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


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


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


4. Mackenzie Narbonne is a _____ athlete who has excelled in softball, soccer, floor hockey, powerlifting, and athletics. (第41期考題) 


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


6. Astronauts will experience loss of appetite at the beginning of their time in space because their bodies are trying to _____ the new environment. (第42期考題) 


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


8. 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) 


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


10. 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) 


11. To everyone's surprise, Paul _____ , devoted himself to charities, and even organized a non-profit organization helping the needy. (第37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. Did Penelope tell you _____? (第40期考題) 


14. The ingredient labels on the food package aim to provide accurate information to _____ consumers’ safety. (第32期考題) 


15. Though the couple had been married for three years, they _____ a divorce. (第42期考題) 


16. The boxing legend inspired his fans to never give up. When he got _____, he got back up again and kept fighting. (第33期考題) 


17. The supervisor plans to talk to his team _____ the meeting. He thinks a pre-discussion is needed to facilitate the meeting. (第42期考題) 


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


19. 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) 


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


21. When doing an experiment, we should always _____ that safety is of the utmost importance. (第39期考題) 


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


23. 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) 


24. A girl saw two thieves _____ her neighbor’s house. She called the police immediately. (第32期考題) 


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


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


27. 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) 


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


29. Be patient. The longer you wait, _____ you are to meet the superstar. (第36期考題) 


30. Tina has to work two part-time jobs after school to _____. (第32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. 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) 


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


34. Although it is possible nowadays to have apps ----- many expressions into another language for us, it is still important to learn to speak a foreign language. (第38期考題) 


35. When the curtain _____ at the end of the play, the audience sat in stunned silence for at least three or four minutes. (第41期考題) 


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


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


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


39. 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) 


40. If they _____ about your difficulty, they _____ a different decision. Yet, it is all too late now. (第39期考題) 


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


42. 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) 


43.

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


44. I advise you to visit the Modern Art Museum, ----- there are always great exhibitions and events going on. (第38期考題) 


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


46. My grandparents have difficulty _____ used to the fast pace of city life. (第32期考題) 


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


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


49.   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?

What can we infer from the passage? (第37期考題) 


50.

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