1. Children s hould avoid eating too many candies because they contain _____ flavors and colorings that are bad to their health. (第36期考題) 


2. A: Lance has been ----- all day today. B: Yes, he has an allergy to particles in the air and that's why. (第38期考題) 


3. Many truck drivers aren't aware that driving while they are _____ could also have disastrous consequences. Therefore, while feeling sick, they should avoid driving. (第40期考題) 


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


5. The entire old town is designated as a pedestrian zone and free of cars. No _____ are allowed in this area. (第33期考題) 


6. Studies indicate that too much _____ to the sun harms our skin. Before going out, please put on some sunscreen. (第39期考題) 


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


8. Samuel was late again. He _____ up earlier this morning, but he didn't. (第40期考題) 


9. Many people find _____ impossible to lose weight without the help of a professional. (第41期考題) 


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


11. We have to _____ the connection between these two events in order to solve the problems they have caused. (第40期考題) 


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


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


14. When Sebastian fainted, we quickly laid him down on his back. Fortunately he _____ before we called 911. (第40期考題) 


15. Maria, my German friend, considers the dishwasher an indispensable home ----- and wonders why it is not common in Taiwan. (第38期考題) 


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


17. _____ others will you learn how to help yourself. (第41期考題) 


18.

※請依上文回答問題※ According to the passage, which of the following is true? (第40期考題) 


19. Due to the heavy rain, the citizens couldn't drive their cars, ----- take buses because the roads were flooded. (第38期考題) 


20. Identity theft, the _____ use of someone else’s personal information, is a criminal act and should be reported to the police. (第41期考題) 


21. Though I don't _____ of many of my colleague's proposals, I have to admit that his ideas are very creative. (第39期考題) 


22. _____, this basketball player still had excellent performances and got the MVP of the match. (第42期考題) 


23. Leo decided to get divorced, _____. (第40期考題) 


24. A perfectionist such as Daniel always ----- to make sure nothing goes wrong. He is obsessed with details. (第38期考題) 


25. The Greek national _____ has been played at every Olympics closing ceremony to honor Greece’s role as the birthplace of the Olympic Games. (第41期考題) 


26. A _____ heat wave hit Southwestern Asia in late July and early August 2011, with temperatures in Iraq exceeding 49°C. (第40期考題) 


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


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


29. Some people _____ that spiders are insects. But in fact, they are relatives of insects. (第40期考題) 


30. To pay his way through college, Allen takes a couple of part-time jobs, one of _____ is tutoring elementary school students. (第37期考題) 


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


32. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Don’t _____ until tomorrow what you can do today.” We should not delay doing anything we can do today. It’s good advice for all of us. (第41期考題) 


33. What bad luck! Most of his luggage ----- stolen. (第38期考題) 


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


35. After a series of tests, Brian proved to be the most competent among all the _____ , the one everyone could look to. (第37期考題) 


36. James asked his father to drive him to the airport early; he wanted to _____ two hours before the flight. He was afraid to miss the flight. (第41期考題) 


37. To live a better life, _____ is learn from our past mistakes. (第41期考題) 


38. Apparently, Mr. Flately has _____. He does not drink anymore and is helping her wife run the grocery store. (第32期考題) 


39. Pressured by public anger, the mayor finally admitted his mistake and _____ for his rude remarks. (第36期考題) 


40. The restaurant in Taipei _____ I had my first Taiwanese meal was a small and cozy place with great service. (第39期考題) 


41. The train _____, we had no choice but to spend another three hours waiting for the next one. (第36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. _____ the more money you spend on lunch dates, birthday parties and gifts. (第41期考題) 


44. The weather took a turn for the worse, the sailors _____ for the shore. (第33期考題) 


45.   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) 


46. 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) 


47. Sarah _____ the cat that had fallen onto the MRT tracks and prevented it from getting hurt. (第33期考題) 


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


49.

The experts in this article indicate that a sense of humor is important because _____. (第39期考題) 


50. 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)