公職王歷屆試題 (105 民航人員特考)

105 年公務人員特種考試外交領事人員及外交行政人員、
民航人員、國際經濟商務人員及原住民族考試試題
考試別：民航人員特考
等 別：三等考試
類科組：各科別
科 目：英文

甲、申論題部分：(50 分)
一、英譯中：（15 分）
Manned air traffic control towers have been a reassuring fixture at airports since the dawn of
civil aviation nearly a century ago. But they could soon be made obsolete by technological advances,
which allow arrivals and departures to be monitored from miles away using live streams of high-
definition cameras.
【擬答】
近一個世紀前，自從民航露出曙光以來，由人操縱的飛航管制塔臺一直是機場可靠的設施。
但是隨著科技的進步，例如使用高解析度攝影機的直播，即可在好幾英里遠的距離監控入境和離
境，使得它們可能很快就會被淘汰了。

二、中譯英：(15 分)
英國總理梅伊（May）表示英國和它的盟國必須管制網路空間以防範恐怖份子和激進份
子的計畫。暴力伊斯蘭意識型態必須立即偵察出來，並立即消滅。她也申明英國反恐攻策略
應接受評鑑以確保執法單位有該有的力量，包括給恐怖攻擊參與者更長的徒刑。
【擬答】
May, British Prime Minister, expressed that U.K. and its allies must restrain cyber space to be alert
against terrorists’ and extremists’ schemes. Violent Islamic ideology must immediately be detected and
eradicated. She also stated that British anti-terrorism strategy should be assessed to assure that the
enforcement units maintain their strength, including longer imprisonment for the participants in terrorist
attacks.

三、短篇寫作：請閱讀指示，並依指示寫作。（20 分)
Some people think that wealth makes us happy, but others believe a successful career might
bring more sense of achievement. Write an essay of 250 words on the topic of what makes a good
life.
【擬答】
A Positive Outlook
Some people think that wealth makes us happy. As far as I am concerned, however, money is
necessary but not all for us. Though money can be used to exchange our basic needs, it is not omnipotent.
For instance, we cannot use money to buy real love or ability. As a result, I think that a positive outlook
can help us to be happy and change the outcome of our life.
First of all, a positive outlook helps us develop good relationships, which means that you interact
with others well. Whether you are a worker or a student, your colleagues or friends will always appreciate
your energy and want to spend more time with you. As a matter of fact, a happy person makes everybody
else happy.

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Next, people with a positive outlook are more diligent. As a proverb goes, “Diligence is the mother
of success.” Industrious people value time, treasure life, plant the seeds of success, and harvest happiness.
Idle people, on the other hand, kill time, waste life, plant the seeds of failure, and harvest sadness.
Finally, having a positive outlook also results in good health. Good health means happiness because
it can secure a smooth life and provide full energy for people to devote themselves to their study and
work. In this way people can achieve success and happiness.
To sum up, having a positive outlook will bring strong relationships, the ability to succeed, and good
health, and all these three factors make a good life.

乙、測驗題部分：(50 分)
  Nuclear power plants have higher construction and operating costs than their fossil fuel .
similarities profiles counterparts lieutenants
  A generation ago , after a series of horrible scandals, Australia hundreds of detailed
rules governing nursing homes for the elderly.
deformed ditched baked breathed
  The safety board found that the country has 35,000 miles of oil, natural gas and liquid
pipelines, many of which are decades old and need immediate maintenance.
virtuous hazardous prestigious indecent
  As a language user you may start from an innocent position, whereby you assume that others are
like you and share your .
assumption intoxication dictation identification
  The artist mixed three inks to create the color spectrum he was seeking—a seamless from
dark to light blue.
breakthrough constituent dimension gradation
  If students only have a(n) grasp of this complicated mathematical concept, it is
difficult for them to learn another one.
tenuous gratuitous suspicious envious
  The 8.9 magnitude earthquake occurring in Japan on March, 11, 2011 a huge tsunami
causing widespread damage to the country.
salvaged triggered ventilated wrestled
  After Marie finished her presentation, the committee members looked at the on the slide
and began to argue.
deposit diagram drainage digestion
  Under the burden of demands , a person may feel prolonged stress, fatigue, frustration,
and helplessness.
overhearing overwhelming underwriting undergoing
  Obesity is essentially an epidemic of . As countries become more industrialized, the
percentage of population afflicted tends to grow higher.
electricity eternity formality modernity
  This food is so . I just wish I had not eaten so much at lunch.
innocuous lustrous licentious scrumptious
  Jokes are a great way to keep a conversation going, but we should never tell jokes

