Section 1

Version

Topic

V11146

House-renting

Questions 1-10

Section 2

Version

Topic

V14110

garden traveling

Questions 11-14

11-12. Which of the following things can be used free of charge?   

A. garden gloves

B. lady bags

C. bush timbering lessons

D. food

E. humming birds

13-14. What are the facilities that can be used today?     

A. plan care center

B. café

C. gift shop

D. towns

E. offices

Questions 15-20

A.   varieties of deserts

B.   native plants

C.   lawns and lawns alternative

D.   native plants

E.   storing water

F.    plants attract wildlife

G.   unified design

H.   soil nutrients

15. Marry: D

16. Berson: A

17. Smith: B

18. Nunee: C

19. Scanlan: H

20. Mandelson: G

Section 3

Version

Topic

V09143

選課

Questions 21-22 Completion

21. feedback on photocopy of the outline

22. The lecturers will give the audience a handout.

Questions 23-25 Multiple choice

23. What does the woman think is important?

A. The topic relevant part

(the most important thing is to read those paragraphs chosen)

24. What does the woman think is the hardest?

B. Understanding theory

25. Why does the lecturer think making notes is important when reading a passage?

C. Go back for reference

Questions 26-30 Matching

26. Statistics of social science --- be helpful for mathematics

27. Quantities Method --- practical examples

28. Mathematics --- take less time than other courses

29. Basic of Economics --- for the last year students

30. Dissertation Planning --- good tutor

Section 4

Version

Topic

V16106

教授講解新西蘭的紫雛菊（Echinacea）

Questions 31-40

ONE WORD ONLY for each answer

Echinacea in New Zealand

   Benefit

31. Improve your immune system

32. Prevent people from flu

33. Be effective particularly for children

   History

34. The flowers of the Echinacea are used by North American

   Experiments done by Scientists B and H

Found that Echinacea grew faster in specific area, due to

35. climate of the area

36. sand in the soil

   Future crop plan

37. irrigation system

38. destroy weeds

39. dry roots of dead plants

   Future business plan

--- reduce the price for overseas

--- 40. use the bottle with sign on to show it’s organic

Passage 1

Topic

鄉村小型自制交通工具

Content Review

P1 The importance of transport in removing poverty is acknowledged by most countries authorities. Various transportation modes are used in poverty lifting. The lack of the knowledge of problems facing poor rural and urban communities is serious among authorities.

P2 For transportation development, priority is given to motored vehicles, which encourages people to use more motorcycles. This is suitable in areas close to highways or motorways, while it’s a long distance to the motor way from some villages. Therefore, this way cannot meet the needs of the people in poor rural and urban communities, where lands are not flat, even in mountains.

P3 Generally, rural travels fall into two categories: on farm and off-farm. 0n-farm travel, also known as on-village travel, focuses on domestic issues, like trailing the farm implement, pesticides and fertilizer to farm land. Whereas, off-farm, or off-village travel is used to access to schools, clinics, etc. Others, like economic-related travel also belongs to such kind of travel, like access to markets.

P4 Practical Approach, founded in 1966, is a charity which connects the local communities and authorities to improve living qualities in mainly four parts of the world, South Asia, Africa...In order to promote living standards, it mainly performs campaigns in two ways: by providing ease access to markets nearby and by reducing time spent by women and children on daily tasks.

P5 Unique approach is used by Practical Approach. It does not start with technology, but it starts with people. Although it maybe sophisticated or simple, this way focuses on a different side with humanism. Practical approach also works with various Mass Transit system, as well as trail way and bicycles.

Case Study

Bicycle Ambulance Project

P6 In flat parts of Nepal, where medicine care is not easily available. People have to travel far away to get treated. And usually people have to ride a long distance to the nearest clinic or hospital. But how can a person ride on a bike while being a sick one?

P7 Practical Approach donated to this community with trailers, and help develop trailer trade, when people with diseases are sent in trailers, which eventually became “bicycle ambulance”.

P8 The two-wheel bicycle is made of bronze metal, with standard rubber-tyred wheels. The bed is padded with cushions which can make the patients more comfortable. Beside the cushions there is a seat for a family member to take care of the patient.

P9 To ease the withdrawal and control of the bicycle ambulance, even when others people do not have to come in case of limited time. A joining mechanism is used to link the two sides of a bicycle. On top of the bicycle ambulance, there is a cover that protects the patient from bad weather situations (Nepal rains a lot from April to September.)

