1. Dying to pass the upcoming exams with flying colors, all Sarah has to do is _____. (第37期考題) 


2. Michigan Stadium has a seating _____ of 107,601. It is the second largest stadium in the world and the largest in the United States. (第40期考題) 


3. The angry manager ordered that the mistakes in the report _____ right away and then stormed out of the room. (第36期考題) 


4. The reason millennials are called "strawberry generation" is _____ they are believed to be "easily bruised." (第37期考題) 


5. Jenny lives right at the foot of Ali Mountain, but she was so busy that she only visits it ----- with guests. (第38期考題) 


6.

Based on your understanding of the article, what does the Fourth Amendment protect the people against? (第38期考題) 


7. Ned is determined to go to college _____ he has very little support from his family. (第39期考題) 


8. Due to the serious knee injury, the tennis player had no choice but to _____ from the tournament. (第39期考題) 


9. Stop being so childish. _____ you like it or not, you must learn to be responsible and fulfill your obligations. (第36期考題) 


10.

※請依上文回答問題※ Which of the following will most likely benefit from the research mentioned in the passage? (第40期考題) 


11. A new iPhone will be awarded to _____ comes up with the best name for the new fragrance. (第39期考題) 


12. Michael regrets when he was young, he _____ day by day without making good use of his time and now he still hasn't yet accomplished anything. (第37期考題) 


13. Flammable liquids, knives, and toy guns are _____ on board the aircraft. (第32期考題) 


14. Parents have the responsibility to teach their children to draw a clear _____ between right and wrong. (第39期考題) 


15. _____, Alora remained seated during the whole parade. (第41期考題) 


16. From time to time criticism is unavoidable, which we can use in a positive way to improve, or in a negative way that may lower our _____ . (第37期考題) 


17. On Christmas Eve, all flights were cancelled _____ the heavy snowstorm. Many tourists were disappointed about the delay of their family reunion. (第42期考題) 


18. On top of the hill _____. (第32期考題) 


19. Anderson hasn’t made up his mind _____. (第32期考題) 


20. The plot of the novel was so _____ that Mary couldn’t help but read on and finish it within one day. (第34期考題) 


21. The police are _____ a tall, middle-aged man who was seen outside the bank just before the robbery. (第39期考題) 


22. I make plenty of lifelong friends in my high school, _____ give me mental support when I feel down. (第42期考題) 


23. Tim _____ mad at others easily. However, ever since he took the course of anger management, he has seldom lost his temper. (第36期考題) 


24. Although it is possible nowadays to have apps ----- many expressions into another language for us, it is still important to learn to speak a foreign language. (第38期考題) 


25. She was _____ during the surgery, so she didn’t feel any pain. (第33期考題) 


26. Kate Middleton, _____ marriage to Britain’s Prince William made her Duchess of Cambridge, has played a key role in softening the royal image. (第32期考題) 


27. It is important to be logical and clear when you write. You have to make yourself ----- by your readers. (第38期考題) 


28. Dyscalculia is a learning difficulty that impacts student's ability to do math. Children with dyscalculia usually have difficulty _____ numbers, symbols, and related concepts. (第40期考題) 


29. Reading novels is great mental exercise because it stimulates your _____ as well as improves your brain power. (第39期考題) 


30. Bullying will leave a lifelong mental scar that _____ affects children into adulthood. (第32期考題) 


31. A huge parade is held on the _____ of the 1959 revolution. It is one of the biggest annual events of the city. (第33期考題) 


32. There is evidence that there _____ water on Mars a long time ago. Observer show signs of dried up lake beds, past floods and old river channels. (第33期考題) 


33. _____ they knew the typhoon had hit the island that they started to panic. (第33期考題) 


34. Bob’s nickname was “Beckham,” a _____ to the way he styled his hair. (第33期考題) 


35. The supervisor plans to talk to his team _____ the meeting. He thinks a pre-discussion is needed to facilitate the meeting. (第42期考題) 


36. A girl saw two thieves _____ her neighbor’s house. She called the police immediately. (第32期考題) 


37. Without proper guidance, new workers often ----- themselves clueless and frustrated in this big company. (第38期考題) 


38. Mount Jade(玉山)is taller than ----- mountains in Taiwan. (第38期考題) 


39. The students had a heated _____ over the issue of the death penalty in their civics class. (第34期考題) 


40. _____ all the detailed guidelines printed on the box, everyone is capable of operating the device with ease. (第36期考題) 


