Self-reflection

O老師前幾天去考了個試，屬玩票性質的，英語一科錯了幾題十分懊惱，索性用鍵盤敲出心路歷程，或對些許考生略盡綿薄之力。

1. Taiwan is short of _____ resources but full of educational opportunities.
   (A)  physical (B) chemical (C) geometric (D) natural

【此題幾乎沒有讓O老師多加思考（反射性作答的那種），但最後交卷前『想太多』庸人自擾改了答案，錯得冤!此情此景每每發生於選擇題，考生除了細心檢查外，也要對自己和自己的答案『有信心』，嚴防手貝戈戈。】

2. I love to go wandering; often I take my bicycle to _____ around the countryside on weekends.
(A) tour    (B) speed    (C) stroll   (D) drive

【此題更絕，從頭到尾不知掉入陷阱，直到對答案才知中計，所以答題真要在不疑處有疑，但又忌像甄嬛皇上般太多疑，『再冷，也不該拿別人的血來暖自己。』這是我對出題者唯一的祝福。】

3. A prominent survey has ranked Taipei as the second greenest metropolis among 22 major Asian cities,  _____ only Singapore.
(A) surpassing (B) trailing  (C) traversing (D) conflicting

【此題則是原本就預料可能會錯的題目，對了撿到，錯了剛好，要怪就怪自己學藝不精，英文字沒認識幾個，用法更是只學了個半調子，學海無涯，唯勤是岸，大家共勉之。】

4. The industry has also been hit in recent years by criminals who try to get people to pay in order to become  certified as mystery shoppers.

→ Which of the following is closest in meaning to “certified” in the last line of this passage?
(A) qualified (B) talented (C) instructed (D) identified

【此題出在閱讀理解，作答時反覆思量，昏昏欲睡，最後還是選了個錯的答案，似乎掉入莫非定律，想太多似乎更容易走進死胡同，此題無招勝有招。】