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


2. 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) 


3. To Mandy's -----, she forgot to bring her wallet with her and couldn't pay. She didn't know what to do. (第38期考題) 


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


5. Children s hould avoid eating too many candies because they contain _____ flavors and colorings that are bad to their health. (第36期考題) 


6. Don't push yourself too hard; taking a vacation _____ enables one to restore energy, so stop being tense all the time. (第37期考題) 


7. Mackenzie Narbonne is a _____ athlete who has excelled in softball, soccer, floor hockey, powerlifting, and athletics. (第41期考題) 


8.

Under what circumstances do some people consider it legal to search through someone's cellphone?  (第38期考題) 


9. 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) 


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


11. 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) 


12. The corpse was _____ on the basis of dental records. That is, by examining the teeth of the dead, we can find out who the body is. (第33期考題) 


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


14. Emma took part in the beauty _____ and won the title of “Miss Tri-City of 1948.” (第41期考題) 


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


16. Mr. Lee was fortunate enough to make a full _____ from the stock market before this recession. (第33期考題) 


17. Stop being so childish. _____ you like it or not, you must learn to be responsible and fulfill your obligations. (第36期考題) 


18. 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) 


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


20. 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) 


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


22.

※請依上文回答問題※ Which of the following will most likely benefit from the research mentioned in the passage? (第40期考題) 


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


24. 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) 


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


26. 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) 


27. _____ the more money you spend on lunch dates, birthday parties and gifts. (第41期考題) 


28. 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) 


29. Dying to pass the upcoming exams with flying colors, all Sarah has to do is _____. (第37期考題) 


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


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


32.   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) 


33. 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) 


34. Anne will never let anything _____ her from pursuing her dream despite all the difficulties she's likely to encounter. (第37期考題) 


35. _____ that the leader of the labor union decided to protest against the unfair treatment to the workers. (第42期考題) 


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


37. The young couple, unable to bear children, chose to _____ a child to expand their family. (第40期考題) 


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


39. As more and more species are faced with extinction, how to sustain biodiversity is _____ great significance to human beings. (第37期考題) 


40. 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) 


41. Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the U.S. It _____ in 1872. (第40期考題) 


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


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


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


45. Jason and Billy are my twin brothers, who are over 40 now and living in New York and London, _____. (第36期考題) 


46. 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) 


47. Be patient. The longer you wait, _____ you are to meet the superstar. (第36期考題) 


48. _____ online video games, Paul has very little physical activity and spend less time with family and friends. (第32期考題) 


49. 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) 


50. 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)