1. You should take the _____ and create chances for yourself instead of waiting passively. (第32期考題) 


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


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


4. 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) 


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


6. 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) 


7. The train _____, we had no choice but to spend another three hours waiting for the next one. (第36期考題) 


8.

What is the best title for this article? (第38期考題) 


9. 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) 


10. Keep the painting indoors because the colors will fade if they are _____ to sunlight. (第36期考題) 


11. Lucy _____ temptation and ate the last piece of chocolate. (第33期考題) 


12. To everyone's surprise, Paul _____ , devoted himself to charities, and even organized a non-profit organization helping the needy. (第37期考題) 


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


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


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


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


17. _____ makes life worth living is not what you can get but what you can give. (第33期考題) 


18. Since I first stepped foot on this beautiful island, I _____ by the country. (第33期考題) 


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


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


21. Liam got a letter from his girlfriend and he knew she was not happy. She didn’t say anything but Liam could tell by _____ that something was upsetting her. (第41期考題) 


22. 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) 


23. The mother starts to feel worried and anxious, because her daughter _____ her there hours ago. (第36期考題) 


24. As more and more species are faced with extinction, how to sustain biodiversity is _____ great significance to human beings. (第37期考題) 


25. 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) 


26. Jim is afraid of making mistakes. _____ this fear that prevents him from making progress. (第39期考題) 


27. _____, Owen stormed out of the room and banged the door behind him. (第40期考題) 


28. Before Kelly and Jasmine go back home, they ----- some friends in Paris. (第38期考題) 


29. 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) 


30.

※請依上文回答問題※ All the following words can be used interchangeably in the passage except for (第40期考題) 


31. 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) 


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


33. The blind lawyer was rejected by over twenty law firms because of his disability, _____ he had a Harvard Law degree. (第42期考題) 


34. 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) 


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


36. 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) 


37. 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) 


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


39.

Under what circumstances do some people consider it legal to search through someone's cellphone?  (第38期考題) 


40. The corpse was _____ on the basis of dental records. That is, by examining the teeth of the dead, we can find out who the body is. (第33期考題) 


41. It is said that the MRT line will be extended to this town, and the townspeople are ----- it earnestly. (第38期考題) 


42. _____ Hemingway's inspiration for the book, The Old Man And The Sea, was the Cuban fisherman Gregorio Fuentes, who was also Hemingway's friend. (第40期考題) 


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


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


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


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


47. In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner ever when _____ the award at age 17. (第41期考題) 


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


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


50.   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)