1. During tourism seasons, this coastal town is _____ with visitors who expect to relax and enjoy the breathtaking scenery to their heart's content. (第37期考題) 


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


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


4. Mount Jade(玉山)is taller than ----- mountains in Taiwan. (第38期考題) 


5. 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) 


6. Due to the serious knee injury, the tennis player had no choice but to _____ from the tournament. (第39期考題) 


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


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


9. We have to cancel tonight’s concert because neither you nor I _____ prepared. (第32期考題) 


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


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


12. We have to _____ the connection between these two events in order to solve the problems they have caused. (第40期考題) 


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


14. A singer, songwriter, and actor, Bon Jovi is definitely one of the most _____ artists working today. (第32期考題) 


15. Rebecca didn’t show up last night; she _____ about our date. (第32期考題) 


16. I lost my wallet on the MRT. It _____ stolen. (第42期考題) 


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


18. After the cruel murder, all the elementary schools should take measures to _____ anyone suspicious from entering the campus. (第42期考題) 


19. 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) 


20. 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) 


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


22. The disadvantage of this job is that the heavy workload and long working hours _____ of my family life. (第42期考題) 


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


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


25. 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) 


26. The latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says _____ is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of diseases and infections. (第41期考題) 


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


28. Bullying will leave a lifelong mental scar that _____ affects children into adulthood. (第32期考題) 


29.

※請依上文回答問題※ What is this passage mainly about? (第40期考題) 


30. 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) 


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


32. The students had a heated _____ over the issue of the death penalty in their civics class. (第34期考題) 


33. A perfectionist such as Daniel always ----- to make sure nothing goes wrong. He is obsessed with details. (第38期考題) 


34. Try to stay calm. Under no circumstances can we _____ violence to settle conflicts. (第36期考題) 


35. Some young people _____ about having a job that is well-paid and easy to do. (第32期考題) 


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


37.

The experts in this article indicate that a sense of humor is important because _____. (第39期考題) 


38. 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) 


39. _____ 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) 


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


41.   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) 


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


43. 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) 


44.

What can influence the effectiveness of the research mentioned in this article? (第39期考題) 


45. The restaurant in Taipei _____ I had my first Taiwanese meal was a small and cozy place with great service. (第39期考題) 


46. Peter got promoted again because he had shown great _____ in dealing with tough challenges and tasks. (第36期考題) 


47. A huge parade is held on the _____ of the 1959 revolution. It is one of the biggest annual events of the city. (第33期考題) 


48. The more you work, the more you gain. The money you receive will be _____ the amount of work that you accomplish. (第36期考題) 


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


50. A new iPhone will be awarded to _____ comes up with the best name for the new fragrance. (第39期考題)