Questions & Answers

Questions 1-4 YES/NO/NG

1. The authorities are well knowledge of the problem faced by poor rural areas.   No

(P1, the lack of knowledge of----對---的缺失)

2. The population who possess motorcycles in rural areas are increasing.   NG

(P2第一句：只是鼓勵人們，并不知道鄉村地區是否增加)

3. The on-village travel is responsible for the transport of agriculture equipment.   Yes

(P3第二句，agriculture equipment同義替換:farm implement)

4. The off-village travel is also used for trade purpose.   Yes

(P3最后一句：trade替換economic-related and market)

Questions 5-8 filling blank NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS

Practical Approach

Type: 5. charity (P4第一句，性質)

Approach: put people first instead of 6. technology

(P5第二句：句式轉化：doesn’t start with technology, but start with ….)

Aim and ways:

by getting people to 7. markets

by reducing time on 8. daily tasks

(P4最后一句，同義詞替換)

Questions 9-13 pictures and gap filling

(P8 rubber-tyred wheels同義替換tyres made of rubber，P9對整個車篷內部構造的介紹，一一對應，關鍵詞，a seat, bed and weather)

9. rubber

10. family member

11. cushions

12. joining mechanism

13. cover

Passage 2

Topic

Intelligence

Content Review

Giftedness and intelligence

A People use a variety of methods to measure students' capability and potential when identifying gifted children.

B people argue about whether IQ test is adequate and ethic.

C Binet's IQ test based on age. The same aged Children who have lower intelligent age should go to small class and have specified teaching.

D The methodology of Binet's system. Not just reading or listening test.

E Philosophers in UK and some other countries use Binet’s test system but with other purpose. How many percent intelligence counts? 80%? or mostly inherit from parents.

F The reason that IQ test should not be the single factor to justify children’s ability and it is impossible to measure intelligence.

G Other characteristics that that related to students’ abilities should be taken into consideration.

H intelligence cannot stand for one’s achievement, like Churchill and Einstein, who may not good at maths, but have talent in other areas.

I IQ test should not be the only factor to measure one’s ability.

Questions & Answers

Questions 14-16

14. the methodology of Binet's test   D

15. the discussion of IQ test   B

16. reason that intellect test should not be the single factor   F

Questions 17-20 選擇題

17. What is the purpose of the passage?

C. discuss the limitation of IQ test

18. Binet’s test system was to

A. find those who is gifted

B. find those who do not perform satisfied

(段落C，相同年齡的學生一起測試，把表現不如同年齡的學生放到小班教育)

19. What did Binet’s test based on?

A. children at the same age（段落D，關鍵詞chronic）

B. reading skills

C. mathematics skills

20. How to testify one’s intelligence?

D. separate factors in particular circumstance (段落D)

Questions 21-26 判斷題

21. Binet’s test system only used in Paris.   Not Given (段落C)

22. Binet thought intelligence was too complex to be measured.   Not Given (段落D)

23. Others use Binet’s method in army with different purposes from himself.  Yes (段落E)

24. Like other characteristics, intelligence is able to be measured.   No (段落F)

25. We should test learning ability and skills but not just intelligence.   Yes (段落G)

26. IQ test can accurately measure students’ talents.   No (段落G)

Passage 3

Topic

動物群體行為

Content Review

Patterns of nature

Collective behaviour

A A recent study led by Dr lain Couzin at Princeton University may help us explain what has been a mystery to scientists for centuries: how is it possible for fish, birds or insects within a group of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of individuals, to co-ordinate their behaviour so closely? With the aid of computer simulations and digital tracking video, the team has revealed the basic rules behind some of the extraordinary collective behaviour exhibited by the animal world.

B So remarkable is the coherence among the members of some animal groups that, in 1930s, it was suggested that organism within such groups must be capable of instantly transferring thoughts to one another. By the 1970s, it was commonly thought that flocking birds required a leader to do this. It was hypothesised that there might be as yet undetected electromagnetic fields generated. Researchers has investigated what qualifications the leader in an animal group need. At last they found maybe the system is not so complicated.

C How the ants organize in a group, they form a three-lane way during their way to hunt for food and return to the nest in order to avoid collision.

D From the three-lane of ants, this paragraph talks about the human behaviours is not so collective and organized, the lane in human world is more disorder, and it depends on the environment and population dense at an area.

E This paragraph talks about the shoals of fish, they form a torus, which is an empty circle, around which all the fish keep moving in order to avoid the predator and protect themselves.