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that could make people feel uncomfortable or angry.
artificial multiple offensive decent
  Teenagers are often so that they seldom take advice from their parents or teachers.
rebellious redundant recreational reflective
  People tend to to another country for economic and political reasons.
illuminate indulge immigrate irritate
  Lighting a thousand beacons across the Britain was one of the many celebrations in of
the Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee.
charge honor terms need
  After being asked a few offensive questions, the head of the council walked out of the
press conference without any explanation.
abruptly spirally innocently  beneficially
  The ancient Irish people dressed up as ghosts to away bad spirits.
hide moan pass scare
  Working long hours without getting enough sleep has really Victor’s health, as he feels
tired and sick all the time.
harmed shaken enabled caught
  When others don’t meet your expectations, you become critical of them. It then becomes
hard to keep good with them.
regulations relationships representations restrictions
  Many native speakers use so much when they talk to each other that foreign travellers
have a hard time understanding what they are talking about.
clash fraud hunch slang

請回答第 21 題至第 25 題
Chocolate is made from the beans of the cacao tree. The ancient Aztecs believed that seeds of the

cacao tree came from Paradise. In the 16th century, Spanish conquerors in Central America 21

chocolate as the “divine drink that builds up resistance and gives strength.” When the Spanish first
brought chocolate back to Europe, it was still being 22 a beverage with the chili pepper in it, but
soon that was 23 by sugar. The new, sweetened beverage was a luxury few could 24 , but by

the 17th century the drink had become common among European nobilities. As other countries 25

Spain’s monopoly on cacao, chocolate became more widely available. With more production, the price
became lower and lower, and soon the masses in Europe and the Americans were able to enjoy chocolate.
  described measured revoked overcame
  depended on handed in served as messed up
  refined reversed replaced recognized
  release afford initiate supply
  turned around divided into gave in broke up

請回答第 26 題至第 30 題

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“Perfume,” says expert perfumer Sophia Grojsman, “is a promise in a bottle.” That promise might be
reflected in a perfume’s name: Joy or Pleasure, for example. Millions of dollars are spent on the
marketing of a perfume so that customers connect luxury, attraction, or a certain attitude to a fragrance.
Fragrances can have power over our thoughts and emotions. Scientists believe memory and smell are
closely connected in our brains, and that certain aromas have the power to call up deep memories.
Perfume makers are especially aware of this and use aromas that touch us deeply.
In the perfume world, an essence is a material with its own special aroma. Some are natural, and
derived from flowers and plants, for example. Others are synthetic copies of rare or difficult-to-obtain
essences. Perfume authority Harry Frémont says a good fragrance “is a balance between naturals and
synthetics. Naturals give richness and roundness; synthetics, backbone and sparkle.”
Hundreds of new perfumes are put on the market every year. Of these, few become successful. It’s a
risky business. A company introducing a new scent can easily run through a budget of 20 million dollars.
Profits, however, can be very high. One successful fragrance, CK ONE from designer Calvin Klein, made
250 million dollars in its first year.
  How would you summarize the third paragraph?
Perfume making is both a science and an art.
Perfume making needs various materials.
Perfume making is a million-dollar career.
Perfume making needs novel ideas and creation.
  What does the word “this” in the second paragraph refer to?
The attitude toward luxury and attraction.
The connection between memory and emotions.
How smells affect our emotions and feelings.
How perfume makers make fragrances.
  What is the shared idea of paragraphs 1 and 4?
The vast investment for promoting new perfumes.
The connection between feelings and perfumes.
The hard work of scientists on creating new perfumes.
The brand name and the perfume it represents.
  According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A good perfume needs only natural materials.
Scientists believe only fragrances can affect our brains.
Only money is required when a perfume is created.
Only few perfumes can bring huge profits every year.
  In the fourth paragraph, what is the phrase “run through” closest in meaning to?
Use up. Go over. Take off. Make out.

