1. 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) 


2. 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) 


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


4.

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


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


6. 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) 


7. Many truck drivers aren't aware that driving while they are _____ could also have disastrous consequences. Therefore, while feeling sick, they should avoid driving. (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. As more and more species are faced with extinction, how to sustain biodiversity is _____ great significance to human beings. (第37期考題) 


10. You should dress up yourself on this formal _____. To show respect to the host, no slippers or casual clothes are allowed. (第42期考題) 


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


12. The benefits of vitamins are too numerous to _____, but taking massive amounts of vitamins may do us harm. (第34期考題) 


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


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


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


16. The core of Mediterranean diet is high _____ of olive oil, unrefined cereals, fruits, and vegetables. (第32期考題) 


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


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


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


20. The competition has to be postponed ----- some problems with the rules, which may still have to be revised. (第38期考題) 


21. Michael regrets when he was young, he _____ day by day without making good use of his time and now he still hasn't yet accomplished anything. (第37期考題) 


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


23. Love, respect, trust, and acceptance are important _____ in a happy and lasting marriage. (第34期考題) 


24. Feeling like an outsider in the family, John doesn’t know how to chat with his siblings easily and always has a sense of _____. (第42期考題) 


25. 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) 


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


27. 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) 


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


29. Tim _____ mad at others easily. However, ever since he took the course of anger management, he has seldom lost his temper. (第36期考題) 


30. 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) 


31.   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) 


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


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


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


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


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


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


38. Studies indicate that too much _____ to the sun harms our skin. Before going out, please put on some sunscreen. (第39期考題) 


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


40. 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) 


41. 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) 


42. 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) 


43. It is important to be logical and clear when you write. You have to make yourself ----- by your readers. (第38期考題) 


44. 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) 


45. The teddy bear looks old and tattered, but it is the most ----- thing in Kay's room, She loves it dearly. (第38期考題) 


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


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


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


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


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