General Biology Exam Strategy (Taiwan Comp. Univ.)

1.The Taiwan Comprehensive University transfer exam for general biology has varied format year to year. In year one fourteen, it was fifty multiple-choice questions, each worth two points. In year one thirteen, it was ten multiple choice plus ten essay questions. The exam is entirely in English — you need to know both the biology and the English terminology.

台綜大轉學考普通生物學各年份格式不同。114 年是 50 題選擇題，每題 2 分。113 年是 10 題選擇加 10 題申論。考題全英文——你不只要懂生物概念，還要讀得懂英文專業術語。

2.Based on three years of past papers, the most tested topics are: animal physiology — fourteen questions, about seventeen percent. Cell biology — twelve questions, fourteen percent. Plant biology and biochemistry tied at nine questions each, eleven percent. Ecology, animal diversity, and molecular biology each around ten percent. Evolution eight percent. Biotechnology seven percent. Microbiology five percent. Genetics four percent.

根據 112 到 114 三年考古題，最高頻主題排名：動物生理 14 題約 17%、細胞生物學 12 題約 14%、植物學與生物化學並列 9 題 11%、生態學與動物多樣性與分子生物學各約 10%、演化 8%、生物技術 7%、微生物 5%、遺傳學 4%。

3.Your physical therapy background gives you a huge advantage in animal physiology. In year one fourteen, eleven out of fifty questions were on animal physiology — kidney filtration, blood vessel oxygenation, vaccination antibodies, hippocampus and memory, SA node cardiac rhythm, medulla oblongata, insulin. You already understand these concepts. Your only job is to map them to the English terminology. These eleven questions should be your guaranteed points.

你物治系出身，動物生理是最大優勢。114 年 50 題裡有 11 題動物生理——腎臟過濾、血管含氧量、疫苗抗體、海馬迴與記憶、竇房結心律、延腦、胰島素。這些概念你本來就懂，你要做的只是把它們對應到英文術語。這 11 題應該是你的保底分。

4.Your biggest gaps are plant biology and ecology — together they account for roughly thirteen to seventeen questions per year. Plant topics include light reactions, Calvin cycle, xylem and phloem, stomata, plant hormones like auxin and gibberellin. Ecology topics include trophic levels, net primary productivity, carrying capacity, r/K selection, succession. These are the areas where you need to spend the most study time.

你最大的弱點是植物學和生態學，每年合計 13 到 17 題。植物包括光反應、卡爾文循環、木質部韌皮部、氣孔、植物激素如生長素和激勃素。生態學包括營養階層、淨初級生產力、環境容量、r/K 選擇、演替。這兩塊是你需要花最多時間的部分。

5.Two essay topics together worth thirty-five points: CRISPR and RNA interference in personalized medicine, worth twenty points in year one thirteen. And the Hardy-Weinberg equation with its application, worth fifteen points. If you can write these two in English with correct mechanisms and calculations, you secure a huge portion of the essay score.

兩個申論題合計 35 分必備：CRISPR 和 RNA 干擾在個人化醫療中的應用，113 年 20 分。還有 Hardy-Weinberg 公式與其應用，15 分。如果能用英文寫出這兩題的正確機制和計算，就穩住申論大部分分數。

6.Other essay topics seen: competitive versus noncompetitive versus allosteric enzyme inhibition, worth six points. Amino acids as neurotransmitters — glutamate, GABA — four points. Cytochrome c in apoptosis — four points. Genetically modified plants and transgene escape prevention — fifteen points.

其他申論題曾考過：競爭性、非競爭性與異位性酵素抑制 6 分。胺基酸作為神經傳遞物質，如麩胺酸和 GABA，4 分。Cytochrome c 在細胞凋亡的角色 4 分。基因改造植物與轉基因逃逸防治 15 分。

7.Recommended study order based on exam frequency weighted by your weakness: first, cell biology — four to five questions per year, you are rusty. Second, molecular biology plus biotechnology — five to seven questions, DNA replication, transcription, translation, CRISPR, PCR. Third, genetics — two to three questions, focus on Hardy-Weinberg and X-linked. Fourth, biochemistry and metabolism — enzyme kinetics, glycolysis, TCA, electron transport chain. Fifth, plant biology — five to six questions, your weakest area. Sixth, animal physiology — English terminology drill only. Seventh, ecology. Eighth, evolution and classification.

建議讀書順序，根據考題頻率加上你的弱項權重：第一細胞生物學每年 4 到 5 題，你生疏。第二分子生物學加生物技術 5 到 7 題，DNA 複製、轉錄、轉譯、CRISPR、PCR。第三遺傳學 2 到 3 題，專注 Hardy-Weinberg 和性聯。第四生物化學代謝——酵素動力學、醣解、TCA、電子傳遞鏈。第五植物學 5 到 6 題，你最弱。第六動物生理——英文術語訓練為主。第七生態學。第八演化與分類。

8.Taiwan Comprehensive is all English with essays, harder in depth. The private medical joint exam is mostly Chinese, pure multiple choice, more about recall. Preparing for Taiwan Comprehensive covers the private medical exam, but you still need to train English reading speed and essay writing.

台綜大全英文加申論，難度中高。私醫聯招中文為主純選擇，偏概念記憶。準備台綜大就能涵蓋私醫聯招，但要另外訓練英文閱讀速度和申論寫作。