1. To cut costs, Veronica suggested _____ her apartment for shooting the scene. (第39期考題) 


2. Don't push yourself too hard; taking a vacation _____ enables one to restore energy, so stop being tense all the time. (第37期考題) 


3. 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) 


4.

What can influence the effectiveness of the research mentioned in this article? (第39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. The police are _____ a tall, middle-aged man who was seen outside the bank just before the robbery. (第39期考題) 


7. There is a sign saying “No trespassing.” This area is a private place, so people cannot enter this place without the owner’s _____. (第42期考題) 


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


9. 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) 


10. A: Are you familiar with the please _____ in the TV show?
B: No, I don't know any of them. (第39期考題) 


11. 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) 


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


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


14. The hotel Oliver was talking about _____ but I couldn’t remember where I had read about it. (第41期考題) 


15. Feeling like an outsider in the family, John doesn’t know how to chat with his siblings easily and always has a sense of _____. (第42期考題) 


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


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


18. Smartphones are rather helpful in many aspects, and, as a result, many _____ it difficult to do without one. (第37期考題) 


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


20.

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


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


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


23.

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


24. _____ 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) 


25. By the time Amy arrived at the airport, her boyfriend’s plane _____ already. (第36期考題) 


26. 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) 


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


28. Technological and industrial development not only led to economic growth and _____ but also posed a threat to the ecological system. (第32期考題) 


29. There are some easy ways to _____ water. For example, we can turn off the water while we are shaving or brushing our teeth. (第40期考題) 


30. Peter is _____ about his achievements; he credits the success to his research team. (第39期考題) 


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


32. The _____ of the company’s service has been greatly improved, and there are now fewer customer complaints. (第36期考題) 


33. 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) 


34. 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) 


35. 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) 


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


37. Firefighters are _____ heroes, who risk their lives to help others. (第33期考題) 


38. Japanese people _____ bowing even when they talk on the phone. (第33期考題) 


39. Maggie considers that hustle and bustle of New York annoying as she _____ in the tranquil countryside. (第37期考題) 


40. 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) 


41. Emily is _____ the summer because she can pay a visit to her grandparents living in Japan. (第32期考題) 


42. 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) 


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


44. _____ all the detailed guidelines printed on the box, everyone is capable of operating the device with ease. (第36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?

Where are we most likely to find this article? (第37期考題) 


46. 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) 


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


48. Emma took part in the beauty _____ and won the title of “Miss Tri-City of 1948.” (第41期考題) 


49. 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) 


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