37. What made Taiwan Travelogue particularly significant?
(A) It was the first Mandarin Chinese novel to win the International Booker Prize.
(B) It was the first Taiwanese work to gain worldwide recognition through the prize.
(C) It was the first Asian novel to win the International Booker Prize.
(D) It explored Taiwan's colonial history through a culinary journey.

38. Which of the following best describes the original purpose of the International Booker Prize when it was established in 2005? (A) To reward authors and translators equally for their contributions to literature. (B) To recognize an author's lifelong achievements in fiction. (C) To promote diversity in travel literature worldwide. (D) To honor a translated work published in the UK or Ireland.

39. The word "prestigious" in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______. (A) deeply controversial (B) excessively expensive (C) widely criticized (D) highly respected

40. What can be inferred from the passage about books that are shortlisted for the International Booker Prize? (A) They help to strengthen one's sense of national identity. (B) They highlight the importance of translation in world literature. (C) They typically see a surge in commercial success and global exposure. (D) They are guaranteed to be exclusively published by independent publishers. 

41. What does the passage primarily argue about urban romantic comedies? (A) Their popularity reflects a structural alignment with the emotional conditions of contemporary urban life. (B) They are best understood as a commercial product designed to meet market demand. (C) Their narrative formula has remained unchanged across different cultural contexts. (D) They succeed because they realistically portray the difficulties of modern relationships. 第12頁，共 15 頁

42. What role does the urban setting play in the reception of romantic comedies, according to paragraph 1? (A) It allows filmmakers to explore a wider range of narrative conflicts than rural settings permit. (B) It provides a socially recognizable context that mirrors the everyday experiences of audiences. (C) It reinforces traditional expectations about romance and partnership within a familiar environment. (D) It increases the commercial viability of the genre by attracting metropolitan audiences.

43. Why does the passage characterize romantic union as “a symbolic marker of subject formation”? (A) It signals the protagonist’s financial independence and social mobility. (B) It represents the culmination of a publicly visible courtship ritual. (C) It marks the individual’s successful navigation of self-definition through relational choice. (D) It resolves the tension between personal desire and social obligation in urban life.

44. How does the passage explain the psychological function of the genre? (A) It encourages viewers to confront unresolved emotional conflicts through narrative identification. (B) It models effective communicative strategies for managing real-world romantic relationships. (C) It exposes the contradictions of late-modern intimacy in a way that invites critical reflection. (D) It reduces anxiety by using humor and romantic closure to provide a sense of narrative order.

45. What is the author’s primary purpose in this passage? (A) To offer an academic framework that accounts for the structural appeal of urban romantic comedies. (B) To compare genre theory and affective theory as competing explanations for popular culture. (C) To critique the entertainment industry’s exploitation of late-modern emotional insecurities. (D) To demonstrate that romantic comedies are more culturally significant than previously acknowledged. 

46. The primary purpose of the passage is to (A) argue that bicycle-parking regulations in cities are unnecessarily strict (B) examine the psychological causes of collective anxiety in densely populated cities (C) propose specific policy reforms to improve urban mobility for vulnerable populations (D) distinguish productive civic rule-following from a counterproductive fixation on visible order

47. The author’s attitude toward civic rules can best be described as (A) unconditional support, provided that the rules are democratically enacted (B) qualified endorsement, contingent on whether the rules serve genuine public welfare (C) deep ambivalence, rooted in skepticism about whether shared spaces can function without conflict (D) mild disapproval, stemming from a preference for individual discretion over collective norms

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