請依下文回答第 31 題至第 35 題
“Cowboy” boots were originally made to be walked in, so the heels were flatter than the heels we
now associate with these boots. As it became obvious that working around a ranch required more and
more riding, a boot with much higher stacked leather heel was designed for a riding boot. The higher heel
is also slanted forward to keep a rider’s foot in the stirrup. This design was necessary because the

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American cowboy rode fast and hard, making short, abrupt turns as he herded cows. The top of cowboy
boots was tall to protect a rider’s legs as he rode through brush and cactus country.
Boots designed for rough ranch work are usually made of tough hides like bull hide, water buffalo,
or elk hide. Standard boots are usually sold in simple colors like brown and black, but now the boot
business has gotten rather showy. High fashion designers have discovered the cowboy boot, and the boot
has suddenly become a status symbol. First of all, there are a lot of new bright colors available, like red,
green, blue, and orange, even purple.
Demand among Westerners is strong for boots made from exotic hides, and Easterners are beginning
to demand the exotic leathers as well. Suede is old-fashioned now; lizard, snake, and alligator are
becoming common themselves. Caribou is a favorite just now, a subtle material that looks like many
other leathers but has a more interesting texture. Among reptile skins, eel is considered a status item, for it
too has a subtle texture lacking in other reptile skins. Among ranchers in Texas, the highest status boot is
a pair of ostrich skin boots, about $500. Add a fancy “toe bug,” the little silver covers for the toe, and
you’ve outstepped your competition completely.
  What is this passage mainly about?
It discusses new materials used in making cowboy boots.
It compares the different sizes of cowboy boots.
It discusses the current demand for cowboy boots.
It describes the boot industry.
  According to the passage, which of the following leathers is currently considered old-fashioned?
Suede Caribou Eel Ostrich
  What can be inferred from this passage?
Cowboy boots are now more popular in the West than in the East.
Caribou are becoming extinct because of the demand for their skin.
Brightly colored boots are not popular in the West.
Cowboy boots are no longer bought just for ranching or riding.
  According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct?
Cowboy boots have always been short.
Texas ranchers don’t like expensive boots.
Cowboy boots have changed drastically over the years.
Lizard skin boots are more popular than snake skin boots.
  Which of the following is closest to the meaning of the word “exotic” in line 13?
Useless. Unusal. Colorless. Common.

請依下文回答第 36 題至第 40 題
When Michael Vaudreuil’s college classmates were in the library studying together at night, he was
wiping down chalkboards and picking up their trash. But this weekend, donning a black cap and gown, he
stood with them not as a 54-year-old college custodian but as a fellow undergraduate. It was 2008, the
year of the economic downturn, when Vaudreuil filed for bankruptcy, he lost his house to foreclosure and
his car was repossessed. His thriving 24-year plastering business had ground to a halt as the economy
waned. The only work he could find was as a night custodian at a local college. It was about a 50 percent
pay cut, the work wasn’t stimulating, but the benefits were good. He decided he would take advantage of

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every free benefit the school offered so it would feel like he was making more money. So Vaudreuil
started taking undergraduate classes tuition free at the college by day, and cleaning up after his classmates
by night. He did schoolwork in the early mornings and after class in the afternoons before he started his
3p.m. to 11 p.m. shift cleaning the academic building bathrooms and scrubbing the floors. Nearly a
decade later, Vaudreuil graduated on May 14 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical
engineering. At the graduation ceremony, his whole family was there to see him receive his diploma.
Surrounded by fellow graduates half his age, he took a little bow. And the crowd cheered.
  What happened to Michael in 2008?
Financially speaking, he lost everything he had.
He set up his own company in the plastering business.
He graduated from college majoring in economics.
He bought a new house and an expensive car.
  What event did Michael attend on May 14?
His fellow students’ reunion party. His own graduation ceremony.
His coworker’s wedding ceremony. His company’s grand opening.
  What is Michael’s job at the college?
An instructor. A janitor. An engineer. A treasurer.
  Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Michael’s salary at the college is about 50% less than he earned before.
Michael works by day and takes classes by night at a local college.
One of the benefits that Michael can get when working at the college is taking free classes.
Michael graduated from college with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical
engineering.
  What is Michael most probably doing at 7 pm during weekdays?
Designing a floor plan. Teaching in the classroom.
Picking up the garbage. Studying in the library.

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