13. [A]back             [B]further         [C]aside         [D]around
14. [A]sharpness     [B]stability         [C]framework     [D]flexibility
15. [A]forces         [B]reminds         [C]hurries         [D]allows
16. [A]hold             [B]track         [C]order         [D]pace
17. [A]to             [B]with             [C]for             [D]on
18. [A]irregularly     [B]habitually     [C]constantly     [D]unusually
19. [A]carry             [B]put             [C]build         [D]take
20. [A]risky             [B]effective         [C]idle             [D]familiar
1.    A    2.    B    3.    D    4.    C    5.    A
6.    A    7.    C    8.    B    9.    D    10.    C
11.    D    12.    A    13.    B    14.    A    15.    D
16. B    17.    D    18.    C    19.    C    20.    B
 
2015年
Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Though not biologically related, friends are as “related” as fourth cousins, sharing about 1% of genes. That is    1    a study, published from the University of California and Yale University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has     2     .
The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted    3     1,932 unique subjects which   4     pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers. The same people were used in both    5     .
While 1% may seem    6    ,it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler, professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego, says, “Most people do not even    7    their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friends the people who   8    our kin.”
The study    9   found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity .Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficult to explain, for now,    10    ,as the team suggests, it draws us to similar environments but there is more    11    it. There could be many mechanisms working together that    12    us in choosing genetically similar friends    13    ”functional Kinship” of being friends with    14    !
One of the remarkable findings of the study was the similar genes seem to be evolution    15    than other genes Studying this could help    16    why human evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years, with social environment being a major    17    factor.
The findings do not simply explain people’s    18   to befriend those of similar    19    backgrounds, say the researchers. Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction, care was taken to    20    that all subjects, friends and strangers, were taken from the same population.

 
1. [A] when             [B] why         [C] how         [D] what
2. [A] defended         [B] concluded     [C] withdrawn     [D] advised
3. [A] for             [B] with         [C] on             [D] by
4. [A] compared         [B] sought         [C] separated     [D] connected
5. [A] tests             [B] objects         [C]samples         [D] examples
6. [A] insignificant     [B] unexpected     [C]unbelievable     [D] incredible
7. [A] visit             [B] miss         [C] seek         [D] know
8. [A] resemble        [B] influence     [C] favor         [D] surpass
9. [A] again             [B] also             [C] instead         [D] thus
10. [A] Meanwhile     [B] Furthermore     [C] Likewise     [D] Perhaps
11. [A] about         [B] to             [C]from         [D]like
12. [A] drive         [B] observe         [C] confuse         [D]limit
13. [A] according to     [B] rather than     [C] regardless of     [D] along with
14. [A] chances         [B]responses     [C]missions         [D]benefits
15. [A] later             [B]slower         [C] faster         [D] earlier
16. [A]forecast         [B]remember     [C]understand     [D]express
17. [A] unpredictable    [B]contributory     [C] controllable     [D] disruptive
18. [A] endeavor         [B]decision         [C]arrangement     [D] tendency
19. [A] political         [B] religious     [C] ethnic         [D] economic
20. [A] see             [B] show         [C] prove         [D] tell
1.    D    2.    B    3.    C    4.    A    5.    C
6.    A    7.    D    8.    A    9.    B    10.    D
11.    B    12.    A    13.    B    14.    D    15.    C
16. A    17.    B    18.    D    19.    C    20.    A
 
2016年
Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
In Cambodia, the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not only his parents and his friends,  1    those of the young woman, but also a matchmaker. A young man can  2   a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations, or