The assessment/entrance exam to a Taiwanese university is a reading test, not a speaking, conversation, or listening test. Therefore, the words used in the test are mostly related to academic topics and supposed to be more difficult than verbal languages, just like the reading test in TOEFL or IELTS exams. Aside from the reading test, the high school students also have to take 2 listening tests which are more conversational though. However, to be reliable, the assessment should cover listening, speaking, reading, and writing questions to fairly assess the students' actual English proficiency for university study.
哈哈哈,我的破英文大學聯考不到20分,結果一位外國人來店裡買鞋,我用破英文加比手畫腳和他溝通,他買了4雙球鞋,他還幫我填了會員卡,作我的業績,當場再打折,像我不會「地址」的單字,我就說:where is your house?他就懂了!最後,他還說台灣是最好的(其他的聽不懂)哈哈哈哈,我真的覺得台灣教的英文是要培養醫生、科學家…的,困難到讓我們忘記語言是用來交流的。那次經驗後,我反而開始喜歡英文,上網看影片時,也會先試試看自己聽懂多少,再看字幕,挺好玩的!