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2016年9月4日 星期日

102年普考英文單字題解析



102年普考英文單字題:
(B)1.The woman sued her company for gender _____ because she was laid off for her pregnancy.
(A) distinction
(B) discrimination
(C) inspection
(D) examination
解析:
整句翻譯:女人控訴公司性別歧視,因為懷孕所以資遣她。
sue:控告, ...提起訴訟[(+for)]
discrimination:不公平待遇, 歧視[(+against)]
pregnancy:懷孕
gender discrimination:性別歧視
laid off 遣散
be laid off
被解雇
The workers of the factory have been laid off on account of the depression .
由於不景氣,工廠的工人被暫時解雇。
They gave us notice that we were being laid off
他們通知說我們已被暫時解雇。
(A) distinction:區別,分清
(B) discrimination
:歧視
 (C) inspection
:檢查
(D) examination
:審問

(D)2.It is a _____ that the kid fell from the tenth floor and survived with only some abrasions.
(A) misery
(B) muscle
(C) medal
(D) miracle
解析:
整句翻譯:這小鬼從十樓掉下來,大難不死只受了點擦傷,真是奇蹟
abrasions 擦傷
survived 倖存,活下來
(A) misery:苦難
(B) muscle 肌肉
(C) medal:勳章
(D) miracle:奇蹟

(D)3.Many people took _____ surgery to make themselves look prettier.
(A) electric
(B) historic
(C) realistic
(D) plastic
解析:
整句翻譯:許多人為了讓自己更漂亮去動了整形手術
plastic surgery ()  整形
prettier漂亮
(A) electric:電的;導電的;發電的
(B) historic
:歷史上著名的;歷史上有重大意義的
(C) realistic
:現實的,注重實際的,實際可行的
(D) plastic
:可塑的,塑性的

(A)4.It is customary that Chinese _____ red color with good luck.
(A) associate
(B) communicate
(C) operate
(D) resolve
解析:
整句翻譯:中國人習慣把紅色當作幸運的意思
customary 習慣上的,慣常的;合乎習俗的
(A) associate聯想,把……聯想在一起[+with]
(B) communicate:傳達;傳遞;傳播
(C) operate
:作出,工作;運作;運轉
(D) resolve
:解決,解答;消除

(B)5.Although the company did not make profits this season, the manager is still _____ about the prospect.
(A) imaginative
(B) optimistic
(C) realistic
(D) objective
解析:
整句翻譯:雖然這間公司這一季沒有盈餘,但是經理對於前景仍然抱持樂觀
make profit 獲利
When a business fails to make profits it should die .
如果一家公司沒有賺錢,它就該垮臺。
But it was all for a good causeto make profit for their master .
但這一切都為了一個美好的事業為他們的老板增加利潤。
Prospect:前景,前途
(A) imaginative:想像的
(B) optimistic
:樂觀的
(C) realistic
:實際的
(D) objective
:客觀的


(B)6.Jewish teaching says that at death the body returns to God, so funerals take place within 24 hours to get the _____ there all the quicker.
(A) adherent
(B) deceased
(C) eccentric
(D) veteran
解析:
整句翻譯:猶太教義說死亡後身體回歸上帝,所以喪禮在24小時內舉行讓死者更快回歸
(A) adherent 追隨者,擁護者
(B) deceased
死者
(C) eccentric
古怪的,反常的
(D) veteran
老兵;老手;富有經驗的人