F Leaders are important in some group, but it doesn’t mean that the bigger the group is, the more leader they need. Actually, when the group is very large, they need less leaders, because at that situation the decision is made when more individuals agree. So this is a simple system to make consensus.

G With the new development of the technology in the collective behaviour, the scientists are thinking about applying this new system in robots to make more intelligent robots.

Questions & Answers

Questions 27-33 List of headings

i A two-way traffic scheme

ii potential applications for new knowledge

iii Qualities needed to be a group leader

iv keeping going, keeping safe

v Some unproven theories

vi Deciding on which way to follow  

vii A selfish species keeping moving

viii A new technology applied in a historic issue

27. Paragraph A: viii

28. Paragraph B: iii

29. Paragraph C: i

30. Paragraph D: iv

31. Paragraph E: vii

32. Paragraph F: vi

33. Paragraph G: ii

Questions 34-37圖標填空

34. a three-lane: used by ants

35. a central lane moved back to nest

36-37. a “torus”, which is an empty circle around a central core that the group circulate.

Questions 38-40 Y/N/NG

38. In a lane, the more front the person walked, the more slowly he walked in human world.    NOT GIVEN (第四段文章并沒有提及行走速度)

39. The number of lanes in human world is determined by how many people there are in an immediate time.   YES

(第四段文章說the number of the lanes depends on the environment and the density)

40. In a group, the larger the group is, the more leaders are needed.   NO

(第6段中說并不是group size越大，需要的leaders越多，而是要少數服從多數即可)

Task 1

Type of questions

線圖

題目

The graph below shows the proportion of a country’s GDP spending on three different areas from 2000 to 2025.

Task 2

Topic

科技

Type of questions

觀點類

題目

Many people believe that the social networking sites have had a huge impact on both individuals and society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

People & Animal

Teachers

Pop star

Neighbours

Teenagers

Events

Birthdays

Daily routine

History

Objects/Things

Jewellery

Vegetables and fruits

Boat

Bus

Places

Hometown

High school

Media

Music//Musical Instruments

Newspaper and magazine

Advertisement

Emails and Letters

Computer

Internet

Abstract

Work or study

Sunshine

Rainy days

People & Animal

Describe a couple you know who have a happy marriage.幸福的婚姻

Describe an interesting person from another country.有趣的外國人

Describe a businessman you admire.敬佩的商人

Events

Describe a time you moved to a new home or school.搬家、轉學

Describe a leisure activity near the ocean.海邊活動

Describe something you want to do for a long time but you haven’t done yet.想做的事

Describe an interesting conversation you had with a stranger.有意思的談話

Describe a sport game you’ve watch.喜歡看的運動

Describe a (long) car journey you went on.汽車旅行

Describe an occasion when you helped a person.樂于助人

Describe an experience that you taught a friend or a relative.教他人

Objects/Things

Describe your favourite piece of clothing.喜歡的衣服

Describe a piece of art (like statue, painting).藝術品

Describe a kind of vegetable or plant.植物

Describe an occasion that you had a special cake.特殊的蛋糕

Describe an exciting book you have read.令人興奮的書

Describe a traditional product in your country.傳統產品

Describe an important letter you received.重要的信

Places

Describe a big company or organization you know.大公司

Describe a city you’ve been to.去過的城鎮

Describe an interesting place that few people know.鮮有人知的地方

Describe a public park or garden.公園

Describe a leisure facility (cinema, theatre, sports center) you would like to have in your hometown.休閑設施

Media

Describe a website you like to visit.喜歡訪問的網站

Describe a TV series or drama you enjoy watching.電視節目

Abstract

Describe a subject of science that you learned in secondary/high school.科學課

Describe an achievement that you are proud of.驕傲的成就

重點話題Sample Answer

Describe a sport game you’ve watch.

You should say:

When you watched it

Where you watched this game

Who you watched it with

And explain why you like this sport.

E-sport is a novelty which has magnetized a tremendous amount of people, notably youngsters. Of all the E-sports game, MOBA, aka multiplayer online battle arena, has prevailed for over a decade. It is a subgenre of a real-time strategy game, in which a player controls a character and the goal is to collaboratively destroy the opposing team’s main structure, hence sophisticated skills and tactics are needed.

Generally, every game features three lanes connecting the two team bases and a melee is inevitable when the two team meet, which pushes the game up to its climax. The players who all think they have the game in the bag will play for more than thirty minutes per game and bring a total visual feast to the audience.