41.   Facial recognition technology is coming of age. The new iPhone can be unlocked simply by looking at it, and accessing your smartphone is just one of many ways that facial recognition will change our daily lives. Soon we'll be using our faces to pay for groceries, catch trains, pass through airport security, and more.
  In China, you can already use your face to gain access to office buildings and authorize ATM withdrawals. In Europe, high-end hotels and retailers use it to identify celebrity customers to make sure they get special treatment. Australian airports are installing a system that lets airline passengers glide through security without passports--and facial recognition systems are beginning to appear in U.S. airport too.
  "Everybody's face is slightly different, so it's almost like a 3D fingerprint," says Lyndon Smith, professor of computer simulation and machine vision at the University of the West of England. According to him, we can even differentiate between identical twins when we're applying this kind of technique. Smith is developing a system that he believes could replace train tickets. Like the new iPhone, it uses infrared scanning to recognize patterns in facial features and then compares them against a database of known facial patterns. He claims the system would work well in stores and banks as well as train stations, so wherever we go in the world, we could, rather than carrying a card around with a PIN and all the complexity, just simply use our faces.
  Experts say facial recognition systems can be extremely reliable. Apple claims its new iPhone has no trouble telling a real face from a photo--and can even recognize individuals if they grow a beard or wear eyeglasses. And researchers in the U.K. and India have developed a system that they say can peer through disguises--including fake beards and scarves that obscure part of the face. It uses 14 key landmarks around the eyes, nose, and lips. That is, if some factures are hidden, it uses others to make the identification.
  The system is intended to "take a lot of criminals off of the streets," says Amarjot Singh, a graduate student and one of the researchers in engineering the University of Cambridge. He is excited that the system can function well as an X-ray to look into people's identity. Excitement aside, Singh is among those who worry that the rise of facial recognition technology raises privacy concerns. Some worry governments could abuse the systems to assert inappropriate control over their citizens and stifle protests. Others worry that facial recognition systems will reveal information that individuals might wish to keep private. Last year, Stanford University researchers sparked a controversy when they published research suggesting that facial recognition can predict an individual's sexual orientation.
  The bottom line? Facial recognition technology is already out there, although how to use it without putting people at risk invading their privacy remains a hot debate topic. Smith insists that their intention is certainly not to have some kind of Big Brother thing going on; they wouldn't want this system to be used by anybody who didn't want to use it. He reassures the public that they're not trying to monitor people--they're trying to help people in their everyday lives.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the uses of facial recognition technology?

The word stifle is closest in meaning to _____ . (第37期考題) 


42.   Facial recognition technology is coming of age. The new iPhone can be unlocked simply by looking at it, and accessing your smartphone is just one of many ways that facial recognition will change our daily lives. Soon we'll be using our faces to pay for groceries, catch trains, pass through airport security, and more.
  In China, you can already use your face to gain access to office buildings and authorize ATM withdrawals. In Europe, high-end hotels and retailers use it to identify celebrity customers to make sure they get special treatment. Australian airports are installing a system that lets airline passengers glide through security without passports--and facial recognition systems are beginning to appear in U.S. airport too.
  "Everybody's face is slightly different, so it's almost like a 3D fingerprint," says Lyndon Smith, professor of computer simulation and machine vision at the University of the West of England. According to him, we can even differentiate between identical twins when we're applying this kind of technique. Smith is developing a system that he believes could replace train tickets. Like the new iPhone, it uses infrared scanning to recognize patterns in facial features and then compares them against a database of known facial patterns. He claims the system would work well in stores and banks as well as train stations, so wherever we go in the world, we could, rather than carrying a card around with a PIN and all the complexity, just simply use our faces.
  Experts say facial recognition systems can be extremely reliable. Apple claims its new iPhone has no trouble telling a real face from a photo--and can even recognize individuals if they grow a beard or wear eyeglasses. And researchers in the U.K. and India have developed a system that they say can peer through disguises--including fake beards and scarves that obscure part of the face. It uses 14 key landmarks around the eyes, nose, and lips. That is, if some factures are hidden, it uses others to make the identification.
  The system is intended to "take a lot of criminals off of the streets," says Amarjot Singh, a graduate student and one of the researchers in engineering the University of Cambridge. He is excited that the system can function well as an X-ray to look into people's identity. Excitement aside, Singh is among those who worry that the rise of facial recognition technology raises privacy concerns. Some worry governments could abuse the systems to assert inappropriate control over their citizens and stifle protests. Others worry that facial recognition systems will reveal information that individuals might wish to keep private. Last year, Stanford University researchers sparked a controversy when they published research suggesting that facial recognition can predict an individual's sexual orientation.
  The bottom line? Facial recognition technology is already out there, although how to use it without putting people at risk invading their privacy remains a hot debate topic. Smith insists that their intention is certainly not to have some kind of Big Brother thing going on; they wouldn't want this system to be used by anybody who didn't want to use it. He reassures the public that they're not trying to monitor people--they're trying to help people in their everyday lives.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the uses of facial recognition technology?

What can we infer from the passage? (第37期考題) 


43. For decades, the vegetable vendor _____ most of her income to charities, which makes her such a great role model. (第37期考題) 


44. A Syrian boy, who attempted to reach Greece along with other refugees, was found lying dead on a Turkish beach, which _____ global refugee crisis. (第37期考題) 


45. Peter got promoted again because he had shown great _____ in dealing with tough challenges and tasks. (第36期考題) 


46. While the election campaign was filled with fake news, important public issues were often _____. (第39期考題) 


47. Don’t lose faith in yourself; keep trying and someday your efforts will _____. (第32期考題) 


48. A: I don't feel like cooking today.
B: _____ ordering a pizza instead? (第39期考題) 


49. These backpackers forgot to make hotel reservations in advance, so they _____ having nowhere to stay. (第39期考題) 


50. The young couple, unable to bear children, chose to _____ a child to expand their family. (第40期考題)