workers to settle for lower wages.　 (D) To identify the skill gap and provide necessary trainings for new job changes.