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


2. Tourism is Egypt’s _____ lifeline, representing almost 12% of its national income. (第34期考題) 


3. I have made up my mind. _____ hard you persuade me, I won’t change my decision. (第36期考題) 


4. The reason millennials are called "strawberry generation" is _____ they are believed to be "easily bruised." (第37期考題) 


5. 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) 


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


7. 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) 


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


9.

※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) 


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


11. His arrogance and vanity stopped him _____ what really mattered to him. (第32期考題) 


12. She was _____ during the surgery, so she didn’t feel any pain. (第33期考題) 


13. It is said that the key word for this year is AI, which stands for ----- intelligence. (第38期考題) 


14. Did Penelope tell you _____? (第40期考題) 


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


16. In all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants, you can eat _____. (第33期考題) 


17. 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) 


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


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


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


21. _____ it was raining, Jason still insisted on his camping plan. (第42期考題) 


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


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


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


25.

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


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


27. 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) 


28. 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) 


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


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


31.

What doesn't happen to the brain when it gets old? (第39期考題) 


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


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


34. Brian was depressed for a long time because he couldn’t find a job. When he finally received a job offer, he was _____. (第41期考題) 


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


36. Learning for her grandfather's death, Sally was struck dumb with tears _____ down her cheeks. (第37期考題) 


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


38. The woman is new in our neighborhood. Do you know _____? (第39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.   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) 


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


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


43. The police are _____ a tall, middle-aged man who was seen outside the bank just before the robbery. (第39期考題) 


44. Many find it difficult to buy a(n) _____ affordable apartment in a big city because housing prices have been rising. (第37期考題) 


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


46. 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) 


47. 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) 


48. The capable student was _____ the chairperson of the Student Association. He will be in charge of the coming school anniversary. (第42期考題) 


49. The fireworks display was so _____ that the visitors could hardly take their eyes off it. (第39期考題) 


50. Even though he seems _____ most of the time, none can be more careful than he in terms of handling thorny situations. (第37期考題)