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


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


3. To Mandy's -----, she forgot to bring her wallet with her and couldn't pay. She didn't know what to do. (第38期考題) 


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


5. _____ you believe it or not, I have witnessed the terrible car crash. (第42期考題) 


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


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


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


9. _____ as Jason was, he tried hard to repress his overwhelming joy for fear that his opponents thought him arrogant. (第37期考題) 


10. The teddy bear looks old and tattered, but it is the most ----- thing in Kay's room, She loves it dearly. (第38期考題) 


11.

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


12. 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) 


13. Dying to lose weight, some people _____ by eating nothing at all the entire day. (第36期考題) 


14. 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) 


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


16. _____ graduating from college, I went off to look for a job. (第33期考題) 


17. Chen Shu-Chu is a person of _____ character. Although she is just a vegetable vendor, she donates lots of money to the charitable organizations without expecting anything in return. (第42期考題) 


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


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


20. If you _____ me, would you accept the proposal from a man you just met for the first time? (第32期考題) 


21. Out of intense curiosity, Linda _____ the temptation and opened her sister’s letter. (第36期考題) 


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


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


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


25. 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) 


26. Hotel Plaza de Toros has a modern cafeteria _____ you can enjoy from the typical Andalusian breakfast to an English breakfast. (第41期考題) 


27. 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) 


28. The novelist _____ many speech invitations to concentrate on writing his next new novel. (第42期考題) 


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


30. Anne will never let anything _____ her from pursuing her dream despite all the difficulties she's likely to encounter. (第37期考題) 


31. 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) 


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


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


34. Since the building has tilted sideways after the earthquake, it has to be ----- to ensure public safety. (第38期考題) 


35. An intelligent discussion can quickly _____ into a battle if the two parties allow it. (第41期考題) 


36. Hazel’s boyfriend bossed her around _____ she were his slave. (第41期考題) 


37. When Javier gets angry, he will sit down and _____ the feeling beneath the anger to help himself calm down. (第41期考題) 


38.

※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) 


39.

What is the best title for this article? (第39期考題) 


40. When traveling solo in a foreign country, you cannot be _____ careful about any stranger getting close to you; that person may be a pickpocket. (第37期考題) 


41. Thirty years later, I can still identify several people in the photo -----. They haven't changed that much. (第38期考題) 


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


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


44. 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) 


45. Despite the disabilities, Nathan's parents treated him like an ordinary child ----- he felt inferior to others. (第38期考題) 


46. _____ online video games, Paul has very little physical activity and spend less time with family and friends. (第32期考題) 


47.

※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) 


48.   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) 


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


50. 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)