1. When Javier gets angry, he will sit down and _____ the feeling beneath the anger to help himself calm down. (第41期考題) 


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


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


4. Leo decided to get divorced, _____. (第40期考題) 


5. The tires of your car are _____. You should replace them now so that they won't burst on the road. (第39期考題) 


6.

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


7. _____ 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) 


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


9.

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


10. 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) 


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


12.

※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) 


13. Reading novels is great mental exercise because it stimulates your _____ as well as improves your brain power. (第39期考題) 


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


15. The building plan ----- by Frank Lin, who has no idea what the clients need. (第38期考題) 


16. 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) 


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


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


19. You should take the _____ and create chances for yourself instead of waiting passively. (第32期考題) 


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


21. _____ diseases, such as the flu or colds, spread from person to person in several ways. (第40期考題) 


22. Due to the heavy rain, the citizens couldn't drive their cars, ----- take buses because the roads were flooded. (第38期考題) 


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


24. 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) 


25. Unable to stand his daughter’s bad attitude anymore, Mr. Collins flew into a rage and slapped her across the face _____.  (第36期考題) 


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


27.

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


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


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


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


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


32. Whatever you say, I will _____ my principles and won’t change my opinions. (第33期考題) 


33.   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?

The word stifle is closest in meaning to _____ . (第37期考題) 


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


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


36. Lucy _____ temptation and ate the last piece of chocolate. (第33期考題) 


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


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


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


40. 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) 


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


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


43. When Sebastian fainted, we quickly laid him down on his back. Fortunately he _____ before we called 911. (第40期考題) 


44. 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) 


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


46. The U.S. presidential ----- is more than a year away, but more than 20 people are ready to join the race. (第38期考題) 


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


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


49. 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) 


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