Unified Entrance Exam English Section Discusses Tamkang Bridge, Honnold Climbs Taipei 101, Difficulty Estimated to Increase
The English section of the 115th Unified Entrance Exam for four-year colleges and two-year junior colleges included questions about the Tamkang Bridge structure, Alex Honnold's free solo climb of Taipei 101, international skill competitions, AI, and supercomputers. The solving team estimates the difficulty to be slightly higher than last year.
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(Central News Agency reporter Chen Chih-chung, Taipei 25th) The English section of the 115th Unified Entrance Exam for four-year colleges and two-year junior colleges mentioned the structure of the Tamkang Bridge, Alex Honnold's free solo climb of Taipei 101, as well as international skill competitions familiar to vocational students, and hot topics such as AI and supercomputers. The problem-solving team estimates the difficulty to be slightly higher than last year.
The National Federation of Teachers' Unions (NFTS) today invited teachers from various counties and cities to solve the problems. The English section featured a large number of real-life and current affairs topics, such as the 2024 WorldSkills Competition in France, e-cigarettes, mobile phone rate plans, and analyses of past typhoons. It also mentioned women with outstanding achievements in STEM fields, indicating a very diverse selection of topics.
The NFTS team pointed out that the difficulty of vocabulary questions was similar to previous years, while verb phrase questions were relatively rare in previous exams. Achieving high scores in comprehensive comprehension still requires a solid understanding of grammar. Although the reading comprehension question types were the same as last year, including three chart questions and two long articles, the difficulty of the vocabulary used increased, such as "supercomputer" and "economic crop orchid." Test-takers need to have a certain vocabulary size to score well.
The National Teachers' Association (NTA) problem-solving team mentioned that questions 25 to 28 introduced the structure of the Tamkang Bridge, which is a single-tower asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge, and its design considered the sunset beauty of the Tamsui River estuary. This is a topic of recent news attention and is closely related to students' daily lives.
In addition, the reading comprehension section tested the success and brand strategy of Din Tai Fung in the global market; the non-multiple-choice questions mentioned American rock climber Alex Honnold, who successfully reached the top of Taipei 101 in just 91 minutes.
The NTA team also mentioned that reading comprehension questions 29 to 30 presented a dialogue about blog management, discussing cybersecurity and privacy protection, reminding students to pay attention to personal privacy when sharing information in a digital environment.
Reading comprehension questions 31 to 32 asked test-takers to interpret Taiwan's energy supply trends, requiring them to extract 20 years of information from complex line graphs, which greatly tested their data analysis and information integration abilities.
The NTA team also assessed that due to the increased reading and vocabulary load of the exam, the difficulty is expected to be higher than last year, and student scores may decrease compared to last year. (Editor: Hsieh Ya-chu) 1150425
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(Central News Agency reporter Chen Chih-chung, Taipei 25th) The English section of the 115th Unified Entrance Exam for four-year colleges and two-year junior colleges mentioned the structure of the Tamkang Bridge, Alex Honnold's free solo climb of Taipei 101, as well as international skill competitions familiar to vocational students, and hot topics such as AI and supercomputers. The problem-solving team estimates the difficulty to be slightly higher than last year.
The National Federation of Teachers' Unions (NFTS) today invited teachers from various counties and cities to solve the problems. The English section featured a large number of real-life and current affairs topics, such as the 2024 WorldSkills Competition in France, e-cigarettes, mobile phone rate plans, and analyses of past typhoons. It also mentioned women with outstanding achievements in STEM fields, indicating a very diverse selection of topics.
The NFTS team pointed out that the difficulty of vocabulary questions was similar to previous years, while verb phrase questions were relatively rare in previous exams. Achieving high scores in comprehensive comprehension still requires a solid understanding of grammar. Although the reading comprehension question types were the same as last year, including three chart questions and two long articles, the difficulty of the vocabulary used increased, such as "supercomputer" and "economic crop orchid." Test-takers need to have a certain vocabulary size to score well.
The National Teachers' Association (NTA) problem-solving team mentioned that questions 25 to 28 introduced the structure of the Tamkang Bridge, which is a single-tower asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge, and its design considered the sunset beauty of the Tamsui River estuary. This is a topic of recent news attention and is closely related to students' daily lives.
In addition, the reading comprehension section tested the success and brand strategy of Din Tai Fung in the global market; the non-multiple-choice questions mentioned American rock climber Alex Honnold, who successfully reached the top of Taipei 101 in just 91 minutes.
The NTA team also mentioned that reading comprehension questions 29 to 30 presented a dialogue about blog management, discussing cybersecurity and privacy protection, reminding students to pay attention to personal privacy when sharing information in a digital environment.
Reading comprehension questions 31 to 32 asked test-takers to interpret Taiwan's energy supply trends, requiring them to extract 20 years of information from complex line graphs, which greatly tested their data analysis and information integration abilities.
The NTA team also assessed that due to the increased reading and vocabulary load of the exam, the difficulty is expected to be higher than last year, and student scores may decrease compared to last year. (Editor: Hsieh Ya-chu) 1150425
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