1. If the world's rain forests continue to disappear at their present rate, many species _____ extinct. (第39期考題) 


2. _____ that the leader of the labor union decided to protest against the unfair treatment to the workers. (第42期考題) 


3. Many find it difficult to buy a(n) _____ affordable apartment in a big city because housing prices have been rising. (第37期考題) 


4. Love, respect, trust, and acceptance are important _____ in a happy and lasting marriage. (第34期考題) 


5. The building plan ----- by Frank Lin, who has no idea what the clients need. (第38期考題) 


6. I lost my wallet on the MRT. It _____ stolen. (第42期考題) 


7. Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the U.S. It _____ in 1872. (第40期考題) 


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


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


10. Mr. Lee was fortunate enough to make a full _____ from the stock market before this recession. (第33期考題) 


11. Our homeroom teacher was _____ when she knew two students skipped class and smoked on campus. (第42期考題) 


12. Rebecca didn’t show up last night; she _____ about our date. (第32期考題) 


13. Though the solution sounds perfect, it is not _____ because we don’t have enough time and money. (第36期考題) 


14. Some young people _____ about having a job that is well-paid and easy to do. (第32期考題) 


15. The customer service manager asked all the staff to be _____ in responding to complaints. (第39期考題) 


16. You can't see the CEO now. She ----- dinner and nobody should disturb her mealtime. (第38期考題) 


17. After the cruel murder, all the elementary schools should take measures to _____ anyone suspicious from entering the campus. (第42期考題) 


18. Once someone is suspected to be infected with coronavirus, he or she has to be kept in _____, so that others won't be infected. (第40期考題) 


19. I _____ to enjoy playing basketball, but I don't have time for it now. (第40期考題) 


20. You will get sunburned if you are _____ to the scorching sun for too long without applying sunscreen. (第42期考題) 


21. Isabella doesn't like to discuss her personal problems publicly; she prefers to talk about them _____. (第40期考題) 


22. The more you work, the more you gain. The money you receive will be _____ the amount of work that you accomplish. (第36期考題) 


23. It is _____ that there are ups and downs in one’s life. (第32期考題) 


24. 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) 


25. With so many cases of murder and mass shootings in the city, the government must take drastic _____ to reduce crime. (第36期考題) 


26. The famous fashion designer, Jason Wu, preferred to play with dolls and dressed them up, _____ play sports when he was a little boy. (第42期考題) 


27. It is the _____ moment for him, so instead of feeling depressed, he'd better pull himself together and try his upmost. (第37期考題) 


28.

Based on the context, what is the meaning of "abused"? (第38期考題) 


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


30.   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?

Which of the following statements is true about the technology? (第37期考題) 


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


32. The competition has to be postponed ----- some problems with the rules, which may still have to be revised. (第38期考題) 


33. 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) 


34. Ever since Larry’s best friends betrayed him, he has had trouble _____ close relationships with others. (第36期考題) 


35. His arrogance and vanity stopped him _____ what really mattered to him. (第32期考題) 


36. I know this discussion is an uncomfortable one, but please don't _____. Let's come straight to the point and get over with it. (第40期考題) 


37. Even though every smartphone has a clock on it, wrist watches are still _____. (第33期考題) 


38. 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) 


39. The benefits of vitamins are too numerous to _____, but taking massive amounts of vitamins may do us harm. (第34期考題) 


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


41. Kim is _____ going to be furious when she sees the mess you made in the office. (第33期考題) 


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


43. 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) 


44. The clever device _____ on the wall makes the room dry and comfortable even during humid days. (第36期考題) 


45. German _____ power was restricted after World War II. The entire army was restricted to just 100,000 men, and the navy was reduced to just 15,000 men. (第40期考題) 


46. So far the spending on this project is still on -----. We have to be careful not to spend more than planned. (第38期考題) 


47. I am sorry, but you can't order beef noodles. We have _____ beef. (第39期考題) 


48. It is dangerous for us to _____ without grasping the whole picture. We need to clarify all the uncertain points before we make decisions. (第42期考題) 


49. I had to give a three-minute speech in public, but the microphone broke down. _____ with horror, I couldn’t say a word. (第42期考題) 


50. 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)