[考題] 國考歷屆考題與考題觀念討論(書裡看到的選這個)請附上想法、出處
各位先進好，在下最近在準備五等與郵局內勤櫃台業務的考試，近日練習志X在考場
發的考猜，發現有部分英文題不甚了解，望各位臥虎藏龍的高手們賜教在下，不才必
不勝感激!
No.1
We need to balance ________ with their company by the end of this month.
(A)paycheck (B)funds (C)checks (D)accounts
答案:(D) 疑問:account是帳戶的意思，但balance accounts是指平衡帳目的意思嗎?望高
手解答!
No.2
When you deposit a check, you will need to ________ it.
(A) endorse (B)confirm (C)enclose (D)enrich
答案:(C) 疑問:我查字典(C)enclose是指圍繞、關閉住解，(Ａ)endorse是指在支票背書
(B)confirm是確保之意(D)指使其豐富化，但把(Ｃ)套進去覺得整句很怪，是解答錯了嗎
？還是我理解有錯誤？好困惑。
No.3
Every year Canadian __________ about 75 percent of their exports to the
United States.
(A)businesses that sell (B)selling businesses (C)businesses sell (D)that sell
to businesses
答案:(C) 疑問:我選(A)，只差一個that，that是可以省略還是本來就不該有的呢？ 還
有，75 percent，
75個百分比，75是複數，為何percent不用加ｓ呢？我知道這是笨問題，但我好想知道喔
！
No.4
The creature in the novel is an alien ________ language no one understands
(A) whom (B)which (C)that (D)whose
答案:(D) 疑問:我選(C)，不行嗎？that不是可以替換許多關代如：whom、which、who嗎
？
No.5
The _______ you work, the _______ you will succeed.
(A)harder, more possible (B) harder, more possibly (C)hard, more possibly (D)
hard, possible
答案:(B) 疑問:我知道(C)(D)必錯，但不懂為何要用副詞，莫非是要修飾動詞succeed嗎
？
No.6 cloze
How to live longer is a topic that has fascinated mankind for centuries.
According to a landmark study of nearly 7,000 adults in the United States,
women can add up to seven years to their lives and men eleven to twelve years
by following seven simple health practices :(1)Don’t smoke.(2)If you drink,
do so only moderately. (3)Eat breakfast regularly. (4)Don’t eat between
meals. (5)Maintain normal weight. (6)Sleep about eight hours a night.
(7)Exercise regularly.
Cutting calories may be __________ most significant life-style change you can
make. Experiments have shown that in laboratory animals, a 40 percent calorie
reduction leads to a 50 percent extension in longevity. “Eating less has a
more profound effect on the aging process than does any other life-style
change, “says a professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
“It is the only factor we know of in laboratory animals that is an
anti-aging factor.”
(A) one another (B)one of the (C)the other (D)the single
答案:(D) 疑問:我選(B)，請高手解答！
No.7-9 cloze 不知諸位熱心的英文高手能把以下段落翻譯成中文給本人明白，在下不勝
感激。
Professor Thomas Glass is an expert in public health, who has studied social
responses to disasters for more than a decade. When he was asked ____7_____
disaster brings out the worst in people, he said the following. “The answer
has to be no. In fact disasters tend to bring out the best in us. From an
evolutionary point of view, it almost has to be this way. As recent as our
grandparents’ _____8____ and going back 150,000 years to the beginning of
human kind, disasters were a dime a dozen. Human beings survived ice ages,
famine, attacks from rival groups, predation from animals, infection