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


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


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


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


5. 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) 


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


7. Sarah _____ the cat that had fallen onto the MRT tracks and prevented it from getting hurt. (第33期考題) 


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


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


10. Since I first stepped foot on this beautiful island, I _____ by the country. (第33期考題) 


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


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


13.

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


14. 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) 


15. 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) 


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


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


18. She was _____ during the surgery, so she didn’t feel any pain. (第33期考題) 


19. Maria, my German friend, considers the dishwasher an indispensable home ----- and wonders why it is not common in Taiwan. (第38期考題) 


20. Hazel’s boyfriend bossed her around _____ she were his slave. (第41期考題) 


21. On top of the hill _____. (第32期考題) 


22. 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) 


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


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


25. Paris has long been _____the most romantic city in the world. (第32期考題) 


26. University fees in many countries _____ and many people cannot afford them. (第41期考題) 


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


28. 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) 


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


30. _____ others will you learn how to help yourself. (第41期考題) 


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


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


33. When the curtain _____ at the end of the play, the audience sat in stunned silence for at least three or four minutes. (第41期考題) 


34.   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) 


35. 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) 


36. The more you work, the more you gain. The money you receive will be _____ the amount of work that you accomplish. (第36期考題) 


37. The reason millennials are called "strawberry generation" is _____ they are believed to be "easily bruised." (第37期考題) 


38. Identity theft, the _____ use of someone else’s personal information, is a criminal act and should be reported to the police. (第41期考題) 


39. 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) 


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


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


42. Many find it difficult to buy a(n) _____ affordable apartment in a big city because housing prices have been rising. (第37期考題) 


43. The woman is new in our neighborhood. Do you know _____? (第39期考題) 


44. 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) 


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


46. 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) 


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


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


49.

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


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