1. This is a well-reviewed series of lessons for beginners as well as for those who want to _____ their French. (第40期考題) 


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


3. It is _____ that there are ups and downs in one’s life. (第32期考題) 


4.

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


5.

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


6. Pressured by public anger, the mayor finally admitted his mistake and _____ for his rude remarks. (第36期考題) 


7. The fireworks display was so _____ that the visitors could hardly take their eyes off it. (第39期考題) 


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


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


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


11. 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) 


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


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


14. Much of Ethan's house had already been destroyed before the firemen finally _____ the fire. (第40期考題) 


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


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


17. Jenny lives right at the foot of Ali Mountain, but she was so busy that she only visits it ----- with guests. (第38期考題) 


18. Singing a _____ while rocking a baby to sleep can help early language development.  (第40期考題) 


19. It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech; immediately on attaining power each dictator has _____ all free speech except his own. (第41期考題) 


20. 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) 


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


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


23. The hotel Oliver was talking about _____ but I couldn’t remember where I had read about it. (第41期考題) 


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


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


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


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


28. I have made up my mind. _____ hard you persuade me, I won’t change my decision. (第36期考題) 


29.

What was the California Supreme Court's decision on Diaz's appeal? (第38期考題) 


30. The _____ of the company’s service has been greatly improved, and there are now fewer customer complaints. (第36期考題) 


31. It is good manners to dress formally at such an important international ----- where world leaders meet. (第38期考題) 


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


33.

What doesn't happen to the brain when it gets old? (第39期考題) 


34. Once someone is suspected to be infected with coronavirus, he or she has to be kept in _____, so that others won't be infected. (第40期考題) 


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


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


37.

※請依上文回答問題※ The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses (第40期考題) 


38. _____ 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) 


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


40. 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) 


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


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


43. The clever device _____ on the wall makes the room dry and comfortable even during humid days. (第36期考題) 


44. 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) 


45. The ingredient labels on the food package aim to provide accurate information to _____ consumers’ safety. (第32期考題) 


46.   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) 


47. Ned is determined to go to college _____ he has very little support from his family. (第39期考題) 


48. After a series of tests, Brian proved to be the most competent among all the _____ , the one everyone could look to. (第37期考題) 


49. The use of _____, although a traditional part of the celebration, has over the years led to many injuries and deaths.There have been incidents every year of users being blinded, losing body parts, or suffering other injuries, especially during festivities such as Chinese New Year season. (第41期考題) 


50. 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)