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1. _____, Alora remained seated during the whole parade.　(第41期考題)　

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2. 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)　

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3. 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)　

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4. He _____ his friend by telling lies about her behind her back.　(第33期考題)　

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5. _____ you believe it or not, I have witnessed the terrible car crash.　(第42期考題)　

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

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

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8. 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)　

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

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

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11. 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)　

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

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

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14. 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)　

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

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

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

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18. Michigan Stadium has a seating _____ of 107,601. It is the second largest stadium in the world and the largest in the United States.　(第40期考題)　

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19. _____ 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)　

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

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21. _____ as Jason was, he tried hard to repress his overwhelming joy for fear that his opponents thought him arrogant.　(第37期考題)　

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22. 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)　

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

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24. 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)　

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

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26. 　　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?

Where are we most likely to find this article?　(第37期考題)　

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※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)　

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

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29. 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)　

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30. Dyscalculia is a learning difficulty that impacts student's ability to do math. Children with dyscalculia usually have difficulty _____ numbers, symbols, and related concepts.　(第40期考題)　

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

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

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33. Flammable liquids, knives, and toy guns are _____ on board the aircraft.　(第32期考題)　

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

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

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36. 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)　

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37. What bad luck! Most of his luggage ----- stolen.　(第38期考題)　

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

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39. In the Indian culture, cows are thought to be _____ animals. They are respected in religious activities.　(第42期考題)　

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

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41. Hotel Plaza de Toros has a modern cafeteria _____ you can enjoy from the typical Andalusian breakfast to an English breakfast.　(第41期考題)　

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

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

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

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45. 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)　

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46. Emily is _____ the summer because she can pay a visit to her grandparents living in Japan.　(第32期考題)　

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

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48. 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)　

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49. It is likely _____ she is just jealous seeing you talking to other girls.　(第33期考題)　

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

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