1. 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) 


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


3. Keven, on behalf of his company, successfully signed a contract with a multinational corporation this morning. He _____ ecstatic at that moment. (第37期考題) 


4. 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) 


5. People say he is _____ incompetent _____ does not care, but for me, he is just a hopeless idealist. (第33期考題) 


6. 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) 


7. The use of _____, although a traditional part of the celebration, has over the years led to many injuries and deaths.There have been incidents every year of users being blinded, losing body parts, or suffering other injuries, especially during festivities such as Chinese New Year season. (第41期考題) 


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


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


10.

※請依上文回答問題※ The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses (第40期考題) 


11. Though I don't _____ of many of my colleague's proposals, I have to admit that his ideas are very creative. (第39期考題) 


12. Much of Ethan's house had already been destroyed before the firemen finally _____ the fire. (第40期考題) 


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


14. The plot of the novel was so _____ that Mary couldn’t help but read on and finish it within one day. (第34期考題) 


15. To live a better life, _____ is learn from our past mistakes. (第41期考題) 


16. 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) 


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


18. 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) 


19. 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) 


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


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


22. From time to time criticism is unavoidable, which we can use in a positive way to improve, or in a negative way that may lower our _____ . (第37期考題) 


23.

Based on the context, what is the meaning of "abused"? (第38期考題) 


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


25. 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) 


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


27. Tina _____ when Tim offered to sell her the house at such a low price. She knew that something was not right. (第36期考題) 


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


29. 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) 


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


31. 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) 


32. Even though every smartphone has a clock on it, wrist watches are still _____. (第33期考題) 


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


34. Anderson hasn’t made up his mind _____. (第32期考題) 


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


36.   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) 


37. This young man was left paralyzed from the neck down _____ a serious car crash, which also claimed three lives. (第37期考題) 


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


39. As a result of all the efforts the local government has been making, this small town _____ a large industrial city. (第37期考題) 


40. _____ 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) 


41.

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


42. 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) 


43. Kids usually _____ Christmas and New Year. That's when they have a lot of fun eating and playing. (第39期考題) 


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


45. _____ they knew the typhoon had hit the island that they started to panic. (第33期考題) 


46. _____, he was killed together with his whole army. (第40期考題) 


47. Sarah _____ the cat that had fallen onto the MRT tracks and prevented it from getting hurt. (第33期考題) 


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


49. It is good manners to dress formally at such an important international ----- where world leaders meet. (第38期考題) 


50.

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